r/Sumo • u/Ultr4chrome Hoshoryu • 1d ago

Art / Creations Why You Actually Like Sumo... (but just don't know it yet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo9RSfRwO94
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u/Ultr4chrome Hoshoryu 1d ago

This randomly popped up in my feed. It's kind of a nice bird's eye view of sumo, though the creator does seem to have been watching for longer, highlighting some interesting matches and sumo factoids.

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u/Roger_KK Takayasu 1d ago

I'm a relatively new Sumo enjoyer so I was unfamiliar with Tokushoryu but that first section of the video focusing on him hit me right in the feels.

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u/Gut_Reactions 1d ago

Yes! That was so dramatic & his reaction was amazing. I love when the underdog wins!

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u/trustinnerwisdom 1d ago

I’ve been watching sumo for a couple of years and have seen quite a few YouTube descriptions of it. This is one of the most interesting and informative intros to the sport I’ve ever seen. I learned a few new things, too. Well worth watching!

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u/Duckysaur 1d ago

I tried to watch it but switched off so quickly, something about his voice delivery just reminded me too much of the bajillion other sumo AI videos so I clicked off

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u/Ultr4chrome Hoshoryu 1d ago

I had this idea too at first, and there's a voice glitch later on in the video which has me wondering, but at the same time it flows quite well and the opening is not something an ai would come up with. It feels too well edited to be ai.

The creator also only has 2 videos, spread 3 months apart, so it's not a content farm (the other was about nascar).

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u/LankyLongfellow 1d ago

I will say, I noticed those too...but if you look at the title slide, he actually types out "Written by me, not by AI" hahaha.

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u/Ultr4chrome Hoshoryu 1d ago

I do find it kind of sad that we have to ask these questions nowadays at all. Grifters made everyone be on their toes :x

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u/Duckysaur 19h ago

Yeah, it didn't really show any signs of the usual AI slop, so I think it's legitimate.
Hope he does more sumo videos and gets some success, I yearn for more in depth stuff that isn't basics

(But narration stuff really grates me sometimes, I've clicked off so many videos due to it)

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u/bertiek 1d ago

Good video for the curious.

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u/toshi04 16h ago edited 15h ago

Voice sounds AI. But the script and content may have been written by him.

I just wish he credited where he got the clips. There are a number of them that came from Tatsunami’s youtube.

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u/Opening_Industry8952 13h ago

Unmatched drama in sports