Re: Totoro's hoshitori

[Michael Buchanan <mpbuchanan@yahoo.com>]

According to Totoro's website, rule #11 says:

Missing a basho:  Every player is allowed to take one
basho off without the absence affecting their rank (a
"kosho").  However, being absent from a basho when you
were also absent from the immediately previous basho
will be regarded as a losing 0-15 score.  That is, two
consecutive absences means one 0-15 penalty, three
consecutive absences means two 0-15 penalties, etc. 
Once a player re-enters the contest after one or more
absences, they are again allowed to miss one basho as
a kosho without affecting their rank.  For example, a
pattern of absence, basho entry, absence, basho entry,
absence, basho entry, etc., would incur no
penalties(all the ansences would be treated as kosho).

--- Alexander Nitschke
<alexander.nitschke@ww.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
> I am planning to make a website which contains past
> results
> of the hoshitori. Since there was only one so far,
> it seems
> not to be too urgent. Nevertheless, I'll try to make
> it
> until the next basho. 
> 
> As for a new banzuke by rank, I have a question.
> What happens
> with the ranks of those players who did not enter?
> Do they
> stay at their rank indefinitely or is there a
> decline after
> some bashos?
> 
> --
> Doitsuyama
> 
> 
> Michael Buchanan wrote:
> > 
> > I'm kinda curious about something, and probably
> only
> > Totoro and Alexander can answer this.  Will Totoro
> > pick up where he left off?  If so, will the Aki
> > results be posted on the web site?  If not, will
> > Alexander keep the hoshitori going instead?  Will
> he
> > have a website incorporating past results?  Are
> all
> > these questions premature at this point?  Am I
> asking
> > too many questions?  And will there be a
> hoshi-henka
> > factor involved at some point? ;-)
> > 
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