Fantasy Metasumo 2016

[Pandaazuma]

Hello gamers!

This is the official thread in which to make your entries for the 2016 edition of Metasumo.

The rules are very simple. You need to create a stable of sumo GAMERS. This stable will come from the final 2015 Sumo Game World Championship standings, which can be found here:

http://www.strongoak.net/sb/sbsgwc.html

You should choose ONE (please be careful - two people made errors last year) from each of the rank ranges below:

1: 1-5
2: 6-10
3: 11-20
4: 21-40
5: 41-80
6: 81-120
7: 121-200
8: 201+

You can choose yourself if you want to, you vain young thing!

There will be no transfers, so if one of your choices is absent, you'll just get zero for him/her that basho.

Each gamer will win you Masters points if they finish in the top ten in any of the Superbanzuke games in each basho. All Masters points will add to your cumulative total. The winner is the person who has the most points at the end of the year.

So pick the gamers who you think will bring you Metasumo glory...try to find the bargains in the lower categories and avoid the one-hit wonders in the top ones!

Flohru won last year and he says he greatly enjoyed the first prize of a kiss on the lips from me. I'll be upping the ante this year: the winner gets to have a romantic dinner with Fujisan. I am choosing him because there's no chance in hell he will win this game so he won't need to have a romantic dinner with himself. The person who comes last gets to debate (but not defame) MasuMasuMasu.

Enjoy!

Simon (Pandaazuma)

PS. Note to Rando, who kindly looks after this game's standings: I'll put a thread on the Sumotalk forum too for recruitment purposes. Feel free to add this to the German and French forums. Thanks.

[Pandaazuma]

My picks:

1-5: Pandaazuma (My money's on Gurowake this year but I'm picking myself for motivation)

6-10: Randomitsuki (Rando's due a good year very soon)

11-20: ScreechingOwl (Always disciplined and his tactics are improving all the time. A likely top-ten finisher)

21-40: Haidouzo (Playing all the games now and he can only improve with his sleek new picking system)

41-80: Sebunshu (Steadily improved over the years. Expecting him to go further this year)

81-120: Chocshoporyu (Someone has to pick the bastard...it might as well be me)

121-200: Chankoyama (A newbie but I know her so I'll give her some support. She plays a few game and knows her sumo)

201+: Sokkenaiyama: (Martin is back in the games a bit recently so he has to be in the team for me)

Pandaazuma

[Randomitsuki]

1-5 Gurowake

6-10 Randomitsuki

11-20 Norizo

21-40 Unkonoyama

41-80 Doitsuyama

81-120 Jakusotsu

121-200 nomadwolf

201+ Sokkenaiyama

[chishafuwaku]

1-5 Smoczayama
6-10 kuroimori
11-20 Ganzohnesushi
21-40 chishafuwaku
41-80 Profomisakari
81-120 Wamahada
121-200 Holleshoryu
201+ Hogashi

chishafuwaku

[ronnie]

1-5 Pandaazuma, better the devil you know!

6-10 Kuroimori, excellent gamer in my opinion.

11-20 Ganzohnesushi, due for a huge comeback.

21-40 Chishafuwaku, in a great position for the new year.

41-80 Doitsuyama, gaming legend and a very nice chap.

81-120 Hana-Ichi, the Flower Girl...... just because.

121-200 Gawasukotto, Yes, me again.

200+ Umi, Top of those ranks.

ronnie

[Gurowake]

Andoreasu

Randomitsuki

Norizo

chishafuwaku

Ruziklao

Jakusotsu

nomadwolf

Sokkenaiyama

[kuroimori]

1-5 Pandaazuma - I have a feeling that he'll be back firing on all cylinders in the new SG year
6-10 Flohru - I am still shaking my head in disbelief that I managed to finish just less than one point behind this SG Grandmaster
11-20 Ganzohnesushi - completely without fishy performances in 2016
21-40 chishafuwaku - he'll bounce back into contention for SG World Championship
41-80 Ruziklao - ranked 42nd 2014 & 2015, so at least this ranked should be a shoe-in for 2016
81-120 saruyama - even a monkey can fall from the mountain, but he can also climb up again in no time
121-200 Taxinohana - taxi! taxi! get to the top, go as fast as possible, please!
201+ Sokkenaiyama - my cndidate for biggest leap up the ranks of the year

[Fujisan]

Flohru won last year and he says he greatly enjoyed the first prize of a kiss on the lips from me. I'll be upping the ante this year: the winner gets to have a romantic dinner with Fujisan. I am choosing him because there's no chance in hell he will win this game so he won't need to have a romantic dinner with himself. The person who comes last gets to debate (but not defame) MasuMasuMasu.

Enjoy!

Simon (Pandaazuma)

Well Mr Panda....

I fear you may be right about me winning your Metasumo game I will be working far too hard on winning the little known Super banzuke world championship you may have heard of it?

To show I am a good sport though I will be happy to kiss the winner aswell during the dinner,

I think the last place prize should be to debate the origin of life on the sumotalk forum..............Good luck leaving that one alive...

Edit... My entry is in the post...

Edited December 21, 2015 by Fujisan

[Jakusotsu]

Gurowake

Flohru

Kitakachiyama

Unkonoyama

Sebunshu

Jakusotsu (so I won't let down only other players)

Gawasukotto

Hogashi

[Fujisan]

Pandaazuma- Needs all the encougement he can get just to stop him retiring after the predicted poor showing again in 2016......

Flohru

Ganzohnesushi

(I was going to pick myselr but after looking through the choices saw a champion in the making I could not leave out my team... }

Fujisan

Doitsuyama

Jakusotsu

Bunjiiman

Sokkenaiyama

Edit- Right picks wrong order...Corrected...

Edited December 22, 2015 by Fujisan

[Ruziklao]

Let's try...

1-5 Pandaazuma
6-10 Kuroimori
11-20 Norizo
21-40 chishafuwaku
41-80 Doitsuyama
81-120 Hironoumi
121-200 Holleshoryu
201+ Rikishimiezi

[ScreechingOwl]

1-5: Pandaazuma (The talent at this rank is so high, but I'm going with the once and future king.)

6-10: Randomitsuki (Nine gamers better than Juergen two years in a row? Unmöglich!)

11-20: Norizo (It's like picking King James himself for who's bible translation is the best.)

21-40: Unkonoyama (I'll be extremely peeved if two players from the US finish ahead of me, but wouldn't bet against it)

41-80: Bafa (Lots of talent at this level although it's hard to know who will break out.)

81-120: Chocshoporyu (I'll pick the bastard as well.)

121-200: KikoCookie (My daughter, who no longer inquires if she is up on me in any game, only if she's ahead of Simon.)

201+: Sokkenaiyama: (I'm not sure if Martin will make it up to makuuchi until the end of next year in SG, but when he does....)

[Profomisakari]

1: 1-5 Pandaazuma
2: 6-10 Randomitsuki
3: 11-20 GanzohneSushi
4: 21-40 Chishafuwaku

5: 41-80 Doitsuyama
6: 81-120 Jakusotsu
7: 121-200 Gawasukotto
8: 201+ Sokkenaiyama

[Ganzohnesushi]

1-5 Pandaazuma (hope he is not in danger of extinction)

6-10 Flohru (due for a top three position)

11-20 Ganzohnesushi (at least I have some influence on the participation of this guy)

21-40 Chishafuwaku (is there a Sumo game he doesn't play?)

41-80 Doitsuyama (though he has sadly retired in a few games I see no better choice)

81-120 Jakusotsu (Prost! The guy who has recommended this here http://www.biershop-bayern.de/media/catalog/product/cache/5/small_image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/e/weiherer_keller.jpg)

121-200 Gawasukotto (No alternative to Celtic in Scotland. 1967!)

200+ Sokkenaiyama (Martin should be the top dog of this group)

Ganzohnesushi

[Tenshinhan]

1-5 Gurowake

6-10 Kuroimori

11-20 Asashosakari

21-40 chishafuwaku

41-80 Profomisakari

81-120 Jakusotsu

121-200 Tsubame

200+ Sokkenaiyama

[ronnie]

121-200 Gawasukotto (No alternative to Celtic in Scotland. 1967!)

Ganzohnesushi

Bit off topic, but Scottish teams did quite well in Europe 66-67. Kilmarnock got to the semi finals of the Fairs Cities Cup, Rangers lost to Bayern in the final of the Cup Winners Cup in Nuremburg, and of course, Celtic did the business against Internazionale in Lisbon :-)

[Wamahada]

1-5: Smoczayama

6-10 Flohru

11-20 Kitakachiyama

21-40 Gonzaburow

41-80 Terarno

81-120 Hironoumi

121-200 Bunijiman

201+ Fuheika

[Jejima]

1-5: Gurowake

6-10 Randomitsuki

11-20 Norizo

21-40 Jejima

41-80 Fujiyama

81-120 Jakusotsu

121-200 Holleshoryu

201+ sekihiryu

[Pandaazuma]

Good lad, Jezz...you saved me bumping this up. Don't forget to get your picks in, lads and lasses! Deadline is Sunday.

[Terarno]

Hi !

1-5 Taka

6-10 Kotononami (jinx jinx jinx !)

11-20 Kaiomitsuki

21-40 Gonzaburow

41-80 Terarno

81-120 Kamogawa

121-200 Holleshoryu

200+ Sekihiryu

Thanks.

[PhorCillic]

Hmmm... I dunno who to take, but I want to try. Let's go with the Rikishi Game players/testers list :)

1-5 - Gurowake. The One and Only.

6-10 - Kuroimori - But had a dillema (Randomitsuki)

11-20 - Ganzohnesushi

21-40 - Tenshinhan - The highest of three players (Senkoho, Jejima)

41-80 - Mischashimaru - "You earned it" :) (also Torafujii in that group)

81-120 - Jakusotsu - Out of 2 guys, Jakusotsu is more active (also wolfgangho here)

...and that's all. But I still have some free places. So...

121-200 - KikoCookie

200+ - Sokkenaiyama

[Achiyama]

_{My Squad is:}

_{1-5 Gurowake}

_{6-10 Kuroimori}

_{11-20 ScreechingOwl}

_{21-40 Achiyama}

_{41-80 Terarno}

_{81-120 Wamahada}

_{121-200 Shimodahito}

_{201+ Sashogatake}

Edited January 8, 2016 by Achiyama

[Kaiomitsuki]

1-5 Gurowake
6-10 Randomitsuki
11-20 Konosato
21-40 Achiyama
41-80 Terarno
81-120 Jakusotsu
121-200 Bunijiman
201+ Sokkenaiyama

[Andonishiki]

1-5 gurowake
6-10 randomitsuki

11-20 konosato
21-40 andonishiki
41-80 ruziklao
81-120 chocshoporyu
121-200 shimodahito
201+ fuheika

Apologies to all the heros that I didn't pick :)

BELIEVE in YOURSELF is the first step to glory.

[Flohru]

Trying to defend my title in order to taste the lips of Fujisan as well...

1-5: Gurowake
6-10: Randomitsuki
11-20: Norizo
21-40: Tenshinhan
41-80: Doitsuyama
81-120: Jakusotsu
121-200: nomadwolf
201+: Sokkenaiyama