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RESULTS GTB - May 2024 - 229 entries. Record!
#1HENKAFAN replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
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Outline of an idea for new game - Hot air balloon game
#1HENKAFAN replied to Jejima's topic in Sumo Games
I can't promise I'll be able to play a daily game like this in the long-term and I'm probably not going to be all that good since I have no real daily game experience, but for this basho I think I should be able to help get the game off the ground. Adding all sekitori will definitely make the game a lot easier since if it's limited to makuuchi rikishi you don't get to control the strength of your balloon as much. I'm not sure if it would necessarily make teams more diverse inherently though since it increases the number of strong picks that many players would want to put on their team. Like @Jejima said for example with all sekitori there is no reason to not choose Hokuseiho since everyone knows he is not going to be there. -
Outline of an idea for new game - Hot air balloon game
#1HENKAFAN replied to Jejima's topic in Sumo Games
This game sounds cool but who exactly is going to run it if Jejima can't? -
I hate journalists just as much as anyone else does but I don't see how this article is any different to how most sumo fans react when they hear Wakatakakage and Wakamotoharu for the first time. And the Japanese commentators laugh at their names sometimes too, you know, live on air. It's not just a western thing.
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Have confidence. I daresay Taikoubana could win the maezumo yusho with that pick!
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Last basho when I got Kotoshoho I thought I might get my first 10+win basho. Still the best draw i got in a while though. I was close!
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Might be a bit of a nonsequitur but back when I was first getting into sumo there was a general perception outside of these banzuke guessing threads that the east and west ranks were functionally equal and the distinction between them only existed because you could not put 2 people in the same place. Even on first hearing that it didn't make sense to me and I quickly found out how plainly wrong that was when I first tried my hand at GTB. It made me wonder why many people believed that in the first place. Thankfully now that sumo and GTB are both more popular I don't see people claiming such anymore!
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Sumo Spiffy had Meisei ahead of Oho in his guess but he's the only other one I've seen do that so far. It's not that crazy but it seems Oho is the standard choice there. (Of course @Hoshotakamoto got his answer one second before mine so now it looks like I'm not reading)
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After the previous conversations I am confronting yet again that changing things from my initial draft usually hurts me more than it helps. Too bad. I would rather have seen Tokihayate or Tohakuryu promoted anyways so let's say I hedged my bets or something by choosing Endo.
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I had been considering Tohakuryu at M17 but the combination of 5 exchanges already being on my banzuke, Tohakuryu being J1w in raw numbers, and Endo being a fan favorite in Japan made me think too many factors were in Endo's favor to bring up Tohakuryu (or Tokihayate) despite the edge case.
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Normally I'm not eager to disagree with the GOAT banzuke guesser but according to the kaiju Takerufuji got his promotion
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When I checked the history for 2 win komusubi I saw the second to last time it happened in 2014 the komusubi Takakaze was placed at 9w behind Tamawashi who got 8 wins at M10w, half a rank lower than he was this time with the same record. If they put Tamawashi ahead back then I figured these days with a lower amount of sanyaku bias Takayasu should at least fall to M8E and then whether he's put below Onosho or Hokutofuji is more debatable.
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GTB deadline has passed. Time to drop the script Y1e Terunofuji 13-2 Y ─ Y1 Y2 O1e Kirishima 11-4 ─ O1 O1w Hoshoryu 10-4-1 ─ O2w Takakeisho 2-2-11 +0.5 O2 S1e Kotonowaka 13-2 DG ↑ O3 S1w Daieisho 9-6 +0.5 S1 M1e Wakamotoharu 10-5 S ↑ S2 S3 M2w Abi 8-7 ↑ K1 M7w Asanoyama 9-3-3 ↑ K2 K3 K1w Ura 6-9 ↓ M1 M5w Nishikigi 8-7 +4 M1w Atamifuji 6-9 -0.5 M2 M11w Oho 10-5 +9 M9w Meisei 9-6 +6.5 M3 M12e Takanosho 10-5 +8.5 M4e Tobizaru 7-8 ─ M4 M2e Midorifuji 5-10 -2.5 M8w Hiradoumi 8-7 +3.5 M5 M11e Tsurugisho 9-6 +5.5 M6e Kinbozan 7-8 ─ M6 M3e Gonoyama 5-10 -3.5 M15w Onosato 11-4 K +8.5 M7 M10e Tamawashi 8-7 +2.5 M14w Onosho 10-5 +6.5 M8 K1e Takayasu 2-4-9 ↓ M3w Hokutofuji 4-5-6 -5.5 M9 M14e Kotoshoho 9-6 +4.5 M4w Shodai 4-11 -5.5 M10 M9e Mitakeumi 6-9 -1.5 M7e Ichiyamamoto 5-10 -4 M11 M10w Sadanoumi 6-9 -1 M6w Shonannoumi 4-11 -5.5 M12 M17e Shimazuumi 9-6 +4.5 M5e Ryuden 3-12 -8 M13 M13e Churanoumi 7-8 -0.5 J2e Nishikifuji 10-5 ↑ M14 J3w Kitanowaka 10-5 ↑ M12w Myogiryu 5-10 -2.5 M15 J10e Takerufuji 13-2 Y ↑ J3e Roga 9-6 ↑ M16 J1e Daiamami 8-7 ↑ M13w Endo 5-10 -3.5 M17
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GTB invite- Hatsu 2024 --RESULTS!! 199 entries.
#1HENKAFAN replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
65 points for me this time. Asanoyama's demotion being as far as possible and Kotonowaka over Daieisho both surprised me a lot. I also got Takarafuji and Onosato swapped but overall I don't feel too bad and I'm hoping being so similar to Asashosakari's list will carry me to a strong score. It's looking like the joi bias for rikishi not in the sanyaku is less generous with the current banzuke committee, that might be something I have to keep in mind for the future. -
GTB invite- Hatsu 2024 --RESULTS!! 199 entries.
#1HENKAFAN replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
To be fair if you can really reuse shikona than there's a solid chance the new Fukurou didn't know anyone had used the name before. -
GTB invite- Hatsu 2024 --RESULTS!! 199 entries.
#1HENKAFAN replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
Before the basho I was thinking the same but it seems like the strong players who have posted their lists do have pretty similar banzuke. Sumo Spiffy did have a very different banzuke from the ones posted here though and I'm sure a lot of players follow his usually sound advice. Kotonowaka was Sekiwake 2East so putting him behind Daieisho is still moving up a rank. If Kotonowaka was Sekiwake 1West then I would have more heavily considered putting him ahead of Daieisho. Shonannoumi and Ichiyamamoto only deserve to be 1 rank higher and half a rank higher respectively so it's not a huge amount of bias for Asanoyama. With stuff like this there is some more guessing involved so I'll also say that it just doesn't feel right to me putting Shonannoumi and Ichiyamamoto ahead of Asanoyama, for how much that's worth. -
GTB invite- Hatsu 2024 --RESULTS!! 199 entries.
#1HENKAFAN replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
My banzuke now comes in a much swaggier dark mode edition (thank you @Chiyotasuke) Y1e Terunofuji 0-0-15 ─ Y1 Y2 O1w Kirishima 13-2 Y +0.5 O1 O2w Hoshoryu 10-5 +1 O2 O1e Takakeisho 9-6 -1.5 O3 S1e Daieisho 9-6 ─ S1 S2e Kotonowaka 11-4 JK +0.5 S2 S3 M3e Takayasu 10-5 ↑ K1 M1w Ura 8-7 ↑ K2 K3 S1w Wakamotoharu 6-9 ↓ M1 M8w Atamifuji 11-4 JK +7 K1e Abi 6-9 ↓ M2 M5w Midorifuji 9-6 +3 M4e Gonoyama 8-7 +1 M3 K1w Hokutofuji 5-10 ↓ M3w Tobizaru 7-8 -0.5 M4 M2e Shodai 6-9 -2.5 M4w Nishikigi 7-8 -0.5 M5 M10e Ryuden 10-5 +4.5 M7w Kinbozan 8-7 +1.5 M6 M1e Asanoyama 4-4-7 -5.5 M6e Shonannoumi 7-8 -1 M7 M14w Ichiyamamoto 11-4 JK +7 M7e Hokuseiho 7-8 -1 M8 M11w Hiradoumi 9-6 +3 M9w Mitakeumi 8-7 +0.5 M9 M2w Meisei 4-11 -7 M12w Tamawashi 9-6 +2.5 M10 M11e Sadanoumi 8-7 +0.5 M13w Tsurugisho 9-6 +2.5 M11 M12e Oho 8-7 +0.5 M6w Takanosho 5-6-4 -5.5 M12 M9e Myogiryu 6-9 -3.5 M8e Endo 5-10 -5 M13 M15w Churanoumi 9-6 +2 M5e Onosho 3-12 -9 M14 J1w Kotoshoho 12-3 ↑ M14e Tomokaze 7-8 -1 M15 M13e Takarafuji 6-9 -2.5 J5e Onosato 12-3 ↑ M16 J2e Bushozan 10-5 ↑ J2w Shimazuumi 9-6 ↑ M17 J1e Aoiyama 8-7 ↑ -
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Or Takayasu could just go kyujo again like he tends to do every second basho.
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Nishikifuji is a better wrestler than where he is ranked on paper but with his injury issues I'm not too pleased to see he's the one I drew. High risk, but high Reward at least if it works out. Roga was originally billed as from Mongolia by the kyokai but once he turned 18 Roga requested that his shusshin be changed to Russia. I don't remember why that is but it has something to do with Japanese law that he had the same nationality as his legal guardian or something idk
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GTB invite- Aki 2023 - 202 entries - RESULTS!!
#1HENKAFAN replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
55 points by my count. I think my first draft was actually closer than my final draft this time so that sucks. -
GTB invite- Aki 2023 - 202 entries - RESULTS!!
#1HENKAFAN replied to Kintamayama's topic in Sumo Games
I copy pasted the banzuke helper page from my phone and I took the graph with me somehow (thank you Chiyotasuke for the qol updates) Y1e Terunofuji 1-3-11 ─ Y1 Y2 O1w Kirishima 6-7-2 +0.5 O1 O1e Takakeisho 0-0-15 -0.5 O2 S1e Hoshoryu 12-3 YK ↑ O3 S1w Daieisho 9-6 +0.5 S1 S2w Wakamotoharu 9-6 +1 K1e Kotonowaka 11-4 K ↑ S2 S3 M1e Nishikigi 10-5 S ↑ K1 M1w Tobizaru 9-6 ↑ K2 K3 M9w Hokutofuji 12-3 DK +8.5 M1 M3w Meisei 8-7 +2 K1w Abi 6-9 ↓ M2 M4e Asanoyama 8-4-3 +1.5 M2e Shodai 6-9 -1 M3 M7w Tamawashi 8-7 +4 M13e Gonoyama 10-5 K +9 M4 M4w Ura 7-8 ─ M9e Takanosho 8-7 +4 M5 M14w Shonannoumi 10-5 K +9 M5w Onosho 6-9 -0.5 M6 M15e Ryuden 10-5 +8.5 M7e Takayasu 7-8 ─ M7 M3e Midorifuji 4-11 -4.5 M6w Oho 6-9 -1.5 M8 M2w Mitakeumi 3-12 -6 M5e Hiradoumi 5-10 -4 M9 M11e Kotoeko 8-7 +1.5 M17w Hakuoho 11-4 GK +7.5 M10 M6e Hokuseiho 5-10 -4.5 M16e Endo 10-5 +5 M11 M10e Kinbozan 7-8 -1.5 M15w Takarafuji 9-6 +3.5 M12 M8e Sadanoumi 5-10 -4.5 M10w Myogiryu 6-9 -2.5 M13 M8w Nishikifuji 5-10 -5 M17e Aoiyama 9-6 +3 M14 M13w Kotoshoho 7-8 -1 M12e Chiyoshoma 6-9 -3 M15 J1w Atamifuji 11-4 Y ↑ M11w Tsurugisho 5-10 -4.5 M16 M14e Daishoho 6-9 -2.5 J1e Kagayaki 9-6 ↑ M17