Sumo Gaming World Championship 2023

[Oskanohana 293]

1 hour ago, Randomitsuki said:

I think it's now safe to say that a first World Championship title for Oskanohana is a done deal. Or at least I lack imagination of what could possibly go all wrong to endanger his commanding lead.

Danger's name is Kagayaki and I'm lucky this muppet is in juryo and he's inelegible for the vast majority of games. I already picked him on quad (day 1, done and out) and I'll avoid his matches like the plague.

 

On 21/11/2023 at 21:44, Oskanohana said:

BTW, I can perfectly see what you're trying to do, you're just trying to jinx it, but as Hakuho is my witness, I'll never trust Kagayaki again.

Imagine writing that and doing this pick the next day on Turn the Tide.

22

4-8

+5

1.574

Oskahanada

Kagayaki 3-8 L

Tomokaze 6-5 L (0)

L

0

0.250

Truly a World Champion move. Do as I say, not as I do.

Anyway, it'd be fitting to get the WC title next to a yusho in SG. Andoreasu is now beating me handily on tie-break but we still haven't faced each other. I guess our disparity in rank (M14w vs M16e) is way too much or I really don't understand that game's daily torikumi making. Still, maybe I can decide who's green and who's not. You may call me Greta.

[Randomitsuki 2,843]

Day 13 (had way more time today than expected, hooray!):

Inofficial Salarycap standings (including jun-yusho bonus for Kirishima/Atamifuji): Ruziklao (1677) in front of Joaoiyama (1675) and Wamahada (1668).

Adjusted Oracle standings: Gonzaburow (567) in front of Pandaazuma (561) and chishafuwaku & Torafujii (560).

In the Kyushu Masters, leader Andoreasu lost about 12 points while Golynohana stayed on course, giving the Polish powerhouse the lead (57.55 vs. 49.84 points). Tetsuba also has a shot at the Green Mawashi (48.80). Notable others: Gonzaburow (43.05), Oskanohana (36.17), Athenayama (34.00), Pandaazuma (33.94), chishafuwaku (33.00), and Beeftank (31.50).

Most of the top players saw slight improvements over the day, so things in the World Championship remain mostly as they were. Kaito now has a 12.30 points lead over the trio that fights for 3rd place (Gonzaburow, Susanoo, Pandaazuma). Three players are in the race for 6th place (Norizo, Joaoiyama, Golynohana), and Andoreasu in 9th slipped a bit. chishafuwaku defends 10th place. Balon and Oshirokita are in the 10-point window behind 10th place. Not on the chart: Bill (109.38), Unkonoyama (101.51), and Kishikaisei (101.34).

[Randomitsuki 2,843]

Standings Day 14:

UDH will not present standings on its web page this weekend as Tamanaogijima is away from the computer. However, he gave me access to his secret files, and here are the top 3: Gonzaburow (346) over Kishikaisi (345) and Oyama (339).

Salarycap (including special bonuses): Joaoiyama (1821) over Oskanohana (1786) and Ruziklao (1784)

Oracle projection: Gonzaburow (559) over chishafuwaku, Kishikaisei, and Pandaazuma (554).

Golynohana is in an excellent position to grab the Green Mawashi (60.51). However, there might be outside chances for chishafuwaku (49.50) and Andoreasu (45.83) to claim the title. Other notable performances can be seen for Gonzaburow (42.96), Athenayama (42.00), Oskanohana (39.25), Pandaazuma (35.55), Beeftank (30.50), and Kintamayama (30.13).

The World Championship reports have turned into a bit of a bore. While Oskanohana's victory is beyond any dispute, it also looks as if Kaito will be Vice World Champion (he crossed the 200 points mark today). Third place is still contested among Gonzaburow, Pandaazuma, and Susanoo. Sixth place is still contested between Golynohana, Norizo, and Joaoiyama. And in the only slight change over yesterday, 9th place is now contested between Andoreasu and chishafuwaku.

[Randomitsuki 2,843]

Unconfirmed Final Standings:

Here are the inofficial Final Standings for the Kyushu Masters and the World Championship. Results for Hoshitori Game, Salarycap Sumo, and UDH are provisional - I did my best to calculate the scores, but there is always the possibility that I semi-manually botched some things that will deviate from the official standings once they are in.

For Hoshitori Game, I forgot to jot down the estimated points, but the winner was Suwihito, followed by Beeftank and Pitinosato (who was outside of the Top 10 on Day 14).

For Salarycap Sumo, my standings have Sakura (2446) on top, followed by Joaoiyama (2383) and Beeftank (2305)

And in UDH I see Gonzaburow winning (370) in front of Oyama (362) and Kishikaisei (359).

If that is true (and probably even if it isn't) the winner of the Green Mawashi is Golynohana (54.51). Oskanohana is not only World Champion, but also ended Kyushu on a high note in second place (with a glorious Odd yusho on senshuraku), giving him 50.77 points as well as gino-sho and kanto-sho. Beeftank (46.00) finishes in 3rd place. Other players above 30 points are Gonzaburow (43.71), Pandaazuma (41.59, kanto-sho), Athenayama (41.00), Andoreasu (39.60), Papayasu (34.30), and chishafuwaku (31.80).

Oskanohana wins the 2023 World Championship miles ahead of his competitors. Congratulations for a fully deserved title (and please PM me with a postal address in case you want a trophy). Kaito is the only other player to finish north of 200 points, giving him 2nd place. The battle for 3rd place went in favor of Pandaazuma who outdid Gonzaburow (4th) and Susanoo (5th). The battle for 6th place was decided by Norizo over Joaoiyama and Golynohana. Andoreasu remains in 9th place, and chishafuwaku rounds out the Top 10 of the year. The only player with triple digits who is not on the chart is Bill (103.38).

Edited November 26, 2023 by Randomitsuki

[Randomitsuki 2,843]

Other awards of the year (again, barring pending corrections once all results are in):

World Champion: Oskanohana (246.38 points)

Pre-Basho Games World Champion: Oskanohana (145.25)

Daily Games World Champion: Kaito (121.93)

Shukun-sho: Oskanohana (8 yusho)

Kanto-sho: Oskanohana, Kaito, and Pandaazuma (33 Top 10 positions)

Gino-sho: Oskanohana (101.13 points in his worse category).

 

World Champions in Individual Games:

Bench Sumo: Pandaazuma

Chaingang: Kaito

Deutsches Tippspiel: Fay

GTB: Goshobiyama

Hoshitori Game: Oortael

ISP: Kishikaisei

Juryo Game: Kajiyanosho

Norizo Cup: Oskanohana

Odd Sumo: Oskanohana

Ozumo Bingo Game: nomoichirou

Paper Oyakata: Susanoo, eboshiiwa, Sinsanga

Roto Sumo: Gonzaburow

Salarycap Sumo: Susanoo

Sekitori Oracle: Oskanohana

Sekitori Quad: Oskanohana

Sekitori Toto: Bill

Sumo Game: Norizo

TTT: Manatsumai

UDH: Gonzaburow

I guess it will be next weekend until I find time and inclination to create the Web sites for Kyushu Masters and the World Championship.

Thanks for reading!!

[Kaito 311]

Congrats Oska!

Looks like I badly need to improve my pre-basho picking for next year. Ganbarimasu!

[Sumo Spiffy 579]

26 minutes ago, Kaito said:

Congrats Oska!

Looks like I badly need to improve my pre-basho picking for next year. Ganbarimasu!

And I need to improve my daily picks. Is it unusual to do really well on one side and really badly on the other? I got absolutely smoked at Sumo Game, S-T, etc., but had my best basho overall by miles with the pre-basho games.

[Kaito 311]

2 hours ago, Sumo Spiffy said:

And I need to improve my daily picks. Is it unusual to do really well on one side and really badly on the other? I got absolutely smoked at Sumo Game, S-T, etc., but had my best basho overall by miles with the pre-basho games.

I dunno. I do think they test some different skillsets. Maybe I'm just saying this because I've had a bad year, and arguably a bad "career" at the pre-basho games, but it feels like a bit of a lottery with how little information and practice footage we get. I've done well over the years at GTB and the more comprehensive pre-basho games (Oracle/Norizo), but so many are variants of picking a few wrestlers you think will do well, and if you do well in one, you have a good chance of doing well in all of them. You whiff on one hunch, and they all fail to score. The active/not active stuff in Norizo often puts me out of the running there as well.

Personally, I prefer predicting the daily stuff where I can react and adapt to what I'm seeing on the dohyo each day.

[Bunbukuchagama 770]

2 hours ago, Sumo Spiffy said:

Is it unusual to do really well on one side and really badly on the other?

No.

[Tamanaogijima 765]

On 25/11/2023 at 12:35, Randomitsuki said:

Standings Day 14:

UDH will not present standings on its web page this weekend as Tamanaogijima is away from the computer. However, he gave me access to his secret files, and here are the top 3: Gonzaburow (346) over Kishikaisi (345) and Oyama (339).

 

14 hours ago, Randomitsuki said:

Unconfirmed Final Standings:

And in UDH I see Gonzaburow winning (370) in front of Oyama (362) and Kishikaisei (359).

 

You got the daily leaders right so I guess the rest was also okay for UDH

Confirmed standings to be found at Day 14 Standings and Final Standings.

[Oskanohana 293]

Well, finally I can call myself a World Champion. I'm elated, specially after getting so close last year. Funnily enough, getting the last minute Odd Yusho this year when I didn't really need it for the championship was like adding salt to last year's wound. Luckily it was long healed by now, because what really drives me (and I guess most of us) is having fun. We're not playing for money or other insignificant things like fame and fortune but for really meaningful things like honor and that weird sense of accomplishment that you get for predicting what two oversized men are doing inside a small sand circle all the way across the globe from where you're sitting.

Thanks to everyone who run the games, keep the scores and give us the videos so we can see what's happening in the dohyo daily, because the NHK and the NSK aren't certainly helping with that. Hard to imagine there was a time when you could watch a free live feed from the NSK web itself. Yes, it was heavily pixelated, but one got to cheer for his favourite bunch of pixels back then.

I congratulate and encourage every single one of the players. If I can do it with no algorithm or spreadsheets, just by instinct and feel (and a healthy scrutinization of the sumodb, of course), then you can do it too. The more, the merrier...and the sweeter my future victory over all of you will be.

See you next year. Good luck getting second place, you'll need it.

[Kintamayama 45,519]

1 hour ago, Oskanohana said:

 Funnily enough, getting the last minute Odd Yusho this year when I didn't really need it for the championship was like adding salt to last year's wound.

Grrr...

Edited November 29, 2023 by Kintamayama

[Kajiyanosho 38]

Congrats everyone! Especially congrats to Oskanohana for such a dominant performance.

I'm not impressed with my 2023, but glad to have the Juryo Championship!