Did you have a nice break? Yes? Well, the
International Saimoe League is finally back in 2012 for its fifth year! Nominations will start
January 1, 2012 and will last for
one week. There will be some significant changes to ISML this year that will be clarified later on in the post. In the mean time, here are some nice questions to think about
:
- Which characters from the Top 16 in 2011 will make Top 16 in 2012?
- Which characters in 2011 won't be back in ISML Regular Season?
- Which Stella characters will go up or down in rankings?
- Which Nova characters shows promise in ISML 2012?
- Which character do you want to win the tiara this year?
Remember to participate in ISML in 2012! You can visit us at the link below:
International Saimoe League 2012
< So, where is my dream? >
It is a continuation of reality.
< But where is my reality? >
It is at the end of your dream.
- If you want to help us out in running this event, visit us @ #isml on irc.rizon.net
- ISML also has its own forum if you really dislike posting in one single thread
Nova and Stella
-Characters will be placed into either of two divisions, Nova or Stella.
-Nova Division consists of new characters within the last two years, plus some exceptions.
-Stella Division consists mostly of characters in anime aired more than two years ago.
-Starting with the Preliminary Phase, characters are placed into Nova or Stella.
Nomination Phase
-There will be
12 nomination slots, unchanged from ISML 2011.
-You have to nominate at least
5 characters from
3 different series.
-Slots are unweighted, so all of your nominees receive
1 vote each.
-There is no restriction on how many Nova or Stella characters you must nominate.
-This phase will last for one week, starting from
January 01 to
January 07 of 2012.
Preliminary Phase
-
For each division, a total of
84 characters from ISML 2011 and the nomination phase will participate.
-The format is last year's with
3 phases swapped: group, round robin, then elimination.
-This phase will last for about
nine weeks, starting from
February 12 to
April 12, with 2 one-week breaks.
Round-Robin Phase
-The total contestants in the regular season changes to
72,
36 per division.
-There are no qualifiers directly to the regular season. All 72 contestants come from the Preliminary Phase.
-ISML Regular Season will now consist of
5 periods: Aquamarine, Amethyst, Ruby, Emerald, and Topaz.
-There will be an
Necklace Match at the end of every period to determine the necklace winner.
-Each division will send
3-4 characters to each Necklace Match, for a total of
7.
-Each character can only win one necklace each year.
-This phase will last for about nineteen weeks, from
May 6 through
September 13, with breaks between each period.
Elimination Phase
-ISML post-season will be switch to a
Single Elimination with
two phases.
-Phase I determines the division winners,
separately putting the
Top 16 of
each division into single elimination tournaments.
-Phase II determines the tiara winner, taking the
Top 8 of
each division from Phase I to form a single elimination tournament.
-These two phases will last for about four weeks, starting from
September 30 and end
October 28.
Summary of ISML 2012
Spoiler for Flowchart of ISML 2012:
A crisper version of the chart below is presented
here.
Posting Rules
General Rules:
- Absolutely no campaign posts allowed.
This includes posts containing ANY campaign verbiage whether in whole or in part. Contributing to the debate is encouraged, provided you do NOT add "VOTE ABCD!!!" (or similar to the post itself). Simply rebutting another's post or opinion with "XYZ sucks" is totally unacceptable.
- Please do not create a post with the sole purpose to campaign for a character!
- No Image campaigning.
Do not create a post with an image or collage representation of a campaign poster. In other words: a PhotoShopped image of the character you want people to vote for with “vote for” text added to it.
Posting Etiquette:
- Please do not cross post information about this tournament in other AnimeSuki threads.
Keep all Anime Saimoe Tournament posts, campaigns, character information, voting links, etc., within this thread only or in your signature (signature size limits still apply).
- No "meta-posting".
Meaning: posting about another poster, the thread or about another post itself, is forbidden and will be deleted on-the-spot, regardless of intention. If you want to comment about another poster that’s off-topic and/or personal, send them a PM.
- Any flame-baiting will be deleted and those people banned.
Please keep the thread positive, fun and clean. If your choice doesn’t win the Round and you can’t discuss the fact without complaining, swearing and baiting people into arguments, then don’t post.
- Do not create image only posts.
You can, however, include an image with your discussion. If you want to visually support the character you’re voting for then please do so in the context of your original discussion and use only one or two images. We would encourage the use of “thumbnails” if possible (and please, no large images). PM the mods if you need help with posting thumbnail images.