International Saimoe League 2008 - The Best of the Best

[Demi.]

Originally Posted by Blacksmith_Tony

Hmm I don't think there's any blame, every character has to face every other character anyway. Would you think of adjusting the schedule over time to make things more interesting depending who is most popular at the that point? Hence making the currently popular characters face each other when you can, I would think that's a lot of work though.

It's fair in the sense that it won't affect the overall standings for the seeding of the Tiara, but one character with consistently easy matches for three necklaces in a row, certainly Isn't very fair. Especially since the necklaces have a purpose. But damnit, my rage only continues to grow knowing Kagami will once again ruin Fate's chance at a necklace... This is her easiest period too...

[Blacksmith_Tony]

doh, there's me being dense as usual. Of course it matters, since winning a necklace matters, so a balanced schedule per necklace is required as well as the overall balanced.

Like I said, I'm slow, thanks for explaining in a way even I can understand .

[FiREwing]

Originally Posted by demi.

but Damnit, My Rage Only Continues To Grow Knowing Kagami Will Once Again Ruin Fate's Chance At A Necklace... This Is Her Easiest Period Too...

OH U FATE FANBOI.





(Why can't I type in all caps?:X)



OH AND OH GOD TOMOYO OVA. SOMEONE STOP ME FROM SHOOTING YOU ALL.

[Demi.]

Originally Posted by FiREwing

OH U FATE FANBOI.

That reminds me, we should all have MtG names to go by. For instance, firewing can be a Thieving Magpie or a Fit of Rage. I'm
Akroma, Angel of Wrath ofcourse, but everything else is fair game!

(Why can't I type in all caps?:X)

Maybe cause Animesuki is a English natzi?

@Blacksmith: Anytime. ^^

[minhtam1638]

Yeah, but when it comes to the necklaces, do remember that in the original plan that we've had, they weren't supposed to have a purpose at all - just side prizes to say that, "okay, you were the best candidate during that three weeks". While my initial plan was for someone to rise from the ashes and steal a necklace, after Setsuna's win perhaps not doing anything but let her be featured as the Topaz winner, people started to question what was the point of the necklaces. Remember that I initiated the necklace immunity rule on the last week of Amethyst, when we were well into the season, so that perhaps someone from the bottom of the standings could attempt to rise from the ashes (which hasn't really worked out).

So in the original plan, Kagami's "easy twelve weeks" wouldn't have mattered. But now that the plan changed, the Hiiragi crowd took huge advantage of the rule change and the easy schedule that was to follow.

[Cytrus]

Originally Posted by FiREwing

OH AND OH GOD TOMOYO OVA. SOMEONE STOP ME FROM SHOOTING YOU ALL.

Watched it right now. Let me just say it reminded me of the good parts of Kanon.

Seeing as "it reminded me of the good parts in Kanon" could as well be the ultimate prise this kind of show can get from me, I strongly urge everybody to see it. Tomoyo went up from my "neutral" list...

[Demi.]

Spoiler for Ruby match 2 picks and predictions:

Nanoha > C.C - Atleast Nanoha will win this one before undeservingly losing to Yuki and Shana.

Horo > Nagisa - Tough call on who will win... Nagisa seems to have weakened a bit, so...

Mai > Saber - Expect Mai to win by a small margin.

Fate Testarossa > Ayu - Obviously~

Maria > Yuki - Rape is em·i·nent

Shana > Nayuki - Simple enough, I guess.

Mikuru > Sayuri - Meido over Ahaha.

Tomoyo > Fuko - Practice run for her match vs. Kyou.

Rin > Hanyuu - Tough choice~

Louise > Kyou - You may have newfound series mojo Louise, but you still can't stop Kyou.

Shiori > Konata - Yes, first and last time I'm ever voting for Shiori. How does Konata do so well with such a shitty Avatar image anyways?

Eri > Suiseiseki - Another tough choice, so I went with who I think will lose.

HInagiku > Setsuna - I didn't even need to think.

Rena > Tsuruya - Tsuruya Isn't moe.

Teletha > Matsuri - Easy choice.

Vita > Yue - I think Vita will be able to scrape by a win.

Konoka > Nodoka - I wonder who will win this one.

Ayumu > Ryou - Anti-vote to all insignificant characrers.

Eruruu > Evangeline - Tough choice.

Kyon's Sister > Kagami Hiiragi - Anti-voting Kagami is priority #1.

Sakura Kinomoro > Saskura Matou - The superior Sakura.

Rika > Shinku - Sorry Shinku, but can't vote against Rika unless up against my top 3.

Aruruu > Kiri - mMm, That Kiri Avatar is pretty OP.

Kotomi > Souseiseki - Kotomi-chan!

Alice > Chiaki - I wonder if Alice can pull off a win here. I like Chiaki too, regardless.

Suigintou > Tamao - Gin-sama~

Sakura-hime > Yuno - Hm, for some reason I don't vote for Yuno too often.

Haruhi > Tamaki Kousaka - I suppose...

Chikaru > Tsukasa - Correction; Tsukasa is antivote #3, while Konata is #1 followed by Kagami.

Tamaki > Touka - Easy choice.

Nagi > Konomi - Yep~

Mion > Yurie - Sure, why not.

I got lazy midway.

@:Minhtam: On second thought, screw the Necklaces purpose, I just want a nice Necklace reward image for a character I actually regard highly. So far, not even close...

@Cytrus: I think I just died a little inside after reading your comment.

[Cytrus]

Originally Posted by Demi.

@Cytrus: I think I just died a little inside after reading your comment.

How is good storytelling in an episode bad news . I feel bias.

[FiREwing]

I'm downloading the raw right now. I need more RAGEEE to keep me awake.

Oh and is Nagisa in it? And the other girls?

[Demi.]

Originally Posted by Cytrus

How is good storytelling in an episode bad news . I feel bias.

Seeing as "it reminded me of the good parts in Kanon" could as well be the ultimate prise this kind of show can get from me, I strongly urge everybody to see it. Tomoyo went up from my "neutral" list...

^That. I hope this Isn't a common trend, because Tomoyo raping in my Saimoe is not approved!

Nothing wrong with the "Good storytelling" part, though.

Anyways, have to celebrate my moms B-day, so I'm gone for now. Bye-bee!

[Cytrus]

Originally Posted by Demi.

^That. I hope this Isn't a common trend, because Tomoyo raping in my Saimoe is not approved!

Ah, alright then. While I don't think it can change anything for haters and lovers, I'm afraid many neutral people may be swayed by Tomoyo's entirely new active side.

Originally Posted by FiREwing

I'm downloading the raw right now. I need more RAGEEE to keep me awake.

Oh and is Nagisa in it? And the other girls?

Only Tomoyo, Tomoya and Sunohara appear. The episode is so packed that there's only room for one Sunohara joke, so I can't imagine any of the other girls fitting in. All this despite the starting point being... an already established relationship.

[OverFunk]

Originally Posted by Cytrus

The episode is so packed that there's only room for one Sunohara joke

Download stopped.

(j/k)

[FiREwing]

Eh. Screw this I'll just watch it on craptube. It's not like I can understand it.

[Cytrus]

Originally Posted by FiREwing

Eh. Screw this I'll just watch it on craptube. It's not like I can understand it.

Isn't crap quality + lack of understanding like reading a bad episode summary?

I did it like this for Nanoha StrikerS, and the politics parts, which had a lot of unknown vocabulary, were a chore to watch, which probably lessened my overall impression of the show. All the raws were crap, too. Both audio and video.

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by Demi.

@:Minhtam: On second thought, screw the Necklaces purpose, I just want a nice Necklace reward image for a character I actually regard highly. So far, not even close...

Au contraire, I think it's a wonderful idea to have a necklace winner automatically return and defend her necklace, provided that she do decent in the season overall, but we are certainly seeing the drawback to this idea as well - Kagami (or anyone for that matter) eliminating certain other potentials from an auto-bid next year. As you may have noticed, it is much hard to make the schedules balanced for a necklace if we're dealing with a field of 64 and dividing it to 9-a-piece for each candidate, not to mention that it's not a field of circles were shooting for.

And I don't think the necklace rule that I've implemented would have any affect at all - like it or not, we would still have had to deal with Kagami taking two, possibly three necklaces anyway.

I think that at this point, adding purpose to the necklaces was the right move, but it was made at the wrong time. I should have saved that for next year's competition, when I had a plan in action.

Not to take away from Kagami's success, as we would still see her at her peak for a while, but the necklace rule, as well as the schedule provided, does ruin it. A lot.

[X207]

Originally Posted by Demi.

You must have been voting in the wrong moe tournament. The ISML I know of, Tomoyo defeated a long list of all but one of my favorites. Surely Nanoha would be no exception...

no, it was the right tourney. i know nanoha is high up there on the list so tomoyo winning wasnt as high as it was against some of the other characters. i knew the votes would be close but her to beat the white devil still came as a surprise.

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by X207

no, it was the right tourney. i know nanoha is high up there on the list so tomoyo winning wasnt as high as it was against some of the other characters. i knew the votes would be close but her to beat the white devil still came as a surprise.

um. Tomoyo beat Shana, who has more support than Nanoha.
Tomoyo and Kyou pretty much own this competition, that Nanoha got within a hundred votes of Tomoyo is what should have surprised you.

[Chiharu-chan]

Time to post my votes.

Spoiler for Ruby 2 Votes:

ARENA 1 Nanoha Takamachi (NA) C.C. (CG) Abstain from vote

Nanoha. <3

ARENA 2 Nagisa Furukawa (CL) Horo (SW) Abstain from vote

Nagisa >>>>> Horo.

ARENA 3 Saber (FSN) Mai Kawasumi (KN) Abstain from vote.

ARENA 4 Ayu Tsukimiya (KN) Fate Testarossa (NA) Abstain from vote

Fate~!

ARENA 5 Maria (HnG) Yuki Nagato (SHnY) Abstain from vote

Don't care for either but I guess Yuki.

ARENA 6 Nayuki Minase (KN) Shana (SnS) Abstain from vote

Duh.

ARENA 7 Mikuru Asahina (SHnY) Sayuri Kurata (KN) Abstain from vote

ARENA 8 Fuko Ibuki (CL) Tomoyo Sakagami (CL) Abstain from vote

Fuko > Tomoyo. It's hopeless but come on, Fuko-chan. ;_;

ARENA 9 Hanyuu Furude (HNKN) Rin Tosaka (FSN) Abstain from vote

Obviously.

ARENA 10 Louise Francoise (ZnT) Kyou Fujibayashi (CL) Abstain from vote

ARENA 11 Konata Izumi (LS) Shiori Misaka (KN) Abstain from vote

ARENA 12 Eri Sawachika (SR) Suiseiseki (RM) Abstain from vote

ARENA 13 Hinagiku Katsura (HnG) Setsuna Sakurazaki (NG) Abstain from vote

ARENA 14 Rena Ryuguu (HNKN) Tsuruya (SHnY) Abstain from vote

Come on Rena, take her home.

ARENA 15 Matsuri Shihou (Sola) Teletha Testarossa (FMP) Abstain from vote

ARENA 16 Vita (NA) Yue Ayase (NG) Abstain from vote

ARENA 17 Konoka Konoe (NG) Nodoka Miyazaki (NG) Abstain from vote

ARENA 18 Ayumu Nishizawa (HnG) Ryou Fujibayashi (CL) Abstain from vote

ARENA 19 Eruruu (U) Evangeline McDowell (NG) Abstain from vote

ARENA 20 Kyon's Sister (SHnY) Kagami Hiiragi (LS) Abstain from vote

Really don't want Kagami to win three necklaces. =/

ARENA 21 Sakura Kinomoto (CS) Sakura Matou (FSN) Abstain from vote

Obviously. Better Sakura ftw.

ARENA 22 Shinku (RM) Rika Furude (HNKN) Abstain from vote

Um? No explanation needed. Come on Rika-chama~!

ARENA 23 Aruruu (U) Kiri Komori (SZS) Abstain from vote

ARENA 24 Souseiseki (RM) Kotomi Ichinose (CL) Abstain from vote

Bo-n-jour. Kotomi is <3

ARENA 25 Alice Carroll (ARIA) Chiaki Minami (M) Abstain from vote

ARENA 26 Tamao Suzumi (SP) Suigintou (RM) Abstain from vote

ARENA 27 Yuno (HS) Sakura-hime (TC) Abstain from vote

ARENA 28 Haruhi Suzumiya (SHnY) Tamaki Kousaka (TH) Abstain from vote

Obvious choice for me.

ARENA 29 Chikaru Minamoto (SP) Tsukasa Hiiragi (LS) Abstain from vote

ARENA 30 Tamaki Kawazoe (BB) Touka (U) Abstain from vote

ARENA 31 Nagi Sanzen'in (HnG) Konomi Yuzuhara (TH) Abstain from vote

ARENA 32 Mion Sonozaki (HNKN) Yurie Hitotsubashi (KM) Abstain from vote

Mion >>>>>> Yurie.

Now I'm off to continue watching Shana. xD

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by qtipbrit92

10000!

11000!

[minhtam1638]

Ruby 2 has begun. Warning: Voter may experience a little deja vu.