Anime Saimoe Tournament 2014 (Japan)

[Yye1]

How does one vote in this?

[RJ TAYLER]

Nagi Sanzen'in has a Silver Jubilee match on the twenty-sixth and is a hundred and four votes away from being the first character to cross the twenty thousand vote mark in the tournaments history.

[Team Rocket Elite]

The Madoka win streak comes to an end as Kyubei loses to Nozomi. I guess the Puella Magi just need to start a new win streak from here. Sayaka stomped her opponents. It'll take a lot more than that to take down a Puella Magi. I guess I should have expected more from the Railgun fanbase since Frenda does end up winning her match. I guess a poor preliminary showing doesn't necessarily mean anything. Jindai wins her match without much trouble. I thought Yami would be a bit tougher to beat.

Matches: E1-3 F1-3 G1-3 H1-3

Another match with two Saki characters and a third. I can't see Kinue losing here but it's not like I saw Tacos losing either. Not so strong characters from some of the stronger new series are in the second match. Kaede did make it through first preliminaries so I'll side with her but I'd love to see Isami win. The third match is tough. Yamagishi Saki isn't that weak but she's ouclassed here. Nico should be Love Live's strongest entry or close to it. Uiharu is a tough opponent but I think Nico can win. Uiharu's fight might bring in Railgun fans to help out MISAKA #10032. I might have sided with Nagi winning on most days but not this one.

Votes:
Sasano Ichigo
Oomiya Isami
Uiharu Kazari
MISAKA #10032

Predictions:
Atago Kinue
Kagayama Kaede
Yazawa Nico
MISAKA #10032

[hinakatbklyn]

E1-3 & F1-3: No main preference but leaning toward Kaede (Non Non Biyori) for F1-3
G1-3: Pick Preference: Nico Yazawa >> Uiharu (Tough match to predict)
H1-3: Picking: Nagi Sanzen'in

[Subayai]

Preferences:
E1-3: Kinue (Saki). Another vote split is possible but unlikely.
F1-3: Isami (Kinmosa) > Kaede (NNB). I'll side with Isa-nee but Candy Store is fine too.
G1-3: Saki (Isshuukan Friends) > Uiharu (Railgun) > Nico (LL!). These opponents are probably too much for Saki. Under other circumstances she could have won but here she's gonna end up 3rd I'm afraid.
H1-3: MISAKA #10032 (Railgun). Iona performed better than the other two in prelims but I think faction support will prop Misaka to victory.

[Hachiko]

Spoiler:

Okay, Homura, I understand you are a major player in this tournament and you have a right to be. But to call a race against a veteran that the saimoe community in Japan and abroad has respect for BEFORE IT EVEN BEGINS...isn't a smart move. Your call, though.

[RJ TAYLER]

Homura ''Dewey defeats Truman'' do look it up kindly.

[Ichuki]

Pick- Honoka, Kaede, Nikoni, Nagi
Predict- Atago, Kaede, Nikoni, Iona

Originally Posted by Triple_R

Normally I feel a bit sorry for characters who are the victims of unlucky vote split scenarios, but in the case of Saki characters...

It should be pretty obvious that if you put in the huge number of same-series girls like the Saki voters do, you're going to get some vote split scenarios happening, and as early as the first round. You'd have to be insanely lucky to avoid that.

This is pretty much why I never felt sorry for the Saki faction losing due to a split vote.

[ion475]

Didn't post yesterday, but I was 4-0 (Total 15/24). It was landslide wins all over anyway...

For next round:

Spoiler for Pick & Prediction:

E1-3: Pick/Predict: Kinue. Not that I've much of a choice...
F1-3: Pick: Okashiya, Predict: Isami. Battle of the NNB-Kinmosa ババァ, there's Yuzu but she's not that strong.
G1-3: Pick/Predict: にっこにっこにー！！！！！！！
H1-3: Pick: Nagi, Predict: Iona. I'm fine with any of the 3 winning. Nagi is nowhere close to where she was, but she remains a Kugyu classic. くぎゅうううううううううううううううううううううううううう

No Ayase this year, making it very easy for me to throw full support behind Nico-ni.

And yes, I'm still enjoying that Ayase win almost a year later.

[FractalFusion]

Originally Posted by Houreki

^ I think you miss one in 2011


1st 404 Charlotte Dunois@Infinite Stratos
2nd 373 Erio Touwa@Denpa Onna To Seishun Otoko
3rd 40 Meme Touwa@Denpa Onna To Seishun Otoko

Thanks for telling me. I updated the list.

Originally Posted by Yye1

How does one vote in this?

It's somewhat hard to describe. Whoever made this voting system did not make it easy on us, and there is a chance that you might not be able to vote on your internet connection.

Spoiler for How to vote:

• First, get a code from this site: http://rose-lilac.sakura.ne.jp/code/index.html
  • It is recommended that you are able to quickly recognize the Japanese kana, and that you have a way to input Japanese.
  • From the home page above, click こちら (end of first line).
  • Answer the CAPTCHA that it gives you. You must answer within 3 minutes for each try and you get up to 6 tries. See this post for details. Important note: Do not enter dakuten/handakuten forms or little kana.
  • You will eventually reach a screen headed by アニメ最萌トーナメント2014（コード発行所） with some info below. The most important info is below the line with "msec" in it.
  • If you see "Cookieがうまく受け取れていない可能性があります。設定をチェックしてください。" in red, that means you have to enable cookies.
  • Otherwise, you might get one of the following messages:
    • コード発行制限中。。。しばらく待って。: Not a good message to see. It seems that your connection is blocked, at least for the day.
    • 制限回数を越えて画像認証に失敗したため、あなたのホストからのアクセスは規制されました。: This means that you failed the CAPTCHA and you can't get a code for the day.
    • コード発行の予約をしました。: Good message. This means that you successfully made a reservation to get a code later. The time given on the line below (xx時58分) is the earliest time (Japan time, of course) that you can go get the code. Note: If you reserve from xx:00 to xx:34, you can get the code at xx:58 of the same hour. If you reserve from xx:35 to xx:59, you can get the code at xx:58 of the next hour.
  • You need to answer the CAPTCHA again to get your code (reload page or go back to it from the code generation home page). You will then see:
    • まだコード発行時刻になっていません。: That means you are still too early. There is no reason to get this message so please keep track of the time.
    • あなたの投票用コードは: You have successfully requested the code, which is on the line below and looks like this: "[[AS14-26-TLBpMuBo-QX]]-00221". At this point, you can now freely access this page for the rest of the day (without answering CAPTCHAs) to see your code.
  • Below is a link (コピペリスト) to the day's copypaste file. It has labels for all the characters in all matches that day.
• You will need to create your ballot. You can use Notepad or other text-file program that supports Unicode to do this.
  • Copy-paste your code exactly as shown including brackets and trailing number.
  • Access the day's copypaste file, either found in the link above at the code generation page, or at main site's results page at the コピペリスト links (the one corresponding to the current voting day).
  • From the copypaste file, copy-paste the labels of all the characters you want to vote for, exactly as shown including angle brackets (remember to respect the voting rules). The names are all in Japanese. If you don't know the Japanese name for the character you want to vote for or for the series, then look it up. MyAnimeList and Wikipedia are good places to look.
  • According to the rules, your post must contain some form of message as support. I think that the strict rule is that the post must contain something, other than only code or character name labels, so technically you can put whatever message you want. I highly recommend that you only post in Japanese (no English, no Western memes) in order not to give the admins/mods/other posters any reason to suspect "foreign manipulation" which has happened in the past. If in doubt, use the generic message 頑張って and you will never go wrong.
• Once your post is finished, go to the voting thread. Find the thread titled "アニメ最萌トーナメント2014 投票スレRound" with the highest round number, and post your ballot in the message box at the foot of its section and click the 書き込む button. Personally, I recommend clicking 全部読む below the box, then checking the thread to make sure it is the correct one (the latest posts should be voting with names from the day's copypaste file). Your ballot is only valid between 01:00 and 23:01 Japan time, so don't be too late. (It is entirely possible to get a code at 22:58 and post it before 23:01, but please don't leave that as your last opportunity.) You ballot must also not have a post number greater than 1000; if the thread is close to full, a new thread should open so use the new one instead.
• If you cannot post there for whatever reason, you can also try the reserve voting thread.
• To check whether your vote counted, remember the post number of your post (001-1000). When the results come out the next day, go to the main site's results page and click on 有効票 for that day. If your vote counted, then your post number should be on there as 0xxx (if voting is split between two threads, the later one is assigned 1xxx(, 2xxx, ...). Posts in the reserve thread get the next block of thousand not yet assigned.

[Coldlight]

My picks: Nico-senpai, Honoka Mitsui and Nagi Sanzenin. I don't know any of the girls in F1-3...

[exec]

E1-3組
<<Honoka>>
F1-3組
<<Yuzu>>
G1-3組
<<Saki>>
H1-3組
<<Iona>>

btw @FractalFusion, I don't think you've mentioned the copype list
https://sites.google.com/site/animes...tournamentlist
there are all of them under コピペリスト. Choose your round and copy-paste away.

[Team Rocket Elite]

Matches: E1-4 F1-4 G1-4 H1-4

Hinata used to be pretty strong and Maya should be the weakest of the GochiUsa characters so I have Hinata winning. I don't think Cocoa having a match on the same day will matter. Nadeko vs Yui might be close but I think Nadeko can win. Cocoa should stomp her opponents in the third match. Hitagi combos with Nadeko to edge out a win in the fourth match.

Votes:
Hakamada Hinata
Sengoku Nadeko
Cocoa
Senjougahara Hitagi

Predictions:
Hakamada Hinata
Sengoku Nadeko
Cocoa
Senjougahara Hitagi

[Hachiko]

Spoiler:

2channel Anime Saimoe 2014: First Round Results, Match Day 7


E1-3
1位　177票　愛宕絹恵＠咲-Saki- 全国編
2位　128票　光井ほのか＠魔法科高校の劣等生
3位　44票　佐々野いちご＠咲-Saki- 全国編

F1-3
1位　149票　大宮勇＠きんいろモザイク
2位　95票　飯塚ゆず＠桜Trick
3位　93票　加賀山楓（駄菓子屋）＠のんのんびより

G1-3
1位　189票　初春飾利＠とある科学の超電磁砲S
2位　119票　矢澤にこ＠ラブライブ!
3位　88票　山岸沙希＠一週間フレンズ。

H1-3
1位　149票　御坂妹（ミサカ10032号）＠とある科学の超電磁砲S
2位　112票　三千院ナギ＠ハヤテのごとく!
3位　97票　イオナ＠蒼き鋼のアルペジオ -アルス・ノヴァ-

[BloodyKitty]

Sorry I'm late because of internet connection problems:

E1-3
1st　177　ATAGO Kinue @ Saki Zenkoku-hen
2nd　128　MITSUI Honoka @ Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
3rd　44　SASANO Ichigo @ Saki Zenkoku-hen

F1-3
1st　149　OOMIYA Isami @ Kin'iro Mosaic
2nd　95　IIZUKA Yuzu @ Sakura Trick
3rd　93　KAGAYANA Kaede @ Non Non Biyori

G1-3
1st　189　UIHARU Kazari @ To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S
2nd　119　YAZAWA Nico @ Love Live!
3rd　88　YAMAGISHI Saki @ One Week Friends

H1-3
1st　149　Misaka 10032 @ To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S
2nd　112　SANZEN'IN Nagi @ Hayate no Gotoku!
3rd　97　Iona @ Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova

[RJ TAYLER]

A moderate sized upset today says RJ Tayler as RJ Tayler looks at the results.

[Subayai]

Love Live! continues with its uneven performance and Railgun is a force not to be underestimated.

For today I strongly support the two GochiUsa: Kokoa and Maya. I don't have much expectations about Maya but I hope Kokoa will win her match without much trouble. On the other two matches, a Monogatari combo win seems the most likely outcome.

[ion475]

Umm...so much for Love Live being a contender when Nico, their strongest girl, didn't even make things competitive against Uiharu...

2/4 Today. Outside of Nico-ni not even making it half competitive, Iona disappointed me quite a bit also. Oh well, I should have never underestimate the Railgun-clan that hide behind MadoMagi-clan and the Saki-clan...

For today:

Spoiler for Picks & Predictions:

E1-4: Pick/Predict: Hinata. Hinata drops off in strength quite a bit, but Maya is not exactly among "top girls" even if she's from Gochiusa
F1-4: Pick/Predict: Nadeko. なでこだよ
G1-4: Pick/Predict: Kokoa. Miyuki is not ultra weak, but Kokoa is way above and beyond Miyuki's strength.
H1-4: Pick/Predict: Hitagi. Strongest by far of the 3.

[hinakatbklyn]

- 4 matches for Railgun series, 4 wins. However three of the wins were bad timing because they were against my higher priority favorites. I'm ok with Uiharu winning..... except I wanted Nico to win much more. While not as convincing as Sayaka against Charlotte, to win against a stronger Love Live rep and in convincing fashion is just as noteworthy. Even Imouto 10032 won her match. Same scenario, I wanted Nagi and/or Iona to win more.

E1-4: Pick preference: Hinata (Ro-Kyu-Bu), Takao (D-Frag), Maya (Usagi)
(Equal preference for all three)

F1-4: Pick Preference: Kotegawa (To-Love-Ru) > Nadeko (Monogatari)
(A case of 2 priorities going in opposite directions. Not much support for Kotegawa early on for TLR, but now showing interest. Nadeko on the other hand, was interested the first two seasons, but not showing as much interest from the latest season)

G1-4: Picking: Cocoa (Usagi)
H1-4: No real preference, but leaning toward Ritsu Kawai

[FractalFusion]

I voted for Yui (because she is the only reason I followed TLR in the first place), and Maizono-san (because I read part of the Danganronpa LP). Neither of them have much of a chance against the Monogatari characters, though.

My votes:
<<古手川唯＠To LOVEる -とらぶる- ダークネス>> (KOTEGAWA Yui @ To Love Ru Darkness)
<<舞園さやか＠ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 The Animation>> (MAIZONO Sayaka @ Danganronpa)

Originally Posted by exec

btw @FractalFusion, I don't think you've mentioned the copype list
https://sites.google.com/site/animes...tournamentlist
there are all of them under コピペリスト. Choose your round and copy-paste away.

Thanks. I added it to my previous post.