Bench World Cup 2014

[Saruyama 1]

I too will be a refioji, who needs to be walked through the process, should you still be in need.

[Jejima 1,498]

Many thanks to all.

We now have enough refiojis!

The Bench World Cup is back on!

Many players have sent their line-ups - but not all...... The deadline is less than 24 hours away.

[Jejima 1,498]

Update....

Still waiting for line-ups from the 8 following players..... ScreechingOwl, KikoCookie, Harumataikai, chabonowaka, Furanohana, Achiyama, Kotononami and and kuroimori

My PM box was full up - so if any of you tried to enter, please try again. I have deleted a number of old PMs, and am ready to receive yours ;-)

Maguroyama has sent me his picks, so is ready to step in as the super-sub.

Many, many thanks to the following 8 players who have volunteered to be refiojis.

Achiyama, Chabonowaka, Doitsuyama, Jakusotsu, Nekonishiki, Pandaazuma, Saruyama and shimodahito.

Edited June 5, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

I have sorted out the Refiojis and their groups.

Group A (Chocshoporyu, Fujiyama, Jakusotsu, Andonishiki) - Achiyama

Group B (ScreechingOwl, Fujiko, chishafuwaku, KikoCookie) - Nekonishiki

Group C (shimodahito, Jejima, Pandaazuma, Maguroyama) - Doitsuyama

Group D (Terarno, Saruyama, Harumataikai, Daineko) - Chabonowaka

Group E (chabonowaka, Furanohana, Achiyama, Chijanofuji) - shimodahito

Group F (Kotononami, Kintamayama, Kaimoitsuki, Leonishiki) - Saruyama

Group G (Pitinosato, kamogawa, kuroimori, Domichi) - Pandaazuma

Group H (Doitsuyama, shumitto, Nekonishiki, Rubensan) - Jakusotsu

All refiojis need to inform the four members of their group how best to contact them (by email or PM here).

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Doitsuyama 1,260]

I would like to inform chokoryu how to contact me - but how can I contact him/her?

Edit: I guess andonishiki is the best contact here, no? I wrote him.

Edited June 5, 2014 by Doitsuyama

[Achiyama 1,272]

Message to my group "A" members:

Group A (Chocshoporyu, Fujiyama, Jakusotsu, Andonishiki) - Achiyama

I got a PM from Pandaazuma that he'll submit the line-ups for Chocshoporyu and Fujiyama (who are not Sumoforum members).

They will send the line-ups to him.

To Jakusotsu and Andonishiki:

You can send me your squads either via PM or an-email to my personal e-mail (you can find it in my Sumoforum profile).

Maybe e-mail is better, because I get a sound signal on my phone when I get new mail and it will be the fastest way to know that I got mail.

Also eventual refusal to send me a PM because of a full mailbox will be avoided.

Good Luck to All WC benchers !!!

Special thanks to Jezz for organizing 2014 BWC, and his wife Fujiko, of course, for letting him do that :-) !

It will be FUUUUN !!!

[Jejima 1,498]

Hi all,

I have now received all of the squads - and I will be announcing them to the thread soon.

But one quick bit of admin. chokoryu (wife of Andonishiki) has kindly offered up her place to Maguroyama - so he will now be representing Japan, with the Ivory Coast as his counterbalance team.

[Jejima 1,498]

Here are the selection stats for all the 32 squads (including the ® and © teams). I guess the allure of Brazil playing in Brazil easily made them the favourite Yokozuna choice, making Spain and Germany the least picked teams.

Brazil is the joint most picked team (over half of the players), along with a more surprising country.....

4 picks

Spain

Germany

6 picks

Croatia

Australia

Honduras

Argentina

7 picks

Chile

Ghana

Algeria

8 picks

Cameroon

Japan

Costa Rica

USA

Belgium

9 picks

Uruguay

Russia

10 picks

Colombia

England

11 picks

France

Iran

Nigeria

12 picks

Ivory Coast

Ecuador

13 picks

Greece

Italy

Bosnia

Portugal

14 picks

Mexico

15 picks

Netherlands

Switzerland

18 picks

Brazil

South Korea

[Jejima 1,498]

Group A

Refioji: Achiyama

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
andonishiki	Brazil	France	Portugal	Netherlands	Russia ©	Mexico ®	Ecuador	Nigeria	South Korea	Algeria
Chocshoporyu	Brazil ®	France	England	Netherlands	Russia	Ivory Coast	Ecuador	Greece	South Korea	Honduras ©
Fujiyama	Brazil	France ©	England	Netherlands	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Ghana	Nigeria	Cameroon ®	Honduras
Jakusotsu	Spain	Italy	Uruguay	Netherlands	Switzerland ©	Croatia ®	Ghana	USA	Cameroon	Iran

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Group B

Refioji: Nekonishiki

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
chishafuwaku	Brazil	France	Portugal	Netherlands ®	Japan	Mexico	Ecuador ©	Greece	South Korea	Iran
Fujiko	Brazil	France	England	Chile ®	Russia	Mexico	Bosnia ©	Greece	Australia	Honduras
KikoCookie	Spain ®	Italy	Portugal	Colombia	Switzerland	Croatia	Bosnia	Greece	Cameroon	Algeria ©
ScreechingOwl	Brazil	Belgium ©	Portugal	Chile	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Bosnia	Greece	Australia ®	Honduras

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Group C

Refioji: Doitsuyama

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
Jejima	Germany	France	England ©	Colombia	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Bosnia	Greece ®	South Korea	Algeria
Maguroyama	Argentina	Belgium	Portugal	Chile	Japan ®	Ivory Coast ©	Bosnia	USA	Australia	Iran
Pandaazuma	Argentina	Belgium	England	Netherlands	Japan ©	Ivory Coast ®	Ecuador	Nigeria	South Korea	Algeria
shimodahito	Argentina	Belgium	Portugal	Colombia ®	Switzerland	Croatia	Ghana ©	Greece	South Korea	Costa Rica

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Group D

Refioji: Chabonowaka

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
Daineko	Brazil	Italy	Uruguay ®	Netherlands	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Ecuador	USA ©	South Korea	Costa Rica
Harumataikai	Germany	Italy ®	England	Colombia	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Ecuador	USA	South Korea ©	Iran
Saruyama	Brazil	Belgium	England ®	Netherlands	Japan	Mexico	Ecuador	Greece ©	Australia	Iran
Terarno	Argentina ©	Belgium	England	Colombia	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Ghana	USA	South Korea	Costa Rica ®

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Group E

Refioji: shimodahito

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
Achiyama	Brazil ©	France	Uruguay	Colombia	Russia	Mexico	Ecuador	Nigeria	South Korea	Honduras ®
chabonowaka	Brazil	Italy	Uruguay	Netherlands ©	Switzerland	Mexico	Ecuador ®	USA	South Korea	Iran
Chijanofuji	Argentina	France	Uruguay	Netherlands	Switzerland ®	Croatia ©	Bosnia	Nigeria	Cameroon	Algeria
Furanohana	Brazil	France ®	Portugal	Chile	Japan	Croatia	Ecuador	Nigeria	Cameroon ©	Costa Rica

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Group F

Refioji: Saruyama

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
Kaiomitsuki	Germany ©	France	Uruguay	Netherlands	Japan	Mexico	Bosnia	Greece	South Korea	Iran ®
Kintamayama	Brazil	Italy	Uruguay	Chile ©	Russia	Mexico	Bosnia ®	Greece	South Korea	Algeria
Kotononami	Argentina ®	France	Portugal	Netherlands	Russia	Mexico	Ecuador	Greece	South Korea	Costa Rica ©
Leonishiki	Brazil	Italy	Portugal ©	Chile	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Ghana	Nigeria ®	Cameroon	Costa Rica

[Jejima 1,498]

Group G

Refioji: Pandaazuma

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
Domichi	Brazil	Belgium	Uruguay ©	Colombia	Russia	Mexico	Bosnia	USA ®	South Korea	Iran
kamogawa	Brazil	Italy	England	Colombia ©	Japan	Ivory Coast	Ghana ®	USA	Cameroon	Costa Rica
kuroimori	Brazil	Italy	Portugal ®	Colombia	Russia	Mexico	Ecuador	Nigeria ©	Cameroon	Costa Rica
Pitinosato	Germany ®	Italy	Uruguay	Colombia	Switzerland	Croatia	Bosnia	Greece	South Korea	Iran ©

[Jejima 1,498]

Group H

Refioji: Jakusotsu

Shikona	Yokozuna	Ozeki	Sekiwake	Komusubi	Upper joi-jin	Mid joi-jin	Lower joi-jin	Upper M	Mid M	Lower M
Doitsuyama	Spain ©	Italy	Portugal	Chile	Japan	Mexico	Bosnia	Greece	South Korea	Algeria ®
Nekonishiki	Spain	Italy	Portugal	Netherlands	Russia ®	Mexico ©	Ghana	Nigeria	Australia	Iran
Rubensan	Brazil	Italy ©	Portugal	Netherlands	Switzerland	Ivory Coast	Bosnia	Nigeria	South Korea ®	Honduras
shumitto	Brazil	Belgium ®	England	Netherlands	Switzerland	Mexico	Bosnia	Nigeria	Australia ©	Iran

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Here are the first round match-ups....

Group A

Chocshoporyu (Brazil) vs Jakusotsu (Croatia)

andonishiki (Mexico) vs Fujiyama (Cameroon)

Group B

KikoCookie (Spain) vs chishafuwaku (Netherlands)

Fujiko (Chile) vs ScreechingOwl (Australia)

Group C

shimodahito (Colombia) vs Jejima (Greece)

Pandaazuma (Ivory Coast) vs Maguroyama (Japan)

Group D

Daineko (Uruguay) vs Terarno (Costa Rica)

Saruyama (England) vs Harumataikai (Italy)

Group E

Chijanofuji (Switzerland) vs chabonowaka (Ecuador)

Furanohana (France) vs Achiyama (Honduras)

Group F

Kotononami (Argentina) vs Kintamayama (Bosnia)

Kaiomitsuki (Iran) vs Leonishiki (Nigeria)

Group G

Pitinosato (Germany) vs kuroimori (Portugal)

kamogawa (Ghana) vs Domichi (USA)

Group H

shumitto (Belgium) vs Doitsuyama (Algeria)

Nekonishiki (Russia) vs Rubensan (South Korea)

[Jejima 1,498]

Okay everyone, we need to start sending our line-ups for the first round of matches to our respective refiojis. If you don't know how to contact your refioji (or if the refioji does not know how to contact their group members), let me know, and I will let you know the email address(es) required.

The first round of matches is based on the real first round matches for the World Cup (you can see the real World Cup matches in the above post, with the teams in brackets).

They start with Brazil vs Croatia on Thursday 12th June at 6pm Brazil time (I think), which is Friday 13th, 6am Japan time (I think) and end with Russia vs South Korea on Tuesday 17th June at 8pm Brazil time (Wednesday 18th June, 8am Japan time).

Please make sure that you know the time of the deadline for your entry. Each group (due to different time zones of the refiojis) will have a different time.

Remember that your ® team is very powerful if it wins, but can be a nightmare to your chances if it draws or loses. Your © team is 'normal' with a win, but is powerful with a draw, and bad if it loses. Your other 8 (N) teams do well if they win, are neutral if they draw, but could break your chain if they lose. With that under consideration, you need to arrange your squad in order (with the most likely to win their first round match first, to the team you think has the least chance of a win last), and send that to you refioji.

Please make your subject line-up like this.....

Jejima Round 1 Selection

Then send your line up like this.... (Please indicate your ® and © picks to make it easier for you refijoi.

Jejima: 1. Denmark, 2. Sweden ©, 3. England ®, 4. Spain, 5. Japan, 6. Swaziland, 7. Hong Kong, 8. San Marino, 9. Pakistan, 10. Algeria
Comment: Please add a comment! It makes the game more fun. (Really.)

Edited June 7, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Message to refiojis......

Please let me know if you are having problems contacting the 4 players in your group, and I will help you make contact.

Please also announce (here on this thread), the deadline for the first round of matches. This should be at most 8 hours before the first match (preferably much less) and at most (probably) one hour before Brazil takes on Croatia.

Refijois need to check the line-ups for their 4 players to make sure that their line-ups match their squads.

As soon as you receive all four correct line-ups, announce them to this thread (and before the Brazil vs Croatia match). Add you own comments.... E.g. Jejima vs Fujiko will likely depend on the results of the Russia vs South Korea match.

For late entries, chase up the players with reminders. If they don't enter before your deadline, remember this rule....

9. Droning rules. Hopefully we will have no drones, but just in case....
If a player is droning for the very first match, then his squad will be arranged as follows, ® team, © team, and then their remaining 8 teams in the selection order. (I.e. the team from the highest group for picks will be placed in the third slot, and the team selected from the lowest band will be placed in the tenth, final slot.)
For matches following the first match, a droning player will keep his squad in the same order as for his previous match.

Once all of the real World Cup round 1 matches are finished (after Russia vs South Korea), announce the results to this thread as soon as possible, with your comments. You will need to refer to the tables on previous pages. If you are unsure about this, let me know, and I will help you through it. But don't worry if you make a mistake, based on previous comps, it will be picked up by me (or someone else), fairly quickly. I think nearly every previous refioji has made at least one mistake in the past - but you soon get the hang of it.

Edited June 6, 2014 by Jejima

[Jakusotsu 6,401]

The deadline for my group (H) will be six hours before kick-off.

shumitto, Doitsuyama, Nekonishiki, and Rubensan: please submit your lineups per email (as requested in my PM).

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

To all Group G members (Domichi, Kamogawa, Kuroimori and Pitinosato), please send your line-ups to me either by PM or to the email address I sent to you six hours before the kick-off to the Brazil game.

Thanks...

Pandaazuma

[Jejima 1,498]

In addition to sending your first round line-ups to your refioji, you need to send me either by email (perferred) or by PM your penalty takers for the round of 16. Every player will progress here (either in the main 'Cup' or for the 'Saucer'.)

If your round of 16 match ends in a 'draw' after extra time, we move to penalties. The rules (copied and pasted, with a little adjustment) from the previous Euro 2012 are as follows...

For the penalty shoot-out for the round of 16, you need to tell me your penalty takers.

For this, you need to predict which teams you think will make it to the quarter-finals. Please send to me by email or PM (not your group gyoji) a list of 11 penalty takers. These are the teams that you think will make it to the quarter-finals in the order of likelihood. So, if you think that Algeria are definitely going to reach the quarter-finals, put them in first position.

Penalty shoot-outs will be done in this way....
The first five teams in each player's line-up, will be used. If a team has reached the quarter-finals, it scores its penalty (so you can score your first five penalties), if it hasn't reached the quarter-final, it misses. If there is a tie after the first five penalties, it is sudden death from the sixth team onward. If it is still a tie we go back to the first team on the list to continue the sudden death. After that it is the player with the fewest red cards, then fewest yellow cards that progresses. After that, it is the player that did best in the group matches, that progresses. If still evenly matched, then, we will roll a die.

But anyways, please send me as soon as possible your list of penalty takers for the round of 16 matches. (I'll send a copy of mine and Fujiko's to Achiyama and Jakusotsu, to stop us from cheating.). The deadline is before the first kick-off of the tournament, so Thursday, 12th June, 18:00 (Brazil time), FRIDAY, 12th June, 06:00 (JST). Anyone missing this deadline, gets a yellow card (as per the fair play rules). Anyone not entering a penalty taker line-up before the first match of the tournament kicks off Thursday, 12th June, 18:00 (Brazil time), Saturday 9th June, 06:00 (JST)) will be 'assigned' a penalty taker list in the reverse order of the player's teams' odds at the start of the tournament, as previously given. (I.e. your lower Maegashira pick first, with your Yokozuna pick last, and no team for slot 11.)

(On a side note, I have spent the best part of 7 hours working on this game today, so now I *must* focus on my wife ;-))

Edited June 7, 2014 by Jejima

[shumitto 419]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup

for the World Cup schedule.

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

But anyways, please send me as soon as possible your list of penalty takers for the round of 16 matches. (I'll send a copy of mine and Fujiko's to Achiyama and Jakusotsu, to stop us from cheating.). The deadline is before the first kick-off of the tournament, so Thursday, 12th June, 18:00 (Brazil time), Thursday, 12th June, 06:00 (JST). Anyone missing this deadline, gets a yellow card (as per the fair play rules). Anyone not entering a penalty taker line-up before the first match of the tournament kicks off Thursday, 12th June, 18:00 (Brazil time), Saturday 9th June, 06:00 (JST)) will be 'assigned' a penalty taker list in the reverse order of the player's teams' odds at the start of the tournament, as previously given. (I.e. your lower Maegashira pick first, with your Yokozuna pick last, and no team for slot 11.)

I'm already lost in the time zones, but not only me (Scratching chin...) (Thinking in depth...)

I think Thursday, 12th June, 18:00 (Brazil time) is Friday, 13th June, 06:00 (JST).

As for me, I will stay at JST, at least all of us (hopefully) got used to it. :-)

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Players of Group B, chishafuwaku, Fujiko, KikoCookie and ScreechingOwl: send your line-ups until Thursday, 12th June 24:00 JST, preferably in e-mail.