Do you like forum-based games?

[Tomitsuki 0]

Do you like forum-based games?

I don't like them, because I don't have enough time to be attentive these games. (Being thrown tomatoes at...)

[Itachi 396]

I like Banzuke surfing and Guess the Yusho Winners very much because they focus on the lower divisions and because they are pre-basho games.

Since they are pre-basho, it doesn't matter that they don't have daily updated and interactive websites. Oshirokita has a serviceable site for his game where results are sporadically available but the updates that appear on the forum are good enough for me.

I wish there were a Makushita game similar to the juryo game. I'll keep mentioning it until someone produces one. Perhaps one day I'll even have time to do it but for now, I can't even produce the meta-benchsumo game as I wanted to.

[Randomitsuki 2,912]

I'm not sure if I understand the question.

I like forum-based games because I like all them games.

Is the dislike related to the nature of those games being played in forums, i.e. would every game meet your dislike if it were played in a forum?

Or is the dislike related to the particular forum-based games (Tippspiel on the German forum; TRIO on the French Forum; Mole in the Hole, Banzuke Surfing and Guess the Kotomitsuki on this forum)?

What makes a forum-based game more difficult to be attentive to? Time costs (Mole in the Hole as being a daily game), covering marginal topics (Banzuke Surfing), non-daily updates, or (due to fewer participants) being excluded of the "real meat" (SuperBanzuke)?

Edited May 26, 2005 by Randomitsuki

[aderechelsea 125]

i love them ...

i wish Troll Game would be more automated but still one of my favourites to play every day .....

Guess the Kotomitsuki is one of the best games ever (maybe because i won the yusho once ... (Whistling...) )

Banzuke Surfing is effortless for me and that's why i totally suck ... but i like looking for my rikishi in the lower division results every other day ...

the rest of the bunch i don't play but i surely don't hate them.

and i am still waiting for "guess the Kaio" to come back and defend my title !!!!

[Naifuzan 1]

I'm too lazy to play forum based games, so I voted dislike, even tho I have nothing against the games in question. I just choose not to play them.

[Manekineko 200]

What Naifuzan said. Somehow they seem to require more effort, so I'm less likely to try. And I don't like huge threads they generate... But they are mostly easier to set up (and run?) for the creators, and the feedback is easy. So in that way they're good.

[Gusoyama 105]

I like them, but I doubt I'll do gyoji-ing for Troll game again soon, until I get it a bit more automated.

[Kishinoyama 625]

They are fine with me... (Sigh...)

[Zenjimoto 40]

Not particularly, especially if they have Wednesday deadlines, which I traditionally find to be an outrage and completely (Censored) ... :-D

But, they are SUMO GAMES, and with me, you all know what that means (Sigh...)

Furthermore, they are better than email-based games (Bleh!)

Cheers

Zenjimoto

[Sasanishiki 57]

Neither like nor dislike. I am not a gamer. I find myself away from a computer far too much to be able to give them the attention they deserve.

[Zentoryu 154]

I don't have a problem with the games themselves, but I wish at least one of them would be moved off forum (or be given its own sub-forum).

[aderechelsea 125]

and i am still waiting for "guess the Kaio" to come back and defend my title !!!!

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i take it you are joking here?

Of course i am joking about wanting to defend my title but the game existed if you meant that ...

... Kaikitsune run the "Guess the Kaio" back in Aki 2004 ...

[Doitsuyama 1,263]

Not particularly, especially if they have Wednesday deadlines, which I traditionally find to be an outrage and completely  (Censored) ...  (Nodding yes...)

i know its my game you mean here. the nature of the question dictated the deadline (which you missed). its not there just to annoy people.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The nature of your game, as you call it, demands a deadline prior to knowing the day 1 and 2 Makuuchi pairings. I'm sure Zenjimoto agrees with that. The thing is, those pairings are published on Friday, which sure let's Wednesday look like an outrage. I agree with Zenjimoto here.

[Doitsuyama 1,263]

Make it quirk if you like. Look, your's isn't the only Sumogame under the sun to put it this way. So it surely is unusual to have a deadline MUCH earlier then even Bench Sumo.

[Jakusotsu 6,403]

Stop bashing on poor Nishinoshima! (Nodding yes...)

There's the German 'Guess the result' (another forum-based game) which has the deadline on wednesday as well, long before 'Guess the Kotomitsuki' came alive. It's seems to be a tradition of all the 'Guess the ...' games to have an early deadline.

(Just look at GTB!) (Bleh!)

[Gernobono 467]

There's the German 'Guess the result' (another forum-based game) which has the deadline on wednesday as well,....

as inventor of this game i think zenjimoto referred to GTR as he is known for missing this deadline.....the reason it has this deadline is that i wanted to limit the number of edited posts after the announcement of kyujos (especially for ozeki usually done on thursday)....the rules state that a playoff is won by the earlier entry and lots of editing would make it hard to follow who was first......

but back to topic: i rather like forum based games as long as there are comments....for german tipspiel i like to read comments why someone picke a certain rikishi....this is quite entertaining and i can learn totally different views on rikishi.....it's all about communication.....

[Fujisan 537]

I like all sumo games but like others have said I prefer fully automated site based games for 2 main reasons-

1 Laziness

2 Its nicer to read and see how well or badly your doing.