Re: Can you come up with a good name ? Rating system for amasumo

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

I have two candidates.

RASE (pronounce the same as race)
Ranking for Amateur Sumo in Europe

BASE
Banzuke for Amateur Sumo in Europe

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

Shiroi Kuma wrote:

> I've been working heavily with a lot of help from statisticians all
> over the world to develop a rating system for amateur sumo, which will
> be used by the European Sumo Union to rank amateur rikishi. The
> system's almost ready.
>
> Now we're cranking our heads, trying to come up with a good name for
> the system. It should follow two rules, the acronym should be easy to
> pronounce and should have a good sound to it, i.e. ELO in chess. And
> the name for the system should be majestic and convey a sense of
> dignity that is tied to sumo.
>
> The best thing that occured to me was:
>
> Absolute Sumo Strength ASS
>
> However, you can see that with the acronym it has, it's a problem.
> Others were;
>
> Sumo Absolute Strength SAS
> Sumo Strength Rating SSR
>
> Can anyone come up with a better name? I bet there's gotta be people
> on the list, whose imagination is more vivid than mine in these matters.
>
> Later,
> ==
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