Rules
Maegashira Game is a daily game without any pre-basho selection. You may join
the game at any time during the basho. If you are a new player, please register
your shikona (fighting name), your email address for confirmation emails and a password
to access your entries.
Please log in to access the entry page.
Selections must be completed by 3:00 PM Japan Standard Time for each day of the
basho. The game will be available after the day one torikumi had been
retrieved by the automated system. The torikumi for the following day is
usually retrieved about 15 minutes after each day's bouts are completed.
The Maegashira Game player selects three Maegashira rikishi each day. Only rikishi from
all-Maegashira bouts can be chosen (i.e. bouts with Sanyaku or Juryo rikishi as
opponents are not available for selection).
You cannot select two Maegashira rikishi fighting each other. The entry
form will enforce these rules by unchecking the opponent when a rikishi is
checked and by allowing the submit button to be enabled only when exactly three
rikishi have been selected.
For each winning Maegashira rikishi selected, the player gets one victory point (maximum of three
(3) per day), plus one bonus point for each Maegashira Game player selecting the
rikishi that lost that bout. (It's those bonus points that really matter!)
There is no special treatment for fusen bouts (bouts where one rikishi does not
appear due to injury).
Prizes
Yusho:
The player with the highest number of total points (victory+bonus) wins the yusho.
Tie-breaker is the highest (second highest etc.) daily score.
Shukun-sho:
The player with the highest daily score wins the Shukun-sho. Tie-breaker is the
second highest (etc.) daily score.
Gino-sho:
The player with the lowest number of zero-point days wins the Gino-sho. Tie-breaker
is the is the lowest number of 1-point days, 2-point days, etc.
Kanto-sho:
The player with the highest total score on any five consecutive days wins the Kanto-sho.
Tie-breaker is the better placement in the Shukun-sho standings.