Fukurou

After 5 days, Chiyotaikai is 2-3 while Kaio is 3-2. What's interesting is on the days Kaio won, Chiyotaikai lost, and the days Chiyotaikai won, Kaio lost. Even more, it's an every-other-day thing. Chiyotaikai's record so far is l-w-l-w-l while Kaio is w-l-w-l-w. How long will this continue this way? Their day 6 opponents are: Chiyotaikai vs Tochinoshin (1-4) Kaio vs Kisenosato (3-2) According to the pattern, it's Chiyotaikai's turn to win and Kaio's to lose.

Day 2, Day 3, Day 5, Day 6 Intai, Day 7 , Day 8 , Based on information on the NSK website, the following sekitori rikishi will be out on Day 1 of the 2019 Aki basho (subject to change). The status of the non-sekitori will be announced in about 24 hours. Makuuchi O1e TAKAYASU Juryo J5w TAKANOFUJI --- ( link ) J7w YOSHIKAZE --- retired ( link ) and ( link ) and NOW retired Makushita Ms3w RYUKO Ms45w KIRINORYU Sandanme Sd4e SADANOSATO Sd38w MUSASHIKUNI Sd54e KYOKUYUKO Sd61w TENNOZAN Sd62w OBAMAUMI Sd87e AKASHIRYU Sd92w KOTOTAIKI Jonidan Jd1e AMATSUKASA Jd5w SHINYASHIKI Jd22w FUKUNOFUJI Jd24w TOKIRYU Jd32w ARIAKE Jd36w URA Jd48e CHIYOTAIKO Jd54w MITSUUCHI Jd57w SURUGAFUJI Jd75w WAKASEIDO Jd88w KOTOTSUKAHARA Jd111w REON Jonokuchi Jk2e KOTOTAIKO Jk3w KOTOSUMIDA JK7e SHACHINOFUJI Jk18e NUMANO Jk23w IWATA Jk28e OTSUJI Jk28w TSUYASATO Jk31w KONNO

Any more? Day 9 withdrawing: Mk44w KOTOSEIGO

Thank you

Hoshitori scoring results are from last basho. Will updates be possible this basho?

Day 7 Jd5w SHINYASHIKI has left the basho

Day 6 Yoshikaze has retired

Day 5 withdrawing: Ms13e BUSHOZAN Sd10w CHIYODAIGO Sd99e NAKAISHI

Day 3 Sd69e WAKARYUSEI and Jd47e WAKASATAKE are withdrawing.

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Ms54w Tochikamiyama

Sd10e Aoi

Sd27e Amakaze

Ms30e Terasawa

Sd89e Daikiho

Ms58w Horyuyama

I apparently misquoted slightly, but this is what I was referring to when I wrote about "finally finding the strength to retire", from the upthread interview:

Long needed, and I congratulate him on his decision after such a long and illustrious career. In his retirement interview (upthread) he said something about finally finding the strength to retire. So many athletes have this problem, hanging it up when it's time. Good for him for finding that strength, and good luck in this next phase of his career.

J11w Aminishiki is out as of day 3 due to a knee injury from his day 2 match - link

Carry on. Fukurou has had a brain fart and nearly missed the entire basho.

I have brain farted the entire basho. Would the game masters for Hoshitori, UDH, and Banzuke Surfing (all waves) please grant kosho status for Fukurou?

I was lucky - the sub was in the active line-up at the time so got points for that spot (I don't remember where he was, but say if he was in the 7 point spot then I got 21 bonus points). I had asked the question about getting those points because he wasn't in the lineup I'd originally selected. Sansho are easy - if the sub is active or not, add 10 points if he wins a sansho. Yusho are complicated - if the sub is active, give him triple the points for the position he's in. If he's not active, what does he get? Some nominal amount has to be determined, but how many? 1 point because he's not in use? Clarification of original language - "my lineup" is what I submitted to start the basho with, my 13-1 picks, not including the sub. "My team" is "my lineup" plus the sub.

FWIW here's my experience datapoints for the collection. I've had a few times where A withdrew, sub replaced him, A came back, sub went out of play, B withdrew, sub replaced him. Once or twice A came back after B withdrew and sub moved from A to B. I've also had a sub (in play or not) yusho or sansho and did receive full points for sub (3 extra wins for a yusho). I did ask about that because sub wasn't in my lineup and was told he got points because he was on my team. One thing I don't recall was how much manual manipulation this required, if any.

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