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Saw MidnightSumo streaming last night and decided to watch a little, in the <24 hours since I have subscribed to multiple sumo youtube channels and podcasts so I guess I'm into sumo now! I'm stoked to watch more tonight with a little more context and especially to see Atamifuji and Tobizaru's bouts now that the Sumo Kaboom episode on them has made me fall in love with them both
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Eldoop posted:Saw MidnightSumo streaming last night and decided to watch a little, in the <24 hours since I have subscribed to multiple sumo youtube channels and podcasts so I guess I'm into sumo now! I'm stoked to watch more tonight with a little more context and especially to see Atamifuji and Tobizaru's bouts now that the Sumo Kaboom episode on them has made me fall in love with them both If you want to catch up on what you missed, NattoSumo and NHK World both have compilations of previous nights. NHK's has English commentary but is less comprehensive in what it covers, and also takes longer to come out - they won't have the recording of today/last night's highlights out until tomorrow, even though they've broadcast it on their streaming service today already. Don't ask me why it takes so long to upload a half hour video.
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Log082 posted:If you want to catch up on what you missed, NattoSumo and NHK World both have compilations of previous nights. NHK's has English commentary but is less comprehensive in what it covers, and also takes longer to come out - they won't have the recording of today/last night's highlights out until tomorrow, even though they've broadcast it on their streaming service today already. Don't ask me why it takes so long to upload a half hour video. Gotta hand deliver it to the server
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Nov 16, 2022 04:06
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I finally followed Midnight Sumo on twitch a couple days ago and it's been kinda fun to be able to throw on the lower rank stuff in the background. Granted, the video somehow looks like VHS? Maybe it's the disparity between 720 and 4k . I threw it on to fall asleep to last night and managed to wake up at 2 AM for a random spoiler of a match I cared about. I might still do the same tonight.
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Nov 16, 2022 04:30
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Thanks to the midnightsumo stream going on right now, I have discovered the glory that is Long Long Man.
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Nov 16, 2022 05:23
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Holy moly, that Osanai vs Hinataryu fight in Makushita. Endurance kings.
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Eldoop posted:I'm stoked to watch more tonight with a little more context and especially to see Atamifuji and Tobizaru's bouts now that the Sumo Kaboom episode on them has made me fall in love with them both
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Nov 16, 2022 05:50
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rufius posted:Still learning about this Sumo thing. The November mods/admin announcement pointed me here. Big Dan does have some vast tracts of land.
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Nov 16, 2022 07:57
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Surprisingly solid day for it being Day 3, looks like we might get some decent sumo even with a nokozuna basho. Hate to see Kotonowaka lose to, of all people, Shodai though. Day 3 standings: Makuuchi code:code:
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Nov 16, 2022 08:29
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anakha posted:Thanks to the midnightsumo stream going on right now, I have discovered the glory that is Long Long Man. For anyone not in the know, everyone loves Long Long Man.
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Nov 16, 2022 08:30
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Kenning posted:Surprisingly solid day for it being Day 3, looks like we might get some decent sumo even with a nokozuna basho. Hate to see Kotonowaka lose to, of all people, Shodai though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4pkPMl7TP4
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Nov 16, 2022 08:34
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Kenning posted:For anyone not in the know, everyone loves Long Long Man. that is the second most Japanese thing after how Japan's national hero is Tommy Lee Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv2l1JKuxxY
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Nov 16, 2022 08:36
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Nov 16, 2022 08:42
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Bentai posted:Terutsuyoshi is on the Juryo barge, isn't he? He is clearly injured and is there because he's trying to tough it out to avoid demotion and is instead making his injury worse and self-defeating. These proud bastards never learn their lesson.
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Nov 16, 2022 08:46
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Kenning posted:For anyone not in the know, everyone loves Long Long Man. No way am I watching all six minutes of that... Oh 
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Bentai posted:Terutsuyoshi is on the Juryo barge, isn't he? I guess that maybe it's a reason to go watch juryo matches.
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Bentai posted:Terutsuyoshi is on the Juryo barge, isn't he? That streak of like five wins by leg pick a couple tournaments back was the worst thing to happen to him, because he seems to believe it's the only way he can beat bigger guys now. So he goes for it, they know he's going for it, and predictable=loss
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Nov 16, 2022 11:27
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Nov 16, 2022 11:29
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Bentai posted:Terutsuyoshi is on the Juryo barge, isn't he? He's been awful the last couple of tournaments. Really looks like he doesn't want to be there. I thought he might be injured last basho, but it's the same here.
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Nov 16, 2022 12:39
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKW2nqNnDRQ whats up with these first comments + being an rear end towards the cool ancient sumo dude???!
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So after Day 4 - how unusual is it that there are no undefeated rikishi? E: Chris Sumo just answered my question. Not since 1969. Banana Canada fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Nov 16, 2022 |
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Nov 16, 2022 16:39
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Banana Canada posted:So after Day 4 - how unusual is it that there are no undefeated rikishi? Wow, that is wild.
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Nov 16, 2022 17:49
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What a weird, but good, basho so far. Plenty of rikishi looking good, but nobody standing out as dominant. It really feels like it could go anywhere at this point.
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Nov 16, 2022 17:58
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Proud of my boy Atamifuji!! That recovery was incredible, I thought he was done for sure
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Nov 16, 2022 18:54
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Kenning posted:For anyone not in the know, everyone loves Long Long Man. that was a hell of a trip
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verbal enema posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKW2nqNnDRQ There's been quite a bit of rumor floating around about Ichi being a raging alcoholic behind the scenes, leading to some bad behavior including raising hands to the stable master's wife. It seems it's being casually pushed aside during basho time with punishments expected after. That said, the commentary Chris provided is kinda lovely even in context.
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Nativity In Black posted:That said, the commentary Chris provided is kinda lovely even in context. I’m not sure if it’s just me, but I don’t find his commentary clever or interesting. I admit I’m a know-nothing asshat, but he seems to just make unfunny observations. Or, I am not enough in the know to find them funny. To each their own!
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Half the folks in midnightsumo's chat give far better/engaging commentary than Chris.
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Chris seems far more invested in coming across as Drily British than anything else. His commentary has a certain cadence, and he repeats some turns of phrases. Dude knows a lot about sumo, but definitely hides that behind some need to be weirdly coy or use obtuse language. On the fantasy front, it's nice to see my team's usual practice of doing well first week, then collapsing ignobly in the second is going to plan so far.
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In the near decade of sumo watching, I have never seen a chris sumo video. I saw those 20 seconds yall linked and I think I'm good.
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His videos are definitely a mixed bag for me. He'll drop some interesting stats, play some footage you can't get elsewhere, and build up stories for some of the folks putzing around in the lower ranks. Sometimes, he even has some interesting commentary on the current state of sumo. Sometimes I get some behind the scenes info that I don't see elsewhere as a non-Japanese speaker. Then he pulls some poo poo like this or other old man takes and I'm like... c'mon man. That said, this video is about the worst I've seen from him.
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It's nice to have the exclusive footage, like there's a bunch of really cool lower division matches in that video alone with more interesting angles than you see on Abema. But sometimes he waxes grandiloquent about the inner thoughts of wrestlers and it feels like he's reading his sumo fanfic. I know he has connections to some wrestlers but I'm kind of skeptical the guys who answer every other question with "I'm happy I could do my style of sumo" are really baring their soul to the foreigner with a Youtube.
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Start up the the natto video for juryo and they decided to start it up with a bunch of Engrish jokes today. Jesus Christ what decade is this? Is there someone else who posts juryo videos?
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Essentially all the top sumo channels that try to do English commentary, having been the only ones in a niche sport, are near universally terrible. They are smug and self-serving. Which is why sumostew is the new hotness because she's just so enthusiastic about everything and isn't trying to make herself the star.
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Kenning posted:For anyone not in the know, everyone loves Long Long Man. I feel like I just watched five seasons of a soap opera in 6 minutes
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The future of sumo is bright. Kawzoe is impressive as hell https://clips.twitch.tv/RoughResoluteJellyfishWOOP-vL12vilcUt9iltBe
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Lid posted:Essentially all the top sumo channels that try to do English commentary, having been the only ones in a niche sport, are near universally terrible. They are smug and self-serving. Kinta's comments before and after bouts are laconic and apt. Jason rambles a bit, but he's not smug, he's without guile. Natto seems like a bit of a weird guy, and Chris can definitely get exhausting when he's doing his op-ed thing. It's a bit of a mixed bag, but I don't think it's as bad as all that. And yes, sumostew is wonderful. I think we're looking at a low-scoring basho, so things could get extremely weird. You know what that means: Abi yusho. Day 4 standings: Makuuchi code:code:
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feeling pretty good about my boys, even though i knew endo would be like an albatross around my neck he's still my boy
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tochinoshin is regularly the worst guy on my team but i can't quit him
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