Sumo Gaming World Championship Daily Updates

[Asashosakari 19,680]

I see my line is providing steady support for the real good players.

[Randomitsuki 2,843]

Day 13:

The races are shaping up. In Oracle, Andoreasu still sports a 5-point lead. In SCS, Oyama was first until yesterday, but without picking any Ozeki he was shifted out of the Top 10 (I have already added some bonus points, different than Golynohana would do). In the Masters, Oyama lost about 22.5 points today. However, Frinkanohana could not really capitalize on this as he also lost more than 16 points today. Oyama now has a small lead over Frinkanohana (70.70 vs. 64.54). Other players north of 30 points are Kachikoshi (41.75), Asapedroryu (38.89), Gonzaburow (37.44), ScreechingOwl (35.94), and Fujisan (30.50).

With the downfall of the two Masters masters, ScreechingOwl moves up to 3rd place in the World Championship standings while Oyama drops to 4th. Frinkanohana lost fewer points but fell deeper (from 4th to 7th), giving Norizo and Kitakachiyama a 1-place upward move, respectively. Susanoo overtook Kobashi for 8th, and Bill overtook Oskahanada and Bunbukuchagama to move up to 10th.

[Kajiyanosho 38]

There's still a lot of movement in the top 10. Will Oyama make the podium? It would be quite a climb.

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[Randomitsuki 2,843]

Standings Day 14:

In the Masters, we are having an extremely exciting senshuraku. Currently, I would not be a betting man as to who will get the Green Mawashi. Frinkanohana dominated for long stretches of the basho, but Oyama was quite close behind him and even took the lead over the last days. Today, both again lost some points, and as we have two players who improved quite a lot today, we are in for a 4-player decision tomorrow. Going into senshuraku, Oyama (67.30) has the best prospects, but Frinkanohana is not too far behind (60.03), and I would also not write off Gonzaburow (54.85) and Kachikoshi (50.38). Other honorable mentions go to ScreechingOwl (36.75), Asapedroryu (33.10), Hogashi (32.20), and Andoreasu (31.25).

Most players on the WC chart are stuck for days and show only little up- or downward movement each day. The only exception today was Bill who gained another 12 points. Pandaazuma will collect another trophy, Kaito will finish second. ScreechingOwl is in a good position to end up in 3rd place. Kitakachiyama overtook Oyama for 4th place. In 6th and 7th place we have the Japanese legends duo of Norizo and Susanoo, and they both have exactly 142.38 points! Frinkanohana drops to 8th, barely keeping Kobashi at bay. Bill cements 10th place.

In full disclosure, there are a couple of uncharted players above 100 points: Gonzaburow moved up to 12th place (111.55), Kintamayama is 15th (109.97), Kakushoyama is 17th (107.46), and chishafuwaku is 18th (100.43). And I just noted while writing this that Konya ga Yamada currently has 99.99 points. Will he finish in triple digits?

I do not know how my day tomorrow will develop. There is a distinct possibility that I will be away from the computer all day. In that case, you would not read from me again until Monday. Then again, I expect that some games will not have official standings before Monday anyway. If someone wants to do me a great favor, it would be to check the Hoshitori Game standings. They are often meant to show Day 15 standings, but miss some bonus points. Thanks to the person who would be willing to take up that task!!

Edited November 23, 2024 by Randomitsuki

[Randomitsuki 2,843]

Final Standings:

After Day 14 I announced an exciting senshuraku, and we were given an exciting finish, both on the real and the virtual dohyo. For large parts of the basho, an epic battle between Frinkanohana and Oyama ensued, with the latter having the upper hand in the second half of the basho. But Oyama did not have a good Day 15. Not only did he lose his final Bench bout (loss of 3.1 Masters points), he also dropped significantly in the standings of Hoshitori Game (minus 5 points) and Paper Oyakata Game (minus 3 points). Across all games, he lost more than 13 points on senshuraku and ended up with 54.05 Masters points.

Frinkanohana also did not have the best of days and continued a downward trend (with losses on each day since Day 9). On senshuraku, the Frink lost 3 points in Bench, and 2.6 points in Toto with losses in each. However, on the plus side he showed a 2.5 point increase in the Oracle standings. All this added up to a net loss of 3.31 points for the day. His final tally thus was 56.72 points, so he managed to overtake Oyama again.

And still, Frinkanohana will not receive the Green Mawashi. After Day 14, I mentioned two dark horses in the Masters race. While Kachikoshi lost quite a lot on senshuraku, it was Gonzaburow who crashed the party scene! On senshuraku, the Japanese veteran gained 5.5 points in Juryo Game, 4.5 points in Norizo Cup, 3 points in Toto, and 2.5 points in Hoshitori Game. He could even afford to lose a bit in Sumo Game and Salarycap Sumo for a net gain of 8.98 points on senshuraku. And so he ends up with 63.83 points, grabbing the Masters title. Congratulations!

Other players of note: Kachikoshi (41.50), Kobashi (38.57), Pandaazuma (37.86), Asapedroryu (35.74), ScreechingOwl (33.61), Andoreasu (31.43).

 

In the World Championship, Pandaazuma ended the basho on a high note and grabs his sixth title. Congrats, you greedy son-of-a-mother!  Kaito never really woke up this basho and finished Kyushu with less than 5 points. ScreechingOwl defended 3rd place in the World Championship. Two players had a rather splendid senshuraku and this moved them into the upper half of the Top 10: Norizo gained 7 points on the final day and finishes 4th for the year while Kobashi will be happy with 5th overall (a gain of 11+ points on senshuraku).

With the sudden surge of Norizo and Kobashi, Kitakachiyama finished in 6th place overall (down from 4th). Bill continued with his points rally that stretched over the last three days and gained him 27 points in total (8 points on senshuraku) to move from 10th to 7th place for the year. Susanoo finished on a low note (after an excellent start into the basho), lost 8 points on senshuraku and dropped from 7th to 8th overall. The two unsung Kyushu heroes Frinkanohana and Oyama did not win the Green Mawashi but at least managed to stay in the Top 10 (Frinkanohana dropping from 8th to 9th, and Oyama with a dramatic drop from 5th to 10th).

Other players in triple digits: 11. Oskahanada (124.95), 12. Gonzaburow (120.53), 13. Bunbukuchagama (119.20), 14. Kakushoyama (110.92), 15. Kajiyanosho (109.29), 16. Kintamayama (105.97), and 17. Asashosakari (105.55). chishafuwaku dropped out of the 100-club on senshuraku; and Konya ga Yamada who sported a 99.99 points score after Day 14, ended up with 99.79 points…

Thanks for playing, and see you again next year! More stats about the Masters, and the full year will follow by the end of the week!

[Ganzohnesushi 526]

Congratulations Panda, for another oustanding year of Sumo gaming and your well deserved 6th SB Sumo Games World Championship!

Ganzohnesushi

[Kaito 311]

I did pretty well in pre-basho games this time...if hovering around 10th in most of the games and scoring almost no points for it counts for anything. I really need to shake this daily games drought though. That's where my points are supposed to come from.

Grats Panda. Don't do it again.