ISML 2010: Preliminaries Phase I Standings after Match Day 3

2010 International Saimoe League Preliminaries

Phase I Standings

(through Match Day 3)

Group 1
Akiyama Mio 8
Ichinose Kotomi 8
Ryōgi Shiki 6
Uiharu Kazari 6
Kawasumi Mai 4
Kotegawa Yui 2
Senō Natsuru 2
Felli Loss 0
Yuno 0

Group 2
Sanzen'in Nagi 8
Senjōgahara Hitagi 8
Fujibayashi Ryō 6
Kotobuki Tsumugi 6
Kamio Misuzu 2
Louise Vallière 2
Sawachika Eri 2
Sōryū Asuka Langley 2
Winry Rockbell 0

Group 3
Maria 8
Sangō Shizuku 8
Shiina Mafuyu 8
Kurata Sayuri 4
Sonozaki Shion 4
Kusakabe Misuzu 2
Takei Hisa 2
Hinaichigo 0
Lambdadelta 0

Group 4
Alice 8
Hiiragi Tsukasa 8
Sakurano Kurimu 8
Bernkastel 4
Ryūgū Rena 4
Kirishima Akari 2
Shindō Chihiro 2
Lisa 0
Niche 0

Group 5
Furukawa Nagisa 8
Saber 8
Chii 6
Tainaka Ritsu 6
Suigintou 4
Tsukimiya Ayu 2
Yin 2
Nagi 0
Ranka Lee 0

Group 6
Holo 8
Ikaros 8
Konjiki no Yami 6
Kushieda Minori 6
Sōseiseki 4
Daidōji Tomoyo 2
Tsuruya 2
Kirishima Kotone 0
Yoko Littner 0

Group 7
Hirasawa Ui 8
Ibuki Fūko 8
Sengoku Nadeko 8
Enma Ai 4
Yagami Hayate 4
Miyamura Miyako 2
Suō Pavlichenko 2
Erurū 0
Mishima Akane 0

Group 8
Amae Koromo 8
Sunohara Mei 8
Nishizawa Ayumu 6
Nymph 6
Isayama Yomi 4
Kuronuma Sawako 2
Shirayuki Mizore 2
Beatrice 0
Chiba Kirino 0

Group 9
C.C. 8
Izumi Konata 8
Takamachi Nanoha 8
Shihō Matsuri 4
Yūki Mikan 4
Sakurazaki Setsuna 2
Ushiromiya Maria 2
Hachikuji Mayoi 0
Mizuno Kaede 0

Group 10
Shiina Minatsu 8
Hanato Kobato 6
Kinomoto Sakura 6
Saginomiya Isumi 6
Tsukamoto Yakumo 4
Evangeline McDowell 2
Haibara Ai 2
Oshino Shinobu 2
Ikeda Kana 0

Group 11
Furude Rika 8
Hoshina Utau 8
Suiseiseki 8
Aizawa Sakuya 4
Index Prohibitorum 4
Akashiya Moka 2
Nogizaka Haruka 2
Hanekawa Tsubasa 0
Mizunashi Akari 0

Group 12
Kawashima Ami 8
Shirai Kuroko 8
Akaba Chizuru 6
Furude Hanyū 6
Sawatari Makoto 4
Alice Carroll 2
Hinamori Amu 2
Kataoka Yūki 0
Segawa Izumi 0

Group 13
Saten Ruiko 8
Shinku 8
Sonozaki Mion 8
Amamiya Yūko 4
Minase Nayuki 4
Minami Kana 2
Miyanaga Saki 2
Sheryl Nome 0
Teletha Testarossa 0

Group 14
Illyasviel von Einzbern 8
Misaka Mikoto 8
Minami Chiaki 6
Ayanami Rei 4
Misaka Shiori 4
Katagiri Yūhi 2
Tōyoko Momoko 2
Ushiromiya Ange 2
Isurugi Noe 0

ISML 2010: Toradora!, CLANNAD, Railgun, Rozen, Higurashi and Seitokai roll in Prelims

ISML 2010: Toradora!, CLANNAD, Railgun, Rozen, Higurashi and Seitokai roll in Prelims

February 5, 2010

On World Nutella Day, Toradora!, CLANNAD and To Aru Kagaku No Railgun were among the victors in Match Day 3 of Phase I in the 2010 International Saimoe League Preliminaries. Also coming back strong were the Rozen Maiden Alice Dolls of Shinku and Suiseiseki, as well as the girls from Seitokai no Ichizon and HIgurashi no Naku Koro Ni.

Mikoto Misaka, the Railgun, blasted Chiaki Minami and Yuuhi Katagiri without much difficulty. Mikoto earned 1,840 votes in her Group 14 contest while Chiaki garnered 869 and Yuuhi 647. "There is still a lot of work to be done," Misaka said after her contest, "but I am confident that when I face Illya[sviel von Einzbern], and she goes down, I'm back, baby!"

She wasn't the only one from Academy City holding it down. Kuroko Shirai took out Amu Hinamori and Izumi Segawa in her Group 12 match. Shirai got 1,367 votesm while HInamori and Segawa got 989 and 924, respectively. Ruiko Saten was similarly triumphant in her Group 13 battle with Nayuki Minase, winning 1,289-1,187. Kana Minami was a distant third with 707 votes.

"Onee-sama [Mikoto Misaka] already has experience competing in a league like this," Shirai said afterwards. "I want to show her I can do the same, and that I can beat her, too. Onee-sama~~~~, I'm on my wa~~~y! <3"
"It does feel good to be in the driver's seat," Saten said afterwards, "but I need to win a few more to be sure that I am going to qualify for the ISML. I have yet to face Shinku, and that match with her will tell me if I am going to do well or if I am not going to."

Ami Kawashima and Minori Kushieda were successful in their respective battles. Kushieda bounced back from her Group 6 defeat with a 1,426-1,355 victory over Konjiki no Yami (Golden Darkness). Yoko Littner was third with 624 votes. Kawashima kept her clean sheet with a 1,473-1,255 decision over Hanyuu Furude in Group 12. Alice Carroll was third with 552 votes.

Shinku defeated Yuuko Amamiya 1,387-1,015 in Group 13. Teletha Testarossa was third with 778 votes. Suiseiseki disposed of Index LIbrorum Prohibitorum 1,333-1,198 in her Group 11 match. Moka Akashiya was third with 824 votes.

CLANNAD's Fuuko Ibuki and Mei Sunohara were flawless in their victories. Ibuki defeated Ai Enma quite easily in Group 7, 1,771-1,164. Eruruu was a distant third with 456 votes. Sunohara made Nymph initial victory a complete aberration with a 1,558-970 rout. Mizore Shirayuki was third with 775 votes.

Seitokai no Ichizon's Chizuru Akaba bounced back from her setback in Group 12 with a 1,485-969 annihilation of Makoto Sawatari. Yuuki Kataoka was third with 656 votes. Minatsu Shiina prevailed over Isumi Saginomiya in Group 10, 1,355-1,250. Yakumo Tsukamoto was third with 629 votes.
"I'm not going to have any false senses of security after getting to the top of the ladder," said Shiina afterwards. "I make it clear that I will win at all costs to be in the big dance. And that's when the fun begins."
"She said it, not me," quoted Akaba in response to Shiina's statement.

Those who thought Konata Izumi was out of sight and out of mind had better think twice about that statement. Izumi thrashed Matsuri Shihou 1,944-907, while Mayoi Hachikuji was third with 576 votes.
"Two words: Too easy," Izumi said afterwards. I'd rather see me match up with C.C. and Nanoha Takamachi rather than this farce of a mismatch.
Indeed, Nanoha and C.C. are on a collision course. C.C. routed Maria Ushiromiya and Setsuna Sakurazaki in emphatic fashion. The glamour girl of Code Geass earned 1,844, while Maria took 768 votes and Setsuna garnered 747.
Takamachi blasted Mikan Yuuki and Kaede Mizuno in her Group 9 contest. Takamachi took 1,507, Yuuki 935 and Mizuno 698.

In Group 6, Holo swallowed up Tomoyo Daidouji and Souseiseki without much difficulty. Holo took home 1,829 votes, Souseiseki 928 and Daidouji 749. Ikaros edged Tsuruya in Group 6 by the score of 1,311-1,265/ Kotome Kirishima was third with 682 votes.

In Group 7, Nadeko Sengoku emerged as the possible second contender from Bakemonogatari. Sengoku finished first in her match with 1,678 votes, while Hayate Yagami and Miyako MIyamura earned 878 and 707 votes, respectively. Ui Hirasawa's dream of joining her older sister Yui in the regular season continued with a 1,735-919 steamrolling on Suo Pavlichenko. Akane Kirishima was third with 598 votes. Both Sengoku and Hirasawa were optimistic about their chances of beating Ibuki.
"Obviously, you never want to underestimate an opponent like Fuuko-chan," Sengoku said. "I do believe that I can beat her, though."
"Fuuko hasn't faced the likes of me or Nadeko yet," Hirasawa said after her win, "so I would guess that she would be in for a big surprise. Stay tuned."

In Group 8, Koromo Amae's run for the field of 50 continued with a 1,304-934 victory over Sawako Kuronuma.  Kirino Chiba was third with 703 votes. Ayumu Nishizawa crushed Yomi Isayama 1,550-916 in her Group 8 contest. Beatrice was third with 767 votes.

Group 10 was a field day for CLAMP. Sakura Kinomoto tore down Evangeline A.K. McDowell 1,426-983 with Ai Haibara garnering 826 votes to finish third. Kobato Hanato bottled up Shinobu Oshino 1,587-932. Kana Ikeda was a distant third with 450 votes.

Utau Hoshina cut it close with Haruka Nogizaka in Group 11, but still won, 1,174-1,119. Tsubasa Hanekawa was third with 864 votes. Rika Furude also kept her run for a third-straight ISML regular season appearance intact with a 1,573-1,148 win over Sakuya Aizawa. Akari Mizunashi was third with 610 votes.

In Group 13, Mion Sonozaki took the wind out of Saki Miyanaga 1,397-1,027. Sheryl Nome was a distant third with 498 votes. Von Einzbern had an easy 1,725-796 victory over Shiori Misaka. Momoko Touyoko was third with 615 votes. And Rei Ayanami scored a surprise 1,074-967 victory over Ange Ushiromiya, continuing the futility for the Umineko no Naku Koro Ni franchise. Noe Isurugi was third with 898 votes.

Voting in the 2010 International Saimoe League preliminaries continues on February 7, 2010. Fans can vote online at internationalsaimoe.com.

So much for me going to the Terry today...

Mother Nature must be doing a job on me...the women's tennis home opener is postponed due to bad weather. Nonetheless, my friend John Ahearn from Keller had a few notes on disaster recovery that I wanted to show you.

In any DR event there is a certain amount of trauma like on the battlefield. It is therefore best practice to approach an emergency as such with the following steps that I have picked up:

1. A good plan with the right people is needed. Make sure that qualified people are responsible for the tasks that have been assigned during the emergency plan. Make sure that you have leaders that are tempered with real experience and will not panic or suffer an anxiety attack under real life situations. I have had many "apparently" cool and tough people completely loose it under a life or death situation and become useless.

2. Practice, test and simulation is always a good way to find out who your leaders are and what they can do under duress. This not only gets everyone use to what they are suppose to do under a panic situation but it also helps to condition them. It has been proven that even the most panicky people can be functional if they can do the basic repetitive action, one that has been engrained in them through practice, over and over.

3. Good leaders on the battlefield diffuse contention and get people working with each other instead of against (i.e. arguing and fighting.) Do not let people blame each other. Keep them busy in constructive ways. Don’t be afraid to decommission someone and let them sit it out and do nothing while you get a better person for the job.

4. Good leaders are positive and not afraid to do the work themselves. They also care about the other people and stay focused on the primary goals. Always convey a positive message to keep the troops stable.

5. Good leaders in the face of disaster are logical and remain calm. The are methodical operations that give the people faith that you have it under control and know what you are doing. Even if you don’t know what you’re doing; it’s important that others NEVER detect fear or see you sweating.

6. A good battlefield leader will always have the ability to force teams to a quick consensus through a majority vote. This gets things done and quickly. This is the concept of “Marshall Law.”

7. After the incident has been addresses, you will still need to run recovery operations in order to bring the operations from emergency to permanent. This is the “clean up ops” and do not sell it short. This is where you can still loose a lot of time, functionality and goodwill by not keeping on top of things.

8. Start documenting all activities and occurrences in preparation of negating risk. Be able to prove your actions where the best under the circumstances and all liability should be steered to negation through an “act of God” circumstance. Liability will become a big topic in the aftermath.

9. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) will occur in many individuals including you. All people should be interviewed and counseled for any adverse effects that resulted. You should quickly try and get as many people as you can to verify that they have been taken care of.

10. Be able to document and review the system for improvements and modifications. Be able to show that you have done a great job because this stuff is Ugly and "heroes have to be documented" or they become scape goats.

11. Update your resume to include your new talent under “emergency repair operations.”

World Nutella Day 2010

Ritsu: So we are here at the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue cafe with (left to right) myself, Mio, Yui and Tsumugi. Mugi, as we like to call her, is known for providing snacks during our rehearsals and in between events. What is the secret behind those chocolatey treats?

Tsumugi: Ah, it's no secret.

Ritsu: No secret? What do you mean? I don't know what you're telling me.

Tsumugi: It's all about Nutella.

Ritsu: This jar here!?

Tsumugi: Yep.

Ritsu: Whoa.

Mio: Nutella is a cocoa and hazelnut paste that is popular as a breakfast treat on bread.

Tsumugi: Ahem.

Mio: ...or as a dessert application.

Yui: Wow...I wonder if it tastes good on Mugi-chan's eyebrows...

Tsumugi: Eh?

Yui: Nononono, it might actually taste good on Mio-chan's face.

Mio: !!?

Mio: EH!? What the heck are you thinking, Yui!? Are you thinking of something perverted again!!? Oh my God!

Ritsu: Yui...you sure have one vivid imagination about what it can be used for.

Yui: Oh, but onee-chan told me that there are a few sites that show ways that Nutella can be used on.

Ritsu: And an edible body paint is one of them?

Mio: !!!???

Yui: Sorry, I didn't actually look.

Ritsu: Are you sure?

Yui: But I think Mugi-chan wouldn't mind Mio having Nutella spread over her. Right, Mugi-chan? You wouldn't mind it one bit?

Tsumugi: Yui-chan...I think I may need a tissue.

Yui: What's happening? You're starting to blush real wildly. And...is something dripping from your nose? It's red...

Mio: *wails* You perverts! All of you! I want to die...*sobs*

Ritsu: Here we go again...Who cares. Let's eat.

Mio: Can somebody just wake me up when this is all over?

Ms Adventures in Italy

Bleeding Espresso

World Nutella Day