Mole in the Hole Gamma Test

[Jejima 1,415]

Okay, you can start sending in your day 1 entries if you like...

All entries must arrive before 1.00 pm Japan time prior to each day's bouts (NB Half an hour earlier than for Bench Sumo), this is so that I can do the preliminary cutting and pasting during my lunch-break :-D

Below is mostly copied from the Jan basho (as you'll note from the rikishis' ranks, which I haven't bothered to update), but with some necessary adjustments :-S

Template entry....

Please make your daily entries to molegame@gmail.com like this....

In the subject title:-

Jejima Day 1

In the main body of the text:-

Jejima Day 1

M - Ke Kotomitsuki

RAF - Ow Chiyotaikai W, J4w Ishide W, S1w Miyabiyama L, J7e Hakurozan L,

S - J13e Senshuyama, J14e Bushuyama, J10w Maikaze

Comment: I'm very excited by this new game.....

For clarification

M = Mole

RAF = Rank and File

W = predicted winner

L = predicted loser

S = substitutes (only to be used if needed to replace a forfeit winner or loser)

You will also note that I've kept their ranks (eg Ke, J4w etc) next to their shikonas. This is to make it easier for me to find them in the results (especially for the Juryo rikishi!)

You will also see that I put the predicted winners before the predicted losers - again for my ease.

You will further note that amongst the RAF, I put the predicted winners in order of rank, and then the predicted losers in order of rank. Again to make it as easy as possible for me to work out what's what.

The subs are different due to the rules. They are just placed in order of likelihood of winning - in case they are called in to replace a forfeit loss / win rikishi. (Read rules above if you need further clarfication).

Comments are - of course - unnecessary, but should you want to give one (and I will assume, unless told otherwise, that all comments (whether prefaced or not) included in a daily entry email are intended for all), are preferable at the end....

Edit: Added the daily deadline

Edit 2: Changed 'Hole' to 'Mole'

Edited March 13, 2005 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,415]

A. Jejima (EH)

Y Asashoryu (1), KW Kotooshu (6), M4E Kokkai (12), M5E Dejima (13), M5W Hokutoriki (15), M11E Kasugao (23), J12W Yotsukasa (27), J7W Kinkaiyama (31)

Comment:  I hope I can emulate Doitsuyama-zeki :-S

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You'll be surprised to hear (perhaps) that I'm not overly pleased with my squad. I've no idea what kind of basho Osh, Kokkai, Dejima and Hokutoriki will have. I think that Yotsukasa and the Kinki Kid are impossible to predict. I guess I may make big use of the nakabi transfer window...

[tominishiki 0]

A. Jejima (EH)

Y Asashoryu (1), KW Kotooshu (6), M4E Kokkai (12), M5E Dejima (13), M5W Hokutoriki (15), M11E Kasugao (23), J12W Yotsukasa (27), J7W Kinkaiyama (31)

Comment:

[aderechelsea 125]

not a bad team myself .... i hope Tochisakae and Harunoyama will dominate their low ranked opponents.

Kisenosato and Mickey will have good tournaments, and i hope the same for Asasekiryu and Shimotori who are back in the team as they were in Hatsu too ...

anyway i hope we will have a good time and that i won't screw up in my gyoji debut (in 18-19-20 march)

Good tournament to all !!!!!!

Edited March 11, 2005 by aderechelsea

[Gusoyama 104]

Ig. Not too fond of my team, but I have no one to blame but myself.

[Zenjimoto 40]

Damn, when was the deadline here? I am so out of it this basho (I am not worthy...) I am a drone? What does that mean? Can I still make selections?

[Jejima 1,415]

Damn, when was the deadline here?  I am so out of it this basho (I am not worthy...)  I am a drone?  What does that mean?  Can I still make selections?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sorry about that....

With the new Juryo division, and my home computer repeatedly crashing, it took about 5 hours to sort out the initial line-ups (bring on the days of autmation!)

The deadline was the same as for Bench Sumo (to allow time to get things set, and let players know their squads in good time, so that they can make their day 1 selections. Eveb when / if we get automation for this game, we'll need to keep an early deadline for this very reason.)

What this means is that there is nothing for you to do this basho except watch the drone fight in your place. Your drone has an automatic winning mole, and so does have a winning chance. A drone cannot go up a division (which in your case is moot, as there are no divisions to go up to), but can stay in its current division, or drop down a division. Then, in May you replace it again.

When I have time later, I'll cut and paste the drone rules and Transfer window rules across to this thread for clarity.

But a BIG reminder to those fighting the drones down in Juryo, all the drones have automatic winning moles, so make sure you put a sure-fire bet for your mole!

[Zenjimoto 40]

OK :-) Should be inreresting how the drone does, anyways :-)

Cheers

Zenjimoto

[Jejima 1,415]

Below are the kyujo / drone rules copied and pasted (with only minor changes) from the beta thread...

Kyujo rules:-

Due to the nature of this game, it needs to be much more strict on kyujo players as this game will be less fun if the tiny divisions have lots of non-active players replaced by boring drones....

There are no kosho rules. If a player is 'kyujo' for one basho (ie does not make an entry), he or she will be replaced by a drone called by their shikona+drone. eg, if Jejima does not enter, a Jejimadrone will take his place. The player will replace the drone for the basho. However, a player-drone is NOT allowed to be promoted up a division, and so will be pushed down the final result table - if need be - to the first position that ensures that this does not happen. A player-drone can remain in the same level of division (based on his / her drone's efforts), or get moved down a division if their drone sucks. A player going kyujo for two basho in a row will be replaced for the second basho by a 'ghost', eg Jejimaghost. The player-ghost ends up the basho in the same way as a player-drone. However, once the new banzuke has been completed as outlined in a previous post, all 'ghosts' are removed, and all players are moved up the banzuke to fill up the gaps.

Intai

Any players going intai need to have made that announcement prior to a new Ozumo banzuke being published. Failure to do so will have them playing that basho as a player-ghost (even if it is their first kyujo basho in a row). Otherwise all active players are moved up the banzuke to fill in the gaps.

Drone rules:-

There are three types of drones. Player-drones and Player-ghosts are as outlined above. Drone-drones are created to fill up the lowest division of the banzuke.

All three types of drones are created in the same way.

Once all active players have made their picks, the drones make theirs. In the divisional order of the drones (if there are more than 1 drone in a division), each drone takes the highest four (note only four!) unpicked rikishi left on the banzuke. These four are rikishi are the rank-and-filers and their default pick are as 'WINNERS'. This only changes if two of the drones picks are facing each other, in which case, the drone has the lower ranked of the two rikishi changed to 'LOSER'. In addition to the four rank-and-filers from the banzuke, the drone also gets a 'joker' for its Mole.

All jokers are automatic winners. This means that a regular player needs to correctly predict a winner for their hole, or else lose on win rule #1. Should a drone and a non-drone tie on rules #1 and 2, then the active player will automatically win on rule #3.

In the case of two drones tie-ing on rule #2, then the two drones jump straight to rule #6 to decide the winner.

If one or more of the drones rikishi are involved in a fusensho / fusenpai bout, then they immediately replace that / those rikishi with the highest ranked unclaimed rikishi and that rikishi's results kick in on the same day as the fusensho / fusenpai occurs. The change remains with the drone for the remainder of basho.

[Jejima 1,415]

Here are the transfer window rules.... This will occur during Adetc watch for this basho :-)

Transfer window rules....

When a player send in their entry for day 7, they may also include a list of any rikishi on their team that they wish to ditch (from 0 - 8). Drones will automatically ditch all four of their rikishi. However players should note that they will keep these rikishi for days 7 AND 8. (So will only have a changed team after the Championship Flag part of the Basho has been completed).

Along with the Day 7 results, Adetc will give the list of all rikishi back in the 'pool'. These include all the rikishi which were previously not on a team, all rikishi previously belonging to drones, and all the rikishi returned by the players.

Then along with their Day 8 entries, ALL players (including those who haven't ditched anyone) should rank the 'pool' players in order of preference - including the rikishi that they have personally ditched.

Then along with the day 8 results, Adetc will publish the list of the new teams, to be used from day 9 until the end of the basho.

The first dipper of the pool will be player H (only one rikishi), then player G, and so on down to player A (of course, only taking rikishi if they need it to get back to their original eight for their team). Then back to player H again for the second round, and so on, until all players have 8 rikishi again. This of course means that you might get back a rikishi that you thought you'd ditched! Then the drones get assigned their 4 rikishi in the same way as at the start of the basho.

Please note that the East side and West side pools are separate, and cannot be mixed.

These revised teams cannot be changed for the remainder of the basho.

If a rikishi goes kyujo from your squad, then the revised list of preferences (from Day 8) is used to see who your replacement will be. (If you forget to do this, then the original list will be used). This is why even those players who don't make any squad changes should still rank the pool.

In this case a returning kyujo player will go automatically to the bottom of everyone's list (and for fairness - even for those players who didn't enter their pool list on Day 8, and so are to use their day 1 entry), but I doubt that this would be a regular event

[Jejima 1,415]

aye i know but it doesn't answer the question about the inequality of the east west level of difficulty. i guess there is little that can be done bar moving someone up a division but that could create more problems than it solves. isn't there some way the drone could have a win/loss posibility in the hole?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I disagree with you on this. I think that in most cases all that a human player will have to do is to find a winning mole. All players last basho found winning moles more often than they didn't (and some of those moles might have been riskier picks than need be for tactics). I therefore think that the drones are at a slight disadvantage. But the whole purpose of gamma testing is to find out what works and doesn't work.

However, having said the above, I have a sneaky feeling that the Raiden-drone in Juryo will be VERY strong this basho (which is fitting), due to its automatic picks.

Keep an eye of it :-)

[Asashosakari 19,680]

However, having said the above, I have a sneaky feeling that the Raiden-drone in Juryo will be VERY strong this basho (which is fitting), due to its automatic picks.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, probably. That's something that could be prevented (if you'd want to, that is) by having a different drone picking strategy, e.g.:

given n drones, each drone picks the i-th, (i+n)-th, (i+2n)-th, and (i+3n)-th rikishi

Considering that, if/when this game goes public at some point, chances are high that you'll have half-empty divisions quite often, balancing the drones' selections may be worthwhile, as opposed to having super-drones and bust-drones (like the Chiyonofuji drone which looks like it got shafted with 4 meatgrinder losers).

[Jejima 1,415]

However, having said the above, I have a sneaky feeling that the Raiden-drone in Juryo will be VERY strong this basho (which is fitting), due to its automatic picks.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, probably. That's something that could be prevented (if you'd want to, that is) by having a different drone picking strategy, e.g.:

given n drones, each drone picks the i-th, (i+n)-th, (i+2n)-th, and (i+3n)-th rikishi

Considering that, if/when this game goes public at some point, chances are high that you'll have half-empty divisions quite often, balancing the drones' selections may be worthwhile, as opposed to having super-drones and bust-drones (like the Chiyonofuji drone which looks like it got shafted with 4 meatgrinder losers).

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Actually I like it as it is, with different types of drones. The way the rules are will give each drone a bit of a 'personality' (either tricky, or a pushover), which will make it more interesting to compete against them, than if they were all just slightly different flavours of vanilla.

Anyway, let's see how this basho plays out before fiddling with anything (and yes, I am secretly hoping that the Raiden-drone will be challenging the humans all the way to the end of the basho :-))

[Asashosakari 19,680]

Actually I like it as it is, with different types of drones.  The way the rules are will give each drone a bit of a 'personality' (either tricky, or a pushover), which will make it more interesting to compete against them, than if they were all just slightly different flavours of vanilla.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Interesting perspective that I hadn't thought of. :-) I do think you'll get some ticked off human players if the drone that happens to replace them when they're kyujo is a pushover meatgrinder drone. :-)

Edited March 13, 2005 by Asashosakari

[Jejima 1,415]

Okay...

What about promotions, demotions etc?

Well, the rules for this, works under the presumption of having two Juryo divisions. We only have the one :-)

So, I have made a 2nd imaginary Juryo division, and an imaginary Makushita division (following the rules). Then by removing all the 'drone-drones' (not player-drones), we end up with the following. You'll note that there are still three extra places included, this is because we do not know how the drone-drones on the Juryo East side will do. They will be included in the first draft of the new banzuke (as below), and then will be removed, with all other players moving up to replace the gaps.

Anyway, for your interest, here is how the positions for the MAy 2005 banzuke will be calculated....

Makunouchi East side

A ME1 (from March 2005)

B ME2

C ME3

D ME4

E MW1

F MW2

G MW3

H MW4

Makunouchi West side

A JE1

B JE2

C JE3

D JE4

E ME5

F ME6

G MW5

H MW6

Juryo East side

A JE5

B JE6

C ME7

D ME8

E MW7

F MW8

G JE7

H JE8

[Jejima 1,415]

Day 1

HE Uncle (drone) v HW Akebono (drone)

H. Uncle-Drone

M13W Futeno :-)

M14E Kasuganishiki (Shaking head...)

M15E Tamakasuga (Nodding yes...)

M16W Otsukasa (Nodding yes...)

v

H: Akebono

M11W Ama (Nodding yes...)

M12E Takanowaka (Nodding yes...)

M12W Kotoryu (Shaking head...)

M13E Toyonoshima (Shaking head...)

Uncle wins thanks to the lower ranked winning RAF.

GE Conan (drone) v GW Musashimaru (drone)

G. Conan-drone

M10E Buyuzan (Shaking head...)

M11W Ama (Nodding yes...)

M12E Takanowaka (Nodding yes...)

M13E Toyonoshima (Nodding yes...)

v

G: Musashimaru

M9W Asasekiryu (Nodding yes...)

M10E Buyuzan (Nodding yes...)

M10W Kaiho (Nodding yes...)

M11E Kasugao (Nodding yes...)

A win to Musashimaru

FE Rambo (drone) v FW Takanohana II (drone)

F. Rambo-drone

M3E Tosanoumi (Nodding yes...)

M5E Dejima (Nodding yes...)

M5W Hokutoriki (Shaking head...)

M6E Kyokushuzan (Shaking head...)

v

F: Takanohana II

M7W Tamanoshima (Nodding yes...)

M8E Shimotori (Nodding yes...)

M8W Takamisakari (Nodding yes...)

M9E Kotonowaka (Nodding yes...)

Takanohana II beats Rambo.

EE Tameiki v EW Kitanoumi (drone)

Tameiki Day 1

H - O1E Chiyotaikai :-)

RAF - M6W Roho W (Shaking head...) , KW Kotooshu L (Nodding yes...) , M14W Toyozakura L (Nodding yes...) , J2E Toki L (Shaking head...)

S - M9E Kotonowaka, M4W Tochinonada, M16E Tokitsuumi

Comment: Well, it's just a first try...

v

E: Kitanoumi

M5W Hokutoriki (Shaking head...)

M6E Kyokushuzan (Shaking head...)

M6W Roho (Shaking head...)

M7E Jumonji (Shaking head...)

Tameiki scores the first victory for the human players.

[Jejima 1,415]

DE Kashunowaka v DW Chiyonofuji (drone)

Kashunowaka Day 1

H - J10W Harunoyama (Depressed...)

RAF - M7W Tamanoshima W (Nodding yes...) , J7W Kinkaiyama W :-) , M2W Kakizoe L (Shaking head...) , J5W Asanowaka L (Nodding yes...)

S - J10E Tochisakae, O2W Tochiazuma, M17E Ishide

Comment: I will ganbarize.

v

D: Chiyonofuji

M3E Tosanoumi (Nodding yes...)

M4E Kokkai (Nodding yes...)

M4W Tochinonada (Shaking head...)

M5E Dejima (Shaking head...)

No mole for Kashunowaka means no win.

CE Tominishiki v CW Taiho (drone)

Tominishiki Day 1

H- Miyabiyama S1e (Depressed...)

RAF-M12W Kotoryu W (Shaking head...) ,M8w Takamisakari L (Shaking head...) , M2e Kotomitsuki W (Nodding yes...) , M8e Shimotori L (Nodding yes...)

S: Kaio O1w, Wakanosato M1w, Kaiho M10w

v

C: Taiho

M1E Kyokutenho (Shaking head...)

M1W Wakanosato (Shaking head...)

M2E Kotomitsuki (Nodding yes...)

M2W Kakizoe (Nodding yes...)

No mole for Tominishiki either, means he gets the loss.

BE Takanorappa v BW Futabayama (drone)

Takanorappa Day 1

H - Y Asashoryu W :-)

RAF - M15W Kisenosato W (Shaking head...) , M7E Jumonji L (Shaking head...) ,M4E Kokkai W (Nodding yes...) , M1E Kyokutenho L (Nodding yes...)

S - J14E Maikaze L, J12E Daimanazuru L, KE Iwakiyama L

Comment: Great... First try ever, and I'm up against Futabayama!!! At

least it's not Doitsuyama :-)

v

B: Futabayama

SE Miyabiyama (Shaking head...)

SW Hakuho (Shaking head...)

KE Iwakiyama (Shaking head...)

KW Kotooshu (Nodding yes...)

Takanorappa restores some human pride.

AE Tamanaogijima v AW Raiden (drone)

Tamanaogijima Day 1

H - Sw Hakuho (Depressed...)

RAF - J1w Hakurozan W (Nodding yes...) , J2w Tokitenku W (Nodding yes...) , J9w Chiyohakuho W (Nodding yes...) , M11e Kasugao L (Nodding yes...)

S - J4e Kotoshogiku, M9w Asasekiryu, J3e Takekaze

Comment: I did put many juryo rikishi in high slots. But I wasn't aware that

I might get so many ;-)

v

A: Raiden

Y Asashoryu (Nodding yes...)

O1E Chiyotaikai (Nodding yes...)

O1W Kaio (Nodding yes...)

O2W Tochiazuma (Nodding yes...)

Raiden picks up the last win of the day.

[Jejima 1,415]

Leaderboard - Day 1

1. BE. Takanorappa (Iron Chef)

2. EE. Tameiki (Iron Chef)

3. AW: Raiden (Iron Chef)

4. CW: Taiho (Iron Chef)

5. DW: Chiyonofuji (Iron Chef)

6. FW: Takanohana II (Iron Chef)

7. GW: Musashimaru (Iron Chef)

8. HE. Uncle-Drone (Iron Chef)

9. AE. Tamanaogijima :-)

10. CE. Tominishiki :-)

11. DE. Kashunowaka (Shaking head...)

12. BW: Futabayama (Shaking head...)

13. EW: Kitanoumi (Shaking head...)

14. FE. Rambo-drone (Shaking head...)

15. GE. Conan-drone (Shaking head...)

16. HW: Akebono (Shaking head...)

East vs West Championship flag...

The Western drones are defeating the Eastern human 5-3 at this early stage.

Outstanding Performance

BE. Takanorappa 1

EE. Tameiki 1

AE. Tamanaogijima 0

CE. Tominishiki 0

DE. Kashunowaka 0

Technique Prize

AE. Tamanaogijima 2

BE. Takanorappa 2

CE. Tominishiki 2

DE. Kashunowaka 2

EE. Tameiki 2

Fighting Spirit Prize

AE. Tamanaogijima 1

BE. Takanorappa 1

CE. Tominishiki 1

DE. Kashunowaka 1

EE. Tameiki 0

[Jejima 1,415]

Needed to check the rules (from the beta thread), as there is a

droning player here...

Failure to enter a line-up for day one, will result in your first

picked rikishi being put into the 'hole', and then the next four

picked rikishi being put into the rank-and-file, all as predicted

WINNERS. The reserves will be the order of the remaining three picked

rikishi.

Day 1 (Edited for Gus' true team, and not Golynohana's!)

HE Zeokage-drone v HW Gusoyama

HE Zeokage-drone

<<<>>>

M15E Tamakasuga (Nodding yes...)

J4W Wakatoba (Nodding yes...)

J6E Takanotsuru (Nodding yes...)

J6W Gojoro (Nodding yes...)

v

HW Gusoyama

M - KE Iwakiyama :'-(

RAF - M2E Kotomitsuki W (Nodding yes...) , M6W Roho W (Shaking head...) , M1E Kyokutenho W (Shaking head...) , M8E Shimotori W, (Shaking head...)

Subs: M17E Ishide (16), J2E Toki (17), M10W Kaiho (25)

Gus doesn't gets a (droning) mole, and gives Zeokage the win (difficult to beat today!).

GE Aderechelseamaru v GW Golynohana

Aderechelseamaru Day 1

H - Kisenosato :'-(

RAF - Harunoyama W (Shaking head...) ,Tochisakae W (Nodding yes...) ,Asasekiryu W (Nodding yes...) ,Buyuzan W (Shaking head...)

S - Shimotori,Toyonoshima,Kotomitsuki

v

Golynohana day 1

H - J10E Tochisakae (Dribbling...)

RAF - J10W Harunoyama W (Shaking head...) , J4E Kotoshogiku W (Nodding yes...) , M7E Jumonji L (Shaking head...) , J5W Asanowaka L (Nodding yes...)

S - M7W Tamanoshima, M16E Tokitsuumi, M16W Otsukasa

Golynohana wins thanks to his mole.

FE Sekihiryu v FW Hamanoyama

Ok I put in my team, I will be going snowboarding this weekend so I

guess I will miss Day 1 unless there is a way to make a default line

up? guess not, but if there is put my highest rank wrestler down in

the hole and the RAF guys the next highest rank guys I get as all

winners.

Cheers!

This equates to....

F. Sekihiryu (WE)

M - O1E Chiyotaikai (Dribbling...)

RAF - O1W Kaio - W (Nodding yes...) , O2W Tochiazuma - W (Shaking head...) , M1W Wakanosato - W (Shaking head...) , M11W Ama - W (Nodding yes...)

Subs: M14W Toyozakura, J5E Katayama, J12W Yotsukasa

v

Hamanoyama Day 1

H - M12W Kotoryu :'-(

RAF - M9E Kotonowaka W (Shaking head...) , J14W Kaido W (Shaking head...) , M1W Wakanosato L (Nodding yes...) , M14W Toyozakura L (Nodding yes...)

S - J7E Kobo, J2W Tokitenku, M17W Aminishiki

The semi-droning Sekihiryu gets the win thanks to his mole. Will he be surprised to find all 3 Ozekis in his squad when he returns?

EE Nishinoshima v EW Oshirokita

nishinoshima

H - J9W Chiyohakuho :'-(

RAF - J1W Hakurozan W (Shaking head...) , M13W Futeno W (Shaking head...) , M6W Roho W (Shaking head...) , J2E Toki L (Shaking head...) ,

S - J1E Kitazakura , M11E Kasugao, M10W Kaiho

Comment: hope chiyohakuho is not too badly injured and that my

intra-team double works. oshiroikita has plenty of juryo as well so

lower ranked winning is tough here

v

Oshirokita

H - J1W Hakurozan :'-(

RAF - J9W Chiyohakuho W (Shaking head...) , J12E Daimanazuru W (Shaking head...) , J13E Ushiomaru W (Shaking head...) , M6E Kyokushuzan L (Shaking head...)

Sub - O2W Tochiazuma, M8W Takamisakari, J13W Tochinohana

Comment: All of my picks were from my top 12!!! Wow, since I got so

many of my choices, I will have no excuse for a poor performance.

Neither player gets a prediction correct. Let's check the rules...

6. If neither player makes even one correct prediction (hole or rank-and-filer), then the East side rikishi wins. If they are both on the East side, or both on the West side, then the original first picker of the two (ie A - H) wins. (NB This is also the 3rd rule for bouts involving two drones - see below)

The win therefore goes to Nishinoshima who is VERY lucky!

Edited March 13, 2005 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,415]

DE Kintamayamav DW Jomojo

Kintamayama Day 1

H-J4E Kotoshogiku (Dribbling...)

RAF M2W Kakizoe L (Shaking head...) ,M7E Jumonji L (Shaking head...) , M17E Ishide L, (Shaking head...) J3W Asofuji L (Shaking head...) ,

S - SE Miyabiyama ,KW Kotooshu ,J14E Maikaze

v

jomojo Day 1

H - O1E Chiyotaikai W (Dribbling...) ,

RAF - M10E Buyuzan W (Shaking head...) , M2W Kakizoe L (Shaking head...) , M4W Tochinonada L (Shaking head...) , M12E Takanowaka L (Nodding yes...) ,

S - O1W Kaio, SE Miyabiyama, M3E Tosanoumi

Comment: getting down!!

Kintamayama has the lower mole, and so wins.

CE Azumaryu v CW Jakusotsu

Azumaryu Day 1

H - M9E Kotonowaka :'-(

RAF - KE Iwakiyama W (Shaking head...) , M5E Dejima W (Nodding yes...) , M1E Kyokutenho L (Nodding yes...) , M3E Tosanoumi L (Shaking head...) ,

S - M7W Tamanoshima, M12E Takanowaka, M4E Kokkai

v

Jakusotsu Day 1

H - SW Hakuho :'-(

RAF - M11W Ama W (Nodding yes...) , J6E Takanotsuru W (Nodding yes...) , J6W Gojoro W (Nodding yes...) , J1E Kitazakura W (Shaking head...)

S - M9W Asasekiryu, J3E Takekaze, M15W Kisenosato

Comment:

Wow! A whole bunch of winners for a change!

Not quite all winners, but enough to give Jakusotsu the win.

BE Gernobono v BW Zenjimoto-drone

Gernobono Day 1

H - SW Hakuho :'-(

RAF - J13E Ushiomaru W (Shaking head...) , J3E Takekaze W (Shaking head...) , M12W Kotoryu W (Shaking head...) , J12E Daimanazuru L (Nodding yes...)

S - M16E Tokitsuumi, M8W Takamisakari, M17W Aminishiki

Comment: great that the game starts again..

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B. Zenjimoto-drone (EC)

M13E Toyonoshima (Nodding yes...)

M13W Futeno (Shaking head...)

M14E Kasuganishiki (Shaking head...)

M15E Tamakasuga (Nodding yes...)

Gernobono is let down by his mole. Win to Zenji-drone.

AE Doitsuyama v AW Jejima

H - Y Asashoryu (Dribbling...)

RAF - M4w Tochinonada W (Shaking head...) , M14e Kasuganishiki L (Shaking head...) , J2w Tokitenku L (Shaking head...) , J5w Asanowaka L (Nodding yes...) ,

S - M5w Hokutoriki, M16w Otsukasa, M6e Kyokushuzan,

Comment: I hope I got my squad right this time. Difficult start right

away with Hokutoriki and Kyokushuzan neutralizing each other.

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Jejima

Mole: M5W Hokutoriki :'-(

RAF: Y Asashoryu W (Nodding yes...) , M5E Dejima W (Nodding yes...) , M11E Kasugao W (Shaking head...) , KW Kotooshu L (Nodding yes...) ,

Subs: M4E Kokkai, J7W Kinkaiyama, J12W Yotsukasa

Comment: I'm presuming that Doitsuyama will put Asashoryu down as his

mole. I'm hoping that this tactic of mine should therefore beat him

(provided that Hokutoriki wins...)

Well that tactic completely backfired! Win to Doitsuyama and his Yokozuna Mole.

[Jejima 1,415]

Makunouchi Leaderboard Day 1

1. CW. Jakusotsu (6 Tie break points) (Iron Chef)

2. FE. Sekihiryu (5) (Iron Chef)

3. GW. Golynohana (4) (Iron Chef)

4. DE. Kintamayama (3) (Iron Chef)

5. AE. Doitsuyama (2) (Iron Chef)

6. EE. Nishinoshima (0) (Iron Chef)

7. BW. Zenjimoto-drone (Iron Chef)

8. HE. Zeokage-drone (Iron Chef)

9. AW. Jejima (5) (Shaking head...)

10. GE. Aderechelseamaru (4) (Shaking head...)

11. DW. Jomojo (3) (Shaking head...)

12. CE. Azumaryu (3) (Shaking head...)

13. FW. Hamanoyama (2) (Shaking head...)

14. HW. Gusoyama (2) (Shaking head...)

15. BE. Gernobono (1) (Shaking head...)

16. EW. Oshirokita (0) (Shaking head...)

East vs West Challenge Flag

The East side put up an early lead over the West. 5-3 to them.

Outstanding Performance Prize

AE. Doitsuyama 1

DE. Kintamayama 1

FE. Sekihiryu 1

DW. Jomojo 1

GW. Golynohana 1

BE. Gernobono 0

CE. Azumaryu 0

EE. Nishinoshima 0

GE. Aderechelseamaru 0

AW. Jejima 0

CW. Jakusotsu 0

EW. Oshirokita 0

FW. Hamanoyama 0

HW. Gusoyama 0

Technique Prize

AW. Jejima 3

CW. Jakusotsu 3

CE. Azumaryu 2

DE. Kintamayama 2

FE. Sekihiryu 2

GE. Aderechelseamaru 2

DW. Jomojo 2

FW. Hamanoyama 2

GW. Golynohana 2

AE. Doitsuyama 1

BE. Gernobono 1

HW. Gusoyama 1

EE. Nishinoshima 0

EW. Oshirokita 0

Fighting Spirit Prize

CW. Jakusotsu 3

FE. Sekihiryu 2

GE. Aderechelseamaru 2

AW. Jejima 2

CE. Azumaryu 1

GW. Golynohana 1

HW. Gusoyama 1

AE. Doitsuyama 0

BE. Gernobono 0

DE. Kintamayama 0

EE. Nishinoshima 0

DW. Jomojo 0

EW. Oshirokita 0

FW. Hamanoyama 0

[Gusoyama 104]

Argh. Sent my entry to the wrong address. No matter, I had Roho in my hole anyway. (Shaking head...)

[sekihiryu 51]

F. Sekihiryu (WE)

M1W Wakanosato (3), O1E Chiyotaikai (4), O1W Kaio (5), O2W Tochiazuma (6), M14W Toyozakura (9), M11W Ama (12), J5E Katayama (17), J12W Yotsukasa (23)

wow call me Captian Ozeki! crickey but will they all perform?

[Jejima 1,415]

Day 2

HE Uncle (drone) v AW Raiden (drone)

H. Uncle-Drone

M13W Futeno (Nodding yes...)

M14E Kasuganishiki (Applauding...)

M15E Tamakasuga (Applauding...)

M16W Otsukasa (Applauding...)

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A: Raiden

Y Asashoryu (Nodding yes...)

O1E Chiyotaikai (Nodding yes...)

O1W Kaio (Nodding yes...)

O2W Tochiazuma (Applauding...)

A win for Raiden

GE Conan (drone) v HW Akebono (drone)

G. Conan-drone

M10E Buyuzan (Applauding...)

M11W Ama (Shaking head...)

M12E Takanowaka (Nodding yes...)

M13E Toyonoshima (Nodding yes...)

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H: Akebono

M11W Ama (Shaking head...)

M12E Takanowaka (Nodding yes...)

M12W Kotoryu (Shaking head...)

M13E Toyonoshima (Nodding yes...)

Both drones have the same two winning drones. Conan wins because he's on the East side.

FE Rambo (drone) v GW Musashimaru (drone)

F. Rambo-drone

M3E Tosanoumi (Nodding yes...)

M5E Dejima (Shaking head...)

M5W Hokutoriki (Shaking head...)

M6E Kyokushuzan (Nodding yes...)

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G: Musashimaru

M9W Asasekiryu (Nodding yes...)

M10E Buyuzan (Shaking head...)

M10W Kaiho (Nodding yes...)

M11E Kasugao (Shaking head...)

Musashimaru has a lower ranked winner, and takes the win.

EE Tameiki v FW Takanohana II (drone)

Tameiki Day 2

H - M9E Kotonowaka (Dribbling...)

RAF - KW Kotooshu W (Shaking head...) , M6W Roho W (Nodding yes...) , M4W Tochinonada L (Shaking head...) , M16E Tokitsuumi L (Shaking head...)

S - M14W Toyozakura, J2E Toki, O1E Chiyotaikai

Comment: And now the most difficult part: to confirm...

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F: Takanohana II

M7W Tamanoshima (Nodding yes...)

M8E Shimotori (Shaking head...)

M8W Takamisakari (Nodding yes...)

M9E Kotonowaka (Nodding yes...)

Tameiki is defeated.

[Jejima 1,415]

DE Kashunowaka v EW Kitanoumi (drone)

Kashunowaka Day 2

H - J10E Tochisakae :'-(

RAF - O2W Tochiazuma W (Applauding...) , M2W Kakizoe L (Nodding yes...) , J5W Asanowaka L (Nodding yes...) , J7W Kinkaiyama L (Applauding...)

S - J10W Harunoyama, M7W Tamanoshima, M17E Ishide

Comment: Perhaps Tochisakae is a better mole?

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E: Kitanoumi

M5W Hokutoriki (Applauding...)

M6E Kyokushuzan (Nodding yes...)

M6W Roho (Applauding...)

M7E Jumonji (Nodding yes...)

No mole for Kashunowaka = no win

CE Tominishiki v DW Chiyonofuji (drone)

Tominishiki:

h: Kaio (Dribbling...)

RAF- Kotormitsuki w (Nodding yes...) , Wakanosato L (Nodding yes...) ,Miyabiyama w (Applauding...) ,Takamisakari w (Shaking head...)

S:kaiho Kotoryu Shimotori

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D: Chiyonofuji

M3E Tosanoumi (Nodding yes...)

M4E Kokkai (Nodding yes...)

M4W Tochinonada (Nodding yes...)

M5E Dejima (Shaking head...)

Tominishiki loses to a strong drone.

BE Takanorappa v CW Taiho (drone)

Takanorappa Day 2

H - Y Asashoryu W (Dribbling...)

RAF - M7E Jumonji L (Nodding yes...) ,M15W Kisenosato W (Nodding yes...) , M4E Kokkai W (Nodding yes...) , M1E Kyokutenho L (Shaking head...)

S - J14E Maikaze L, J12E Daimanazuru W, KE Iwakiyama L

Comment: Geez, this game is hard.... Now I'm up against Taiho -

still, it's not Doitsuyama (phew!).

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C: Taiho

M1E Kyokutenho (Shaking head...)

M1W Wakanosato (Shaking head...)

M2E Kotomitsuki (Nodding yes...)

M2W Kakizoe (Shaking head...)

A win to Takanorappa!

AE Tamanaogijima v BW Futabayama (drone)

Tamanaogijima Day 2

H - Sw Hakuho :'-(

RAF - J2w Tokitenku W (Shaking head...) , J9w Chiyohakuho W (Shaking head...) , J1w Hakurozan L (Shaking head...) , M11e Kasugao L (Nodding yes...)

S - J4e Kotoshogiku, M9w Asasekiryu, J3e Takekaze

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B: Futabayama

SE Miyabiyama (Shaking head...)

SW Hakuho (Shaking head...)

KE Iwakiyama (Nodding yes...)

KW Kotooshu (Nodding yes...)

Tamanaogijima doesn't get a mole, and so no win.