[sumo games] RE: Bench sumo question

["Joshua A. Reyer" <jreyer@grn.mmtr.or.jp>]

>   I took a look at the Bench Sumo website, but I'm not sure I understand
> how it works. Is any of the below correct?
>
>   First, you pick your slate of wrestlers (and other stuff, like mawashi
> color). Then, once the honbasho starts, the score keeper tallies up the
> win-loss record of each Bencher's slate members at the end of each day.

Actually, your rikishi get points if they win, and those points are tallied
up at the end of each day.

>   I'm kinda confused as to what else is involved with the scoring,
> though. If Bencher A's slate goes 6 wins, 4 losses, does he get a shiro-
> boshi for the day (or, conversely 4 and 6 = kuro-boshi)? If so, what
> happens when A's slate goes 5-5? Or, is A matched up against another
> Bencher, and the Bencher with the better record gets the win?  Please clue
> me in!

Since how you do each day is determined by points and not a record, there's
no 5-5.  You get a point score from 0-14.  Only five of your rikishi (which
you decide) receive points.  The remaining five are used for tie-breakers.

And yes, your are matched up with another Bench Rikishi..  Bench Sumo is the
only sumo game that features real head-to-head competition against other
cyber rikishi.

For example, let's say my daily line up looks like this:

Hananotaka
4 Musashimaru 3 Dejima 3 Kaio 2 Tochiazuma 2 Wakanoyama
Bench: Takanowaka, Kotonishiki, Akinoshima, Toki, Wakanosato

So if Musashimaru, Dejima and Tochiazuma win and Kaio and Wakanoyama lose, I
get 9 points.  If my opponent for that day has less points, I win.  If we
both have the same points, we go to the Bench.  If my first bench rikishi
wins and my opponents' loses, I win.  If mine loses and his wins, I lose.
If they both win or if they both lose, we go to the next bench rikishi.

You get matched with other Bench sumo players everyday, and at the end of
the basho you have a score just like a real rikishi.

Hope that clears things up,
Josh Reyer