on 3/5/03 12:06 AM, Jezz S at jejima@... wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Re: Proposed rule change
> Jakusotsu had a brain-wave this morning, which he sent to me. What is a
> good way to ensure early entries? By making it one of the tie-breaker
> rules. Namely the one that replaces the 'by virtue of being the higher
> ranked rikishi'. Instead we could have, 'by virtue of making the earliest
> initial entry to the basho'. I can see that this would give some incentive
> to enter early, however, we would lose on of the quaint (idiosyncratic
> even!) rules of Bench Sumo, which might not be such a good thing, as quirks
> are what make games interesting.
>
> Re: Ichimons
>
> Here are the suggested ichimons. We are still in the early days of this, so
> nothing is decided as yet. As far as I can see, they all have roughly 10 -
> 20 members, which feels right. Please let me know (either in private, or on
> list, as this is not a Rijicho ruling, but a Rijicho request ;-) if you
> disagree. Many thanks to Chiyozakura, Igiski and Takatamale-zekis who have
> helped me out on dividing up the US and Germany.
>
> If we agree on these (or similar), then I would ask Kofuji-zeki (when he has
> the time), to insert 'ichimon' with the choice of the following on the
> initial entry form. This would be then be seen on the dohyo-iris (with the
> initial line-ups) - and possibly on the day-to-day entries... Names - as to
> what the ichimon should be called - can be discussed later amongst those
> within the ichimon.
>
>
> * USA East - New England plus New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
> Delaware, West Virginia, DC, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida.
>
> * USA West - Washington, Idaho, Utah, Oregon, California, Nevada,
> Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii
>
> * USA Central - all other USA states
>
> * Germany Nord (with some proposed members) Metzinowaka (Berlin) Minatozan
> (Berlin) Doitsuyama (Berlin) Haraiboshi (Bremen) Oyakobuta (NRW) Kana-San
> (NRW) Shinkansen (NRW) Chiyohinode (NRW) Chiyozakura (NRW) Fluffyyama
> (Schleswig- Holstein) Toschima (Sachsen) Marioschima (Sachsen)
>
> * Germany Sud (with some proposed members) Yoma (Bayern) Jakusotsu (Bayern)
> Tamanogijima (Bayern) Asatsuyu (Baden-Württemberg) Ulsimitsuki
> (B-W) Heikotoriki (B-W) Flohru (B-W) Jindrabono (B-W) Callimitsuki (Hessen)
> Sashimaru (Hessen) Mannibiyama (Hessen) Hamanoyama (Hessen)Pitinosato
> (Rheinland-Pfalz) Heruwejima (Saarland)
>
> * Canada
>
> * Alps (Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
>
> * Scandinavia (Mostly Sweden, but also Finland - and you never know, in the
> future, Denmark, Norway and Iceland)
>
> * Eastern Europe (currently Poland, Hungary, Romania, Croatia))
>
> * Western Europe (currently Spain, France, the Netherlands and the UK)
>
> * The rest of the world (currently the Asia countries (Japan, Iran and
> Israel) and Australia, but could include South America and Africa in the
> future).
>
> All the best,
>
> Jejima
>
>
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I had 5 replies from BS players who wanted to join me in a North Pole
Ichimon. Can this still be be considered> If the 5 BS players are preferring
to re-locate to one of the other suggested Ichimons please let me know. It's
fine by me whatever unfolds.
Cheers!
Bolt.

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