<div dir="auto">Moti<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Best regards,<div>Jeffrey Anderson</div><div dir="auto">Gaijingai </div><div>For of all sad words of tongue or pen,</div><div>The saddest are these:</div><div>It might have been.</div><div>- John Greenleaf Whittier</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Moti Dichne</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:niramiai@gmail.com">niramiai@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 11:15 AM<br>Subject: [Sumo news] - Sumo games: Guess the Banzuke<br>To: Sumo Newsletter2 <<a href="mailto:sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com">sumo-newsletter2@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br>I know, i know, most of you aren't into games.. But this one is challenging..<span style="color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Two weeks to go, very short window.  Go!!</span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">It's a game called GTB. I promise you it will be almost as fun as watching show-jumping in the Olympics.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">This is a formal invitation to play the "Guess the Banzuke" game!! 25 years, 156 bashos. Please play. It's free this time..</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">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 waiting for it to happen. 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, I suggest the player with the most patience. It's up to you to check if you are on the<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><a href="http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntryList.aspx" rel="external nofollow noopener" title="External link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(61,101,148);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">list of entries.</a><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span>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. Lately I have become older.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">For rules, standings and revolving doors : <a href="http://www.dichne.com/Guess.htm" rel="external nofollow noopener" title="External link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(61,101,148);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">http://www.dichne.com/Guess.htm</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">For the nifty entry form, which will hopefully continue to do what it's intended to do : <a href="http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntry.aspx" rel="external nofollow noopener" title="External link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(61,101,148);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">http://sumodb.sumoga...b/GTBEntry.aspx</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87)">For Chiyotasuke's helper: </span><a href="https://chiyotasuke.github.io/gtbhelper/" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(26,115,232);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">https://chiyotasuke.github.io/gtbhelper/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">For the "new" archives: <a href="http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/gtbarchive.aspx" rel="external nofollow noopener" title="External link" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(61,101,148);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">http://sumodb.sumoga...gtbarchive.aspx</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">See if you are on the entry list: <a href="http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntryList.aspx" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(61,101,148);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">http://sumodb.sumogames.de/gtb/GTBEntryList.aspx</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Deadline:<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><u style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Monday, August 19th, 2024<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span></span></u><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span>at 18:00 GMT ("Go, massive Terunofuji!!"!") -<span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span><u style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">PLEASE NOTE-THIS IS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE OFFICIAL BANZUKE ANNOUNCEMENT!!</span></em></u></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(53,60,65);font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Special thanks to showrunners Andoreasu, Wizard Doitsuyama for everything else, and go watch "Sanctuary" on Netflix..</p>

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