[sumo] Fwd: [Sumo news] - Sumo games- Invitation to "Guess the Banzuke"

[Jeff A]

Moti

Best regards
Gaijingai

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

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From: Moti Dichne <niramiai at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 27, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Subject: [Sumo news] - Sumo games- Invitation to "Guess the Banzuke"
To: Sumo Newsletter2 <sumo-newsletter2 at googlegroups.com>


It is customary for me to invite Ozumo fans to play the GTB (Guess the
Baznuke" game after a basho has ended. It is also customary for me to make
many spelling errors, as I did with the word "Banzuke" a few words back. I
do eventually find and correct said mistakes, though.. So this is a formal
invitation to play the "Guess the Banzuke" game. 27 years, 170 bashos or
so. Please play. It's free for everyone except for "Knights Who Say Ni"..

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 just for
demanding to lower the dohyo..  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, I will
toss my credit card, as coins have been hard to come by lately. 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. *Please,
please check the entry list to see if you are on it*. 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 a peek at my new book "What the %%^^& is that
referee shouting about?": 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, June 22nd, 2026  at 18:00 GMT** ("Gounoyama, Mighty
Thruster!")* - *PLEASE NOTE-THIS IS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE OFFICIAL BANZUKE
ANNOUNCEMENT!!*

Special thanks to showrunners Andoreasu, Wizard Doitsuyama for everything
else, and to whom it may concern.

****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 those of
you who wish to save their guesses. **Also, players are getting error pages
after submitting. Do not panic Usually, the entry is received regardless.
When in doubt, please, please check via this entry list link
<http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntryList.aspx>. If your name is not
there, then you can e-mail your entry to me.*

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