Kintamayama

Hello! Since absolutely nothing is going on now,and it IS raining outside, maybe it's time for a poll. This time: Which rikishi would you take to a desert island? Now, this isn't one of those "Who is your favorite rikishi" things. A desert island offer is not one to be taken lightly..What will we talk about? How good could he be with getting along on an island? Will he eat all my food? Will he be able to provide sufficient shadow from the sweltering heat? Can he cook? Does he snore? Of course, we don't have all that info, but we are all more or less blessed with gut instincts, so.. And, if you are of the female species, you may have a totally different point of view.. Anyway, as usual, please don't take it too seriously, although it would be nice if you took a week or two to contemplate.. Please vote at: http://www.dichne.com Kintamayama the Shallow End Purple Sand

Well done Yubi!!You astounded me.. Yubi-1 Doitsuyama-1 Rijicho-1 and the race is on..

Just checking to see if everyone is awake.. Elephant Fish

Tha gives Doitsuyama one point, tying him with Rijicho's one point (for the green bicycle). Stay tuned for more..

I would like to draw your attention to a certain Chiyotenzan. He has got to be the laziest rikishi to grace the strawed circle lately. He also shot up like a meteor (I refer you to one of my early polls, where he was voted "most likely to succeed" by an overwhelming majority of experts..) and burned out like a meteor. His 3-12 in Juuryou last Basho was nothing short of pathetic. 9 losses this time, and he's in deep Maku(shit)a. AND, he likes to beat up young kids. I wrest my cheese.

Who is this Kofuji person? I've never seen him post. Oh, prolly a lurker. Well, then Happy Birthday to you, wherever and whoever you may be.. Lawrence of Arabia II

Hi! Just 12 days left for your entries. 38 entries so far. The deadline is December 23rd, a Monday in choice parts of the world. I forgot to mention the bonus points - they will be for guessing a ranking - Maegashira East 9. Guess it- 3 extra points are yours. If you sent in an entry , please check to see if you are listed on the site. If not, please send it again, or let me know. Good luck!! The URL: http://www.dichne.com/Guess.htm For direct access to the still-nifty entry form, go to: http://www.dichne.com/reg2.html Pink Bicycle.

I think we're missing a very important aspect of the shimpan's decision-the aspect of " a dead body". This has nothing to do with who fell first. This has a lot to do with the question, if Asashouryuu touched first because he was trying to defend himself from injury, after having the bout in hand. This is very subjective, of course, but I refer you to Aki 2002, to the Asashouryuu-Takanonami match. All replays distinctly showed Nami stepping out hours before Shouryuu, and yet Nami got the win. I was really angry about this, because even on the blurry Kyookai feed, it was more than obvious. But my learned shiko-master Kaikitsune explained this to me, and I have to grudgingly agree with him. In every sport, video or not, there will always be place for controversy, because we, as human beings, consciously or sub-consciously color what we see with what we WANT to see. Otherwise, we wouldn't be fans - we'd just be spectators.

Hi! With all the game results coming in, the ISP, one of everyone's alltime favorites, has been a bit forgotten.. This time around, Guessbusters Inc., with a little help from Asashouryuu's future brother in-law, managed to hand the players a sound beating.. Only 40, yes, only 40 managed KKs, out of 123 players!!!!!This , of course, is unheard of.. Now, we didn't choose difficult bouts - this time, the "herd" factor backfired- we had many days where the minority picks won. More often than not, we managed to pick the games with "surprising" outcomes.. Every time this happened, we would yell with glee..even AFBilaF (Asashouryuu's Future Brother-in-law and Forefather) expressed his concern over this, and gave everyone a generous present on Senshuuraku. Were it not for that, we would be looking at no more than 30 KKs.. Anyhow, the Champion, with an 11-4 record, was Leonishiki, the Lion of Spain!! Wakanoshuzan, with the same score, failed to name a tie-breaker, causing him to lose automatically. Thank you so much for playing one of the oldest, if not THE oldest Sumo-game on the net. We'll see you all again in January, where we hope to give y'all a run for your money..for your mon

Hi! The inaugural CGG ( http://chaingang.sumogames.com/ChainGang.ASP?WCI=Standing ) was a great success..89 players started the game.The excitement lasted till day 15, which is quite unbelievable!! Only one was left standing after Day 15. A perfect ending!! The winner? Well..cough..cough... Me.. Sorry about this..I can only swear by anything that there was no shady stuff, as Kofuji was supervising the automation, so no way anyone could cheat there.. The prize goes to me. YES!! Next time, we will have some rule changes, after we saw a few problems here and there.. It will be even more exciting..

Higonoumi has retired two days ago.

Well, you must now visit my never-visited oldest rikishi in all of sumo page, at: http://www.dichne.com/OldestRikishi.htm there you will learn abouth the ML's favorite son Ichinoya, the oldest man in Sumo

It probably does..I was just trying to be James Bond funny..

Thank you very much. I will go on doing my best.

The writing says: "From Russia, With Love".

It was ex-Makuuchi Wakanojou, who no doubt will go on to win the Yusho. Here are their photos: http://www.sumo.boom.ru/eng/sumotori_m.html Look for Soslan Boradzov (Rohou),and brothet Batraz Boradzov (Hakurozan)

Hi Gamers!! I know, I know, I know, so many games..enough already!! But wait-give me a chance here..I devised a cunning new ditty.. It's called the CHAIN GANG. All you have to do is guess one (1) winner of your choice from all the bouts on a given day, Juryo and Makuuchi. Only one, any one. You got it right? You advance to day 2 and pick again. It could be the same rikishi, or anyone else. You got it wrong? Well, that was the shortest game you ever played, because yer OUT!! No three strikes, no yellow card, no "one more chance".. It's the end of the road. Somewhat like the football (soccer) cup matches, where the losing teams is knocked out..Only you don't play against anyone. You just use your extensive knowledge of the rikishi psyche and all that. Last human being standing wins. This means the game could theoretically end on day 6. So what? The prize? A key-chain, of course... You can pick a default guy for the days you don't play, who can be changed at any time. There is no limit for using a default, though we don't think you'll get very far using a single default in this particular game.. The tie-breaker- the player who used the lowest ranked rikishi on average wins. You have to register before each basho, like all other games, and make your daily entry, like in all daily games.. Give me a chance here..I think this is a good concept.. And you get a nice musical surprise as well.. Registration, rules, etc. - http://www.dichne.com/chaingang.html --

Excellent! The only response I got to my question anywhere, BTW!!

Hi! As usual on day 10 - my "unbeaten geezers in all of Sumo" site is back online. One of the guys changed his shikona this basho, and is unbeaten. Can you name him? How many foreigners are in the list? Why? http://www.dichne.com/Unbeaten.htm No tree has been harmed during the writing of this document.

Actually, Amuuru is doing OK-he's 13-5 career, only one behind Hakurozan's 14-4.Much better than Oorora's 58-51, although the fattest seems to have gotten his groove-he's at his highest rank and 3-1.. Of course, anyone visiting MY Foreigners site(with all due respect to the awesome Custom Results page..) sees all the foreigners and their stats(career, highest rank..etc..) I always feel my site isn't getting the respect it should, but don't we all..(Sigh...)))

They did face each other - in Juryo. It was in March 2001- Day 11.Touki won by tsukitaoshi. I remember watching it on the stream and feeling very strange.

Hey!! Don't you think Touki looks a lot like Takanotsuru? Just wondering..

No,but he almost did- Highest rank- Makushita 2.

Hi! I found a cool on-line-cartoon sumo-game-not sure if it's Flash based, but nice..Takes a while to figure it out, but it's in English..I'm still experimenting, although I did make Maegashira, and beat a Hall of Famer as well. Check it out.. http://www2.necsoft.co.jp/wwwsoft/algo/arena/e/tou_0.asp

Hi! Having a lot of free time on my hands, I've devised an audio-banzuke-a regular banzuke, but when you click on the rikishi's names, you get the more or less correct pronounciation as well..and the ranks are clickable too.. Useless? Maybe.. It's at: http://www.dichne.com/audiobanzuke.htm I hope someone finds this useful..