apparently its become acceptable to start flaming topics, since these things keep popping up lately

i found it rather fun to try to predict outcomes, like those prelim matches. You dont have to be ABLE to predict the outcome of something in order to be able to make a prediction. (going back to the prelim example) i think having the week in between each match gives us the ability to anticipate the next match and try to guess the outcome based on what we know from the abilities of the characters. Sometimes I was right, sometimes I was wrong. But it highly enjoyable regardless. I think its unfortunate for the people who started the series near the end of the chuunin exam, since they end up watching straight through the matches and lose out on some of the fun discussions that would otherwise take place in between.