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anakha posted:Forgive my ignorance - who's the guy in the middle? The president of Mongolia
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Mister Twister posted:The president of Mongolia oh well now i feel a lot less stupid for not knowing who that was
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Apr 23, 2014 17:50
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a false posted:oh well now i feel a lot less stupid for not knowing who that was Yeah, nobody of any consequence. We'd have crucified you for not recognizing an ex-rikishi sans 200 lbs 
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Apr 24, 2014 00:24
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I wanna fly over Japan dropping copies of that picture all over.
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Apr 24, 2014 00:55
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Uncle Jam posted:I wanna fly over Japan dropping copies of that picture all over. Mongolia's version of: 
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Natsu (Summer) 2014 Banzukecode:Notes: Kakuryu Y2e There is a new Yokozuna, everyone knows that and yada yada yada his performance. Goeido S1e Coming off his best record ever in Sanyaku ranks, he needs just 10 wins to promote to Ozeki Yoshikaze K1e Despite being in Makuuchi since 2006, this is his first time to claw up to Sanyaku Chiyo'otori K1w On the other end of the scale, in sanyaku in his fourth makuuchi championship. Take that Endo! Endo M4e Probably won't have to fight all of the sanyaku guys here. Homasho M7e Promotes out of Juryo all the way to M7. Has had a lot of injury trouble lately though. Osuna'arashi M10e Barely grabbed a winning record last time, hope he is better now. Ichinojo J10 This new guy is a monster but we'll see if he can keep up with the pace of upper divisions. Tochinoshin Ms6 We should see him promote into Juryo next time but there are a lot of college/foreign entrants at this level who are untested.
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OK so riddle me this: Chiyootori and Aoiyama were both M5 last basho and both had a 9-6 record, but Chiyootori gets promoted to komusubi whereas Aoiyama is only M1
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Apr 25, 2014 15:38
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Tsaedje posted:OK so riddle me this: Chiyootori and Aoiyama were both M5 last basho and both had a 9-6 record, but Chiyootori gets promoted to komusubi whereas Aoiyama is only M1 chiyootori is japanese. e: as a serious answer i don't know why chiyootori was promoted over aoiyama. maybe because he faced an ozeki and aoiyama didn't?
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Apr 25, 2014 15:49
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a false posted:chiyootori is japanese. I was thinking maybe because Chiyootori had a winning record in the previous basho, and Aoiyama didn't. But then Chiyootori's win in January was against far weaker opponents than Aoiyama's loss.
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a false posted:chiyootori is japanese. To be fair, East is considered higher than West for a specific rank, Yokozuna included. Chiyo was E and Aoi was W, so he has the slight edge. Both beat a Komusubi and nothing above, so no idea if that would also have been used as a tiebreaker. Chiyo started a little stronger too, which is why he ended up against an Ozeki later on.
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Apr 25, 2014 15:59
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Aoiyama has back hair which is strongly looked down upon in the world of sumo.
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Fryhtaning posted:To be fair, East is considered higher than West for a specific rank, Yokozuna included. Chiyo was E and Aoi was W, so he has the slight edge. Both beat a Komusubi and nothing above, so no idea if that would also have been used as a tiebreaker. imo aoiyama should have gotten the promotion because chiyootori got a fusensho win
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Apr 25, 2014 17:37
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I'm all for Aoiyama not getting promotions he deserves because his Michelin man fat rolls are really gross
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no disagreement there 
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Dr.Radical posted:Aoiyama has back hair which is strongly looked down upon in the world of sumo. Aran might be the last back-haired sanyaku rikishi.. Aoiyama is a grotesque human being. Acne, body hair, by far the worst gynomastia in sumo, and the copious fat rolls. On that note, it's funny that the Japanese gain weight so much more gracefully. Even Toyonoshima has a perfectly round and kawaii belly. Baruto carried it pretty well, but the rest of the Europeans are pretty nasty when huge.
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Fryhtaning posted:gynomastia You're gross for teaching me this gross word. Gross.
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Gagamaru's grey blubber...
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It's actually gynecomastia what's causing those sagging moobs. This basho is also the first time since November 2000 that there are three yokozuna competing, and also the first time since March 2000 that there are more yokozuna than ozeki on the banzuke.
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Just Winging It posted:It's actually gynecomastia what's causing those sagging moobs. poo poo, and I used to know the proper spelling, too. Thanks, Android, for your worthless spell check/auto complete. I wonder which yokozuna will retire first. Harumafuji's most likely to kyujo, Kakuryu most likely to disappoint, and Hakuho has just been at it forever even though he hasn't slowed down.
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Sorry, I was actually thinking of Kaisei when I said Aoiyama has back hair. Kaisei's back hair and chest hair end at a line around his neck that make it look like he's wearing a sweater with a wide neck. Always cracks me up!
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Hakuho got the flu right after the last competition, and has lost 5 kilograms of weight from the last weigh in.
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Uncle Jam posted:Hakuho got the flu right after the last competition, and has lost 5 kilograms of weight from the last weigh in. Holy poo poo, that's a lot of weight. Is he better now? It would be very interesting to see the first basho after a yokozuna promotion lacking in the top wrestler.
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Keep in mind that sumo wrestlers weigh a lot, this is about a 3% drop in body weight for him. He probably eats more than 5,000 calories on a normal day, so even a few days where he is sick and can't eat much can result in rapid weight loss, and it would be tough to gain that weight back in a short period.
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And we're off! Hell of a start, too. Sumo - Natsu Basho 2014 Day 1 May 11th 大相撲
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Jesus Christ Sadanomi, what did that other guy ever do to you? Takayasu and Shohozan are half-Filipino!? I feel obligated to root for them now. Awful lot of Mongolians in makuuchi this basho. Endo with a topknot just seems strangely wrong. Yoshikaze 
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Yoshikazi owns, Harumafuji vacateanakha posted:
There are a ton of vacant foreign spots from all the retirements, a lot of Monogolians in MS and Juryo right now.
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Some good sumo eh Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imU0KWxpJ-I Uncle Jam fucked around with this message at 00:42 on May 13, 2014 |
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May 13, 2014 00:17
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I'm afraid the end is nigh for my boy Homasho, but it's hard to argue against it being pretty exciting thus far. The ripple effect of having 3 yokozuna instead of 2 is bigger than I thought. All of a sudden it seems like 12-3 would be a good result for one, whereas before it would be borderline shameful.
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Day 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0YF4-IEPY Guess the sand in the dohyo wasn't packed very tightly today. anakha fucked around with this message at 17:47 on May 13, 2014 |
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Sumo - Natsu Basho 2014 Day 4 , May 14th Won't want to miss this one, folks. Action, comedy, drama, suspense, and plenty of fatties banging.
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Topnotch performance by Endo there. Ozeki, not so much.
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May 14, 2014 14:46
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Aminishiki  Endo
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Just Winging It posted:Topnotch performance by Endo there. Ozeki, not so much. Agreed. I think I was really surprised because Endo usually doesn't make a good showing against stronger opponents.
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Funkysauce posted:Agreed. Didn't Endo almost take Kakuryu out on day 2/3 last basho? I seem to recall Kakuryu making a clutch save or something edit - it was day 1, as seen in the first few seconds here Omnikin fucked around with this message at 18:05 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 18:02
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Day 5, y'all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ys-6iul1YQ Not a good day for 4-0 rikishi. anakha fucked around with this message at 00:53 on May 16, 2014 |
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Day 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEVsKkS4NeE So many sotogakes this basho! It's getting ridiculous. Awesome throws too, particularly that kotenage from Ikioi. Harumafuji was unlucky to have lost after that steamroller of a tachi-ai, but kudos to Toyonoshima for withstanding it and getting the win. Hakuho's got at least one loss in him in the basho, he's just not looking his imperious best (and yet he's the only one who's undefeated!)
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Day 5 shows up as private for me. Here's the proper one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djvl12314jg
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Kotooushuu looks so  at 3:44
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I just wanted to say,  for the Harumafuji match. That was awesome. Like, "Oh yeah, shove ME? Try this!"
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Haha Shouhouzan and Takayasu. Taught me something new.
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