Sakura

There are more things to consider than just results. Konishiki may well have been promoted if he was around now with that record, but as you say there are other considerations. A Yokozuna has to also lead with dignity. That's what I see with Kisenosato. People may not like his generally unsmiling stoic face, but I think he's actually showing a dignity acceptable to his rank. I don't know if he's religious or not, but I've always thought that his thanks to the gods after winning a bout seemed much more genuine. When he takes the envelopes he never over-does it. He seems to accept it with, again, thankfulness and respect. Appearances can count for a lot.

I can help with the Banzuke.

I was also very impressed by Gansekiiwa @Rocks. He beat me to the Roto Makushita Yusho . He was also very impressive on many of the games on the forum. Congratulations to him.

Makes sense. What sites would you recommend? I just assumed that no one would be playing so I wouldn't need such a thing.

First of all, I would like to thank @Senkoho, @Tenshinhan, @Pandaazuma, @Gaijingai, @Achiyama, @chishafuwaku, @Shokikogi, @kuroimori, @Ganzohnesushi, @shimodahito, @Randomitsuki and @PhorCillic for trying out the game. I really appreciate it. I hope you had a good time playing and that you will come back again next basho. I'd appreciate any feedback about improvements, as well as how to do promotions. Here are the results: Final Results Player Points TB Sakura 167 28 Senkoho 157 29 Tenshinhan 149 26 Pandaazuma 132 21 Gaijingai 126 27 Achiyama 125 24 chishafuwaku 111 19 Shokikogi 107 21 kuroimori 99 22 Ganzohnesushi 85 14 shimodahito 58 19 Randomitsuki 4 1 PhorCilic 2 1 So, congratulations to Sakura (me) for winning the yusho. I'm actually quite embarrassed by this . I thought given my previous TTT and TUG performances I'd have no chance of doing well, but I nearly won TUG and I won this. I hope you'll come back . I think I got lucky on some absurd picks that had no right to work out (like Gagamru for 7 points one day). The Jun-Yusho goes to Senkoho, who I though had an excellent tournament with lots of correct picks averaging almost 2 correct picks per day. The Other prizes: Kanto-sho: Highest number of correct picks goes to Senkoho Gino-sho Highest number of unique rikishi to get your score: (Will be edited in when I have calculated that one, but I wanted to get everything else out first) Shukun-sho: Highest average number of points per correct pick goes to Pandaazuma For the banzuke I'm using chishafuwaku's method of translating the points into W-L records. Banzuke Sakura (12-3) S Senkoho (12-3) Tenshinhan (11-4) K Pandaazuma (10-5) Gaijingai (9-6) M1 Achiyama (9-6) chishafuwaku (8-7) M2 Shokikogi (8-7) kuroimori (7-8) M3 Ganzohnesushi (6-9) shimodahito (4-11) M4 Randomitsuki (0-15) PhorCilic (0-15) M5

Hello, I need to create a banzuke for my game Break The Curse It'll be easy since it's the first time the game has been played, but for the future I would like to be able to move people up or down as appropriate. As you can see it is a points based game. Does anyone have any suggestions for turning points into a W-L record for banzuke making purposes? Thanks

The banzuke won't be a problem once I have the results translated into a W-L record. What I'm wondering is if anyone has any suggestions for taking the points of the game and turning them into a W-L record. Maybe the highest scoring points gets a 15-0. Maybe I calculate the hypothetical maximum number of points and assign that 15-0.

I would like to thank Hokutofuji, Takanoiwa and Ichinojo for my good results in Bench and Roto.

Well, it's a daily game for one. Also, you have to pick 3 rikishi to overcome losing records (in a head-to-head situation) e.g. picking Kisenosato to beat Hakuho would have scored you points since Kisenosato had the losing record. It's similar to, but different from, TUG and TTT. The points scored are the difference in head-to-head record.

There are a lot of trophies.

Thanks. And to add something to the conversation. I'm sad to Kotoshogiku demoted, but I really enjoyed the rare kimarite in the top two divisions. It was a really different experience watching this basho to the others. It had a much different feel to it. I seemed to get the impression of more excitement (not just because of Kise, but also I think people caught a glimpse of whom the top rikishi of the near future might actually be).

Day 15 is my birthday and I got what I wanted. A Kisenosato yusho .

Y2W. The promotees to Y and O always get the last slot. Is there any scenario which could see Toyonshima promoted?

Leaderboard after Day 15 Player Points TB Sakura 131 25 Senkoho 121 27 Tenshinhan 114 24 Pandaazuma 96 18 Gaijingai 90 24 Achiyama 89 21 chishafuwaku 75 16 Shokikogi 71 18 kuroimori 63 19 shimodahito 58 19 Ganzohnesushi 50 11 Randomitsuki 4 1 PhorCilic 2 1

day 15 = 3s

Day 15: Kisenosato, Takarafuji, Kaisei

Day 15 selections Sorry about the lateness. They don't release the toriukumi until well after I have gone to bed. And then on Saturday mornings my daughter spends hours Skyping my mum. Bouts involving a Sanyaku 29: Kisenosato (vs Hakuho) 3: Kotoshogiku (vs Terunofuji) 1: Tamawashi (vs Takekaze) 2: Ikioi (vs Shodai) 2: Takayasu (vs Endo) Bouts involving M1-M8 1: Tamawashi (vs Takekaze) 2: Ikioi (vs Shodai) 2: Takayasu (vs Endo) 6: Takarafuji (vs Myogiryu) 2: Chiyonokuni (vs Mitakeumi) 1: Shohozan (vs Ishiura) 2: Chiyootori (vs Yoshikaze) 1: Chiyotairyu (vs Kotoyuki) Bouts involving M9+ 1: Shohozan (vs Ishiura) 2: Chiyootori (vs Yoshikaze) 1: Chiyotairyu (vs Kotoyuki) 1: Kaisei (vs Gagamaru) 1: Sokokurai (vs Takanoiwa) 2: Kagayaki (vs Ichinojo)

But Ura's at 11-3.

Leaderboard after Day 13 Player Points TB Sakura 121 23 Senkoho 111 25 Tenshinhan 104 22 Gaijingai 86 23 Pandaazuma 86 16 Achiyama 83 19 chishafuwaku 65 14 Shokikogi 61 16 shimodahito 52 18 kuroimori 51 16 Ganzohnesushi 50 11 Randomitsuki 4 1 PhorCilic 2 1

15. Okinoumi

14. Ikioi, Takarafuji, Kaisei

Day 14 4s

Day 14 Bouts involving a Sanyaku 4: Ikioi (vs Kotoshogiku) 4: Ichinojo (vs Kisenosato) 1: Arawashi (vs Tamawashi) 2: Sokokurai (vs Takayasu) Bouts involving M1 - M8 4: Ikioi (vs Kotoshogiku) 1: Arawashi (vs Tamawashi) 7: Takarafuji (vs Shohozan) 2: Myogiryu (vs Okinoumi) 6: Kaisei (vs Tochiozan) 1: Takekaze (vs Chiyootori) 1: Daishomaru (vs Chiyoshoma) 1: Kagayaki (vs Aoiyama) Bouts involving M9+ 6: Kaisei (vs Tochiozan) 1: Takekaze (vs Chiyootori) 1: Daishomaru (vs Chiyoshoma) 1: Kagayaki (vs Aoiyama) 2: Ishiura (vs Osunaarashi) 2: Gagamaru (vs Nishikigi) 1: Takakeisho (vs Daieisho)

Isn't bitcoin illegal in some countries? Anyway, on the leaderboard Leaderboard after Day 12 @Ganzohnesushi had the biggest points haul today (9) Player Points TB Sakura 119 22 Senkoho 109 24 Tenshinhan 100 21 Pandaazuma 84 15 Gaijingai 82 21 Achiyama 81 18 Shokikogi 61 16 chishafuwaku 61 13 kuroimori 51 16 Ganzohnesushi 50 11 shimodahito 46 16 Randomitsuki 4 1 PhorCilic 2 1 Also apologies to Ganzohnesushi for not updating his score properly yesterday.

Kotoshogiku Mitakeumi Kyokushuho