All new game - Sumo Stakes

[thatsumoguy]

www.sumostakes.com is my new sumo game, powered by the one and only sumo-api, that I am releasing for open beta testing this 2023 November basho.

Sumo Stakes is a daily sumo game where you stake your points against any matches in the top division. If you pick the winner, you double the points you staked. Try to get to the top of the leaderboard for the yusho, or just break even to get your kachikoshi. It is just for fun, so there are no prizes of any kind for winning, just the pride/pleasure/sense of self-satisfaction of having done so.

You can sign up until 2pm JST on 12th November with a google single sign on (I can add other options, like Reddit, etc. if people want it) and register for this basho. Once the day's matches are released by the JSA you can make your stakes for that day. They can be changed at any time up to 1 hour before the top division matches begin at 3pm JST. Once you register, make sure you click on "Join the Basho", i'd also recommend adding a filter to your email to make sure @sumostakes.com doesn't go to spam.

Since this is the first live test run there may be bugs or some problems, so please get in touch here, or via the contact link on the homepage.

There are many other features I'd like to develop for the game, such as email reminders to stake, scaling returns based on the rikishis tournament performance and performance against their opponent, one off stakes such as number of kinboshi etc.

Put your predictive skills and sumo knowledge to the test and join me in playing sumostakes

[thatsumoguy]

With the release of the torikumi for day 1 (and a few bug fixes from me) staking for day 1 is now available for the next 42 hours! So make your stakes!

To access the staking page;
1. Sign in
2. Join the basho if you haven't yet
3. Click on "Make your Stakes"

A tip from me - if you lose all your points on day 1, you are out, so I'd keep some points in reserve just in case your favourites all have a bad day.

Happy Staking!

Edited November 10, 2023 by thatsumoguy

[Gernobono]

after clicking "join/register" i am asked to join via my google account

ist there any other option?

[Jakusotsu]

6 hours ago, Gernobono said:

after clicking "join/register" i am asked to join via my google account

ist there any other option?

 

On 08/11/2023 at 09:08, thatsumoguy said:

You can sign up until 2pm JST on 12th November with a google single sign on (I can add other options, like Reddit, etc. if people want it)

 

[Athenayama]

@thatsumoguy Well, if we could sign up with a simple email address (not using any google account) I might give your game a chance.

Edited November 10, 2023 by Athenayama

[thatsumoguy]

3 hours ago, Athenayama said:

@thatsumoguy Well, if we could sign up with a simple email address (not using any google account) I might give your game a chance.

From a security standpoint, you should definitely trust google or other single sign on services way more than something I could implement myself. I can add other options, Reddit for example if you prefer.

[Athenayama]

1 hour ago, thatsumoguy said:

From a security standpoint, you should definitely trust google or other single sign on services way more than something I could implement myself. I can add other options, Reddit for example if you prefer.

Thanks for the info. I'm just trying to "spread" as little as possible personal data on the web (check my profile here.... it's empty!) so I try to avoid creating new accounts here and there (google, Reddit or any other).

I'll pass for this basho. Maybe in the future?
Good luck to all the players!

[Ganzohnesushi]

22 hours ago, thatsumoguy said:

From a security standpoint, you should definitely trust google or other single sign on services way more than something I could implement myself. I can add other options, Reddit for example if you prefer.

Trusting Google? Run on servers in USA? Safe? You must be kidding. Tomorrow FBI, CIA & others will know more about me than my siblings ever knew.

Sorry, I'm out.

Ganzohnesushi

[Athenayama]

6 minutes ago, Ganzohnesushi said:

Trusting Google? Run on servers in USA? Safe? You must be kidding. Tomorrow FBI, CIA & others will know more about me than my siblings ever knew.

Sorry, I'm out.

Ganzohnesushi

I tried to put it in as much as possible polite way but your post expressed in a blatant way part of my thought.  

[Bunbukuchagama]

Yes, guys: FBI, CIA, KGB, CCP and all the other scary acronyms are really interested in skeletons in your closets. 

[Reonito]

Last I checked, ThrowawayEmailForSumoGames@Gmail was still available 

[Athenayama]

28 minutes ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

Yes, guys: FBI, CIA, KGB, CCP and all the other scary acronyms are really interested in skeletons in your closets. 

That's exactly when I read such reactions (waaaaay too big a topic for this forum), even if it was just a joke, that I''m really worried (and a little disillusioned actually) about the younger and next generations...

[Jakusotsu]

By now my level of attrition has reached a stage where I don't care anymore who cares about me not caring anymore.

[Athenayama]

1 minute ago, Jakusotsu said:

By now my level of attrition has reached a stage where I don't care anymore who cares about me not caring anymore.

As I said I'm more worried about how younger and probably future generations think, accepting "very strange things" as "perfectly normal". Now about how you feel, I hope we'll have again the opportunity to discuss it "live". 

[Bunbukuchagama]

2 hours ago, Athenayama said:

That's exactly when I read such reactions (waaaaay too big a topic for this forum), even if it was just a joke, that I''m really worried (and a little disillusioned actually) about the younger and next generations...

I appreciate your concern for younger generations, but I might be even a bit older than you; it's not a generational thing. 

Edited November 12, 2023 by Bunbukuchagama

[Tetsuba]

@thatsumoguy
I can't join the tournament, even if it's not 2pm JST.

[thatsumoguy]

2 minutes ago, Tetsuba said:

@thatsumoguy
I can't join the tournament, even if it's not 2pm JST.

I sent you a message.

[Tetsuba]

@thatsumoguy
here's the screenshot.
 

[thatsumoguy]

Fixed

[Gernobono]

day 2 button not availabe and the workaround " then you can manually enter /202311/2/stakes for the url" leads to "Unexpected Application Error"

works now

Edited November 12, 2023 by Gernobono

[Tetsuba]

@thatsumoguyI have 0 points to stake on day 2 even if I have actually 210 points after day 1.

EDIT : it worked again after a refresh

Edited November 13, 2023 by Tetsuba

[thatsumoguy]

1 hour ago, Tetsuba said:

@thatsumoguyI have 0 points to stake on day 2 even if I have actually 210 points after day 1.

EDIT : it worked again after a refresh

Cool, glad it's working. I'll need to check the refresh issue...

[thatsumoguy]

A question for anyone who is playing, is getting back double pts + your original stake too strong?Should the point return be, 

stakedPoints * multiplier (currently double)

 rather than 

(stakedPoints * multiplier) + stakedPoints

My feeling is that it is, but I will probably leave it alone for this basho, but change it for the next.

[thatsumoguy]

Day 2 is done and dusted, and day 3 is ready for staking!

[Jakusotsu]

I hope you have allocated enough space for the 478,296,900 points Gernobono will have in the end.