International Saimoe League 2011

[Chiibi]

I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE WERE BOYS THIS TIME!!

ARENA 01: Aisaka Taiga Suzumiya Haruhi Shana Akiyama Mio Nakano Azusa Katsura Hinagiku Eucliwood Hellscythe

ARENA 02: Cerberus Botan Luna Tama Mokona Steak Akamaru

Almost voted for Luna but she pisses me off with how mean she is to Usagi-chan sometimes. T_T

ARENA 03: Rose Lisanna Arf Hanekawa Tsubasa Ika-Musume Sawatari Makoto Margery Daw

ARENA 04: Negi Springfield Yūno Scrya Emiya Shiro Tsukiyomi Ikuto Yagami Kazuma Stiyl Magnus Aikawa Ayumu

This was so f**king hard between Negi, Ikuto, Yuuno, and Kazuma...but HOW THE BLUE HELL CAN SHIRO BE THOUGHT OF AS MOE!? HE'S UGLY!

ARENA 05: Kinomoto Sakura Kiriya Nozomi Kamio Misuzu Kō Shūrei Lucy Remilia Scarlet Yagami Hikari

Misuzu's moe pwns your soul. End of discussion.

[Ash Falls Town]

Originally Posted by Chiibi

This was so f**king hard between Negi, Ikuto, Yuuno, and Kazuma...but HOW THE BLUE HELL CAN SHIRO BE THOUGHT OF AS MOE!? HE'S UGLY!

There's more to moe than just physical attractiveness. Shiro is an orphan who try's his best and wants to grow up and become a hero. However he joins the grail war and has to wrestle with his ideals but comes out on top (well in the anime route). And this is just the surface.
So you see as long as your heart knows joy or sorrow all characters can become moe.

Spoiler for Votes:

Since I already wrote this.
Mio
So Shana can win ruby.
Steak

Squid Girl
Because I can't abandon her.
Negi
Because shota.
Misuzu
Because I can't abandon her either.

[Forsaken_Infinity]

ARENA 01: Aisaka Taiga [Suzumiya Haruhi] Shana Akiyama Mio Nakano Azusa Katsura Hinagiku Eucliwood Hellscythe
ARENA 02: [Cerberus] Botan Luna Tama Mokona Steak Akamaru
ARENA 03: Rose Lisanna Arf Hanekawa Tsubasa [Ika-Musume] Sawatari Makoto Margery Daw
ARENA 04: Negi Springfield Yūno Scrya [Emiya Shiro] Tsukiyomi Ikuto Yagami Kazuma Stiyl Magnus Aikawa Ayumu
ARENA 05: [Kinomoto Sakura] Kiriya Nozomi Kamio Misuzu Kō Shūrei Lucy Remilia Scarlet Yagami Hikari

[Ithekro]

I'm probably one of the few people that actually voted for Luna.

[Rajura]

ARENA 01: Aisaka Taiga Suzumiya Haruhi [Shana] Akiyama Mio Nakano Azusa Katsura Hinagiku Eucliwood Hellscythe
ARENA 02: Cerberus Botan Luna Tama [Mokona] Steak Akamaru
ARENA 03: Rose [Lisanna] Arf Hanekawa Tsubasa Ika-Musume Sawatari Makoto Margery Daw
ARENA 04: [Negi Springfield] Yūno Scrya Emiya Shiro Tsukiyomi Ikuto Yagami Kazuma Stiyl Magnus Aikawa Ayumu... I was planning to abstain, but it said I voted for too few characters... as a guy I felt I should have the right to abstain, but in the end, I suppose its fair that I have to pick one, so...
ARENA 05: [Kinomoto Sakura] Kiriya Nozomi Kamio Misuzu Kō Shūrei Lucy Remilia Scarlet Yagami Hikari

[broken270]

Would anyone like to venture a guess as to who is going to win the necklace this time?

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by broken270

Would anyone like to venture a guess as to who is going to win the necklace this time?

I'd be surprised if Taiga didn't get it.

[Zeroryoko1974]

Haruhi would have to win by a lot to get the necklace wouldn't she?

[RegalStar]

Taiga won. As expected, but hooray nontheless.

[Zeroryoko1974]

Ika Musume did well. Kind of sad she didn't get more support in prelims. Way more moe then most ISML current contestants

[CrowKenobi]

Congrats to Taiga!


And congrats to Ika-Musume for her dominating win!
(next year, Ika, next year)

[broken270]

Originally Posted by Zeroryoko1974

Ika Musume did well. Kind of sad she didn't get more support in prelims. Way more moe then most ISML current contestants

So true is the above statement. Congrats to Taiga, nonetheless. Mio tried, but vote difference was too close to get the win here. Nice to see Botan and Ika winning as well. For all Touhou fans, we managed to win this one by a very close margin.

[Team Rocket Elite]

Mio with top vote count? That was surprising. Even with Shana hurting Taiga, I figured Azusa would hurt Mio enough for Taiga to finish with the highest vote count. It didn't really matter that much since Taiga had a significant SDO advantage and was never in danger of failing to win the necklace. Shana does surprisingly well in claiming third place despite being completely out of the running for the necklace. Ruby is up next. No more excuses for Shana. It time for her to show how strong she really is.

[Zeroryoko1974]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

I'm probably one of the few people that actually voted for Luna.

Looks like we were indeed few. Course it's been 10 years since Sailor Moon was on TV, most saimoe voters probably have no idea of how great Sailor Moon was.

[ars89]

Congrats to Taiga, she deserves it.

[Last Sinner]

Originally Posted by Zeroryoko1974

Looks like we were indeed few. Course it's been 10 years since Sailor Moon was on TV, most saimoe voters probably have no idea of how great Sailor Moon was.

I did, because I watched it back then. But it relied on ever older titles.

A lot Sailor Moon did was due to Cutie Honey, 1973 version. Honey Boomerang became Moon Tiara Magic. Honey's rants/incantations preceded the ones the Sailor Scouts, Cardcaptor Sakura and co. did. Honey's clothes bursting transformations into other outfits became the trigger for the naked silhouette/clothes bursting transformation into magical girl outfit. The list goes on. The magical girl genre owes a lot to Cutie Honey, which is ironic since it's really more of a sci-fi title.

It is well worth the watch.

[Zeroryoko1974]

Yeah, it's pretty good. Seen a few eps of the original, and the kinda sucky Cute Honey Flash

[Flower]

Huzzah for Taiga!

[RegalStar]

Spoiler for Prediction for the next two necklaces:

If Shana encounters Nagato's group in Ruby, and she wins, then Ruby will be hers. In diamond, Mio and Haruhi will each garner about 51-57 SDO, while Azusa will struggle to get 51, so the necklace will mostly go down between Mio and Haruhi, with Azusa having a slight chance at it.

If Shana encounters and loses to Nagato in Ruby, she will face Hina in Diamond, get 63 SDO, while the other girls won't break 60. As for Ruby itself, Mio will get 63 from facing Hina while Haruhi's SDO may vary wildly depending on how her group members perform (she could get 54 to 69, or maybe even wilder). In any case, it will go to either Mio and Haruhi.

If Sha encounters Hina in Ruby, she will win Ruby with the same 63 SDO over less than 60 as described above, while Diamond will play out like Ruby from the paragraph above, going to either Mio or Haruhi.

I ran some calculations for Azusa as well, but regardless of who she ends up facing, she will only have about 51 SDO max. The best situation for her would be if Shana faces Nagato in Ruby and wins; she can then win Diamond if she can draw a somewhat significant advantage over Mio and Haruhi. In any other situations she will be facing someone with 63 SDO or more and will have no chance. Aside from the two that already got necklaces and Haruhi, the other four won't be able to even get six wins, and thus are basically not even in the running.

[Sphire]

Originally Posted by RegalStar

Spoiler for Prediction for the next two necklaces:

If Shana encounters Nagato's group in Ruby, and she wins, then Ruby will be hers. In diamond, Mio and Haruhi will each garner about 51-57 SDO, while Azusa will struggle to get 51, so the necklace will mostly go down between Mio and Haruhi, with Azusa having a slight chance at it.

If Shana encounters and loses to Nagato in Ruby, she will face Hina in Diamond, get 63 SDO, while the other girls won't break 60. As for Ruby itself, Mio will get 63 from facing Hina while Haruhi's SDO may vary wildly depending on how her group members perform (she could get 54 to 69, or maybe even wilder). In any case, it will go to either Mio and Haruhi.

If Sha encounters Hina in Ruby, she will win Ruby with the same 63 SDO over less than 60 as described above, while Diamond will play out like Ruby from the paragraph above, going to either Mio or Haruhi.

I ran some calculations for Azusa as well, but regardless of who she ends up facing, she will only have about 51 SDO max. The best situation for her would be if Shana faces Nagato in Ruby and wins; she can then win Diamond if she can draw a somewhat significant advantage over Mio and Haruhi. In any other situations she will be facing someone with 63 SDO or more and will have no chance. Aside from the two that already got necklaces and Haruhi, the other four won't be able to even get six wins, and thus are basically not even in the running.

Overall, can't really argue with that. Tidbits:

Spoiler for necklace:

Not wholly predictable I guess. Always a chance Nagato could beat Shana. But Shana should still get her 63 SDO whenever she faces Hina, and while I haven't personally checked, I guess that will be enough for whichever round that is in. She'd own in the necklace round anyway.

The only issue is can Mio snatch Ruby away from Shana really. Whenever Shana faces Yuki, Mio faces Hina. I guess Hina has a chance too then if she can beat Mio (or Shana, ). Mio's strength seems to go up and down it seems. Too bad for Azusa if what you say about her only getting around 51 SDO is true. Especially with Mio to split votes. Her best chance was Emerald then. I wouldn't put much stock into Haruhi/Eu winning unless they get a really high SDO or it's a 2-way battle.

At least, unlike I thought earlier, we may not get a winner who lost in the period.