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Two tweaks offered: School starts up today / School begins today

Is there a summary online, in English, of what's known about the process?

OS also, perhaps. I see the font changes in Vivaldi on Windows and only some attempts at the ones in the post from Naganoyama in Firefox on Android.

^ Kid-handled, mayor-approved? *snerk*

At Kyushu 2018, Hoshoryu, age 19, had a 6-1 record from Ms 49 and Naya, age 18, had a 4-3 record from Sd 11. How will they fare during 2019?

(to be updated after each honbasho in 2019) HATSU (Jan): Hoshoryu, 5-2 from Ms 21; Naya, 4-3 from Ms 60. Both now have 1 KK. HARU (Mar): Hoshoryu, 4-3 from Ms 7; Naya, 6-1 from Ms 51. Both now have 2 KK. NATSU (Mar): Hoshoryu, 4-3 from Ms 4; Naya, 6-1 from Ms 22. Both now have 3 KK. NAGOYA (July): Hoshoryu, 3-4 from Ms 2; Naya, 3-4 from Ms 6. Both still have 3 KK. AKI (Sep): Hoshoryu, 4-3 from Ms 5; Naya, 4-3 from Ms 10. Both now have 4 KK.

Though he won vs Hakuho and Tamawashi, he lost vs both remaining Ozeki - and gave little resistance to Goeido in that bout. I also wonder if, and how much, their perception of Takakeisho's maturity and hinkaku factor in.

With 10-5, I think the door will stay closed because it won't matter who those losses are against. 11-4, with no more than two of those losses against opponents of higher rank and I think then the door will open.

If you're open to input on this... I have a few ideas that may be worthy of your consideration. Include current record difference as well. Rikishi A (with a record of 1-7) could/should get more credit for defeating Rikishi B (7-1) than Rik-C (3-4) defeating Rik-D (4-3). Scale and limit the accumulated wins/losses to a range of about ± floor(current day/2). Limit the historic record to 3 matches within the past year with decreasing importance (such as 3 bits for the previous, 2 bits for the one before that, 1 bits for the last). Math aside, if a rikishi is hurt/injured/shaken/etc from a bout and doesn't withdraw, that could decrease their chance of victory in their next bout Comments?

Mental and emotional, too. Performance jitters/anxiety, not wanting to disappoint, self-doubt - especially from almost-wins and "missed" calls, and in this particular honbasho, fellow wrestlers leaving in a wheelchair or retiring . . . every day for 15 days for the pros. For the rest, an uneven 7* matches over the same period with 0-3 days before their next match.

Saw this in the Knappily app... The dying art of Sumo wrestling https://knappily.com/society/japan-sumo-492

I could be mistaken. What's your take on it?

Maths. (0-5-10+N) > (0-0-15-N), where N is native/nihonjin.

Found this recently. Some psych-up music for the Mongolian rikishi perhaps? https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/05/680528912/how-a-mongolian-heavy-metal-band-got-millions-of-youtube-views http://www.openculture.com/2019/01/the-hu-a-new-breakthrough-band-from-mongolia-plays-heavy-metal-with-traditional-folk-instruments-and-throat-singing.html https://lemonwire.com/2019/01/11/mongolian-heavy-metal-band-the-hu-rocks-on-yuve-yuve-yu/ Only two videos for now; each worth at least one view/listen.

Fewer than 48 hours remain until this poll is closed...

Two things that help me cope with my dismal GTB result this time are, first: Second, sixteen of my guesses were off by only one rank -- and half of those were off by just one slot (such as 2w instead of 3e). Since the stat matrix isn't up yet, was anyone else "optimistic" about Mitakeumi by placing him at S1w?

At this writing, it appears the page loads OK.

@Asashosakari :: If you're interested, here's another idea for the running total of slots filled for the predicted banzuke. =COUNTUNIQUE(I4:I29)+COUNTUNIQUE(K4:K29) & "/42"

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Uhm...no. Healthy Goeido is about as good quality-wise to injured Tochinoshin.  Ozeki-level, deserving, comparison with Goeido, and progression. Details later today. ~~~ What is "Ozeki-level"? Let's say an average of 9 wins per honbasho. Given that, no, Tochinoshin after his three honbasho as an ozeki, isn't there. How about for Goeido? Over his first three honbasho as an ozeki, his win totals were 8, 5, 8. After ten honbasho, never winning more than 9, he got a 12-3 result. Excluding two early withdrawals, over 24 honbasho, his average is 8.3 wins per honbasho. Enough to maintain the rank. Not "ozeki-level" as defined here. So, Goeido detractors have a point in that. So, @RPedro44: what does it take to be deserving of the East side? How about head-to-head? So far, G 16-10 T. Over the past twelve, they're level at 6-6, though favoring G more recently. With good fortune, and continued gambarizing, T may be able to do better than G has done. We'll see.

Well enough to stay in sanyaku the whole year and be an ozeki starting in 2020. Yes, for this, 22 is considered young.

Zero, zip, zilch, nada

West M2

East Ms 5

1) This distant observer says Nope (a honbasho does not require a yokozuna to feel complete to me). I might have a different opinion if I was there in person frequently. 2) I don't know how the latter (yokozuna candidate's performance begin quantitatively compared to those of past yokozuna) could be done. At any given rank below ozeki, those rikishi are, ostensibly, the best at-that-time based on the records from previous honbasho. However, consider future yokozuna. Many years could pass for before one is as superlative as Hakuho. Yet, those future rikishi will still be yokozuna and, one can hope, fill that role well. 3) Neither. I think the path to yokozuna is designed to be just difficult enough with elements of both prowess (wins) and carriage (hinkaku). 4) Tradition. 5) I would first consult with those who are much deeper into sumo!