International Saimoe League 2009

[cicido]

Is the result still going to be revealed tomorrow?
If so I can go to sleep now....

[qtipbrit]

How about characters with too much screen time and still no development like Nagisa?

[uis]

Originally Posted by qtipbrit

How about characters with too much screen time and still no development like Nagisa?

Dont make joke here qtip... enough with Yuuhi

[Ithekro]

Fanatics are fanatics...so they say.

But at least the Admins have a plan already.

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by wontaek

Yes, but I wonder how many would go that far to prepare for it. The best moe staff will continually monitor voting activities to detect any suspicious voting pattern. If an ID becomes a suspect in multi-voting, the wait time will be increased to 2 hours for that ID, and that ID will have to shorten its voting time over period of 60 days, by when most of the tournament would be over. The suspect ID can clear himself by directly contacting the Anizone staff, thus regain his delay time status.

I find that hard to believe it would have any affect at all, considering under normal conditions, a said voter would get the code in the morning, go to his classes, eat out, do some homework, attend his college clubs, and then cast his vote. Case in point: Saimoe Japan. In other words, I don't think that's the penalty method to resort to.

[wontaek]

Originally Posted by minhtam2448

I find that hard to believe it would have any affect at all, considering under normal conditions, a said voter would get the code in the morning, go to his classes, eat out, do some homework, attend his college clubs, and then cast his vote. Case in point: Saimoe Japan. In other words, I don't think that's the penalty method to resort to.

Your point is valid for typical college students which is not the group that has been causing problem. The big trouble makers are the teenagers in their elementary/junior high/high schools who literally asks their classmates with laptops or mobile phones to vote even though these classmates doesn't know a thing about the characters. If you consider average class size in Korea to be between 50 to 70, you can see why there is a steep rise in vote tally around the time 4th to 6th graders gets out of the school.

Also repeat offenders and very serious offenders will be banned if necessary. Consider increase in delay time to 2 hours be a warning, a probation listing in case of ISML.

[Mushi]

Enough with the character development already.

This is a moe contest, not a character development contest. Character development isn't necessary for a girl to express moe qualities. She just needs to have a "presence" and that primarily requires a minimum screen time for that to be established.

Nagisa has a wonderful, kind, gentle personality and it gets displayed nearly every time she's "on screen." It's the simple act of being there, exuding her sweet personality that makes her moe.

Cute girls doing cute things in cute ways that make one feel like there's something special about them. Presence (appearance, personality, expressions) and how they interact with their environment, and those in it, is what defines that. Deep levels of "development" aren't required as long as they have an established part in the series/movie/whatever.

Sure, a well developed character may stand out and be more memorable for any number of reasons, but that doesn't necessarily make her more moe.

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by Mushi

Stuff.

All of this. ^

People tend to find characters moe largely because they don't have development anyway...
1. Development implies that characters would have had some major imperfections for the majority of their time.
2. Development means that moeblobs would eventually get less useless.
3. Development means no neo-tsundere.
Therefore, development = no moe. ;__;

And so, that's why true men go for bishies instead of moeblobs.
No matter how much development they go through, they'll always be bishies.

8D

[Mushi]

Originally Posted by qtipbrit

And so, that's why true men go for bishies instead of moeblobs.
No matter how much development they go through, they'll always be bishies.

8D

LMAO

I should have gone to bed hours ago. I'm sleep deprived enough to find that highly amusing.

[wontaek]

Originally Posted by qtipbrit

8D

All Hail the Kaiser!!! ( Hastily saves the image )

[OverFunk]

Mushi is right. As usual.

Originally Posted by Demi.

Can't wait to see Bestmoe's vote number drop several thousand because of that.

I'll take 1010-1009's over 6000-6000's.

[KholdStare]

Hey if you're saying stuff about how Nagisa has no development you're attacking Ahasuerus, not me.

[Demi.]

Originally Posted by Overfunk

I'll take 1010-1009's over 6000-6000's.

I'll take anything over that. Atleast we're on the same page for once...Barring the fact you had to bring up THAT match.

[frustra]

lol in that case i'll take the 2015-2013 :P

[KholdStare]

What I definitely won't take is 677-676 (arbitrary numbers).

[Ithekro]

How about as low as 593 - 592?

[Mushi]

Originally Posted by OverFunk

Mushi is right. As usual.

Huh? You mean there's been more than once?

[Ahasuerus]

Originally Posted by KholdStare

Hey if you're saying stuff about how Nagisa has no development you're attacking Ahasuerus, not me.

I'll reply to this later; I'm on a lunchbreak atm and short on time. You don't think I'm gonna let Nagisa-chan go undefended, do you?

Anyway, she's moe, and this is a moe contest, so...

That's the bottom line

[Ithekro]

Nagisa seems to be becoming the oldest contestant (well oldest normal human contestent) at age 20. We'll see just how many years have passed at the end of the series (Personal goal: 24-25 year old Nagisa)

Even Nanoha isn't that old in StrikerS.

That is, unless Sanae (Nagisa's mother) gains a spot...(but she's only "17 years" old.....)

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Nagisa seems to be becoming the oldest contestant (well oldest normal human contestent) at age 20. We'll see just how many years have passed at the end of the series (Personal goal: 24-25 year old Nagisa)

Even Nanoha isn't that old in StrikerS.

That is, unless Sanae (Nagisa's mother) gains a spot...(but she's only "17 years" old.....)

For what it's worth, Saber's still in this tourney.