2006-07-25, 13:06 | Link #1 |
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The Anime Saimoe Tournament 2006
Official website
http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ There's already a thread below in the Mai Otome/HiME section, but it is just too interesting to limit discussion of that tournament there. http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...471#post627471 As that thread was more focused towards the Mai Otome/HiME fandom, Catgirls and I have discussed and I have decided to start a new separate thread in this section aimed at greater exposure to the A-Suki community, and bring this interesting tournament for discussion here. Q. What is the Anime Saimoe Tournament? A. It's pretty much the anime equivalent of GameFAQs' annual Popular Video Character contests, where through daily online polls, the most "moe" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C3%A9) anime character. Q. How is it held? A. All (female) anime characters that appeared in anime series, OVA and animated movies airing and/or released in Japan between July 1st 2005 and June 30th 2006 can be nominated. (Even animals are included, it seems, as long as they're not males. ) First there are two qualifying rounds. The 1st qualifying round is held between July 5th and 13th, and has 18 groups. Of these 18 groups, the top 8 characters of each group would enter the tournament proper directly. (A total of 8 x 18 = 144 characters) While those ranked 9th to 32nd of each group will enter the 2nd qualifying round. (A total of 24 x 18 = 432 characters) The 2nd qualifying round would be held between July 26th (today according to Japan Standard Time) and July 31st. The 432 characters would be divided into 6 groups of 72. The top 24 of each group will qualify for the tournament proper. (A total of 24 x 6 = 144 characters) In total, the tournament proper will have 288 characters = 144 (from 1st Qual. ) + 144 (from 2nd Qual. ) The tournament proper will commence on August 3rd all the way to the final on October 28th. The 1st round proper (August 3rd - 10th, August 15th - 22nd, August 24th - 31st and September 2nd to 9th) will be divided into 4 pools of 16 groups, each group having 3 characters. With 3 groups being contested per match day. In total, there are 96 groups. (96 x 3 = 288 characters) The 96 group winners will qualify for the 2nd round. The 2nd round would be in the same format as the 1st round, where 1 character is chosen from a list of 3. In total, there are 32 groups. (Divided into 4 pools of 8 groups. 1 group contested per day. ) The 32 group winners will qualify for the 3rd round. From the 3rd round onwards, two characters will face off with each other on simple knockout format until the winner is decided. Spoiler for timetable:
Users outside of Japan are welcome to vote, however, please remember YOU CAN ONLY VOTE ONCE PER SESSION. If the organizers even suspect some vote rigging, they can ban a whole range of foreign ISPs outside Japan. So please don't ruin it for the other fans. Voting time is between 0100 - 2300 Japan time. (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=248) Since it's just very complicated, here's the all-image voting instructions so you can follow step-by-step: Spoiler for picture tutorial on how to vote:
For more info on how to vote, please refer to Arimfe's post below. Last edited by Kinny Riddle; 2006-08-25 at 11:03. |
2006-07-25, 14:15 | Link #2 |
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The 2nd Qualifying Round commences today, starting with the first group. The top 24 of each group will qualify for the tournament proper. The voters can pick up to 8 characters. Discuss who you picked (or intend to pick, if you can't vote) as your top 8 characters.
http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/2-1.txt Spoiler for today's contestant list in English:
Just post your list in this voting thread below. Votes end at 23:00 Japan time. (Try copy and pasting the original Japanese names if possible, and DO NOT DOUBLE VOTE) http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anichara/1153833967 |
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Join Date: May 2006
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Remember the link above for the group 1 voting thread Kinny Riddle linked to is only valid for group 1 and only valid today. The other groups gets their own threads at later dates.
So, "How do I vote?" Scroll back to to the first post, Kinny Riddle put up pictures that are much easier to read than these instructions. In case you still have unanswered questions or want a new headache go ahead and read below. It's not difficult to vote once you know the steps. You need to reserve a voting code which takes about 2 hours, and each thread gets 22 hours before voting closes (Sometimes they also close when the thread gets too big). And some of you might not be able to vote because some areas has already been banned I think (But you can still post pictures or ascii art to influence the poll and support your character). Quote:
Here are the instructions I mixed together from ando's posts in the original thread: Quote:
How to find newest voting threads yourself: NOTE: Sometimes the voting threads get locked. This is when the whole thread reach above 500 KB in size (they might also possibly close when thread has reached 1000 posts). You can check how many (KB) Kilobytes the thread has reached by looking for the red number at the bottom in each voting thread. Unfortunately you might bump into this problem once in a while. There's not much we can do about it since we can't always be around to update the links and instructions. So if you can't vote because the thread is locked, look for a link to a new thread. Go here: http://etc4.2ch.net/vote/subback.html There will be a bunch of links. Press ctrl+F Search with the keyword "Round" You will find links named like: 2: アニメ最萌トーナメント2006 投票スレRound82 (277) or 23: アニメ最萌トーナメント2006 投票スレRound80 (1001 or something similar. But always choose the one with highest round number. That way you can always find the latest voting threads. ps. I have edited ando's posts a bit, if any of this is wrong it's my fault, so if someone wants this post edited, just let me know and I'll fix it. Last edited by Arimfe; 2006-08-31 at 23:13. |
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2006-07-25, 20:16 | Link #6 | |
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Join Date: May 2006
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New thread (round 57) is up (link thanks to ando): http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anichara/1153860231/ round 57 is still for the characters in group 1 (listed in Kinny Riddle's post I quoted). That means if you already voted in round 56, you dont have to vote in round 57. (I also updated instructions in post#4. I updated a bit here and there, I might also update it more later) |
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2006-07-26, 03:19 | Link #7 | |
AniMexican!
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2006-07-26, 06:44 | Link #8 | |
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Thanks Arimfe for clarifying the voting procedures. A cookie beckons.
You're encouraged to cheer for your favourite characters, but please don't spam and PLEASE REFRAIN FROM FLAMING FANS OF OTHER CHARACTERS/SERIES. Should there be any suspected spamming or flaming in this thread, the mods will be notified at once. Quote:
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2006-07-26, 06:52 | Link #9 | |
SharpenerOfTheBoxcutter
Join Date: May 2006
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http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anichara/1153903017/ This is probably the last thread for group 1. Last chance to get a vote in if you haven't already, 10 minutes left to reserve a code, since group 1 will close pretty soon. |
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2006-07-26, 10:07 | Link #10 |
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Thank you Arimfe for the info on how to vote. I remember wracking my head over how to acquire the code the last time they held the Saimoe and never been able to figure it out.
Now it seems that the reservations of codes for the 27th (Group 2) has begun... So who voted in Group 1? I did about 12 hours ago... of the ones I voted for Asa - Shuffle, Sara - School Rumble, Suzumiya Akane - Akane Maniaxx made it through.
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2006-07-26, 12:03 | Link #11 | |
SharpenerOfTheBoxcutter
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Hmmm I voted:
<<カレハ@SHUFFLE!>> <<フミ・ヒメノ@舞-乙HiME>> <<尾久崎晶@舞-乙HiME>> <<チエ・ハラード@舞-乙HiME>> <<ミコト(猫神様)@舞-乙HiME>> <<ミユ@舞-乙HiME>> But only Miyu and Chie Hallard from My-Otome made it. Quote:
Nanoha won the finale against Souseiseki back then. What I think they will do is a seeding based on the number of votes in the first qualification round, and then spread the highest seeded as far from each other as they can, and then use the characters from round 2 as meat shield to fill up the gaps ^^;; If they don't then it can be quite messy and we will get more groups of death just like group 11 in the first round: http://saimoe.nobody.jp/yosen0111.html Group 11 was craaaazyly THE group of death Anyway Group 2 started their thread more than an hour ago now ^^;; (Links thanks to ando)Round 60 Group 2: http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anichara/1153932602/ The contestants: http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/2-2.txt (It's in Japanese but if someone wants any names and specific participants from specific series translated, just ask here or pm me, or maybe well get lucky and a certain someone will translate the list again^^;; ) *looks at Kinny Riddle* |
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2006-07-26, 12:11 | Link #12 |
Honya-kun
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One correction here: the field in the tournament isn't down to 32 in the second round, but rather 96. The first two rounds consists of each of the each of the girls competing in "triple threat" matches, with the winners of these matches (96 in the first round, 32 in the second round) advancing to the next round. To get a better idea to see what I'm talking about, just check the web page for last year's tournament:
Saimoe 2005 Tournament
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2006-07-26, 13:42 | Link #13 | |
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A relay via IRC from Kinny Riddle. Translated names from the following link:
http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/2-2.txt Quote:
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2006-07-26, 20:04 | Link #15 |
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Past Anime Saimoe Tournament:
Anime Saimoe Tournament 2002, this is the first tournament. http://animesaimoe.at.infoseek.co.jp/ Anime Saimoe Tournament 2004. http://star.kakiko.com/saimoe/ |
2006-07-27, 08:23 | Link #16 | |
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Thanks to microlith for posting the list for me while my ISP stubbornly refuses to load the ASuki board. Spoiler for results of 2nd Qualifying Round Groups 1 and 2:
http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/2-3.txt Spoiler for translated list for 2nd Qualifying Round Group 3 - July 27th:
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2006-07-27, 17:03 | Link #17 |
SharpenerOfTheBoxcutter
Join Date: May 2006
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Thanks to Kinny Riddle for translating all those names.
Current voting thread for group 3 is round 64: http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anichara/1154039063/ Last edited by Arimfe; 2006-07-27 at 17:30. |
2006-07-28, 10:53 | Link #18 |
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http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/trial.html#2-3
Spoiler for results of 2nd Qual. Round Group 3:
http://saimoe2006.hp.infoseek.co.jp/2-4.txt Spoiler for translated list of 2nd Qual. Round Group 4 - July 28th:
I should've waited till the tournament proper before I translate these names in earnest, good thing I didn't do the 1st qualifying round, or I'll be dead, lol. I think I spend all most of the free time I had on translating that I have no free time left to register a code to vote myself. Ah well, at least after these, I can simply copy and paste the names from now on. Last edited by Kinny Riddle; 2006-07-28 at 11:09. |
2006-07-28, 11:40 | Link #19 | |
SharpenerOfTheBoxcutter
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First round had over 2600 participants, yes you would have died Voting thread (link thanks to ando): http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anichara/1154115487/ Group 4, round 67. (I might edit this later if I find out the thread has ended, otherwise look at instructions above on what to do if thread is locked) Sia is is up for vote. Everyone please support Sia. ^^;; My votes: <<リシアンサス(シア)@SHUFFLE!>> <-Sia ^^;; <<フレイ・アルスター@機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY>> <<マリアンヌ@灼眼のシャナ>> <<ハルカ・アーミテージ@舞-乙HiME>> <<レナ・セイヤーズ@舞-乙HiME>> <<シホ・ユイット@舞-乙HiME>> <<ロザリー・クローデル@舞-乙HiME>> <<アリッサ@舞-乙HiME>> Last edited by Arimfe; 2006-07-28 at 15:31. |
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2006-07-28, 12:05 | Link #20 |
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Kinny Riddle: you deserve a big salute for translating all those names
Arimfe: Wow, you really are a big banner-carrier for the Mai-Otome franchise huh? The only vote I share with you for this round is the cute doll Marianne... <<リインフォースII@魔法少女リリカルなのはA's>> - Reinforce II@Nanoha <<虹原真鈴@マジカノ>> - Nijihara Marin@Magikano <<マリアンヌ@灼眼のシャナ>> Marianne@Shana <<ちせ@最終兵器彼女 Another love song>> Chise@Saikano <<柿崎めぐ@ローゼンメイデン トロイメント>> Megu@Rozen Maiden <<岡島瑞樹(ドラム)@涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱>> Drumgirl@Suzumiya Haruhi
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