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

[Jeff A]

Let’s get it going again! 👍

Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson
Gaijingai
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier


On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM Robert Brown <brownro214 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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