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ISML 2019: The Summer Seasonal Is Gray's To Lose

ISML 2019: The Summer Seasonal Is Gray's To Lose

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue
October 31, 2019

A major Upset Of The Round took place on Match Day 2 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Ruby Period. Yuuko Yoshida delivered a massive scalp, a 5931-5683 victory over Cocoa Hoto. The result means that Gray is the odds-on favorite to win the Summer Seasonal after thumping Reines El-Melloi Archisorte 6250-4923. In a couple of twin sister duels, Kyou and Ryou Fujibayashi defeated Momo Belia and Nana Aster Deviluke 6149-5318, whole Karen and Tsukihi Araragi won a 6148-6071 thriller over Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi.

However, Ruby 2 was all about the matchups in the tournament proper, and Ruby 2 had its share of form-busting upsets. In the Female Division, Iroha Isshiki prevailed over Shouko Nishimiya 6199-5904, Rin Tohsaka routed Tooru 8214-5514, Rikka Takanashi rocked Mitsuha Miyamizu 6160-5994, Yukino Yukinoshita eased past Yui Yuigahama 7120-5678, Megumin exploded past Kamui Kanna 6558-5943, Sagiri Izumi hammered Takagi 7514-5970, Shiro clobbered Alice Zuberg 6839-5238 and Kurumi Tokisaki shot past Chino Kafuu 8295-5025.

Wrapping up Female Division action, Emilia romped past Azusa Nakano 6846-5574, Violet Evergarden marched past Mio Akiyama 6530-6319, Kurisu Makise stormed past Eriri Spencer Sawamura 6568-5892, Chtholly Nota Seniorious drubbed Tamako Kitashirakawa 6582-5523, Asuna Yuuki mowed down Index L. Prohibitorum 6826-5727, Mai Sakurajima crushed Nao Tomori 9971-4026, Schwi Dola pulverized Taiga Aisaka 6771-5785 and Mashiro Shiina cruised past Yoshino 6773-5369.

In the Male Division, Kazuma Satou rolled past Takashi Natsume 6045-4821, Rimuru Tempest wiped out Kusuo Saiki 6159-4563, Subaru Natsuki won the closest race of the round, a 5224-5221 nailbiter over Sorata Kanda, Riku Dola rocked Kiritsugu Emiya 6186-5191, Saitama punched Ryuuji Takasu 5420-5395, Sakuta Azusagawa flew past Yato 6390, Shirou Emiya defeated Osamu Dazai 6058-4617 and Levi leveled Katsuki Bakugou 5982-5404.

Wrapping up Male Division action, Edward Elric won a 5433-5357 barnburner over Eugeo, Tomoya Okazaki defeated Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 5841-5510, Yuuta Togashi got past Yuzuru Otonashi 5637-5599, Archer dominated Kyon 5956-5446, Touma Kamijou broke Masamune Izumi 6568-4540, Lancer prevailed over Willem Kmetsch 5459-5408 and Rintarou Okabe defeated Nagisa Shiota 6033-5102.

Match Day 3 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Ruby Period is scheduled for Nov. 1, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

Washington Nationals: 2019 World Series Champions

HOUSTON -- Down Howie Kendrick reached and off it went. Carrying far, slicing right, pinging the yellow-coated steel screen of the foul pole in right field. The Washington Nationals were trailing until they weren’t. They were, true to form, down but not done.

The late-May misfits and National League Wild Card Game winners roundly expected to be a quick October exit had, with one swing of the bat from the 36-year-old Kendrick, taken the lead they would not relinquish in a 6-2 victory in Game 7 of the World Series against the Astros on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. They claimed their franchise’s first crown and completed a clean sweep for the road clubs in a first-of-its-kind Fall Classic.

“I feel like everybody was rooting for [Houston] and we were kind of the underdog in this Series,” Kendrick said. “But it goes to show that you can’t ever count anybody out.”

Stephen Strasburg, who was the winning pitcher in Game 2 and Game 6 while posting a 2.51 ERA, was named the Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player presented by Chevrolet.

From 19 wins on May 23 to ’19 champs on Oct. 30. That’s the story of a Nationals team that played five elimination games, trailed in all of them and won all of them.

They survived and thrived with “Los Viejos” (“The Old Ones”) like Kendrick and an unmistakable affinity for the unexpected ... and for "Baby Shark." They came back to break the heart of the Brewers in the late innings of the NL Wild Card Game. They dispatched the mighty 106-win Dodgers in the NL Division Series behind Kendrick’s Game 5-changing grand slam. They silenced the sizzling Cardinals in an NL Championship Series sweep. And after squandering a 2-0 lead in this best-of-seven Fall Classic and returning to Minute Maid Park on the brink of elimination, they summoned the stamina for one last exclamation-earning effort.

“I believe in these guys,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. “They believe in each other. And the biggest thing for us is, never quit. We know that. We were 19-31. We didn’t quit then. We weren’t gonna quit now.”

History was made here on many fronts.

Washington, D.C., has its first World Series championship since the 1924 Senators. Kendrick joined the Pirates’ Hal Smith ('60) as the only players to hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning or later while their team was trailing in a World Series winner-take-all game. Kendrick is also the fourth-oldest player to go deep in a Game 7. The Nats became the first team to win the Series with four road victories.

“All the road teams winning,” said Astros starter Zack Greinke, “doesn’t seem normal.”

So why would the anticipated Game 7 pitchers' duel be normal?

Max Scherzer, making his cortisone-aided comeback from the debilitating neck injury that had made him a no-go for Sunday night's Game 5, didn’t have his typical movement or mastery. He induced just 11 swinging strikes among his 103 pitches in five innings. A viewer only able to tune in every 20 minutes or so would be forgiven for thinking that the Astros had somehow been given permission to begin every inning with two aboard.

And yet, through four innings, the eight baserunners against Scherzer had resulted in just a single run -- Yuli Gurriel's laser beam to the Crawford Boxes for a homer that put the Astros up, 1-0, in the second.

“We put a lot of heat on him,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said of Scherzer. “We made him work. He had almost 20 pitches an inning. We had guys on base. We hit the ball hard. We didn't chase that much. There was a lot of good that we -- almost similar to how we were in Game 1 against him where we just made him earn every out that he got.”

Despite the traffic, despite the tightropes Scherzer kept stringing up for himself, Martinez abstained from having anybody warming in his bullpen. It was Max effort all the way.

“We stay in to fight,” Scherzer said. “That was our motto. We stay in and fight. That’s what I did.”

Greinke, meanwhile, put on a pitching clinic with his awesome arsenal of offspeed stuff. The Nats’ swings included so many “excuse me’s” you would think they were walking through a crowd. The weak contact was such that Greinke, an athletic and gifted defender, had four assists in the first four innings alone.

Slight separation, which doubles as seismic separation on a stage like this, arrived in the fifth, when the Astros finally got a rip with runners in scoring position. It came with -- again -- two aboard and two outs, as Carlos Correa smacked a one-hopper down the third-base line. Anthony Rendon, one of MLB’s most outstanding occupants of the hot corner, dived for the ball, but it kicked off the edge of his outstretched glove and into foul territory, allowing Gurriel to score from second on the single.

By then, Martinez had Patrick Corbin warming, and he went on to replace Scherzer, whose effort was worthy of applause no matter the end result, in what turned out to be a scoreless sixth.

Greinke, on the other hand, lasted into the seventh. But it proved a step too far. His third trip through the lineup hit a stumble when Rendon, the Houston native coming off a five-RBI effort in Game 6 on Tuesday night, smacked a solo shot to left to get the Nats on the board, 2-1. Then Greinke issued a walk to Juan Soto, and his night was done.

Though Gerrit Cole had warmed earlier, Hinch, in that moment, went to his most trusted relief weapon, Will Harris.

“Kendrick and [Asdrúbal] Cabrera was where I had really focused on Will Harris at that point,” Hinch said. “Will has been tremendous for us. I knew I had [Roberto] Osuna, I knew I had Gerrit if need be. Will coming in to spin the breaking ball [is what I wanted].”

Harris got ahead of Kendrick with a first-pitch strike. But his second offering was a 90.6 mph cutter down and away, and Kendrick got bat to ball for the new signature swat of his club’s epic October run and an instantly iconic MLB moment.

“This guy [Harris] punched out Howie at home, screamed and stared in our dugout, and Howie never forgot that,” Nats catcher Kurt Suzuki said. “I said, ‘Boys, Howie remembers this, just watch.’ And then he ends up going oppo right there. You couldn’t have scripted it any better.”

As Corbin kept delivering big outs in relief, the Nats kept adding insurance. They got a run in the eighth when Adam Eaton walked, swiped second and scored on Soto’s single off Osuna. They got two in the ninth when they loaded the bases and Eaton truly broke the game open with a ground-ball single up the middle that was booted by center fielder Jake Marisnick.

And Daniel Hudson's 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth, punctuated by a swinging strikeout of Michael Brantley, completed the capital thrill.

In five short months, the Nationals upended the baseball universe. At the start of the season, they had lost their franchise face, Bryce Harper, to free agency, and they were well south of .500 at a point when evaluations intensify.

But they bonded and bettered and broke through, hellbent on ending their past postseason pitfalls. The result was as original and inspiring an October run as the game could conjure. And an ecstatic ending deep in the heart of Texas.

“We stuck together,” Rendon said. “We had nothing else to lose. We were facing elimination games when people never thought we should’ve been there in the first place, and we just kept on fighting, and we finished on top.”

Anthony Castrovince has been a reporter for MLB.com since 2004. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.

BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Ruby Match Day 2

ARENA 1 Isshiki Iroha [[Nishimiya Shōko]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 2 Tōru [[Tōsaka Rin]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 3 Takanashi Rikka [[Miyamizu Mitsuha]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 4 [[Yukinoshita Yukino]] Yuigahama Yui
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Kanna Kamui]] Megumin
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 6 Takagi [[Izumi Sagiri]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 7 Alice Zuberg [[Shiro]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Tokisaki Kurumi]] Kafū Chino
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 9 Nakano Azusa [[Emilia]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 10 Akiyama Mio [[Violet Evergarden]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 11 Sawamura Spencer Eriri [[Makise Kurisu]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 12 Kitashirakawa Tamako [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 13 Index L. Prohibitorum [[Yūki Asuna]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 14 Tomori Nao [[Sakurajima Mai]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 15 Aisaka Taiga [[Schwi Dola]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 16 Yoshino [[Shiina Mashiro]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 17 Satō Kazuma [[Natsume Takashi]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 18 Saiki Kusuo [[Rimuru Tempest]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 19 [[Natsuki Subaru]] Kanda Sorata
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 20 Emiya Kiritsugu [[Riku Dola]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 21 Takasu Ryūji [[Saitama]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 22 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] Yato
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 23 Dazai Osamu [[Emiya Shirō]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 24 Bakugō Katsuki [[Levi]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 25 [[Eugeo]] Edward Elric
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 26 [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]] Okazaki Tomoya
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 27 Araragi Koyomi [[Togashi Yūta]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 28 Otonashi Yuzuru [[Tachibana Taki]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 29 [[Archer]] Kyon
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 30 Izumi Masamune [[Kamijō Tōma]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 31 Lancer [[Willem Kmetsch]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 32 [[Shiota Nagisa]] Okabe Rintarō
by <=900
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ISML 2019 SUMMER SEASONAL SEMIFINALS
ARENA 33 [[Hoto Kokoa]] Yoshida Yūko
by >=500
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 34 [[Gray]] Reines El-Melloi Archisorte
by <=500
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 35 Momo Belia Deviluke [[Fujibayashi Kyō]] Nana Aster Deviluke [[Fujibayashi Ryō]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 36 Araragi Karen [[Hiiragi Kagami]] Araragi Tsukihi [[Hiiragi Tsukasa]]
by <=400
Over/Under: 18000
Under

Voter Id: 6bb2905c-6e92-549d-b6f9-1e63688f3ecb

ISML 2019: Gray's Summer Seasonal Odds Shorten

ISML 2019: Gray's Summer Seasonal Odds Shorten

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
October 26, 2019

Match Day 1 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Ruby Period has concluded, and Gray has emerged as the new first choice to win the 2019 ISML Summer Diadem with a 6965-4598 victory over Momo Chiyoda. Cocoa Hoto, a veteran of the competition, drops to second choice after eliminated Homare Onishima 6181-4233. In other Summer quarterfinal action, Yuuko Yoshida prevailed over Shinobu Kochou 5640-5518 and Reines El-Melloi Archisorte defeated Hestia 5680-5491.

In Female Division action, Rin Tosaka thumped Iroha Isshiki 8480-5464, Shouko Nishimiya roared past Tooru 6641-5288, Yukino Yukinoshita leveled Mitsuha Miyamizu 8426-4247, Rikka Takanashi rocked Yui Yuigahama 6329-5761, Sagiri Izumi stormed past Megumin 7831-5247, Takagi scored the Upset of the Round, a 6465-5951 scalp of Kamui Kanna, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Alice Zuberg 8926-4219, Shiro eased past Chino Kafuu 6762-5153 and Violet Evergarden prevailed over Azusa Nakano 6438-6045.

Wrapping up Female Division play, Emilia defeated Mio Akiyama 6613-5613, Chtholly Nota Seniorious stonewalled Eriri Spencer Sawamura 6979-5234, Kurisu Makise wore down Tamako Kitashirakawa 6681-5504, Mai Sakurajima routed Index Prohibitorum 7425-4774, Asuna Yuuki slashed past Nao Tomori 6532-5288, Mashiro Shiina roared pst Taiga Aisaka 7371-4896 and Schwi Dola crushed Yoshino 6302-5085.

In the Male Division, Rimuru Tempest thumped Kazuma Satou 5707-5099, Takashi Natsume cruised past Kusuo Saiki 5653-4463, Riku Dola rocked Sorata Kanda 6140-4828, Subaru Natsuki eased past Kiritsugu Emiya 5423-4666, Sakuta Azusagawa roared past Ryuuji Takasu 6708-4219, Saitama punched Yato 5843-4422, Levi leveled Osamu Dazai 6451-4111 and Katsuki Bakugou trounched Shirou Emiya 6803-5207.

Wrapping up Male Division action, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji belted Edward Elric 6100-4720, Tomoya Okazaki got past Eugeo 6316-4963, Taki Tachibana whipped past Koyomi Araragi 6424-4476, Yuuta Togashi eased past Yuzuru Otonashi 5748-5153, Touma Kamijou broke Kyon 6343-5017, Archer dominated Masamune Izumi 6505-4388, Rintarou Okabe impaled Lancer 5734-5274 and Nagisa Shiota won the closest race of the round, a 5220-5180 thriller over Willem Kmetsch.

Match Day 2 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Ruby Period is scheduled for 28 October 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

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UPDATED REPORT: ISML 2019: Dark Horse Kurumi Tokisaki Wins Emerald Necklace

ISML 2019: Dark Horse Kurumi Tokisaki Wins Emerald Necklace
Dark Horse Sweep As Tomoya Okazaki Wins Emerald Pendant

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue
October 23, 2019

Match Day 4 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period has concluded. Listed as a 40-1 dark horse, Kurumi Tokisaki beat favorite Mashiro Shiina 8919-7399 to win the Emerald Necklace. Chtholly Nota Seniorious was third with 5689 votes, Mai Sakurajima ended a streak of red lantern finishes with 4244 votes for fourth, Asuna Yuuki was fifth with 3499 votes, Kurisu Makise was sixth with 2852 votes, Schwi Dola had 2237 votes to finish seventh and in a slight surprise, it was Emilia's turn to finish last with 2047 votes.

Also listed as a 40-1 dark horse to win the Emerald Pendant was Tomoya Okazaki. He defeated 70-1 longshot Touma Kamijou 8285-7767 to win the Emerald Pendant. Rintarou Okabe was third with 5811 votes, Taki Tachibana was fourth with 4504 votes, Willem Kmetsch was fifth with 3799 votes, Levi was sixth with 3212 votes in another horror showing, Archer was seventh with 2721 votes and Yuuta Togashi was last with 2351 votes.

Advancing to the Ruby Period via wild card from the Female Division were Megumin (6144) and Taiga Aisaka (5862), while Lancer (5589) and Kazuma Satou (5693) survived the cut from the Male Division.

Leaving no doubt at who deserves to be Saimoe Leader of the Free World for the 2019 term was Rem, who outgunned Megumi Katou 151883.1 to 79204.8 to build on her status as current Saimoe Prime Minister. Hachiman Hikigaya will be the Deputy Saimoe Leader of the Free World after routing Houtarou Oreki 129199.2 to 93440.7.

Making the cut for the Summer Seasonal Tournament were ISML veterans Cocoa Hoto (10174) and Hestia (7915), and newcomers Gray (9275), Reines El-Melloi Archisorte (9191), Shinobu Kochou (8827), Momo Chiyoda (7745), Yuuko Yoshida (8185) and Homare Onishima (7358). Hoto is listed as the odds-on favorite to win the Fall Diadem, but she will have an uphill battle to climk in Kaguya Shinomiya should she secure the prize.

In exhibition action, Kanade Tachibana and Sora prevailed over Mikoto Misaka and Accelerator 9921-9271, Eru Chitanda and Lelouch Lamperouge lit up Shana and Kazuto Kirigaya 10409-7904, Ruri Gokou and Korosensei defeated Kotori Itsuka and Hideyoshi Kinoshita 9615-8817, Chii and Freya eased past Rin Okumira and Yukio Okumura 8864-6435,. and Yuu Koito and Touko Nanami got past Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki 8981-8087.

Match Day 1 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Ruby Period is scheduled for October 24, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate. And keep it right here on The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the 2019 International Saimoe League, the world's premier anime character competition.

NOTE: This is an updated report from the initial posting on the Bedlam. The current tournament is the Summer Seasonal. The Fall Seasonal is scheduled to take place at a later time.

BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Ruby Match Day 1

ARENA 1 [[Tōsaka Rin]] Isshiki Iroha
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 2 Tōru [[Nishimiya Shōko]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 3 Miyamizu Mitsuha [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 4 Yuigahama Yui [[Takanashi Rikka]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Izumi Sagiri]] Megumin
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 6 Takagi [[Kanna Kamui]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 7 [[Tokisaki Kurumi]] Alice Zuberg
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Kafū Chino]] Shiro
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 9 [[Violet Evergarden]] Nakano Azusa
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 10 [[Emilia]] Akiyama Mio
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 11 [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious]] Sawamura Spencer Eriri
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 12 Kitashirakawa Tamako [[Makise Kurisu]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 13 Index L. Prohibitorum [[Sakurajima Mai]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 14 Tomori Nao [[Yūki Asuna]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 15 Aisaka Taiga [[Shiina Mashiro]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 16 [[Schwi Dola]] Yoshino
by >=300
Over/Under: 25000
Over

ARENA 17 [[Rimuru Tempest]] Satō Kazuma
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 18 [[Natsume Takashi]] Saiki Kusuo
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 19 Kanda Sorata [[Riku Dola]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 20 Natsuki Subaru [[Emiya Kiritsugu]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 21 Takasu Ryūji [[Azusagawa Sakuta]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 22 Yato [[Saitama]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 23 [[Levi]] Dazai Osamu
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 24 [[Emiya Shirō]] Bakugō Katsuki
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 25 [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]] Edward Elric
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 26 [[Eugeo]] Okazaki Tomoya
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 27 [[Tachibana Taki]] Araragi Koyomi
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 28 [[Togashi Yūta]] Otonashi Yuzuru
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 29 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Kyon
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 30 [[Archer]] Izumi Masamune
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 31 [[Okabe Rintarō]] Lancer
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 32 Shiota Nagisa [[Willem Kmetsch]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ISML 2019 SUMMER SEASONAL TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
ARENA 33 [[Hoto Kokoa]] Onishima Homare
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 34 [[Yoshida Yūko]] Kochō Shinobu
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 35 Reines El-Melloi Archisorte [[Hestia]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

ARENA 36 [[Chiyoda Momo]] Gray
by <=700
Over/Under: 20000
Over

Voter Id: bde0dbfc-521f-5890-884d-3313b36eb8b3

A clarification: the current seasonal tournament as of this post is Summer, not Fall. A revised report will be posted on the Bedlam.

ISML 2019: Dark Horse Kurumi Tokisaki Wins Emerald Necklace

ISML 2019: Dark Horse Kurumi Tokisaki Wins Emerald Necklace
Dark Horse Sweep As Tomoya Okazaki Wins Emerald Pendant

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue
October 23, 2019

Match Day 4 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period has concluded. Listed as a 40-1 dark horse, Kurumi Tokisaki beat favorite Mashiro Shiina 8919-7399 to win the Emerald Necklace. Chtholly Nota Seniorious was third with 5689 votes, Mai Sakurajima ended a streak of red lantern finishes with 4244 votes for fourth, Asuna Yuuki was fifth with 3499 votes, Kurisu Makise was sixth with 2852 votes, Schwi Dola had 2237 votes to finish seventh and in a slight surprise, it was Emilia's turn to finish last with 2047 votes.

Also listed as a 40-1 dark horse to win the Emerald Pendant was Tomoya Okazaki. He defeated 70-1 longshot Touma Kamijou 8285-7767 to win the Emerald Pendant. Rintarou Okabe was third with 5811 votes, Taki Tachibana was fourth with 4504 votes, Willem Kmetsch was fifth with 3799 votes, Levi was sixth with 3212 votes in another horror showing, Archer was seventh with 2721 votes and Yuuta Togashi was last with 2351 votes.

Advancing to the Ruby Period via wild card from the Female Division were Megumin (6144) and Taiga Aisaka (5862), while Lancer (5589) and Kazuma Satou (5693) survived the cut from the Male Division.

Leaving no doubt at who deserves to be Saimoe Leader of the Free World for the 2019 term was Rem, who outgunned Megumi Katou 151883.1 to 79204.8 to build on her status as current Saimoe Prime Minister. Hachiman Hikigaya will be the Deputy Saimoe Leader of the Free World after routing Houtarou Oreki 129199.2 to 93440.7.

Making the cut for the Fall Seasonal Tournament were ISML veterans Cocoa Hoto (10174) and Hestia (7915), and newcomers Gray (9275), Reines El-Melloi Archisorte (9191), Shinobu Kochou (8827), Momo Chiyoda (7745), Yuuko Yoshida (8185) and Homare Onishima (7358). Hoto is listed as the odds-on favorite to win the Fall Diadem, but she will have an uphill battle to climk in Kaguya Shinomiya should she secure the prize.

In exhibition action, Kanade Tachibana and Sora prevailed over Mikoto Misaka and Accelerator 9921-9271, Eru Chitanda and Lelouch Lamperouge lit up Shana and Kazuto Kirigaya 10409-7904, Ruri Gokou and Korosensei defeated Kotori Itsuka and Hideyoshi Kinoshita 9615-8817, Chii and Freya eased past Rin Okumira and Yukio Okumura 8864-6435,. and Yuu Koito and Touko Nanami got past Mizore Yoroizuka and Nozomi Kasaki 8981-8087.

Match Day 1 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Ruby Period is scheduled for October 24, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate. And keep it right here on The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the 2019 International Saimoe League, the world's premier anime character competition.

BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Emerald Match Day 4

ARENA 1 [[Tokisaki Kurumi - 5]] [[Sakurajima Mai - 8]] [[Schwi Dola - 3]] [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious - 2]] [[Shiina Mashiro - 1]] [[Makise Kurisu - 4]] [[Yūki Asuna - 6]] [[Emilia - 7]]
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Okabe Rintarō - 3]] [[Tachibana Taki - 7]] [[Levi - 1]] [[Kamijō Tōma - 8]] [[Okazaki Tomoya - 6]] [[Archer - 4]] [[Willem Kmetsch - 2]] [[Togashi Yūta - 5]]
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 3 [[Hirasawa Yui - 10]] [[Megumin - 2]] [[Aisaka Taiga - 3]] [[Isla - 6]] [[Honma Meiko - 8]] [[Illyasviel von Einzbern - 1]] [[Zero Two - 7]] [[Platelet - 5]] [[Kinomoto Sakura - 4]] [[Nephren Ruq Insania - 9]]
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 4 [[Lancer - 4]] [[Itsuka Shidō - 10]] [[Todoroki Shōto - 3]] [[Satō Kazuma - 6]] [[Midoriya Izuku - 5]] [[Gilgamesh - 2]] [[Akabane Karma - 1]] [[Edogawa Conan - 8]] [[Eren Yeager - 7]] [[Arima Kōsei - 9]]
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Rem]] [[Katō Megumi]]
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 6 [[Hikigaya Hachiman]] [[Oreki Hōtarō]]
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 7 Sonezaki Rika Yue Tilarna Exedilica [[Hestia]] [[Sanjōno Haruhime]] Kohaku Sakura Hibiki Sōryūin Akemi Maki Oze Gray [[Reines El-Melloi Archisorte]] [[Hoto Kokoa]] Kohinata Mangetsu Kikuchi Akane Saginomiya Shiori Aries Spring Kochō Shinobu [[Chiyoda Momo]] [[Hinatsuki Mikan]] [[Yoshida Yūko]] [[Onishima Homare]] Senpai Esther Rosenthal Latina
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 8 Tachibana Kanade [[Misaka Mikoto]] Sora [[Accelerator]]
by >=1000
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 9 [[Chitanda Eru]] Shana [[Lelouch Lamperouge]] Kirigaya Kazuto
by >=1000
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 10 Itsuka Kotori [[Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)]] Kinoshita Hideyoshi [[Korosensei]]
by >=1000
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 11 [[Chii]] Okumura Rin [[Freya]] Okumura Yukio
by >=1000
Over/Under: 60000
Over

ARENA 12 Koito Yū [[Yoroizuka Mizore]] Nanami Tōko [[Kasaki Nozomi]]
by >=1000
Over/Under: 60000
Over

Voter Id: 12ffaf74-8fe1-575e-965e-0282e03e7be6

BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Emerald Necklace and Pendant Odds

2019 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

EMERALD NECKLACE ODDS

Kurumi Tokisaki 40-1

Mai Sakurajima 70-1

Schwi Dola 10-1

Chtholly Nota Seniorious 7-1

Mashiro Shiina EVEN

Kurisu Makise 20-1

Asuna Yuuki 50-1

Emilia 60-1

2019 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

EMERALD PENDANT ODDS

Rintarou Okabe 20-1

Taki Tachibana 50-1

Levi EVEN

Touma Kamijou 70-1

Tomoya Okazaki 40-1

Archer 30-1

Willem Kmetsch 7-1

Yuuta Togashi 30-1

ISML 2019: Emerald 3 Match Day Wrap-Up

ISML 2019: Emerald 3 Match Day Wrap-Up

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
October 17, 2019

Match Day 3 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is history. In the Female Division, Rin Tohsaka routed Yoshino 8279-4608, Tamako Kitashirakawa defeated Nephren Ruq Insania 6930-5268, Yukino Yukinoshita eased past Takagi 7742-5783, Alice Zuberg prevailed over Meiko Honma 6037-5921, Sagiri Izumi rolled past Yui Yuigahama 8033-5769, Mio Akiyama rocked Sakura Kinomoto 7089-5369, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Shouko Nishimiya 7634-6044, Eriri Spencer Sawamura defeated Illyasviel von Einzbern 6458-623, Violet Evergarden roared past Tooru 7967-5145 and Chino Kafuu defeated Isla 6777-5043.

Wrapping up Female Division play, Chtholly Nota Seniorious defeated Rikka Takanashi 6864-6647, Nao Tomori willed her way past Megumin 6335-6248, Mai Sakurajima whipped past Kamui Kanna 6763-6560, Azusa Nakano torched Zero Two 6726-5268, Mashiro Shiina defeated Shiro 6901-6059, Index L. Prohibitorum rushed past Yui Hirasawa 6436-6182, Schwi Dola defeated Emilia 6734-6204, Iroha Isshiki thumped Platelet 7213-5108, Kurisu Makise defeated Azuna Yuuki 7060-6371 and Mitsuha Miyamizu got past Taiga Aisaka 6342-5986.

In the Male Division, Rimuru Tempest eased past Katsuki Bakugou 6451-5464, Tomoya Okazaki dominated Kousei Arima 6676-4687, Riku Dola rocked Kusuo Saiki 6574-4912, Edward Elric defeated Izuku Midoriya 5493-5094, Sakuta Azusagawa slammed Conan Edogawa 6581-4934, Kyon won the closest race of the round, a 5413-5398 thriller over Yuzuru Otonashi, Levi leveled Takashi Natsume 6284-5428, Masamune Izumi prevailed over Lancer 5609-5282, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji burned Subaru Natsuki 6574-5152 and Koyomi Araragi harrowed Gilgamesh 5754-4666.

Wrapping up Male Division action, Taki Tachibana hammered Shouto Todoroki 6843-5050, Ryuuji Takasu roared past Nagisa Shiota 5587-5304, Willem Kmetsch cruised past Shirou Emiya 5986-5072, Kiritsugu Emiya bounced past Eren Yeager 5950-4832, Rintarou Okabe punched Saitama, Osamu Dazai scored the Upset of the Round, a 5297-5036 scalp of Karma Akabane, Touma Kamijou broke Yuuta Togashi 6248-5602, Sorata Kanda defeated Kazuma Satou 5449-5152, Archer dominated Eugeo 5899-5594 and Yato flew past Shidou Itsuka 5536-5232.

In Tournament of Champions action, Rem rolled past Kotori Itsuka 6951-6378, Megumi Katou pounded Ruru Gokou 7779-5544, Eru Chitanda burned Shana 7372-5362, Mikoto Misaka annihilated Kanade Tachibana 6951-5994, Hachiman Hikigaya routed Hideyoshi Kinoshita 8432-3875, Houtarou Oreki crushed Korosensei 7292-4774, Sora slammed Accelerator 6233-5943 and Lelouch Lamperouge defeated Kazuto Kirigaya 6189-5587.

2019 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE
EMERALD NECKLACE ODDS
Kurumi Tokisaki 40-1
Mai Sakurajima 70-1
Schwi Dola 10-1
Chtholly Nota Seniorious 7-1
Mashiro Shiina EVEN
Kurisu Makise 20-1
Asuna Yuuki 50-1
Emilia 60-1

2019 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE
EMERALD PENDANT ODDS
Rintarou Okabe 20-1
Taki Tachibana 50-1
Levi EVEN
Touma Kamijou 70-1
Tomoya Okazaki 40-1
Archer 30-1
Willem Kmetsch 7-1
Yuuta Togashi 30-1

Match Day 4 of the 2019 International Saimoe League is scheduled for October 19, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

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BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Emerald Match Day 3

ARENA 1 [[Tōsaka Rin]] Yoshino
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Nephren Ruq Insania]] Kitashirakawa Tamako
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 3 Takagi [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 4 [[Alice Zuberg]] Honma Meiko
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Izumi Sagiri]] Yuigahama Yui
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 6 [[Akiyama Mio]] Kinomoto Sakura
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 7 Tokisaki Kurumi [[Nishimiya Shōko]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 8 Sawamura Spencer Eriri [[Illyasviel von Einzbern]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 9 Tōru Violet Evergarden
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 10 [[Kafū Chino]] Isla
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 11 Takanashi Rikka [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 12 Megumin [[Tomori Nao]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 13 Kanna Kamui [[Sakurajima Mai]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 14 [[Nakano Azusa]] Zero Two
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 15 Shiro [[Shiina Mashiro]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 16 Hirasawa Yui [[Index L. Prohibitorum]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 17 Schwi Dola [[Emilia]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 18 Platelet [[Isshiki Iroha]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 19 Makise Kurisu [[Yūki Asuna]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 20 [[Miyamizu Mitsuha]] Aisaka Taiga
by >=100
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 21 Rimuru Tempest [[Bakugō Katsuki]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 22 Arima Kōsei [[Okazaki Tomoya]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 23 Saiki Kusuo [[Riku Dola]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 24 [[Edward Elric]] Midoriya Izuku
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 25 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] Edogawa Conan
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 26 [[Otonashi Yuzuru]] Kyon
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 27 Levi [[Natsume Takashi]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 28 [[Lancer]] Izumi Masamune
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 29 [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]] Natsuki Subaru
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 30 [[Gilgamesh]] Araragi Koyomi
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 31 [[Todoroki Shōto]] Tachibana Taki
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 32 [[Shiota Nagisa]] Takasu Ryūji
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 33 Emiya Shirō [[Willem Kmetsch]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 34 Eren Yeager [[Emiya Kiritsugu]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 35 [[Okabe Rintarō]] Saitama
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 36 [[Akabane Karma]] Dazai Osamu
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 37 Togashi Yūta [[Kamijō Tōma]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 38 [[Kanda Sorata]] Satō Kazuma
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 39 [[Archer]] Eugeo
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 40 [[Itsuka Shidō]] Yato
by <=1000
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 41 [[Rem]] Itsuka Kotori
by >=200
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 42 [[Katō Megumi]] Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)
by >=200
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 43 Shana [[Chitanda Eru]]
by >=200
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 44 [[Tachibana Kanade]] Misaka Mikoto
by >=200
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 45 [[Hikigaya Hachiman]] Kinoshita Hideyoshi
by <=800
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 46 [[Oreki Hōtarō]] Korosensei
by <=800
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 47 Accelerator [[Sora]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 48 [[Lelouch Lamperouge]] Kirigaya Kazuto
by <=800
Over/Under: 18000
Over

Voter Id: c75c996a-d1bd-57fb-a4a1-7372a5ae6634

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ISML 2019: Emerald Match Day 2 Roundup

ISML 2019: Emerald Match Day 2 Roundup

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
October 12, 2019

Match Day 2 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is in the books. In the Female Division, Yoshino defeated Nephren Ruq Insania 6446-4960, Rin Tohsaka pounded Tamako Kitashirakawa 8214-4194, Takagi prevailed over Meiko Honma 6120-5332, Yukino Yukinoshita thumped Alice Zubern 7713-4769, Yui Yuigahama rolled past Sakura Kinomoto 6300-5157, Sagiri Izumi slammed Mio Akiyama 7122-6103, Shouko Nishimiya cruised past Eriri Spencer Sawamura 6480-5315, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Illyasviel von Einzbern 7995-4982, Tooru roared past Isla 5776-5602 and Violet Evergarden whipped past Chino Kafuu 7004-5500.

Wrapping up Female Division action, Rikka Takanashi exploded past Megumin 6503-5455, Chtholly Nota Seniorious defeated Nao Tomori 6666-5478, Kamui Kanna romped past Azusa Nakano 5951-5703, Mai Sakurajima routed Zero Two 7038-4769, Shiro defeated Yui Hirasawa 6576-5500, Mashiro Shiina got past Index L. Prohibitorum 6525-5692, Emilia crushed Platelet 6717-5168, Schwi Dola prevailed over Iroha Isshiki 6030-5872, Kurisu Makise defeated Taiga Aisaka 6075-5866 and Asuna Yuuki slashed past Mitsuha Miyamizu 6539-6041.

In the Male Division, Katsuki Bakugou won a 5332-5253 thriller over Kousei Arima, Tomoya Okazaki scored the Upset of the Round, a 5585-5568 scalp of Rimuru Tempest, Edward Elric prevailed over Kusuo Saiki 5180-4994, Riku Dola rocked Izuku Midoriya 6278-4329, Kyon cruised past Conan Edogawa 5309-4735, Sakuta Azusagawa thumped Yuzuru Otonashi 5996-5050, Takashi Natsume impaled Lancer 5619-5089, Levi leveled Masamune Izumi 6339-4746, Subaru Natsuki defeated Koyomi Araragi 5416-4999 and Kiyotaka Ayanokouji flattened Gilgamesh 5979-4819.

Wrapping up Male Division playm Ryuuji Takasu roared past Shouto Todoroki 5315-4723, Taki Tachibana defeated Nagisa Shiota 6064-5016, Shirou Emiya eased past Eren Yeager 5962-4296, Willem Kmetsch won the closest race of the round, a 5343-5326 nailbiter over Kiritsugu Emiya, Saitama punched Karma Akabane 5686-4904, Rintarou Okabe defeated Osamu Dazai 5793-4481, Yuuta Togashi rolled past Kazuma Satou 5928-4814, Touma Kamijou broke Sorata Kanda 6334-4611, Archer dominated Shidou Itsuka 5866-4830, and Eugeo flew past Yato 5461-5168.

In Tournament of Champions action, Rem defeated Kanade Tachibana 6643-5771, Megumi Katou throttled Shana 7178-5011, Eru Chitanda prevailed over Kotori Itsuka 6632-5669, Mikoto Misaka crushed Ruri Gokou 7173-5118, Hachiman Hikigaya obliterated Kazuto Kirigaya 6773-4904, Sora slammed Korosensei 6019-5118, Accelerator accelerated past Hideyoshi Kinoshita 7009-4172 and Houtarou Oreki dominated Lelouch Lamperouge 6475-4943.

Match Day 3 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is scheduled for October 14, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Emerald Match Day 2

ARENA 1 [[Yoshino]] Nephren Ruq Insania
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Tōsaka Rin]] Kitashirakawa Tamako
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 3 [[Takagi]] Honma Meiko
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 4 Alice Zuberg [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Yuigahama Yui]] Kinomoto Sakura
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 6 [[Izumi Sagiri]] Akiyama Mio
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 7 [[Nishimiya Shōko]] Sawamura Spencer Eriri
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 8 Illyasviel von Einzbern [[Tokisaki Kurumi]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 9 Isla [[Tōru]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 10 Kafū Chino [[Violet Evergarden]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 11 [[Megumin]] Takanashi Rikka
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 12 [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious]] Tomori Nao
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 13 [[Kanna Kamui]] Nakano Azusa
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 14 Zero Two [[Sakurajima Mai]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 15 [[Shiro]] Hirasawa Yui
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 16 [[Shiina Mashiro]] Index L. Prohibitorum
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 17 Platelet [[Emilia]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 18 Isshiki Iroha [[Schwi Dola]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 19 Makise Kurisu [[Aisaka Taiga]]
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 20 [[Yūki Asuna]] Miyamizu Mitsuha
by >=100
Over/Under: 15000
Over

ARENA 21 [[Bakugō Katsuki]] Arima Kōsei
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 22 Okazaki Tomoya [[Rimuru Tempest]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 23 Edward Elric [[Saiki Kusuo]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 24 Midoriya Izuku [[Riku Dola]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 25 [[Kyon]] Edogawa Conan
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 26 Otonashi Yuzuru [[Azusagawa Sakuta]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 27 [[Natsume Takashi]] Lancer
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 28 [[Levi]] Izumi Masamune
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 29 [[Natsuki Subaru]] Araragi Koyomi
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 30 Gilgamesh [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 31 Takasu Ryūji [[Todoroki Shōto]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 32 [[Shiota Nagisa]] Tachibana Taki
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 33 Eren Yeager [[Emiya Shirō]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 34 [[Willem Kmetsch]] Emiya Kiritsugu
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 35 [[Saitama]] Akabane Karma
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 36 Dazai Osamu [[Okabe Rintarō]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 37 Satō Kazuma [[Togashi Yūta]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 38 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Kanda Sorata
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 39 [[Archer]] Itsuka Shidō
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 40 Yato [[Eugeo]]
by <=900
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 41 Tachibana Kanade [[Rem]]
by <=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 42 [[Katō Megumi]] Shana
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 43 [[Itsuka Kotori]] Chitanda Eru
by <=200
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 44 Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) [[Misaka Mikoto]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16500
Over

ARENA 45 Kirigaya Kazuto [[Hikigaya Hachiman]]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 16800
Over

ARENA 46 Korosensei [[Sora]]
by >=500
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 47 Kinoshita Hideyoshi [[Accelerator]]
by <=800
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 48 [[Oreki Hōtarō]] Lelouch Lamperouge
by >=300
Over/Under: 17000
Over

Voter Id: 72b1e4d9-c595-517e-a80f-85686b083257

ISML 2019: Emerald Duels, Full Speed Ahead

ISML 2019: Emerald Duels, Full Speed Ahead

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
October 9, 2019

Match Day 1 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is history. In the Female Division, Rin Tohsaka routed Nephren Ruq Insania 7843-4229, Tamako Kitashirakawa delivered the Upset of the Round, a 6308-5468 scalp of Yoshino, Yukino Yukinoshita thumped Meiko Honma 7091-4645, Takagi eased past Alice Zuberg 6680-5375, Sagiri Izumi dismantled Sakura Kinomoto 8144-4592, Mio Akiyama prevailed over Yui Yuigahama 5808-5649, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Eriri Spencer Sawamura 8609-4547, Shouko Nishimiya defeated Illyasviel von Einzbern 6100-5472, Violet Evergarden cruised past Isla 6830-5335 and Chino Kafuu rolled past Tooru 6357-5512.

Wrapping up Female Division action, Chtholly Nota Seniorious defeated Megumin 6432-5631, Rikka Takanashi whipped past Nao Tomori 6065-5503, Mai Sakurajima romped past Azusa Nakano 6348-5264, Kamui Kanna drubbed Zero Two 6441-4999, Mashiro Shiina outlasted Yui Hirasawa 6171-5769, Shiro prevailed over Index L. Prohibitorum 6114-5839, Schwi Dola hounded Platelet 6698-4901, Emilia raced past Iroha Isshiki 6171-5552, Asuna Yuuki slashed past Taiga Aisaka 6821-4910 and Kurisu Makise defeated Mitsuha Miyamizu 6091-5729.

In the Male Division, Rimuru Tempest routed Kousei Arima 6392-4273, Tomoya Okazaki pounded Katsuki Bakugou 5729-4640, Riku Dola rocked Edward Elric 6003-4207, Kusuo Saiki defeated Izuku Midoriya 5030-4804, Sakuta Azusagawa eased past Kyon 5777-4468, Yuzuru Otonashi defeated Conan Edogawa 5198-4707, Levi leveled Lancer 6091-4865, Takashi Natsume won the closest race of the round, a 5375-5335 thriller over Masamune Izumi, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji thumped Koyomi Araragi 6003-4543 and Subaru Natsuki prevailed over Gilgamesh 5397-4981.

Wrapping up Male Division action, Taki Tachibana roared past Ryuuji Takasu 5941-4680, Nagisa Shiota shot past Shouto Todoroki 5109-4972, Willem Kmetsch defeated Eren Yeager 5242-4685, Shirou Emiya prevailed over his father Kiritsugu 4919-4592, Rintarou Okabe crushed Karma Akabane 5866-4300, Saitama punched Osamu Dazai 5251-4517, Touma Kamijou broke Kazuma Satou 5910-4782, Yuuta Togashi defeated Sorata Kanda 5512-4539, Eugeo rolled past Shidou Itsuka 5437-4450 and Archer flew past Yato 5379-4906.

In Tournament of Champions round robin action, Rem routed Shana 8073-4627, Megumi Katou thundered past Kanade Tachibana 7175-5308, Eru Chitana defeated Ruru Gokou 6472-5671, Mikoto Misaka thumped Kotori Itsuka 7052-5277, Hachiman Hikigaya drubbed Sora 7131-5074, Kazuto Kirigaya prevailed over Korosensei 5786-5401, Houtarou Oreki accelerated past Accelerator 5937-5640 and Lelouch Lamperouge scorched Hideyoshi Kinoshita 6207-4437.

Match Day 2 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is scheduled for October 10, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

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BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Emerald Match Day 1

ARENA 1 Nephren Ruq Insania [[Tōsaka Rin]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 2 Kitashirakawa Tamako [[Yoshino]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 3 [[Yukinoshita Yukino]] Honma Meiko
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 4 [[Alice Zuberg]] Takagi
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 5 [[Izumi Sagiri]] Kinomoto Sakura
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 6 [[Akiyama Mio]] Yuigahama Yui
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 7 Sawamura Spencer Eriri [[Tokisaki Kurumi]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 8 Illyasviel von Einzbern [[Nishimiya Shōko]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 9 Isla [[Violet Evergarden]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 10 [[Kafū Chino]] Tōru
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 11 [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious]] Megumin
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 12 [[Takanashi Rikka]] Tomori Nao
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 13 Nakano Azusa [[Sakurajima Mai]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 14 Zero Two [[Kanna Kamui]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 15 [[Shiina Mashiro]] Hirasawa Yui
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 16 Index L. Prohibitorum [[Shiro]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 17 Platelet [[Schwi Dola]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 18 Isshiki Iroha [[Emilia]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 19 Aisaka Taiga [[Yūki Asuna]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 20 Miyamizu Mitsuha [[Makise Kurisu]]
by >=300
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 21 Arima Kōsei [[Rimuru Tempest]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 22 Okazaki Tomoya [[Bakugō Katsuki]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 23 [[Riku Dola]] Edward Elric
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 24 [[Midoriya Izuku]] Saiki Kusuo
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 25 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] Kyon
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 26 [[Otonashi Yuzuru]] Edogawa Conan
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 27 [[Levi]] Lancer
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 28 Izumi Masamune [[Natsume Takashi]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 29 [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]] Araragi Koyomi
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 30 [[Natsuki Subaru]] Gilgamesh
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 31 [[Tachibana Taki]] Takasu Ryūji
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 32 [[Todoroki Shōto]] Shiota Nagisa
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 33 Eren Yeager [[Willem Kmetsch]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 34 [[Emiya Kiritsugu]] Emiya Shirō
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 35 [[Okabe Rintarō]] Akabane Karma
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 36 [[Saitama]] Dazai Osamu
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 37 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Satō Kazuma
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 38 Togashi Yūta [[Kanda Sorata]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 39 Itsuka Shidō [[Eugeo]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 40 Yato [[Archer]]
by <=700
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 41 [[Rem]] Shana
by <=400
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 42 [[Katō Megumi]] Tachibana Kanade
by <=400
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 43 [[Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)]] Chitanda Eru
by <=400
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 44 [[Misaka Mikoto]] Itsuka Kotori
by <=400
Over/Under: 17000
Over

ARENA 45 Sora [[Hikigaya Hachiman]]
by >=500
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 46 [[Korosensei]] Kirigaya Kazuto
by >=500
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 47 Oreki Hōtarō [[Accelerator]]
by >=500
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 48 Kinoshita Hideyoshi [[Lelouch Lamperouge]]
by >=500
Over/Under: 19000
Under

Voter Id: b20d3f97-9a73-57a0-8dd4-7327083262de

Sydney Roosters: 2019 NRL Premiers

The Sydney Roosters pulled off a controversial 14-8 victory over a brave Canberra to win the 2019 grand final, becoming the first team to win back-to-back premierships since Brisbane in the early 1990s.

The Tricolours defended their title thanks to a dramatic late try, going the length of the field to score when a six-again call was changed to give them the ball.

Referee Ben Cummins briefly signalled six again after a bomb appeared to rebound off James Tedesco and the Raiders regained the ball, but a handover was ordered when the Canberra player in possession was finally tackled.   


The sin-binning of Cooper Cronk for a professional foul on 49 minutes had allowed the Raiders to get on even terms at 8-8.

The defending premiers, who lost veteran back-rower Mitch Aubusson after just 13 minutes to a left knee injury, went into the sheds leading just 8-6 after dominating early as Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, obviously anxious to make up for lost time after missing the preliminary final through suspension, had 10 runs for 108 metres after just 25 minutes.

The Roosters got a lucky break when a kick rebounded from Sia Soliola's head and struck the trainer so instead of Elliott Whitehead chasing it in hopes of a try the Roosters got the feed and Sam Verrills cleverly darted over from dummy-half to open the scoring in the ensuing set.

But the Raiders refused to wilt and slowly worked their way back into the match until they gained their just reward through Jack Wighton who made the most of a repeat set by stepping past Boyd Cordner.

ISML 2019: Sagiri Izumi Wins Sapphire Necklace

ISML 2019: Sagiri Izumi Wins Sapphire Necklace
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji Wins Sapphire Pendant

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
October 4, 2019

Match Day 4 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Sapphire Period saw another Necklace and Pendant match go to the dark horses. Sagiri Izumi was listed as a 20-1 dark horse but the Challenger of Record won the Sapphire Necklace, defeating the new challenger of record, Mashiro Shiina, 11412-7853. Kurumi Tokisaki was third with 5666 votes, favorite Chtholly Nota Seniorious was fourth with 3295 votes, Asuna Yuuki was fifth with 2436 votes, Kurisu Makise was sixth with 1922 votes, Schwi Dola was seventh with 1649 votes and Mai Sakurajima was last with 1495 votes.

The Sapphire Pendant match turned out to be a classic battle of longshots, but 40-1 choice Kiyotaka Ayanokouji prevailed over 80-1  longshot Touma Kamijou 7895-7357. Levi was third with 5639 votes, favorite Rintarou Okabe was fourth with 4113 votes, Archer was fifth with 3505 votes, Yuuta Togashi was sixth with 2712 votes, Taki Tachibana was seventh with 2384 votes and Subaru Natsuki was dead last with 1871 votes. Kamijou is the Challenger of Record for the Emerald Period in the Male Division.

Advancing to the Emerald Period in the Female Division via the wildcard are Index Prohibitorum (5426), Iroha Isshiki (4212.3), Azusa Nakano (3774.4) and Nephren Ruq Insania (3653.6). In the Male Division, Katsuki Bakugou (4195), Sorata Kanda (3658.3), Lancer (4140) and Shidou Itsuka (3394) advance.

Finally, in Tournanemt of Champions action, Rem defeated Mikoto Misaka 9410-8700, Megumi Katou routed Kotori Itsuka 10149-6962, Ruri Gokou eased past Shana 8137-6902, Eru Chitanda delivered the Upset of the Round, a 7964-7712 scalp of Kanade Tachibana, Hachiman  Hikigaya thumped Lelouch Lamperouge 10267-5921, Korosensei defeated Hideyoshi Kinoshita 8838-6015, Houtarou Oreki whipped past Sora 8520-6997 and Accelerator accelerated past Kazuto Kirigaya 8441-7305.

Match Day 1 of the 2019 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is scheduled for October 6, 2019. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate. And keep it right here on The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the 2019 International Saimoe League, the world's premier anime character competition.

BoBA ISML 2019 Predictions: Sapphire Match Day 4

ARENA 1 [[Sakurajima Mai - 8]] [[Shiina Mashiro - 3]] [[Tokisaki Kurumi - 4]] [[Izumi Sagiri - 5]] [[Makise Kurisu - 2]] [[Schwi Dola - 6]] [[Chtholly Nota Seniorious - 1]] [[Yūki Asuna - 7]]
Over/Under: 30000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Kamijō Tōma - 8]] [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka - 7]] [[Levi - 4]] [[Tachibana Taki - 3]] [[Togashi Yūta - 6]] [[Archer - 2]] [[Okabe Rintarō - 1]] [[Natsuki Subaru - 5]]
Over/Under: 30000
Over

ARENA 3 [[Saber - 1]] [[Index L. Prohibitorum - 7]] [[Isshiki Iroha - 8]] [[Furukawa Nagisa - 5]] [[Miyazono Kaori - 6]] [[Kuriyama Mirai - 3]] [[Akemi Homura - 11]] [[Kasugano Sora - 9]] [[Nakano Azusa - 4]] [[Makinohara Shōko - 10]] [[Nephren Ruq Insania - 12]] [[Kasumigaoka Utaha - 2]]
Over/Under: 30000
Over

ARENA 4 [[Bakugō Katsuki - 11]] [[Isaac Foster - 8]] [[Kanda Sorata - 2]] [[Ainz Ooal Gown - 3]] [[Ishida Shōya - 7]] [[Lancer - 6]] [[Otosaka Yū - 1]] [[Itsuka Shidō - 5]] [[Neutrophil - 10]] [[Kūjō Jōtarō - 9]] [[Sakata Gintoki - 4]] [[All Might - 12]]
Over/Under: 30000
Over

ARENA 5 Misaka Mikoto [[Rem]]
by <=400
Over/Under: 29000
Under

ARENA 6 Itsuka Kotori [[Katō Megumi]]
by >=800
Over/Under: 29000
Over

ARENA 7 [[Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)]] Shana
by <=300
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 8 [[Tachibana Kanade]] Chitanda Eru
by >=700
Over/Under: 30000
Over

ARENA 9 Lelouch Lamperouge [[Hikigaya Hachiman]]
by <=1500
Over/Under: 28000
Under

ARENA 10 [[Korosensei]] Kinoshita Hideyoshi
by <=600
Over/Under: 29000
Under

ARENA 11 Sora [[Oreki Hōtarō]]
by >=200
Over/Under: 26000
Over

ARENA 12 [[Accelerator]] Kirigaya Kazuto
by <=1100
Over/Under: 27500
Over

Voter Id: 28e4af4d-d7a6-5efd-aef3-721097614b0b