[sumo] the fade to black - not a spoiler but a view

[Magnus Berg]

So why are you here...? I don't think anyone's forcing you. Maybe you 
sholud just let the SML fade into dust and take your attacks elsewhere.
/Maguroyama

2009-03-26 kl. 08.20 skrev mbtatton at aol.com:

> To add to Jeurgen's ideas,
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> The SML is not a bad place but it is dated. One of the problems is the 
> inability of its residents to see this and to welcome the changing 
> face of sumo watching.
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> Posters tend to be a lot lot older / more experienced even if far 
> detached from Japan, and generally less appreciative of the next 
> generation and folk able to bring different angles on sumo. In some 
> ways, more Japanese than the Kyokai.
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> It is also a place with so few regulars now, so little news that is 
> not copy pasted from Sumo Forum that it resembles an old British RBL 
> club - full of ex-servicemen retelling stories of life back in the day 
> but so far removed from the cutting edge of the world they revere to 
> generate sympathy in the locals that walk past the club. (and this 
> written by an RBL/RAFA member! - perhaps the youngest in Japan)
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> Remove a couple of names and he SML will fade into dust. It almost has 
> - the main players have long since gone and I would venture that even 
> Ms Simmons, posts more on Sumo Forum now - and look back to see how 
> long he spent claiming she couldn't use/see/get used to a forum based 
> page.
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> Sumo has never stopped updating itself over the centuries and is - I 
> often use this at talks on the sport - one of the most modern aspects 
> of Japanese society in that it rewards excellence with promotion and 
> demotes those less able. (OK - current ozeki rankings/occupants 
> notwithstanding) - the SML has never made any effort to improve itself 
> that I am aware of having read it for about a decade - and in 
> stagnation lies a fade to black and .......
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