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Hi there,

this is to invite you to participate in Banzuke Surfing in the upcoming basho.

The rules are very simple.

Banzuke Surfing is run in several waves, with a new wave starting every year.

The goal is to move up the banzuke as far and fast as possible. You do so by temporarily "adopting" one or more rikishi at a given banzuke position. If your rikishi moves up the banzuke, so will you, if the rikishi moves down by getting MK, so will you (at least, if all your picked rikishi move down). In the basho after the current one you will be taking the banzuke position of the best-placed rikishi you've picked this time.

If your name appears on the list below, you have already participated. The column "Allowed Picks" shows you which rikishi of the banzuke you are allowed to pick next basho. If you are participating for the first time, you are allowed to pick any of the rikishi in the bottom 32 of the banzuke (as indicated below).

The rikishi that you are allowed to pick are all rikishi below your last (or most successful) pick. So generally, you cannot pick the same rikishi twice. An exception is if your rikishi drops into the last 32 of the banzuke or goes banzuke-gai. In this case, of course, you can pick any of the bottom 32 rikishi (just like a new player).

During your entire career of a given wave you can use up to three so-called jokers (indicated by the number of asterisks behind your name). Jokers are additional rikishi you can pick. In addition to the regular rikishi you pick for a basho, you can use as many jokers as you've still left. E.g., at the beginning of a wave you could pick four rikishi instead of one (regular + all jokers). As a consequence, the most successful one of these four will determine your new banzuke position. But on the downside this would mean that you don't have any jokers left for later bashos. So pick jokers wisely, three isn't much for a wave that might run for much more than a year.

Deadline is shonichi 8 AM JST.

All new players are allowed to pick jk28w Sawamura and below.

Here are the results after Haru Basho:

Rank Shikona			  Last Surfer	 Position Allowed Picks				 
1.   Randomitsuki**	   Katsunofuji	 sd87e	sd87w Koshinoyama and below   
2.   sekihiryu***		 Sawada		  jd1e	 jd1w Haruhikari and below	 
3.   Golynohana**		 Sawada		  jd1e	 jd1w Haruhikari and below	 
4.   Manekineko***		Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
5.   Kaiowaka***		  Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
6.   Fatakiyama***		Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
7.   Vikanohara***		Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
8.   Fujisan**			Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
9.   Oshirokita**		 Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
10.  Asashosakari**	   Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
11.  Ganzohnesushi**	  Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
12.  Imumaru**			Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
13.  Kitano**			 Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
14.  ragerkawa**		  Fujimori		jd21e	jd21w Takakagaya and below	
15.  Torideyama***		Masumeidai	  jd23w	jd24e Makuhari and below	  
16.  Azumaryu***		  Masumeidai	  jd23w	jd24e Makuhari and below	  
17.  Tamanaogijima***	 Masumeidai	  jd23w	jd24e Makuhari and below	  
18.  Terarno**			Masumeidai	  jd23w	jd24e Makuhari and below	  
19.  Zenjimoto**		  Masumeidai	  jd23w	jd24e Makuhari and below	  
20.  Exil**			   Masumeidai	  jd23w	jd24e Makuhari and below	  
21.  Fay***			   Aran			jd26w	jd27e Tochihibiki and below   
22.  Mmikasazuma***	   Aran			jd26w	jd27e Tochihibiki and below   
23.  Profomisakari***	 Aran			jd26w	jd27e Tochihibiki and below   
24.  Zeokage***		   Aran			jd26w	jd27e Tochihibiki and below   
25.  kaiguma**			Daishoryu	   jd43e	jd43w Takahashimoto and below 
26.  Susanoo***		   Oazuma		  jd47w	jd48e Kagamiryu and below	 
27.  Doitsuyama***		Minami		  jd60w	jd61e Yamamotoyama and below  
28.  Andoreasu***		 Minami		  jd60w	jd61e Yamamotoyama and below  
29.  Yubiquitoyama***	 Minami		  jd60w	jd61e Yamamotoyama and below  
30.  Jakusotsu***		 Yamamotoyama	jd61e	jd61w Hokutonada and below	
31.  Norizo***			DNP (1st)	   jd61e	jd61w Hokutonada and below	
32.  Marionoumi***		DNP (1st)	   jd62e	jd62w Hokutoyutaka and below  
33.  Basashihime***	   DNP (1st)	   jd62e	jd62w Hokutoyutaka and below  
34.  charliki**		   Kaminoyama	  jd72e	jd72w Kosenzan and below	  
35.  Jejima***			Zendaisho	   jd79w	jd80e Koshinryu and below	 
36.  Kachitakai***		Teraosho		jd97w	jd98e Terasawa and below	  
37.  Holleshoryu***	   Kotokaneko	  jd102w   jd103e Anju and below		 
38.  Kotononami**		 Kotokaneko	  jd102w   jd103e Anju and below		 
39.  Konosato***		  Koseki		  jd103w   jd 104e Akasaka and below	 
40.  Itachi***			Tamadaito	   jd110w   jd111e Owada and below		
41.  Takamueda***		 Tsunehikari	 jd133e   jd133w Shobimaru and below	
42.  Asafan***			Shobimaru	   jd133w   jd134e Azumahana and below	
43.  Takanorappa***	   Saio			jd135e   jd135w Ishii and below		
44.  Mattjila***		  DNP (1st)	   jk21e	jk21w Nakamoto and below

Posted (edited)

I'll take a ride on Jd47w Oazuma of Tamanoi Beya!

(kaiguma)

Edited by kaiguma
Posted

If someone wanted to try banzuke surfing for the first time, which wave do they post to? All 3 Waves on this forum have info for new players in the 1st message, which makes things a bit confusing. (Laughing...)

Posted
If someone wanted to try banzuke surfing for the first time, which wave do they post to? All 3 Waves on this forum have info for new players in the 1st message, which makes things a bit confusing. (Nodding yes...)

Fukurou,

You may play in all 3 waves. They are separate games. The first wave started in 2005. The 2nd, in 2006, and the 3rd, this year. They are a result of those of us who play of not wanting to end the 1st wave. The general feeling was that as soon as someone could surf to the Sanyaku, we could close that wave.

Anyway, a new person can play in all 3. You just start at the bottom of each wave. You may pick the same person in all 3, if you like.

I hope this helps you.

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