Kintamayama 47,335 Posted Sunday at 10:09 72 players out on day 1.37 left, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaito 327 Posted Sunday at 14:14 Boooo. I saw a training session with Asanoyama just before the deadline and took a win away from him in Oracle. I wish I'd remembered in time that I had a wishy-washy Asanoyama pick in Chain Gang as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bunbukuchagama 978 Posted Sunday at 20:19 10 hours ago, Kintamayama said: 72 players out on day 1 Is it a record? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganzohnesushi 548 Posted Sunday at 20:45 23 minutes ago, Bunbukuchagama said: Is it a record? No. In Haru 2005 e.g. Hakuho alone had 104 picks and lost. Check the archives. Ganzohnesushi 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bunbukuchagama 978 Posted Sunday at 20:54 2 minutes ago, Ganzohnesushi said: Hakuho alone had 104 picks and lost Interesting... It was similar to 80 percent of current players picking Aonishiki yesterday. Players' habits changed quite a lot since then, apparently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gurowake 4,154 Posted Sunday at 23:58 2 hours ago, Bunbukuchagama said: Interesting... It was similar to 80 percent of current players picking Aonishiki yesterday. Players' habits changed quite a lot since then, apparently. I have to pin some of this on the three-per-basho rule. Back when you could pick the same person every day all basho, given what Hakuho had accomplished at that point, I can imagine plenty of people planning on just sticking with him until he started fighting people higher ranked than him. Even if people today thought Aonishiki just as likely as Hakuho was thought then to go on another double digit run, they'd probably want to consider waiting to use one of their three picks for when in the tournament he was up against someone comparatively weaker when Asanoyama or Takerufuji might be fighting relatively weaker opponents now and you might be considering to rotate among them based on their opponent. There were some guys in Juryo that were injured the previous tournament back in 2005, but they weren't comparatively as strong overall, so it was probably more reasonable to just pin all your hopes every day on Hakuho, who probably seemed nearly unstoppable, especially considering you could pick him until he lost. I'm not sure when the three-per-basho rule was instituted, but it definitely wasn't around when I started in 2014. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bunbukuchagama 978 Posted Monday at 00:55 57 minutes ago, Gurowake said: I have to pin some of this on the three-per-basho rule. Oh, I see. This really explains it, thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 47,335 Posted Monday at 06:38 9 hours ago, Ganzohnesushi said: No. In Haru 2005 e.g. Hakuho alone had 104 picks and lost. Check the archives. Ganzohnesushi What day was that on ? There's the "you can only pick Y/O from day 10" rule which was implemented at some point.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bunbukuchagama 978 Posted Monday at 09:02 2 hours ago, Kintamayama said: What day was that on ? There's the "you can only pick Y/O from day 10" rule which was implemented at some point.. Hakuho was a Sekiwake at that point. Day 1, obviously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kintamayama 47,335 Posted Monday at 09:48 24 more down. The Asanoyama lesson on day 1 was obviously not learned today. We are left with 12 players. 3 of those players auto-picked today.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jakusotsu 6,401 Posted 7 hours ago Not the best idea to abandon Fujiryoga for Churanoumi... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
