Haidouzo

Lost everywhere but Quad (and TUG, where the longest-shot-possible Yok run is on). Ugh. GANBARIMASU

In a three-way tie for most points in Toto, thanks to 20 each day so far. That is surely the highlight so far. GANBARIMASU

I woke up earlier than I wanted to this morning in a mild panic that I hadn't actually made an entry in Toto. I hadn't remembered actually finishing it. But then I checked my email and saw the confirmation email. Then I heard about the horrid results in TTT and now I'm thinking... Turn The ******* Tide. That's the one I forgot. Looks like it shouldn't make any difference, though. (Thankfully.) (So very thankfully.) Also forgot Chaingang, but at least I had my default pick to lose with instead of a more conscious pick. (Not paying attention to the fact that my default pick would have been my conscious pick.) Lost in Bench, and only one winner out of four in Quad. Missed the bet in Odd but that's normal. No play in TTT, but no big loss, it seems. A strong 8 in DST, a win in ISP, and a win in Toto to go along with the tiebreak win in SG. I suppose a 50/50 start isn't too bad, given how crazy the day was. GANBARIMASU

Mitakeumi Meisei Onosho Kiribayama Terunofuji Motobayashi Murata

Murata J7e

Pandaazuma ScreechingOwl Susanoo Flohru Kaiowaka Kishikaisei Kaiomitsuki Ruziklao

Stuff happened, I met both of my goals, happy new year. GANBARIMASU

The struggle continues. If it weren't for Salarycap, this would be one horrid basho. At least KK is secured in SG. Also, a hilarious 2-man GBL for a 7-6 win in Bench to slow the bleeding some more. Unfortunately, 5 GBLs doesn't look like it's going to cut it for the oyakata prize. Maximum drama in the Baka Cup, which I can't say I remember happening too often. GANBARIMASU

Chose incorrectly in 2 of 3 intra-squad bouts and then ran into a perfect score, to secure MK, which I really didn't want to do from M13. Falling into Juryo would be a sad day for the Machine. The highlight simply must be keeping it alive at 6-7 in the Baka Cup. GANBARIMASU

I think the highlight of day 12 is staying alive in the Baka Cup, at 5-7, if I'm not mistaken. GANBARIMASU

Nothing to be sorry about! Take care of yourself.

Lost every game except Bench and ISP. Wake me up when it's over. GANBARIMASU

Only won in Toto and Quad. Is the basho over yet? GANBARIMASU

5-man GBL in Bench for three GBLs in a row, and a two-GBL lead for the oyakata prize. (And a 4-5 record.) Biggest laugh of the basho must be either my win today in ISP only bringing me to 2-7, or being almost 7 points below the median in the bottom division in DST. 3-6 in Toto and TTT. Still fourth in Odd, at least. 5-4 in SG for a large tie for 10th, and I believe it's now 4-5 in the Baka Cup after the Panda returned to form for (at least) a day. GANBARIMASU

Update: ISP bout is ready. Odd is still on the old torikumi.

As of this moment: Odd is not playable. Similarly, the torikumi is off for Quad, but Quad is still playable, as already noted. And there is no ISP bout yet.

A 3-man GBL for a bleed-slowing win in Bench puts me alone in the lead for oyakata prize. 5 is good enough in SG for a 5-3 record, and another win in the Baka Cup equalizes things there, if I'm not mistaken. A nice win in Quad puts me in a tie inside the top 10. Losses everywhere else. Glad to see Takayasu go. The Machine liked him a bit too much. GANBARIMASU

A nicely redemptive day 7, led by the Machine's insistence on Takayasu as the fourth best pick of the day, and marred more or less only by a 4-man GBL in bench losing in tiebreak to what would have been another 4-man GBL had it not been for a fifth winner on my opponent's bench. 2-5 is a hard loss in Bench. Highlight of a win in Odd catapulting me to 4th. (And what must be the most extreme bout win in Baka Cup history--8-2!?) GANBARIMASU

I could swear I remember a day when all of the higher-ranked rikishi won their bouts, and nobody COULD score points that day.

You think the NUMBERS are odd? Look at all the players! ^_^

I lost in every single game, except Odd--in which I didn't make a bet, after the Machine saw not a single rikishi worth betting on. GANBARIMASU

Up to a pair of nightmare days. If I hadn't gamed my way into a win in Quad, it would have been a clean sweep of losses for day 5. ISP and DST are hilariously awful. Going to take a few days to turn most of the others around. These low-scoring days are murder on the Machine. GANBARIMASU

Would I post again just to claim four posts in a row? Yes. Yes, I would.

Am I the only one who gets the creeps when half of their DST picks are also in their SG lineup?

Losses everywhere but Quad. Ugh. GANBARIMASU