International Saimoe League 2008 - The Best of the Best

[qtipbrit]

Thank you to Psieye, Mushi, and
Same here, I've been able to watch little anime recently, too. I might take tomorrow off to marathon A's.

And now that we're onto a new page.

PROFILE PICTURES!
VOTE!!!
VOTE!!!


Vote for your favourite picture of the Haruhi characters, Shana, and Mai Kawasumi.

Link.

And here are mine:
Haruhi - 6, but 4 looks good too.
Mikuru - 1.
Yuki - 5.
Tsuruya - pending.
Loli in a Bag - <--
Shana - 2.
Mai - 2. But 3 is good too.

[z3phyr.mp3]

some profile images...

[KholdStare]

Originally Posted by KholdStare

I would like to nominate, but seriously, all of the girls I would nominate are in the "Do not nominate" list, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here...

Wow, it was barely two weeks ago when I had no clue what this contest is about. That was on page 12. Look at where we're at now.

@qtip: Way not to thank me, you mitsuki-shipping-c.c.-leloucher-fate-sakura-pedo-tentacles-gargler. And since I forgot to vote for Mai, I vote for Mai 03.

[Kagedanji]

Originally Posted by qtipbrit92

Thank you to Psieye, Mushi, and
Same here, I've been able to watch little anime recently, too. I might take tomorrow off to marathon A's.

And now that we're onto a new page.

VOTE!!!
VOTE!!!


Haruhi characters, Shana, and Mai Kawasumi.

Link.

HELL NO's.

This year an underdog shall win! An underappreciated series shall become known!

~"I need more affection than you know..."~

VOTE KIRI. Stay-at-home-in-blanket-moe delivers!

Yes, Kingdom Hearts II lyrics reference.

[minhtam1638]

First post updated in terms of assignments - characters in blue = profile pics already confirmed.

Originally Posted by Kagedanji

HELL NO's.

This year an underdog shall win! An underappreciated series shall become known!

~"I need more affection than you know..."~

VOTE KIRI. Stay-at-home-in-blanket-moe delivers!

Yes, Kingdom Hearts II lyrics reference.

He's talking about which profile pics for each character, not for the actual contest itself, in which campaigning with the term "vote" is against the rules...

[KholdStare]

@Kagedanji: I think you're mistaken. We're not campaigning (which is against the rules, but we break too many of those anyways), but we're voting on which profile picture to use for those characters.

[Kagedanji]

>_<

Ah damn, I've been heavy on the recreational drugs I guess.

[KholdStare]

But speaking of Kiri, it would be interesting if a character with such...unique design can win.

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by KholdStare

@Kagedanji: I think you're mistaken. We're not campaigning (which is against the rules, but we break too many of those anyways), but we're voting on which profile picture to use for those characters.

Actually, we should consider ourselves lucky Klashikari hasn't found out we've turned the ISML thread into an art project. But yeah, if the intent is to provide options for character profiles and not to campaign, I think we should be alright. If a moderator all of a sudden does something, then I'll talk to him or her about it.

PLEASE AVOID USING THE WORD "VOTE" WITH THE INTENT TO CAMPAIGN.

[Kagedanji]

Maybe any post using "vote" with huge colored letters wether campaigning or not should be avoided to stop any confusion...

[Mushi]

Haruhi 04 (she has her mouth closed for a changed )
Yuki 05
Mikuru 01
Tsuruya 01 (I like 03 but the girl in the background kills it)
Kyon's Sister 02 (that outfit is just too cute)
Shana 02
Mai 02

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by KholdStare

@qtip: Way not to thank me, you mitsuki-shipping-c.c.-leloucher-fate-sakura-pedo-tentacles-gargler. And since I forgot to vote for Mai, I vote for Mai 03.

Ah, you caught that? Good.
I was debating with myself whether or not to leave the floating "and" without a period.

Originally Posted by minhtam2448

He's talking about which profile pics for each character, not for the actual contest itself, in which campaigning with the term "vote" is against the rules...

Whoops.

Ah, but I kid.

I also changed it because I read over it again and it wasn't clear.

EDIT: Stop posting so frequently so the fat VOTE sign stays on the page.

[Kagedanji]

Further conflict avoided!

[KholdStare]

Don't worry guys, voting for Sakura or Fate should be more fun.

[z3phyr.mp3]

haruhi - 06
yuki - 06
mai - 02
shana - 02

[Ahasuerus]

Missed my Ma~i: Chopsticks
Back 2 Shana 2...

[minhtam1638]

Okay, here's something else - the Arena page has been replaced with the Credits section. It's nice, except now I have no clue where to put the archives page (ran out of tab space). And we might need it pretty soon, too, because the nomination standings will go kaput if I don't find a place to leave them.

[KholdStare]

Wow, what a difference. After going through the profile pictures and connecting names to faces, doing the scheduling thingy is much more fun. Before, it was just typing names I don't know, and now, I actually do know.

[Cytrus]

Spoiler for Shana bio - unedited, for reference:

"The Slayer with Flaming Hair and Blaze-Red Eyes" - a business title for a girl who required no name. As a Flame Haze, a being responsible for the protection of reality itself at all costs (even the lives of humans and others of her kind), she was chosen and raised to perform her duties perfectly, taught only those skills which would aid her in her task.

But she was not to remain nameless forever. Dragged into the world of humans to protect an important artifact, she meets the 'decaying remnants' of a boy called Yuuji. In contrast to her inhuman treatment of 'it', he gives her the name "Shana". Yuuji was the first of his kind that could calmly accept what 'it' was and 'its' fate to disappear from everyone's memories. This general attitude irritated and baffled Shana to no end. Moreover, she found herself listening to 'its' in-combat advice and insights. Why? 'It' was an insignificant 'object', why was she paying so much attention to 'it'?

It was distracting her finely honed fighter's mind. At one point Alastor advised her to destroy Yuuji, but she could not find it in herself to do so. Emotions and Lessons (e.g. the meaning of a kiss) she'd never been taught were surfacing. A love rival appeared, which stirred up more unfamiliar feelings. Her mentor showed up and tried to destroy Yuuji, but Shana's body moved on its own to take the hit for him. Painfully slowly, she learns to deal with the emotions surrounding love and balance her duty as a Flame Haze with her desires as the person named "Shana".

Good draft. I'd say the apostrophes get a little tiresome later on in the second paragraph - you could drop them in the last sentence or just the very last instance, or change the sentence a bit: "Why was she paying so much attention to an insignificant object?". Not necessarily, though. I like it as it is too.

3rd paragraph, I'd stick to past tenses for pre-anime events and present for "during plot" events. So:

Spoiler for revision:

It proves to be a distraction to her finely honed fighter's mind. At one point, she is advised to destroy Yuuji, but cannot find it in herself to do so. Emotions and Lessons (e.g. the meaning of a kiss) she'd never been taught surface. A love rival appears, stirring up even more unfamiliar feelings. When her mentor shows up and tries to destroy Yuuji, Shana's body moves on its own to take the hit for him. Painfully slowly, she learns to deal with the emotions surrounding love and balance her duty as a Flame Haze with her desires as the person named "Shana".

Slipped in some minor changes. Also omitted Alastor, he'd need to be explained somehow, his significance isn't obvious.

PS About to leave the thread for two whole days, and already afraid of the catching up to come.

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by Cytrus

PS About to leave the thread for two whole days, and already afraid of the catching up to come.

The thing about ISML is that matches don't happen every day - It's every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. News about each match usually come in waves.