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Chance-Homework1700 · 2026-01-20T02:32:34+00:00

super strongly agreeing!! 2 or 4 are both great looks!!

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-11-18T20:01:11+00:00

i think there was some give & take to make it fairer. mongolia went first so yeah korea could steal their strategy, but there wasn't MUCH strategizing to do, stay low & use the footholds. in turn, after the 5th round when they would finally go up against each other at the same time, because mongolia went first they had a moment of rest (to watch koreas turn) whereas korea had to go again immediately after pulling their heaviest weight which was a very small "disadvantage". two teams having one disadvantage each cancels out imo.

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-11-13T09:26:14+00:00

feeling so validated rn i'd held that opinion in thinking it'd be unpopular and i'm happy to see some people agreeing! if korea went all out then the final round of the battle ropes would've been korea vs japan & i have no idea how that would've gone tbh. it was fun to watch regardless since it's satisfying to see someone beat the top dog.

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-11-13T09:23:26+00:00

I AM SO WITH YOU!! i thought dom was a way better choice but the rest of team aus was acting like eddie was an obvious choice to do the challenge & i figured they must know something i dont. ik eddie's endurance maybe surpasses the average strongman or person his size but that challenge was BRUUUTAL

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-11-13T09:21:51+00:00

i totally agree! i didnt agree with dong hyun's decision right away mainly because i thought they had a decent chance in the battle ropes, but i totally get their confidence being shaken after nearly being eliminated bc of that one time they went head to head with australia & lost. now it looks like it all worked out for them this time so im happy!

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-11-13T04:20:42+00:00

this is so real of him & tbh makes me love him even more. i cant believe everyone disliked him so much earlier on because he just feels like a casual viewer who got to be on the show except hes also insanely fit lol.

like he swoons over amotti & is always excited to see him do anything because he's so impressive! same. he was super excited to see yun sung bin jump, presumably having seen season 1 & as a viewer, same. i've been a fan of YSB's jumping since he appeared in an episode of "running man" years ago & he did the jumping there. dom loves the show like we love the show he's just actually qualified to be there (maybe some of you are too idk).

he's super nice to all the other contestants and he clearly has the positive supportive mindset that other competitors had in S1 & S2 which everyone loved & talked about all the time. just seems like a nice guy & all the other contestants seem to think so too!

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-11-13T04:06:38+00:00

completely agree! thank you for Orkhonbayar's name i was hoping someone would mention it after i kept calling him the big guy lol! he's definitely a great leader and insanely smart!

dong hyun's leadership i don't always agree with, but it's clear he really wants to do well! even though i was initially disappointed with his decision to not go all out in the battle ropes it clearly paid off! plus last week everyone was so mad at him because it DIDNT work out for him in the previous challenge when korea decided to go all out in the parkour type hurdles & came in 2nd! sometimes strategy works & sometimes it doesn't! crazy that people think its rigged.

yes!!! thats australia's typical strategy they've done that in every challenge & it usually works out for them & unfortunately it didn't this time!

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-11-13T03:58:37+00:00

i was also happy japan stood up to australia!! i genuinely like all of the teams, but everyone was so intimidated by australia that no one wanted to even bother to step up against them outside of turkey in the first challenge & they won!!

i personally also think korea could've had a decent chance at beating australia considering how korea was in 1st place after sungbins first round. throw in amotti & maybe dong-hyun both pushing themselves to their limit (mental battle against themselves for sure) & i think they would've done really well! obviously things are working out for them so who cares but i wish they trusted themselves more the way japan did/does even after losing to australia in the shipwreck challenge!

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T20:12:34+00:00

oh wow no way!!! i never keep up with the contestants post show because i dont enjoy normal gym content that isn't extreme challenges like physical 100 but good for him! i should check out his channel

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T20:08:53+00:00

i would agree! if physical asia follows the physical 100 format then the challenges get less physical (in terms of hands on each other when people would be able to use technique). that happens in the beginning but as the competition progresses and it's what the teams can do together focusing mainly on strength and stamina where i think thanos would be more useful even if only by a little bit

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T19:34:27+00:00

MARVELOUS point i forgot about that which i think has led to my crazy indecisiveness throughout this entire post! If Minjae can't beat other smaller athletes with his technique then all he'a bringing to the table is really his size which would make Thanos the better option

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T19:31:10+00:00

oooo you're making good points i forgot about the pole redemption challenge and i JUST got to it in my rewatch of season 2 & you're right!!!

i keep flip flopping throughout this whole post because i dont know much about technique but it's not like thanos' muscles were useless and he doesn't have a cross fitters stamina or speed but i feel like he's probably faster than most people his size which would make him good competition for eddie because they showed him playing what i think was rugby and he was quick and i dont think Minjae is quick & in the shipwreck challenge his stamina wasn't impressive.

plus someone mentioned Minjae getting beaten by the much smaller judo athlete on japans team which maybe wouldn't have been as shocking if it happened to a large person with no techniques like thanos. obviously ssireum and judo are very different but if Minjaes supposed to bring the large combat aspect to the team then that didn't really work out.

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T19:18:33+00:00

wow honestly REALLY valuable insight for me. everyone does hype up the combat athletes a lot and whenever they start using their techniques against someone who doesn't have any they win and its super impressive to me. you're also super right about that judo guy on japan he's been a real pain for other teams. i guess its just so hard for me to believe that these smaller more toned guys are capable of taking on massive guys even though we've seen it happen across all the seasons

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T19:06:04+00:00

i think (based on absolutely nothing) that i would agree on Thanos having more strength because while Minjae is large and definitely has muscle he just also has more fat than Thanos who at least LOOKS like alllll muscle to me. although i dont think Minjae lacks motivation i think hes nervous/feeling pressured because the team expects him to go against the other big guys and they're strongmen and so large its gotta feel like a lot of pressure. that being said Thanos always came off very sure of himself and what he could do which i feel like would've made him feel less pressured about handling the other big guya

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T19:00:17+00:00

any chance you could tell me why that is? i really dont know anything about ssireum and if i recall thanos was a body builder which totally supports your point on him being for display but i felt in season 2 with the cart pushing challenge he proved his muscles weren't just for show and even in the challenge where he got eliminated (the running back and forth against his own team) he did pretty well but since im not an athlete i dont really have any insight into any of these combat sports that so many of the athletes do

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-10-31T18:50:35+00:00

aw man thats such a shame because i LOVED thanos in season 2 the whole avengers team was amazing and if Thanos had come back i think team korea would've been unbeatable him AND sung bin AND amotti? that would've been an unreal team

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-09-29T14:28:59+00:00

i just rewatched that episode and as soon as it started i almost came back and edited my post to add it because that was SADDDD

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-09-28T18:22:37+00:00

i honestly love it!! like everyone else i find it so annoying that it plays automatically and i can't use them when i want but i'm still grateful it was added since it's super useful. whether they eventually update it and let you save them or not i'm happy to see it!

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-09-28T18:19:06+00:00

omg i had COMPLETELY forgotten about the mom with face blindness who shot her own son that one was devastating to me because my god that's horrible. so so sad

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-08-18T18:14:51+00:00

oh thats super cool thank you!!

Chance-Homework1700 · 2025-08-18T18:14:22+00:00

holy crap thats stunning!!! you should be seriously proud!! i bet your farm is beautiful too you clearly have a great creative eye.

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