[sumo] [sumo games] torchbearer 2008.

[kj bauman]

good day all,
happy new year.

a few more entries have come my way and i thank
everyone who is participating.

doitsuyama, one of my top 5 sources of sumo
information, is quoted as saying: "This might be the
silliest sumo "games" I have ever seen and I have seen
them all." well i hope now that banzuke has been
released, doitsuyama is ready to submit an entry.  

the wildcard's chosen rikishi is Morikawa. the
wildcard's chosen rank is Jk33 east. unless Morika
sits out the whole year, these picks will guarantee
the wildcard entrant 'torchbearer 2008' points. how
wildcard does as the year progresses is anyone's
guess.

deadline for entries is the saturday, january 12th...
JST.

a reminder of the rules:
the torch will start with the last rikishi on the 2008
HATSU BANZUKE. a rikishi will pass the torch to
whoever beats him during the tournaments. 

please submit: 
1) the name of the rikishi you think will end up with
the torch at the end of the 2008 KYUSHU BASHO. 
and
2) the rank of the rikishi that will end up with the
torch at the end of the KYUSHU BASHO.

50 points if you get the final torch holding rikishi.
50 points if you get the final torch holding rank.
OR (if the exact rank and/or rikishi is not chosen)...
10 points if you are closest to the final torch
holding rikishi.
10 points if you are closest to the final torch
holding rank.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:
3 points for every torch match your chosen rikishi
wins.
3 points for every torch match your chosen rank wins.
1 point for every torch match your chosen rikishi
loses.
1 point for every torch match your chosen rank loses.


AT THE END OF KYUSHU BASHO BONUS:
10 points if your chosen rikishi is one position from
the final torchholder, 9 points if two positions, 8 if
three positions... and so on down to 1 point.
10 points if your chosen rank is one position from the
final torchholder, 9 points if two positions, 8 if
three positions... and so on down to 1 point. 

submission with the most points at the end of the year
will get a prize (i have one year to think about what
the prize will be).


happy picks.

-shimodahito



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