Sumo Gaming World Championship Daily Scoring

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Hi there.

It's that time of the year again... Like in previous years, I will try to deliver daily standings for the home stretch of the Sumo Gaming World Championship. Of course, tracking is dependent on how regularly we will see daily updates for the games themselves. As of now, there are five games missing with standings altogether, but this is not unheard of, with Golynohana, Doitsuyama, and Tamanaogijima having busy weekends without much gaming involvement.

That being said, I am looking forward to commenting on a relatively tight race this year. From what I see right now, leading man Oskanohana/-hanada did not have the best start (currently below 10 points), and some pursuers are on his heels. Pandaazuma gained a bit (currently 19.22). Kitakachiyama gained a bit (22.74). Ganzohnesushi gained a bit (23.50). Unkonoyama gained quite a bit (28.38). But most notably, Konosato was off to a sensational start (projected for 50+ points with several games missing), and he currently sits in 2nd place, trailing Oscar by 11 points. Hopefully, there's more to report later on. However, it might be that I postpone the "official" standings when results from all games are in.

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Day 1:

In the Kyushu Masters, Konosato took an early lead with 50.79 points. He led over Oyama (44.62), Kishikaisei (35.43), Pandaazuma (34.22), Unkonoyama (31.88) and Frinkanohana (30.03).

In the World Championship, most of the top contenders were off to a soft start. Most importantly, leader Oskanohana was only 52nd in the Kyushu standings with a meager 8.05 points. But none of the next four players in the ranking were able to really capitalize on that (all below 20 points on shonichi). So it was Konosato who jumped from 9th to 2nd place in the overall standings. Runner-up Susanoo dropped to 3rd. Kitakachiyama was off to a relatively good start (22.74 points) and improved from 5th to 4th. Unkonoyama slipped from 3rd to 5th.

Kaito edged out 20 points on shonichi which kept him in 6th place. Reigning World Championship Joaoiyama did not look like he could defend his title, and with a poor start (11.12 points) he dropped from 4th to 7th. Record title holder Pandaazuma entered the Top 10 in eighth place. Golynohana dropped from 7th to 9th while Ganzohnesushi kept 10th place.

Two new players entered the 100+ points club, viz. last year's runner-up Bill and Kishikaisei.

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Day 2:

There was quite some turmoil in the Kyushu Masters standings. As of now, Kishikaisei (47.78) sports a 0.07 points lead over runner-up Oyama. Ketsukai makes a big splash and moves up to 3rd place (45.50) while yesterday's leader Konosato drops to 4th (41.99). Other players north of 30 points are Fujisan (33.03), Andonishiki (31.88), and Unkonoyama (30.07).

As the graph below indicates, the race for the World Championship title now gets really hot. Oskanohana lost some ground, and is currently standing at only 4 points for the basho. In contrast, pre-basho runner-up Susanoo gained momentum (26.44 points for the basho) and now trails the Spaniard by only 0.9 points! Susanoo has never won the title, but he leads (together with Norizo) for most Vice World Championship titles (2006, 2007, 2017). Will he be able to finally become World Champion? We'll see... Konosato cooled down a bit today and slipped from 2nd to 3rd. He now has an improving Kaito on his heels (up from 6th). Unkonoyama stays in 5th place.

Golynohana was one of the few contenders with an upward trend today, moving from 9th to 6th in the process. Kitakachiyama has a very poor start into the basho, dropping from 4th to 7th. The basho start for Joaoiyama is even poorer (0.2 points in Kyushu Basho) and he slips from 7th to 8th. Pandaazuma goes from 8th to 9th while Ganzohnesushi remains in 10th. Choshu-yuki, Andoreasu, and Kajiyanosho currently have a good chance to enter the Top 10.

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I did a closer analysis of the basho start for Oskanohana and Susanoo. Interestingly, both have a relatively poor basho so far and are quite distant from the Top 10 in most games. Oskanohana has this one mini exception (7th place in Ozumo Bingo). And Susanoo has the two very notable exceptions (co-lead in Quad, 1st place in Tippspiel). Interesting development, but for now Susanoo has more to lose than Oskanohana (points-wise).

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Day 3:

Kishikaisei continues to lead the Kyushu standings (51.25). Unkonoyama (42.45) is his closest pursuer. Oyama (38.90), Andonishiki (37.45), Kajiyanosho (32.86) and Pandaazuma (30.50) are in the 30+ club.

With a lack of real breakout performances thus far, Oskanohana would not need much effort to clinch the title. And indeed, a minor improvement in an otherwise mediocre basho (8.50 Kyushu points) is enough to keep everyone else at bay. As speculated yesterday, Susanoo's good score was somewhat fragile, and he dropped from solo lead to shared lead in Tippspiel today and from shared lead to also-ran in Quad, giving him a net loss for the day. Unkonoyama rebounded today and finds himself (back) in 3rd place. 4th place is contested among the two Polish top gamers, with Golynohana leading over Kitakachiyama by 0.34 points. 

Players between 6th and 9th are separated by about 4.5 points: Konosato is 6th (down from 4th), Ganzohnesushi is 7th (up from 10th), Pandaazuma is 8th (up from 9th), and Kaito is 9th (down from 4th after losing more than 20 points in one fell swoop...). Joaoiyama rounds out the Top 10 (down from 8th).

Flohru and chishafuwaku make appearances in the 100+ club.

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Day 4:

Standings went topsy-turvy today. In many pre-basho games, more than half of the respective Top 10 players were ousted, to be replaced by new entries. That being said, Ketsukai all of a sudden went to the top of the Kyushu standings with notable 52.06 projected points. Many other players hover between 30 and 40 points: Oyama (39.91), Andonishiki (38.38), Suwihito (37.00), Wamahada (36.53), Kishikaisei (34.70), Unkonoyama (33.00), BlackPinkMawashi (32.75), TochiYESshin (30.83), and Pandaazuma (30.00).

That's a long list. And it has only one player who is on the chart below. 50 points is a good score for one player in a basho. The overall Top 4 players before the basho barely managed to amass 50 points in total so far. In other words, most contestants for the World Championship have a mediocre to bad basho. Come on, guys and gal! If nobody wants that trophy, I will send it to myself!!

Oskanohana was one of few to have an upward tick today, and he closely approaches the 200 points mark. Susanoo remains in second place, but after being completely ousted from the Tipspiel Top 10, he lost more ground. Unkonoyama is a distant 3rd, and Golynohana defends fourth place in front of compatriot Kitakachiyama. So no changes among the Top 5, except that all but Oskanohana dipped in performance today.

Konosato remains in 6th place. There is something akin to a battle between an improving World Champion Joaiyama (7th, up from 10th), Pandaazuma (keeps 8th place) and Kaito (remains in 9th place). All in all, the only positional change is that Joaiyama (from 10th to 7th) and Ganzohnesushi (from 7th to 10th) swapped places.

Oshirokita appears on the chart.

Edited November 16, 2022 by Randomitsuki

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Day 5:

It almost looks as if some of you believed in yesterday's fib that I might send the Championship trophy to myself. The WC standings saw some remarkable improvements, and I am quite happy for that. But first things first: in an ever-volatile environment (especially on pre-basho games), the top of the Kyushu projections features a player (with 48.97 points) who was just having about 16 points yesterday. You see, everything is possible. Oh, BTW that player was Susanoo. He has a number of pursuers in the 30-40 points range: yesterday's leading man Ketsukai (39.90), Oyama (39.08), Asapedroryu (33.72), Unkonoyama (32.15), Kishikaisei (31.90), Andonishiki (30.45), and Kasamatsuri (30.00).

Of course, suddenly having WC runner-up Susanoo at the top of the Kyushu standings might have ramifications for the Championship standings themselves. And boy, does it ramify!  Susanoo easily leaps over the 200 points threshold (to 212.99), leaving Oskanohana in the dry for the moment. We've seen that everything can happen this basho, and as Susanoo's lead exclusively rests on daily games, he could possibly drop below 200 again with a number of daily losses tomorrow. We'll see. But Susanoo wasn't the only one to have a splendid day. Reigning champion Joaoiyama and Kaito were 7th and 9th, respectively. But with a daily gain of roughly 20 points apiece they moved to 3rd and 4th in the standings. This moved Unkonoyama down to 5th place (from 3rd).

The Polish power players Golynohana and Kitakachiyama were also overtaken by the Joaoiyama/Kaito express and now fight for 6th place instead of 4th place. For now, Kitakachiyama has the upper hand. In a similar vein, Konosato also drops two places (from 6th to 8th). Pandaazuma goes down to 9th while Ganzohnesushi clearly defends 10th place.

 

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If I'm being projected for 15 points in Toto, I've got a rather tenuous grasp on them. I happen to have the tiebreaker currently amongst a large 4-1 group, but it can easily become 0 points.

In Tippspiel, I bounced back to reclaim 2nd, but until recently I've considered it my worst game and there's a long way to go.

Just need a Hoshoryu win today to hit the special question in Norizo Cup and hopefully lock up some real points.

Tried to shoot to 1st in Odd yesterday but lost the last leg of the 5-man bet when Ura didn't get his pull quite right. I've hit my fair share of Odd bets in the past, but my hit percentage when I'm down to only needing the last wrestler must be about 25%.

As is my custom, I made a bunch of unhelpful alterations to my Oracle entry before submitting, but I'm still hoping for a result there.

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Day 6:

In the Kyushu Masters, the daily changing of the guard continues. It's nice to see that today the top ranks filled up with players who are also on the chart below. We can expect some excitement! As of now, Flohru leads the basho standings (46.22) after improving by more than 25 points today. Joaoiyama gained about 14 points today and now features in 2nd place (40.98). Players in the 30-40 points range are Oyama (38.33), Unkonoyama (36.90), yesterday's leader Susanoo (35.57), Ketsukai (33.93), Konosato (33.14), Kishikaisei (30.31) and Kasamatsuri (30.00).

What does all this amount to? Susanoo had a rather forgettable day. Most crucially, he lost in Quad on a day where almost everyone else won. If it weren't for a win in Toto, he would have dropped to 2nd overall. Alas, he could prevent that (though he dropped below 200 again). Oskanohana experienced a minor drop for the day, and still he increased the number of Top 10 places (but so far, only for very small change). And now look at that purple line going steadily upward since Day 3! It's reigning champion Joaoiyama who suddenly is in a good position to potentially defend his title!!! Then we have a five-man battle for 4th place, consisting of Unkonoyama (4th, up from 5th), Kitakachiyama (5th, up from 6th), Konosato (6th, up from 8th), Golynohana (7th, same as yesterday), and Kaito (8th, down from 4th after losing the Toto lead). Pandaazuma and Ganzohnesushi round out the Top 10. However, Andoreasu and Flohru also exerted considerable effort to move into the Top 10.

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Day 7:

The Kyushu Masters currently look like a low-scoring affair. The upside to this is that the Green Mawashi might be hotly contested. At the top, we currently have four players in the range between 40 and 46 points. Flohru defends yesterday's lead (45.23), but only has a very small leading margin over Susanoo (43.73), Kishikaisei (41.75), and Ketsukai (40.33) who all have led the standings at some points during the basho. Further down the line we have Unkonoyama (34.09), Oyama (30.83), and Kasamatsuri (30.00).

For the best players of the year, this was a miserable day. Nine players out of the Top 10 witnessed their scores plunging in a more or less damaging way. The only exception was the current leader, Susanoo who now sports a 14-point lead over Oskanohana. However, Susanoo's lead looks stronger than it actually is. Most of his upward movement was driven by the fact that yesterday's Toto leader Joaoiyama lost, giving Susanoo the tenuous Toto lead among four players. This can easily turn around until the Toto standings become really solidified. Unkonoyama moves up to 3rd place in spite of losing points today (but less than some competitors). Five players are tightly locked together in a battle for 4th place. Golynohana had the smallest losses among today's losers, moving him up from 7th to 5th. Reigning World Champion Joaoiyama looked like he might have a grab for the title yesterday, but today he lost almost everywhere (e.g., giving up the Toto lead). His score was decimated by more than 25 points today, and he suddenly finds himself as an also-ran in 6th place, about one point in front of Konosato (down from 6th to 7th) and Kaito (who stays in 8th). Pandaazuma is stuck in 9th place in what currently looks like no-man's land. And Andoreasu almost exactly maintains his score, but now moves into 10th place after Ganzohnesushi crashed by almost 13 points (even dropping behind Kyushu leader Flohru).

  

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Nakabi:

After one week of action, it looks as if we currently have a favorite for the Kyushu Masters Green Mawashi. With small improvements in Paper Oyakata and TTT, a substantial improvement in Salarycap Sumo and a sudden entry into the Ozumo Bingo Game Top 10 (in fourth place even), Kishikaisei leads the proceedings with a projected 60.00 points. Flohru (45.90) is currently a distant runner-up, followed by Susanoo (41.01), Ketsukai (33.66), Unkonoyama (30.91), Kasamatsuri and ScreechingOwl (30.00 points apiece).

Not that much to report on the World Championship. As the graph indicates, both Susanoo and Oskanohana lost some points. And like yesterday, I'd still say that Susanoo's lead is not as comfortable as it looks like. He still leads in Toto, but with two others at 7-1 and a large number of 6-2 players, a loss could easily cost 10 points for the triple Vice World Champion. In Sumo Game, he lost some 5 points today with a single loss on the dohyo. 

There is a 20 point gap between 2nd and 3rd. As of now, six players fight for the virtual bronze medal, separated by less than 10 points. Golynohana jumps from 5th to 3rd, Unkonoyama drops from 3rd to 4th, Kaito advances from 8th to 5th, Joaoiyama remains in 6th place, Kitakachiyama (whom I forgot to mention yesterday, sorry) slips from 5th to 7h, and Konosato navigates from 7th to 8th. Pandaazuma continues on his solo trail in 9th place while Andoreasu defends 10th place. However, the last place in the upper echelons is hotly contested, with Flohru, Ganzohnesushi, and ScreechingOwl very close behind.

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Day 9:

In the Kyushu Masters, Kishikaisei continues to lead though he lost some feathers (53.00 for now). Ketsukai improves to 41.12. Other players north of/at 30 points are TochiYESshin (38.54), Susanoo (38.34), Unkonoyama (33.08), Kasamatsuri (30.00) and ScreechingOwl (30.00).

The average Kyushu score for players ranked among the Top 10 is at a lousy 17.21 points (with three players even standing at less than 5 points for now). Susanoo continues to lead. He lost the lead in Sekitori-Toto in a most unusual way: by not picking at all! If he doesn't clinch the title, this could go down in history as the costliest yasumi ever... Susanoo's trajectory in the graph below only had a minor dip because the "loss" in Toto was made up by an extremely efficacious win in Quad on a day where almost everyone lost, moving him into solo 2nd place of that game. Oskanohana's terrible basho continues as he slips to 0.77 total points this basho. The fight for 3rd place developed from a 6-player affair to a 3-player battle. Kaito moves up from 5th to 3rd by overtaking both Golynohana and Unkonoyama.

Kitakachiyama overtakes downward-trending Joaoiyama for 6th place. Konosato remains in 8th place in spite of losing almost 13 points today, and now is in an infight with Pandaazuma. Andoreasu retains 10th place, with ScreechingOwl and Ganzohnesushi lurking just outside of the Top 10.

   

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Day 10:

Here are the standings after two thirds of the basho. However, as there has been no update on Norizo Cup, I used yesterday's standings from that game.

Kishikaisei extended his lead in the Kyushu Masters and now sits at a solid 58.25 projected points. Ketsukai remains in 2nd (44.50), TochiYESshin in 3rd (43.75), and Susanoo (42.11) in 4th. Notable others with good scores are Kaito (40.47), Golynohana (34.50), Unkonoyama (34.00), Flohru (32.50), ScreechingOwl (30.91), and Kasamatsuri (30.00).

In the World Championships, I am delighted to report that most players on the chart experienced an upward tick. Susanoo solidified his lead over Oskanohana. Of course, many things can happen on the home stretch. If everything else fails, Oskanohana could still try to clinch the title with a Hail Mary move in Odd Sumo. Kaito makes a big splash today, notably after moving into shared jun-yusho position in my Oracle projections. If he can keep up with this, he might even have a say in the trophy decision. Golynohana remains in 4th place with a strong performance today. Unkonoyama and Kitakachiyama stay in 5th and 6th place, respectively with very minor upward ticks. The first positional change was caused by Pandaazuma's improvement (from 9th to 7th). As a consequence, Joaoiyama drops from 7th to 8th while Konosato slips from 8th to 9th. Andoreasu stays 10th, but his lead over Ganzohnesushi (0.52 points margin) and ScreechingOwl (1.27 points margin) is tiny.

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Day 11:

For the Kyushu Masters, Kishikaisei solidly remains in the driver's seat with a projected 60.00 points. Further down the standings, TochiYESshin (45.21) overtook Ketsukai (43.00) while Kaito (38.96) overtook Susanoo (37.00). Honorary mentions go to ScreechingOwl (34.24), new entry Pitinosato (32.55), Golynohana (31.13), and Kasamatsuri (30.00).

Susanoo's leading margin over Oskanohana dwindles for the first time since Day 6. The contestants are now separated by less than nine points. Susanoo fell out of the Top 10 in Bench and Odd Sumo, and it seems that he must now rely on strong performances in volatile daily games. He is still second in Tippspiel, but we all know how a single day can turn into a catastrophe. He still is second in Quad where a single loss might not be too disastrous, and where he might even overtake Sukubidubidu for the lead. And Susanoo is still tied for second in Toto. However, if he (9-2) should lose while Oskanohana (8-3) wins, the leading margin for the Japanese is almost evaporated. Could be a very thrilling finale. Kaito remains in 3rd place, and he might still fight for the title if he can improve a bit (provided that the two top dogs collapse). 

No changes on the next three places: Golynohana, Unkonoyama, and Kitakachiyama all witnessed downward trends today, but they did so in parallel. Joaoiyama overtook Pandaazuma, and both traded places (7 <-> 8).  Konosato remains in 9th place. And ScreechingOwl enters the Top 10 for the first time this basho, getting a small leading margin over Andoreasu and Ganzohnesushi.

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Day 12:
Again, no update for Norizo Cup today, so we have to make do with yesterday's standing from that game.

In the Kyushu Masters, Kishikaisei had some kind of meltdown today, losing 14 points on a single day. And yet, he continues to lead the standings with 46.00 projected points. But Ketsukai isn't too far behind now (40.00). Other players with some outside chances for the Green Mawashi are ScreechingOwl (37.70), TochiYESshin (34.29), Susanoo (33.50), Golynohana (32.81), Kasamatsuri (30.00), and Pitinosato (30.00).

In the World Championship, Susanoo's lead over Oskanohana looked very solid, but on paper only. For days, I have been writing that Susanoo's lead rests on volatile dailies. A single misstep, and it would go south; two missteps, and it might be beyond repair. Today, the first misstep indeed materialized. Susanoo lost a little bit in Tipspiel (now tied for 2nd instead of solo 2nd). He lost in Quad (now tied for second instead of solo 2nd). But most crucially, he lost in Toto where he moved from a jun-yusho tie among two to a jun-yusho tie among six. I guess that Susanoo needs at least two strong days (better three) in Tipspiel, Quad, and Toto to stay in the race.
As you can see from the graph below, Oskanohana regained the lead in the World Championship standings. Interestingly, the lead came out of a corner that I did not pay too much attention to. In fact, Oskanohana also lost in Toto today and could not really capitalize on Susanoo's loss in that game. But Oskanohana moved from a huge tie for 8th to a 2-man tie for 2nd in my Oracle projections. The Spaniard is also lurking outside of the Top 10 in a few games. The downside to his lead is that Oscar now also has a high, but volatile score: Oracle can turn in many directions on the last three days. Somehow I have the feeling that the World Championship could be decided via an Odd Sumo gamble. We'll see...

Kaito ended his presence in the trophy-relevant regions, and after losing more than 16 points today he was overtaken by Golynohana. Unkonoyama remains 5th.

No changes among the lower half of the Top 10: Kitakachiyama in front of Joaoiyama, Pandaazuma, Konosato, and ScreechingOwl.

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Day 13:

Today was a day with seven surprises.

Surprise #1: Norizo Cup for Day 12 was updated, but Day 13 is still missing.

Surprise #2: We had weird results in so many games, most notably in the H2H ones. The leading three players in Bench collectively lost today, creating a huge group of players who could still win the yusho. And after Gonzaburow lost in Sumo Game, there is even a 9-way tie for the lead in that game.

Surprise #3: Nobody seems to want the Kyushu Masters Green Mawashi. Poor Kishikaisei lost roughly 25 points in only two days and gives up the lead in the Masters standings. New top dog is an improving Kaito with a very low-scoring 40.15 points projection. This gives rise to an exciting finale, as several players could easily catch up with him, notably TochiYESshin (37.88), Kishikaisei (35.63), ScreechingOwl (35.15), Ketsukai (35.00), and Susanoo (31.50).

Surprise #4: As you can see, my chaotic yet beautiful graphs are gone. I cannot access the Superbanzuke site any longer and it looks like it was taken down. I'll have to contact Pandaazuma and start some inquiries. The problem is that we both know less about Web hosting than Takayasu knows about winning the yusho, but we'll see. Therefore I will present numbers instead of graphics today...

Surprise #5: My Sekitori Oracle projections are much more volatile than I assumed. Yesterday, they had Oskanohana tied for second, but after today's update they feature Oscar in a tie for 9th place, trailing long-time leader ScreechingOwl by 7 points. As a consequence, Oskanohana drops to second place in the World Championship with 188.45 points. 

Surprise #6: Susanoo could regain the lead in spite of losing points. This is largely due to the sudden Oracle meltdown of Oskanohana. Susanoo improved to solo 2nd in Tipspiel (with yusho hopes out of the way). Susanoo also won in Toto, and one can only wonder what would have happened if he hadn't missed one day. The downward trend of today reveals the actual surprise - maybe Susanoo doesn' want to win the trophy? Much to my surprise, he did not pick in Quad today. If he had picked and won, he would have had the solo lead, but now he is tied in a group of five at 9-4. Or is there a (to me unknown) strategic advantage of not playing in a day (apart from having more choices in the remaining days)? In any case, Susanoo now sits at 195.52 points while Oskanohana hovers at 188.45 points. The seven point difference can easily melt or reverse if Susanoo cannot manage to keep up with his extraordinarily strong daily game play this basho (or if the volatility of Oskanohana Oracle Ordeal lifts him up again).

Surprise #7: As Kaito suddenly took the lead in the Kyushu Masters, and as both top players for the year dropped today, Kaito is back in the game for the trophy! He improved by almost 18 points today, and with keeping up his pace in Bench and Toto there would be some wiggle room to go up those extra yards! Kaito now sits at 185.06, a mere 3 points behind Oskanohana and about 10.5 points behind Susanoo.

The rest of the graph is lacking surprises. With Kaito's surge, Golynohana (172.50) drops to 4th, and finds himself back in a race for best Polish gamer in 2022 as Kitakachiyama improved to 5th (165.31). Unkonoyama (161.04) in 6th and Joaoiyama (159.33) in 7th aren't too far behind. Pandaazuma (145.79) and Konosato (144.62) are in a tight race for 8th place. In spite of losing some points, ScreechingOwl (138.04) defends 10th place over Andoreasu (134.36, zero points for Kyushu) and Ganzohnesushi (132.65).  

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Surprise #8: Access to the Superbanzuke site is back. And here is the graph for Day 13!

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Day 14:

A little later than usual, sorry...

Culmination Part I: The Kyushu Masters become more contested by the day. And currently (I believe) we are for an all-time low, points-wise, with no player above 40 points. Going into senshuraku, Japanese veteran gamer Seki Haruaki (39.00) suddenly finds himself at the top of the Masters standings. ScreechingOwl (38.00) is only one point behind, and Susanoo (36.00) trails by only 3 points. Of course, Unkonoyama (32.93), Andonishiki (32.45), Ketsukai (32.00), Golynohana (30.58) and TochiYESshin (30.08) might also give it a shot.

Culmination Part II. We are now officially and decidedly at the closest decision ever for the World Championship. Earlier this day I only looked for Susanoo's score, and saw that it moved upward (except for UDH where he left the Top 10). With Tipspiel leader Heisikuomi collapsing today, Susanoo even managed to jump into first place in the German game. He also won in Quad and in Toto, thus hitting almost exactly 200 points. No chance for Oskanohana, that's what I thought. But Oskanohana again jumped into the jun-yusho share for Oracle; and he also entered the Top 10 in Hoshitori Game, giving him his best score for the Kyushu basho so far. As a consequence of all that, the two leaders are currently separated by 0.96 points!!! This will be the ultimate showdown tomorrow!!!

It also became clear that it will be decided among these two. Kaito had his shot at better things, but today he lost wherever it counted (and actually dropped from 3rd to 6th in the standings). The fight for Polish domination continues between Golynohana (now 3rd) and Kitakachiyama (now 4th). Unkonoyama in 5th isn't too far behind, as are Kaito in 6th and Joaoiyama in 7th. In other words, the fight for the bronze medal will be held between five contestants separated by less than 10 points. Pandaazuma (8th) is back in what looks like no-man's land. ScreechingOwl improved again and now moves from 10th to 9th. And just in time, Ganzohnesushi sprang back to life, moving from 12th into the Top 10. All this came at the cost of poor Konosato who was ousted from the Top 10. Kishikaisei's demise continues and he even drops the chart.

Good luck for senshuraku, everybody!

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Senshuraku:

In what is probably the lowest scoring winner's record, the Green Mawashi for the Kyushu Masters 2022 goes to ScreechingOwl (37.25 points). Seki Haruaki (37.00) came in second, followed by Golynohana (33.15), Ketsukai (33.00), Susanoo (32.75) and TochiYESshin (30.12).

It was indeed the most stunning finale for the World Championship ever. Actually, the decision is so close that I will not list our two protagonists on the graph below and give them an extra post with analyses forthcoming. Golynohana finished 3rd this year. Defending champion Joaoiyama managed to jump into 4th place (from 7th) on senshuraku. In a very close affair, Kaito improved to 5th, leading by a hair's breadth over Unkonoyama (6th) and Kitakachiyama (7th). Pandaazuma finishes in 8th place. Konosato returns into the Top 10 on senshuraku and ends up in 9th place. 10th place goes to ScreechingOwl. That's tough luck for Ganzohnesushi who falls to 12th place.

[Randomitsuki 2,813]

I committed an act of ultra-nerddom today. I literally spent the last 13 hours actually scoring the games in which our two contestants featured on a bout-per-bout basis. I also computed the final results from Hoshitori Game (which are not yet available as of writing). Oskanohana was off to a great start into the day. He even took the tied lead in Oracle after the first Juryo bout. Meanwhile, Susanoo was off to a bad start. He picked the wrong winners for Toto in the first three Juryo bout and went down from 11 projected points to only 5.75 points in Toto. Oskanohana improved in Juryo game with almost every bout, and after the win by Kitanowaka he had an 11 points lead over Susanoo. But the trend turned with the Kotokuzan win. Now Susanoo was moving into win territory in Toto while Oskanohana had a downward trend in Oracle. After the Daishoho win, Oscar wasn't in the Oracle lead anymore, and two bouts later his leading margin over Susanoo was only 0.54 points. After the win by Enho, we had the closest standings, with Oskanohana in a 0.09 points lead. In the last Juryo bout, Susanoo took over the lead for the first time today. This was due to a minor points loss for Oskanohana in Juryo Game.

Susanoo held his tiny leading margin until the Myogiryu bout. But after the Chiyoshoma bout, Oskanohana took the lead again. The reason for this was that Susanoo lost his lead in Tipspiel and dropped to a tie for second place, losing 4 points in the process. Susanoo could have gained some points for the Nishikigi bout, but - oh horror! - he entered the shikona Nishikifuji (instead of Nishikigi) in his Tipspiel prediction! With the Midorifuji and Ichinojo wins, both contestants lost points, but Oskanohana kept his lead of about 4 points. And then came Kotonowaka. Susanoo had him as 5-pointer in Tipspiel, and this gave him a nice 6-points boost (from a tied 3rd place back into solo lead). This gave Susanoo a tiny 0.66 points lead. This lead held up until after the Tamawashi win. But with Nishikifuji, the tides turned again! This was due to Toto where Oskanohana for the first time was in the upper half of the leaderboard and on the way to a win. His 0.54 lead also survived the Hoshoryu bout. And then came Hokutofuji. For a long time, Oskanohana was at 3 points in Hoshitori Game, but with the ginboshi from Hokutofuji, two players overtook Oscar, dropping him to 10th place and a single point. Susanoo now had a 1.46 points lead. The last regular bout then did Oskanohana in. He was even moved out of the Hoshitori Game Top 10, and lost half a point in Oracle for a 4.5 points finish. Now Susanoo's lead was almost 3 points. With the Abi yusho, Oskanohana re-entered the Hoshitori Game Top 10 (in 10th place), but it was too little too late. And all this amounts to the fact that after finishing second for the year three times already, Susanoo finally wins his first World Championship title! Congratulations to the Storm God, and consolations to poor Oskanohana.

Edited November 28, 2022 by Randomitsuki

[Ganzohnesushi 512]

Great job, Jürgen. Thanks for all your efforts, this is highly appreciated. 

And Congratulations to Susanoo. After three 2nd places in the past it would have been a tragedy finishing as no. 2 again. Consolations to runner-up Oskanohana. I know exactly how this feels.

Ganzohnesushi 

[Oskanohana 233]

First of all, congratulations to Susanoo for being the world champion (barring a bug in The Random One's almighty algorithms, one can only hope)

It was a pleasure reading Rando's comments every day. In the end I was the first of the ones who lost. Instead of Miyabikeumi, I ought to rename to Kisenoyasu. I don't think I even have a green mawashi ffs.

I could blame myself for not trusting Abi pre-basho, or thinking that Takanosho would bounce back, or thinking that Wakatakakage is indeed ozeki material (if only by the crappiness of the other "contenders"). I could blame the Bench Sumo Banzuke Making Commitee for dropping me to J1e this basho. I could blame Rando himself for not stopping the count when he should have or for spoiling the beans on my tactic of going for a big Odd Sumo play.

But I won't, I'll be the bigger man....

 

....and blame Kagayaki, that muppet (as some former SG world champ would say).

Results details for Oskahanada in Kyushu Basho 2022, Day 15

Rikishi	Quota
Kagayaki	1.49
Nishikigi	1.68
Wakamotoharu	1.23
Abi	1.58
Hoshoryu	1.31
Hokutofuji	2.52

bet number: 78066	total quota: 48.18
ante: 3	points won: -3

 

It was a fun competition. Thanks as always to everybody running the games and to the Doitsu-base, who has to get a lot of credit for my performance. I sincerely don't know of any other web of sporting results that is even remotely close to being that thorough, organized, user friendly and well kept.

See you all next year.