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I can't believe what I just saw. Two people make it to stage 4, both of them complete the stage, Issac with over three seconds to spare thus becoming the first American Ninja Warrior. What great television.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

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Spoilers for west coast, thanks a bunch.

 

[Mighty Chin]

Great Finish, bad form on the Spoliers

 

[Currygan]

loved the Japanese version, used to watch it when Unbeatable Banzuke was on hiatus. Plus, Banzuke Brian

loved all these shows since Takeshi's Castle probably

 

[ZackieChan]

Not sure how accurate the narrative was for Sasuke/Ninja warrior but it seemed like most of the contestants were people who were in shape with regular jobs and did it for kicks.

On American Ninja Warrior it seems like everyone is essentially a professional ninja warrior, or a Parkour Instructor, or Mountain Climber or someone who essentially does obstacles for their job and it seems a lot less impressive to me for that reason.

Dat weatherman tho

 

[BlitzerRadic]

So much hate here for ANW. I like it and watch it every week and have for years. I just PVR it and skip the commercials and all the sob story stuff and just watch the runs. It turns a 2 hour show in to a 1 hour watch.

What made sasuke so interesting was that most of the competitors didnt train for this type of event. So it really gave you perspective on how difficult the course was for us normal people (and even for pro athletes) and when someone did advance it was amazing.

 

[Laz-E-Boy]

Spoiler

Sucks for Geoff. First guy to ever finish the course but because his time was slower he lost. BS

 

[Hellwarden]

Man, I wish Japanese Ninja Warrior was still on television.

Show was fucking awesome.

For all the problems G4 had, at least it had Ninja Warrior.

 

[Dr.Acula]

Sad as hell Megan Martin went out early.

I think she's one the few women who can legit beat the whole course if she ever got past the first round of the finals with the time limit

https://stephaniecreekpaumphotography.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/dsc_6534.jpg

Sean McColl crushed it when he went on.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Only the winners are the Ninja Warriors. That's why they have an obstacle course that emphases strength and agility. Everyone on the show is trying to win the title. Before that they're just regular people.

 

[mre]

Spoiler

Sucks for Geoff. First guy to ever finish the course but because his time was slower he lost. BS

He should at least get the trophy that said "First American Ninja Warrior."

 

[perfectchaos007]

He should at least get the trophy that said "First American Ninja Warrior."

That's what I was thinking. I also hoped they would give him a consolation check for ~$100K, but it looks like they gave him nothing other than the personal satisfaction of being one of two American Ninja Warriors.

 

[DoktorEvil]

Man, I wish Japanese Ninja Warrior was still on television.

Show was fucking awesome.

For all the problems G4 had, at least it had Ninja Warrior.

That, Unbeatable Banzuke, and MXC were what made shitty channels with little content actually watchable.

I wish there was a 24 hr channel just focused on these kind of tv shows.

 

[bennywhatever]

One thing I loved about all the original Sasuke/Ninja Warriors is that it was a cooperative effort to beat the course. That's all that matters. Then American Ninja Warrior comes along and that's not the case anymore - it's a competition.

Spoiler

Both the winners last night deserved a prize. They did it: They beat the course..

 

[Asbel]

That's what I was thinking. I also hoped they would give him a consolation check for ~$100K, but it looks like they gave him nothing other than the personal satisfaction of being one of two American Ninja Warriors.

It's incredibly impressive they finished the course. Here's hoping they make it quite a bit harder next year. The city finals seemed harder than Midoriyama to me. They were able to practice a lot on those Midoriyama obstacles. Maybe add an agility/balance course on par with the difficulty of stage 3.

 

[Zalasta]

I was happy for the two that finished, but honestly, I was less impressed by the so called professional rock climber than the blue collar guy.

 

[Jest Chillin]

He should at least get the trophy that said "First American Ninja Warrior."

That's what I was thinking. I also hoped they would give him a consolation check for ~$100K, but it looks like they gave him nothing other than the personal satisfaction of being one of two American Ninja Warriors.

He should receive sone kind of cash prize but the only reason he's first is because the other guy let him go first. Same event, same night so there is no "first" really. They share the honor.

I was happy for the two that finished, but honestly, I was less impressed by the so called professional rock climber than the blue collar guy.

Issac likely trains less often being a busboy while Britten being a cameraman affords him more time. Britten is also a rock climber just as many of the contestants with "normal" jobs are often avid rock climbers, freestyle runners(parkour), gymnasts, etc... Very few of the top guys were just average joes before they started competing on the show and I'm sure that by now many of the rookies have trained for years before they even try to get on the show.

 

[ccbfan]

It's incredibly impressive they finished the course. Here's hoping they make it quite a bit harder next year. The city finals seemed harder than Midoriyama to me. They were able to practice a lot on those Midoriyama obstacles. Maybe add an agility/balance course on par with the difficulty of stage 3.

IMO the stage 2 double steering wheel jump and the new ult cliffhanger are harder than anything we've seen.

What ended up making stage 3 seem weak was the UFO thing when the first guy that went cheesed through it and used his legs. I bet the designers expected everyone to hang on the disks with their arms. Instead of being an obsticle it became a resting point.

 

[Asbel]

Issac likely trains less often being a busboy while Britten being a cameraman affords him more time. Britten is also a rock climber just as many of the contestants with "normal" jobs are often avid rock climbers, freestyle runners(parkour), gymnasts, etc... Very few of the top guys were just average joes before they started competing on the show and I'm sure that by now many of the rookies have trained for years before they even try to get on the show.

Britten has a family so he may not have much free time. Either way, they are both genetically gifted to excel at this competition. It's not that they worked harder than the rest of the top athletes.

IMO the stage 2 double steering wheel jump and the new ult cliffhanger are harder than anything we've seen.

What ended up making stage 3 seem weak was the UFO thing when the first guy that went cheesed through it and used his legs. I bet the designers expected everyone to hang on the disks with their arms. Instead of being an obsticle it became a resting point.

During intro of the ufo obstacle, the guy demoing it was using his legs so they knew how hard it wasn't.

 

[Mighty Chin]

It's incredibly impressive they finished the course. Here's hoping they make it quite a bit harder next year. The city finals seemed harder than Midoriyama to me. They were able to practice a lot on those Midoriyama obstacles. Maybe add an agility/balance course on par with the difficulty of stage 3.

Harder? You kidding me?

 

[Mighty Chin]

I was happy for the two that finished, but honestly, I was less impressed by the so called professional rock climber than the blue collar guy.

Yeah one made it look easier, guess which one?

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Harder? You kidding me?

If someone finishes it next year, they will make it harder. That was the fun of the Japanese show. Once so many people cleared a stage, the next contest featured a completely redesigned stage to punish people. I love that they always refine it to make it as difficult as possible.

 

[Mighty Chin]

If someone finishes it next year, they will make it harder. That was the fun of the Japanese show. Once so many people cleared a stage, the next contest featured a completely redesigned stage to punish people. I love that they always refine it to make it as difficult as possible.

How many years has it been and finally two guys made it to the end, let alone one?

I think Britten may have been at a disadvantage since he was the last to compete. Less time for his muscles to recover. Then again I don't know how long of a rest inbetween the competitors had. Britten looked gassed fast though.

You could run it again just with the other final six and you could see them all fail again.

I think Morovsky was to cocky going backwards.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

How many years has it been and finally two guys made it to the end, let alone one?

I think Britten may have been at a disadvantage since he was the last to compete. Less time for his muscles to recover. Then again I don't know how long of a rest inbetween the competitors had. Britten looked gassed fast though.

You could run it again just with the other final six and you could see them all fail again.

I think Morovsky was to cocky going backwards.

I don't think they will modify stage 3 or 4 too much. But a lot of people cleared stage 1. That will get an overhaul.

I always think of the course going Iron Sheik on people. Break them. Make them humble.

 

[Laz-E-Boy]

If possible, I'd like to see the course focus more on speed/agility. Right now it's way too grip dominant and gives rock climbers a huge advantage

 

[Suikoguy]

If possible, I'd like to see the course focus more on speed/agility. Right now it's way too grip dominant and gives rock climbers a huge advantage

That's a great point!

I hope someone hears the idea

 

[Jest Chillin]

If someone finishes it next year, they will make it harder. That was the fun of the Japanese show. Once so many people cleared a stage, the next contest featured a completely redesigned stage to punish people. I love that they always refine it to make it as difficult as possible.

The American version has taken this long to beat because they've changed the formula from yhw Japanese version. Sasuke wouldn't change the obstacles until they were being beat regularly. American Ninja Warrior changes obstacles to be harder every year, even when no one beats it.

If possible, I'd like to see the course focus more on speed/agility. Right now it's way too grip dominant and gives rock climbers a huge advantage

Grips strength seems much harder to train and way less likely yo be naturally gifted at. It's just harder for people to beat focusing on it. Same reason why it's upper body intensive the whole time. People's arms just aren't as resilient as their legs more often than not.

With 1 mill on the line they want the course to be as hard as possible rather than well paced or fair.

 

[not psycho]

Ouch, that was brutal.

Spoiler

I never considered what would happen if more than one person finished the course. That takes a lot of the fun out of it. You can't consider the course to be the opponent now, you have to consider your competitors to be the real opponent. They need to add a minimum prize, like 100K, for all finishers.

Due to the high level obstacles they used in the qualifying stages, this 3rd stage was a let down too. One of them didn't seem like an obstacle at all. I'd have liked something like the Spider Flip, which is a fun one to watch.

 

[karobit]

I don't have a gif of American Ninja Warrior, but here's a webm of an American Ninja Warrior contestant on SASUKE

 

[Zalasta]

American Ninja Warrior changes obstacles to be harder every year, even when no one beats it.

I don't know if this is necessarily true. The coin flip in stage 1 and area 51 in stage 3 were both arguably easier than their previous incarnations.

 

[Diprosalic]

No way he's naked; there's children in the audience.

you can see his underwear.

 

[Dusk Soldier]

Not sure how accurate the narrative was for Sasuke/Ninja warrior but it seemed like most of the contestants were people who were in shape with regular jobs and did it for kicks.

On American Ninja Warrior it seems like everyone is essentially a professional ninja warrior, or a Parkour Instructor, or Mountain Climber or someone who essentially does obstacles for their job and it seems a lot less impressive to me for that reason.

I guess to be fair, when Americans did go on Sasuke, they were pretty much always professional athletes of some sort, so it makes sense that that would continue in the American version.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I guess to be fair, when Americans did go on Sasuke, they were pretty much always professional athletes of some sort, so it makes sense that that would continue in the American version.

Yeah I remember watching the Hamm brothers on Sasuke. They were former gold medalist gymnasts

 

[mre]

He should receive sone kind of cash prize but the only reason he's first is because the other guy let him go first. Same event, same night so there is no "first" really. They share the honor.

The bolded is the only thing important. Doesn't matter how or why he was first, the fact of the matter is he was first.

I don't think he should get cash, with the rules being what they were. That was for Isaac beating his time up stage four. But regardless of who got the cash, Geoff Britten was the First American Ninja Warrior because he was the first one up the rope.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I lost so much interest in it when AI found out it was just a obstacle course type show but without the humor and fun of MxC and it being on G4TV pisses me off cause it had nothing to do do with video games or anything with nerd culture.

 

[Mighty Chin]

I lost so much interest in it when AI found out it was just a obstacle course type show but without the humor and fun of MxC and it being on G4TV pisses me off cause it had nothing to do do with video games or anything with nerd culture.

Yeah man Physical Competition sucks without jokes.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Yeah man Physical Competition sucks without jokes.

Not sure if your joking or not, I was apart of the football team in highschool, I know the appeal of it just fine, it just didn't appeal to me, especially when I went to G4 for a specific purpose.

 

[impact]

Not sure if your joking or not, I was apart of the football team in highschool, I know the appeal of it just fine, it just didn't appeal to me, especially when I went to G4 for a specific purpose.

You have an anime avatar. We both know you weren't on the football team.


and to echo the others, I preferred the Japanese one. American version has a lot of wasted time and the "ninjas" are weaker.

 

[poppabk]

Ouch, that was brutal.

Spoiler

I never considered what would happen if more than one person finished the course. That takes a lot of the fun out of it. You can't consider the course to be the opponent now, you have to consider your competitors to be the real opponent. They need to add a minimum prize, like 100K, for all finishers.

Due to the high level obstacles they used in the qualifying stages, this 3rd stage was a let down too. One of them didn't seem like an obstacle at all. I'd have liked something like the Spider Flip, which is a fun one to watch.

Yeah I think they should have split the money somehow. Its supposed to be man against course, not man against man. Especially as the final obstacle is just a rope climb.

 

[Frog-fu]

Or Americans because they don't win all the time.

 

[RetroMG]

Yeah man Physical Competition sucks without jokes.

My wife and I have a good time laughing at the terrible puns, and occasionally doubling down to try and come up with even worse ones. ANW would not be half as much fun to watch without Iseman and Ackbar.

We also take a drink every time Iseman or Ackbar seems a little too into one of the competitors.

EDIT: Oh, and any time Kristine asks a competitor who just went out why they're so emotional. WHY DO YOU THINK, LADY!?

 

[Skellig Gra]

Yeah I think they should have split the money somehow. Its supposed to be man against course, not man against man. Especially as the final obstacle is just a rope climb.

That's not really true though. City finals are all time based. The real problem as you mentioned is stage 4 being a simple rope climb. It should be like the fuckin Agro crag on steroids.

 

[Wag]

Dollar Tree has no dollars or trees.

 

[Jest Chillin]

The bolded is the only thing important. Doesn't matter how or why he was first, the fact of the matter is he was first.

I don't think he should get cash, with the rules being what they were. That was for Isaac beating his time up stage four. But regardless of who got the cash, Geoff Britten was the First American Ninja Warrior because he was the first one up the rope.

Nah. The distinction should only be made if it was a single man to succeed in the first season it was ever beaten. With that not being the case and the order of contestants being completely arbitrary, there is no real meaning to the label of "first."

 

[Mighty Chin]

That's not really true though. City finals are all time based. The real problem as you mentioned is stage 4 being a simple rope climb. It should be like the fuckin Agro crag on steroids.

It's a 30sec rope climb, they ain't taking an escalator.

 

[poppabk]

It's a 30sec rope climb, they ain't taking an escalator.

Right but it requires practically none of the skills that have been used throughout the show. It just seems a lame way to decide a winner, might as well have them run a track race or do a difficult quiz.

 

[foxuzamaki]

You have an anime avatar. We both know you weren't on the football team.


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Is this comment serious

 

[Link]

Finally caught up with this. Kinda bullshit that Geoff didn't get anything. It took seven years for anyone to beat the course. NBC should have used the opportunity to earn some goodwill and given both of them the prize money. $1 million is nothing to a major network.

 

[mre]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Pe1zQ1ySE

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I'm convinced she was a plant/re-filmed portions if she messed up.

Jealous??

She was gymnast of the year before and her size is actually advantageous for many of the sections.

Plus, she hasn't gotten past the other courses since.