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[Pandaazuma 1,310]

That link doesn't help one bit. All it does is give me a bunch of disabled icons.

And I'm pretty sure I'm *not* on the list of registered players, despite receiving an email confirmation.

I just followed that link and it went to the page I am familiar with. Most of the icons are disabled (as they have been for a while now) but the 'basho entry form' and 'daily entry form' work for me. They are disabled for you? Weird.

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

That said I went here: http://benchsumo.sumogames.de/Results.aspx

And you don't appear to be on the list of players registered for this basho. Sounds like a job for Doitsuyama. You should PM him.

[Jakusotsu 6,395]

Looks like there's an extra step needed to be done by Doitsuyama to activate new players. Gurowake wasn't present in the players' list I sent to the BSML.

@Doitsuyama: If you manage to activate Gurowake in time, please pair him against Kofujinokami on day 1. I will redo the following torikumis accordingly.

[Asashosakari 20,270]

And you don't appear to be on the list of players registered for this basho. Sounds like a job for Doitsuyama. You should PM him.

Concur. The daily entry mask is only available for players marked as active for the basho, so that's what needs fixing.

[Jakusotsu 6,395]

Oh, and I guess new players don't know this. Here's a link to the Bench Sumo Mailinglist:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/bench_sumo/conversations/messages

[Gurowake 4,152]

Yeah, I suspected there was more to Bench than just the competition website given the level of interest for it compared to other games. Thank you all for your assistance.

[kuroimori 1,634]

Bench Sumo:

the usual server error is back at the result page.

overall can be seen at the banzuke page but is there a way to see the detailed results/lineups for wvery player?

It would be nice to at least have the illusion of making the appropriate picks against my opponent on Day 2.

[Vikanohara 171]

I decided to give Makushita Game another try, but I don't see my shikona among the entries. Was I perhaps too late ? The deadline shown was one hour after the CiberSumo deadline, and I recall having entered about half an hour after midnight CET.

Anyway, this was my entry :

* Yoshiazuma

* Kawanari

* Onosho

* Keitenkai

* Irie

* Masunoumi

* Koba

* Goshi

* Hakuyozan

* Chiyoarashi

* Ikeru

* Tochinosaro

* Rikishin

* Nionoumi

* Dewaotori

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

The games are fine now that Bench has recovered. Hoshitori needs its usual kick in the nuts though.

[Taka 33]

Something strange is happening to my ST scores. It's extra strange that it seems to be just me, obviously making me think that I'm making some kind of weird mistake.

It was 6-5-24 yesterday and I'm listed as 0-1-34 today!

And yes I did get confirmation emails with perfectly normal predictions after I completed each day. I could see maybe just maybe that I've hit reset or something by mistake on day 1 (it would be the first time ever) and somehow that's why my score finished the way it did but there is almost no way that I've done this both days and like I said I did get confirmation emails on both day 2 and 3 like it was business as usual.

I sent an email about day 2 yesterday (and forwarded confirmation) to the gmx-mail where you've sent picks when the site has been down. I'm not sure it's the right place, so let me know if I should go elsewhere trying to solve whatever this is.

edit: day 2 and 3 of course not day 1 which was fine

Edited July 15, 2014 by Taka

[Asashosakari 20,270]

Something strange is happening to my ST scores. [snip]

I'll forward your messages to Doitsuyama when I get a chance later today - your Day 2 "entry" certainly looks like the database choked while saving it. Can you send me your Day 3 confirmation, too?

I decided to give Makushita Game another try, but I don't see my shikona among the entries. Was I perhaps too late ? The deadline shown was one hour after the CiberSumo deadline, and I recall having entered about half an hour after midnight CET.

Probably just an issue with displaying players who aren't on the banzuke. I entered later than you did and I'm listed just fine. Edited July 15, 2014 by Asashosakari

[Taka 33]

Sent. :-)

[Taka 33]

To leave no hidden stone unturned in my little problem here, after looking at my 1 registered non X pick on day 3, there is a pattern and the scores I've been "dealt" aren't exactly random.

The 6-5 score on the first 11 bouts on day 2 is where I'm pretty sure I hit the "save picks" button because I was anticipating a small break. But then I did finish the whole thing afterwards and did receive the confirmation that I've forwarded.

Back to day 3 where the only 1 registered non X-pick is also a bout that I remember because it was the one bout that I changed my mind on after completing everything else, then instead of "submitting entry" once again and getting a second confirmation mail I hit back-button on my browser from the winners picked page, changed the one pick and hit save picks instead. Something that's basically my standard procedure in this game and has never gone wrong like this before where that one newly saved bout then seemingly overrides/erases all the completed picks so to speak and becoming the result.

Edited July 15, 2014 by Taka

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Nice to hear from you, Taka...makes me feel nostalgic!

[Asashosakari 20,270]

To leave no hidden stone unturned in my little problem here, after looking at my 1 registered non X pick on day 3, there is a pattern and the scores I've been "dealt" aren't exactly random.

The 6-5 score on the first 11 bouts on day 2 is where I'm pretty sure I hit the "save picks" button because I was anticipating a small break. But then I did finish the whole thing afterwards and did receive the confirmation that I've forwarded.

Back to day 3 where the only 1 registered non X-pick is also a bout that I remember because it was the one bout that I changed my mind on after completing everything else, then instead of "submitting entry" once again and getting a second confirmation mail I hit back-button on my browser from the winners picked page, changed the one pick and hit save picks instead. Something that's basically my standard procedure in this game and has never gone wrong like this before where that one newly saved bout then seemingly overrides/erases all the completed picks so to speak and becoming the result.

Interesting, that should help Doitsuyama track down what might have gone wrong. I've forwarded your lineups to him now, though with him on vacation it could be a bit until they're corrected in the game. (If it's not fixed by week two, please remind us so it doesn't get forgotten.)

In the meantime, my only suggestion is to re-load the entry form again after you've submitted your final entry, to see if all the picks are registered correctly. Make sure you reload by clicking on "Entry" on the navbar, not by using the reload button or keyboard shortcut of your browser (which might simply pull the positions of the radio buttons from its internal cache).

In fact, I highly suggest reloading the entry form in this way prior to any changes, too. It sounds like your problem may be related to a discrepancy between the visual positions of the radio buttons (<- the way you set them as part of your entry) and what the browser thinks they are (<- defaulted to X, as in the "empty" original form), due to your use of the 'back' button to access the entry form the second time.

(Maybe you've switched to a different browser recently?)

Edited July 15, 2014 by Asashosakari

[Vikanohara 171]

I decided to give Makushita Game another try, but I don't see my shikona among the entries. Was I perhaps too late ? The deadline shown was one hour after the CiberSumo deadline, and I recall having entered about half an hour after midnight CET.

Probably just an issue with displaying players who aren't on the banzuke. I entered later than you did and I'm listed just fine.

Really ? That would be great news then. Though the deadline on the rules says 8:00 JST, so that would be midnight CET.

[Asashosakari 20,270]

I decided to give Makushita Game another try, but I don't see my shikona among the entries. Was I perhaps too late ? The deadline shown was one hour after the CiberSumo deadline, and I recall having entered about half an hour after midnight CET.

Probably just an issue with displaying players who aren't on the banzuke. I entered later than you did and I'm listed just fine.

Really ? That would be great news then. Though the deadline on the rules says 8:00 JST, so that would be midnight CET.

Japan doesn't have daylight saving time, 8:00am JST is 1:00am in Central Europe right now.

[Jakusotsu 6,395]

The nifty Japanese clock right on top of this forum site helps, too.

[Kotoviki 16]

Sorry, can anyone tell me who is in charge of Chaingang?

It says I'm out but it's not possible. My pick since day 1 has been Ichinojo and he is undefeated. If my entry didn't make it my default pick is Ichinojo so I would have still picked him.

I can't enter for day 6, it shows me out after day 4 but I made a pick yesterday of Ichinojo.

Help please!! This is the first time I ever made it this far! Usually I'm out on day 1.

For the record my pick will still be Ichinojo for day 6

Thanks in advance!

[Asashosakari 20,270]

Looks like Chaingang's autopick routine didn't fire correctly.

[Taka 33]

To leave no hidden stone unturned in my little problem here, after looking at my 1 registered non X pick on day 3, there is a pattern and the scores I've been "dealt" aren't exactly random.

The 6-5 score on the first 11 bouts on day 2 is where I'm pretty sure I hit the "save picks" button because I was anticipating a small break. But then I did finish the whole thing afterwards and did receive the confirmation that I've forwarded.

Back to day 3 where the only 1 registered non X-pick is also a bout that I remember because it was the one bout that I changed my mind on after completing everything else, then instead of "submitting entry" once again and getting a second confirmation mail I hit back-button on my browser from the winners picked page, changed the one pick and hit save picks instead. Something that's basically my standard procedure in this game and has never gone wrong like this before where that one newly saved bout then seemingly overrides/erases all the completed picks so to speak and becoming the result.

Interesting, that should help Doitsuyama track down what might have gone wrong. I've forwarded your lineups to him now, though with him on vacation it could be a bit until they're corrected in the game. (If it's not fixed by week two, please remind us so it doesn't get forgotten.)

In the meantime, my only suggestion is to re-load the entry form again after you've submitted your final entry, to see if all the picks are registered correctly. Make sure you reload by clicking on "Entry" on the navbar, not by using the reload button or keyboard shortcut of your browser (which might simply pull the positions of the radio buttons from its internal cache).

In fact, I highly suggest reloading the entry form in this way prior to any changes, too. It sounds like your problem may be related to a discrepancy between the visual positions of the radio buttons (<- the way you set them as part of your entry) and what the browser thinks they are (<- defaulted to X, as in the "empty" original form), due to your use of the 'back' button to access the entry form the second time.

(Maybe you've switched to a different browser recently?)

Interesting and thanks for the pointers!

Yeah, I have actually primarily been using Chrome lately including for all my picks this Basho where in the past it was more Firefox.

I would be surprised though FWIW if I've never ever done my picks in Chrome.

Edited July 17, 2014 by Taka

[Asashosakari 20,270]

I would be surprised though FWIW if I've never ever done my picks in Chrome.

Sure, but maybe without doing the exact steps that triggered the bug now. And possibly something is broken in Chrome now that was still okay in the past.

[Doitsuyama 1,259]

Sorry, can anyone tell me who is in charge of Chaingang?

It says I'm out but it's not possible. My pick since day 1 has been Ichinojo and he is undefeated. If my entry didn't make it my default pick is Ichinojo so I would have still picked him.

I can't enter for day 6, it shows me out after day 4 but I made a pick yesterday of Ichinojo.

Help please!! This is the first time I ever made it this far! Usually I'm out on day 1.

For the record my pick will still be Ichinojo for day 6

Thanks in advance!

Yes, autopicks weren't set today. I ran them now, and this is good, if late, news for you, Shumitto and Ketsukai.

[Kotoviki 16]

Thanks so much!!

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Juryo Game has missed day 6. And Hoshitori awaits Doitsuyama's return from sunny climes.