Sakura 1,472 Posted November 11, 2023 Welcome to Break The Curse (The Nigate Game) No need to register. Just start making your picks. It's an easy game to play, but you have to pick wisely. In this daily game, you have to choose three Makuuchi bouts where you think a rikishi with a losing head-to-head record against his opponent will win. Post your guesses either here with spoiler tags or PM me on this forum. Rules 1) Every day, choose three Makuuchi bouts listed for that same day. The bouts must follow this form: A) The first bout must contain a rikishi from Sanyaku (any bout with a Y/O/S/K can be chosen). B) The second bout must contain a rikishi ranked M1 through M8. C) The third bout must contain a rikishi ranked M9 or lower. A lower ranked Makuuchi rikishi against a Juryo rikishi can be chosen. 2) Some bouts will fit in multiple categories (e.g. a Y vs M1 bout can be chosen for the first or second bout). However, you may not choose the same bout twice (or more). If you do, the second (or third) instance of the bout will score you 0 points. 3) Any bouts that do not fit the criteria will not score points. 4) You will score points if the rikishi with the losing record in head-to-head wins. E.g. if RIKISHI A has a 30-20 winning record over RIKISHI B and RIKISHI B wins, then you score points. If RIKISHI A wins, then you score 0 points. 5) The number of points you score is calculated by the difference in head-to-head score prior to the bout. E.g. if RIKISHI A has a 30-20 winning record over RIKISHI B and RIKISHI B wins, then you score 30-20=10 points. These points are called base points. 6) When determining points, any previous bouts between the two rikishi that were in a playoff or decided by fusen do not count. I'll be using the head-to-head stats from the database, so if it gives a head-to-head of 5[-1]-8[+1], then that will be used as a 4-8 record in the calculations. 7) Fusen: If your rikishi wins by fusen, then you get half of all points (including the bonus points in rule 9) rounded up to the nearest integer. 8) The Kotoshogiku Rule. This rule has been named in honour of Kotoshogiku's extremely lopsided head-to-head result with Hakuho. The maximum number of base points on any match-up is 20. If RIKISHI A has a head-to-head winning record of 50-5 over RIKISHI B then the base points will be 20, not 45. 9) In addition to the points given as described above there will be an additional 3 points for picking a winning rikishi. This should make some of the lower scoring but low risk bouts more attractive to pick. 10) For any day, due to timezones, it may be that I cannot get to posting the points scores until well after the torikumi is out. You may choose to wait for me or calculate them yourselves. 11) Entry deadline is start of Juryo Winning The winner is the one with the most points and the end of the basho. The tiebreaker is decided by the bonus points system. @Athenayama will be collating the scores again this basho. Remember: If you don't want to pick Abi and pick his aite instead, you'll still end up with Abi if he's the rikishi with the worse head to head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sakura 1,472 Posted November 11, 2023 Day 1 torikumi Sanyaku 3: Hokutofuji (vs Takakeisho) 4: Ura (vs Kirishima) 3: Shodai (vs Hoshoryu) 10: Meisei (vs Daieisho) 2: Wakamotoharu (vs Takayasu) M1-M8 4: Ura (vs Kirishima) 3: Shodai (vs Hoshoryu) 10: Meisei (vs Daieisho) 2: Wakamotoharu (vs Takayasu) 1: Onosho (vs Nishikigi) 1: Hokuseiho (vs Takanosho) 1: Kinbozan (vs Endo) 1: Myogiryu (vs Atamifuji) M9+ 1: Myogiryu (vs Atamifuji) 6: Mitakeumi (vs Ryuden) 6: Sadanoumi (vs Kotoeko) 2: Oho (vs Hiradoumi) 1: Takarafuji (vs Tamawashi) 1: Tsurugisho (vs Tomokaze) 1: Ichiyamamoto (vs Tohakuryu) 1: Churanoumi (vs Roga) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,815 Posted November 11, 2023 Wakamotoharu Onosho Mitakeumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tsunamiko 3 Posted November 11, 2023 Hokutofuji Meisei Mitakeumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gernobono 455 Posted November 11, 2023 Hokutofuji Wakamotoharu Mitakeumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fujisan 530 Posted November 11, 2023 Meisei Wakamotoharu Mitakeumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaeucherLax 287 Posted November 11, 2023 Hokutofuji Meisei Mitakeumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,527 Posted November 11, 2023 Day 1 Wakamotoharu Onosho Mitakeumi Plus Gaijingai over Jakusotsu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athenayama 953 Posted November 11, 2023 19 minutes ago, Gaijingai said: Plus Gaijingai over Jakusotsu. But both below Athenayama ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sumo Spiffy 535 Posted November 11, 2023 Hokutofuji Shodai Mitakeumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetsuba 32 Posted November 11, 2023 Day 1: Hokutofuji Meisei Sadanoumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bunbukuchagama 688 Posted November 11, 2023 Day 1 Wakamotoharu Hokuseiho Takarafuji Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WAKATAKE 2,631 Posted November 12, 2023 Shodai Onosho Oho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athenayama 953 Posted November 12, 2023 Entry for day 1 : Sanyaku Hokutofuji M1-M8 Kinbozan M9+ Mitakeumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Athenayama 953 Posted November 12, 2023 Welcome to all to this new edition of BTC at Kyushu 23. Good luck ! (no, I'm not Flohru using Athenayama's account) Entries received Day 1 : (winners in bold) 11 players this time. I saw that Henshu-sha requested kosho in another game so I suppose he/she won't participate in BTC this basho either. We started all pretty slow but I guess this won't last long and scores will rise. Jakusotsu Wakamotoharu Onosho Mitakeumi Tsunamiko Hokutofuji Meisei Mitakeumi Gernobono Hokutofuji Wakamotoharu Mitakeumi Fujisan Meisei Wakamotoharu Mitakeumi Athenayama Hokutofuji Kinbozan Mitakeumi RaeucherLax Hokutofuji Meisei Mitakeumi Gaijingai Wakamotoharu Onosho Mitakeumi Sumo Spiffy Hokutofuji Shodai Mitakeumi Tetsuba Hokutofuji Meisei Sadanoumi Bunbukuchagama Wakamotoharu Hokuseiho Takarafuji WAKATAKE Shodai Onosho Oho Standings after day 1 : WAKATAKE takes the lead thanks to the bonus points. Name Base Pts Bonus Pts Total WAKATAKE 3 6 9 Tetsuba 6 3 9 Jakusotsu 1 3 4 Athenayama 1 3 4 Gaijingai 1 3 4 Bunbukuchagama 1 3 4 Tsunamiko 0 0 0 Gernobono 0 0 0 Fujisan 0 0 0 RaeucherLax 0 0 0 Sumo Spiffy 0 0 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sakura 1,472 Posted November 12, 2023 Day 2 torikumi Sanyaku 8: Shodai (vs Takakeisho) 5: Meisei (vs Wakamotoharu) 1: Gonoyama (vs Daieisho) 8: Tobizaru (vs Hokutofuji) M1-M8 8: Shodai (vs Takakeisho) 5: Meisei (vs Wakamotoharu) 1: Gonoyama (vs Daieisho) 8: Tobizaru (vs Hokutofuji) 2: NIshikigi (vs Midorifuji) 1: Shonnanoumi (vs Onosho) 1: Endo (vs Hokuseiho) 1: Mitakeumi (vs Atamifuji) M9+ 1: MItakeumi (vs Atamifuji) 4: Kotoeko (vs Hiradoumi) 2: Oho (vs Sadanoumi) 2: Tsurugisho (vs Tamawashi) 1: Tomokaze (vs Takarafuji) 1: Churanoumi (vs Ichiyamamoto) 1: Roga (vs Kitanowaka) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tsunamiko 3 Posted November 12, 2023 Shodai Tobizaru Kotoeko Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaeucherLax 287 Posted November 12, 2023 Tobizaru Meisei Tomokaze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gernobono 455 Posted November 12, 2023 Tobizaru Nishikigi Oho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 5,815 Posted November 12, 2023 Tobizaru Shodai Tsurugisho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sumo Spiffy 535 Posted November 12, 2023 Tobizaru Nishikigi Oho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WAKATAKE 2,631 Posted November 12, 2023 Tobizaru Nishikigi Churanoumi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,527 Posted November 12, 2023 Day 2 Meisei Nishikigi Tomokaze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bunbukuchagama 688 Posted November 12, 2023 Day 2 Shodai Shonannoumi Oho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetsuba 32 Posted November 13, 2023 Day 2: Tobizaru Nishikigi Oho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
