ISML 2012: Results, Ruby Match Day 8

Necklace Match Votes Hasegawa Kobato (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) 751 6.47% Misaka Mikoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index) 3984 34.33% Yuzuriha Inori (Guilty Crown) 1171 10.09% Nakano Azusa (K-ON!) 2242 19.32% Kuroi Mato (Black★Rock Shooter) 754 6.50% Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!) 2023 17.43% Kashiwazaki Sena (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) 680 5.86%

Necklace Score Calculation Misaka Mikoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index) 97.897 ÷ 3 + 34.33 = 66.962 Nakano Azusa (K-ON!) 81.750 ÷ 3 + 19.32 = 46.569 Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!) 74.301 ÷ 3 + 17.43 = 42.199 Hasegawa Kobato (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) 80.445 ÷ 3 + 6.47 = 33.286 Yuzuriha Inori (Guilty Crown) 65.249 ÷ 3 + 10.09 = 31.840 Kashiwazaki Sena (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) 75.833 ÷ 3 + 5.86 = 31.137 Kuroi Mato (Black★Rock Shooter) 56.495 ÷ 3 + 6.50 = 25.329

Exhibition 1 Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen (Strike Witches) 767 Konpaku Yōmu (Tōhō Project) 1509 Miyanaga Saki (Saki) 994 Fujibayashi Kyō (CLANNAD) 2759 Shirai Kuroko (Toaru Majutsu no Index) 2205 Ekaterina Kurae (Seikon no Qwaser) 805 Hiiragi Kagami (Lucky ☆ Star) 2156

Exhibition 2 Sanya V. Litvyak (Strike Witches) 1049 Konohana Lucia (Rewrite) 1152 Amae Koromo (Saki) 1498 Fujibayashi Ryō (CLANNAD) 2449 Asakura Ryōko (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) 1528 Maaka Anju (Karin) 656 Hiiragi Tsukasa (Lucky ☆ Star) 2403

Exhibition 3 Yoshida Yuki (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 2139 Nagase Minato (Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka) 873 Kamio Misuzu (AIR) 1502 Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Mahō Sensei Negima!) 1002 Lisanna Strauss (FAIRY TAIL) 1176 Hasegawa Kobato (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai) 3711 Triela (Gunslinger Girl) 487

Exhibition ρ Nakagawa Kanon (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai) 1196 Irisviel von Einzbern (Fate/Zero) 1712 Iwasawa Masami (Angel Beats!) 1734 Haruna (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?) 1591 Konjiki no Yami (To LOVE-Ru) 1584 C.C. (Code Geass) 2035 Nymph (Sora no Otoshimono) 1489

Exhibition 5 Yarizui Sen (Ben-Tō) 4572 Isayama Yomi (Ga-Rei: Zero) 4478

Exhibition 6 Shionji Yūko (Alice) (Kami-sama no Memochō) 5244 Alice (Pandora Hearts) 4029

Exhibition 7 Ika-Musume (Shinryaku! Ika Musume) 4873 Saginomiya Isumi (Hayate no Gotoku!) 4909

Exhibition 8 Nyarlathotep (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san) 4656 Cthugha (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san) Kuroyukihime (Accel World) 5668 Kurashima Chiyuri (Accel World)

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Ruby Match Day 8

ARENA 01: Hasegawa Kobato [Misaka Mikoto] Yuzuriha Inori Nakano Azusa Kuroi Mato Aisaka Taiga Kashiwazaki Sena by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Over

ARENA 02: Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen Konpaku Yōmu [Miyanaga Saki] Fujibayashi Kyō Shirai Kuroko Ekaterina Kurae Hiiragi Kagami by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Over

ARENA 03: Sanya V. Litvyak Konohana Lucia [Amae Koromo] Fujibayashi Ryō Asakura Ryōko Maaka Anju Hiiragi Tsukasa by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Over

ARENA 04: Yoshida Yuki Nagase Minato Kamio Misuzu Evangeline A.K. McDowell Lisanna Strauss [Hasegawa Kobato] Triela by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Over

ARENA 05: Nakagawa Kanon [Irisviel von Einzbern] Iwasawa Masami Haruna Konjiki no Yami C.C. Nymph by <=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Over

ARENA 06: [Yarizui Sen] Isayama Yomi by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Under

ARENA 07: [Shionji Yūko (Alice)] Alice by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Under

ARENA 08: Ika-Musume [Saginomiya Isumi] by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Under

ARENA 09: Nyarlathotep, Cthugha [Kuroyukihime, Kurashima Chiyuri] by >=1000
Over/Under: 12000
Over

Will you still medal in the morning?

Will you still medal in the morning?

The real games in the Olympic Village will not be televised
Updated: July 14, 2012, 9:56 AM ETBy Sam Alipour

ESPN The Magazine




AMERICAN TARGET SHOOTER Josh Lakatos faced a conundrum. Halfway through the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he and his rifle-toting teammates were finished with their events, and the U.S. Olympic Committee and team officials had ordered them to turn in the keys to their three-story house and head back to the States. But Lakatos didn't want to leave. He knew from his experience four years earlier in Atlanta, where he'd won silver, that the Olympic Village was just about to erupt into a raucous party, and there was no way he was going to miss it. So he asked the maid at the emptied-out dwelling if she'd kindly look the other way as he jimmied the lock. "I don't care what you do," she replied.







Within hours, word of the nearly vacant property had spread. Popping up once every two years, the Olympic Village is a boisterous city within a city: chock-full of condos, midrises and houses as well as cafés, barbershops, arcades, discos and TV lounges. The only thing missing is privacy -- nearly everyone is stuck with a roommate. So while Lakatos claimed a first-floor suite for himself, the remaining rooms were there for the taking. The first to claim space that night were some Team USA track and field fellas.







"The next morning," Lakatos says, "swear to God, the entire women's 4x100 relay team of some Scandinavian-looking country walks out of the house, followed by boys from our side. And I'm just going, 'Holy crap, we'd watched these girls run the night before.'"







And on it went for eight days as scores of Olympians, male and female, trickled into the shooter's house -- and that's what everyone called it, Shooters' House -- at all hours, stopping by an Oakley duffel bag overflowing with condoms procured from the village's helpful medical clinic. After a while, it dawned on Lakatos: "I'm running a friggin' brothel in the Olympic Village! I've never witnessed so much debauchery in my entire life."











--------------------------------------------------------------------------------







TAKE YOUR MARK

Home to more than 10,000 athletes at the Summer Games and 2,700 at the Winter, the Olympic Village is one of the world's most exclusive clubs. To join, prospective members need only have spectacular talent and -- we long assumed -- a chaste devotion to the most intense competition of their lives. But the image of a celibate Games began to flicker in '92 when it was reported that the Games' organizers had ordered in prophylactics like pizza. Then, at the 2000 Sydney Games, 70,000 condoms wasn't enough, prompting a second order of 20,000 and a new standing order of 100,000 condoms per Olympics.







Many Olympians, past and present, abide by what Summer Sanders, a swimmer who won two gold medals, a silver and a bronze in Barcelona, calls the second Olympic motto: "What happens in the village stays in the village." Yet if you ask enough active and retired athletes often enough to spill their secrets, the village gates will fly open. It quickly becomes clear that, summer or winter, the games go on long after the medal ceremony. "There's a lot of sex going on," says women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo, a gold medalist in 2008. How much sex? "I'd say it's 70 percent to 75 percent of Olympians," offers world-record-holding swimmer Ryan Lochte, who will be in London for his third Games. "Hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."









--------------------------------------------------------------------------------







GET SET ...

The games begin as soon as teams move in a week or so before opening ceremonies. "It's like the first day of college," says water polo captain Tony Azevedo, a veteran of Beijing, Athens and Sydney who is returning to London. "You're nervous, super excited. Everyone's meeting people and trying to hook up with someone."







Which is perfectly understandable, if not to be expected. Olympians are young, supremely healthy people who've been training with the intensity of combat troops for years. Suddenly they're released into a cocoon where prying reporters and overprotective parents aren't allowed. Pre-competition testosterone is running high. Many Olympians are in tapering mode, full of excess energy because they're maintaining a training diet of up to 9,000 calories per day while not actually training as hard. The village becomes "a pretty wild scene, the biggest melting pot you've been in," says Eric Shanteau, an American who swam in Beijing and will be heading to London.







The dining hall is among everyone's first village stops. "When I walked in for the first time in Atlanta," says women's soccer player Brandi Chastain, "there were loud cheers. So we look over and see two French handballers dressed only in socks, shoes, jockstraps, neckties and hats on top of a dining table, feeding one another lunch. We're like, 'Holy cow, what is this place?'" Many liken it to a high school cafeteria, "except everyone's beautiful," says Julie Foudy, who has two golds and one silver from playing soccer in three Olympics and is now an analyst for ESPN. "We'd graze over our food for hours watching all the eye candy, wondering why I got married."







From one end of the village to the other, flags hang from windows and music blares from balconies. "Unlike at a bar, it's not awkward to strike up a conversation because you have something in common," Solo says. "It starts with, 'What sport do you play?' All of a sudden, you're fist-bumping." BMXer Jill Kintner, who won bronze in Beijing, says the Italians are particularly inviting: "They leave their doors open, so you look in and see dudes in thongs running circles around each other."







On the way to practice fields, "the girls are in skimpy panties and bras, the dudes in underwear, so you see what everybody is working with from the jump," says Breaux Greer, an American javelin thrower. "Even if their face is a 7, their body is a 20." In Beijing, even the adolescent female gymnasts got sassy with the water polo and judo boys who shared their training room. "That's where most of my socialization took place -- in a tub, up to my chest in ice water," says silver medalist Alicia Sacramone, then 20, who served as den mother to her teammates. "The younger girls would try to flirt with stuff like, 'Look at that butt on him!' I'm like, 'Excuse me, did that just come out of your mouth? Don't pay attention to his butt!'"







Quickly the reality sinks in that the village is "just a magical, fairy-tale place, like Alice in Wonderland, where everything is possible," says Carrie Sheinberg, an alpine skier at the '94 Winter Games and a reporter for subsequent Olympics. "You could win a gold medal and you can sleep with a really hot guy."







And no matter your taste, the village has got you covered. The soccer girls? "All hot, and they dress like rock stars," one male swimmer says. Male gymnasts? "They are like lovable little Ewoks," Kintner says. Sacramone has a few favorites of her own: "As far as best bodies, it's swimmers and water polo players, because that's an insane workout. And the track guys, they're sneaky-cute. Very serious, but when they lighten up, you're like, 'Oh, you're kind of adorable.'"







The challenge athletes face is what to do with their urges and when. "If you don't have discipline, the village can be a huge distraction," Solo admits. Some swear off sex until their events are done; others make it part of their pre-event routine. American shot-putter and silver and bronze medalist John Godina thought he'd seen it all in Atlanta: late-night hookups, friends disappearing for days at a time. But he hadn't seen anything like the dorm room in Sydney he shared with a javelin thrower, which had instantly become a revolving door of women without backstories. "It's like Vegas," Godina explains. "You learn not to ask a lot of questions."







That randy roommate of Godina's, Greer, picks up the story: Each day, the shaggy blond was visited by three women, sometimes just hours apart -- an accomplished pole vaulter and former flame; a mighty hurdler who "tried to dominate me," Greer says; and a "very talented" vacationer from Scandinavia. Greer says his Olympian partners were, like him, looking to "complete the Olympics training puzzle." When his event did come around, Greer nailed Athens' longest toss in prelims before a knee injury sidelined him. "I was a happy man going into competition," he says. "If you find somebody you like and who likes you, your world's complete for a second, and you compete well."







Still, some coaches try to limit late-night activities by enforcing 11 p.m. noise curfews, banning alcohol consumption or, in the case of USA Swimming, forbidding cross-gender visitation in bedrooms. Amanda Beard, with two golds, four silvers and one bronze medal to her name, was in a relationship with another swimmer during the 2000 Games but says, "People would walk around for miles to try to sneak somewhere."







Many on-the-prowl athletes maintain that they're driven by a simple human need: intimacy, if only for a moment or three. For most Olympians, the ramp-up to the Games is lonely. Not unlike movie stars on a far-flung movie shoot, the Olympics present the perfect opportunity to find a partner who understands where they're coming from. "Think about how hard it is to meet someone," Azevedo says. "Now take an Olympian who trains from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. every day. When the hell are you supposed to meet someone? Now the pressure is done, you're meeting like-minded people ... and boom."









--------------------------------------------------------------------------------









GO!

Typically, the swimmers are some of the lucky ones who wrap up early. For Lochte, that typically means "hitting a local pub and drinking with the soccer hooligans," he says. But a teammate in Athens had a better idea: sex on his village balcony. "Another team saw it, which led to a big argument because they accused me. I said, 'No, I'm innocent,'" Lochte says, laughing. "I'm always innocent." After his team finished its events in Beijing, "our coach sat us down and gave us what I can only describe as the birds-and-the-bees talk," says gold medalist Cullen Jones. "We're like, 'Okay, this is extremely awkward.'"







Just outside the village are sponsors parties. But what most Olympians want, in the end, is to bring the party back to the village.







The athlete compound soon becomes the site of an uneasy dance between jocks on a post-competition bender and those who have yet to compete. Says Swiss swimmer Dominik Meichtry: "I'd get home from the clubs at 6 or 7 a.m., and I'd feel bad for the track and field guys. They're getting on a bus and we're intoxicated, wearing fedoras, looking like crap." As the curtain falls on more events, the action accelerates. Displaced roommates become commonplace, with the standard sock-on-doorknob serving as the signal for "please go away." Before long, Foudy says, "it turns into a frat party with a very nice gene pool." And heaps of stamina. "Athletes are extremists," Solo says. "When they're training, it's laser focus. When they go out for a drink, it's 20 drinks. With a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you want to build memories, whether it's sexual, partying or on the field. I've seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty."







Those who desire a little privacy can borrow a hotel room from their agents or visiting friends. "You can get pretty much whatever you want if you flash your medal," says one American female. "That usually does the trick." Not quite everything. At the Lillehammer Games in 1994, two German bobsledders tried using their medals as currency. "They made it clear that they'd trade me their gold for all kinds of other favors," Sheinberg says. "I said jokingly, 'Thanks, but Tommy Moe has a medal. I'll play with his.'" The Germans were hoping for some group fun, which is not uncommon in the village. One skier tells a story from the Vancouver Games in 2010, when six athletes -- "some Germans, Canadians and Austrians" -- got together at a home outside the Whistler village. "It was a late-night whirlpool party. It turned into a whirlpool orgy."







"I was too locked in in Beijing. This time, when I'm done leaving my legacy on the track, I'll make sure London remembers me." - LaShawn Merritt, U.S. sprinter, Beijing 2008"This is a diplomatic relations trip," says Godina, "maybe because they feel they never have to see each other again." Adds Sheinberg: "It's also about finding something new. Olympians are adventurers. They look for a challenge, like having sex with someone who doesn't speak their language."







The sense of discovery can be powerful. At the 1976 Montreal Games, three-time Olympic diver and four-time gold medalist Greg Louganis, appearing in his first Olympics at age 16, developed a kinship with the boys on the Soviet Union diving team and soon found himself partying in their rooms. "Once events were over, our entire diet was caviar, vodka and Russian champagne. It was crazy," Louganis says. He was particularly struck by the Russians' sense of sexual liberation. "Culturally, they're more openly affectionate toward each other, which I just drank up, since I was still discovering who I was. But I had my eyes on one Soviet. I'd curl up in his lap; we'd hug and cuddle. I felt so protected." It didn't progress beyond that, Louganis says. "He was hooking up with one of the other male divers on the team" -- not to mention married.











--------------------------------------------------------------------------------







AND KEEP GOING ...

By the eve of the closing ceremonies, all of the events have wrapped, all bets are off and the home team often hosts one hell of a party. That was certainly the case in Sydney, where Australia's baseball and women's soccer teams threw a joint bash complete with a massive bonfire. "Who knew the village furniture could burn so well," kids Alicia Ferguson, an Aussie footballer. "We did involve the fire wardens, who were very accommodating, and then we started hooking up around our very own Olympic Village bonfire."







And after the men's hockey gold medal game in Vancouver, which Canada won, a dry lounge in the village exploded into a full-blown rager. "If you were walking by, you would've thought it was a high school party," says NHLer Bobby Ryan of the silver-winning American squad. "I'm talking booze, people randomly making out, everybody else cheering them on. And that was the PG stuff. Then everything went inside."







And then there's the one party that can't be missed: the closing ceremony. Says Ferguson: "They basically throw us all in a stadium and say, 'Just go for it, party hard, get drunk and do some groping.' Which we did, with some Canadians." Here's what you don't see on TV: all of the athletes who arrive inebriated and, throughout the ceremony, sneak back and forth between the infield and the stadium with drinks. Somewhere in the middle of this party, typically, is America's women's soccer team, whose tournament runs the duration of the Games. "This is our chance to let loose," Chastain says. "Our hair is on fire, we're leaving the next morning, and we're going to enjoy our last 24 hours." After the Beijing Games, the women went, well, Hollywood. Solo recounts the story: "I probably shouldn't tell you this, but we met a bunch of celebrities. Vince Vaughn partied with us. Steve Byrne, the comedian. And at some point we decided to take the party back to the village, so we started talking to the security guards, showed off our gold medals, got their attention and snuck our group through without credentials -- which is absolutely unheard of." And, she adds, "I may have snuck a celebrity back to my room without anybody knowing, and snuck him back out. But that's my Olympic secret." The best part, according to Solo? "When we were done partying, we got out of our nice dresses, got back into our stadium coats and, at 7 a.m. with no sleep, went on the Today show drunk. Needless to say, we looked like hell."







And then it's over -- for most Olympians, anyway. For a few and the most committed, the games continue -- all the way home. On a United Airlines flight from Sydney to Los Angeles in 2000, nearly 100 Olympians were among the passengers, causing the flight attendants to begin the flight with a warning: "Ladies and gentlemen, anybody who wishes to sleep, trade seats with someone in the front of the plane. Everybody else to the back with the Olympians." After that, the story gets fuzzy.







"Everybody partnered up fairly rapidly, and when they'd bring a drink cart through, we'd send it back dry," says Lakatos, who met a girl and "comfortably occupied row 50-something for roughly half an hour." Greer ended up in the bathroom with a famous Olympian he will not name. "We're going at it, and then -- boing. I accidentally turn on the assistance light." Happily for them, once Greer assured the flight attendant of their Olympic credentials, they were able to return to their business. "And we stayed in there a long time."







It's tales like these -- of connections made and just as easily ditched -- that have London-bound Olympians dreaming of the possibilities. "My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend -- big mistake," Lochte says. "Now I'm single, so London should be really good. I'm excited." So is American runner LaShawn Merritt, the reigning Olympic gold medalist in the 400 meters. "An Olympics to remember has to have those stories," Merritt says. "But I was too locked in in Beijing. This time, when I'm done leaving my legacy on the track," he says, laughing, "I'll make sure London remembers me."







Taylor Phinney too is looking forward to a do-over in London for two reasons. In Beijing, he was an 18-year-old wunderkind American cyclist who night after night sat on his balcony, one floor below the gymnastics team terrace, and tossed Shawn Johnson prohibited Snickers bars. "She was a superstar," Phinney says of the then-16-year-old, "and I was a lowly cyclist with a massive crush." After Johnson won gold and moved to a hotel with her parents, Phinney moved his courtship to the lobby, where they closed some blinds and had a "kissing session." But Phinney's long trip to first base may have also derailed his medaling hopes. "This is going to sound stupid, but I almost forgot I had to race."







After a Skype relationship forced by their globe-trotting careers, they are now on hiatus. But Phinney can't wait for London, where Johnson, who retired in June, will be on hand to fulfill her sponsorship obligations. "I'll try to hang out with her as much as I can," he says before he doubles back, still clearly flummoxed. "And I'm going to try very hard to stay away from females." In that case, he might want to stay away from the Olympic Village altogether.

ISML 2012: Ruby Necklace Match All Set

ISML 2012: Ruby Necklace Match All Set

By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
July 16, 2012

Kobato Hasegawa, Mikoto MisakA, Inori Yuzuriha, Azusa Nakano, Mato Kuroi, Taiga Aisaka and Sena Kashiwazaki all punched tickets to the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace Match.

Here is a roundup of the action from Match Day 7.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Masami Iwasawa defeated Mizuki Himeji 4414-4067, Shouko Kirishima prevailed over Ayase Aragaki 4247-4183, Mato Kuroi edged Kurisu Makise 4186-4140, Kobato Hasegawa upset Charlotte Dunois 4274-3935, Minami SHimada routed Kyouko Sakura 4522-3625 and Sena Kashiwazaki won a 4188-4184 thriller over Inori Yuzuriha, the closest match of the night.

Kanon Nakagawa prevailed over Meiko Honma 4166-4063, Elucia De Lute Ima defeated Irisviel von Einzbern 4413-3936, Fear Kubrick took out Sora Kasugano 4035-3799, Riko Mine annihilated Yuno Gasai 4770-3335, Yuri Nakamura shot down Kirino Kousaka 4688-4075 and Aria Holmes Kanzaki gunned down Victorique de Blois 4322-3893.

Wrapping up Nova play, Ruri Gokou routed Homura Akemi 5673-2948, Haruna took out Kanade Suzutsuki 4381-3582, Haqua du Lot Herminium defeated Shiori Shiomiya 3993-3452, Yui rocked Erio Touwa 4905-3851, Yozora Mikazuki prevailed over Subaru Konoe 4056-3851 and Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Eucliwood Hellscythe 4937-3805.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Kagami Hiiragi defeated Holo 4456-3721, Nagisa Furukawa won a 4163-4141 thriller over Ikaros, Hinagiku Katsura defeated Yui Hirasawa 4376-4192, Azusa Nakano took out Mio Akiyama 4320-3747, Hitagi Senjougahara tore down Rin Tosaka 4456-3783 and Mikuru Asahina drilled Kuroko Shirai 4618-3840.

Nymph edged Kotomi Ichinose 4128-4068, Last Order upset Kyou Fuijibayashi 4356-4214, Konjiki no Yami raced past Hecate 4512-3432, Tsumugi Kotobuki outlasted Ui Hirasawa 4199-3387, Nadeko Sengoku defeated Louise Francoise Le blanc De La Valliere 4425-4040 and Saber slashed past Shinobu Oshino 4733-3813.

Wrapping up Stella play...Taiga Aisaka roared past Yuki Nagato 4860-4016, Index L. Prohibitorum defeated Mafuyu Shiina 4251-3787, C.C. prevailed over Nagi Sanzen'in 4335-4035, Haruhi Suzumiya dominated Illyasviel von Einzbern 5227-3621, Konata Izumi defeated Tomoyo Sakagami 4322-4127 and Mikoto Misaka showed why she is the defending ISML Champion in her 5043-3871 electrocution of Shana.

BoBA 2012 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE
RUBY NECKLACE ODDS
As of July 16, 2012


Mikoto Misaka EVEN
Taiga Aisaka 3-1
Sena Kashizawaki 6-1
Kobato Hasegawa 10-1
Azusa Nakano 25-1
Mato Kurou 30-1
Inori Yuzuriha 50-1


BoBA 2012 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE
RUBY MEDALLION ODDS
As of July 16, 2012


Irisviel von Einzbern EVEN
Haruna 3-1
Konjiki no Yami 7-1
C.C. 10-1
Nymph 25-1
Kanon Nakagawa 35-1
Masami Iwasawa 50-1

The girls in the Nova Division flexed their muscles on the old guard as Kanade and Ruri defeated Shana ands Taiga 4723-4431. As both Kanade and Ruri have already won necklaces, neither are eligible to take part in the Ruby Necklace match.

In the other exhibition, it was all business for hei and Triela, who took out Sabrac and Sheena Fujibayashi 3963-3355.

Match Day 8, the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace match, is scheduled for Thursday, July 19, 2012. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com  and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Ruby Match Day 7

ARENA 01: Himeji Mizuki [Iwasawa Masami] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 02: [Aragaki Ayase] Kirishima Shōko by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 03: [Makise Kurisu] Kuroi Mato by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 04: Charlotte Dunois [Hasegawa Kobato] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 05: [Kashiwazaki Sena] Yuzuriha Inori by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 06: [Sakura Kyōko] Shimada Minami by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 07: Nakagawa Kanon [Honma Meiko] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 08: Irisviel von Einzbern [Elucia de Lute Ima] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 09: Kasugano Sora [Fear Kubrick] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 10: [Mine Riko] Gasai Yuno by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 11: Kōsaka Kirino [Nakamura Yuri] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 12: Kanzaki H. Aria [Victorique de Blois] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 13: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Akemi Homura by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 14: Suzutsuki Kanade [Haruna] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 15: Shiomiya Shiori [Haqua du Lot Herminium] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 16: Tōwa Erio [Yui] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 17: [Mikazuki Yozora] Konoe Subaru by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 18: [Tachibana Kanade] Eucliwood Hellscythe by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 19: [Shana, Aisaka Taiga] Tachibana Kanade, Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) by <=1000
Over/Under: 8300
Over

ARENA 20: [Holo] Hiiragi Kagami by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 21: [Furukawa Nagisa] Ikaros by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 22: Hirasawa Yui [Katsura Hinagiku] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 23: Nakano Azusa [Akiyama Mio] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 24: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Tōsaka Rin by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 25: [Asahina Mikuru] Shirai Kuroko by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 26: Nymph [Ichinose Kotomi] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 27: Last Order [Fujibayashi Kyō] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 28: Hecate [Konjiki no Yami] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 29: Hirasawa Ui [Kotobuki Tsumugi] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 30: [Sengoku Nadeko] Louise Vallière by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 31: Oshino Shinobu [Saber]by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 32: Aisaka Taiga [Nagato Yuki] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 33: [Shiina Mafuyu] Index L. Prohibitorum by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 34: [C.C.] Sanzen'in Nagi by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 35: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Suzumiya Haruhi] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 36: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Izumi Konata by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 37: [Shana] Misaka Mikoto by <=1000
Over/Under: 8400
Over

ARENA 38: [Hei, Triela] Sabrac, Fujibayashi Sheena by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Under

ISML 2012: Eu, Mikoto close in on Necklace Match berth

ISML 2012: Eu, Mikoto close in on Necklace Match berth

By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
July 14, 2012

Two more match days remain in the Ruby Necklace phase of the 2012 International Saimoe League. Eucliwood Hellscythe and Mikoto Misaka lead the Nova and Stella Divisions, setting up another Showdown Sunday in the world's premier anime character competition.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Sora Kasugano prevailed over Meiko Honma 3648-3524, Haqua du Lot Herminium blew past Kanon Nakagawa 3577-2839, Kanade Suzutsuki routed Yuno Gasai 3983-2957, Ruri Gokou defeated Yui 4009-3623, Yuri Nakamura shot down Mizuki Himeji 4854-2493 and Erio Touwa defeated Irisviel von Einzbern 3896-3236.

Mato Kuroi edged Homura Akemi 3615-3517, Kobato Hasegawa crushed Minami Shimada 4474-2601, Elucia de Lute Ima routed Kyouko Sakura 4259-2718, Ayase Aragaki defeated Riko Mine 3654-3396, Kurisu Makise cruised past Shiori Shiomiya 3828-3032 and Masami Iwasawa prevailed over Fear Kubrick 3622-3393.

Wrapping up play in the Nova...Aria Holmes Kanzaki gunned down Shouko Kirishima 4011-3011, Inori Yuzuriha rolled past Yozora Mikazuki 3826-3222, Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Victorique de Blois 5176-2315, Sena Kashiwazaki defeated Charlotte Dunois 3773-3219, Haruna outlasted Subaru Konoe 3597-3265 and Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Kirino Kousaka 4466-3015.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Kotomi Ichinose defeated Kuroko Shirai 3787-3420, Kyou Fujibayashi overpowered Konjiki no Yami 3954-3059, Tsumugi Kotobuki dominated Mafuyu Shiina 3873-3185, defending champion Mikoto Misaka took out Saber 4075-3425, Rin Tosaka defeated Ikaros 3712-3415 and Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere prevailed over Tomoyo Sakagami 3793-3461.

Taiga Aisaka roared past Hitagi Senjougahara 4911-2515, Yuki Nagato routed Hecate 5032-2303, Kagami Hiiragi ran past Ui Hirasawa 3936-3071, Mikuri Asahina prevailed over Nagi Sanzen'in 3641-3500, Illyasviel von Einzbern had just enough to defeat C.C. 3710-3409 and Konata Izumi defeated Nymph 3675-3430.

Wrapping up Stella play...Yui Hirasawa rocked Holo 4007-3245, Shinobu Oshino defeated Last Order 3711-3414, Shana toched Haruhi Suzumiya 4333-3158, Mio Akiyama stormed past Hinagiku Katsura 4031-3349, Nagisa Furukawa defeated Index L. Prohibitorum 3737-3446 and Azusa Nakano romped past Nadeko Sengoku 4419-2983.

Ekaterina Kurae and Anju Maaka easily handled Cossette d'Auvergne  and Kuro Kagami 3827-1701. In a battle of sibling sets, Kobato and her brother Kodaka Hasegawa defeated Lelouch and Nunnally Lamperouge 3867-3518.

Match Day 7 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace phase is scheduled for Sunday, July 15, 2012. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Ruby Match Day 6

ARENA 01: Honma Meiko [Kasugano Sora] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 02: Nakagawa Kanon [Haqua du Lot Herminium] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 03: [Suzutsuki Kanade] Gasai Yuno by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 04: Yui [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 05: Himeji Mizuki [Nakamura Yuri] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 06: [Tōwa Erio] Irisviel von Einzbern by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 07: Akemi Homura [Kuroi Mato] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 08: Shimada Minami [Hasegawa Kobato] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 09: Sakura Kyōko [Elucia de Lute Ima] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 10: [Aragaki Ayase] Mine Riko by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 11: [Makise Kurisu] Shiomiya Shiori by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 12: [Fear Kubrick] Iwasawa Masami by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 13: Kirishima Shōko [Kanzaki H. Aria] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 14: Mikazuki Yozora [Yuzuriha Inori] by <>=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 15: [Tachibana Kanade] Victorique de Blois by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 16: [Kashiwazaki Sena] Charlotte Dunois by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 17: Konoe Subaru [Haruna] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 18: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Kōsaka Kirino by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 19: Cossette d'Auvergne, Kagami Kuro [Ekaterina Kurae, Maaka Anju] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 20: Shirai Kuroko [Ichinose Kotomi] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 21: Konjiki no Yami [Fujibayashi Kyō] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 22: Kotobuki Tsumugi [Shiina Mafuyu] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 23: Saber [Misaka Mikoto] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 24: Ikaros [Tōsaka Rin] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 25: Louise Vallière [Sakagami Tomoyo] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 26: [Aisaka Taiga] Senjōgahara Hitagi by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 27: Hecate [Nagato Yuki] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 28: Hirasawa Ui [Hiiragi Kagami] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 29: Sanzen'in Nagi [Asahina Mikuru] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 30: Illyasviel von Einzbern [C.C.] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 31: Nymph [Izumi Konata] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 32: Holo [Hirasawa Yui] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 33: [Last Order] Oshino Shinobu by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 34: [Shana] Suzumiya Haruhi by <=1000
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 35: Katsura Hinagiku [Akiyama Mio] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 36: [Furukawa Nagisa] Index L. Prohibitorum by <=1000
Over/Under: 7400
Over

ARENA 37: [Nakano Azusa] Sengoku Nadeko by <=1000
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 38: Lelouch Lamperouge, Nunnally Lamperouge [Hasegawa Kodaka, Hasegawa Kobato] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7700
Over

ISML 2012: Close matches and upsets in Ruby

ISML 2012: Close matches and upsets in Ruby

By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
July 11, 2012

As the 2channel Anime Saimoe Tournament kicked off this week, Match Day 5 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby necklace phase concluded. Kobato Hasegawa and Yuki Nagato lead the Nova and Stella Divisions. These next two match days will tell if these two can hold on for a spot in the necklace match.

A number of close races and upsets happened on Tuesday. Here is a rundown of Match Day 5 in the ISML Ruby.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Elucia de Lute Ima defeated Sora Kasugano 3665-3170, Ayase Aragaki routed Yuno Gasai 4192-2780, Haruna defeated Irisviel von Einzbern 3723-3399, Masami Iwasawa took down Minami Shimada 3761-3183, Shouko Kirishima rolled past Kanon Nakagawa 3517-3056 and Mizuki Himeji prevailed over Fear Kubrick 3401-3098.

Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Aria Holmes Kanzaki 4624-2283, Ruri Gokou raced past Kurisu Makise 4362-2737, Yui rocked Victorique de Blois 4271-2857, Shiori Shiomiya won a 3252-3216 thriller over Riko Mine, Yozora Mikazuki defeated Kyouko Sakura 3683-3135 and Inori Yuzuriha pulled off a 3355-3319 upset victory over Charlotte Dunois.

Wrapping up Nova play, Erio Touwa prevailed over Homura Akemi 3499-3218, Kobato Hasegawa won a 3549-3518 classic over Mato Kuroi, Kirino Kousaka squeaked by Sena Kashiwazaki 3563-3395, Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Yuri Nakamura 5077-1945, Haqua du Lot Herminiium cruised past Kanade Suzutsuki 3446-2864 andf Subaru Konoe outlasted Meiko Honma 3571-3083.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Kagami Hiiragi routed Mafuyu Shiina 3843-2879, Kotomi Ichinose won a 344-3422 barnburner over Nagi Sanzen'in, Last Order crushed Ui Hirasawa 3957-3073, Konata Izumi drilled Kuroko Shirai 3946-3000, Ikaros took out Nymph 3268-2731 and Konjiki no Yami defeated Holo 3503-3052.

Azusa Nakano romped past Rin Tosaka, 4331-3079, defending champion Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Yui Hirasawa 4236-3010, Saber  earned a 3858-3641 upset victory over Haruhi Suzumiya, C.C. won the closest race of the night, a 3519-3513 thriller over Mikuru Asahina, Tomoyo Sakagami defeated Index. Lb. Prohibitorum 3796-3196 and Mio Akiyama rocked Shinobu Oshino 3990-3171.

Wrapping up Stella play...Taiga Aisaka roared past Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere 4829-2086, Hinagiku Katsura defeated Nadeko Sengoku 3560-3322, Yuki Nagato stormed past Hitagi Senjougahara 4184-2953, Shana torched Illyasviel von Einzbern 4439-2880, Kyou Fujibayashi dominated Hecate 3956-2927 and Nagisa Furukawa defeated Tsumugi Kotobuki 3677-3326.

Mikoto and Kuroko had more than enough to defeat Yuki and Ryouko Asakura 4155-3312. Gurren Lagann may have the guns and the sex appeal, but they don't have the more as Fairy Tail's combo of Natsu Dragneel and Lisianna Strauss routed Kamina and Yoko Littner 3771-2794.

Match Day 6 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace phase is scheduled for July 12, 2012. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Ruby Match Day 5

ARENA 01: [Elucia de Lute Ima] Kasugano Sora by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 02: Gasai Yuno [Aragaki Ayase] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 03: Irisviel von Einzbern [Haruna] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 04: Shimada Minami [Iwasawa Masami] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 05: Nakagawa Kanon [Kirishima Shōko] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 06: Fear Kubrick [Himeji Mizuki] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 07: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Kanzaki H. Aria by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 08: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Makise Kurisu by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 09: [Yui] Victorique de Blois by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 10: [Shiomiya Shiori] Mine Riko by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 11: [Mikazuki Yozora] Sakura Kyōko by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 12: [Charlotte Dunois] Yuzuriha Inori by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 13: Akemi Homura [Tōwa Erio] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 14: [Hasegawa Kobato] Kuroi Mato by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 15: [Kōsaka Kirino] Kashiwazaki Sena by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 16: [Tachibana Kanade] Nakamura Yuri by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 17: Suzutsuki Kanade [Haqua du Lot Herminium] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 18: Honma Meiko [Konoe Subaru] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 19: Nagato Yuki, Asakura Ryōko [Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 20: [Hiiragi Kagami] Shiina Mafuyu by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 21: Ichinose Kotomi [Sanzen'in Nagi] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 22: [Last Order] Hirasawa Ui by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 23: Shirai Kuroko [Izumi Konata] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 24: Nymph [Ikaros] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 25: [Konjiki no Yami] Holo by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 26: [Nakano Azusa] Tōsaka Rin by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 27: [Misaka Mikoto] Hirasawa Yui by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 28: [Suzumiya Haruhi] Saber by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 29: [C.C.] Asahina Mikuru by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 30: [Sakagami Tomoyo] Index L. Prohibitorum by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 31: [Akiyama Mio] Oshino Shinobu by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 32: [Aisaka Taiga] Louise Vallière by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 33: Sengoku Nadeko [Katsura Hinagiku] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 34: [Nagato Yuki] Senjōgahara Hitagi by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 35: [Shana] Illyasviel von Einzbern by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 36: Hecate [Fujibayashi Kyō] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 37: Kotobuki Tsumugi [Furukawa Nagisa] by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ARENA 38: [Kamina, Yoko Littner] Natsu Dragneel, Lisanna Strauss by  >=500
Over/Under: 7600
Over

ISML 2012: Four up, four down in Ruby

ISML 2012: Four up, four down in Ruby

By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
July 9, 2012

Match Day 4 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace Phase concluded with Victorique de Blois and Yuki Nagato leading the Nova and Stella Divisions.

Here is a roundup of the action on Ruby 4.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Haruna defeated Riko Mine 3508-3099, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Irisviel von Einzbern 4814-2210, Erio Touwa routed Yuno Gasai 4239-2367, Charlotte Dunois defeated Mizuki Himeji 3760-2825, Inori Yuzuriha annihilated Sora Kasugano 3858-2784 and Kirino Kousaka destroyed Masami Iwasawa 4216-2900.

Ruri Gokou rolled past Shiori Shiomiya 4678-2208, Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Yozora Mikazuki 5280-1937, Aria Holmes Kanzaki shot down Minami Shimada 4071-2577, Yuri Nakamura gunned down Kanade Suzutsuki 4552-2383, Kobato Hasegawa drilled Kyouko Sakura 4626-2229 and Sena Kashiwazaki bounced Subaru Konoe 3985-2602.

Wrapping up Nova play...Fear Kubrick won a 3150-3089 thriller over Kanon Nakagawa, Kurisu Makise defeated Meiko Honma 3560-3039, Victorique de Blois prevailed over Ayase Aragaki 3526-3173, Shouko Kirishima defeated Homura Akemi 3549-3185, Yui rocked Elucia de Lute Ima 4380-2557 and Mato Kuroi blasted Haqua du Lot herminium 3841-2931.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Konjiki no Yami defeated Ui Hirasawa 3659-3157, Azusa Nakano romped past Holo 4674-2340, Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere routed Kuroko Shirai 4034-2719, Mio Akiyama raced past Last Order 4381-2756, Shinobu Oshino chomped up Hecate 4107-2569 and Nadeko Sengoku defeated Kagami Hiiragi 3713-3148.

Defending champion Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Ikaros 4373-2562, Shana torched Tomoyo Sakagami 4266-2814, Yui Hirasawa rocked Mafuyu Shiina 4018-2790, Rin Tosaka defeated Tsumugi Kotobuki 3785-3181, Yuki Nagato cruised past Mikuru Asahina 4518-2248 and Hitagi Senjougahara rolled past Nagi Sanzen'in 3722-3027.

Wrapping up Stella play...Nymph prevailed over Index L. Prohibitorum 3331-3236, Illyasviel von Einzbern routed Kotomi Ichinose 3879-2929, Saber slashed past Nagisa Furukawa 4186-2761, Taiga Aisaka roared past C.C. 4669-2421, Haruhi Suzumioya dominated Konata Izumi 4349-2618 and Hinagiku Katsura defeated Kyou Fujibayashi 3773-3030.

It was a close battle between the Fujibayashis and the Hiiragis, but Kyou and Ryou defeated Kagami and Tsukasa, 3601-3368. In an even closer exhibition that had the lowest turnout of all the matches combined, Abel Nightroad and Evangeline A.K. McDowell won a 2759-2700 thriller over Haji and Arcueid Brunestud.

Match Day 5 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace phase is scheduled for July 10, 2012. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Ruby Match Day 4

ARENA 01: Mine Riko [Haruna] by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 02: Irisviel von Einzbern [Eucliwood Hellscythe] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 03: [Tōwa Erio] Gasai Yuno by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 04: Himeji Mizuki [Charlotte Dunois] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under\

ARENA 05: [Yuzuriha Inori] Kasugano Sora by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 06: Iwasawa Masami [Kōsaka Kirino] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 07: Shiomiya Shiori [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 08: Mikazuki Yozora [Tachibana Kanade] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 09: [Kanzaki H. Aria] Shimada Minami by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 10: Suzutsuki Kanade [Nakamura Yuri] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 11: [Hasegawa Kobato] Sakura Kyōko by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 12: Konoe Subaru [Kashiwazaki Sena] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 13: [Nakagawa Kanon] Fear Kubrick by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 14: [Makise Kurisu] Honma Meiko by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 15: [Victorique de Blois] Aragaki Ayase by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 16: [Kirishima Shōko] Akemi Homura by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 17: [Yui] Elucia de Lute Ima by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 18: Haqua du Lot Herminium [Kuroi Mato] by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 19: Fujibayashi Kyō, Fujibayashi Ryō [Hiiragi Kagami, Hiiragi Tsukasa] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8500
Over

ARENA 20: Hirasawa Ui [Konjiki no Yami] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 21: Holo [Nakano Azusa] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 22: [Louise Vallière] Shirai Kuroko by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 23: Last Order [Akiyama Mio] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 24: [Oshino Shinobu] Hecate by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 25: Hiiragi Kagami [Sengoku Nadeko] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 26: Ikaros [Misaka Mikoto] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 27: Sakagami Tomoyo [Shana] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 28: [Hirasawa Yui] Shiina Mafuyu by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 29: Kotobuki Tsumugi [Tōsaka Rin] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 30: [Nagato Yuki] Asahina Mikuru by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 31: Sanzen'in Nagi [Senjōgahara Hitagi] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 32: Nymph [Index L. Prohibitorum] by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 33: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Ichinose Kotomi by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 34: [Saber] Furukawa Nagisa by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 35: C.C. [Aisaka Taiga] by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 36: [Suzumiya Haruhi] Izumi Konata by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 37: Fujibayashi Kyō [Katsura Hinagiku] by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 38: Haji, Arcueid Brunestud [Abel Nightroad, Evangeline A.K. McDowell] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8800
Over

ISML 2012: Kobato, Yuki lead Ruby

ISML 2012: Kobato, Yuki lead Ruby

By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
July 6, 2012

Three match days up, three match days down as Match Day 3 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace phase concluded. Kobato Hasegawa and Yuki Nagato lead the Nova and Stella Divisions in what is another wide-open race.

Let's take a look at the results.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Victorique de Blois defeated Haruna 3651-3051, Charlotte Dunois routed Haqua du Lot Herminium 3531-2821, Sena Kashiwazaki rolled over Riko Mine 3925-2609, Yui rocked Kyouko Sakura 4820-2106, Mato Kuroi shot down Fear Kubrick 3898-2605 and Ruri Gokou outmuscled Masami Iwasawa 4484-2561.

Mizuki Himeji annihilated Minami Shimada 3571-2431, Subaru Konoe edged Homura Akemi 3340-3228, Yozora Mikazuki defeated Sora Kasugano 3533-2916, Yuri Nakamura gunned down Erio Touwa 3989-2864, Kirino Kousaka drilled Kanon Nakagawa 4253-2460 and Shouko Kirishima defeated Kanade Suzutsuki 3328-2928.

Wrapping up Nova play...Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Elucia de Lute Ima 4744-2024, Inori Yuzuriha defeated Kurisu Makise 3542-2889, Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Ayase Aragaki 5270-1782, Irisviel von Einzbern prevailed over Meiko Honma 3352-3220, Shiori Shiomiya cuised past Yuno Gasai 3716-2624 and Kobato Hasegawa defeated Aria Holmes Kanzaki 3465-3127.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Saber slashed past Konjiki no Yami 4158-2623, Mio Akiyama crushed Kagami Hiiragi 4230-2570, Hitagi Senjougahara rolled past Ui Hirasawa 4050-2756, Haruhi Suzumiya destroyed Nymph 4506-2473, Hinagiku Katsura trounced Index L. Prohibitorum 3869-2724 and Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Konata Izumi 4366-2597.

Mafuyu Shiina prevailed over Holo 3149-3070, Taiga Aisaka roared past Nagi Sanzen'in 4889-1859, Tomoyo Sakagami routed Hecate 3901-2629, Rin Tosaka won a 3136-3082 thriller over Illyasviel von Einzbern, Nadeko Sengoku chalked up a 3623-3116 victory over Mikuru Asahina and Ikaros flew past Kotomi Ichinose 3422-3043.

Wrapping up Stella play...Azusa Nakano romped past Kyou Fujibayashi 4140-2762, Shinobu Oshino chomped up Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere 3621-3019, Shana torched Nagisa Furukawa 4394-2534, Last Order destroyed Kuroko Shirai 4038-2269, C.C. edged Tsumugi Kotobuki 3500-3250 and Yuki Nagato routed Yui Hirasawa 4150-2770.

Saki is expected to make an impact at this year's 2channel Anime Saimoe Tournament, as Saki Miyanaga and Koromo Amae defeated Shugo Chara!'s Amu Hinamori and Utau Hoshina 3129-2645, AIR's Yukito Kunisaki and Misuzu Kamio won their match over ef's Yuu Himura and Yuuko Amamiya 3165-2554.

Match Day 4 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby necklace phase is scheduled for July 8, 2012. Vote for your favorite candidate at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2012 ISML Predictions: Ruby Match Day 3

ARENA 01: [Victorique de Blois] Haruna by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 02: [Charlotte Dunois] Haqua du Lot Herminium by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 03: [Kashiwazaki Sena] Mine Riko by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 04: Sakura Kyōko [Yui] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 05: Fear Kubrick [Kuroi Mato] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 06: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Iwasawa Masami by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 07: [Shimada Minami] Himeji Mizuki by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 08: [Akemi Homura] Konoe Subaru by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 09: Kasugano Sora [Mikazuki Yozora] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 10: Tōwa Erio [Nakamura Yuri] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 11: Nakagawa Kanon [Kōsaka Kirino] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 12: Kirishima Shōko [Suzutsuki Kanade] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 13: Elucia de Lute Ima [Eucliwood Hellscythe] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 14: Yuzuriha Inori [Makise Kurisu] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 15: [Tachibana Kanade] Aragaki Ayase by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 16: Honma Meiko [Irisviel von Einzbern] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 17: Gasai Yuno [Shiomiya Shiori] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 18: [Hasegawa Kobato] Kanzaki H. Aria by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 19: Hinamori Amu, Hoshina Utau [Miyanaga Saki, Amae Koromo] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 20: [Saber] Konjiki no Yami by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 21: [Akiyama Mio] Hiiragi Kagami by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 22: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Hirasawa Ui by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 23: Nymph [Suzumiya Haruhi] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 24: Index L. Prohibitorum [Katsura Hinagiku] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 25: [Misaka Mikoto] Izumi Konata by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 26: Shiina Mafuyu [Holo] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 27: [Aisaka Taiga] Sanzen'in Nagi by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 28: Hecate [Sakagami Tomoyo] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 29: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Tōsaka Rin] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 30: Asahina Mikuru [Sengoku Nadeko] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 31: [Ikaros] Ichinose Kotomi by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 32: Fujibayashi Kyō [Nakano Azusa] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 33: Oshino Shinobu [Louise Vallière] by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 34: [Shana] Furukawa Nagisa by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 35: Shirai Kuroko [Last Order] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 36: Kotobuki Tsumugi [C.C.] by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 37: [Nagato Yuki] Hirasawa Yui by >=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ARENA 38: [Himura Yū, Amamiya Yūko] Kunisaki Yukito, Kamio Misuzu by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Over

ISML 2012: Plenty to play for in Ruby

ISML 2012: Plenty to play for in Ruby

By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
July 5, 2012

Match Day 2 of the 2012 International Saimoe League Ruby Necklace Phase concluded, and even though it's still a wide open race, Victorique de Blois and Konata Izumi lead the Nova and Stella Divisions.

Here is a rundown of the results.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Kanon Nakagawa 6008-1706, Victorique de Blois defeated Kanade Suzutsuki 4003-3092, Kurisu Makise won a thrille over Subaru Konoe 3582-3544, Yui rocked Meiko Honma 5011-2552, Erio Touwa defeated Masami Iwasawa 3891-3475 and Shouko Kirishima dismissed Irisviel von Einzbern 3854-3368.

Inori Yuzuriha defeated Haqua du Lot Herminium 3915-3234, Mato Kuroi shot down Yuno Gasai 4826-2403, Kobato Hasegawa routed Shiori Shiomiya 4395-2744, Ruri Gokou rolled past Fear Kubrick 5024-2341, Yozora Mikazuki edged Mizuki Himeji 3694-3446 and Aria H. Kanzaki gunned down Ayase Aragaki 4138-3186.

Wrapping up Nova play, Charlotte Dunois rolled past Riko Mine 3850-3077, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Haruna 5584-1450, Yuri Nakamura blasted Elucia de Lute Ima 4587-2836, Homura Akemi handcuffed Kyouko Sakura 4257-2194, Kirino Kousaka annihilated Minami Shimada 4911-2450 and Sena Kashiwazaki trampled over Sora Kasugano 4233-2894.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Shana torched Konjiki no Yami 4880-2599, Saber slashed past Kuroko Shirai 5092-2422, Illyasviel von Einzbern defeated Nagisa Furukawa 3986-3382, Haruhi Suzumiya routed Tsumugi Kotobuki 5119-2491, Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere prevailed over Kyou Fujibayashi 3746-3624 and Last Order whipped past Holo 4012-3259.

Konata Izumi pulled off another upset, this time over Shinobu Oshino, 3677-3612. Hinagiku Katsura blazed past Mafuyu Shiina 4242-2625, Yuki Nagato drubbed C.C. 4743-2762, Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Nymph 4879-2573, Tomoyo Sakagami defeated Ikaros 2716-2536 and Yui Hirasawa rocked Kagami Hiiragi 3975-3339.

Wrapping up Stella play...Mio Akiyama blew past Mikuru Asahina 4731-2785, Azusa Nakano romped past Index L. prohibitorum 5159-2418, Rin Tosaka cruised past Nagi Sanzen'in 3864-3346, Taiga Aisaka roated past Ui Hirasawa 5531-2167, Nadeko Sengoku dismantled Hecate 4630-2589 and Hitagi Senjougahara took out Kotomi Ichinose 4147-3135.

Touhou Project's Youmu Konpaku and Rewrite's Lucia Konohana teamed up to defeated Tamaki Kawazoe of Bamboo Blade and Ga-Rei: Zero's Yomi Isayama, 3773-2601. The Akasaka pair of Jun'ichi and Minato Nagase rolled past Yorito and Aono Morimiya of sola 3296-2492.

Match Day 3 of the 2012 International Saimoe League is scheduled for July 5, 2012. vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.