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That just reminds me of how happy I was when Harumafuji finally fulfilled the yokozuna promotion requirements. Dude was crying in the ring after he finally got the throw on Hakuho in what was a long-rear end bout.
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https://twitter.com/tachiai_blog/status/1217649638204833793 Kakuryu has withdrawn from the tournament.
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Jan 16, 2020 04:56
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Bentai posted:https://twitter.com/tachiai_blog/status/1217649638204833793 yeah, not a surprise at all. He's got nothing left to fight for at this point. New sumo fans: get used to this. If a yokozuna has a horrid first few days (lol BOTH of them this basho, wow), they will drop out, claiming some bullshit injury (or sometimes a real injury). It is basically a law of nature, like gravity. The great special privilege that a yokozuna earns by achieving his very high and prestigious rank, is that if he ever just starts out bad he gets to just tap out and heal up for the next tournament, while the Ozekis and below have to just soldier on if they can.
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Jan 16, 2020 05:02
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so both yokozunas are out? how often does that happen?
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Jan 16, 2020 05:03
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What does this mean for fantasy?
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Jan 16, 2020 05:38
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Mekchu posted:What does this mean for fantasy? Trades are allowed until after day 7. It means that if you picked a yokozuna for fantasy, then you better trade out for someone else right now at the Y/O level, either Takakeisho or Goedio. (pick Takakeisho, Goeido loving sucks right now this tournament, and he's now just hanging on to try to get his 8 wins, while Takakeisho is still a legit yusho contender)
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Jan 16, 2020 05:52
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Rigel posted:Trades are allowed until after day 7. It means that if you picked a yokozuna for fantasy, then you better trade out for someone else right now at the Y/O level, either Takakeisho or Goedio. (pick Takakeisho) I'll drop Hakuho and take Takakeisho.
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BONGHITZ posted:Do they call it china in japan? I don't know why you're asking but "Chūgoku", you can look up any Sokokurai fight to hear them say it. Mekchu posted:
Ah the short lived 4 Yokozuna era, brought to an end by Harumafuji both on the Dohyo and off it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UBhJ-7N2g
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Jan 16, 2020 05:55
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What this really means for fantasy is that the y/o ranks don't mean as much as they could. Unless I hear otherwise I'm going to assume people want Takakeisho, rather than Goeido, and just give him to people starting day 5. I've already factored in Hakuho's day 4 absence, and I'll have the results up shortly.
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Jan 16, 2020 05:56
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Kenning posted:What this really means for fantasy is that the y/o ranks don't mean as much as they could. Unless I hear otherwise I'm going to assume people want Takakeisho, rather than Goeido, and just give him to people starting day 5. I've already factored in Hakuho's day 4 absence, and I'll have the results up shortly. That is probably fair. starting day 5, you probably should just switch everyone over to Takakeisho, unless there's still someone out there chanting "go, go, goeido" for this basho.
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Jan 16, 2020 06:06
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Rigel posted:unless there's still someone out there chanting "go, go, goeido" for this basho. literally just me
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Jan 16, 2020 06:10
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Rigel posted:yeah, not a surprise at all. He's got nothing left to fight for at this point. Yeah, it happened twice last year and twice in 2018 when all 3 Yokozuna pulled out. The cost to the Yokozuna being protected is that if they ever have a legit losing record, they are expected to retire in shame so any bad start means they will tap out rather than risk it. And since it’s sumo, it’s not like anyone ever has to invent an injury from nothing, they just have to decide whether it’s bad enough to go on.
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Jan 16, 2020 06:12
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Just to add a quick corollary: if an Ozeki gets his 8th loss, well then the damage is already done at that point, and he will then almost always drop out too. They won't get demoted below Sekiwake in any case. Below Ozeki, sometimes you see tragic matches where a guy at 3-11 or whatever is all bandaged up and stumbling around his match, obviously injured and you wonder why he hasn't dropped out yet, well it is because if he does somehow get that 4th win maybe he won't get demoted down quite as far, especially if the demotion would drop him close to the cut line to Juryo. Rigel fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Jan 16, 2020 |
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Jan 16, 2020 06:43
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Rigel posted:Trades are allowed until after day 7. It means that if you picked a yokozuna for fantasy, then you better trade out for someone else right now at the Y/O level, either Takakeisho or Goedio. (pick Takakeisho, Goeido loving sucks right now this tournament, and he's now just hanging on to try to get his 8 wins, while Takakeisho is still a legit yusho contender) I already have Takakeisho and Goeido though. I had picked hakuho/kakuryu/goeido, then when hakuho dropped out I picked up takakeisho but now kakuryu is dropping which is why I'm confused. Mekchu fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Jan 16, 2020 |
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Jan 16, 2020 07:20
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Hell with it, I’ll trade Goeido for Takakeisho. Now my luck, Goeido will win the rest of his matches.
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Jan 16, 2020 08:02
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Mekchu posted:I already have Takakeisho and Goeido though. You only have one rikishi per slot (5 in total) The other two you picked were backup choices in case too many people wanted your first guy. Filter Kenning's posts, they posted everyone's rosters on the first day.
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Jan 16, 2020 08:12
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Salt Bae is 5-0, good grief.
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Jan 16, 2020 08:33
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Bentai posted:Salt Bae is 5-0, good grief. [said through teary eyes] that's.... my son....
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Jan 16, 2020 08:37
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that was close. surprised endo got the gyojis verdict
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Jan 16, 2020 08:51
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i'ma say it those head collisions at the tachiai remove at least one childhood memory. m5> one treasured memory.
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fisting by many posted:You only have one rikishi per slot (5 in total) Gotcha. I must have missed the roster post by them.
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Jan 16, 2020 08:52
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Mekchu posted:that was close. surprised endo got the gyojis verdict Wait maybe thats the wrong Rikishi. They look of similar build on my phone.
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Jan 16, 2020 09:13
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Oh goddamnit Tochi. You had that match against Meisei in the bag, what the hell?
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Jan 16, 2020 09:20
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Bentai posted:Oh goddamnit Tochi. You had that match against Meisei in the bag, what the hell? any knee taped like that shouldn't be in top level competition. no fully mobile rikishi goes out like that.
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Jan 16, 2020 09:21
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niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. daiesho finally doing me proud. that was a great fight.
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Marching Powder posted:i'ma say it those head collisions at the tachiai remove at least one childhood memory. m5> one treasured memory. There are some absolutely massive collisions and in slow motion they look horrible. 700 pounds of mass coming together on heads like that can't be good.
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Marching Powder posted:any knee taped like that shouldn't be in top level competition. no fully mobile rikishi goes out like that. Tochinoshin's knee has been been wrapped like that since 2013, he pulled out of the second half of a Basho plus 3 full Bashos after it, returning at Makushita 55 and getting 4 Yusho in a row while climbing back up (two Makushita, two Juryo). He later made the Ozeki rank in early 2018, though he only kept it for 5 Basho before dropping down to Sekiwake, getting 10-5 to get the rank back only to lose it a second time 2 Basho later. This time at Sekiwake he was unable to get the 10 wins required for the automatic re-promotion, instead pulling out after going 2-2 in the first 4 days, that was November 2019. This tournament is his first in two years where he's not among the sanyaku ranks. So while the knee situation isn't great, it sure didn't stop him from doing this on his Ozeki run: Brut posted:I'm just gonna leave some videos here: Brut fucked around with this message at 12:11 on Jan 16, 2020 |
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Jan 16, 2020 11:59
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Glad to see Enho finally got one over his nemesis Shohozan. He looked possessed in that bout. Also, Goeido clearly doesn't want to be an Ozeki anymore, he would have won if he didn't stick out his arm and just landed on his face instead
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We have the weirdest leaderboard right now: Shodai, Kagayaki, and Terutsuyoshi are all undefeated on day 5. With both yokozuna out and Goeido and Takayasu looking awful, I have no idea how this is going to shake out. Some really good bouts though! I've processed everyone's trades, including the automatic trade to Takakeisho for anyone who hadn't said otherwise. Day 5 standings code:Kenning Robviously Marching Powder fisting by many Spokes bessantj Rigel Sivad Bentai Scythe Martytoof Thauros ratmosphere Mekchu
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Brut posted:I don't know why you're asking but "Chūgoku", you can look up any Sokokurai fight to hear them say it. I was making a dumb porcelain china joke, sorry haha
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So empowered by a newfound fascination with Sumo I decided to see how Akebono's life turned out after Sumo. I might have cried a bit.
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lol. despite all my other picks being awful salt bae is currently plopping me in third place. i hope his salty rear end carries me all the way to goon sumo glory.
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Helianthus Annuus posted:question about the infographics on NattoSumo First one is total Basho fought, second one is total Basho in the top division.
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ChrisBTY posted:So empowered by a newfound fascination with Sumo I decided to see how Akebono's life turned out after Sumo. .... oh man. i don't know where i got this thought from, but i thought yokozuna were 'taken care of' post retirement. he doesn't need to be living like a loving king if he's squandered all his cash from his fighting days, but he needs to be able to turn down a full contact fight with loving remy bojanski or the human petting zoo bob sapp. loving hell.
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ChrisBTY posted:So empowered by a newfound fascination with Sumo I decided to see how Akebono's life turned out after Sumo. Oh jeez, I thought he got better after the first hospital visit and dang: wikipedia posted:In April 2017 he was hospitalized after feeling unwell while on a wrestling tour in Kitakyushu.[79] Early reports indicated that he had been placed in a medically-induced coma after suffering a cardiac condition,[80] but his family later released a statement on Akebono's website criticizing "misleading" articles and saying he was undergoing treatment "due to a right leg cellulitis and an infection."[81] A family spokesperson thanked Akebono's fans for their support, saying "The number of messages from around the world has been overwhelming."[82] The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that the original story was in fact correct and that the cellulitis claim was a cover story for a serious heart issue.[83]
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Jan 16, 2020 21:19
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Man my picks are doing so badly. Asanoyama and Takakeisho especially have got to be thinking they can take this basho.
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coconono posted:Oh jeez, I thought he got better after the first hospital visit and dang: Yeah... I think I remember hearing that Musashigawa-oyakata was spending some time with him while he was in the hospital. I feel bad when I think about Akebono 
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Jan 16, 2020 21:23
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he was pretty cool in wrestling. I remember him and Abdullah had an old fat guys match then got on the mic and wished everyone a happy mother's day.
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I think toshinoshin and enho are my favourites, but that knee of tochinoshin's really isn't looking great. Those videos of him lifting dudes out must have been hell on it.
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