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https://twitter.com/sumokyokai/status/1640879188449320960 Juryo promotions for May: Fujiseiun, Chiyosakae (returning), and Tokihayate Kawazoe (4-3 at Ms3) and Shiden (6-1 at Ms6) remain eternally on the cusp, Shimanoumi and Tsushimanada get an unlikely reprieve. (tbh, it's a bit galling to see Shiden getting screwed again while the sumo gods grant Shimanoumi yet another soft demotion, but watcha gonna do).
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Kenning posted:A few days late but here we are. (Quoting for the new page) Wow! That's quite the nice surprise. Seemed like the start was really slow, but the turnaround happened in the end. I'll continue to strive my best to effectively show my brand of fantasy sumo and avoid any posting injuries.
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Mar 30, 2023 06:10
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My brand of sumo has delivered me a basho where I did not finish dead last. I will continue to gambarize as we enter the Spring Goongyo tour, and aim to rise to midpack for Natsu!
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Mar 30, 2023 06:16
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Kenning posted:Interestingly, Takakeisho withdrawing early dropped the high scores this basho, but didn't really drop the low scores. I'm not sure what this means, if anything. The highest scores have a lot of KKs on their team, with the winners often getting the gino-sho for a no-MK team, so losing a KK here brought them all down. The lowest scores, on the other hand, have a lot of MKs and so a guaranteed MK doesn't really change them much.
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Mar 30, 2023 07:04
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This was my first basho participating in the fantasy draft. At first, I found it detracted from some of the fun in that it felt like it was limiting who I could support. After a couple of days I decided I didn't give a poo poo and so I went back to cheering for virtually everyone (except Ryuden) and just kept an eye out for points after the fact. It was sad to see Takakeisho have to bow out to injury and his present hopes for yokozuna end with that but hopefully he can get healthy and start the run over again. My stable performed quite well in my eyes, though I feel bad for Hokutofuji falling just short of KK because I get a kick out of watching him. I also had a lot of fun cheering for Shodai even though he wasn't in my stable; I feel for the guy and frankly couldn't be upset even when he beat people who were a part of my stable. Kiribayama's electrifying yusho (Daiesho and Midorifuji should be proud of what they have accomplished too) was something special to behold and I really enjoyed seeing Juryo roiled by the passage of Ichinojo, Asanoyama and the arrival of Ochiai. The match between the latter two was superb-- as Ochiai gets more experience, he is going to be terrifying. Overall, it was a hell of a basho and I really can't wait until May. Thank you, Kenning, for your hard work in keeping up on everything and running the numbers to make this aspect of the basho possible. I have resolved though that I will not trade someone out in the event of injury or poor performance while a basho is in progress. The idea of discarding someone when they probably need folks cheering for them most does not sit well with me and so I will not do it. I also follow hockey and support the Maple Leafs and am used to losing in new and innovative ways so this holds no terrors for me.
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Mar 30, 2023 09:20
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Thanks for organising the Fantasy Sumo, Kenning! I got a much better score that my previous two bashos so I am quite pleased. I wish you all the best for the wedding and much happiness to the both of you!
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Mar 30, 2023 09:47
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Thank you Kenning, seems like my brand of Sumo improved considerably after ditching WTG when he was 0-5. Tactics for next Basho will be to do good sumo and to defeat my rivals.
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Mar 30, 2023 11:43
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Very glad to have returned to my style of fantasy sumo. A totally middle-ing score with nothing really recommending it. Thank you very much for running the fantasy basho again, Kenning and best of luck with your wedding!
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Mar 30, 2023 12:53
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I continue my run of pulling 8-7 and 7-8 performances.
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Mar 30, 2023 13:47
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Vargatron posted:I continue my run of pulling 8-7 and 7-8 performances.
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Mar 30, 2023 13:59
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Hirayuki posted:You could be the next Endo! I was heading towards being Tokushoryu and falling out of Juryo but somehow I've stabilized on the middle of Makuuchi.
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Mar 30, 2023 14:24
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I think I did just enough to avoid demotion. Hope this isn't the start of my fantasy Shodai phase.
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Mar 30, 2023 14:58
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Thanks for running fantasy again Kenning. Was a rollercoaster as always!
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Mar 30, 2023 18:02
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I think this was one of the best bashos in a while, with some fantastic performances and incredible techniques in some bouts. Sad to see my boy midorifuji peter out at the end after such a hot start, but I feel like this is just the beginning for him (hopefully not the beginning of the end like what happened to enho). Thanks for running fantasy sumo Kenning!
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Mar 30, 2023 19:41
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I will continue to pursue my brand of sumo no matter how many times I come in dead last.
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Apraxin posted:https://twitter.com/sumokyokai/status/1640879188449320960 isn't it generally required to go 7-0 to get promoted from under ms5? frustrating since at ms5e he's as close as posisible to that zone without being in it but i'm not surprised
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Mar 31, 2023 01:57
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and thanks for running the basho as always and i'll gratefully accept half a giant macaron and a large fish
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Mar 31, 2023 01:58
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Thanks for running the fantasy sumo, Kenning and congrats to everyone who scored better than me which is almost all of you. 
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Mar 31, 2023 04:21
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Thauros posted:isn't it generally required to go 7-0 to get promoted from under ms5? frustrating since at ms5e he's as close as posisible to that zone without being in it but i'm not surprised 6-1 at Ms6 is as close as you can get, and Shimanoumi in particular just posted 5 straight makekoshi from M9 (four of them double digits), so it feels like they're holding a grudge against Shiden for when he acommpanied his senior (Hidenoumi) to a gambling den and 'played on an illegal slot machine' (lol) a couple of years back, which sucks for a guy who's been in he promotion slots 10 times but never made a Juryo debut and is now 31.
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Mar 31, 2023 05:36
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i'm in the middle of the pack ......just like tochi.......
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Thauros posted:isn't it generally required to go 7-0 to get promoted from under ms5? frustrating since at ms5e he's as close as posisible to that zone without being in it but i'm not surprised Nah, in addition to what was said above, if you're Ms6 and all the Ms1-5 guys get makekoshi, you're up. Here's a list of people getting to Juryo from Ms6, the most recent on that list is Enho who was promoted with a 4-3 score. If we change that 6 to a 7 we'll find Takayoshitoshi (a few basho before becoming Takanofuji, a few basho before becoming an MMA fighter) got promoted relatively recently with a 5-2 record.
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Mar 31, 2023 10:13
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIEJtLPpLsQ OOOOOOCHHHIIIIIAIIIIIIII
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Woof -- not quite as optimistic that I'm going to be there for day one of May basho now 
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I wonder what they did that got the Sumo Association so pissed off. I'm guessing it must have been pretty bad.
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Apr 6, 2023 04:57
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Imagining drunk Americans haranguing the sekitori as they leave the kokugikan after their bouts. "You SUCK, Shodai!" Could also be drunk Australians and gyoji which probably gets more disrespectful. "Wipe the poo poo out of your eyes, Kimura!" (Based on actual footy heckling witnessed as a child.)
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Elissimpark posted:Could also be drunk Australians i tried to popularise polite heckling while drunk off my rear end at a mate's 3rd division afl grand final. i'd scream things like 'i disagree with your decision referee, but i admire your candour and commitment'. it got funny looks from players and the referees and laughs from the nearby spectators but did not take off as a concept.
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Marching Powder posted:i tried to popularise polite heckling while drunk off my rear end at a mate's 3rd division afl grand final. i'd scream things like 'i disagree with your decision referee, but i admire your candour and commitment'. it got funny looks from players and the referees and laughs from the nearby spectators but did not take off as a concept. lmao
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polite heckling is the best
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some kinda jackal posted:Woof -- not quite as optimistic that I'm going to be there for day one of May basho now Oh no, I was hoping to do just this in September. Hopefully it's sorted by then?
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Nativity In Black posted:Oh no, I was hoping to do just this in September. Hopefully it's sorted by then? it doesn't sound like they're banned from selling *any* tickets at least, just the "food/souvenir" set combo. still really sucks for some kinda jackal and anyone else hosed over because two people had to be idiots. i plan on going to japan either in august or november and i don't expect i'll be able to see sumo but i still hope to use them for pro wrestling tickets as i did in 2019.
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Since the issue happened "outside the arena" my guesses are they tried getting too fresh with wrestlers going to/from the stadium, or maybe they raised a stink about something, expecting the normal western reaction of "doing whatever you can to placate them/shut them up." Either way, whatever happened must have been huge to get this kind of direct action from the JSA.
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I should see foreign tourists also getting really aggressive and racist about Japanese people continuing to wear masks at higher rates
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I have two days “preordered” so best case scenario I still get day 1 just in a different seat. Worst case I don’t get day one but still have a backup. I’ll make it out of this ok. The only reason I got the set seat was because I wanted to live a little bit I’m ok without food or gift bag. I’d actually feel sorry for someone who just had one day booked and doesn’t have a fallback in case tix are unavailable
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Thauros posted:it doesn't sound like they're banned from selling *any* tickets at least, just the "food/souvenir" set combo. still really sucks for some kinda jackal and anyone else hosed over because two people had to be idiots. i plan on going to japan either in august or november and i don't expect i'll be able to see sumo but i still hope to use them for pro wrestling tickets as i did in 2019. Yeah, I was actually wanting to do that combo. Sumo Prime Time did a video about it during the January tournament and it looked like an interesting experience.
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We wound up wishing we had done the snack pack. Not to say that there was anything wrong with the dried squid and beer we got from the regular vendors.
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Finally catching up on the basho - I've had Some Things going on in my personal life that meant after around Day 2 I really wasn't able to give the basho any of my attention, which proved to be unfortunate because man I would have traded off Bushozan by Day 6 at the latest if I'd been paying attention.  It was very cool to see Shodai SHODAI-ing and although I wish Hoshoryu had been able to nail his final win against Takayasu, the uwatenage he slammed Wakamotoharu with on Day 14 was one of my favourite moments of the basho. Well, that and the grins on both him and Tobizaru after their Day 9 match. They're precious and I love them.
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i was just thinking do you think there's any merit to starting a separate basho thread? it definitely speaks to the quality of my posts but sometimes i'd go to say something but didn't because the extra 10 seconds i'd need to put it in spoilers. considering how many people play fantasy the actual chat about the basho is very minimal and i don't know it feels weird. do people just not want to talk about the basho or would a separate thread encourage more posts?
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I watch on a delay so my daily reactions or "check this bout" takes are stale by the time I've written them, I usually stay out of the thread until I've watched that day to avoid spoilers, maybe other delayed watchers are doing similar and posting less mid Basho?
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My honest two cents is that I don’t think splitting sumo into GDT and N/V would be worth the effort for the amount of posts (though we are growing) that they generate. My prediction is that you’d have five or six joke (ok well not joke but.. you know) SHODAI!! posts and then probably an equal number of SHODAI!! posts in the N/V. I think GDTs align themselves more to sports where you want to TV-IV them live and not after the fact, the way most of us consume Sumo. I’m sympathetic to the problem but bifurcating the posts on an a thread that gets a page or so worth of content after a day is probably not worth the effort IMO. In other news, I got both tickets! Going to be at the Kokugikan on day 1 and day 4! I got bumped from front row seats to second row (Arena A) for day one which is a bit of a bummer but what can ‘ya do. Stupid gaijin antics gonna cost us all. Still in “Arena S” front row for day 4 so Big Bear better bring his A game S game where I can view his glory unobstructed.
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