Itachi

Sandanme Game Haru 07 Day 4 Results shikona wins losses wins/15 Mirai 30 0 15 Imumaru 19 11 9.5 Asashosakari 18 12 9 Kintamayama 18 12 9 Fay 17 13 8.5 Doitsuyama 17 13 8.5 Yubiquitoyama 17 13 8.5 Randomitsuki 16 14 8 Kotononami 16 14 8 Aderechelseamaru 16 14 8 Tamanaogijima 15 15 7.5 Oshirokita 15 15 7.5 Shiyonofuji 15 15 7.5 Torideyama 14 16 7 Neko 14 16 7 Ganzohnesushi 14 16 7 Susanoo 14 16 7 Zeokage 13 17 6.5 Kachitakai 13 17 6.5 Genzai 13 17 6.5 Holleshoryu 12 18 6 Sekihiryu 11 19 5.5 Vikanohara 11 19 5.5 Profomisakari 10 20 5 Mukashi 9 21 4.5 Itachi 9 21 4.5 Imumaru continues to lead while Mukashi has joined me at the bottom.I take solace in the fact that Genzai isn't doing well either. The rikishi we agreed on aren't doing all that well.

Now that's completely weird because the same embarrassing thing happened to me - twice! I could not access the Toto page between 4 AM and 6 AM JST. I did not dare to post here because nobody else complained. At 6 AM JST I decided to post in this very thread. About 10 seconds (!) later I got access to the Toto page. Deeply embarrassed I deleted my post in this thread. About a minute later I was kicked out of Sekitori Toto. I waited until 7:30 AM JST without any chance of logging in, probably with a triple digit number of attempts. Then I've asked Asashosakari via PM if he could log in. About 10 seconds later I got access to the Toto page - again! And this time I managed to get my entry in. Weird. So that's what happened! I tried to reply to your post to report that I'd also tried and failed to log in several times but suddendly, your post was gone! Anyway, I just finished getting in and sending my entry so it is possible.

Sandanme Game Haru 07 Day 3 Results shikona wins losses wins/15 Mirai 30 0 15 Imumaru 16 8 10 Kintamayama 15 9 9.38 Yubiquitoyama 15 10 9 Asashosakari 14 10 8.75 Doitsuyama 13 10 8.48 Randomitsuki 13 11 8.13 Tamanaogijima 13 11 8.13 Shiyonofuji 13 11 8.13 Fay 12 11 7.83 Aderechelseamaru 12 11 7.83 Torideyama 13 12 7.8 Zeokage 13 12 7.8 Oshirokita 11 11 7.5 Neko 10 11 7.14 Susanoo 10 11 7.14 Genzai 10 12 6.82 Kotononami 9 11 6.75 Holleshoryu 10 13 6.52 Ganzohnesushi 9 12 6.43 Kachitakai 9 12 6.43 Vikanohara 7 13 5.25 Mukashi 6 13 4.74 Profomisakari 6 13 4.74 Sekihiryu 6 13 4.74 Itachi 6 14 4.5 I'm in a bit of a rush today as we're doing our March Madness draft tonight.It seems like I may have been in too much of a rush when I selected my Sandanme team as well! I used to complain that I won my own game too often and now look what has happened!Good luck to everyone on day 4.

Sandanme Game Haru 07 Day 2 Results shikona wins losses wins/15 Mirai 15 0 15 Torideyama 10 5 10 Tamanaogijima 10 5 10 Yubiquitoyama 10 5 10 Randomitsuki 9 6 9 Imumaru 9 6 9 Asashosakari 9 6 9 Zeokage 9 6 9 Kintamayama 9 6 9 Shiyonofuji 9 6 9 Fay 8 7 8 Holleshoryu 8 7 8 Aderechelseamaru 8 7 8 Doitsuyama 8 7 8 Oshirokita 7 8 7 Genzai 7 8 7 Neko 6 9 6 Ganzohnesushi 6 9 6 Susanoo 6 9 6 Kachitakai 6 9 6 Itachi 5 10 5 Kotononami 5 10 5 Sekihiryu 4 11 4 Vikanohara 4 11 4 Mukashi 3 12 3 Profomisakari 3 12 3 Here are the reuslts after 2 days. Every rikishi should have had a match. It seems that many of the most successful rikishi from last tournament are struggling at their new ranks as just 3 of Mukashi's 15 were able to get a shiroboshi in their first match.It is still very early so anything could happen.Good luck on day 3.

Sandanme Game Haru 07 Shonichi Results shikona wins losses wins/15 Mirai 15 0 15 Tamanaogijima 5 1 12.5 Imumaru 4 1 12 Kintamayama 4 1 12 Kotononami 2 1 10 Asashosakari 4 2 10 Fay 3 2 9 Oshirokita 3 2 9 Shiyonofuji 3 2 9 Randomitsuki 4 3 8.57 Yubiquitoyama 4 3 8.57 Aderechelseamaru 4 4 7.5 Zeokage 2 2 7.5 Neko 4 5 6.67 Doitsuyama 2 3 6 Susanoo 2 3 6 Profomisakari 2 4 5 Kachitakai 2 4 5 Genzai 2 4 5 Holleshoryu 1 3 3.75 Torideyama 1 3 3.75 Mukashi 1 4 3 Ganzohnesushi 1 4 3 Vikanohara 1 6 2.14 Itachi 0 4 0 Sekihiryu 0 3 0 Although the day 2 results are known, they are not yet available in a form I can use so here are the day 1 results.As usual, I invite you to help me debug my spreadsheet by finding errors. I'm using a rather primitive spreadsheet with about 30,000 cells and crude formulae.

Haru 07 lineups Mukashi Itachi Profomisakari Fay Randomitsuki Holleshoryu Kotononami Aderechelseamaru Torideyama Neko Tamanaogijima Oshirokita Sekihiryu Imumaru Doitsuyama Asashosakari Yubiquitoyama Vikanohara Ganzohnesushi Zeokage Kintamayama Susanoo Kachitakai Shiyonofuji Genzai Mirai Sasaki Kamakura Sasaki Sasaki Kimenryu Akinohana Fujinokaze Sasaki Akinohana Kimenryu Sadanoshima Sasaki Sasaki Satsumanishiki Sasaki Sasaki Sadanoshima Sasaki Sasaki Tachigami Kimenryu Sasaki Sasaki Sadanoshima Sasaki ? Mori Mori Mori Kotohikari Mori Mori Toshinyama Mori Mori Kyokutenzan Mori Mori Mori Mori Mori Mori Yotsuguruma Oumiryu Mori Toshinyama Daishoma Mori Mori Mori Mori ? Hamaeiko Ettoryu Hamaeiko Ettoryu Asahibenten Ettoryu Dewanosato Ettoryu Ettoryu Rachimi Hamaeiko Ettoryu Asahibenten Ettoryu Tachikaze Asanotosa Asanotosa Hamaeiko Ettoryu Hamaeiko Hamaeiko Hamaeiko Asanotosa Dewanosato Ettoryu ? Wakarikido Wakarikido Wakarikido Kotomisen Wakarikido Wakarikido Kotomisen Kotomisen Minaminoshima Wakarikido Sadanishiki Kotomisen Wakarikido Fujitsukasa Minaminoshima Minaminoshima Wakarikido Wakarikido Wakarikido Wakarikido Wakarikido Sadanoumi Wakarikido Wakarikido Wakarikido ? Soranzan Aogifuji Soranzan Soranzan Aogifuji Takanofuji Orora Notononami Futamusashi Soranzan Takanofuji Orora Soranzan Soranzan Takanofuji Takanofuji Takanofuji Kachimori Orora Takanofuji Takanofuji Saito Aogifuji Orora Takanofuji ? Daihoyama Ikehara Daihoyama Saita Tokio Kyokuryudake Saita Tokio Ikehara Tokio Hidenofuji Ikehara Ikehara Kyokuryudake Ikehara Tokio Kyokuryudake Daihoyama Tokio Daihoyama Kyokuryudake Ikehara Saita Tokio Tokio ? Yoshinokuni Hokutogo Yoshinokuni Kagamio Fujimoto Nankairiki Hokutogo Hokutogo Kubota Yoshio Nankairiki Nankairiki Yoshinokuni Kubota Fujimoto Fujimoto Nankairiki Yoshinokuni Fujimoto Fujimoto Fujimoto Kubota Fujimoto Fujimoto Fujimoto ? Kihaku Kihaku Sonoda Sonoda Kagemaru Futasegawa Futasegawa Bungonishiki Sonoda Sonoda Kagemaru Kagemaru Sonoda Sonoda Sonoda Munakata Kiozan Kihaku Sonoda Teruyama Munakata Sonoda Kihaku Kihaku Sonoda ? Chiyohakuryu Chiyohakuryu Chiyohakuryu Taika Kitazono Chiyohakuryu Kitazono Hokkairyu Ryuyo Daionami Chiyohakuryu Kitazono Chiyohakuryu Chiyohakuryu Hananosato Daionami Chiyohakuryu Karatsuumi Kitazono Chiyohakuryu Daionami Chiyohakuryu Chiyohakuryu Hananosato Chiyohakuryu ? Oseumi Oseumi Minanosato Kurosawa Oseumi Kurosawa Mankajo Gotenyu Koshinoryu Mankajo Oseumi Oseumi Mankajo Mankajo Kurosawa Tamaryoma Oseumi Oseumi Oseumi Oseumi Mankajo Daiseiko Oseumi Oseumi Oseumi ? Masutoo Satsumariki Masutoo Wakatora Takaazuma Yutakaumi Omatsuda Omatsuda Hitachigo Omatsuda Satsumariki Takaazuma Takaazuma Masutoo Takaazuma Satsumariki Satsumariki Masutoo Takaazuma Satsumariki Masutoo Masutoo Masutoo Satsumariki Masutoo ? Kainohama Kainohama Kainohama Kainohama Takahama Ikeda Ryutei Ryutei Koshinoyama Kainohama Terusegawa Kainohama Kainohama Takahama Hoshizakura Ryutei Tokizakura Kainohama Kainohama Takahama Hoshizakura Onoshima Kainohama Kainohama Kainohama ? Hokutowaka Dewahayate Hokutowaka Takakiho Asatofuji Kasugaryu Oka Tamanotaka Nakatsunishiki Nakatsunishiki Kasugaryu Ako Dewahayate Ako Tamanotaka Tamanotaka Dewahayate Hokutowaka Dewahayate Dewahayate Daigoki Dewahayate Takakiho Dewahayate Dewahayate ? Wakataizan Wakataizan Wakataizan Kakushoma Mikitensho Terunosato Wakataizan Tochinokuni Musoketsu Koga Wakataizan Terunosato Wakataizan Wakataizan Koga Wakataizan Wakataizan Wakataizan Wakataizan Tochinokuni Miura Haruhikari Wakataizan Wakataizan Wakataizan ? Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Takamiryu Kyokuhikari Sumi Jiguruma Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Kaisei Tetsuhikari Kaisei Kaisei Tetsuhikari Kaisei ? Here are everyone's selections once the kyujo replacements had been made.If you find that my list is different from yours, first check to see if any of yors were kyujo and then see if you responded in time to replace them. If you sent me a replacement choice, I entered it. Otherwise, I gave you the default replacement which is the rikishi chosen by Mukashi.Please let me know if there are any errors or miscommunications. If I have made a mistake, I wish to know so I can fix it. Wolfgangho and Senpai did not send me an entry this time. If there was a miscommunication somewhere and either of these did attempt to send me an entry, I would like to know about it. I don't expect everyone to stay with the game forever but no one had failed to return to the game until now so I want to make sure there hasn't been a lost email or some other problem. Are either of you reading this? Could you send a kyujo request or an official intai? Thanks to everyone once again for playing along with me. If this game continues to be so well supporting on it's one year anniversary, I'll be compelled to send some sort of prize to the yusho winner. The trouble is I'm a poor correspondant as far as non-electronic mail goes and I don't want to start disappointing the good people of the sumo gaming community with empty promises. Still, I would like to be able to follow the fine example of some of the other sumogame creators in rewarding their supporters and I've been a recipient of such generosity a few times now.Back to this tournament, the next step will be to compile and post some actual results for you. I've already missed posting results for Day 1 but I should be able to get it together for Day 2. The only thing standing in my way is March Madness! (Moti, are you following it?)

Selection Stats Haru 07 group number taken Rikishi popularity Sd 1-5 8 Sasaki 13 Sd 6-10 7 Mori 18 Sd 11-15 7 Ettoryu 9 Sd 16-20 6 Wakarikido 15 Sd 21-25 8 Takanofuji 8 Sd 26-30 6 Tokio 7 Sd 31-35 7 Fujimoto 9 Sd36-40 8 Sonoda 10 Sd 41-45 8 Chiyohakuryu 12 Sd 46-50 8 Oseumi 12 Sd 51-60 7 Masutoo 8 Sd 61-70 9 Kainohama 12 Sd 71-80 10 Dewahayate 8 Sd 81-90 9 Wakataizan 14 Sd 91-100 6 Kaisei 19 As promised, here are Genzai's picks together with the selection stats.Genzai is the drone who selects the most popular rikishi as determined by how many of us human players select them. In the event of a tie, Genzai prefers the younger rikishi.The popularity data includes the drones Mukashi and Genzai so the most popular rikishi get a bonus selection from Genzai. Also, the top eight in popularity were all Mukashi selections. Of the rest, 5 of 6 were different so Mukashi and Genzai have 9 rikishi in common altogether.The least popular amongst Genzai's selections was Tokio from the Sd 26-30 group. Tokio was selected by Genzai over Ikehara due to his youth as they were equally popular amongst human players. Mukashi chose Daihoyama instead (and I chose Tokachiumi but had to replace him [with Ikehara] due to his kyujo which everyone else seemed to know about in advance since I was the only one to select him).

After repeated rejections by the mail server, I'm giving up on sending kyujo warnings to these two players, Kotononami and Kachitakai. I hope both of you read this and make adjustments if necessary. I have given you the default replacements for your missing rikishi. Kotononami has THREE! I know I've sent mail to Kachitakai successfully before and I had at least one to Kotononami get though without being sent back but this morning, it isn't happening and there won't be time to make alternate choices after every rikishi has had a bout. Everyone else with missing rikishi should have their messages about it by now and I'll go ahead with default replacements tonight when I update the worksheet again. We have two players absent (kyujo?) and one new player join in so there will be 26 with the 3 drones included. Once the kyujo replacements are finalized, I'll work on posting Genzai's picks and perhaps everyone elses too if I get a chance to set up a table for posting all of it. Good luck with the tournament and thanks to everyone for playing!

Wow, there's been a flood of last minute entries and I won't have time to reply to all of them beofre tonight's matches so this is for everybody. Thanks for your entry and good luck. If you have a kyujo rikishi and do not replace them in time (before their replacement steps on the dohyo) then I'll assume you want Mukashi's pick instead. I'll send a message out to confirm with you once I can. It looks like everyone is back (except possibly one or two) and there are at least two new players. I look forward to the first day of results.

I encourage all lower division sumogaming fans to give this a try. It's a fun game to play and even if you fail to win, you may receive a very generous 2nd place prize as I did. Thanks for creating and running the game Fay, and thanks for your generous gifts. Itachi

This is a reminder to those who have not yet sent their entry. Just half of us from last time are in (but many of us send it on the last day typically). We have one new player so far. Some of you may be waiting for the scgroup site to update for the current banzuke. I used to do that but I've become too impatient and now I have solved the excel problems that prevented me from creating my own updated records. I don't think I'll have time to put it in a nice postable format before the tournament starts but next tournament, I may post some helpful information on the entire Sandanme division to assist you in making your selections. Basically, I combine the height, weight, and age data that Doitsuyama posts with the past few basho results as found on scgroup's site in one sheet. If anyone would like me to email you my excel file containing this data, contact me at nmatsuo@shaw.ca and I'll attach it to my reply. I can't guarantee that it's 100% free of errors though! Also, I've got just one big long sheet with all 6 divisions in it so it may be useful for your other games as well.

Jd102E Tamadaito

Sd9E Mori (Mouri?) The other Mori changed his shikona so there shouldn't be any confusion.

Ms35E Gagamaru

Mukashi's picks Haru 07 group Rikishi Sd 1-5 Sasaki Sd 6-10 Mori Sd 11-15 Hamaeiko Sd 16-20 Wakarikido Sd 21-25 Soranzan Sd 26-30 Daihoyama Sd 31-35 Yoshinokuni Sd36-40 Kihaku Sd 41-45 Chiyohakuryu Sd 46-50 Oseumi Sd 51-60 Masutoo Sd 61-70 Kainohama Sd 71-80 Hokutowaka Sd 81-90 Wakataizan Sd 91-100 Kaisei Unless I've made an error in tansferring, sorting, and matching previous basho records to the current banzuke, these are the rikishi with the best records in previous tournaments. The toughest one was Hokutowaka - I had to go back to the Aki basho records to break the tie with Daionizakura for the Sd 71-80 section.

Sandanme Game Banzuke Haru 2007 East Yokozuna 1 Mirai YE (15-0) West East Sekiwake 1 Doitsuyama S2E (11-4) West Sekiwake 1 Genzai S1W (9-6) East Sekiwake 2 Yubiquitoyama K2E (10-5) West East Komusubi 1 Randomitsuki M3E (12-3) West Komusubi 1 Itachi S1E (8-7) East Komusubi 2 Asashosakari M3W (11-4) West Komusubi 2 Profomisakari M1E (9-6) East Maegashira 1 Sekihiryu K1W (7-8) West Maegashira 1 Tamanaogijima K1E (6-9) East Maegashira 2 Fay M2E (8-7) West Maegashira 2 Torideyama M1W (7-8) East Maegashira 3 Mukashi M2W (8-7) West Maegashira 3 Aderechelseamaru M4W (9-6) East Maegashira 4 Kotononami M5E (9-6) West Maegashira 4 Oshirokita M6E (9-6) East Maegashira 5 Kintamayama M9E (10-5) West Maegashira 5 Holleshoryu M4E (6-9) East Maegashira 6 Ganzohnesushi M8E (9-6) West Maegashira 6 Zeokage M8W (9-6) East Maegashira 7 Shiyonofuji M10W (10-5) West Maegashira 7 Neko M7E (8-7) East Maegashira 8 Imumaru M5W (6-9) West Maegashira 8 Wolfgangho M6W (7-8) East Maegashira 9 Vikanohara M7W (7-8) West Maegashira 9 Susanoo M9W (8-7) East Maegashira 10 Senpai M10E (8-7) West Maegashira 10 Here is the new banzuke with last tournament's rank and record.There were several new players last time and they were placed on the banzuke in order of entry.Since most of us earn kk each time, an 8-7 record often results in a small demotion. To fill the lower half of the banzuke, the makekoshi rikishi had to be sent further down than I would like. My method for dealing with ties for banzuke position is to let the rikishi with the good record take the higher position.Anyway, I won't be surprised if my banzuke is imperfect but I tried to be fair. If you feel slighted by your position, take a look at where my 8-7 record landed me.Good luck with your selections this time.

Congratulations Sekihiryu, You said again - how many is it now? Nice looking baby. I hope your family enjoys a smooth adjustment to the increase in numbers. I look forward to competing with you in the Sandanme Game (among others) again but if a kyujo is more practical for you, then I'll hope to meet you on the dohyo in May instead.

mammals per square km? (trying to avoid the specific)

As of last night, Kintamayama was in second place behind my buddy Bob and ahead of me. The three of us have been ranked 1-3 for a while now with Kintamayama dominating for most of the season. Flohru has been hanging around in 4th for a while and the rest are far enough behind that I haven't taken note of them lately. Getting in for the opening week is important as the scores are cummulative. Making weekly adjustments isn't necessary to keep up with me but the top players seem to adjust their lineups each week to maximize their opportunities. If you enjoy reviewing NBA box scores on a regular basis, you may enjoy this game. As for me, the Wet Coast Weasels have top players at every position (well, Biedrins has done pretty well for me at centre most nights) and high hopes for the remainder of the season.

Yes, Happy birthday to both Ryukaze and Bflatminor. I hope that Ryukaze has been able to get his MAME working and is enjoying the nostalgic pleasures of vintage arcade games. Of course, there may be less solitary ways to spend one's birthday ... perhaps the games can wait.

Hey, that was quick wasn't it? Yes, I couldn't resist checking into MAME right away. I haven't downloaded anything yet but I think if you visit the site I did (www.mameworld.net) and read the 'How to use Mame32' section, you'll be well on your way. There is also a FAQ which may help you figure out what to do with the ROMs to get them to work. I recommend using MAME32 rather than one of the other versions because it's the one I'm used to and because it says there that it's the easiest for beginners to use due to it's nice and easy GUI. I still plan to set it up myself but you may find what you need to know by fishing around that site as I will be doing.

This thread seems to have provided a bit of an outlet for juvenile comments unfortunately. I'll support OY's original premise. I think she looks fine. Women's wrestling (not the exploitative kind) deserves more attention and encouragement. What's good for the Gander is good for the Goose! Also, for purely selfish reasons, I'd like to see sumo wrestling in the Olympics one day and one of the barriers to this is the fact that the sport is mainly only for men. I've heard they are more likely to introduce new sports if they have particiaption from many countries and if there are opportunities for both genders. Have they had women's wrestling events in the olympics before?

Hey Ryukaze, It's been a few years since I last used MAME but if you enjoy 80s/ early 90s arcade games then it can be a lot of fun because just about anything you can remember from those days is available somewhere. I do remember that it became awkward to get the ROMs downloaded in a way that they could be opened by the emulator properly. I can't remember just how I got it to work but I did have it working - that was on my old hard drive that crashed on me though so I've lost what I had. I think the reason it is so awkward to get the individual game files is that they don't actually have any rights to them and so it's a form of piracy to trade them around for free. If someone's going to leave a file out there for me to download and use then I don't mind! I contributed my share of quarters to the game companies in my day anyway. If I get time, I'll try and download the emulator on my new computer and then see if I can get some ROMs to work. If I succeed, I'll explain how it works. I think the main thing was to get the ROMs saved to the proper folder. Usually there are instructions somewhere on how to set them up. If the ROMs you get are not designed for the version of the emulator you have then they may not work either. Bug me if I don't get back to you - many demands on my time these days but I try to make procrastination a priority!

I agree with Ryukaze. I'm still waiting to see your impression of Iwakiyama. I believe you already mentioned he had an interesting face. Have you drawn him before? ( maybe I'm just exhibiting poor memory ) If not, why not? I have unopened packs of 1997 bbm-sha sumo cards if that's something that interests you.