Spectacular SASUKE 16

, officially SSAS 2021秋 or translated as SSAS 2021 Autumn, was the sixteenth SSAS tournament and has been announced by C.W.H Entertainment on August 23, 2021. It was the fifth tournament after Orm Marius's second kanzenseiha and also Bruce Wayne's kanzenseiha. This was the third tournament held during the midst tapings of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League, as well as the first tournament, however, did not conduct an external audition for the show. This tournament would be the first time ever where competitors had to compete for the 50 spots prior to the actual four-stage tournament. The tournament was scheduled to air on December 4, 2021. This was the first tournament in nearly four months.

Development
The sixteenth tournament has been announced on August 23, 2021. This would be the first time ever, where the show broke the original four-stage format in one single tournament, as a result of the applicants were more than expected and the producers unable to elect exact 50 competitors to compete for the tournament.

As time passes and there were rarely had sessions for taping the preliminary stage, there are some sneak peeks on the potentially modified Second Stage. It first reveals that the Bullseye would be the fourth obstacle, which might replaced Barrier Pool in the past four tournaments. However, this was proven to be wrong, as a day later, it was reported that the Barrier Pool was placed as the sixth and final obstacle, and then relocated to the fifth moments later. It was also known that the Overdrive Salmon returned as the second obstacle, with the rungs were made thinner. On September 10, 2021, the first obstacle of the Second Stage was reportedly to be replaced, however this was later refused due to a decision of retaining the Second Stage's difficulty while performing minor modifications on it.

Possibly due to the tapings of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League as well as the hiatus in early October 2021, no news regarding to the tournament until the mid-October later the same year. The official course for the tournament had been secured since the first day of its taping, which was on October 17, 2021. In the next day, the full course has officially been revealed. The First Stage was taped between October 17 to October 19, 2021, while the rest of the stages were taped on October 20, 2021.

Shortly after its taping, there were rumours of the making of a new post-tournament series. The expected air date in late October 2021 is currently delayed into an undisclosed date in order to give time for the host to verify the official results of the tournament, as well as a possible post-tournament series in production. On November 26, 2021, as the tapings of SSAS: All-Stars Specials coming to an end, it was announced that SSAS 16 will be aired on December 4, 2021.

Changes
Starting from this tournament, the ranking system returned for the first time since the ninth tournament. This time, a points system is introduced to determine the ranks. Up to 15 points at stake for each regular tournament, competitors have to finish at least in the top 15 in order to be eligible to earn points. The lists of ranks that will be used are as follows:
 * Novice: Default role to every competitor who compete in a regular tournament
 * Warrior: Competitors who had earned 1-19 points
 * Regular: Competitors who had earned 20-39 points
 * Veteran: Competitors who had earned 40-59 points
 * Platinum: Competitors who had earned at least 60 points or above but did not made it to the top 30 of the standings
 * Specialist: Competitors who had earned at least 60 points or above and did reach at least the top 30 of the standings
 * All-Star: Competitors who had earned at least 60 points or above and did reach at least the top 20 of the standings
 * Grandmaster: Competitors who had earned at least 60 points or above and did reach at least the top 10 of the standings
 * Titan: Competitors who had earned at least 80 points or above and did reach at least the top 5 of the standings
 * Inevitable: Competitors who had earned at least 100 points or above and did reach at least the top 3 of the standings

The Last Man Standing title was now changed to Last Ninja Standing, and instead of the last competitor to run the course, the competitor who went the furthest out of any other competitors would receive 15,000 CWH.

Sign-ups
On September 23, 2021, it was confirmed that all the sign-ups for this tournament would compete in Wave 4 of the Preliminary Stage.
 * PaprikooLTU
 * ShaidcMCGS
 * Whoubea

Preliminary Stage
Taping date(s):
 * Wave 1: August 26, 2021
 * Wave 2: September 2, 2021
 * Wave 3: September 15-16, 2021
 * Wave 4: September 24, 2021
 * Wave 5: September 28-29, 2021

The number of competitors competing are varied in each occurrence of the preliminary stage. For classifying the loaded number of competitors, this stage was divided into several waves, typically new competitors would compete in earlier waves, whereas veterans and stars would compete in later waves. They would face 5-obstacle course with no rest in between, clearing the course would guarantee their spot to the First Stage. The final ranking depends on the clearing the course for the fastest time, then competitors who went the furthest to fall on the obstacle the fastest in case of there are less than 50 competitors cleared, regardless of wave number. The top 40 male and top 10 female competitors will advance to the actual four-stage tournament.

Obstacles
① Exhausting Jungle ② Cat Grab ③ Barrel Roll ④ Escape Zone ⑤ Wingnuts

Obstacles
① ^Sonic Stairs ② Hyper Twist ③ ^Free Fall ④ Dragon Drop ⑤ Sweep the Propeller ⑥ Warped Wall ⑦ ^The Sprinter ⑧ Suicidal-Free ⑨ Captain's Cabin

Time limit: 140 seconds ^ - Denotes New Obstacle * - Denotes Modified Obstacle ~ - Denotes Returning Obstacle

Obstacles
① Cannon Shoot ② *Overdrive Salmon + ③ ~Flying Bar ④ ^Bullseye ⑤ Barrier Pool ⑥ ^Power-tackle

Time limit: 210 seconds ^ - Denotes New Obstacle * - Denotes Modified Obstacle ~ - Denotes Returning Obstacle

Obstacles
① Grasping Vines ② ^Stegosaurus ③ Jamming Logs ④ Cliffhanger of Faith ⑤ Pipe Dream + ⑥ Vertical Limit Tri ⑦ ^Cone Adventure + ⑧ Inclined Pipe Slider

^ - Denotes New Obstacle * - Denotes Modified Obstacle ~ - Denotes Returning Obstacle

Comments
I want to compete in SSAS 16. My name is PaprikooLTU.

-- PaprikooLTU (talk) 21:17, 23 August 2021 (+08)