Post by tns8597 on Mar 5, 2021 17:18:03 GMT -5
Often been a lot of debate over what's considered the best and worst tournaments of all time, but every tournament has it's pros and cons with respect to certain factors. In your opinion, what are the tournaments that performed the best and worst wrt certain factors that are important to the overall quality of a tournament? These being:
- Competitor list
- Results
- Editing
- Course
Here are mine...
Competitor list:
Worst - 28: Inui decided to just not invite loads of high-profile competitors like Okuyama and Kongu in favour of nobodies and joke competitors, and swapped out the well-known Americans with a bunch of randos, leading to the field being it's driest perhaps ever and the results suffered massively as a function of this.
Best - controversially I'd argue 32: we had all the major players, All-Stars including Nagano's 'last' run, as well as a good mix of international competitors (not just Americans) and female contendors. Unfortunately the editing (and many other aspects of the tournament) were botched such that most got digested, but even so the competitor list was really strong.
Results:
Best - 12: Controversially I'm not picking a Kanzen tournament, but the results arguably felt more satisfying to me than 17 or 24. 17 saw a lot of disappointments except for Nagano and Shunsuke, while 24's results were so progressive that it almost undermined the achievement of someone reaching the Final if they did so that tournament. 12 I think had the best mix of rookies, All-Stars performing their best such as Bunpei's breakout run and Akiyama almost nailing a second Kanzen, as well as secondary players like Asaoka giving their best ever runs.
Worst - 13: Nearly picked 33, because both tournaments stick out to me as being super underwhelming as both felt like a regression in results both overall and for given competitors. The reason I went with 13 is because unlike 33, the tournament that came before it set up so much expectation leading to bitter disappointment when every notable competitor did worse than they did prior despite minimal modifications to Stages 2 and 3. 33 narrowly missed the spot because given the perceived difficulty of Sasuke 32's Stage 3, the expectations were comparatively not as high.
Editing:
Best - 24: Pretty much every noteworthy competitor's runs were shown in full with fluff pieces which actually created significant suspense prior to the competitor's run, loads of sideline action shown, minimal focus on celebrities unlike in today's tournaments, enough said.
Worst - 26: Don't think I need to explain this one.... mainly because there weren't enough clears to justify the ridiculous amount of digests and cuts, as well as runs being shown out of order.
Course:
Best - 21: I was inclined to go with Sasuke 18, but I didn't purely by virtue of the fact that it included some lazy additions like the Bungee Bridge, Net Bridge, and loads of rehashes from older Stage 3s. Sasuke 19 corrected for all of this by swapping them out for more novel ideas like the Half-Pipe Attack and Skywalk etc., but coupled with the difficulty increase and modifications on the existing obstacles, it was far too hard for the era. While a regression in difficulty always sucks, 20 and 21's felt far more balanced which facilitated more enjoyment watching competitors take on this recently revamped course rather than the terror of expecting basically everyone to fail like in 19.
Worst - Not sure about this one. Every tournament seems to have a mix of 'good' and 'bad' stages. Probably 34 as it still had that ridiculously OP Stage 3 yet with no new additions to Stages 1 or 2 to be excited about. That combination just made for a boring and predictable watch.
- Competitor list
- Results
- Editing
- Course
Here are mine...
Competitor list:
Worst - 28: Inui decided to just not invite loads of high-profile competitors like Okuyama and Kongu in favour of nobodies and joke competitors, and swapped out the well-known Americans with a bunch of randos, leading to the field being it's driest perhaps ever and the results suffered massively as a function of this.
Best - controversially I'd argue 32: we had all the major players, All-Stars including Nagano's 'last' run, as well as a good mix of international competitors (not just Americans) and female contendors. Unfortunately the editing (and many other aspects of the tournament) were botched such that most got digested, but even so the competitor list was really strong.
Results:
Best - 12: Controversially I'm not picking a Kanzen tournament, but the results arguably felt more satisfying to me than 17 or 24. 17 saw a lot of disappointments except for Nagano and Shunsuke, while 24's results were so progressive that it almost undermined the achievement of someone reaching the Final if they did so that tournament. 12 I think had the best mix of rookies, All-Stars performing their best such as Bunpei's breakout run and Akiyama almost nailing a second Kanzen, as well as secondary players like Asaoka giving their best ever runs.
Worst - 13: Nearly picked 33, because both tournaments stick out to me as being super underwhelming as both felt like a regression in results both overall and for given competitors. The reason I went with 13 is because unlike 33, the tournament that came before it set up so much expectation leading to bitter disappointment when every notable competitor did worse than they did prior despite minimal modifications to Stages 2 and 3. 33 narrowly missed the spot because given the perceived difficulty of Sasuke 32's Stage 3, the expectations were comparatively not as high.
Editing:
Best - 24: Pretty much every noteworthy competitor's runs were shown in full with fluff pieces which actually created significant suspense prior to the competitor's run, loads of sideline action shown, minimal focus on celebrities unlike in today's tournaments, enough said.
Worst - 26: Don't think I need to explain this one.... mainly because there weren't enough clears to justify the ridiculous amount of digests and cuts, as well as runs being shown out of order.
Course:
Best - 21: I was inclined to go with Sasuke 18, but I didn't purely by virtue of the fact that it included some lazy additions like the Bungee Bridge, Net Bridge, and loads of rehashes from older Stage 3s. Sasuke 19 corrected for all of this by swapping them out for more novel ideas like the Half-Pipe Attack and Skywalk etc., but coupled with the difficulty increase and modifications on the existing obstacles, it was far too hard for the era. While a regression in difficulty always sucks, 20 and 21's felt far more balanced which facilitated more enjoyment watching competitors take on this recently revamped course rather than the terror of expecting basically everyone to fail like in 19.
Worst - Not sure about this one. Every tournament seems to have a mix of 'good' and 'bad' stages. Probably 34 as it still had that ridiculously OP Stage 3 yet with no new additions to Stages 1 or 2 to be excited about. That combination just made for a boring and predictable watch.
