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So it looks like Tochinoshin's injured. Welp.
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Well crap, sucks for Tochinoshin. Y/O: Takayasu/Goeido/Kakuryu S/K: Ichinojo/Mitakeumi/Chiyotairyu M1-5: Endo/Takarafuji/Kotoshogiku M6-10: Ryuden/Kaisei/Okinoumi M11+: Ikioi/Sokokurai/Aoiyama edit: I have no changes for my Y/O draft picks 
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Mar 7, 2018 02:38
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If anyone is curious, the kid from Texas Wakaichiro was promoted back up to Sandanme at East 89. We'll see if he can stick around in the division this time.
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Mar 7, 2018 22:43
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They officially announced today that Kisenosato will not compete in this tournament.
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Mar 8, 2018 11:47
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So basically he has to compete next tournament or retire, right?
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Mar 8, 2018 16:08
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Surely Kisenosato gets special dispensation as the first Japanese Yokozuna in years to take as many off as he likes if he can come back fit
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Mar 8, 2018 16:10
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I mean this will be his sixth tournament in a row of pulling out at some point due to injury. That's a whole year's worth of basho. I'm not sure what the precedent is for that but it does seem weird as hell to me that he hasn't been pressured to quit by now.
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I'd be stunned if he survives the year as yokozuna. I'm gonna run the draft tomorrow, so it's the last shot to submit a draft, and also to edit your submissions based on kyujo announced so far. Get 'em in by midnight PST!
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Mar 8, 2018 17:45
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Takanohana Koji went 0-0-15 7 times in a row, came back and got a 12-3 Jun-yusho, then went kyujo the next two and retired.
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Mar 8, 2018 18:05
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Is there going to be a drive to rush-promote someone to Yoko if he has to retire? I don't know what the zeitgeist is around not having a full suite of Yokozuna, or whether it's completely normal to have one or none or whatever.
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Martytoof posted:Is there going to be a drive to rush-promote someone to Yoko if he has to retire? I don't know what the zeitgeist is around not having a full suite of Yokozuna, or whether it's completely normal to have one or none or whatever. Nah. 3 is historically high (4 was very high), and 0-1 are historically low. 2 is normal. As Yokozuna are forced to retire, then the natural obstacle towards achieving the rank eases and eventually someone makes it. Conversely, if we have several wrestlers at the rank who are all effective, then someone who might have made it in another era gets held down to Ozeki. If Hakuho and Kakuryu both get hit by a bus, then I'd think both Takayasu and Goeido would have a good chance to get the rope in 2018, but as it is they both still have to work for it. Rigel fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Mar 8, 2018 |
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Mar 8, 2018 19:26
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I know Hakuho has said he's aiming to compete in the Olympics - has anything been said about how qualification for Olympic sumo will work? It's going to be complicated to manage all the professionals as well as amateurs from outside Japan, so presumably some Japanese and Mongolian rikishi aren't going to get a shot.
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Mar 8, 2018 19:38
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Sumo isn't an Olympic sport, I assume he means that he wants to still be active in 2020.
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Mar 8, 2018 19:57
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Tsaedje posted:I know Hakuho has said he's aiming to compete in the Olympics - has anything been said about how qualification for Olympic sumo will work? It's going to be complicated to manage all the professionals as well as amateurs from outside Japan, so presumably some Japanese and Mongolian rikishi aren't going to get a shot. Sumo is not, and will not be an olympic sport in 2020. What he means is that he wants to take part in the opening ceremony. It was going to be a problem if there was a popular japanese yokozuna while Hakuho was hypothetically on an obvious physical decline, but with Kisenosato's career dying, that has changed, and Hakuho probably just need to keep on trucking for 2 more years. Japan has made it clear that they want to showcase sumo, not as a potential olympic sport, but just to raise its profile in general as a Japanese cultural sport heritage thing, so obviously whoever is the man at the yokozuna rank is going to be highlighted.
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Rigel posted:Sumo is not, and will not be an olympic sport in 2020. Yup - opening ceremony, torch-bearing, general media kind of stuff. Although that would be hilarious to see him represent Mongolia in the Tokyo Olympics and make quick work of the gold medal.
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Mar 8, 2018 21:08
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Ah I thought they had managed to get it added, looks like I misremembered. I think they put it forward as a candidate to be added though
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Mar 8, 2018 21:54
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Tsaedje posted:Ah I thought they had managed to get it added, looks like I misremembered. I think they put it forward as a candidate to be added though No, they didn't. I think even Japan isn't crazy enough to believe sumo had a chance to be included into the program. You might be thinking of karate, it was finally accepted into the program for 2020 after many, many failed attempts over the years.
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Mar 8, 2018 22:10
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http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-12/tug-of-war-sumo-wrestling-and-korfball-among-sports-in-runni/6543308 This story is probably what I misremembered 
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Mar 8, 2018 22:48
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Kakuryu has decided to enter the tournament and will compete on day 1. He says he personally feels he is at 80%. Hakuho says he needs another day to think about it and will announce his decision tomorrow.
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Mar 9, 2018 01:35
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Hakuho is kyujo. We will have only one Yokozuna on Day 1. edit: there were some lingering doubts about Takanoiwa, but he has decided to enter the tournament and will compete on day 1 down in Juryo. He probably wants to see if there's any chance that he can win enough to stay in the salaried ranks. Rigel fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Mar 9, 2018 |
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Mar 9, 2018 03:32
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I am so bummed about Kisenosato. Him getting to yokozuna and winning that first tournament was incredible, but goddamn that injury.
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Mar 9, 2018 04:47
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I -knew- that when whoever it was landed hard on Kisenosato's injured shoulder in the basho after he injured it that it wasn't going to turn out well.
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Here are my picks, sorry they're late. Y/O: Takayasu/Goeido/Kakuryu S/K: Ichinojo/Mitakeumi/Chiyotairyu M1-5: Endo/Takakeisho/Tamawashi M6-10: Hokutofuji/Abi/Kaisei M11-17: Aoiyama/Asanoyama/Tochiozan Drafting tomorrow! I'll post about how I'm allocating y/o and s/k once I figure it out. Probably fairly generously.
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Mar 9, 2018 07:31
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I edited my previous post but here are my updated picks based on the injury reports, just in case : Y/O: Takayasu/Kakuryuu/Goeido S/K: Mitakeumi/Chiyotairyu/Ichinojo M1-5: Takarafuji/Shohozan/Tamawashi M6-10: Yoshikaze/Okinoumi/Chiyonokuni M11+: Kotoyuki/Sokokurai/Tochiozan
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Holy cow! I was expecting to find out he was still in a coma or dead, but this is crazy. How the hell can you still be thinking about wrestling when you barely survived heart failure? If you weren't aware of this story, Akebono was put into a medical coma when he had these issues shortly after a pro wrestling match. This was back in April of 2017, and there had been ZERO updates since then that most of us were aware of. Kintamayama posted:
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Mar 9, 2018 15:23
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If thinking about wrestling in the future is what he needs to motivate his recovery, I'm all for it.
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If Hakuho and/or Kisenosato looked strong and ready to go, I bet Kakuryu would have sat out. However, if he is the only yokozuna and if he really thinks he's at 80%, then there's also a very large financial incentive to enter since he'd be guaranteed the final match every day and all those sweet, sweet envelopes of cash for throwing around overmatched rank and filers the first week. If he's banged up and out of it after 8 days, he can always go kyujo later when the matches get tougher and more dangerous.
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I edited my original post, but here are my updated picks just in case: Y/O: Takayasu / Kakuryu /Goeido S/K: Ichinojo / Tochinoshin / Mitakeumi M1-5: Takakeisho / Tamawashi / Chiyomaru M6-10: Yoshikaze / Hokutofuji / Daiesho M11+: Tochiozan / Ikioi / Ishiura
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Tsaedje posted:If thinking about wrestling in the future is what he needs to motivate his recovery, I'm all for it. Also it sounds crazy to us, but training and performing, whether it’s in the sumo or pro wrestling ring has been the only life he’s known for the past 30 years. Lots of people when they go through something like that will want to beat whatever it is they have and go back to their normal life. It’s just that his idea of a normal life was pretty crazy to begin with.
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pseudodragon posted:Also it sounds crazy to us, but training and performing, whether it’s in the sumo or pro wrestling ring has been the only life he’s known for the past 30 years. Lots of people when they go through something like that will want to beat whatever it is they have and go back to their normal life. It’s just that his idea of a normal life was pretty crazy to begin with. Basically the plot of The Wrestler. 
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Yeah for me it was being able to play guitar and drums again after I smashed the ball of my shoulder into powder. Having a goal is a really powerful motivator to get through painful and tedious physiotherapy
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I was really looking forward to Osunaarashi healing and returning to the higher ranks 😞
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Quantrill posted:I was really looking forward to Osunaarashi healing and returning to the higher ranks 😞 Well that was a bummer. Would also have liked to see him come back up the ranks. As it wasn't explicitly said in the thread: the kyokai decided on his driving accident case, told him that he should retire, and obviously he did.
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Poor Osunaarashi  I'll have the draft ready in an hour or so.
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Okay, did the draft. The allocations were 1/2 of league (5 people) per Y/O, 1/3 of league (3 people) per S/K, and 1/4 of league (2 people) per maegashira. Tochinoshin will appear on day 1, otherwise I would have done 1/2 of the league for S/K also. The system still works! The following rikishi are unavailable for trading: Takayasu Mitakeumi Ichinojo Endo Tamawashi Takarafuji Takakeisho Shodai Kaisei Hokutofuji Abi Yoshikaze Ryuden Tochiozan Asanoyama Ikioi Aoiyama The current wire is: Kenning rigel Kikkoman Fluffdaddy Fryhtaning Martytoof Vargatron Kanthulu sivad anakha ratmosphere anakha Y/O: Goeido S/K: Mitakeumi M1-5: Takarafuji M6-10: Abi M11+: Daishomaru Fluffdaddy Y/O Takayasu S/K Ichinojo M1-5: Shodai M6-10: Hokutofuji M11: Ikioi Fryhtaning Y/O: Takayasu S/K: Mitakeumi M1-5: Takakeisho M6-10: Hokutofuji M11+: Aoiyama Kanthulu Y/O:Goeido S/K: Tochinoshin M1-5: Shohozan M6-10: Kaisei M11+: Tochiozan Kenning Y/O: Takayasu S/K: Chiyotairyu M1-5: Endo M6-10: Kaisei M11-17: Aoiyama Kikkoman Y/O: Takayasu S/K: Chiyotairyu M1-5: Takarafuji M6-10: Yoshikaze M11+: Kotoyuki Martytoof Y/O: Kakuryu S/K: Mitakeumi M1-5: Tamawashi M6-10: Ryuden M11+: Ishiura ratmosphere Y/O: Goeido S/K: Ichinojo M1-5: Tamawashi M6-10: Abi M11-17: Asanoyama Rigel Y/O: Takayasu S/K: Chiyotairyu M1-5: Endo M6-10: Ryuden M11+: Ikioi sivad Y/O: Kakuryu S/K: Ichinojo M1-5: Takakeisho M6-10: Yoshikaze M11+: Tochiozan Vargatron Y/O: Goeido S/K: Tochinoshin M1-5: Shodai M6-10: Daiesho M11+: Asanoyama
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First tournament where I don’t have my man Takayasu. I feel empty inside. You know what will help fill that spiritual hole? Two weeks of Sumo  E: Someone was streaming day one on YouTube but it was blocked in Canada by IOC for some reason? 
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It is live on NHK now. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/
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Martytoof posted:First tournament where I don’t have my man Takayasu. I feel empty inside. There was paraolympic coverage before sumo, and he was streaming that rather than waiting for sumo to come on.
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Ended up finding his twitch stream. drat 3am start though, I fell asleep after first bout.
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I will never stop marveling at Tochinoshin's lower body build. Takarafuji is as lean and buff as a sumo wrestler comes, and Tochinoshin's lower half absolutely dwarfs Takarafuji's.
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