[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Sumo games -GTB. Come on, it's fun..

[Robert Brown]

Never participated but I remember a time when Guess the Banzuke was a
staple on the Sumo Mailing List.

Kodaiyama

On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM Jeff A <jpaitv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moti
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey Anderson
> Gaijingai
> I haven’t done this in about 10 or 12 years. I think I’ll give it a go
> this time. Anyone else gonna join me?
>
> For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
> The saddest are these:
> It might have been.
> - John Greenleaf Whittier
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
> Subject: [Sumo news] - Sumo games -GTB. Come on, it's fun..
> To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>
>
>
> Winter is coming. Time to play THE fantasy sumo game. It's called  GTB, or
> "Guess the Banzuke". .
>
> This is a formal invitation to play the "Guess the Banzuke" game. 27
> years, 168 bashos or so. Please play. It's free for all who believe,
> Jason..
>
> Game rules: Guess the Banzuke. Simple. You get two points for a bulls-eye
> and one point for just getting the rank right. You get no points for not
> seeing it coming.. Tiebreakers - Most total guesses, then we check the
> banzuke backwards - getting the lower half right will be important.  The
> most correct guesses in the last ten places will win the tiebreaker. If
> still tied we go up a ranking at a time like a penalty shootout. If still
> tied, the earliest entry wins. If still tied, the player who believes that
> all that glitters is gold and consequently is buuying a stairway to heaven
> will lose.. It's up to you to check if you are on the list of entries. It's
> going to be your fault if you don't notice that your entry went missing in
> the Internet void. No late entries will be expected or accepted. Those are
> the rules, and the rules will never be changed. unless they will.
>
> For rules, standings and shakshooka: http://www.dichne.com/Guess.htm
>
> For the nifty entry form, which will hopefully continue to do what it's
> intended to do :http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntry.aspx
>
> For Chiyotasuke's incredible helper: https://gtbhelper.vercel.app
>
> For the "new" archives:http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/gtbarchive.aspx
>
> See if you are on the entry list:
> http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntryList.aspx
>
> *Deadline: Monday, December 15th, 2025  at 18:00 GMT* ("Great Men
> Thinkalike") - PLEASE NOTE-THIS IS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE OFFICIAL BANZUKE
> ANNOUNCEMENT!!
>
> Special thanks to showrunners Andoreasu, Wizard Doitsuyama for everything
> else, and to my first grade teacher who said I could never be funny. Look
> who is laughing now..
>
> ***MESSAGE: Please note that as you probably found out by now, the
> confirmation e-mail thing is not working, I repeat, *THE EMAIL
> CONFIRMATION IS NOT WORKING*, so I suggest a screen capture for now for
> those of you who wish to save their guesses. Also, some players are getting
> error pages after submitting. Usually, the entry is good regardless. When
> in doubt, e-mail me.
>
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