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Brut posted:Meet Hakuho's newest recruit, entering the banzuke at Ms15: an absolute hoss
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Goddrat that's a big lad. Looking forward to seeing him debut in makuuchi in under a year with that physique and with Hakuho as mentor.
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https://twitter.com/sumokyokai/status/1552109529986646016Juryo promotions for September: Kanno (who'll take the pretty metal new shikona TOCHIMUSASHI), Kinbozan, Takakento. Fairly sure this means RIP for Kaisei  .
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Jul 29, 2022 05:00
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That means Kasugano-beya has both Tochimaru and Tochimusashi in juryo, and Tochinoshin and Aoiyama in makuuchi. Nice!
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Jul 29, 2022 10:26
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I am very pleased with my final position in my first basho and I will continue with my brand of sumo to the best of my ability.
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Expelled sumotori Takanofuji (brother or the similarly expelled Takagenji) is fighting in RIZIN on Sunday. Just wanted to quote this excellent writeup from the MMA threadBoco_T posted:Hideki “Shrek” Sekine (12-5) vs. Tsuyoshi Sudario (4-1) (Heavy)
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Jul 29, 2022 16:39
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More content for the content gods! It’s all English sumo coverage! https://twitter.com/insidesportjp/status/1553039865448923138?s=21&t=jD2lLixziPpp21TPBJ73oQ
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Jul 29, 2022 17:21
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Hell yeah I love content. I hope this doesn't mean that the JSA starts messing with Kinta etc. on YouTube.
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Jul 29, 2022 17:46
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Kenning posted:Hell yeah I love content. I hope this doesn't mean that the JSA starts messing with Kinta etc. on YouTube. Agreed. Without Kinta, I'm not sure how realistic it would be to would watch.
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Jul 29, 2022 18:50
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Kenning posted:Hell yeah I love content. I hope this doesn't mean that the JSA starts messing with Kinta etc. on YouTube. Huh? Kintamayama uses NHK's footage, I don't see how this would have any impact on it. Despite the name, I suspect this channel will do anything but displaying the actual sumo, in prime time. Edit: If anything this might end up being Hiro Morita being naive about how youtube works, and getting his stuff hit by NHK if he uses some of their footage thinking it's fine. We'll see.
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Jul 29, 2022 19:51
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Is there a history of official English language coverage of sumo? Maybe it's just because i talk about sumo here but it's popularity growth in the last couple of years for a forum as irrelevant as this has been staggering. I wonder if its growth wasn't just local to here. Additionally, I wonder if English coverage will cease when the inevitable fallout happens as uppity westerners get mad at something like insane racism.
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Jul 29, 2022 20:21
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I've heard that there was coverage by Eurosport in the 90s and early 2000s, with commentary in various languages. If I just type "sumo eurosport" in to youtube the first result is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkxE1cpyIDo Which seems to be 2 hours of coverage from day 15 of the 2004 May basho, in...Swedish? English commentary was typically provided by Syd Hoare, a Judoka who passed away a few years ago. This page sure is something: https://www.eurosport.com/sumo/
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Jul 29, 2022 20:49
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GoatSeeGuy posted:https://twitter.com/insidesportjp/status/1553039865448923138?s=21&t=jD2lLixziPpp21TPBJ73oQ
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Hirayuki posted:Good. Get the gently caress off my TV, Hiro Morita. These last couple basho without NHK English commentary have been some of the best I've experienced. The English commentary was reasonable like 13 out of 15 days until they made them start working solo, then it became awful most of the time. I like Abema's coverage, I wish I could just pay for their product and use it normally instead of having to go through a VPN to watch.
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Jul 30, 2022 00:20
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NHK should just have Murray Johnson every day
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Jul 30, 2022 00:55
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Just buy out Natto and make him official. But get him to stop joke editorializing at the start of each day.
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Jul 30, 2022 01:14
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Brut posted:Huh? Kintamayama uses NHK's footage, I don't see how this would have any impact on it. I suppose that makes sense. Brut posted:The English commentary was reasonable like 13 out of 15 days until they made them start working solo, then it became awful most of the time. I like Abema's coverage, I wish I could just pay for their product and use it normally instead of having to go through a VPN to watch. Shiroc posted:NHK should just have Murray Johnson every day Obviously Murray is the best, he's an S-tier sports commentator, but I think Ross Mihara is quite good as well. I don't hate Hiro as much as some people do, but he definitely talks too much, and occasionally says the dumbest thing in the world. Raja Pradhan is right down the middle.
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Brut posted:The English commentary was reasonable like 13 out of 15 days until they made them start working solo, then it became awful most of the time. I like Abema's coverage, I wish I could just pay for their product and use it normally instead of having to go through a VPN to watch. Kenning posted:Obviously Murray is the best, he's an S-tier sports commentator, but I think Ross Mihara is quite good as well. I don't hate Hiro as much as some people do, but he definitely talks too much, and occasionally says the dumbest thing in the world. Raja Pradhan is right down the middle. Hirayuki fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Jul 30, 2022 |
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Jul 30, 2022 01:49
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not impressed i cant find any vids of sumo set to dubstep
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but this tho is perf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrTZV1oyUMM
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Hirayuki posted:MidnightSumo on Twitch uses the Abema feed. It's been great (if tedious with all the, uh, ceremonial pageantry). We either watch that or NHK's Japanese highlights show. I don't think Hiro fixates on nationality per se, I think he just talks too much so he's always casting about for synonyms. As a result he's always saying things like, "the pusher-thruster" or "the man from Fukuoka" or "the smaller man" or "the Mongolian" or "the maegashira 12" when really he could just cut his total commentary down by 30 percent and just use their shikona.
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Brut posted:The English commentary was reasonable like 13 out of 15 days until they made them start working solo, then it became awful most of the time. I like Abema's coverage, I wish I could just pay for their product and use it normally instead of having to go through a VPN to watch.
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Jul 30, 2022 03:08
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i do nattosumo because i love his unhinged infocards
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Hirayuki posted:Good. Get the gently caress off my TV, Hiro Morita. These last couple basho without NHK English commentary have been some of the best I've experienced. You spoke it into existence. I hope you're happy. https://twitter.com/InsideSportJP/status/1553169713441968128?s=20&t=WVrktMzkdjsxc1pb4rMDVQ In a follow up he also adds that Hiro is now a freelancer, so in addition to the JSA and NHK he's a sumo gun for hire.
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some kinda jackal posted:Just buy out Natto and make him official. How dare you. I will hear nothing bad about carrot chat and an undying love for Golden Boy Hoshoryu.
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Bentai posted:What provider do you use? I tried Nord but hit a geoblock. vpngate. sometimes you still have to jump around, some are blocked.
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Hirayuki posted:MidnightSumo on Twitch uses the Abema feed. It's been great (if tedious with all the, uh, ceremonial pageantry). We either watch that or NHK's Japanese highlights show. MidnightSumo will also put in highlights, sumo-adjacent content or wacky Japanese commercial medleys between matches to fill up the dead air.
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anakha posted:MidnightSumo will also put in highlights, sumo-adjacent content or wacky Japanese commercial medleys between matches to fill up the dead air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-1Ue0FFrHY
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The plot twist at the end made it worth watching that entire video
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Kenning posted:I don't think Hiro fixates on nationality per se, I think he just talks too much so he's always casting about for synonyms. As a result he's always saying things like, "the pusher-thruster" or "the man from Fukuoka" or "the smaller man" or "the Mongolian" or "the maegashira 12" when really he could just cut his total commentary down by 30 percent and just use their shikona. Yeah, that's pretty much my entire annoyance with Hiro. He can't handle quiet so rambles to fill the air and it's distracting from the bouts.
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Marching Powder posted:Is there a history of official English language coverage of sumo? Maybe it's just because i talk about sumo here but it's popularity growth in the last couple of years for a forum as irrelevant as this has been staggering. I wonder if its growth wasn't just local to here. Additionally, I wonder if English coverage will cease when the inevitable fallout happens as uppity westerners get mad at something like insane racism. The kyoukai for many years offered a free feed of the whole basho on their website - it was often a bit too zoomed out and had no commentary, but was still perfectly watchable for the most part. That's where most of the English-language youtube sumo channels got their content, I think. Then in 2014 they decided to monetize the foreign audience and make the stream a paid service, but being the kyoukai they offered very little in the way of upgrades and set prices at $10 per day, or a discount bundle (lol) of $150 for the basho. That got as many takers as you'd expect and the whole stream got discontinued within a year or so. (Again, being the kyoukai, they announced this with a single-line update on the website that was just 'thank you for your support the streaming service has now ended'). Things got very dicey for a while after that until the Abema broadcasts started up, I think most of us were reliant on whack-a-mole feeds of Mongolian TV on dubious services to even see makuuchi. No idea where the channels that have footage of the lower divisions in that period got it from.
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Marching Powder posted:Is there a history of official English language coverage of sumo? Maybe it's just because i talk about sumo here but it's popularity growth in the last couple of years for a forum as irrelevant as this has been staggering. I wonder if its growth wasn't just local to here. Additionally, I wonder if English coverage will cease when the inevitable fallout happens as uppity westerners get mad at something like insane racism. I feel like the YouTube algorithm had a big part in helping sumo popularity. When I was last caught up with sumo (Oosunarashi days) it didn't feel as popular. I wonder if Chris Sumo really has been boots on the ground reporting and talking to people and let it out that the international fan base is growing for the sport.
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net work error posted:I feel like the YouTube algorithm had a big part in helping sumo popularity. literally what got me to search for sumo stuff in sas. it was a highlight reel of a basho where tochi needed 10 wins to regain ozeki. good call.
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I got into sumo during summer 2020 when the corners of the sports internet I follow were starved for content and sumo was one of the first live sports to start back up again after covid lockdowns and seeing 350-pound men slam into each other appealed to me.
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I got into sumo because of this thread(well, technically the previous thread). I was bored at work and browsing through the forums I never read, and I came across it in PSP. Watched a few videos somebody had linked and was like "well I guess I'm a sumo fan now".
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I like to watch big meaty men slappin meat.
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I read all of Hinomaru Zumo as it was ending and then found out I could watch illegal streams on twitch
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