brz0ny
Jessie Graff
We need Ryo Fail Guessing Game for Sasuke 42
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Post by brz0ny on Dec 30, 2022 10:50:11 GMT -5
Ah worst, I'd go with Hashimoto. It was kind of a Bunpei in 30 moment where you kinda wish he didn't come back because he was half the competitor he used to be and it just seemed like a really sour note to go out on. Granted he's chronically disabled so I can see why he hung it up after 29, but still it was just sad to see. And his form just looked off. And he did worse than HIKAKIN (sorry, I can't help it I can never stop thinking about that one). Not sure if he'll come back for future tournaments but given scoliosis isn't exactly something you can just recover from, though if he does I do hope he does better. What makes it worse than Iketani for you?
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Post by subtleagent on Dec 30, 2022 11:09:56 GMT -5
Iketani didn't have as far to fall and had already had some really awful results by this point. Hashimoto was a more decorated and consistent competitor who actually had a good chance to kanzen before the scoliosis happened. I guess I've just come to expect Iketani to fail and I know he's pretty much there for the fans (even though he's cut a lot now) whereas Hashimoto while I knew he'd be off form from being away from SASUKE for so long I thought he'd at least do better than he did. So while Iketani definitely had the worse result, it didn't sting nearly as much as Hashimoto's.
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Post by dakohosu on Dec 30, 2022 13:22:35 GMT -5
I think Iketani takes it for me purely because he failed the Silk Slider of all obstacles, at least his previous fails on the Rolling Hill, Escargot, and Wing Slider were actually legitimate obstacles that anyone could fail, but Silk Slider? Naaaaah, it’s so slow and the landing platform is way too generous, yet he just toppled over into the water. Even by his current standards that was quite poor form.
Hashimoto honestly failed about where I expected him to. A lot of people were saying he could make Stage 2 but let’s not forget he’s only just recovered from scoliosis and hasn’t been training much, at least he’s not been seen training at Matsuda’s or anything. There was absolutely no way he was passing Stage 1 having been physically inactive for that long. Kane at least dedicated several months to specific training and is also a martial arts actor so a clear was never that out of reach as he was already in a great position to begin with. Having just recovered from a spinal issue isn’t lol. Even if Iketani had been doing worse more recently, Koji not having competed in 9 years and recovering from the aforementioned meant my expectations were equally low for him. But Fish Bone > Silk Slider always, because it's farther into the course and not a complete pisstake of an obstacle.
It was great to see Hashimoto back but personally I would’ve rather had someone different, a bigger ‘what if’ so to speak. I would’ve said Kong but I saw a recent photo of him and he’s put on a lot of weight/hasn’t been training at all. I would’ve preferred someone like Anastase who had a lot of natural ability and would’ve had at least a legitimate chance of clearing.
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Post by subtleagent on Jan 1, 2023 0:32:08 GMT -5
Fair point, though like I said I wasn't really surprised given how badly he's done lately and how he has a penchant for some rather scary digressions.
Another mention I'd put would be Saikawa. In 39 he came dead close to clearing, but in 40 he looked like he just mentally choked. I feel like he's slowly becoming the Matsuda of Stage 2 in that you can spin a wheel to where he'd fail. Same with Hioki's Backstream fail, like what? Did he inhale some water or gas out because he looked like the pool was really tough for him specifically.
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Post by YourResidentKojiFan on Jan 1, 2023 0:46:35 GMT -5
Another mention I'd put would be Saikawa. In 39 he came dead close to clearing, but in 40 he looked like he just mentally choked. I feel like he's slowly becoming the Matsuda of Stage 2 in that you can spin a wheel to where he'd fail. Same with Hioki's Backstream fail, like what? Did he inhale some water or gas out because he looked like the pool was really tough for him specifically. R/e Saikawa, I believe he got injured as he had a really tough time even getting out of the Reverse Conveyor pool afterwards. As for Hioki, I think he just took a bad route and got pushed back. Just bad technique.
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Post by dakohosu on Jan 1, 2023 7:30:19 GMT -5
Another mention I'd put would be Saikawa. In 39 he came dead close to clearing, but in 40 he looked like he just mentally choked. I feel like he's slowly becoming the Matsuda of Stage 2 in that you can spin a wheel to where he'd fail. Same with Hioki's Backstream fail, like what? Did he inhale some water or gas out because he looked like the pool was really tough for him specifically. R/e Saikawa, I believe he got injured as he had a really tough time even getting out of the Reverse Conveyor pool afterwards. As for Hioki, I think he just took a bad route and got pushed back. Just bad technique. Hioki generally didn’t seem as with it this tournament compared to 39. He seemed a lot slower on Stage 1 and even before the Backstream had a close call on the Spider Drop. He just came across waaaaay more rusty, whereas usually he’s pretty bullet proof up until Stage 3. His fluff piece prior to his Stage 1 run said he had sustained a foot injury in September which would’ve been only a month before taping so that’s probably why, I doubt ‘age’ would catch up with him that much in a year, it’s not like once you hit 40 you suddenly drop off. His Backstream attempt was pretty bad but also a lot of other competitors did the same move; they take the outside route and cut across at the end, hell even Keitaro did this when I watched his Paravi run and had no trouble. I just presume his lack of training during injury probably affected his general fitness or something. At least I hope so as this is technically his worst performance since Sasuke 32.
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Post by gamer2k4 on Jan 3, 2023 10:50:54 GMT -5
Masashi's fail at the Backstream bothered me. I don't recall how much time he had left, but it really looked like he thought the ladder was on the other side of the tank and kept swimming over there despite not being able to find it.
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