2013 NFL Draft: Round 1

1	1	Kansas City Chiefs	Eric Fisher	OT	Central Michigan	MAC	[72]
	1	2	Jacksonville Jaguars	Luke Joeckel	OT	Texas A&M	SEC
	1	3	Miami Dolphins	Dion Jordan	DE	Oregon	Pac-12	from Oakland[R1 - 1]
	1	4	Philadelphia Eagles	Lane Johnson	OT	Oklahoma	Big 12
	1	5	Detroit Lions	Ezekiel Ansah	DE	BYU	Ind.
	1	6	Cleveland Browns	Barkevious Mingo	DE	LSU	SEC
	1	7	Arizona Cardinals	Jonathan Cooper	G	North Carolina	ACC
	1	8	St. Louis Rams	Tavon Austin	WR	West Virginia	Big 12	from Buffalo[R1 - 2]
	1	9	New York Jets	Dee Milliner	CB	Alabama	SEC
	1	10	Tennessee Titans	Chance Warmack	G	Alabama	SEC
	1	11	San Diego Chargers	D. J. Fluker	OT	Alabama	SEC
	1	12	Oakland Raiders	D. J. Hayden	CB	Houston	C-USA	from Miami[R1 - 3]
	1	13	New York Jets	Sheldon Richardson	DT	Missouri	SEC	from Tampa Bay[R1 - 4]
	1	14	Carolina Panthers	Star Lotulelei	DT	Utah	Pac-12
	1	15	New Orleans Saints	Kenny Vaccaro	S	Texas	Big 12
	1	16	Buffalo Bills	E. J. Manuel	QB	Florida State	ACC	from St. Louis[R1 - 5]
	1	17	Pittsburgh Steelers	Jarvis Jones	LB	Georgia	SEC
	1	18	San Francisco 49ers	Eric Reid	S	LSU	SEC	from Dallas[R1 - 6]
	1	19	New York Giants	Justin Pugh	G	Syracuse	Big East
	1	20	Chicago Bears	Kyle Long	G	Oregon	Pac-12
	1	21	Cincinnati Bengals	Tyler Eifert	TE	Notre Dame	Ind.
	1	22	Atlanta Falcons	Desmond Trufant	CB	Washington	Pac-12	from Washington via St. Louis[R1 - 7]
	1	23	Minnesota Vikings	Sharrif Floyd	DT	Florida	SEC
	1	24	Indianapolis Colts	Björn Werner	DE	Florida State	ACC
	1	25	Minnesota Vikings	Xavier Rhodes	CB	Florida State	ACC	from Seattle[R1 - 8]
	1	26	Green Bay Packers	Datone Jones	DE	UCLA	Pac-12
	1	27	Houston Texans	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	Clemson	ACC
	1	28	Denver Broncos	Sylvester Williams	DT	North Carolina	ACC
	1	29	Minnesota Vikings	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR	Tennessee	SEC	from New England[R1 - 9]
	1	30	St. Louis Rams	Alec Ogletree	LB	Georgia	SEC	from Atlanta[R1 - 10]
	1	31	Dallas Cowboys	Travis Frederick	C	Wisconsin	Big Ten	from San Francisco[R1 - 11]
	1	32	Baltimore Ravens	Matt Elam	S	Florida	SEC

BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 6

ARENA 01: [Makise Kurisu] Kanzaki H. Aria by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 02: [Mikazuki Yozora] Yuzuriha Inori by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 03: Yui [Chitanda Eru] by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 04: Akemi Homura [Shiina Mashiro] by >=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 05: [Hasegawa Kobato] Kotegawa Yui by >=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 06: [Tōwa Erio] Honma Meiko by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 07: Sanka Rea [Yūki Asuna] by >=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 08: [Takanashi Tōka] Shirakiin Ririchiyo by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 09: Kirigaya Suguha [Kashiwazaki Sena] by >=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 10: Roromiya Karuta [Oshino Shinobu] by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 11: Konoe Subaru [Kuroyukihime] by >=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 12: Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) [Takanashi Rikka] by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 13: [Nōmi Kudryavka] Araragi Karen by >=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 14: Kirishima Shōko [Natsume Rin] by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 15: Misaki Mei [Aoyama Nanami] by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 16: Momo Belia Deviluke [Nibutani Shinka] by >=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 17: Araragi Tsukihi [Yūki Mikan] by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 18: Ayano Keiko (Silica) [Nyarlathotep] by <=900
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 19: [Suzu, Kan'u Unchō] Fujibayashi Suzu, Yokutoku Chōhi by >=500
Over/Under: 6000
Under

ARENA 20: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] C.C. by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 21: Nakamura Yuri [Kōsaka Kirino] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 22: Yui-nyan [Misaka Mikoto] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 23: Izumi Konata [Aisaka Taiga] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 24: [Nakano Azusa] Aragaki Ayase by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 25: Sakagami Tomoyo [Last Order] by <=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 26: Nymph [Tachibana Kanade] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 27: [Konjiki no Yami] Charlotte Dunois by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 28: [Shana] Akiyama Mio by <=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 29: [Furukawa Nagisa] Kuroi Mato by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 30: Hirasawa Ui [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 31: Holo [Eucliwood Hellscythe] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 32: [Sengoku Nadeko] Victorique de Blois by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 33: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Nagato Yuki] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 34: Tōsaka Rin [Suzumiya Haruhi] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 35: Louise Vallière [Saber] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 36: Fujibayashi Kyō [Katsura Hinagiku] by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 37: [Hirasawa Yui] Iwasawa Masami by >=900
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ISML 2013: Kobato, Kanade lead 2013 Aquamarine

ISML 2013: Kobato, Kanade lead 2013 Aquamarine

By JR Salazar
April 24, 2013

Match Day 5 of the 2013 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Necklace Period has concluded. Kobato Hasegawa regained the lead from Kuroyukihime in the Nova Division. Meanwhile defending ISML Champion and current Aquamarine Necklace holder Kanade Tachibana doesn't have any intention of letting go of her just rewards, as she has command of the Stella Division. Here's a round-up of the day's action.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Asuna Yuuki annihilated Karen Araragi 4987-2632, Suguha Kirigaya defeated Subaru Konoe 3909-3382, Keiko Ayano prevailed over Karuta Roromiya 3874-3419, Kuroyukihime rolled past Mei Misaki 4612-2814, Noumi Kudryavka defeated Tsukihi Araragi 3777-3304 and Inori Yuzuriha whipped past Fuuko Kurasaki 3835-3297.

Yui defeated Rin Natsume 3957-3352, Eru Chitanda stomped Yui Kotegawa 4207-2982, Kurisu Makise outdueled Erio Touwa 3820-3346, Sena Kashiwazaki drilled Homura Akemi 4548-2823, Shinka Nibutani defeated Meiko Honma 4083-3336 and Yozora Mikazuki did enough to prevail over Rea Sanka 3732-3438.

Wrapping up Nova play, Nanami Aoyama routed Aria Holmes Kanzaki 4004-3075, Rikka Takanashi destroyed Ririchiyo Shirakiin 4985-2449, Mashiro Shiina crushed Nyarlathotep 4050-3213, Kobato Hasegawa blew past Momo Beila Deviluke 4496-2787, Shinobu Oshino stormed past Mika Yuuki 4013-3163 and Touka Takanashi cruised past Shouko Kirishima 4084-3218.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, defending champion and current Aquamarine defender Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Victorique de Blois 5253-2324, Shana torched Ui Hirasawa 4869-2684, Yui Hirasawa rocked Nagisa Furukawa 4039-3223, Ruri Gokou rolled past Rin Tosaka 4841-2846. Nadeko Sengoku defeated Kyou Fujibayashi 3873-3332 and Kirino Kousaka took apart Holo 4184-3280.

Yui-nyan defeated Yuki Nagato 4104-3504, Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Ayase Aragaki 4576-3072, Hitagi Senjougahara won the closest match of the night: a 3690-3597 nail-biter over Tomoyo Sakagami, Mio Akiyama boomed past Konata Izumi 4460-2773, Saber slashed past Last Order 4008-3525 and Yuri Nakamura gunned down Nymph 3961-3423.

Wrapping up Stella play, Haruhi Suzumiya dominated C.C. 4439-2884, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Charlotte Dunois 4720-2516, Taiga Aisaka roared past Masami Iwasawa 4679-2775, Azusa Nakano romped past Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere 4459-2961, Hinagiku Katsura edged Mato Kuroi 3755-3554 and Konjiki no Yami routed Illyasviel von Einzbern 4380-2778.

In the special exhibition, two veterans to the ISML teamed up. Rivals Suigintou and Shinku joined forced to defeat Yuu Matsumi and Sumire Hirose 3075-2723 to continue Saki's ongoing losing streak at this competition.

Match Day 6 of the 2013 International Saimoe League is scheduled for April 25, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

South China: 2012-13 Hong Kong First Division Champions

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South China win Hong Kong league title after Kitchee falter

Saturday, 20 April, 2013, 12:00am

Sport›Hong Kong

SOCCER

Chan Kin-wa kinwa.chan@scmp.com

Kitchee handed the RedMR First Division title to rivals South China after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Sun Pegasus at Yuen Long Stadium last night.

With only one match left for the season, the two-time champions now have no chance to make up the four-point gap between themselves and the Caroliners, whose result against Southern at Aberdeen Sports Ground today will have no bearing on the title now.

"We introduced more young players at the beginning of the season and it seemed to have worked," said South China convener Steven Lo Kit-sing last night.

We introduced more young players at the beginning of the season and it seemed to have worked

South China convener Steven Lo Kit-sing

"We have been leading the league all the way until March when we suffered two surprising defeats, allowing Kitchee to come back at us. But fortunately the players bounced back. We must avoid making the same mistakes next season."

Lo said the newly crowned champions, who thrashed Kitchee 4-1 last Sunday, won't be celebrating until they play their last league match against Sunray Cave Sun Hei at home.

Pegasus, meanwhile, remain in seventh place on 18 points and remain in relegation danger. The club's future will become clearer after today's match between two strugglers - Sun Hei and Wofoo Tai Po. Sun Hei, who are on 14 points, must win the away match to avoid making the big drop.

Kitchee got off to a good start last night when Yago Gonzalez converted a six-minute penalty, but his effort was cancelled out by Deng Jinghuang 10 minutes into the second half.

Meanwhile, the inaugural Hong Kong Premier League may comprise 10 teams, even though next term's 'transition season' will feature 12.

The proposed professional league is due to kick off in autumn next year. There will be 12 teams in the 2013/14 season with one team relegated and three teams being promoted from the Second Division at the end of this season.

Hong Kong Football Association CEO Mark Sutcliffe said the number of Premier League teams had not been finalised.

"All we can say is the 12 teams of the transitional season will be granted first refusal for the inaugural Premier League season, but it doesn't mean they can all be there automatically," said Sutcliffe.

"They still have to apply for a license and sign the participation agreement which will specify what their obligations are.

"We don't know how many of the teams will be eligible for the license at this stage, but in quite a lot of areas the clubs will have to improve significantly from where they are now if they want to achieve this."

Topics: 

RedMR First Division

South China

Kitchee

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Manchester United: 2012-13 Premier League Champions

As the key signing Robin van Persie volleyed Manchester United to their 20th league title watched by an Old Trafford crowd which did really look like 76,000 including two Glazer brothers in their cushioned seats, there was the sense that a rancourous era is ending and a new period of United strength beginning. After the fiery 2005 protests against the US family's hostile, debt-loading takeover, renewed in 2010 when they spent more of United's fortunes reorganising the source of their borrowing, Old Trafford has quietened.

Last night , and throughout this season, there have been fewer protests, and the defiant green and gold symbol of the club's original colours and working-class values became less visible. All the issues the Manchester United Supporters Trust (Must) and other fans' groups protested about in a well-informed campaign remain true. The Glazers, with no previous connection to United or English football, really were allowed, by United's availability on the London stock market and football's lack of regulation, to buy one of the world's greatest football clubs and load it with £525m of debt.

This debt was not borrowed by the club to invest in an academy or expand Old Trafford – that was done with cash made in the previous 13 years of Premier League success. The £525m was the Glazers' own borrowing to buy United, then they loaded their debt mountain on to the club itself to repay the debt and interest. Perhaps the most staggering perspective on this is to understand that in interest, fees paid to bankers, lawyers and accountants, and other hits of finance charges, the Glazer takeover has cost United more than £550m. Yet even after paying all that, United still have £420m debt derived from the Glazers' takeover.

In 2011-12, even with the crowd more resigned to it all, United paid £50m in interest on this debt. The Glazers paid themselves a £10m dividend, to pay off the £10m loan they borrowed from United in 2010, £1.6m by each of Malcolm Glazer's six children. The club paid a £3m management fee to the Glazers' company and Kevin Glazer, one of Malcolm's five sons, was owed £558,484 interest, having bought up some of United's debt for himself.

While United fans raged, informed by those with professional expertise such as Andy Green, the investment analyst who chronicled all the eye-watering details on his Andersred blog there was silence from the Premier League and Football Association. Now, with Sir Alex Ferguson's latest United team claiming the title, there is more silence around Old Trafford, the acoustics being tested for their noise-generating capabilities.

The Glazers have outstayed the protests, which even included the formation of the breakaway, supporter-owned club FC United of Manchester, partly because they came through the financial challenge their dealings created. For a time it looked difficult, even for this most famous and well-followed club in the greatest of booms for football. The Glazers took over a United being recast by Ferguson, who had signed Rio Ferdinand for £30m in 2002, Cristiano Ronaldo for £12m in 2003 and Wayne Rooney for £25m in 2004. Even as the fans vilified the corporate raiders, United won three successive Premier Leagues in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and the Champions League in 2008.

Despite that supreme success, and United's income being dramatically higher than any other club, they haemorrhaged losses. In the year to 30 June 2007 United paid £82m in interest on £667m debts from the Glazers' own borrowings – and made a financial loss of £58m. In 2007-08, the year they won the Premier League and Champions League double, the £69m interest they paid pushed United into a loss of £45m. As some United campaigners exasperatedly pointed out, the "leveraged" buy-out, loading debt on to a healthy company solely to make money for bankers and owners, meant United were no longer paying UK corporation tax because they had been pushed from profit into loss.

That summer of 2008, Ferguson did sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for £30.75m, a trademark signing of a major star from a Premier League rival.

After that, though, coinciding with the club's submersion in debt, Ferguson's signings appeared markedly less ambitious. In the summer of 2009, when Real Madrid paid £80m for Ronaldo, United banked most of it. Ferguson signed the solid Antonio Valencia for £16m from Wigan Athletic, Gabriel Obertan, £3m from Bordeaux, and, on a free transfer, 29-year-old Michael Owen, who went on to play six full league matches for United.

In 2009-10, the year the Glazers refinanced their borrowings with bonds and the fans yearned for the green and gold simplicities of the club's Newton Heath beginnings, United recorded a £79m loss and had fully £107m interest to pay. United were pushed into second place by Chelsea and won nothing, Sheikh Mansour was pouring money into City acquisitions, but that summer Ferguson signed the promising Chris Smalling and Javier Hernández, and spent £7.4m on the enduring Portuguese puzzle of Bébé.

United looked to be wobbling then, but three key changes have enabled the Glazers to ride it out. First, in late 2010, they settled the excruciatingly high interest "payment in kind" part of their borrowings, from funds whose source they have still never revealed.

Second, supervised by Edward Woodward in a London office, a team of sales staff was slicing the world into sponsorships, by product sector, globally, and regionally, squeezing so much more money from selling the United name that commercial income last year reached £118m.

Third, they scoured the world for a stock market to accept their route to partial salvation. The 134-year-old Manchester football club ended up registered in the Cayman Islands and floated in New York as an "emerging growth company". The Glazers made £70m selling shares themselves, United received £70m selling shares to new investors including the speculator George Soros. Crucially, according to Duncan Drasdo, Must's chief executive, this float sees them safer because they can sell shares on the market if they ever need cash.

With Ferguson gazumped to the Premier League title by City's £38m Sergio Agüero in the 94th minute of last season's final game, the Van Persie signing felt like a landmark response. At 29, the Dutchman contradicted Ferguson's assurances that his patchy signings of previous years were because he was now interested only in youth. The signing signalled determination at United not to be outdone by Mansour's multi-millions being spent at City and that, although still hugely debt-laden, they are financially through the worst.

So it was fitting that United reclaimed the title with Van Persie's hat-trick. The Glazers have, in some watershed sense, come out the other side, owning Manchester United, their own personal asset now worth more than twice the £790m they paid for it with so much borrowed money.

On Tuesday night Bayern Munich and Barcelona play each other in the Champions League semi-final, two great clubs still in the traditional ownership of their supporters. England's champions represent a dramatically different incarnation: football clubs as objects of financial speculation, and modern-day banking practices we would all feel better never having known about.

BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 5

ARENA 01: [Yūki Asuna] Araragi Karen by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 02: Kirigaya Suguha [Konoe Subaru] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 03: Roromiya Karuta [Ayano Keiko (Silica)] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 04: Misaki Mei [Kuroyukihime] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 05: Araragi Tsukihi [Nōmi Kudryavka] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 06: Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) [Yuzuriha Inori] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 07: [Yui] Natsume Rin by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 08: Kotegawa Yui [Chitanda Eru] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 09: [Makise Kurisu] Tōwa Erio by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 10: [Kashiwazaki Sena] Akemi Homura by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 11: Honma Meiko [Nibutani Shinka] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 12: Sanka Rea [Mikazuki Yozora] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 13: Kanzaki H. Aria [Aoyama Nanami] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 14: Shirakiin Ririchiyo [Takanashi Rikka] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 15: Nyarlathotep [Shiina Mashiro] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 16: Momo Belia Deviluke [Hasegawa Kobato] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 17: Oshino Shinobu [Yūki Mikan] by <=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 18: [Takanashi Tōka] Kirishima Shōko by >=1000
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 19: Matsumi Yū, Hirose Sumire [Suigintō, Shinku] by <=2000
Over/Under: 8000
Under

ARENA 20: [Tachibana Kanade] Victorique de Blois by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 21: [Shana] Hirasawa Ui by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 22: Furukawa Nagisa [Hirasawa Yui] by <=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 23: Tōsaka Rin [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 24: Fujibayashi Kyō [Sengoku Nadeko] by <=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 25: Holo [Kōsaka Kirino] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 26: [Yui-nyan] Nagato Yuki by <=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 27: Aragaki Ayase [Misaka Mikoto] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 28: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Sakagami Tomoyo by <=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 29: [Akiyama Mio] Izumi Konata by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 30: Last Order [Saber] by <=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 31: Nymph [Nakamura Yuri] by <=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 32: C.C. [Suzumiya Haruhi] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 33: Charlotte Dunois [Eucliwood Hellscythe] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 34: Iwasawa Masami [Aisaka Taiga] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 35: Louise Vallière [Nakano Azusa] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 36: Kuroi Mato [Katsura Hinagiku] by >=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 37: [Konjiki no Yami] Illyasviel von Einzbern by <=1500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ISML 2013: Past midway point of Aquamarine

ISML 2013: Past midway point of Aquamarine

By JR Salazar
April 22, 2013

We are past the halfway point of the 2013 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Necklace Period, and Kuroyukihime is leading the Nova Division while Azusa hangs on in the Stella. Here's the roundup.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Shinka Nibutani thrashed Fuuko Kurasaki 5025-2913, Yozora Mikaruki prevailed over Kurisu Makise 4049-3894, Mikan Yuuki edged Suguha Kirigaya 3957-3834, Inori Yuzuriha defeated Eio Touwa 4263-3286, Touka Takanashi Subaru Konoe 4000-3783 and Azuna Yuuki routed Karuta Roromiya 5318-2711.

Keiko Ayano defeated Rea Santa 4290-3514, Noumi Kudryavka prevailed over Yui Kotegawa 3802-3524, Eru Chitanda clocked Rin Natsume 4347-3380, Mei Misakai won the closes match of the night: a 3777-3741 thriller over Karen Araragi, Kobato Hasegawa drilled Tsukihi Araraki 5518-2335 and Kuroyukihime destroyed Shouko Kirishima 5317-2460.

Wrapping up Nova play, Momo Beila Deviluke defeated Ririchiyo Shirakiin 3813-3542, Mashiro Shiina annihilated Aria Holmes Kanzaki 5044-2688, Nanami Aoyama slashed past Homura Akemi 4833-2977, Sena Kashiwazaki trampled over Shinobu Oshino 4725-3104, Rikka Takanashi routed Meiko Honam 5487-2519 and Yui won a 3988-3942 nailbiter over Nyarlathotep.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Saber slashed past Holo 4882-2852, Yuri Nakamura gunned down Hitagi Senjougahara 4663-3342, Shana torched Hinagiku Katsura 4509-3267, Kirino Kousaka crushed Tomoyo Sakagami 5035-3034, Konjiki no Yami cruised past Ui Hirasawa 4532-3188 and defending champion Kanade Tachibana defeated Nagisa Furukawa 5841-2221.

Yui Hirasawa rocked Nymph 4671-3101, Ayase Aragaki prevailed over Nadeko Sengoku 4000-3754, Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Yuki Nagato 4874-3280, Victorique de Blois edged Rin Tosaka 3814-3536, Azusa Nakano romped past Kyou Fujibayashi 5123-2776 and Ruri Gokou rolled past Illyasviel von Einzbern 5814-2246.

Wrapping up Stella play, Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere defeated Charlotte Dunois 3784-3660, Taiga Aisaka roared past C.C. 5373-2691, Haruhi Suzumiya dominated Konata Izumi 5083-2574, Mio Akiyama boomed past Mato Kuroi 4786-3194, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Last Order 4998-3084 and Yui-nyan routed Masami Iwasawa 5435-2089.

In the exhibition, Misaki Nakahara and Saki Morimi teamed up to defeat Ayako Takasu and Miyuki Takamachi 2990-2204.

Match Day 5 of the 2013 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Necklace Period is scheduled for April 23, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 4

ARENA 01: [Nibutani Shinka] Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 02: [Mikazuki Yozora] Makise Kurisu by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 03: Yūki Mikan [Kirigaya Suguha] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 04: [Yuzuriha Inori] Tōwa Erio by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 05: [Konoe Subaru] Takanashi Tōka by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 06: [Yūki Asuna] Roromiya Karuta by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 07: [Ayano Keiko (Silica)] Sanka Rea by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 08: [Kotegawa Yui] Nōmi Kudryavka by <=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 09: Natsume Rin [Chitanda Eru] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 10: [Misaki Mei] Araragi Karen by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 11: [Hasegawa Kobato] Araragi Tsukihi by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 12: [Kuroyukihime] Kirishima Shōko by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 13: Shirakiin Ririchiyo [Momo Belia Deviluke] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 14: Kanzaki H. Aria [Shiina Mashiro] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under


ARENA 15: [Aoyama Nanami] Akemi Homura by >=700
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 16: Oshino Shinobu [Kashiwazaki Sena] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 17: [Takanashi Rikka] Honma Meiko by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 18: [Yui] Nyarlathotep by >=1000
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 19: [Nakahara Misaki, Morimi Saki] Takasu Ayako, Takamachi Miyuki by >=500
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 20: [Saber] Holo by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 21: [Nakamura Yuri] Senjōgahara Hitagi by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 22: Katsura Hinagiku [Shana] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 23: [Kōsaka Kirino] Sakagami Tomoyo by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 24: Hirasawa Ui [Konjiki no Yami] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 25: [Tachibana Kanade] Furukawa Nagisa by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 26: [Hirasawa Yui] Nymph by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 27: Aragaki Ayase [Sengoku Nadeko] by <=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 28: Nagato Yuki [Misaka Mikoto] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 29: Tōsaka Rin [Victorique de Blois] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 30: [Nakano Azusa] Fujibayashi Kyō by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 31: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Illyasviel von Einzbern by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 32: Charlotte Dunois [Louise Vallière] by <=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 33: C.C. [Aisaka Taiga] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 34: [Suzumiya Haruhi] Izumi Konata by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 35: Kuroi Mato [Akiyama Mio] by >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 36: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Last Orderby >=500
Over/Under: 10500
Under

ARENA 37: [Yui-nyan] Iwasawa Masami by >=500

Over/Under: 10500
Under

ISML 2013: Kobato, Azusa led Aquamarine

ISML 2013: Kobato, Azusa led Aquamarine

By JR Salazar
April 19, 2013

Match Day 3 of the 2013 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Necklace Phase concluded, and Kobato Hasegawa and Azusa Nakano lead the Nova and Stella Divisions, respectively. Here is a roundup of the action.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Shinobu Oshino defeated Subaru Konoe 4034-3781, Mashiro Shiina slammed Noumi Kudryavka 5374-2749, Yozora Mikazuki cruised past Mei Misaki 4735-3482, Eru Chitanda whipped past Nyarlathotep 4478-3779, Erio Touwa rolled past Rea Sanka 4202-3514 and Yui drilled Shouko Kirishima 4784-3462.

Asuna Yuuki annihilated Keiko Ayano 5526-2556, Kurisu Makise whipped past Fuuko Kurasaki 4370-2556, Rin Natsume defeated Yui Kotegawa 4077-3493, Aria Holmes Kanzaki gunned down Meiko Honma 4169-3846, Inori Yuziriha routed Karea Araragi 4782-3449 and Hasegawa ran past Nanami Aoyama 4782-3449.

Wrapping up Nova play, Kuroyukihime overpowered Shinka Nibutani 5125-3274, Sena Kashiwazaki stormed past Ririchiyo Shirakiin 4900-3191, Rikka Takanashi obliterated her sister Touka 5648-2503, Momo Beila Deviluke upset Suguha Kirigaya 4028-3917, Mikan Yuuki cruised past Homura Akemi 4315-3585 and Karuta Roromiya won a 3810-3728 thriller over Tsukihi Araragi.

STELLA DIVISION

In the Stella Division, Mato Kuroi shot down Ui Hirasawa 4604-3501, Taiga Aisaka roared past Nadeko Sengoku 5580-2784, Yuri Nakamura took down Rin Tosaka 5200-3083, Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Masami Iwasawa 6106-2414, Nymph prevailed over Tomoyo Sakagami 3985-3846 and Yui-nyan rocked Illyasviel von Einzbern 5140-3043.

Defending champion Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Yui Hirasawa 5635-2999, Hitagi Senjougahara knocked down Holo 4429-3097, Yui Nagato defeated Ayase Aragaki 4311-4051, Last Order blew past C.C. 4584-3464, Kirino Kousaka crushed Victorique de Blois 5110-3115 and Nakano triumphed over Haruhi Suzumiya 4465-3959.

Wrapping up Stella play, Ruri Gokou stomped on Saber 5204-3310, Mio Akiyama boomed past Charlotte Dunois 4845-3212, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Konjiki no Yami 4903-2893, Shana torches Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere 4905-2932, Hinagiku Katsura overpowered Konata Izumi 4515-3345 and Nagisa Furukawa upset Kyou Fuyibayashi in a 3542-3514 thriller.

In the special exhibition, Tiir Rumibul and Mavis Vermillion teamed up to defeat Judal and Anzelotte 3823-2548.

Match Day 4 of the 2013 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Necklace Phase is scheduled for Sunday, April 21, 2013. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

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BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 3

ARENA 01: Oshino Shinobu [Konoe Subaru] by <=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 02: Nōmi Kudryavka [Shiina Mashiro] by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 03: [Misaki Mei] Mikazuki Yozora by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 04: [Chitanda Eru] Nyarlathotep by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 05: Sanka Rea [Tōwa Erio] by <=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 06: [Yui] Kirishima Shōko by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 07: Ayano Keiko (Silica) [Yūki Asuna] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 08: [Makise Kurisu] Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 09: Kotegawa Yui [Natsume Rin] by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 10: [Honma Meiko] Kanzaki H. Aria by >=750
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 11: [Yuzuriha Inori] Araragi Karen by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 12: [Hasegawa Kobato] Aoyama Nanami by >=800
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 13: Nibutani Shinka [Kuroyukihime] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 14: [Kashiwazaki Sena] Shirakiin Ririchiyo by >=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 15: [Takanashi Rikka] Takanashi Tōka by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 16: Momo Belia Deviluke [Kirigaya Suguha] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 17: Akemi Homura [Yūki Mikan] by >=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 18: [Araragi Tsukihi] Roromiya Karuta by <=900
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 19: Tiir Rumibul, Mavis Vermillion [Judal, Anzelotte] by <=600
Over/Under: 8500
Under

ARENA 20: [Kuroi Mato] Hirasawa Ui by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 21: Sengoku Nadeko [Aisaka Taiga] by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 22: Tōsaka Rin [Nakamura Yuri] by >=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 23: [Misaka Mikoto] Iwasawa Masami by >=1400
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 24: [Nymph] Sakagami Tomoyo by <=700
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 25: [Yui-nyan] Illyasviel von Einzbern by >=1300
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 26: Hirasawa Yui [Tachibana Kanade] by >=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 27: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Holo by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 28: Aragaki Ayase [Nagato Yuki] by >=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 29: [Last Order] C.C. by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 30: [Kōsaka Kirino] Victorique de Blois by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 31: [Nakano Azusa] Suzumiya Haruhi by <=1100
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 32: Saber [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 33: [Akiyama Mio] Charlotte Dunois by >=1100
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 34: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Konjiki no Yami by >=1400
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 35: Louise Vallière [Shana] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 36: Izumi Konata [Katsura Hinagiku] by <=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ARENA 37: [Fujibayashi Kyō] Furukawa Nagisa by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Over

ISML 2013: The Beat Goes On!

ISML 2013: The Beat Goes On!

By JR Salazar
April 17, 2013

Match Day 2 of the 2013 International Saimoe League continues, and a lot of lopsided results took center stage in this round. However, there were a few close matches that also were on showcase. Let's take a look at the action.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Inori Yuzuriha bombed Aria Holmes Kanzaki 5151-4067, Kuriyukihime annihilated Mikan Yuuki 6426-3048, Kobato Hasegawa routed Rin Natsume 5851-3513, Rikka Takanashi drubbed Erio Touwa 6373-3193, Sena Kashiwazaki obliterated Tsukihi Araragi 6007-3372 and Shinka Nibutani cruised past Touka Takanashi 5481-3634.

Momo Beila Deviluke defeated Fuuko Kurasaki 4718-4153, Suguha Kirigaya whipped past Karuta Roromiya 4930-4296, Subaru Konoe prevailed over Karen Araragi 4438-4232, Yui rolled past Keiko Ayano 5207-3644, Ririchiyo Shirakiin defeated Yui Kotegawa 4656-4107 and Mei Misaki took out Rea Sanka 4446-4333.

Wrapping up Nova play, Mashiro Shiina destroyed Shinobu Oshino 6378-3074, Eru Chitanda clobbered Shouko Kirishima 5485-3769, Nanami Aoyama took down Noumi Kudryavka 5257-3643, Asuna Yuuki stormed past Kurisu Makise 5749-3927, Yozora Mikazuki defeated Meiko Honma 5010-4245 and in the upset of the round, Nyarlathotep blew apart Homura Akemi 5460-3689.

STELLA DIVISION 

In the Stella Division, Kirino Kousaka dismantled C.C. 6001-3468, Ruri Gokou ran past Hinagiku Katsura 6278-3309, Azusa Nakano romped past Yuki Nagato 5254-4347, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Tomoyo Sakagami 6055-3423, Mio Akiyama boomped past Kyou Fujibayashi 5746-3605 and Saber edged Konjiki no Yami 4870-4543.

Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere cruised past Holo 5215-3715, Shana obliterated Nagisa Furukawa 6232-3250, Victorique de Blois defeated Ui Hirasawa 5021-4002, Yui-nyan coasted past Yui Hirasawa 5112-4428, Ayase Aragaki stunned Charlotte Dunois 4970-4063 and Nymph edged Rin Tosaka 4622-4347.

Wrapping up Stella play, Taiga Aisaka roared past Mato Kuroi 6262-3311, Mikoto Misaka electrocuted Illyasviel von Einzbern 6693-2880, Haruhi Suzumiya overpowered Nadeko Sengoku 5581-3819, defending champion Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Hitagi Senjougahara 6641-3165, Yuri Nakamura gunned down Last Order 5733-3992 and Masami Iwasawa prevailed over Konata Izumi 4686-4486.

Finally, in the special match, Satellizer el Bridget and Tsukiumi edged Chizuru Minamoto and Tomo Yamanobe 3553-3379. Match Day 1's Exhibition result, which was not mentioned previously, saw Sumomo Akihime and Rima Mashiro team up to defeat Teresa and Rosette Christopher 4897-2389.

Match Day 3 of the 2013 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Necklace Period is scheduled for April 18, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2013 ISML Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 2

ARENA 01: [Yuzuriha Inori] Kanzaki H. Aria by <=800
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 02: [Kuroyukihime] Yūki Mikan by >=1500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 03: Natsume Rin [Hasegawa Kobato] by >=1000
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 04: Tōwa Erio [Takanashi Rikka] by >=1700
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 05: Araragi Tsukihi [Kashiwazaki Sena] by <=1500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 06: [Nibutani Shinka] Takanashi Tōka by >=2000
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 07: Kurasaki Fūko (Sky Raker) [Momo Belia Deviluke] by >=1600
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 08: Roromiya Karuta [Kirigaya Suguha] by <=1000
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 09: Araragi Karen [Konoe Subaru] by <=600
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 10: [Yui] Ayano Keiko (Silica) by <=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 11: Kotegawa Yui [Shirakiin Ririchiyo] by <=1000
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 12: [Misaki Mei] Sanka Rea by <=800
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 13: Oshino Shinobu [Shiina Mashiro] by <=1500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 14: Kirishima Shōko [Chitanda Eru] by >=1000
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 15: [Aoyama Nanami] Nōmi Kudryavka by <=700
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 16: [Yūki Asuna] Makise Kurisu by <=1100
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 17: [Mikazuki Yozora] Honma Meiko by <=600
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 18: [Akemi Homura] Nyarlathotep by <=1000
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 19: [Minamoto Chizuru, Yamanobe Tomo] Satellizer el Bridget, Tsukiumi by <=1000
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 20: [Kōsaka Kirino] C.C. by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 21: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Katsura Hinagiku by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 22: [Nagato Yuki] Nakano Azusa by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 23: Sakagami Tomoyo [Eucliwood Hellscythe] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 24: Fujibayashi Kyō [Akiyama Mio] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 25: Saber [Konjiki no Yami] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 26: Holo [Louise Vallière] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 27: Furukawa Nagisa [Shana] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 28: [Victorique de Blois] Hirasawa Ui by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 29: [Yui-nyan] Hirasawa Yui by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 30: Aragaki Ayase [Charlotte Dunois] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 31: Tōsaka Rin [Nymph] by <=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 32: Kuroi Mato [Aisaka Taiga] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 33: Illyasviel von Einzbern [Misaka Mikoto] by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 34: [Suzumiya Haruhi] Sengoku Nadeko by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 35: [Tachibana Kanade] Senjōgahara Hitagi by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 36: [Nakamura Yuri] Last Order by >=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

ARENA 37: Izumi Konata [Iwasawa Masami] by <=500
Over/Under: 10000
Under

April 15, 2013.

Two explosions near the finish line of Monday’s Boston Marathon have left at least three people dead and more than 130 injured. The devices, which a government official tells TIME were “crude” in construction, detonated on the sidelines of the racecourse, causing both runners and spectators to flee in every direction. A pair of white smoke clouds enveloped the sidelines.

News continues to come in from the scene of the blasts; follow TIME’s live blog here. TIME also interviewed two people on the scene — one a runner, one a worker in a nearby office — who witnessed the chaos firsthand:

Elise Piatkowski, nearby office worker:

I was in my office, which overlooks the finish line. I felt and heard the first explosion and then the second one shortly after. I came out to the windows and saw all the smoke and looked down onto the sidewalk and saw a lot of blood on the sidewalk.

At that point, everybody just decided to evacuate the building and get out of the center of the city. We pulled the fire alarm and ran down the stairs, and it was very, very chaotic and confusing. There were people running, people crying. There were people injured all over the place, people carrying a young boy whose leg was bleeding, another sitting on the curb holding her neck, and her friends were screaming for help.

Everybody I was with was saying “head toward the water,” so everyone started walking or running toward the Charles River. We were warning people who didn’t know what had happened not to go toward the center of the city.

It was hard to pinpoint the exact smell of the explosion, but it just smelled like an explosion, smelled like chemicals, and it was very confusing because a lot of people were just carrying the injured away from the scene. It seemed as we were fleeing the scene, we continued to see injured people, so (we had a difficult time ascertaining) where the explosions happened, if there were more. Ambulances kept coming in.

We just continued to walk along the Charles River, trying to get away. I was with a co-worker in the seaport area, and he was trying to guide us. We’re in the west end of Boston near Mass General, hoping that we’re safe.

Dana McLaren, marathoner:

I had finished the marathon; I had picked up my bag and was walking back toward my hotel. I was a couple of streets north of Boylston when I heard one explosion.

My first thought was: there’s a bomb, a really loud bomb. It’s not normal for a finish cannon to be happening at that point in the race.

So I booted up my phone, got in touch with my family, and I heard people around me talking about a bomb, so I assumed that’s what it was. I kept walking to the hotel … I saw people walking away from the finish line, crying and distraught.

There was a smell, a smell that something bad had happened. I lived in New York City during 9/11 so I know what an explosion smells like. The room I’m in now is the central location where my friends are; we are trying to pack up and get out of town, but we’re not sure about the trains. We were supposed to leave the city half an hour ago.

ISML 2013: Action resumes with Aquamarine 1

ISML 2013: Action resumes with Aquamarine 1

By JR Salazar
April 15, 2013

Action resumed in the 2013 International Saimoe League with the start of the regular season. The contenders and pretenders were separated on Match Day 1 of the Aquamarine Necklace period. Due to a massive turnout in voters, results were delayed for one hour and thirty minutes. Here is a roundup of the day's action in the Nova and Stella Divisions.

NOVA DIVISION

In the Nova Division, Kobato Hasegawa defeated Inori Yuzuriha 5934-4030, Mashiro Shiina took out Sena Kashiwazaki 5695-4213, Kuroyukihime blew apart Yozora Mikazuki 6280-3580, Yui of Sword Art Online (who will be referred in future ISML bulletins as Yui from this point forward) knocked down Fuuko Kurasaki 5761-3747, Asuna Yuuki routed Suguha Kirigaya 6633-2838 and Yui Kotegawa won a 4446-4427 thriller over Subaru Konoe.

Momo Beila Deviluke prevailed over Meiko Honam 5067-4536, Shouko Kirishima defeated Karen Araragi 4844-4493, Nyarlathotep stunned Aria Holmes Kanzaki 5051-4370, Shinka Nibutani whipped past Erio Touwa 5260-4441, Ririchiyo Shirakiin dismantled Tsukihi Araragi 5039-4107 and Kurisu Makise squeaked by Keiko Ayano 4961-4800.

Wrapping up Nova play, Karuta Roromiya defeated Mei Misaki 4737-4366, Touka Takanashi won a 4793-4776 nail-biter over Mikan Yuuki, Homura Akemi defeated Rea Sanka 4716-4576, Rikka Takanashi slammed Eru Chitanda 5563-4345, Nanami Aoyama cruised past Shinobu Oshino 5417-4017 and Rin Natsume prevailed over Noumi Kudryavka 4235-3989.

STELLA DIVISION

The usual suspects were on top in the Stella Division. In Stella play, Azusa Nakano defeated Kirino Kousaka 5125-4873, Taiga Aisaka roared past Mio Akiyama 5342-4791, Ruri Gokou 6230-3975, Yui of Angel Beats! (who will be referred to in future ISML bulletins as Yui-nyan from this point forward) annihilated Holo 6166-3539, defending champions Kanade Tachibana sliced and diced Shana 6750-3461 and Ayase Aragaki bowled past Ui Hirasawa 5805-3866.

Last Order pulled of a 4903-4815 upset of Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere, Victorique de Blois edged Illyasviel von Einzbern 4601-4525, C.C. defeated Masami Iwasawa 4856-4536, Saber slashed past Tomoyo Sakagami 5316-4228, Charlotte Dunois snuck past Kyou Fujibayashi 4646-4501 and Yui Hirasawa rocked Hitagi Senjougahara 5137-4541.

Wrapping up Stella play, Nagisa Furukawa defeated Rin Tousaka 4769-4552, Konjiki no Yami upset Hinagiku Katsura 4791-4326, Nymph defeated Konata Izumi 4682-4562, Eucliwood Hellscythe whipped past Mikoto Misaka 5410-4933 and Haruhi Suzumiya overpowered Mato Kuroi 5805-4105.

Match Day 2 of the 2013 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period is scheduled for April 16, 2013. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.