Anime Saimoe Tournament 2007 - Tournament Proper

[Xellos-_^]

I need a Chikaru sig if someone can spare the time to make one.

[NissanNut]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

so 1 more vote for Anya and Nagi.

I am Anya because I don't Kanaria

is 2ch located in Florida?

Was that posted on 2ch? If it is, give me the link, please.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by NissanNut

Was that posted on 2ch? If it is, give me the link, please.

no idea but since the votes are counted on 2ch....

[z3phyr.mp3]

added some saimoe campaigning sigs to my earlier post... click here to see them...

@Xellos-_^ i made a chikaru sig for you it's also there... use it if you like...

@AVPlaya i made the v2 of the sig your using which allows some texts...

[Demi.]

I would appreciate a Fate T. Harlaown campaigning sig. if you could please make one. ^^

[Teiran]

I feel a little guilty about this, given what happened with Eva's vote totals from the A-01 match, but I'd love to use the Shana sig.

@ below: I went to college right next to the heart of 2ch and never knew it.

[AVPlaya]

Originally Posted by z3phyr.mp3

@AVPlaya i made the v2 of the sig your using which allows some texts...

Got the new sig, thanks!

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

is 2ch located in Florida?

To my utter amazement, the most Japanese of all websites is located in Palo Alto, CA. Their ISP is NTT, which is Verio in the US. This is in one of Verio Palo Alto data center, no doubt. The name of the host server is "banana2828.maido3.com". HA. I even did several looking glass trace from major Japanese ISPs, and even they trace 2ch.net right back to California. Must be the cheaper bandwidth.

Man the more you look more stuff you find. 2ch is hosted by a Website hosting reseller called Maido3.com. It seemed they got their "banana server" package, which offered 250GB of space and unlimited 10MB pipe for about $500 a month. It seemed they're only spending that much a month to run 2ch.net. It's not a bad deal, especially in the Japanese hosting market. Maido3 is the one having server in the US. 2ch dudes may not even know their server's right next to the gaijins they're busy banning for Saimoe.

This info is quite useful for our Japanese customers....

[Not One Of Us]

And yet, US ISPs are being banned.

Still haven't found a working proxy. Oy.

Can't someone contact the 2ch admins and get these entire ISPs unbanned or something?

[Daniel E.]

Today's votes.


<<佐藤聖＠マリア様がみてる OVA>>(Satou Sei@Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA)
<<衛藤芽生（めぇ）＠がくえんゆーとぴあ まなびストレート！>>(Eto Mei(Mee)@Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!)

It was the pits having to decided between Mei and Isako. >_< ! Then again, both of my choices would probably end up being crushed.

Oh, and good work on those sigs z3phyr.mp3

[AVPlaya]

Originally Posted by Not One Of Us

And yet, US ISPs are being banned.

Still haven't found a working proxy. Oy.

Can't someone contact the 2ch admins and get these entire ISPs unbanned or something?

Are you banned guys still having problems?

I may have one last ace up my sleeves... but I may need more time. Are there a lot of folks facing this issue? PM me and let me gauge the extend of the problem. 2ch is pissing me off...

[Agent86]

I don't see the coderesz.txt files being posted this year. These were files that listed all the valid voting posts in a format that looked like:

Spoiler:

アリス・キャロル＠ARIAシリーズ
0515,0516,0517,0518,0520,0523,0531,0533,0534,0537,
0539,0543,0546,0548,0549,0550,0551,0555,0557,0558,
0560,0564,0565,0566,0568,0569,0571,0572,0573,0574,
0575,0576,0577,0580,0581,0583,0585,0586,
side
レベッカ宮本（ベッキー）＠ぱにぽにだっしゅ！
1949,1956,1957,1973,1981,1983,1984,1989,1996,1998,
2004,2007,2012,2013,2015,2018,2020,2022,2023,2024,
2025,2029,2030,2032,2035,2040,2041,2042,2046,2047,
2048,2052,2056
side

where 0515 = 0th voting thread post #515, 2032 = 2nd voting thread post #32, etc. It was a really easy way to verify that your vote had been counted correctly. Links to the coderesz.txt files were posted along with the official results in the voting thread last year. Are they being posted somewhere else now? Or are they not being generated this year?

Also, is someone breaking down votes by code endings this year? I assume that codes ending with X, Y, and Z are still votes from outside of Japan. (All my votecodes end with Y).

Originally Posted by AVPlaya

To my utter amazement, the most Japanese of all websites is located in Palo Alto, CA.

Not positive, but I believe one reason 2ch is hosted outside Japan is to avoid impoundment/asset seizure.

[Psieye]

* Wilhelmina did well though she lost in the end.
* Mmm, it's ToHeart2, guess I'm not too surprised a high level Code Geass chara lost.
* Oh Tomari won? Lower total votes than the other groups that day but mmm... well I'm not against this outcome indeed - both had their stats.

some saimoe campaigning sigs if anyone wants them... all AS friendly...
i will update this post every now and then to add more sigs so check back when you can...
Spoiler for sigs:

Archived on Wiki. Always remember if it does turn out to be against thread rules, you can post them on the Wiki.

Spoiler:

<<アーニャ＠ネギま！？>>(Anya@Negima!?)
<<花菱美希＠ハヤテのごとく！>>(Hanabishi Miki@Hayate the Combat Butler)
<<衛藤芽生（めぇ）＠がくえんゆーとぴあ まなびストレート！>>(Eto Mei(Mee)@Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!)

Korean SaiMoe:

Ok, so Round 2 begins:

Spoiler:

1: Sayo
2: Septieme (not even Valcionne is enough to deter me here)
3: Ayame Shiina (not a strong group, though probably the ToHeart2 girl will win)
4: Primula (a couple of noteworthy names, but it's Rimu-chan's show)
5: Latooni (time to wail for the lack of OG support again)
6: Mayu (weak group indeed)

Phew... large groups for Round 2 to really weed out the few remaining elites from everyone else.

[DragoonKain3]

For the record, I voted for Shana in last years match against Suiseiseki. But really, look at her records before the match
524(group 3, 1st)/6.74%
-/-
712(block F, group 1)/55.07%
884(block F, group 2-1)/48.62%
1057(block F, semifinal 1)/55.12%
961(block F, final)/53.60%
1210(quarter final 1)/53.33%

Compare to her opponent, Suiseiseki...
1181(group 11, 1st)/8.26%
-/-
920(block D, group 1)/63.62%
775(block D, group 2-1)/63.37%
1046(block D, semifinal 1)/52.56%
1268(block D, final)/55.98%
1704(quarter final 2)/52.89%


I personally think that the top 8 playoffs and the match leading to the top 8 (ie. the ones that have only 2 choices for the day) say less about the fanbase than the others. Reason being is because once you have only 2 choices, tactical voting, revenge voting, and hate voting becomes much more signifcant; so much so that it starts to overshadows the 'like' votes. I mean, what percentage of that 1.4k votes are Haruhi-ists trying to get back at Suiseiseki at their loss? (Yes, I was one too lol)

So nope, I'm still aren't impressed with the Shana fanbase then, nor am I impressed now. Shana's just lucky her starting group wasn't very strong then, nor is it right now. Yes, there's a good chance that she'll win her group, but I'm still betting my money (*edit* make that a sheet of cardboad, lol forgot about that) on Nagi if she does indeed get to the finals.

[Aya Reiko]

Current Voting Thread: http://etc6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/vote/1186704770/

Current Totals (inc. fake votes):

Kanaria@Rozen Maiden Ouverture = 278
Cosete@Le Miserables Shoujo Cosete = 73
Anya@Negima!? = 271

Satou Sei@Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA = 207
Hanabishi Miki@Hayate the Combat Butler = 304
Akatsutsumi Momoko(Hyper Blossom)@Demashita! Power Puff Girls Z = 94

Sanzenin Nagi@Hayate the Combat Butler = 450
Eto Mei(Mee)@Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! = 139
Amasawa Yuuko(Isako)@Dennou Coil = 90

[Pakxenon]

Tactical voting time. I am an avid Negima! fan, so I must vote for Kanaria so that supporters won't split their votes between Anya (yes, she's awesome in the latest Negima chapters) and Eva.

Also voted for the other two Hayate characters.

[DragoonKain3]

Now that I got to see some votes, I guess I'll go...

Anya - Seeing as Cosette is going nowhere, voting for Anya makes things more interesting later in the round.

Miki - Seeing as Blossom is also going nowhere, I'll go with her.

Nagi - just because I don't like the other two shows.

[Wizard]

tnx for Fate sig...

[Wizard]

i forgot to tell...im fate harlaown, hayate yagami, katsura hinagiku, touka, shana, signum, fans..^^ so dont tell me i just get this sig for my self and i always watch the saimoe event and read topics of course

[ando]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

is 2ch located in Florida?

lol, it may be so .
Actually there was an inadequacy of Saimoe staff, but counting votes was done correctly, so the result of 08/08 will not be corrected.

Originally Posted by Agent86

I don't see the coderesz.txt files being posted this year. These were files that listed all the valid voting posts in a format that looked like:

Spoiler:

アリス・キャロル＠ARIAシリーズ
0515,0516,0517,0518,0520,0523,0531,0533,0534,0537,
0539,0543,0546,0548,0549,0550,0551,0555,0557,0558,
0560,0564,0565,0566,0568,0569,0571,0572,0573,0574,
0575,0576,0577,0580,0581,0583,0585,0586,
side
レベッカ宮本（ベッキー）＠ぱにぽにだっしゅ！
1949,1956,1957,1973,1981,1983,1984,1989,1996,1998,
2004,2007,2012,2013,2015,2018,2020,2022,2023,2024,
2025,2029,2030,2032,2035,2040,2041,2042,2046,2047,
2048,2052,2056
side

where 0515 = 0th voting thread post #515, 2032 = 2nd voting thread post #32, etc. It was a really easy way to verify that your vote had been counted correctly. Links to the coderesz.txt files were posted along with the official results in the voting thread last year. Are they being posted somewhere else now? Or are they not being generated this year?

coderez.txt is posted other than voting thread. I'll post the link of coderez.txt along with the result from today, if you need.

Originally Posted by Agent86

Also, is someone breaking down votes by code endings this year? I assume that codes ending with X, Y, and Z are still votes from outside of Japan. (All my votecodes end with Y).

AFAIK, votes from outside of Japan are c, X and Y, but they also include votes from Japan.

[DarkGardenSuiseiseki]

hmm... i was wondering if i could get a machi-nee sig plz?