Re: [sumo games] RE: Bench sumo question

[Charles Steinhardt <charles@Princeton.EDU>]

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On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Joshua A. Reyer wrote:

> 
> >   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
> 
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