Sokkenaiyama

Not a fan of screams, for all the psychological release they offer, they will wreck your vocal chords. Maybe they were just gathering material for the blooper reel?

I sometimes get nostalgic about the time I was in the thick of it, but I don't really miss it. There's more to life than sumo gaming. That said, you were/are one of the really good ones. A shame, at that.

Good catch.

I first noticed it this year, but it's definitely been going on since at least mid-late 2023. Kobayashi had his first dominant season in 2018, so this may well be older, but I'm not entirely sure it has to do with him specifically, because I definitely remember seeing the gunbai at others' jumps.

English commentators didn't even bother mentioning it, at least not as long as I was listening to them. Most don't even know it has any special significance, I suppose.

I thought it was a nice touch. Them Japanese sure do care a lot about their identity, innit. The text on it (barely visible here) was appropriate, too: 神風必勝, which means, more or less, "divine wind, certain victory".

Not to be one-upped by Oscar, I searched for the pipe guy on my own. Apparently, bashing religion has been a thing for far longer than I had previously thought. In any case, good work as usual, YBF.

Wakakaraage? Yeah, I can see it.

It wasn't the most respectful, but it's the expected level of ignorance from the unwashed masses. And, to be fair, Wakatakakage is a mouthful, even when you actually know Japanese.

That's an interesting take, and it would be an actual good idea if they weren't all in on it (or at least condoning violence as a necessary evil for development).

There's only one problem - other foreigners HAVE acted this way in the past, and HAVE paid the price for it. And as for Hokuseiho being perceived as a foreigner or not, just ask any Japanese and you might be surprised to get a resounding yes (same goes for Hakuho, for whatever that's worth). That said, the violence we see exposed is probably just the tip of the iceberg.

Maybe at some point. I won't make any promises, but I'm not ruling it out, either.

Didn't mean to be either negative or offensive - it's just my style most of the time. The question remains, by the way, and it's not only addressed to you as the game's creator, but also to the sumo gamers who happen to read this thread.

Too much depends on random chance. Why should any already burned-out sumo gaming stalwart bother with this game when there's Toto and SG already?

Must've had you confused with some other eloquent German on the forum - probably Randomitsuki.