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Y/O: Hoshoryu Kirishima Kotozakura S/K: Wakamotoharu Onosato Abi M1-5: Atamifuji Takayasu Tobizaru M6-10: Midorifuji Tamawashi Nishikigi M11+: Hokutofuji Ichiyamamoto Tokihayate
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i trust in my boys Y/O: Kotozakura Hoshoryu Kirishima S/K: Onosato Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5: Ura Atamifuji Takayasu M6-10: Shodai Midorifuji Shonannoumi M11+: Hokutofuji Roga Ichiyamamoto
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May 9, 2024 21:54
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Thanks to all people past and present, that organise the Fantasy Sumo! Here my picks for May: Y/O: Takakeisho Kirishima Hoshoryu S/K: Wakamotoharu Abi Onosato M1-5: Atamifuji Tobizaru Hiradoumi M6-10: Midorifuji Shonannoumi Nishikigi M11+: Oshoma Nishikifuji Tomokaze
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May 9, 2024 22:55
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Thank you so much to Robviously and Banana Canada. These are big shoes to fill and we don't take it for granted. Y/O: Hoshoryu Kirishima Kotozakura S/K: Wakamotoharu Abi Onosato M1-5: Takayasu Onosho Daieisho M6-10: Mitakeumi Kotoshohou Takanosho M11+: Tomokaze Hokutofuji Nishikifuji
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bartolimu posted:Hard same. This is his basho to win, I can feel it! It is, but I'd also like to see Kotozakura take home a yusho on his first basho with the shikona, so...
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Thank you Banana Canada for taking on the running of our exhibition May basho. Here are my selections: Y/O Kirishima Kotozakura Hoshoryu S/K Onosato Wakamotoharu Asanoyama (like others, I cannot bring myself to pick Abi) M1-5 Atamifuji Daiesho Gonoyama M6-10 Midorifuji SHODAI Mitakeumi M11+ Hokutofuji Mitoryu Roga
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May 10, 2024 04:12
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Skipping this one, but thanks to Robviously and Banana Canada. Rest up Kenning! Go Ura Go Shodai
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May 10, 2024 04:44
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Thanks so much for running this! Y/O: Kotozakura Hoshoryu Takakeisho S/K: Wakamotoharu Onosato Abi M1-5: Ura Daieisho Atamifuji M6-10: Kinbozan Shonannoumi Nishikigi M11+: Ichiyamamoto Sadanoumi Hokutofuji
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May 10, 2024 08:06
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Y/O: Hoshoryu Kotozakura Takakeisho S/K: Onosato Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5: Takayasu Hiradoumi Gonoyama M6-10: Mitakeumi Shonannoumi Tamawashi M11+: Mitoryu Oshoma Tokihayate
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May 10, 2024 13:14
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I read Terunofuji is on for day 1.
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Y/O: Kotozakura Hoshoryu Kirishima S/K: Wakamotoharu Onosato Abi M1-5: Atamifuji Daieisho Gonoyama M6-10: Kinbozan Nishikigi Shodai M11+: Hokutofuji Tokihayate Ichiyamamoto
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May 10, 2024 18:02
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 bless you goons for running this!Y/O: Hoshoryu Kotozakura Kirishima S/K: Wakamotoharu Onosato Abi M1-5: Tobizaru Atamifuji Ura M6-10: Midorifuji Nishikigi Tamawashi M11+: Tsurugisho Tokihayate Roga
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May 10, 2024 18:02
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I will continue my brand of sumo in this hana-zumo, and lose handily. Y/O: Kotozakura Hoshoryu Kirishima S/K: Wakamotoharu Onosato Abi M1-5: Atamifuji Tobizaru Gonoyama M6-10: Tamawashi Nishikigi Takanosho M11+: Ichiyamamoto Oshoma Hokutofuji
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Y/O: Hoshoryu Terunofuji Kotozakura S/K: Onosato Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5: Atamifuji Daieisho Takayasu M6-10: Midorifuji Shonannoumi Nishikigi M11+: Oshoma Tokihayate Ichiyamamoto Updated the past champions list to add a deserving Beexoffel as the runaway top finisher in the last basho. And now bessantj won't be as lonely in the Hana-zumo column! 
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I will take this opportunity to root for sumo in a not-overly-invested-in-fantasy-picks way for the first time in a long time, but a big thanks to Robviously and Banana Canada for keeping the dream alive
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May 10, 2024 19:17
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I think I'll sit out of fantasy sumo again, but everyone please know that I will be rooting hard for SHODAI at all times. I still can't believe i got to watch him lose twice in a row in person last basho. I can't imagine a more SHODAI outcome, really.
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Log082 posted:I think I'll sit out of fantasy sumo again, but everyone please know that I will be rooting hard for SHODAI at all times. I'm jelly. Although a more Shodai outcome would surely be to win one and lose one. Perfectly balanced chaos. Edit- vvvvv and now I'm even more jealous lol. Awesome stuff! vvvvv Paying2Lurk fucked around with this message at 21:43 on May 10, 2024 |
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Actually, I didn't post much about my japan trip when I was there, because I only had my phone and hate typing long posts on a phone keyboard. I might as well talk about it a bit more now. First: It was fantastic. Not just the sumo, but doing tourist things in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, too. We stayed a week in Tokyo and a week in Kyoto, travelling to Osaka for the basho two days by train. The trains make it trivial to get around, even as a tourist. All of the stations are labelled in English under the Japanese and google maps will give you accurate directions down to the exact platform to wait on, so it's easy to get around even if you can't speak Japanese. My friend who is really into sumo (the one in the rainbow "I'm Kenough" sweater) and I did two days at the basho, one in a box and then another in the seats higher up with our other two friends who enjoy sumo but aren't obsessed enough to go two days in a row. It was a great experience. Even in the higher seats, you can get a pretty good view, and the box was surprisingly comfortable. The bentos were decent and it was cool that you could get a beer or other drink cheap from the merch/bento stores. I got a SHODAI towel, of course. Bento:  Shodai:  The nice thing about the Osaka venue is that all the rikishi are just kinda standing around in the hallways warming up, so you get to walk by them when you get up to get food or drinks. It's one thing to know how big they are, and another to walk by and realize they're big. Great experience. Osaka is a fantastic city for food, too, so if anyone goes to a basho there I highly recommend getting dinner from some of the local places. Ryogoku:  We also took a day trip to Ryogoku while we were in Tokyo. It was a little quiet since everyone was already in Osaka for the basho, and a lot of the shops with ex-rikishi owners were closed because they had also gone to Osaka to watch, but we did get some incredible chanko nabe. Chanko:  We did a lot of non-sumo stuff too, like various museums (including both the Tokyo and Kyoto train museums because I'm a huge nerd. Both were good, but Kyoto was much better), a capybara cafe, Fake Meatland like I posted about before, and other tourist-y stuff. I won't spam the thread with all my travel stories for that, though, just know that it was a great trip and I highly recommend going to Japan for any sumo fans here who can make it.
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verbal enema posted:Wow that sumo must have been huge to have a hand like that You had me paranoid I accidentally put my thumb in one of the shots and didn't notice. But yeah, we (of course) all did the tourist thing and put our hands up to compare and none my friends or me were even close.
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Wait that's a real handprint? How loving big is that pedestal
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verbal enema posted:Wait that's a real handprint? How loving big is that pedestal Oh, I get it now. Big but not as big as you're thinking; the perspective is probably a little wonky.
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Paying2Lurk posted:Although a more Shodai outcome would surely be to win one and lose one. Perfectly balanced chaos.  8-7 is the path of the Shodai
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Log082 posted:Oh, I get it now. Big but not as big as you're thinking; the perspective is probably a little wonky. Ok I was like wtf is that the hand of that mythical eight foot sumo dude
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Yokozuna Bill Brasky.
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It's the handprint of one of the recent yokozunas; I forget which one (there were a couple on the other faces of the plinth) and I can't read the characters to tell you.
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pretty sure it's Hakuho
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Probably; he was definitely on there, I just don't remember for sure if that's his. It would make sense though since it's next to the open space and I'm pretty sure Teru wasn't on there yet.
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Beeswax posted:
8-7 followed by a 7-8, but with a gold star. Forever.
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Y/O: Kotozakura Hoshoryu Kirishima S/K: Onosato Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5: Hiradoumi Atamifuji Gonoyama M6-10: Kotoshoho Midorifuji Shonannoumi M11+: Tokihayate Nishikifuji Sadanoumi
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Kerrzhe posted:pretty sure it's Hakuho I've got his tegata and his hands aren't that big
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Y/O: Hoshoryu Kotozakura Kirishima S/K: Onosato Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5: Atamifuji Oho Takayasu M6-10: Midorifuji Kinbozan Shodai M11+: Tokihayate Churanoumi Ichiyamamoto
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Y/O: Hoshoryu Kotozakura Kirishima S/K: Onosato Abi Wakamotoharu M1-5: Daieisho Hiradoumi Takayasu M6-10: Mitakeumi Takanosho Kotoshoho M11+: Sadanoumi Nishikifuji Tokihayate
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Making my Y/O: Hoshoryu Kirishima Kotozakura S/K: Wakamotoharu Onosato Abi M1-5: Tobizaru Gonoyama Atamifuji M6-10: Midorifuji Nishikigi Tamawashi M11+: Tomokaze Tokihayate Roga
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Banana Canada posted:add a deserving Beexoffel as the runaway top finisher in the last basho. And now bessantj won't be as lonely in the Hana-zumo column! Welcome friend!  Y/O: Kirishima Terunofuji Hoshoryu S/K: Onosato Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5: Ura Atamifuji Gonoyama M6-10: Shonannoumi Kotoshoho Midorifuji M11+: Oshoma Tokihayate Mitoryu
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Y/O: Hoshoryu Kotozakura Kirishima S/K: Onosato Wakamotoharu Abi M1-5: Gonoyama Onosho Oho M6-10: Tamawashi Shonannoumi Takanosho M11+: Tsurugisho Mitoryu Hokutofuji
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For everyone looking to get last minute picks in tonight, the cutoff time for full credit for matches will be 3:00am EDT or about 14 hrs from now. Anyone who's late will still get a team drafted but will not count for first day scoring. I do want to thank everyone submitting picks for this tournament; the spirit of Sumo is alive and well!
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YO Kirishima Terunofuji Kotonowaka SK Onosato Asanoyama Abi M1 Takayasu Daeisho Atamifuji M6 Kinbozan Tamawashi Nishikigi M11 Ichiyamamoto Sadanoumi Tsurigisho
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Y/O Hoshoryu Kirishima Terunofuji S/K Abi Wakamotoharu Onosato M1-5 Daeisho Ura Onosho M6-10 Shodai Nishikigi Tamawashi M11+ Roga Ryuden Hokutofuji
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