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RJ TAYLER · 2012-08-29, 09:44

Lowest round record is still the dreaded 'nil points' set by the following during 2002-2004:

0 Hitomi Yuki @ Real Bout High School
0 Luchs @ Saber Marionette
0 Sumi Ichijouji @ Raimuiro Senkitan
0 Kanae Mizuhara @ Platonic Chain
0 Michiru Kawamoto @ Air Master
0 Shion @ Asobotto Senki Goku
0 Yayoi Kuribayashi @ Mouse
0 Mao Chou @ Beyblade
0 Laura Hope @ Firestorm
0 Hiromi Tachibana @ Beyblade
0 Ruth Miller @ Firestorm

So a "Happy Birthday" for one and a stop of the "Terut ime" for another Madoka

Ichuki · 2012-08-29, 10:16

Picks- Hinata, Nagi, Saber

Prediction- Hinata, Nagi, Touka

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Originally Posted by Wanderer

Seriously, Makoto is like... the weakest IM character, isn't she?

No I believe Ritsuko and Ami are.

Wanderer · 2012-08-29, 10:47

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Originally Posted by ion475

Karuta...sigh...guess IM cannot be taken lightly.

Seriously, Makoto is like... the weakest IM character, isn't she?

Picks (20-20-5), Predictions (30-15)

D04
Hinata Hakamada @ Ro-Kyu-Bu!: <<袴田ひなた＠ロウきゅーぶ!>>
Unused Character @ Kill Me Baby: <<没キャラ＠キルミーベイベー>>
Perinne H. Clostermann @ Strike Witches<<ペリーヌ・クロステルマン＠ストライクウィッチーズ劇場版>>

D08
Hiroe Atago @ Saki: <<姫松高校のタレ目の選手（愛宕洋榎）＠咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A>>
Utao Kuga @ Kamisama Dolls: <<枸雅詩緒＠神様ドォルズ>>
Nagi Sanzenin @ Hayate The Combat Butler<<三千院ナギ＠ハヤテのごとく! HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH>>

D12
Agiri Goshiki @ Kill Me Baby: <<呉織あぎり＠キルミーベイベー>>
Touka Ryuumonbuchi @ Saki: <<龍門渕透華＠咲-Saki- 阿知賀編 episode of side-A>>
Saber @ Fate/Stay Night: <<セイバー＠Fate/Zero／Carnival Phantasm>>

Kyuu · 2012-08-29, 15:13

Well. Group D will NOT have a Saki character as a winner.

Triple_R · 2012-08-29, 16:26

While I like Lagrange's Madoka, I'm honestly surprised by Teru's lost. Teru struck me as one of the stronger Saki girls, so I was inclined to think she'd advance. Now it'll be interesting to see if Madoka's strength is for real, or if she was amped up by voters sniping Teru.

ion475 · 2012-08-29, 16:48

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While I like Lagrange's Madoka, I'm honestly surprised by Teru's lost. Teru struck me as one of the stronger Saki girls, so I was inclined to think she'd advance. Now it'll be interesting to see if Madoka's strength is for real, or if she was amped up by voters sniping Teru.

Madoka and Teru are same strength anyway. Both finished 4th in their respective prelim group (Group 4 and 8), both groups are fairly weak (Teru's group is weaker since it's Poplar than the 2nd-4th group, while Madoka's group = Ako-Kyouko -> 3rd-6th bunch). Seeing Saki isn't exactly dominating even with the sheer number of girls, the loss doesn't surprised me at all.

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Seriously, Makoto is like... the weakest IM character, isn't she?

I don't know whether she's the weakest or not. But Makoto qualified via 2nd prelim while Karuta finished 6th in 1st prelim (Votes wise, about same strength as Hajime, Sakurako, and Hachikuji). Yet here we have another upset...

On the other hand, maybe Hanazawa girls just suck against Idolm@ster for whatever reason...

Triple_R · 2012-08-29, 17:20

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Originally Posted by ion475

Madoka and Teru are same strength anyway. Both finished 4th in their respective prelim group (Group 4 and 8), both groups are fairly weak (Teru's group is weaker since it's Poplar than the 2nd-4th group, while Madoka's group = Ako-Kyouko -> 3rd-6th bunch). Seeing Saki isn't exactly dominating even with the sheer number of girls, the loss doesn't surprised me at all.

Let's be fair here - You yourself predicted Teru to win, and you weren't the only one on this thread to do so.

I do think it's a bit surprising that Teru wasn't boosted more from Saki Achiga-hen.

Micchi · 2012-08-29, 17:34

Picks: 2-1 (26-19)
Predictions: 2-1 (34-11)

Teru's one of the few Saki chars I don't mind losing. Never really liked her too much. For example, Hajime has so much more appeal.

Picks: Hinata, Nagi, Touka
Predictions: Hinata, Nagi, Touka

おーっほほほほほほほほほ!!

Team Rocket Elite · 2012-08-29, 18:02

Hajime won but it's not a particularly convincing win against a not particularly strong opponent. Madoka claims a majority of the vote so Teru can't fault split votes. Karuta fails to beat Makoto which is a bit surprising. However, she didn't beat Ganaha Hibiki by much in preliminaries so maybe it shouldn't have been that surprising.

For today's matches, Hakamada Hinata should be a solid choice for the first match. Neither of her opponents seem very strong. Sanzen'in Nagi also has fairly weak opposition so she should win as well. Touka and Saber are going to have to work to advance, though. With how Saki characters have done recently, I'm going to have to go with Saber taking this one. I would have went with Touka a few days ago. After looking at the poll tracker, maybe I should have sided with Touka instead.

Votes:
Hakamada Hinata
Sanzen'in Nagi
Ryuumonbuchi Touka

Predictions:
Hakamada Hinata
Sanzen'in Nagi
Saber

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triple_R

Let's be fair here - You yourself predicted Teru to win, and you weren't the only one on this thread to do so.

I do think it's a bit surprising that Teru wasn't boosted more from Saki Achiga-hen.

Teru seems to be around the other likeable but not super popular Saki characters in terms of strength. It's a pretty rough estimate but that seems about right for what she's done so far in the anime.

ion475 · 2012-08-29, 18:08

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Let's be fair here - You yourself predicted Teru to win, and you weren't the only one on this thread to do so.

I also did mention that her and Madoka are about the same strength. In another word, I put it as a toss-up b/t Madoka and Teru, and more or less just give Teru the edge b/c of Saki (non-existent) faction voting...

And you know that half of the time my picks are completely wrong

Aya Reiko · 2012-08-29, 19:03

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Originally Posted by Wanderer

Seriously, Makoto is like... the weakest IM character, isn't she?

iM@S seems to have a knack for improbable wins. Honestly, at this point, I'd bet iM@S gets at least 1 in the final 8. Hell, I'm almost willing to bet Iori to win it all.

timbits · 2012-08-29, 19:05

Idolm@ster's improbable wins are probably caused by fans showing up late to the party, since they were expected to do well before the tournament.

Wanderer · 2012-08-30, 03:21

There's nothing moe about Teru IMO. I don't see why people are surprised she lost.

ahelo · 2012-08-30, 04:49

I think the Idolmaster fans were informed late and only joined the party when the tournament started. I guess being fashionably late is the new thing nowadays.

I had a gut feeling Teru would lose anyway. I guess the factor of moe is considered sometimes.

Kyuu · 2012-08-30, 05:32

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Originally Posted by Wanderer

There's nothing moe about Teru IMO. I don't see why people are surprised she lost.

You don't find her hidden but vicious personality as moe?

hinakatbklyn · 2012-08-30, 09:12

Spoiler for Results spoiler waiting for confirmation:

AP24 · 2012-08-30, 09:27

It's obvious Nagi would won since she was runner-up twice. First was Louise and now Nagi, next is Taiga.

Finally one of the Ro-Kyu-Bu girls moved on to the second round. I thought Hinata would have the best chance since I consider her to be the most moe of all the Ro-Kyu-Bu girls.

I think Saber won because of her popularity, she was hardly moe in my opinion.

broken270 · 2012-08-30, 09:28

No one posted this up yet, so...

D04
1st 332 Hinata Hakamada @ Ro-Kyu-Bu!
2nd 187 Unused Character @ Kill Me Baby
3rd 130 Perinne H. Clostermann @ Strike Witches

D08
1st 365 Nagi Sanzenin @ Hayate The Combat Butler
2nd 165 Hiroe Atago @ Saki
3rd 131 Utao Kuga @ Kamisama Dolls

D12
1st 262 Saber @ Fate/Stay Night
2nd 236 Touka Ryuumonbuchi @ Saki
3rd 160 Agiri Goshiki @ Kill Me Baby

ion475 · 2012-08-30, 10:17

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I think Saber won because of her popularity, she was hardly moe in my opinion.

No, she won b/c her competition is not strong at all (I mean, compare Saber to let say, Ryuumonbuchi Touka, I'll take Saber all day...). And even then, she didn't really win by THAT much (At least compare to Hinata and Nagi)

On a side note, a 3-0 day finally (Total 29-19) before the 2nd break...

seemmeriast · 2012-08-30, 10:37

Poor Touka... She haven't won even once in her three-year Saimoe experience.

Why do Saki's non-ace characters tend to lose despite having higher rank in the prelims? Is it because of anti-Saki voters, or they just simply got overrated in the prelims (because of combo vote with stronger characters)?

2012-08-29, 09:44	Link #841
RJ TAYLER Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: AUSTRALIA	Lowest round record is still the dreaded 'nil points' set by the following during 2002-2004: 0 Hitomi Yuki @ Real Bout High School 0 Luchs @ Saber Marionette 0 Sumi Ichijouji @ Raimuiro Senkitan 0 Kanae Mizuhara @ Platonic Chain 0 Michiru Kawamoto @ Air Master 0 Shion @ Asobotto Senki Goku 0 Yayoi Kuribayashi @ Mouse 0 Mao Chou @ Beyblade 0 Laura Hope @ Firestorm 0 Hiromi Tachibana @ Beyblade 0 Ruth Miller @ Firestorm So a "Happy Birthday" for one and a stop of the "Terut ime" for another Madoka __________________ YOURS RJ TAYLER

2012-08-29, 15:13	Link #844
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2012-08-29, 16:26	Link #845
Triple_R Senior Member Author Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Age: 42	While I like Lagrange's Madoka, I'm honestly surprised by Teru's lost. Teru struck me as one of the stronger Saki girls, so I was inclined to think she'd advance. Now it'll be interesting to see if Madoka's strength is for real, or if she was amped up by voters sniping Teru. __________________

2012-08-29, 17:34	Link #848
Micchi 兄さんが望むなら．．． Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada	Picks: 2-1 (26-19) Predictions: 2-1 (34-11) Teru's one of the few Saki chars I don't mind losing. Never really liked her too much. For example, Hajime has so much more appeal. Picks: Hinata, Nagi, Touka Predictions: Hinata, Nagi, Touka おーっほほほほほほほほほ!! __________________

2012-08-29, 19:05	Link #852
timbits Harem Lead Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Calgary, Canada	Idolm@ster's improbable wins are probably caused by fans showing up late to the party, since they were expected to do well before the tournament. __________________

2012-08-30, 03:21	Link #853
Wanderer Goat Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima	There's nothing moe about Teru IMO. I don't see why people are surprised she lost.

2012-08-30, 04:49	Link #854
ahelo Criminal Unrequitor Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2010	I think the Idolmaster fans were informed late and only joined the party when the tournament started. I guess being fashionably late is the new thing nowadays. I had a gut feeling Teru would lose anyway. I guess the factor of moe is considered sometimes. __________________ Traveler on Revenge / Ahelo Sigs / Saimoe Report! Signature by ganbaru

2012-08-30, 09:12	Link #856
hinakatbklyn Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009	Spoiler for Results spoiler waiting for confirmation: Looks mostly predictible. Hinata, Nagi and To..... wait, Saber won??? __________________

2012-08-30, 09:27	Link #857
AP24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011	It's obvious Nagi would won since she was runner-up twice. First was Louise and now Nagi, next is Taiga. Finally one of the Ro-Kyu-Bu girls moved on to the second round. I thought Hinata would have the best chance since I consider her to be the most moe of all the Ro-Kyu-Bu girls. I think Saber won because of her popularity, she was hardly moe in my opinion.

2012-08-30, 09:28	Link #858
broken270 Defying gravity Join Date: Jul 2010	No one posted this up yet, so... D04 1st 332 Hinata Hakamada @ Ro-Kyu-Bu! 2nd 187 Unused Character @ Kill Me Baby 3rd 130 Perinne H. Clostermann @ Strike Witches D08 1st 365 Nagi Sanzenin @ Hayate The Combat Butler 2nd 165 Hiroe Atago @ Saki 3rd 131 Utao Kuga @ Kamisama Dolls D12 1st 262 Saber @ Fate/Stay Night 2nd 236 Touka Ryuumonbuchi @ Saki 3rd 160 Agiri Goshiki @ Kill Me Baby

2012-08-30, 10:37	Link #860
seemmeriast Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008	Poor Touka... She haven't won even once in her three-year Saimoe experience. Why do Saki's non-ace characters tend to lose despite having higher rank in the prelims? Is it because of anti-Saki voters, or they just simply got overrated in the prelims (because of combo vote with stronger characters)?