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Post by subtleagent on Jan 22, 2022 19:01:02 GMT -5
SASUKE 39 is the fifth tournament to have someone in their 40s to reach Stage 3 (after 26 and 27 where Okuyama did so, and 36 and 37 where Yuuji did so). But SASUKE 39 is also the first to have more than one individual competitor over 40 reach the Third Stage (Hioki and Suzuki).
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azn
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Post by azn on Jan 31, 2022 13:56:22 GMT -5
A rather unfortunate fun fact (that may or may not have already been said already, if it has woops my bad)
But with Hioki's 2nd fail of the CLD, this actually means that he is now tied with Sato and Kongu for most fails on any variant of the Cliffhanger with 6
Considering that 2 of them are nowhere near retirement, there's a really good chance that tie is gonna be broken.
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Post by subtleagent on Jan 31, 2022 15:09:03 GMT -5
Tatsuya Tada is now the only competitor who's best performer runs surround a kanzenseiha (Morimoto's). If one were to count his 37 run as a best performance that is.
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Post by dakohosu on Jan 31, 2022 15:29:39 GMT -5
Tatsuya Tada is now the only competitor who's best performer runs surround a kanzenseiha (Morimoto's). If one were to count his 37 run as a best performance that is. Rene technically went farther than Tada as he got a rung farther.
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Post by zoran on Jan 31, 2022 15:34:04 GMT -5
Tatsuya Tada is now the only competitor who's best performer runs surround a kanzenseiha (Morimoto's). If one were to count his 37 run as a best performance that is. Rene technically went farther than Tada as he got a rung farther. No they tied, Rene fell to the 12th rung.
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Post by subtleagent on Jan 31, 2022 23:15:53 GMT -5
That's why I said if. It's kinda subjective if Tada tied Rene or not. Given that Rene technically made it higher only to fall lower.
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Post by dakohosu on Feb 1, 2022 12:28:34 GMT -5
Well Sasukepedia says Rene made it farther and as we know anything on Sasukepedia is a literally unarguable fact (that was a joke by the way).
I guess it's a similar debate to who made it further in Sasuke 19 out of Yamada and Washimi. Washimi technically made it farther as he narrowly missed the last rung whereas Yamada barely attempted the last transition, but Washimi ended up in the water while Yamada timed up on the ladder.
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Post by Mk20SSR on Feb 5, 2022 5:57:30 GMT -5
Probably (Definitely) to increase the chance to have a Japanese women clearing First Stage since SASUKE 2, there is a time limit difference that is the sixth seventh tournament overall and the first time in SASUKE history to do so in three four consecutive tournaments (SASUKE 36-39).
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Post by dakohosu on Feb 5, 2022 12:02:01 GMT -5
Probably (Definitely) to increase the chance to have a Japanese women clearing First Stage since SASUKE 2, there is a time limit difference that is the sixth tournament overall and the first time in SASUKE history to do so in three consecutive tournaments (SASUKE 37-39). The time limit is inconsistent though I swear. The extended time limit was meant to be for both women and over 50s, but neither Yamada nor Omori got the extension for some reason.
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Post by m4tt3r0x on Feb 5, 2022 13:13:11 GMT -5
Maybe they now fear there are too many competitive 40 somethings nowadays to be giving out giant chunks of time to 50+'ers. Imagine a 50 year old Shingo or Yuuji doing better than when he was 45 just because he has time to burn and not rush on the course.
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Post by subtleagent on Feb 5, 2022 21:04:20 GMT -5
Probably (Definitely) to increase the chance to have a Japanese women clearing First Stage since SASUKE 2, there is a time limit difference that is the sixth tournament overall and the first time in SASUKE history to do so in three consecutive tournaments (SASUKE 37-39). And even so Jessie cleared in the normal time in 34 though she would have timed out in 37. Although she does seem to be another who would be locked in Cliffhanger fails. As for Yamada and Omori I figure Inui only gives females added time these days. IIRC Honma Takashi didn't get an extension either. Strangely it doesn't seem like they lower the wall anymore either. Perhaps they just got sick of adjusting the course too much?
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Post by darthvaderlim on Feb 6, 2022 1:58:54 GMT -5
Probably (Definitely) to increase the chance to have a Japanese women clearing First Stage since SASUKE 2, there is a time limit difference that is the sixth tournament overall and the first time in SASUKE history to do so in three consecutive tournaments (SASUKE 37-39). And even so Jessie cleared in the normal time in 34 though she would have timed out in 37. Although she does seem to be another who would be locked in Cliffhanger fails. As for Yamada and Omori I figure Inui only gives females added time these days. IIRC Honma Takashi didn't get an extension either. Strangely it doesn't seem like they lower the wall anymore either. Perhaps they just got sick of adjusting the course too much? Speaking of which even the first Akko Corps guy(#51), also didn't get a time increase and he was 57.
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Post by darthvaderlim on Feb 6, 2022 2:42:52 GMT -5
Another one, with Yamada wearing #96 for the second time, this makes Akiyama the only All-Star not to wear that number more than once. Also, he and Nagano have both worn this number twice in their careers, (Nagano in 11 and 18) and (Yamada in 21 and 39).
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Post by dakohosu on Feb 6, 2022 4:42:38 GMT -5
Yeah I mean that is kind of fair; like otherwise we're going to get to a point where Shingo and Yuuji get an extra 45 seconds which they just won't need; after all it's not like competitors hit some sort of stamina wall when they hit 50 specifically, and it differs from competitor to competitor.
With female competitors I sort of get it but I think an extra 40 seconds is just a bit too lenient especially with competitors like Ayano and Jessie who are as strong, if not stronger than a lot of the men. Besides, the Tackle is way lighter for them (which is completely fair enough, but combined with the additional 50% time limit hike is a bit much). I think the wall should be a bit lower for female competitors given that they're generally a lot shorter and no matter how much time you have, if you're too short you're too short, but yeah they probably cba'd to adjust the wall constantly especially as we had a lot of female competitors this time round.
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Post by subtleagent on Feb 7, 2022 3:12:05 GMT -5
Ayano's proven she can do the regular wall in training. Then again she's Kawaguchi's protege and Kawaguchi doesn't exactly have a good history with the wall.
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Post by itsadamly on Feb 10, 2022 23:13:47 GMT -5
With the Dragon Glider essentially returned in 39, it marks the first trampoline obstacle to not be replaced after a kanzenseiha.
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Post by SasukeBanzukeNo1 (Moon12) on Feb 11, 2022 9:56:12 GMT -5
-Since 9 people attempted the third stage, if Tada failed the Cliffhanger Dimension like last time, then the fails would have been split into thirds for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th obstacles. 1/3 would have failed the Dimension (Kajihara, Hioki, and would-be Tada), while 1/3 failed the Swing Edge (Yoshiyuki, Isa, Ryo) and 1/3 failed the Sidewinder (Mutou, Suzuki, Keitaro). -This is only the second tournament that a champion from the last tournament (Yusuke) would be wearing #100 the tournament after. The first time was Yuuji wearing #100 in 25 after his Kanzen in 24. Yusuke's also the first to achieve Kanzen wearing #100 and then wear it again in back-to-back tournaments. -Iwamoto Hikaru is just the 2nd person to "fall off" the end of the Reverse Conveyer into the pool after timing out. Araki was the first in 38. Iwamoto also was the 5th person to fall off it generally. Keitaro, KONGU, and Darvish did it in 34, and Araki (obviously) in 38.
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Post by dakohosu on Feb 11, 2022 11:40:34 GMT -5
-Since 9 people attempted the third stage, if Tada failed the Cliffhanger Dimension like last time, then the fails would have been split into thirds for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th obstacles. 1/3 would have failed the Dimension (Kajihara, Hioki, and would-be Tada), while 1/3 failed the Swing Edge (Yoshiyuki, Isa, Ryo) and 1/3 failed the Sidewinder (Mutou, Suzuki, Keitaro). -This is only the second tournament that a champion from the last tournament (Yusuke) would be wearing #100 the tournament after. The first time was Yuuji wearing #100 in 25 after his Kanzen in 24. Yusuke's also the first to achieve Kanzen wearing #100 and then wear it again in back-to-back tournaments. -Iwamoto Hikaru is just the 2nd person to "fall off" the end of the Reverse Conveyer into the pool after timing out. Araki was the first in 38. Iwamoto also was the 5th person to fall off it generally. Keitaro, KONGU, and Darvish did it in 34, and Araki (obviously) in 38. Ngl Snow Man just giving up on the Conveyer and letting himself get dragged into the water was hilarious.
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Post by subtleagent on Feb 11, 2022 12:37:39 GMT -5
Every champion has now failed the Soritatsu Kabe directly after a kanzen.
Akiyama failed it on 25 after Yuuji's first one. Nagano failed it in 28 after Yuuji's second one. Yuuji failed it in 39 after Morimoto's second one. Morimoto failed it in 39 after his own second kanzen.
And in the case of all of them bar Akiyama it was the Ni Ren Soritatsu Kabe.
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Post by subtleagent on Feb 11, 2022 21:49:59 GMT -5
Also, not really a statistics fact, but if you look during the intermission when the rain started up, they totally spoil Kawaguchi failing the wall as Yuuji is getting ready for his run. Making this the first Kawaguchi run to be spoiled NOT be his constant hyping (looking at you 30).
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