Anime Saimoe Tournament 2008 (Japan)

[Zeroryoko1974]

Bamboo Blade has lots of moe. Remember that when also voting for Kirino

[ando]

Today's result was confirmed.

Spoiler for Qf2:

Qf2
<<川添珠姫＠バンブーブレード>>(Kawazoe Tamaki@Bamboo Blade)
<<古河渚＠CLANNAD>>(Furukawa Nagisa@CLANNAD)

Current voting thread:
アニメ最萌トーナメント2008 投票スレRound206
http://changi.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/vote/1224941967/

[hirahira]

they are really close right now. Hopefully, Tamaki will get farther ahead later on

[Eczema]

I made this crappy match pic in MSPaint (lol) while waiting for my vote code and ando's post with voting names. I just did it for the hell of it and it won't be a regular thing. Yes, I know it's crap but in my defence - MSPaint.

Now, off to sleep...

[herbert]

Even it's still too early to say, but Nagisa seems losing. The situation kinda reminds me about despair girls. Clannad may just be like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, bringing a lot of girls in but just ended up losing them all.

[npal]

Argh... Qf1 totally failed... Oh well... crap happens on Saimoe. No need to despair YET. After all, today is Tama-chan *nodnod

GO BUREIBA!
/me waits for code.

[Rika-chama]

Originally Posted by Eczema

I made this crappy match pic in MSPaint (lol) while waiting for my vote code and ando's post with voting names. I just did it for the hell of it and it won't be a regular thing. Yes, I know it's crap but in my defence - MSPaint.

Now, off to sleep...

Spoiler for Shortening post ^_^:

Nice job, 2 hours in MSPaint －_^

btw, you guys DO realise that there are other acceptable names for the 2 characters besides the ones that Ando posts (cheers for the hard work, btw, Ando ^_^ )

For example, todays match names are:
http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...postcount=9051

this is pulled directly from ◆7/17Qn/0vk's post in the 2ch thread. He's one of the admins, so you can feel safe in knowing that your vote will be counted if you use any one of these ^_^ I also post the link to his post on 2ch. Just adds a bit more fun to the contest when you can vote for Anpan or Red Braver instead of just Nagisa or Tamaki... \o/

[Liddo-kun]

Originally Posted by Eczema

I made this crappy match pic in MSPaint (lol) while waiting for my vote code and ando's post with voting names.

It's quite good.

[Proto]

Once again, anyone with an extra IP or who can't get a code, yet can vote who would be willing to vote for Nagisa for me? I'll PM the code

Power to the dangos! I've never liked the deadpan moe anyway.

[Dedalus]

Go Nagisa!!

And to all your supporters: don't lose hope!



Angry Nagisa is moe too

[irrelevance]

would be voting for Nagisa today, forever if possible.

[neutralizer]

Originally Posted by Eczema

Here's a nice little vid of Tomoyo and her adventure in this year's Saimoe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiSUnY9j0a0

Goodbye Tomoyo, see you next year.

I found Tomoyo's relationship with Tomoya so much more touching and cuter than Nagisa's relationship with Tomoya which had a whole series to develop. After watching that video, I really want to rewatch Tomoyo Chapter.

[neutralizer]

Last match
My predictions: 1-0 (1-0)
My votes: 0-1 (0-1)

I saw Kagami beating Tomoyo easily just because of the previous numbers that Kagami had been pulling up. I suspect that Kotomi fans weren't too happy about Tomoyo beating her either. There goes the chance for a student council president final duel.

Qf2
<<川添珠姫＠バンブーブレード>>(Kawazoe Tamaki@Bamboo Blade)
<<古河渚＠CLANNAD>>(Furukawa Nagisa@CLANNAD)

And yet another Clannad character will go down today. Nagisa is probably the weakest of the three Clannad characters in the quarterfinals, and she's like to go down against Tamaki. I mean just taking a look around, it's easy to see that Tamaki's support is overwhelming.

[todkapuz]

Originally Posted by Rika-chama

btw, you guys DO realise that there are other acceptable names for the 2 characters besides the ones that Ando posts (cheers for the hard work, btw, Ando ^_^ )

Or you can just cheat and go look at the official configuration files and result files...

http://mig380.chez-alice.fr/up0/up_unei.php

edit: this is today's config file: http://mig380.chez-alice.fr/up0/file/u1_002494.txt

[Micchi]

My vote: Nagisa
My prediction: Nagisa

I know it's wishful thinking on my behalf. But it should be closer than Qf1 at least. Nagisa did beat Hayate, but not sure how many of those votes were anti-Nanoha instead. Nagisa doesn't get many fake votes. Tamaki is powerful though...

Blog entry

[hirahira]

Nagisa could easily catch up to Tamaki. it could really go either way. We'll just have to wait and see

[KaneDragon]

Originally Posted by Proto

Once again, anyone with an extra IP or who can't get a code, yet can vote who would be willing to vote for Nagisa for me? I'll PM the code

Power to the dangos! I've never liked the deadpan moe anyway.

And once again, I say that I have IDs to spare for characters I support. I'm gone until who knows how late for most of the day, though, so you have about 30-40 min to send me your code.

[gamerzltd]

Somehow I think the final match will be...

Spoiler for Don't Look:

Tsukasa vs Kagami

Hopefully I am not right...

[todkapuz]

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The 87th Running of the AnimeSuki RUSH... 12:32:00 JST
11:32:00 PM ET, 10:32:00 PM CT, 9:30:00 PM MT, 8:30:00 PM PT
Round 5 (Quarter Finals) of the Japanese Saimoe Tournament

I'm not sure if I have anything inspiring to say about today's match... I mean sword vs dango? Although I think it might be interesting if we can keep 2 of 3 kendoka (I think Tamaki is in kendo? or am I just making things up now) going into the top 4.

Key Times:
xx:32:00 First Post (+ your full votes if applicable)
xx:32:46 Second Support Post (optional, but highly appreciated)
xx:33:32+ Optional posts and activitives, and every 46 seconds there after. (Most posters end if it's been blocked, but good for challenge templates)


Syncronize your time here: http://www3.nict.go.jp/cgi-bin/JST_E.pl <- The girls are counting on you to use this site! Don't let them down!

Spoiler for About Rushing / Templates / Using Templates:

What is a rush?

Quite simply it is one of the native traditions of the 2ch existance of Saimoe... it is a fun way to enteract with other like-minded fans to show support for some cause. Most rushes are based on a single charector or series... for example the Nanoha series has always had quite a following. One of the main goals it to make an unbroken series of posts in 2ch ... which is pretty easy in the first rounds, but becomes more and more impossible as the saimoe progresses. So timing is important! The AnimeSuki rush is a rush more to show the support of English speaking fans of some of the traditions of the Saimoe.

Are there any template rules?

There are technical limitations of 2ch, particularly 2048 bytes. So far I have not found a way to check it that is correct every time, other than test posting it. It seems that while 2ch claims 2048, it may be closer to 1930 or lower.

For our rushes, the only required element is ensuring that the AnimeSuki linker is present and appropriately located. Note, the linker is spread across the bottom and top of the rush posts such to LINK the posts together.

I highly encourage people to play with the film strip. The film strip is the part running down the left of the rush post. The "default" is just "Anime" ... but I strongly encourage putting the moe gal's name there.

If you art is really big or complex, it is fine by me for it to run into parts of the linker or film strip as needed, but do not completely obscure the linker.

Don't know how to do AA? It's okay... use our templates.

Include some moe-bun if you can. Due to the size limits, sometimes the best way to do this is several minutes before the rush, post your moe-bun (charector support) .. then in your rush post put ">>###" (where the number refers to the post your moe-bun is in).

Please try to maintain POSITIVE moe-bun... yes the darkside is strong, but at least for these rushes, please only provide positive moe-bun for the moe-gal your supporting. Save the anti-moe bashing for posts outside of the rush.

Don't give the japanese finger ammunition! If you've already voted, please make sure that you change the <<CHARA-HERE>> to something else... like //CHARA-HERE// ... I'll leave my professional opinion of fake votes aside, but 2ch already has enough gaijin hating people... they love to blame fake voting on us for some reason.

How do I Rush?

IF you already know how to vote in Saimoe, it's basically not all that much different...

Probably the easiest way to do it is to open up the 2ch voting thread in a new window (I tend to open two or three tabs of it in that window to various reasons). What is the current voting thread? Just look through the posts here... usually people will post it here.. and we try to post it just before the rush, especailly if it is getting close to the end of a thread.

If you want to, you can simple open one of the templates found in this post for the chara you like, and copy over the template to the voting box of your 2ch voting thread...

Then open up the time link above. If you haven't posted anything on 2ch today, good chance you will get the cookie question... so 5-10 seconds before the appointed time, click post, then right when appointed time crosses, click ok on the cookie question. Even better is to post in one of the many polls that are going on in 2ch... or if you are not familar enough with Japanese... you can do a normal vote 10-30 minutes before the rush ... then just click post right on the appointed time...

Again, you dont HAVE to vote and rush at the same time... I do, but it's just how I do it... and you don't have to use my art (actually if you can find other art, WONDERFUL! ) ... just remember to make sure the linker (the 2 lines at top and bottom that say "AnimeSuki" when two posts are together) are in the right spot... and thats it.

Maybe A Better Post on the Subject?

[http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...postcount=6396

Spoiler for Tips for an On-Time Rush:

RUSH TIPS

Naturally one of the more 'competitive' parts of a rush is gaining the longest unbroken chain possible. Here is an example. As you can see most of these posts come within 1 minute, with 10 within the first few seconds. Naturally, right now, AnimeSuki Rushes lack the sheer manpower to compete with the Nanohasts faction (and that isn't the whole rush), we can surely compete on preciseness.

How? Just follow these fairly simple tips...

1 - Check your template byte size, if you can. While I try to allow for some additional Moe-bun, I rarely check the templates that I post to find out exactly how much free space is available. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~yuichi/rest/strcount.html Is a reasonable link, the first feild should show a number right around 1900 or less. I know the official number is 2048 ... but there are things the btye checker doesnt count that 2ch does (the returns at the end of each line, primarily).

2 - Check your template length. If you used one of mine your fine, but make sure its 20 lines or less. If you do use one of my templates, it has to end on the last line of the template; that is you need to go to the last line of the linker on the 20th line and hit <delete> a few times to make sure there is no return there.

3 - Do not 'fix' the template. Sadly most of us do not have nice pretty browsers that the input box (or notepad) supports these fonts correctly.. it will look weird in the box. Leave it how it is (unless you know what your doing).

4 - Post something within 2ch at least a few minutes before the rush. I tend to do this 30 minutes in advance, in a seperate polling area in the board, but even a support post in the voting thread will work. This will get you over the annoying

5 - Use the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)'s JST site. Don't trust your atomic clock, or the computer clock, or any other source... it will not be set to the same time of 2ch or most of Japan.

6 - Watching an .avi / .mkv? Turn it off. Running torrents or other network heavy applications? Turn it off. You don't want your post to compete with those applications (nor the JST time webapp for that matter).

7 - Getting close to time to go? Load all of your templates in tabs ready to go. It's just easier and less stressful that way.

8 - Within a few minutes of rush? Check "difference from local standard time" in JST window, then REFRESH. Did it change much? (more than a second?) ... if so refresh until you get the same difference.

9 - When you get to the rush time, click GO on your post RIGHT AS the :00s turn over. Counting helps me.

Spoiler for Templates/ART/ETC for 10/26:

HEAD TO HEAD MATCH GO!

Ef 1058票　
<<川添珠姫＠バンブーブレード>>
(Kawazoe Tamaki@Bamboo Blade)
2008 - Round 4 Rush
2008 - Round 3
2008 - Round 2
2008 - Round 1 - NO RUSH
2007 ?
Tamaki's AA

Tama-chan Template


Ff 1198票　
<<古河渚＠CLANNAD>>
(Furukawa Nagisa@CLANNAD)
2008 - Round 4 Rush
2008 - Round 3
2008 - Round 2
2008 - Round 1
Nagisa AA

Nagisa Template



Your challange: Both Nagisa and Tamaki have a LOT of art available on tamanegi ... I'd love to see a lot of different templates today If you make a template, post it in the template thread (see the template posts above)... and post in the forum... I'll try to add them here too!

hora, kore ga... ii no kashira?
douna no yo?
nan toka, ii nasai yo!
hora! motto!!

[hirahira]

Originally Posted by gamerzltd

Somehow I think the final match will be...

Spoiler for Don't Look:

Tsukasa vs Kagami

Hopefully I am not right...

It is quite possible. but I still think it's more likely that it will be a Hinagiku vs Kagami match.