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anakha posted:I'm partial to those that watch party the Abema streams because there's nothing better than watching Wakanohana demonstrate the latest winning kimarite on his sumo partner/crash test dummy/poor SOB. Waka doing those demonstrations is one of the best parts of weekend Abema sumo.
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Yeah, midnightsumo is my go to. Plays the Abema stream from start to finish, and replays it all day during bashos. They also insert different commercials and cooking videos when Abema is showing the same 3 commercials over and over.* The only things I dislike is that they won't show replays of potential injuries. Or rather, they cut away while Abema is replaying it over and over. And the chat can be annoying, but that's just Twitch so it's whatever. *Edit to add - This is how I learned about the Tommy Lee Jones commercials for Boss Coffee, as well as the full Long Long Man Saga. And my life is richer for it. Paying2Lurk fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Mar 9, 2024 |
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Y/O: Terunofuji Kirishima Kotonowaka S/K: Wakamotoharu Nishikigi Abi M1-5: Onosato Atamifuji Asanoyama M6-10: Gonoyama Kotoshoho Takayasu M11+: Takerufuji Ichiyamamoto Ryuden Juryo: Wakatakakage Hakuoho Takarafuji mawashi: purple on yellow
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Mar 9, 2024 19:44
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Shiroc posted:It's entirely possible for Hakuho to be the greatest athlete in a sport but a huge, colossal shithead at the same time. Hokuseiho was his recruit. They'd been together in the heya for years. I assume Hakuho's influence there was overwhelming even when he wasn't the official leader. The association knows him better than anyone else. It feels entirely likely that their resistance to him becoming the stablemaster was grounded in a total lack of confidence that he could do it, which was immediately proven right! Hakuho loving sucks as a stablemaster! Yeah I agree pretty much. I also wouldn't be surprised if there is more bad stuff we aren't hearing about and they don't want aired. It still sucks though and hurts my enthusiasm for sumo in general but I'll get over it
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Mar 9, 2024 19:52
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One thing about hakuho, and miyagino under him, was extremely savvy marketing. So much so that you still have people who vibe with their "bring modern methods into sumo" thing even as it turns out that basically amounted to maybe some light sports science, please disregard hokuseiho blowing fire at people in the background
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Mar 9, 2024 19:58
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Yeah I'm not too sure about the conclusions everyone draws from a number of things, Hakuho's dad was literally an Olympic wrestler, I'm not so sure how much of Hakuho's success comes from the stable he happened to end up in, or it's training methods. You hear the new oyakata (miyagino, nishonoseki, ajigawa, to some extent even Naruto) talk about wanting to modernize training and all that, I think all they really mean is bring in like weightlifting and such, but we assume they mean stepping away from the hierarchical system inside stables. Of course being a walking 2 meter cartoon character with a lighter and a spray can goes above and beyond the usual stable life stuff and I bet Hokuseiho did that poo poo all through highschool, but Hakuho had plenty of time to help him change things around if he wanted to. I think at this point Hakuho has his hand in too many pies and the NSK know it, I don't think he has time (also maybe not the capability at all) to essentially parent someone like Hokuseiho while also being involved with Hakuho Cup and Dreamgirls and whatever other stuff he runs. It is maybe better this way, Hakuho brings way more to Sumo than "Miyagino" can and perhaps taking away the stable entirely and just letting him focus on all the general Sumo promotion stuff is best for everyone involved. Brut fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Mar 9, 2024 |
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Basho time! Y/O: Kirishima Kotonowaka Terunofuji S/K: Wakamotoharu Daieisho Abi M1-5: Midorifuji Atamifuji Tobizaru M6-10: Gonoyama Kotoshoho Onosho M11+: Shimazuumi Shonannoumi Takerufuji Juryo: Hakuoho Wakatakakage Tokihayate
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Mar 9, 2024 21:41
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Y/O: Terunofuji Kirishima Takakeisho S/K: Wakamotoharu Nishikigi Daieisho M1-5: Atamifuji Midorifuji Oho M6-10: Hokutofuji Gonoyama Kinbozan M11+: Takerufuji Roga Daiamami Juryo: Wakatakakage Asakoryu Tsushimanada
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Mar 9, 2024 22:10
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Woop woop! Y/O Hoshoryu Kirishima Terunofuji S/K Daieisho Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5 Asanoyama Tobizaru Ura M6-10 Hokutofuji Kinbozan Takayasu M11+ Takerufuji Ichiyamamoto Kitanowaka Juryo Wakatakakage Hakuoho Shishi
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If every instinct I have for drafting is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right... Y/O: Hoshoryu Terunofuji Takakeisho S/K: Daieisho Nishikigi Wakamotoharu M1-5: Atamifuji Asanoyama Onosato M6-10: Tamawashi Hokutofuji Takayasu M11+: Endo Sadanoumi Ryuden Juryo: Wakatakakage Kotoeko Hakuyozan Thanks Kenning and Banana Canada!
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Mar 9, 2024 23:57
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Paying2Lurk posted:Yeah, midnightsumo is my go to. Plays the Abema stream from start to finish, and replays it all day during bashos. They also insert different commercials and cooking videos when Abema is showing the same 3 commercials over and over.* eta: And you can turn off the chat.
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Mar 10, 2024 00:16
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The first 3 hours or so of each day make for good background noise. I like the mostly empty arena vibes. And the yobis, gyoji and PA announcer all doing things in their specific rhythm make it kind of meditative. I keep it on while doing mundane work tasks or playing a game.
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Mar 10, 2024 04:18
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Paying2Lurk posted:The first 3 hours or so of each day make for good background noise. I like the mostly empty arena vibes. And the yobis, gyoji and PA announcer all doing things in their specific rhythm make it kind of meditative. I keep it on while doing mundane work tasks or playing a game. I know what you mean, I've been playing Balatro with sumo on the other screen and they work well together
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Mar 10, 2024 04:38
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmOOxXYb9W0 This is a kind of interesting watch. Starts out just looking like a bunch of other videos I've seen of training sessions, but you slowly start to see faces you recognize. Eventually there's an impromptu Kotonawaka/Kirishima set of matches. Preview of coming attractions I think.
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Mar 10, 2024 04:48
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Y/O: Kirishima Terunofuji Kotonowaka S/K: Daieisho Wakamotoharu Nishikigi M1-5: Onosato Asanoyama Atamifuji M6-10: Takayasu Gonoyama Tamawashi M11+: Takerufuji Ryuden Myogiryu Juryo: Hakuoho Wakatakakage Oshoumi
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oh poo poo better get my picks in befor juryo starts Y/O: Kirishima Terunofuji Kotonowaka S/K: Wakamotoharu Daieisho Abi M1-5: Asanoyama Onosato Meisei M6-10: Gonoyama Takayasu Tamawashi M11+: Takerufuji Ryuden Roga Juryo: Hakuoho Wakatakakage Oshoumi
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Paying2Lurk posted:The first 3 hours or so of each day make for good background noise. I like the mostly empty arena vibes. And the yobis, gyoji and PA announcer all doing things in their specific rhythm make it kind of meditative. I keep it on while doing mundane work tasks or playing a game. big same, i love the steady rhythm of all the various sounds from the yobidashi and the gyoji and the announcer. it's very relaxing and comforting to me
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Y/O: Kirishima Kotonowaka Hoshoryu S/K: Wakamotoharu Daieisho Nishikigi M1-5: Atamifuji Tobizaru Midorifuji M6-10: Takayasu Hokutofuji Gonoyama M11+: Ichiyamamoto Sadanoumi Takerufuji Juryo: Kotoeko Aoiyama Tomokaze
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Oh god I haven't posted my picks yet Y/O: Kotonowaka Terunofuji Hoshoryu S/K: Wakamotoharu Daieisho Nishikigi M1-5: Asanoyama Atamifuji Onosato M6-10: Gonoyama Tamawashi Onosho M11+: Takerufuji Endo Kitanowaka Juryo: Wakatakakage Hakuoho Tomokaze Draft tomorrow.
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Oh right the draft is closed!
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Is there a draft for people who just want everyone except Ryuden to have a good time?
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NISHIKIGI STRONK 
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FART BOSS posted:
 Terunofuji vs Nishikigi: When Nishikigi managed to fight him off at the tawara you could see the Terunofuji turn the intensity way down and looked like he was trying to keep himself safe more than anything. Between not having the power to get someone out in one of his strongest positions and the reports that he was still feeling wrecked from January's efforts I wonder if we're gonna see an early kyujo.
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Day one: Chaos basho, this early?
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Day one: Chaos basho, this early? That'd be great. Hearing the crowd go absolutely mental for Ura beating Hoshoryu made me hope for a real cindarella run for the hometown(-ish?) hero
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Vargatron posted:I'm actually really invested in how rikishi from Futagoyama-beya do this basho since I've watched so many of their cooking videos. Nabatame could make Juryo this tournament if he posts a good score at Makushita 5. https://www.youtube.com/@TechJapanology reuploads videos of the Futagoyama rikishi bouts each day, within a few hours of the day ending.
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Kenning posted:Oh right the draft is closed! nooooooooo I just came back from overseas and have been completely out of it and forgot to sign up  I'll just have to cheer for everyone I guess.
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Just sign up  At worst you’ll forfeit the first day unless the cutoff enforcement has been severely tightened up lately
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Taffy Torpedo posted:nooooooooo I just came back from overseas and have been completely out of it and forgot to sign up Submit something and just consider Day 1 as your kyujo
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Taffy Torpedo posted:nooooooooo I just came back from overseas and have been completely out of it and forgot to sign up Absolutely submit something. Even if you get no points for day 1, there's still 2 weeks worth to go!
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There's never been a prohibition against late entry and there was one goon who did so last basho, simply forfeiting the first day's matches. And Kenning probably won't mind much since he hasn't run the draft yet. My tracker will be posted once the draft and goonzuke is up. Kenning - one rule clarification I thought of when making some adjustments to my tracker - does a Juryo KK count towards the KK tiebreaker? I think you meant for it not to be but perhaps it could make things interesting if it counted as 1/4th of a KK (since makuuchi KKs are worth 2 points to juryo's half-point).
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Initially I was thinking it was a tough day 1 draw for my boy Ura but he proved me wrong. Hell yeah
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the pokeball gyoji robe actually has pikachus on it  
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Ok gonna submit and take the day 1 kyujo if Kenning allows. Y/O: Kotonowaka Takakeisho Terunofuji S/K: Abi Daieisho Wakamotoharu M1-5: Hirdoumi Onosato Atamifuji M6-10: Gonoyama Takayasu Tsurugisho M11+: Takerufuji Shimazuumi Ichiyamamoto Juryo: Wakatakakage Takarafuji Tohakuryu
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Hirayuki posted:eta: And you can turn off the chat. I would say one thing that's super valuable about Midnight is that they post the names and summaries of each wrestler in the lower brackets. It's only 1-2 sentences for each but it's still really nice of them to put together a fact sheet for random Sandanme #1234. It'll be a pity when it finally gets DMCA'd, since Midnight has legit put a lot of work into making the sport approachable.
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Yeah, when I say the chat there can get annoying it's far from the usual Twitch chat dumb stuff. Just people getting a little too weird / precious about some of the rikishi and stuff like that. Overall it's very good and dumb Twitch antics get shut down quickly.
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Paying2Lurk posted:Yeah, when I say the chat there can get annoying it's far from the usual Twitch chat dumb stuff. Just people getting a little too weird / precious about some of the rikishi and stuff like that. Overall it's very good and dumb Twitch antics get shut down quickly. Yeah the only thing that makes me really wince is the Chiyomaru copypasta. Poor dude. Last night was interesting, felt like a lot of the pusher-thrusters were slower off the jump than they usually are at the start of a tournament.
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wodin posted:It'll be a pity when it finally gets DMCA'd, since Midnight has legit put a lot of work into making the sport approachable. why'd you have to jinx it lmao got taken down again like 10 minutes ago
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Kerrzhe posted:why'd you have to jinx it lmao oh god I'm sorry I figured they were well past that since it'd been around forever and Abema doesn't seem to give a poo poo
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wodin posted:oh god I'm sorry I figured they were well past that since it'd been around forever and Abema doesn't seem to give a poo poo nah its definitely not Abema, it's either the commercials they play off youtube (like nintendo last time) or someone with a grudge for getting banned reported them and twitch's automatic system gets set off
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