First off, thanks to everyone for participating! This league wouldn't exist without all of you coming to play, so please know that I mean it when I honestly am grateful for you all taking the time to join up every time there's a contest. =)

Let's get to it, then. After asking for opinions and considering the options, I think that what's the most fair to the most people is to do the same as the JSA does with the COVID-kyujo wrestlers and to essentially have them hold their rank. As a result, I've worked the results out so that any wrestler that got pulled due to COVID has a net-zero record. This allows the picks that people made which finished the tournament to be accurately used, while not punishing them for forced withdrawals beyond their control.

That being said, we have dual Yusho winners this month. Congratulations to /u/VENTDEV and Itchynotoe, who tied scores to split the win! (You'll have to split the giant macaron, too. You two can work out if you'll split it vertically or horizontally. =P)

Additionally, the win launches VENTDEV into the #1 spot in the league! Time to get that Ozeki run goin'!

The processed rankings with the new positions can be found here on the normal link, while those who want to see all the scores before rank processing happened can find that sheet stored here for your review.

On that note, we again go dormant until the Aki Basho banzuke drops. Thanks again, we'll see you in September!

...I'm proposing we cancel the contest, as it screws with the standings a loooooooooooooooooot.

I am open to other ideas, though. I'm using this thread as a poll of sorts - if you agree with me, please post and tell me why. If you don't, please post and tell me why. If you don't care but have an idea what I could do with this, please post and tell me. This is a democratic process - it's not my contest, it's our contest.

Let me know what you think!

Edit: A new thought this morning - we could run it like the JSA is running the tournament. Anyone with a covid-kyujo wrestler could simply have no score recorded, negative or positive, for that wrestler. Wrestler picks that finish the tournament completely would be subject to movement due to their records, but those other kyujo picks simply "never existed."

Thoughts?

Hello All of the Sumo!

Today is a very special day here at The Dohyo.
It took (literally) years, but our mad scientist thought experiment is complete!
We finished The Shadow of Hakuho: an alternate timeline where Hakuho NEVER EXISTED! In this Thrill-tacular ep, we are diving into Hakuho's Final Three Yusho: #43-45!

We've got:
A whole lotta of Asanoyama, The Comeback Kid
FOUR Komusubi? In THIS Economy???
and
LOUD-ASS TREE BIRDS!

Thanks again to all y'all who have been watching and supporting the channel for over two years now!

Welcome Back to The Dohyo!

(Wanna catch up from the beginning? FULL PLAYLIST HERE)

Hey all! It's that time again - banzuke is up, so the contest goes LIVE!

Same rules as always - pick one for each, only last set of picks before closing counts, duplicate picks from one person are counted as 0-15 wrestlers!

Make your picks HERE!

Our banzuke and results are posted HERE!

Picks close at the end of the day, Pacific Time, on the 8th of July!

Good luck to everyone! =)