Kachikoshi

It sounds like you want to play! Can I sign you up?

You can choose whether to steal or not after the bout. By the time the deadline rolls around you should not only know the next day’s matches but the one after that too. But you’re also stealing for an indefinite period of time. You might keep that rikishi for multiple basho!

Basically if you think the result was an upset, and the loser is likely to do better than the winner in the future. I imagine most of the time you’ll want to decline the option to steal. Can I count you in for January?

Intro Have you been playing Sekitori Sweepstake, but always seem to draw bad rikishi? What if you could just take the rikishi you rightfully deserve? If this sounds fun, then you are cordially invited to participate in the inaugural edition of Steal a Sumotori. While technically a daily game, it is the world's easiest daily game as half the days you have nothing to do and the other half you need only ponder one simple question: "to steal or not to steal?" Read on for the full rules, and if you have any questions or feedback, please let me know! Rules: Upon signup, you will be randomly assigned a unique makuuchi rikishi. During the basho, you win when your rikishi wins and you lose when your rikishi loses. If your rikishi wins a bout, you have the option to steal the losing rikishi by posting on this thread before 3PM JST the next day. The losing rikishi would then become your rikishi. If the losing rikishi was held by another player, that player would get the winning rikishi. For example, if your rikishi is Takanosho and he beats Onosato, you could steal, which would make Onosato your rikishi going forward. Whoever previously had Onosato would be stuck with Takanosho. For your convenience, you may declare before a bout that you want to steal if you win. But keep in mind that if you lost the previous day, your opponent may steal your rikishi after your declaration. If this happens I will automatically cancel your declaration unless you specify otherwise. I will also cancel your declaration if you win by fusensho and you would therefore be stealing a kyujo rikishi, again unless you specify otherwise. If your rikishi goes kyujo at any time before or during a basho, I will automatically assign you a new non-kyujo rikishi who is not held by any other player. The player with the most wins at the end of the of the basho wins the yusho. The tiebreaker goes to whichever player won on day 15, then whoever won on day 14, then day 13, and so on. If two players each won and lost on the same days, the next tiebreaker is whoever has the higher ranked rikishi for day 15. Whichever rikishi you end the basho with is the same one you will start the next basho with. If your rikishi wins on day 15, you may steal the losing rikishi for the next basho. The deadline for this decision is extended all the way until the next real life banzuke is published. You may not steal a rikishi from a different division, and if you are ever ranked in a different division than your rikishi, you will be randomly assigned a new one. Registered Players Kachikoshi Ryoshishokunin Tetsuarashi Sahaven111 Jakusotsu Kaito Suwihuto Bunbukuchagama Athenayama If you are interested, please post below to sign up! I will draw the inaugural rikishi after the banzuke is announced.

Do you have access to and the ability to edit the source code? If so I could take a look and see what our options are (I am a software engineer by trade). Let me know if you want to meet to discuss this.

I am one of the unaffiliated and am looking to join an ichimon. Would anyone like to pitch their ichimon to me?

Nokotta

14. Kirishima

13. Kirishima

12. Wakatakakage

11. Kirishima

9. Takayasu

8. Hoshoryu

7. Onosato

I’m sure this has been brought up before, but what do people think about switching to some sort of secret guessing system? I imagine it would make the first week a lot more interesting since everyone would have to figure out the aite on his own instead of just copying whatever Jakusotsu guessed.

6. Aonishiki

5. Kotozakura

4. Oho

3. Yoshinofuji

I am unable to log in to sumogames.de. Also I don’t get an email when I try to reset my password. Can anyone help? Edit: I can log into the Golynohana part of the site fine. It’s bench, TTT, etc. that I can’t access.

I always assumed there was a rule which required shikona to be in the Japanese language. Have I just imagined this? If not, when does this kick in? Can you compete in maezumo with a Mongolian-language shikona?

1. Tamawashi 2. Oshoma

Do Japanese speakers even know how to pronounce shikona? The TV broadcast always includes the pronunciation next to the kanji so I assume they do not.

In it to barely eek out a kachikoshi

ISP Abi TTT Hiradoumi to lose, Hidenoumi to win Bench 4 Onosato 3 Kotozakura & Tobizaru 2 Wakamotoharu & Abi Kusano Aonishki Wakatakakage Fujinokawa Daieisho Toto Asahakuryu Asasuiryu Shiden Asanoyama Kotokuzan Hatsuyama Hidenoumi X (Tamashoho vs. Shirokuma) Nishikifuji Chiyoshoma Fujiseiun Oshoumi Mita Shishi Tomokaze Tobizaru Asakoryu Ryuden Churanoumi Meisei Roga Shodai Kinbozan Onokatsu Ura Kusano Wakamotoharu Tamawashi Abi Kirishima Aonishiki Kotozakua Hoshoryu Onosato Quad Hidenoumi, Fujiseiun, Tamawashi, Abi