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Make him 20 cm taller so he carries the weight better. That's how Teru does it, at least.
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Teru has immense upper body strength through weight training - something I doubt Takakeisho focuses on. So scaling him up to a taller height without any strength gains would just put him at a disadvantage. Since he put all his character points in to pushing, his avatar build seems ideal already - heavy so he has the mass for momentum but also short so that he is has a lower centre of gravity than most making it hard to get him off balance in a shoving match.
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Nov 28, 2021 16:54
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Generally happy with my performance this basho. Picked the winner and two runners-up again (though no points this time for the jun-yushos). A bit anti-climatic for me as I realised halfway through that even though I was holding steady in a close 2nd place, I knew I was not besting sivad who was just above me. We had all the same 1st picks and our stables matched exactly except for M6-10 where I got my 2nd choice of Lolbizaru instead of Ura and I knew that I was not going to win that one. The biggest drawback for me though was thinking that the hairy takoyaki was due for a good performance after falling to M5. Watch me pick him again next basho and get burned by him for the third time in a row!
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Terunofuji is such a champion. That last battle with Takakeisho was fantastic, and I loved it. Taka comported himself very well also, extremely quality ozeki-zumo. Overall I feel like this tournament was a bit of settling into a post-Hakuho makuuchi. Several of the highest scores were from people (like Hokutofuji and Ura) who are fantastic competitors, but who are probably mostly joi-level, with occasional san'yaku showings. Seeing Takanosho do well was very satisfying, since I think he has some real potential. He's part of the real next crop, and the rest of them (Meisei, Wakatakakage, Hoshoryu, Tobizaru) all did great sumo, despite mostly middling records. They're still getting seasoned, and I'm looking forward to Hatsu for them. I really hope Kotonowaka gets healthy, it sucks to see him struggle like he did this basho. I also loved all of the leg-trip action this tournament. Okay, enough bloviating. Let's get to fantasy. Final results Makuuchi code:code:Down in juryo Takuan took it, again with that Abi/Ura combo, with a wonderful result that will see them back in makuuchi along with juryo jun-yusho winner Communist Thoughts. Shout out here to Memento who made my same mistake of trading Kiribayama for Meisei, thus ensuring that we got an extra make-koshi on our slates. Such are the vagaries of trading. On to special prizes! A refresher, these are the special prizes: Gino-sho/Technique: No make-koshi on your team. Kanto-sho/Fighting Spirit: Exceptional performance from a low rank, or other acknowledgement of great performance. Shukun-sho/Outstanding Performance: Getting the highest number of accolades (i.e. kinboshi, yusho/jun-yusho, and sansho) in the field. So, who are the awardees? Gino-sho: Thauros Kanto-sho: Eli949, sivad Shukun-sho: sivad, Takuan Congrats to all the players! Goonzuke is forthcoming. I know it took forever last time, but this time I'm gonna try and get it out sooner.
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Nov 29, 2021 09:12
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the depression of not having anything to do at this time of day after 15 days of sumo is made easier by your awesome work man. i'm pleased with my showing despite not having teru in my squad. i hope takakeisho stays uninjured. he's such a watchable fighter when he's on. teru failing to get the clamps on his t-rex arms was lulzy but his backup plan of waiting for takakeisho to gas himself out was some high level sumo.
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Ugh, in the end I had quite a bad tournament. Very much spinning of wheels. I think Terunofuji has figured out Takakeisho. Even when Takakeisho was able to get some headway and push Terunofuji back, Terunofuji was able to right his ship and nullify Takakeisho's attack.
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I decided that instead of installing and playing all of the Stellaris DLC I got during Black Friday I would drink ouzo and work on the goonzuke and well here we are.code:Kenning posted:The main thing to watch for this time: Skortje and captainblastum are both on very strong goonzeki runs. If they get any sort of winning record beyond just barely scraping by they get the nod. Banana Canada could also leapfrog if they got a spectacular record this time out, although more likely they just need to record two solid tournaments in the san'yaku. Well, Skortje and captainblastum just scraped by*, and Banana Canada had a spectacular record. Thus we have our first promotee to goonzeki since Kyushu 2020! Congratulations Banana Canada! Unexpectedly, however, a second goonzeki promotee has arisen: Tiny Bug Child. They've been in the san'yaku since Hatsu of this year, and have posted consistent winning records, with this last basho being very impressive. We now have 3 goonzeki, since GoatSeeGuy has defended their rank yet again, although this basho was the closest yet. All hail the masters of the goonhyo: GoatSeeGuy, Banana Canada, and Tiny Bug Child. Important to note that Banana Canada, captainblastum, and sivad are now reigning yokogoona. I recommend that Brut or Mekchu give them the appropriate tag, if they so wish. Looking to next basho, Skortje and captainblastum are still poised for a goonzeki debut, although it would need to be more than a middling showing. In that capacity they are joined by bessantj, who showed well from komusubi, and who could take it with another solid-to-excellent outing. MalarkeyToboggan and sivad could make a case, but it would basically require a yusho or jun-yusho. Welcome up to makugoonchi to Takuan, Communist Thoughts, and Martytoof, on the strength of very solid performances down in the lower division. We look forward to seeing your performance in the top division. Thanks for playing Fantasy Sumo everybody, it's always a huge amount of fun. *I've done some analysis of previous bashos, and determined a rough line of 50 points as a kachi-koshi. The general average and median has been around 47 or 48, but I think 48-50 provides a good overall level for determining mk vs. kk: if scores are skewing higher the KK cutoff will be around 50, while if overall things are depressed it can be around 47. This preserves the idea that defending a yokogoona title requires a 50 or better, which I think feels pretty good. Kenning fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Nov 29, 2021 |
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congratulations to lid and brut who did exactly bad enough to stay in makuuchi. can't wait to poo poo the bed next tournament to get back to m14 where i belong
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My plan has come to fruition It is time For the grand design JANUARY 2022 TOKUSHORYU RUN
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Nov 29, 2021 11:25
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Thanks a lot, Kenning. You’re really settling into your own style of sumo fantasy.
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Nov 29, 2021 11:27
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Really failed to impose my style of fantasy sumo, this time. Thanks again, Kenning, for running this! Big congrats to sivad for such a dominant performance.
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Despite going mk in the end, I feel like I'm on the road back to my old fantasy sumo. I'm languishing at m13 for now but I'm sensing a real good basho coming. Fingers crossed! And as always, thanks for all the work you do Kenning 
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I look forward to being a Terunofuji from M13. Next stop: Yokogoona. Ganbarimasu! Kenning, as always, thanks for running this! Your secret sauce makes this a tasty treat every two months. If I could gift you a giant macaroon it would be in your maw right now.
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3 of my picks going 7-8 was pretty brutal, especially both the 7-7s losing the last day.
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First attempt, last place, no way to go except up or in the exact same place
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As always the most important thing is Chiyomaru got his KK
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Nov 29, 2021 15:31
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How the heck did I drop even lower?! The Goon Sumo Association has it out for me!
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True to Brazilian sumo, I barely do enough to get a KK and hold on to my mid-low maegashira rank.
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Thanks for running this Kenning, your work is always appreciated. I got a nice little bump up to Sekiwake. Jan basho going to be fun.
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Meat grinder next basho, I see. Guess I gotta get my Wakatakakage on.
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Holy poo poo I stayed in fantasy Makuuchi? Wild. Gotta make sure I do my style of sumo in January.Jobbo_Fett posted:How the heck did I drop even lower?! The Goon Sumo Association has it out for me! Kenning posted:Juryo Huh, you're tied for 6th out of the Juryo scores, the banzuke committee might need to convene an emergency meeting. Kenning posted:Important to note that Banana Canada, captainblastum, and sivad are now reigning yokogoona. I recommend that Brut or Mekchu give them the appropriate tag, if they so wish. Not sure if this came up before but Mekchu stepped away from IKing a little while ago so please bother me for tags if I forget. I'll queue these up later today. Brut fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Nov 29, 2021 |
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The GSA's gonna send my coach a letter if I don't get my poo poo together for the next tournament! My man Wakatakakage saved me this time with 6 straight wins to close out the tournament.
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Jobbo_Fett posted:How the heck did I drop even lower?! The Goon Sumo Association has it out for me! I wanted to say you're the Tochinoshin of Fantasy, but actually there was a mistake in the spreadsheet juggling. A number of people have shifted down a half-rank in juryo to accommodate it. The gyoji responsible has tendered his resignation, which was accepted. Brut posted:Not sure if this came up before but Mekchu stepped away from IKing a little while ago so please bother me for tags if I forget. I'll queue these up later today. Good to know, and thanks!
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Kenning posted:I wanted to say you're the Tochinoshin of Fantasy, but actually there was a mistake in the spreadsheet juggling. I accept this most prestigious title
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Kenning posted:GoatSeeGuy has defended their rank yet again, although this basho was the closest yet. GoatSeeGuy posted:I am become Shodai, the destroyer of worlds. All good as long as the Ozeki checks clear.
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The grumpy young man in charge of the goonzeki has been very kind in light of my shamefully poor Sekiwake showing. I will endeavor to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of my sekitorihood and regain a coveted K or S rank with a stronger performance in January. I watched a fair bit of Juryo this basho as well, and I was sad Midorifuji couldn't quite pull off his KK. It wasn't a great basho for tiny guys in general - Ishiura and Midori both posted losing scores and Enho barely scraped by with 8-7. Hopefully things will improve for them next year.
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Dang it! J1W!
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How on earth did I not rank down after getting 2nd lowest points total in Juryo?  The power of still handily cleaning the clock out of some of the lower ranked Makkuchi goons points-wise, I guess. I probably should've traded Shimanoumi around the time I complained about him in here, but he started that 5 win hot streak not long after, so you can forgive me for having renewed faith in his ability to KK, even if he didn't pull it out in the end. Ichinojo, on the other hand, I should've traded straight away; I had zero faith in him even when I put him at the top of my S/K list (which should tell you how I feel about our current crop at these ranks in general).
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i’m either mitakeumi, tamawashi, or hokutofuji depending on how generous you want to be
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NuclearPotato posted:How on earth did I not rank down after getting 2nd lowest points total in Juryo? Juryo is funny because the bottom gets pushed up by no-shows and people who got make-koshi in their first tournament. It leads to relatively generous promotions and moderate demotions. It's like how that one time Shonanzakura got a promotion after posting an 0-7 score.
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Has anyone ever had the official Sumo Association calendars? Do they have cool pictures with enough space in boxes to actually write things on the calendar?
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What was the KK point total for this basho? I think I was M10E to start and now I'm up to M7E. Not that I'm complaining on anything or anything. Just was wondering what the score criteria is to determine movement on the Goonzuke.
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Vargatron posted:What was the KK point total for this basho? I think I was M10E to start and now I'm up to M7E. Not that I'm complaining on anything or anything. Just was wondering what the score criteria is to determine movement on the Goonzuke. Kenning posted:*I've done some analysis of previous bashos, and determined a rough line of 50 points as a kachi-koshi. The general average and median has been around 47 or 48, but I think 48-50 provides a good overall level for determining mk vs. kk: if scores are skewing higher the KK cutoff will be around 50, while if overall things are depressed it can be around 47. This preserves the idea that defending a yokogoona title requires a 50 or better, which I think feels pretty good.
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Kotonowaka does just enough to not mess up my first promotion to Goonyaku! But like most first time komsubi, I’m probably going to get wrecked next basho. One idea I just thought of for awards, but I don’t know if there’d be an easy way to calculate: KK with the least picked team to reward someone for going outside the box. Like if you can win while being the only person to ride with Shodai as your Ozeki, you deserve some award. Or if someone’s random or gimmick team pops off and cruelly does well.
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Kenning posted:Final results I'm just glad I was able to do my brand of sumo, and get my rope back. (While shamelessly ride Abi all the way to the top...) Thanks as always for organizing, Kenning. Shiroc posted:Has anyone ever had the official Sumo Association calendars? Do they have cool pictures with enough space in boxes to actually write things on the calendar?  I've gotten them the last few years, and been really happy with them. This year, there's about 1.5 inches of space between the bottom of the date and the bottom of the box, with 4 lines to write on.
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sivad posted:I've gotten them the last few years, and been really happy with them. This year, there's about 1.5 inches of space between the bottom of the date and the bottom of the box, with 4 lines to write on. Rad, thanks for the picture.
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Shiroc posted:Rad, thanks for the picture.
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I’m king of the world! (of juryo) That’s right, king of the world! (of juryo)
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excellent basho all around. sanyaku here i come! huge thank you to kenning for doing this!!
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Everyones Favorite Poster posted:excellent basho all around. sanyaku here i come! Hey 58 buddy  looking forward to seeing you in the san'yagoon ranks!
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