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Jan 14, 2017 03:51
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Harumafuji has withdrawn. Ikioi will get a walkover victory. I assume that will not count as a kinboshi or be anything to consider for prizes.
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Jan 14, 2017 05:45
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Rigel posted:Harumafuji has withdrawn. Ikioi will get a walkover victory. I assume that will not count as a kinboshi or be anything to consider for prizes. One Yokozuna out and the other one looking near retirement means this one is Hakuhou's to lose, with Kisenosato chasing. Walkovers don't count for prizes, as far as I know.
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Jan 14, 2017 05:53
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Fluffdaddy posted:One Yokozuna out and the other one looking near retirement means this one is Hakuhou's to lose, with Kisenosato chasing. We also have one Ozeki who is pretty much guaranteed to be demoted and another who will be kadoban and maybe done in 2 months.
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Jan 14, 2017 06:15
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Fluffdaddy posted:One Yokozuna out and the other one looking near retirement means this one is Hakuhou's to lose, with Kisenosato chasing What's with all the near retirement talk about Kak lately? He's been a great Yokozuna and just came off a dominating yusho. Sucks about Harumafuji - that was a great win yesterday. If Kak pulls out too that makes it even harder for Kise since there's pretty much nobody else who can help him out by giving an L to Hakuho - other than maybe Goeido. This may be the second time his Yokozuna chances come down to solely his Hakuho match.
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Jan 14, 2017 06:19
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How does it work for a yokozuna when they have to sit out due to injury? Do they get a pass on it if they can come back and win next tournament? If they had to miss two would they start getting pressured to retire immediately?
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Jan 14, 2017 07:30
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Fryhtaning posted:What's with all the near retirement talk about Kak lately? He's been a great Yokozuna and just came off a dominating yusho. Sucks about Harumafuji - that was a great win yesterday. There are rumors that he is being pressured to retire if he doesn't start having better matches. Kise blew a great opportunity when Hak was out with injury. Now he is just going to have to be straight up better. Shiroc posted:How does it work for a yokozuna when they have to sit out due to injury? Do they get a pass on it if they can come back and win next tournament? If they had to miss two would they start getting pressured to retire immediately? Depends on severity of injury. Hakuho sat out recently due to injury and it was no big whoop. If you start missing 2 or 3 in a row, they will pressure you to retire. If you start losing a lot they will too.
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Jan 14, 2017 07:48
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Is the talk for Kak just based on this basho? He won the last one, were his matches considered to be poor even though he won them?
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Jan 14, 2017 08:11
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Fluffdaddy posted:Who would pick sumo as a career with no size at all? Hakuho didn't weigh much more than that guy when he started. You can gain weight. 68kg Hakuho. 
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Jan 14, 2017 16:06
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Uncle Jam posted:Hakuho didn't weigh much more than that guy when he started. You can gain weight. And that's much bigger than Harumafuji and Kakuryu both were in their debuts. Harumafuji got absolutely destroyed in his.
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Jan 14, 2017 17:21
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Shiroc posted:How does it work for a yokozuna when they have to sit out due to injury? Do they get a pass on it if they can come back and win next tournament? If they had to miss two would they start getting pressured to retire immediately? Depends on the yokozuna and the injury. From what I've gathered, if it is a younger, successful wrestler who has won tournaments in the past year and he suffers a horrible injury that you can come back from but the doctors say recovery should take many months, I think people would understand if he missed 2 or even 3 tournaments as long as he looks good on the return. If its an older yokozuna plagued by injuries, not doing well, and he has to pull out of yet another tournament, people may tell him his body has broken down and its time to quit. Neither describes Harumafuji. If he is getting any significant pressure to retire, then thats ridiculous, he won double digits 5 times in 2016 and a yusho.
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Jan 14, 2017 18:00
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Day 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNBoAk7JK4Y
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Jan 14, 2017 21:44
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 Kise won, Hakuho inexplicably.... somehow..... lost and gave up a kinboshi to a guy who was 1-6. Pressure is on now, will Kisenosato crumble again?
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Jan 15, 2017 10:09
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Day 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AxGtosQIHo
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Jan 15, 2017 13:58
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Rigel posted:
I was mostly watching nonplussed until the Kise match, which he squeezed out a win, but holy poo poo I was not expecting that last match and the speed in which Hakuho got disposed of.
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Jan 15, 2017 19:19
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Fluffdaddy posted:I was mostly watching nonplussed until the Kise match, which he squeezed out a win, but holy poo poo I was not expecting that last match and the speed in which Hakuho got disposed of. Kise almost got Okinoumi'd, and then Arawashi pulled an Okinoumi. Since last basho Okinoumi beat all the big guys but lost to everyone else.
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Jan 16, 2017 01:03
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They didn't show the replay of Arawashi and Hakuho on the live stream, but I'm convinced he went in with a plan. He knew he couldn't straight up get Hakuho and he'd be punished mightily for a henka, so he threw a Harumafuji Special as bait, then Harumafuji Specialed the response.
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Jan 16, 2017 01:49
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Reaction after day 9: What a crazy-rear end tournament
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Jan 16, 2017 10:03
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Day 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjU3UMCbNv8 Yes this is a very crazy tournament 
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Jan 16, 2017 15:58
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Rigel posted:
yes.
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Jan 16, 2017 16:47
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This basho, goddamn.
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Jan 16, 2017 17:43
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Fist pumping like a mother fucker for Ikioi
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Jan 16, 2017 18:22
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I could hear in my head every yaocho nutjob from sumotalk go silent as an ineffective Kotoshogiku put a huge dent in Kisenosato's yusho/yokozuna hopes, and then immediately hear them start up again as Hakuho got blasted off the tachiai by Takayasu.
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Jan 16, 2017 20:22
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Lmao two days in a row of hakuho getting bum rushed has been quality. Kise does not have the speed to do this when the time comes though so he is going to have to try and yorikiri his way to victory
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Jan 16, 2017 21:35
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Fryhtaning posted:I could hear in my head every yaocho nutjob from sumotalk go silent as an ineffective Kotoshogiku put a huge dent in Kisenosato's yusho/yokozuna hopes, and then immediately hear them start up again as Hakuho got blasted off the tachiai by Takayasu. In fairness (but seriously, gently caress Sumo Talk), Hakuho did kinda look annoyed like he had to lose to ANOTHER mook just to keep Kise looking good. If Kise loses today, I expect Hakuho just to sigh and fall over at the tachiai. In other news, TAKANOIWA YUSHO!!!
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Jan 16, 2017 22:36
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Elissimpark posted:In fairness (but seriously, gently caress Sumo Talk), Hakuho did kinda look annoyed like he had to lose to ANOTHER mook just to keep Kise looking good. If Kise loses today, I expect Hakuho just to sigh and fall over at the tachiai. IF (and a Gagamaru-sized IF that is) Hakuho lost on purpose, the only reason would be to better ensure that he has the satisfaction of taking Kisenosato out himself. Kisenosato's lack of killer instinct annoys the poo poo out of Hakuho. But even then, lolno.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:56
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You guys are trying to make this complicated. It's not complicated. Hakuho is so scared of Mitakeumi, he threw the match to steal Mita-kun's kinboshi thunder.
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Jan 17, 2017 04:00
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That stink eye that Hakuho had after that loss was amazing
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Jan 17, 2017 04:09
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I got tix for day 14. Hopefully the tournament gets even weirder as it comes to a close.
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Jan 17, 2017 05:05
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Dr.Radical posted:I got tix for day 14. Hopefully the tournament gets even weirder as it comes to a close. Takanoiwa takes the Yusho
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Jan 17, 2017 06:55
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So many 7-2 guys right behind the leaders. Wave after wave of playoff fights coming?
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Jan 17, 2017 07:40
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hot date tonight! posted:Takanoiwa takes the Yusho Day 14 is the day Kisenosato can clinch the yusho. His opponent is a weak Hakuho, still clearly having issues with his previous injury. At the last second, Hakuho's concerned oyakata swoops in with a giant fan on his back and takes Hakuho to safety, forfeiting the match. Despite his technical win, the YDC does not see this as a legitimate yusho, denying it as progress toward Yokozuna promotion. Kisenosato is crushed, spirals into a booze fueled depression.
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Jan 17, 2017 09:44
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Day 10 is over. One word or phrase to summarize this day, hmm... Tension building! Rigel fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Jan 17, 2017 |
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Jan 17, 2017 10:00
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Fryhtaning posted:IF (and a Gagamaru-sized IF that is) Hakuho lost on purpose, the only reason would be to better ensure that he has the satisfaction of taking Kisenosato out himself. Kisenosato's lack of killer instinct annoys the poo poo out of Hakuho. But even then, lolno. Maybe he's testing the limits of Kisenosato's self-sabotage for shits and giggles. Dr.Radical posted:I got tix for day 14. Hopefully the tournament gets even weirder as it comes to a close. Are you in the cheap seats or the boxes? The live broadcast has been a bit obsessed with filthy gaijin in the crowd the past couple of days (well, more than usual), so there's a chance you'll be on TV, if you're in the boxes. Dr.Radical posted:Day 14 is the day Kisenosato can clinch the yusho. His opponent is a weak Hakuho, still clearly having issues with his previous injury. At the last second, Hakuho's concerned oyakata swoops in with a giant fan on his back and takes Hakuho to safety, forfeiting the match. Despite his technical win, the YDC does not see this as a legitimate yusho, denying it as progress toward Yokozuna promotion. Kisenosato is crushed, spirals into a booze fueled depression. Good thing you had the foresight to get tickets...
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Jan 17, 2017 10:52
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Day 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz52WDo-nTU
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Jan 17, 2017 13:57
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Shoudai and Mitakeumi could become the best rivalry since Kotoshogiku v Kisenosato (30 to 33). Maybe even Akebono v Takanohana, especially considering they already seem to have each other's respect. High probability Dr. Radical is going to witness history on day 14. Shiroc posted:So many 7-2 guys right behind the leaders. Wave after wave of playoff fights coming? You're going to start seeing those 8-2 (esp if they're 9-2 tomorrow) guys starting to go up against people 5-10 ranks higher on days 12-15. The guys at 7-3 mostly have downhill battles from this point on, though (Ikioi, Mitakeumi, Takayasu). I'd say the odds of one of the latter 3 ending up in a playoff his higher than any of the lower guys that are at 8-2.
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Jan 17, 2017 20:08
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Elissimpark posted:
Cheap(ish) seats. Mid row tickets for second floor are still about $50, not exactly what I would call cheap. Me and my friends get tickets at convenience store machines like every other schmuck. On the plus side, there really isn't a bad seat in the house. I mean unless you're seated next to a bunch of loud foreigners who have no idea what's going on. And yeah, I have seen a ton of whitey on TV lately. I wonder how they get the seats. Available masu seat tickets are not exactly in abundance, never mind the sand seats.
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Jan 17, 2017 20:19
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I really enjoyed my box seats when I visited a couple years ago. They were kind of corner seats, so the view wasn't the best but with the way sumo goes, it wasn't a big deal at all. My friends and I ended up sitting next to a very drunk local who spoke decent english. He let us know that there was a promotion where we could shake hands with recently retired Kotooshu and get a calendar or something for the year. So, that was very cool. When he wasn't helping us acclimate ourselves to the arena and the goings on, he was hitting on an older German lady a couple seats away.
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Jan 17, 2017 20:48
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Dr.Radical posted:Cheap(ish) seats. Mid row tickets for second floor are still about $50, not exactly what I would call cheap. Me and my friends get tickets at convenience store machines like every other schmuck. On the plus side, there really isn't a bad seat in the house. I mean unless you're seated next to a bunch of loud foreigners who have no idea what's going on. If you're quick with the online ticket site through the NSK, you can get masu seats - when I went in 2015, even though I ended up buying in the nosebleed section, I had the option of a box, but you'd need to be in on the day tix went on sale. We ended up in the very back southwest corner (sumo west), but the view was great. We got to see the emperor too, and an old English lady (who I'm pretty sure was Doreen Simmons) explained some of the stuff going on for us.
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Jan 17, 2017 23:05
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Elissimpark posted:If you're quick with the online ticket site through the NSK, you can get masu seats - when I went in 2015, even though I ended up buying in the nosebleed section, I had the option of a box, but you'd need to be in on the day tix went on sale. You just happened to sit next to Doreen? She's almost as much of a legend as Kintamayama on the sumoforums.
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