Peterao

Are you an Administrator, Moderator, or Owner of this forum? If so, then I have nothing more to say. If not, then who the heck are you to judge the merit of a post that is perfectly on topic for "Honbasho Talk"? (note: not "Honbasho News")

So because I stuck up for the guy, I'm to blame for hurt feelings? That is an awfully bizarre leap of logic to make...

As the investigation appears to be at an end, NHK has announced that they will televise the upcoming Nagoya Basho, provided that it is held as a true "Hon Basho"

It wasn't actually a prediction; I just said that I wouldn't be surprised if Kaio didn't win. That was back when I still thought that we might have a real gachinko basho...but obviously it would look bad if ozeki performance were _too_ radically different from previous basho.

On a more low-tech video stream note, I saw a couple of highlights on the NHK 9 news broadcast tonight (featuring Kaisei and his Holy kesho-mawashi) The surprising thing was that the shown bout was called by one of the regular NHK sumo announcers! I wonder if he just overdubs the matches they choose for the news broadcast, or if he's actually doing a full call of all the days matches that no one will ever hear...

Well it seems that we've scared Haruibono away, so problem solved! (Sign of approval...)

I don't see the daily results posted in a single thread... Sure, but at least he could reply to the daily results (and next days pairings) postings instead of cluttering up the Honbasho forum with low interest threads. What's your basis for this claim, besides personal disinterest? This thread has about as many views as your Day 2 lower division results post...

I don't see the daily results posted in a single thread...

By the way, the English description on the NSK site now reads "Real-time, streaming video from the very lowest Jonokuchi Division now available." If they actually bothered to change the English text, then perhaps this is now a permanent arrangement...

I was...well, not "expecting", but hoping to see a more urgent type of sumo at the skill test. More desperate battles on the tawara, less people meekly stepping backwards out of the dohyo, that sort of thing. But my impression is that the sumo we are seeing now is basically the same as before the scandal. We even had henka on the very first day! I don't see too many of the "new" viewers that the extraordinary circumstances attracted sticking around once things settle down...

Nosh tried a maki-kae at the most inopportune time. Good to see that Kaio can move forward quickly, but maybe it was Toyonoshima's weakness rather than Kaio's strength that did it. For the sake of our premature jumper - was it Toyonoshima

Complete with two ugly matta and annoying free software watermarks.

Well, we are getting close-ups and stuff-not the one camera from a far -off land we have been getting on the stream, so it's a great start. And it seems to cover many different needs with many different feeds, so everyone should be quite content. I know I am.. If this is a dress rehearsal for life without NHK, then I imagine that they need to impress people. Because going forward, those people will need to pay for this service in order for it to remain viable. Unless the Kyokai can make up the license fees with enhanced advertising that would be possible without public broadcasting restrictions...

I guess not.

This actually works much better for me (and I can save the stream!) Can't really compare the quality of the two though...

Haven't had much luck with this so far. Best I've had was a couple of seconds of video before it stopped. Nico stats say that over 21,000 people are currently connected. From the comments, it sounds like at least a few people are getting through...

Technically, none of them are "sekitori" I could see why he's sitting this one out...

That comment may be even more interesting than Hakuho's "I can't say anything else, can I?" from a couple months back...

It seems that they've already released the lineups for the first two days (Hakuho will face Toyonoshima on Day 1, Goeido on Day 2) I guess with all the new measures in place, the rikishi _will_ need a little extra time to coordinate their yaocho...

FWIW, this morning's Sanspo update is headlined "Baruto relieved at Onoe-beya survival" and has a corresponding quote by him. Of course, what else is he supposed to say in public... I found out two days ago why Baruto probably did want to say he was relieved... The decision was made that IF Onoe was closed the Onoe boys would move to Kitanoumi! What a dump compared to his new heya... sure he wouldn't have to live there but the keikoba is way too small for that many people already and they do keiko in shifts now starting at 5:30. Only one toilet for the boys during keiko. only two showers.. Sure he'd get priority but still... The Kitanoumi boys were kinda psyched at the idea of getting an ozeki on one hand, but the thought of adding the rest of the rikishi to the heya's already cramped quarters was not looking good. They already have the lowest division boys sleeping around the dohyo and they got two new boys already... They don't even have the full room of one futon to sleep in the upstairs quarters. They are so tight the futons are overlapping. The active sleepers are kicking the others all night... nobody can sleep. That place is a mess! On the other hand, if the two heyas merged, wouldn't that have hastened plans to create a new Kitanoumi-beya? Or else some temporary arrangements that would have seen both buildings being used to ease the strains for everyone?

For those of you in Tokyo for the un-Basho looking to kill some time, KONISHIKI will be performing at the Odaiba Hawaii Festival in Venus Fort on May 8th. Be prepared for a shock if you do go see him, as recent pictures show that he's literally half the man he used to be...

How so? Sure, he's had time to heal, but his competition hasn't changed. And they've had the same time to recover from whatever was ailing them. I'd give you 5-to-1 odds that Asashosakari was being sarcastic, but betting and sumo just doesn't mix well.

The upper divisions are the same size as always, though with enough holes to make Swiss cheese look solid by comparison. It looks like they will temporarily shrink the upper divisions in the next basho (unBasho or not), but that won't be decided for sure until the May 4th riji meeting.