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Sumo Forum's Favourite Sekitori 2025, Triacontakafinals part 2
Kaito replied to Jejima's topic in Polls
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I'd point out though, that these rikishi are being grouped for their strong 1st legs of a potential run, whereas the committee wants to see an upward trajectory with a strong final leg, ideally. So it makes sense that the rikishi who made ozeki ended up well past the 33 expected, and it's easy to imagine why Takanosato didn't make the grade ending on a 9. Maybe if his results were reversed, he had a chance? But then I look at Kotomitsuki and have no idea why that wasn't good enough, so...
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Invitation to Play GTB - March 2025 - 123 entries so far, 8 days to go
Kaito replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
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The talk of Hatsu's edition of ISP being a difficult one prompted me to dig into the stats of this game a bit. I've long been impressed by how well Kintamayama picks the matches. For a short time, I'd even go back to my Toto picks and reverse my pick if I'd picked the obvious choice. Frankly, I don't know why I stopped because I think the strategy worked well for me. The man must see something I don't. I only went back and looked at results from Hatsu 2020-Present, mostly because that's when I started playing the games, but I think it's a nice enough starting point if I'm not gonna go back to the 1990's. Since Hatsu 2020, players' picks have been correct only 51.29% of the time. To be clear, that's counting up every pick that's been made, not a representation of how often the majority pick was correct. The majority pick has been correct almost 55% in that time, so I suppose when the people get fooled, they get fooled big. Hatsu 2025 saw players get only 43.53% of their picks right. It hasn't been uncommon at all for players to miss on the majority of their picks, but this basho was still the 2nd toughest. The most difficult basho was Hatsu 2022, with only 35.58% correct picks! The easiest days since I've started playing were Day 15 of Hatsu 2023 (Tobizaru 146 vs Kotoeko 16 - 90.12%) and Day 10 of Aki 2024 (Hiradoumi 137 vs Tobizaru 15 - 90.13%). The most difficult pick was Day 8 of Hatsu 2020 (Enho 12 vs Endo 165 - 6.78%). 75 different wrestlers have been featured in ISP matches in this time frame. The wrestler who's been featured the most is Shodai with a 17-21 record in 38 matches. The wrestler who's appeared in the most basho without being selected for a match is Churanoumi, who's been in the top division for the last 8 basho. Attesting to Kintamayama's ability to pick even matches, 17 of the 75 have even win rates in their ISP matches, including Mitakeumi and Daieisho, both at 18-18. Including wrestlers with an odd number of matches, more than half of the 75 are within 1 win or loss of an even record. Wrestlers underrated by Kintamayama include Kotoshoho (10-3), Onosho (18-8), Takakeisho (18-9), Midorifuji (12-6), Tobizaru (18-10), and Kirishima (22-14). Those overrated tend to have fewer matches, as they usually disappear one way or another, but we have Sadanoumi (1-6), Tochinoshin (1-5), Okinoumi (2-8), Terutsuyoshi (2-7), Chiyotairyu (7-13), and Hokutofuji (8-13).
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Yes, for all games I can think of, tiebreakers are only used for determining the yusho. Otherwise, tied players split the points.
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Sure, I'll play.
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I didn't even think it was a matta.
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You've been doing great selecting the matches, as usual.
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Pandaazuma Susanoo Oskahanada Joaoiyama Kachikoshi Mariohana Sakura Tyerenex
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TORCHBEARER 2025: invitation, rules, and your picks
Kaito replied to shimodahito's topic in Sumo Games
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GTB Hatsu 2025 - inviting you to partake - 217 entries, deadline has passed
Kaito replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
Same score obv. And the change I made did nothing. I did have Takerufuji/Nishikigi marked as a coinflip but Nishikigi behind makes little sense given Churanoumi and Oshoma's treatment. Seems like Midorifuji often ends up behind people he belongs in front of, as if Isegahama uses him as a bargaining chip to move his other guys higher. I think we'll be happy with 66, but a perfect score this time would've been much more realistic than usual. -
GTB Hatsu 2025 - inviting you to partake - 217 entries, deadline has passed
Kaito replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
Well pal, we have the same entry, so depending on when you entered, one of us can't win. Until recently, I always dragged my feet, revising until the last day, but this time I first entered before this thread was made. But then I went back and swapped Tamawashi in front of Midorifuji 5 days ago. You? -
I did pretty well in pre-basho games this time...if hovering around 10th in most of the games and scoring almost no points for it counts for anything. I really need to shake this daily games drought though. That's where my points are supposed to come from. Grats Panda. Don't do it again.
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I thought this was gonna work, but unfortunately not. I just logged in in Opera and had the same problem.
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I can see the Day 15 results. I can click on anybody else's name and see what their picks were. If I click on my own, I get an error page saying "Sorry, the next basho hasn't started yet. Please enter after the day 1 torikumi has been released." I tried to view it while logged out but of course you can't see results at all. Ultimately, it doesn't matter if I won the day or not. I'm just curious what picks it says I made, because my own count from memory was a few wins higher and it seems my page is bugged.