Sumo: Through Banana Canada, we have all now vicariously been to Meatland. (page 68)

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Shodai?
	Shodai
	SHODAI

net work error: Feb 26, 2011

Lets gooooooo Shodai!!!!!!

# ? Mar 19, 2023 01:29

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 11:25

Iron Chef Nex: Jan 20, 2005; Serving up a hot buttered stabbing

Question: Is there a guiding prinicple that is used for choosing who from upper Juryo gets brought up to even out the day's matches, or is yet another "mystery of the JSA?

# ? Mar 19, 2023 03:29

Kenning: Jan 11, 2009; I really want to post goatse. Instead I only have these🍄.

anakha posted:

With everybody sharing a kyujo Takakeisho, we might have a new record for the lowest scoring fantasy winner lol

I'm almost positive this will be true, especially considering how poorly the sekiwake are doing as well.

ullerrm posted:

Hey Kenning � did my day 6 trade make it in?

Whoops! I did miss it, just updated the sheet to give you Nishikifuji on Day 6 (it did not change your score).

Very chaotic basho, I bet it'll be like an 11-4 yusho or something dumb like that.

Day 7 standings:

Makuuchi

code:

25	MyChemicalImbalance
23	GoatSeeGuy
22	Banana Canada
22	Iron Chef Nex
22	Marching Powder
22	NuclearPotato
21	anakha
21	LlamaTrauma
21	Vargatron
20	Akiosan
20	Everyones Favorite Poster
20	Mode 7
20	pseudodragon
20	Thauros
20	Tiny Bug Child
19	Ice Phisherman
19	Jobbo_Fett
19	MalarkeyToboggan
19	Saturnine Aberrance
18	ratmosphere
18	Teddybear
17	bartolimu
17	scripterror
16	captainblastum
16	Eli949
16	Fluffdaddy
16	Helianthus Annuus
16	Kuros
16	sivad
16	Tochiazuma
15.5	Kenning
15	Khizan
15	Pakled
14	Liquid Communism
13	Netsky
12	Charles Gnarwin
11	Crusty Nutsack
11	Flinger
9	Communist Thoughts

Juryo

code:

23	Beexoffel
23	Lid
22	PJ
22	QuasiQuack
21	Brut
21	Robviously
20	Average Lettuce
20	bessantj
20	Gaghskull
20	riderchop
20	Single Tight Female
20	ullerrm
19	do it on my face
19	Fearless
19	Log082
18	rare Magic card l00k
17	Eldoop
17	Elissimpark
17	Nativity In Black
17	whats for dinner
16	Ben Nerevarine
15	Dead Goon
15	ImplicitAssembler
15	oldskool
15	Samuel L. Hacksaw
14	Boogalo
14	Chinook
14	Pvt. Public
14	Xerzes
13	Bentai

# ? Mar 19, 2023 06:18

anakha: Sep 16, 2009

Kenning posted:

I'm almost positive this will be true, especially considering how poorly the sekiwake are doing as well.

You might as well give everyone a 0.5 point deduction for the kyujo now and save yourself some bookkeeping later. :v:

# ? Mar 19, 2023 06:35

Kenning: Jan 11, 2009; I really want to post goatse. Instead I only have these🍄.

Oh god you're right. I'll change it in the final table, that'll be easier than inputting it for every person individually.

# ? Mar 19, 2023 06:49

Shiroc: May 16, 2009; Sorry I'm late

Midorifuji seems like a guy who doesn�t get talked about a lot but has been pretty great since he came up, especially for a smaller guy.

# ? Mar 19, 2023 07:51

Fearless: Sep 3, 2003; DRINK MORE MOXIE

Day 8: Hokuseiho is terrifyingly strong and seems almost confused by it

# ? Mar 19, 2023 08:34

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

There have been some reaaaaal good matches today all over.

# ? Mar 19, 2023 08:39

GoatSeeGuy: Dec 26, 2003; What if Jerome Walton made me a champion?

riderchop posted:

Shodai.

More and more people are saying this!

# ? Mar 19, 2023 09:40

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

drat but the Drunk Uncles have been in full voice tonight. And the kids too. :3:

# ? Mar 19, 2023 09:44

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

Oof not going good for my stable but I'm just gonna continue to do my best sumo and hope I can do a bit better for the next half

# ? Mar 19, 2023 11:28

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

Thauros posted:

ok i'm used to a slow start from him but his form looks way off. kenning, i'd like to trade Wakatakakage for Kirabayama, Wakamotoharu or Tobizaru in order of preference. wakatakakage fans can thank me when he proceeds to rattle off a bunch of wins from this point forward

well at least it looks like i did hm a favor

# ? Mar 19, 2023 16:56

No Mods No Masters: Oct 3, 2004

Hokuseiho is a frighteningly large adult son, to be sure

# ? Mar 19, 2023 17:04

Beeswax: Dec 29, 2005; Grimey Drawer

Hokuseiho out there making Kotoeko look like a small adult son

# ? Mar 19, 2023 17:34

Teddybear: May 16, 2009; Look! A teddybear doll!
It's soooo cute!

Day 8 Juryo chat: Ochiai's been rolling in Juryo. After debuting at Ms15 last basho and going 7-0, he's at the very bottom of the Juyro ranks and tied for the lead at 7-1 with Asanoyama, Ichinojo, and Gonoyama. Granted he's only faced folks J10 and under, but for only his second professional tournament he's off to a blazing start.

Also interesting: Asanoyama's one loss was to Ichinojo; Ichinojo's one loss was to Gonoyama. Gonoyama's one loss was to Roga, though, and Ochiai's was to Tamashoho.

# ? Mar 19, 2023 17:46

Nativity In Black: Oct 24, 2012; If you're gonna have roads, you're gonna have roadkill.

Beeswax posted:

Hokuseiho out there making Kotoeko look like a small adult son

This match just further solidified me as a Kotoeko fan. The guy never gives up, and even looks competitive against dudes twice his size.

# ? Mar 19, 2023 20:28

bessantj: Jul 27, 2004

Teddybear posted:

Day 8 Juryo chat: Ochiai's been rolling in Juryo. After debuting at Ms15 last basho and going 7-0, he's at the very bottom of the Juyro ranks and tied for the lead at 7-1 with Asanoyama, Ichinojo, and Gonoyama. Granted he's only faced folks J10 and under, but for only his second professional tournament he's off to a blazing start.

Also interesting: Asanoyama's one loss was to Ichinojo; Ichinojo's one loss was to Gonoyama. Gonoyama's one loss was to Roga, though, and Ochiai's was to Tamashoho.

I'm quite interested in how Shonannoumi is going. He's spent nearly a decade trying to get into the salaried ranks and now that he's here he has a good chance of making it into the Makuuchi division. He's currently at J3 with a record of 5-3 (2 of those losses are to Ichinojo and Ansanoyama so he doesn't need to fight them again) which isn't great but I think if he manages a 9-6 or 10-5 he has a good shot at getting that promotion. He's had a bout in Makuuchi beating Bushozan. Making it to the Makuuchi division after 9 years of trying would be great reward for his efforts.

# ? Mar 19, 2023 20:54

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

ABEMA knows why we're watching sumo:
https://clips.twitch.tv/CleverMoistKleeBIRB-_RX8DcuGInufM6DY

*edit*
No pressure, kid!
https://twitter.com/SumoFollower/status/1637381021405442048

Bentai fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Mar 19, 2023

# ? Mar 19, 2023 21:32

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016; What did you say the strategy was?

drat that's clever

# ? Mar 20, 2023 00:15

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Without a doubt. Ochiai picked up an injury on day 7 (probably an elbow hyper-extension), and Shimanoumi went right to work on it. Ochiai showed some real impressive defensive thinking.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 00:49

Liquid Communism: Mar 9, 2004; коммунизм хранится в яичках

That is some high end sumo thinking.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 01:59

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

whoa i had no idea he was another hakuho guy. he obviously warranted it but how did he earn a debut at makushita 15 anyway? i know about the university sumo promotions like with kinbozan, but this presumably doesn't apply to him since he's 19 and doesn't have a school listed

# ? Mar 20, 2023 02:16

verbal enema: May 23, 2009; onlymarfans.com

Ochiai owns

# ? Mar 20, 2023 02:19

Brut: Aug 21, 2007; Can't post for 5 days!

Thauros posted:

whoa i had no idea he was another hakuho guy. he obviously warranted it but how did he earn a debut at makushita 15 anyway? i know about the university sumo promotions like with kinbozan, but this presumably doesn't apply to him since he's 19 and doesn't have a school listed

As part of a larger post about Makushita Tsukedashi in general:

Fantasy Basho posted:

Yet in the future, it is entirely possible January 2023 will not be best remembered for Takakeisho making a Yokozuna run. It could be remembered as the debut of Ochiai. For the unfamiliar, Ochiai is a 19 year old former high school Yokozuna. His final year in high school, he finished in the top 8 of the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships. That would have made him eligible to start in the Sandanme division had he joined professional sumo after school. Instead, he spent a year working in his father�s firm and competing in corporate sumo. After winning the Corporate Yokozuna title, he joined Miyagino stable for January as a Makushita Tsukedashi.

...

13 different Universities have produced Makushita Tsukedashi. By far the most successful has been Nihon University. 37 Makushita Tsukedashi are former Nihon University students, including Wajima and Kotomitsuki. The group of Makushita Tsukedashi wrestlers tend to have some similar characteristics. They enter sumo slightly older, with a good sense of what they are doing, and a wealth of competitive experience.

Yet Ochiai doesn�t totally fit this bill, because he did not attend University. That isn�t completely unprecedented, but it is quite rare. 14 wrestlers started in Makushita without first attending University. Largely, this group has not been as impressive as their peers who competed in University sumo. They also have been getting increasingly rare over the last few decades. The last one was Ichinojo, who joined pro sumo in 2013. Before that, no one had done it since Tochitaiki in 1995. Ichinojo is by far the best parallel to Ochiai. Like Ochiai, he was a high school standout who decided to delay his professional career by a year to garner more amateur accolades. He also dominated his first professional basho.

Brut fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Mar 20, 2023

# ? Mar 20, 2023 02:26

bessantj: Jul 27, 2004

Thauros posted:

whoa i had no idea he was another hakuho guy. he obviously warranted it but how did he earn a debut at makushita 15 anyway? i know about the university sumo promotions like with kinbozan, but this presumably doesn't apply to him since he's 19 and doesn't have a school listed

I think it's because he was an amateur yokozuna.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 02:27

Marching Powder: Mar 8, 2008; stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

verbal enema posted:

Ochiai owns

Ownchiai

# ? Mar 20, 2023 02:28

Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

Corporate sumo? That sounds cyberpunk as hell, what's the deal with that.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 02:29

Marching Powder: Mar 8, 2008; stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Nessus posted:

Corporate sumo? That sounds cyberpunk as hell, what's the deal with that.

Japanese fight club

# ? Mar 20, 2023 02:30

Lucasar: Jan 25, 2005; save a few for lefty too

Brut posted:

As part of a larger post about Makushita Tsukedashi in general:

The Ichinojo comparison reminds me, has there been anybody since Ichinojo who debuted in Makuuchi before they could get their hair into the mage? At this rate Ochiai will manage it.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 03:00

anakha: Sep 16, 2009

Lucasar posted:

The Ichinojo comparison reminds me, has there been anybody since Ichinojo who debuted in Makuuchi before they could get their hair into the mage? At this rate Ochiai will manage it.

Endo IIRC

# ? Mar 20, 2023 03:18

Brut: Aug 21, 2007; Can't post for 5 days!

anakha posted:

Endo IIRC

Endo was before Ichinojo

# ? Mar 20, 2023 04:10

Marching Powder: Mar 8, 2008; stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Bentai posted:

No pressure, kid!
https://twitter.com/SumoFollower/status/1637381021405442048

finally watched this. the kid is really loving good, but i couldn't imagine the pressure that would come with taking that name.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 04:15

anakha: Sep 16, 2009

Brut posted:

Endo was before Ichinojo

lol my blind rear end just skimmed past the 'since Ichinojo' qualifier

# ? Mar 20, 2023 04:20

Jean-Paul Shartre: Jan 16, 2015; this sentence no verb

Lucasar posted:

The Ichinojo comparison reminds me, has there been anybody since Ichinojo who debuted in Makuuchi before they could get their hair into the mage? At this rate Ochiai will manage it.

Kinbozan is M14 and doesn't have the full leaf right now, my man.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 04:24

Brut: Aug 21, 2007; Can't post for 5 days!

JohnCompany posted:

Kinbozan is M14 and doesn't have the full leaf right now, my man.

Bit of a gray area, as I understand it the simpler version as seen on folks with too short hair or just low divisions is the Chonmage, and the fanned out leaf is the Oicho.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 04:40

Marching Powder: Mar 8, 2008; stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Tokoshoryu had the best hair fan.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 04:50

Shiroc: May 16, 2009; Sorry I'm late

Shodai could be one of the greatest yokozuna ever as long as absolutely nobody tells him what his rank is.

"Just put on this rope and do a little dance. No reason. The people just love to see it."

# ? Mar 20, 2023 05:11

Marching Powder: Mar 8, 2008; stop the fucking fight, cornerman, your dude is fucking done and is about to be killed.

Shiroc posted:

Shodai could be one of the greatest yokozuna ever as long as absolutely nobody tells him what his rank is.

"Just put on this rope and do a little dance. No reason. The people just love to see it."

shodai's yokozuna dance would be foot stomp, lower, lower, sits down, lies down, sleeps. applause.

# ? Mar 20, 2023 05:20

Ice Phisherman: Apr 12, 2007; Swimming upstream
into the sunset

Marching Powder posted:

shodai's yokozuna dance would be foot stomp, lower, lower, sits down, lies down, sleeps. applause.

he drives the demons out of the earth by farting in his sleep

the deities are proud

# ? Mar 20, 2023 06:11

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 11:25

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

Would Shodai choose the "Honk-Shoo" or the "Honk-Mimimi" dohyo-iri?

# ? Mar 20, 2023 06:14

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