Yeah. The broncos have a community. It’s pretty much empty despite them having a really good season this year.
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jali67@lemmy.zip 1 month agoWe need more users. For sports for example, I doubt you’d even have even users for individual teams. A general sports community might be feasible though.
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4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Birds won’t visit a feeder you haven’t hung.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I think I’m one of like 3 sumo fans on here
4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Oh fuck is there a sumo community I should be a part of? November basho is so close, how far will Aonishki go? Is Hosh really back? What happened to Takeyasu’s hot streak from a few tournaments back? Is Ura still the love of my life? Will Kotoeiho ever make it back to Makuuchi??
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Yep, !sumo@lemmy.world
I think Aonishiki will continue to do well, and hopefully his countryman Shishi finds some more solid footing for himself soon. Also Kusano smashed his way up the ranks so fast they already changed his name to Yoshinofuji. Fujinokawa is looking ok for a newcomer too, just not quite as good.
I hope Hoshoryu can stay healthy for a few basho in a row, as Onosato needs someone to check his power. Having only one ozeki right now doesn’t help either.
Takayasu on the other hand I’d guess is pretty much done. He’ll still put up some wins for awhile, but I think the playoff back in March was his last shot at a yusho. I remember checking into winners older than 35 and there was only the smallest handful of guys who pulled it off.
Dunno about Kotoeiho but I’m hoping Takerufuji can get his shit together. It’ll be disappointing if his historic win last year isn’t followed by an exciting career.
FiddlersViridian@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
If you’re up for it, try to convert me into a fan. Why should I care about sumo? <Insert joke about fat guys in diapers> (FWIW I’m genuinely asking, I know nothing about it beyond pop culture depictions, and that it has a long history, but I’ll bet there are good reasons why you love it.)
4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It’s actually awesome. It’s pretty pure athleticism, so the sport is there. Every wrestler has their own style and personality, and it even comes through when the match lasts 10 seconds. The ring is made from hardened clay and the hay bales that make up the ring are stuffed with gravel - the risk is real and the consequence of losing is pain. These guys are sometimes 400lbs of muscle (and yeah with a ton of body fat on top of it, weight is momentum and momentum is everything) who train constantly and have honed their skills for almost a lifetime to work up the ranks to even be in Grand Sumo in the first place. These dudes go out there to perform for the gods and they go as hard as they can.
It seems silly because people can’t get past “hue hue naked and fat” and they made a trope out of it but it’s just about everything that makes competition “pure” distilled down into a single sport. It’s hard not to pop off after a good top division match, I’m always yelling at the TV.
TheBluePillock@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a fun sport to watch for so many reasons, but the first that stuck out to me when I first saw it was how fast it is. Sure, there’s a lot of ceremony and lead up between matches, but the matches themselves are short and intense. If you watch a summary that cuts straight to the matches or just have it on while you do other stuff and look up when the match is about to start, you’re basically getting nothing but highlights. Every single match is worthy of a slow mo action shot.
The more you learn about it, the more interesting it gets.