Habits

I eat my dinner in my bathtub

Then I go to sex clubs

Watching freaky people gettin' it on

It doesn't make me nervous

If anything I'm restless

Yeah, I've been around and I've seen it all

I get home, I got the munchies

Binge on all my Twinkies

Throw up in the tub

Then I go to sleep

And I drank up all my money

Dazed and kinda lonely

You're gone and I gotta stay

High all the time

To keep you off my mind

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

High all the time

To keep you off my mind

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Spend my days locked in a haze

Trying to forget you babe

I fall back down

Gotta stay high all my life

To forget I'm missing you

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Pick up daddies at the playground

How I spend my day time

Loosen up the frown,

Make them feel alive

Oh, make it fast and greasy

I'm numb and way too easy

You're gone and I gotta stay

High all the time

To keep you off my mind

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

High all the time

To keep you off my mind

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Spend my days locked in a haze

Trying to forget you babe

I fall back down

Gotta stay high all my life

To forget I'm missing you

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Staying in my play pretend

Where the fun ain't got no end

Ooh

Can't go home alone again

Need someone to numb the pain

Ooh

Staying in my play pretend

Where the fun ain't got no end

Ooh

Can't go home alone again

Need someone to numb the pain

You're gone and I gotta stay

High all the time

To keep you off my mind

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

High all the time

To keep you off my mind

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Spend my days locked in a haze

Trying to forget you babe

I fall back down

Gotta stay high all my life

To forget I'm missing you

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

ISML 2014: Bonus Tournaments Results, Match Day 3

Exhibition Period, Day 3 - 20 November 2014
Contestant	< Votes	Votes >	Contestant
Asada Shino	3361	1548	Kanbaru Suruga
Nijino Yurika	2529	1916	Sakurai Aoi
Terminus Est	2918	1678	Asseylum Vers Allusia
Seo Yuzuki	2520	2034	Endō Rino
Sento Isuzu	3546	1237	Tsunashi Kaoru
Matsushima Michiru	1699	2773	Kanzaki Tomoyo
Miyazono Kaori	2061	2158	Suzuki Kana
Himeki Chifuyu	3021	1672	Tsunemori Akane
Kinoshita Hideyoshi	3666	745	Tsukimiya Ringo
Mako-chan	1566	1847	Shidō Mariya
Akasaka Ryūnosuke	3597	528	Hato Kenjirō
Naoe Riki	2203	1590	Alluka Zoldyck
Ayasaki Hayate	2489	1364	Saotome Ranma
Ciel Phantomhive	1629	1732	Hyōdō Aoi
Mitsuka Sōji	2918	1062	Yakumo Hamaji
Fujisaki Chihiro	1777	2203	Senō Natsuru

BoBA ISML 2014 Predictions: Bonus Tournaments, Match Day 3

ARENA 01: [Asada Shino] Kanbaru Suruga
ARENA 02: Nijino Yurika [Sakurai Aoi]
ARENA 03: [Terminus Est] Asseylum Vers Allusia
ARENA 04: [Seo Yuzuki] Endō Rino
ARENA 05: [Sento Isuzu] Tsunashi Kaoru
ARENA 06: Matsushima Michiru [Kanzaki Tomoyo]
ARENA 07: Miyazono Kaori [Suzuki Kana]
ARENA 08: [Himeki Chifuyu] Tsunemori Akane
ARENA 09: [Kinoshita Hideyoshi] Tsukimiya Ringo
ARENA 10: Mako-chan [Shidō Mariya]
ARENA 11: [Akasaka Ryūnosuke] Hato Kenjirō
ARENA 12: [Naoe Riki] Alluka Zoldyck
ARENA 13: [Ayasaki Hayate] Saotome Ranma
ARENA 14: [Ciel Phantomhive] Hyōdō Aoi
ARENA 15: [Mitsuka Sōji] Yakumo Hamaji
ARENA 16: [Fujisaki Chihiro] Senō Natsuru

ISML 2014: Bonus Tournaments Results, Match Day 2

Exhibition Period, Day 2 - 18 November 2014
Contestant < Votes Votes > Contestant
Sakura Chiyo 3938 540 Marie
Chloe von Einzbern 2788 1406 Takayama Yanagi
Mine 2842 1433 Usami Nanako
Claire Rouge 2701 1554 Fueguchi Hinami
Akame 3576 803 Sonokawa Momoka
Yoshioka Futaba 1204 2867 Higashihongan Sanae
Kirishima Tōka 2942 1110 Tsukino Usagi
Kotoishi Naru 1563 2311 Maji Mojiruka Rurumo
Latifa Fleuranza 3633 766 Aino Minako
Sawabe Tsubaki 1258 2538 Miyamori Aoi
Konno Yūki 3129 1183 Sasaki Kaori
Komiya Nonoka 1989 1804 Tōgō Mimori
Suō Amane 3298 845 Nakamori Aoko
Tsube Aika 2049 1934 Yūki Yūna
Noel 2592 1319 Sensei
Ichimatsu Kohina 1626 2242 Eleonora Viltaria

BoBA ISML 2014 Predictions: Bonus Tournaments, Match Day 2

ARENA 01: [Sakura Chiyo] Marie
ARENA 02: [Chloe von Einzbern] Takayama Yanagi
ARENA 03: Mine [Usami Nanako]
ARENA 04: [Claire Rouge] Fueguchi Hinami
ARENA 05: [Akame] Sonokawa Momoka
ARENA 06: Yoshioka Futaba [Higashihongan Sanae]
ARENA 07: Kirishima Tōka [Tsukino Usagi]
ARENA 08: Kotoishi Naru [Maji Mojiruka Rurumo]
ARENA 09: [Latifa Fleuranza] Aino Minako
ARENA 10: Sawabe Tsubaki [Miyamori Aoi]
ARENA 11: [Konno Yūki] Sasaki Kaori
ARENA 12: Komiya Nonoka [Tōgō Mimori]
ARENA 13: [Suō Amane] Nakamori Aoko
ARENA 14: [Tsube Aika] Yūki Yūna
ARENA 15: [Noel] Sensei
ARENA 16: Ichimatsu Kohina [Eleonora Viltaria]

Counting Stars

Lately I been, I been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said no more counting dollars

We'll be counting stars

Yeah, we'll be counting stars

I see this life

Like a swinging vine

Swing my heart across the line

In my face is flashing signs

Seek it out and ye shall find

Old, but I'm not that old

Young, but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

I'm just doing what we're told

I feel something so right

By doing the wrong thing

And I feel something so wrong

By doing the right thing

I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie

Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)

Said no more counting dollars

We'll be counting stars

Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)

Said no more counting dollars

We'll be, we'll be counting stars

I feel the love

And I feel it burn

Down this river every turn

Hope is our four letter word

Make that money

Watch it burn

Old, but I'm not that old

Young, but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

I'm just doing what we're told

And I feel something so wrong

By doing the right thing

I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie

Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly

Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said no more counting dollars

We'll be counting stars

Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)

Said no more counting dollars

We'll be, we'll be counting stars

Oh, oh, oh.

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned

Everything that kills me 

makes me feel alive

Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!)

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!)

Said no more counting dollars

We'll be counting stars

Lately I been, I been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said no more counting dollars

We'll be, we'll be counting stars

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned

Take that money

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learned...

ISML 2014: Bonus Tournaments Results, Match Day 1

Exhibition Period, Day 1 - 16 November 2014
Contestant	< Votes	Votes >	Contestant
Asada Shino	4046	534	Urushiba Rinka
Kanbaru Suruga	2185	2079	Sekiya Naru
Nijino Yurika	2333	1765	Suzuki Ikumi
Fukami Tōko	1430	2607	Sakurai Aoi
Terminus Est	3322	1008	Mishima Lisa
Asseylum Vers Allusia	2284	1723	Hana N. Fontainestand
Seo Yuzuki	3811	263	Doll
Kashima Yū	1874	2435	Endō Rino
Sento Isuzu	4013	471	Amira
Chloe Lemaire	1964	1973	Tsunashi Kaoru
Matsushima Michiru	2236	1795	Kazama Levi
Kanzaki Tomoyo	2915	1285	Yasuhara Ema
Miyazono Kaori	2233	1527	Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi
Yona	1660	2109	Suzuki Kana
Himeki Chifuyu	2505	1826	Kisaragi Chihaya
Shinohara Erika	1602	2242	Tsunemori Akane

BoBA ISML 2014 Predictions: Bonus Tournaments, Match Day 1

Picks will be placed for the Bonus Tournaments. However, winning margins and over/unders will be turned off.

ARENA 01: [Asada Shino] Urushiba Rinka
ARENA 02: [Kanbaru Suruga] Sekiya Naru
ARENA 03: Nijino Yurika [Suzuki Ikumi]
ARENA 04: [Fukami Tōko] Sakurai Aoi
ARENA 05: [Terminus Est] Mishima Lisa
ARENA 06: [Asseylum Vers Allusia] Hana N. Fontainestand
ARENA 07: [Seo Yuzuki] Doll
ARENA 08: Kashima Yū [Endō Rino]
ARENA 09: [Sento Isuzu] Amira
ARENA 10: [Chloe Lemaire] Tsunashi Kaoru
ARENA 11: [Matsushima Michiru] Kazama Levi
ARENA 12: [Kanzaki Tomoyo] Yasuhara Ema
ARENA 13: [Miyazono Kaori] Angelize Ikaruga Misurugi
ARENA 14: Yona [Suzuki Kana]
ARENA 15: Himeki Chifuyu [Kisaragi Chihaya]
ARENA 16: [Shinohara Erika] Tsunemori Akane

H...H...H...Homura-chan, you pervert!

So in between my Pangya run and my quest to reach Memorial Level 24 (which I am proud to say am now one achievement away from reaching), I stumbled upon an angry document which was written back when Ntreev USA was still in existence. This is a hilarious read from my perspective. If there is one thing I get mad about, it's not hitting Pangya on a special shot. These two people who wrote this text here...well, let's say that they will be missing out regarding the new season and the Game Masters that are in charge.

We the Players of Pangya USA A Message brought to you
We the Players of Pangya USA, in Order to form an Angry Mob to Destory Ntreev, establish Justice, insure they forever
rot, provide for the common prices of online games, promote the general stupidity of this company, and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our fellow online gamers, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Now
Banned Players of Pangya whom did nothing against Ntreev.
There you have it. our very own Constitution towards Pangya! This is all due to MANY of us dedicated players logging in
after last night's maintenance to discover the following message from our friendly neighborhood assholes at Ntreev.
Let me first state. that yes MANY if not ALL of us have sent a 1:1 report to Ntreev about our accounts. and nothing has
been done! Also due note that many of us whom were banned have either been hacked before or have no idea why we
were banned last evening. However, the most wonderful thing about this is the fact that Ntreev just lost about 75% if not
more of their BEST customers! I myself have spent probably well over $3,000 (just as a minimum) of money on Pangya
with my main account RaiN(
Lets begin by stating OGP. We miss you dearly! Ntreev has done nothing but fuck up the Community! More hackers are
on Ntreev, more people dont get help when sending a 1:1 about things. not to mention you go ahead and let the fucking
non-english people have their own god damn server. which by the way Ntreev. THEY ARE STILL IN OUR ENGLISH
SERVERS EVERY FREAKING DAY!!!
First you take away our shops. so many of us have items we never use in our rooms in game. Also on this note. EVERY
and I mean EVERY server besides us is able to sell or "trade" items in some way. ALL ITEMS not just Pang ones. Korea
and Japan are the original creators of Pangya. and they allow us to trade the "ecard/gatcha" items as well as pang ones.
I played Gatcha and ecard both and recieved items for players like Nuri, Azer and Max, whom I never play as! Some
players spend thousands to get a rare. and they don't even get one that they want or can use? So what does this do. well
the item just sits in their account rotting, while other players in the game may want to use it or need it. I don't think your
"not having shops" has anything to do with bugs or whatnot. it has to do with the fact that you are GREEDY AS FUCK!
Hence we dub you the name NGreed from now on! You want players to keep spending more and more money to recieve
the item they want. Just like I spent TONS of money on the Fantasy and Snowflower sets to receive Hana's. So you
know what NGreed. Fuck you! I hope you are happy that you lost players like myself and others whom have given you so
much money. From your 300 point ticker to your $69.00 fucking rune wings. you are going to loose a ton of your profit!
Haha Bitches!
Moving on. NGreed has spent little time insuring the game has safety for all players! We have players coming in with
400y drive, 0m wind, pang hacks, ticker hacks(LMAO),goedkope uggss, and oh yeah let us not forget the infamous
GM_Ranoldo. Has anyone noticed that Korea and Japan have no incidents of hackers, scammers, or whatnot?. I don't
think so and this is because they really actually CARE!! All NGreed wants is our money and to talk about having girls
over at their houses (which yes the GMs have stated this in the lobby). If the GM's really cared. why don't they implement
the Guild system? Hmmmm? It appears they like guilds considering they talk bout them in the Forums. Why don't they
make them happen? They claim they have other issues to deal with. but Look at GOA! They went from getting season 3
to season 4 in no less than 4 months! And Holy McMuffins Batman Look!. they have guilds, and the ability to trade
everything, plus no "emergency maintenances" because some idiot fucked up the patch!
Hows about you actually ban the hackers whom have like 40k on Ice Spa with +32 or the rookie's whom went straight to
National Pros? Why don't you just start picking random names out of a fucking hat and ban those people whom you pull
their names out why dontcha!!? That should make everyone feel great! All the loyal players who spend money with you
and speak english and follow the rules and love the game. yeah lets just go pull their names out now. Doesn't that sound
like a plan? And for those of you who read this and say aww what a baby she's crying because she got caught you all
can go fuck yourselves because I am a dedicated player and love pangya and do my part to keep the game great. Oh
and btw if you are thinking that. watch out because your name might be bulled out next time NGreed decides to do
another round of BANGO!
To all of you GM Leg-Humpers as a wonderful friend of mine put it. think about what you are really supporting.
BR Hackers/ Spammers1:1 Support Fail
Greedy BastardsPeople who ban good players
Bugged ShitAlmost Non-caring GMs
69's (LMAO)No GuildsNo Selling Items$30.00 Gatcha Coins(That don't earn you shit)300 point ticker (Way too much for
a message to appear 1 time)Low Scratchy/ Papel rates (Win a rare in 2,000 turns!)A Fake Toothbrush (lol Dr. Tran)
Bugged Events18 hour maintenances (LOL,uggs outlet!)To conclude my long ass Constitution as well as the thoughts of
many players. Thanks to everyone who supports the site and our causes. I am sorry for everyone whom was banned so
ignorantly like myself and my friends. I love all of you and hope you find more luck in whatever it is you will do in the
future. Now it is time for me and others to go check out what gamerzplanet has to offer.
Thus lastly, I would like to Say, "Hello NGreed! Are you ready for some Real Hackers now?!"
-RaiN(
Yea super pissed at getting banned, and I'm extra McEmo now, so for all of you still not banned have fun cuz you my
friend are next to go no matter what you think, I have never hacked, never done anything banned but because I'm a
friend of someone who does I get banned WOW way to fricken go Nfail! maybe if you wankers knew how to run a server
we could still have fun but you fail to patch correctly, fail to keep a server stable, and fail to listen to the player's how you
guys get the piggy bank's out of your asses and start doing your job's. I would also like to add WTF why do you think
CIOZone Forums - CIOZone.com - Professional Network for CIOs and IT Professionals FireBoard your so cool with your oh speak english in this server notice, they can't read english so maybe spam it in 5 different
languages so they can comprehendo the el stupido message-o, also how bout you come suck my ball's Mr. Garrison, i
mean Mr. Year 2010 the year the USA Server of Pangya dies.
Granty gave me this link . hats off to you Rain, by far the best post regarding this situation I have read so far and every
word is true. If ntreev doesn't want our money, if they can't respect our loyalty and all the good we've done for this place
then fuck them. There are many other companies that will welcome us. I never thought I would say this but OGP was
awesome. When you sent a 1:1 there you got a response in a half hour. I've been waiting five months for them to repay
me for the points I paid for but never received. here at ntreev, not to mention the prepaid blockbuster giftcards that ive
bought and gifted, which doesnt even get reflected on my ntreev mileage. ok so im only one of what? close to 800
banned players. We shall try our best to accommodate for everyone and if there's something we don't know that you
would like to know, we will go out of my way to find it for you, so do not be afraid to ask! We are great people to get along
with, so you should have no trouble. I know this is an old post, but I really agree with you that Ntreev, indeed sucks.
While I have not been banned (yet) from Pangya USA, I am having problems with the game. This is happening to other
players as well. While it's not the game itself, it's GameGuard (Ntreev's shitty anti-hacking system). It's happening to
people who's OS is Windows 7 (64 bit, if I'm correct). I can't even get 10 minutes without d/c'ing. Lots of people have
posted this problem on the forums, but all the GMs do is hide behind their "System requirements" post. They are not
helping in anyway possible. And I REALLY hope Pangya USA will get a better company to represent it,UGGs Alloway
Marine 1001632.
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To the two numbskulls who wrote this: come back to the game. It's a whole lot better now. No, really, it is.

2014 Great Awwnime Bracket: Championship Results

Kosaki Onodera @ Nisekoi 634

Shinobu Oshino @ Bakemonogatari 649

Tonight

Wandering out into the sea of streetlights

Calling up everyone I know

We're trying our best to keep our monsters inside

Nobody wants to be alone

But tonight, we’re all believers

And I feel all right, with all of my heart

Oh tonight, we’re all believers

And I’ll be all right, as long as you are

Running our hands over the stone and pavement

Giving up all the fights and complications

Nobody tells you that the city’s different

Nobody wants to be alone

But tonight, we’re all believers

And I feel all right, with all of my heart

Oh tonight, we’re all believers

And I’ll be all right, as long as you are

How could you say that I was too in love to remember myself?

How could you say I left you waiting up on the shelf?

The colors are dangerous, they shine so bright, thunder and lightning

How could you say this was a home?

But tonight, we’re all believers

And I feel all right, with all of my heart

Oh tonight, we’re all believers

And I’ll be all right, as long as you are

Tonight, we’re all believers

And I feel all right, with all of my heart

Oh tonight, we’re all believers

And I’ll be all right, as long as you are.

2014 Great Awwnime Bracket: Championship Odds

Kosaki Onodera @ Nisekoi 3-1
Shinobu Oshino @ Bakemonogatari 6-1
Prediction: Kosaki Onodera by <=100
Over/Under: 1100
Over

2014 Great Awwnime Bracket: Semifinal Results

Chitoge Kirisaki @ Nisekoi 435
Kosaki Onodera @ Nisekoi 550

Shinobu Oshino @ Bakemonogatari 571
Haru Onodera @ Nisekoi 435

2014 Great Awwnime Bracket: Semifinal Odds

Chitoge Kirisaki @ Nisekoi EVEN
Kosaki Onodera @ Nisekoi 7-1
Prediction: Chitoge Kirisaki by >=100
Over/Under: 1200
Over

Shinobu Oshino @ Bakemonogatari 10-1
Haru Onodera @ Nisekoi EVEN
Prediction: Haru Onodera by >=150
Over/Under: 1200
Over

Lick It Up

Don't wanna wait 'til you know me better

Let's just be glad for the time together

Life's such a treat and it's time you taste it

There ain't a reason on earth to waste it

It ain't a crime to be good to yourself

Lick it up, lick it up, it's only right now

Lick it up, lick it up, ooh yeah

Lick it up, lick it up, come on, come on

Lick it up, lick it up

Don't need to wait for an invitation

You gotta live like you're on vacation

There's something sweet you can't buy with money -

lick it up, lick it up

It's all you need, so believe me honey

It ain't a crime to be good to yourself

Lick it up, lick it up, it's only right now

Lick it up, lick it up, ooh yeah

Lick it up, lick it up, come on, come on

Lick it up, lick it up

Come on - it's only right now (it's only right now)

Ooh yeah (ooh yeah) ooh yeah (ooh yeah), yeah yeah...

2channel Anime Saimoe 2014: Fourth Round Results, Match Day 8

Official results.


1位　131票　暁美ほむら＠劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[新編]叛逆の物語
2位　65票　美樹さやか＠劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[新編]叛逆の物語
3位　21票　由比ヶ浜結衣＠やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
4位　13票　辻垣内智葉＠咲-Saki- 全国編

Rank from 17-32 forthcoming.

2channel Anime Saimoe 2014: Fourth Round Results, Match Day 7

The official tally.

FL7

1位　117票　九条カレン＠きんいろモザイク 2位　116票　巴マミ＠劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ[新編]叛逆の物語 3位　106票　宮永照＠咲-Saki- 全国編 4位　10票　愛宕洋榎＠咲-Saki- 全国編

Loud Like Love

Love on an atom, love on a cloud

To see the birth of all that isn't now

Can you imagine a love that is so proud?

It never has to question why or how

Total abandon the love in my dreams

When I wake up I'm soaking in my sheets

Breathe, breathe

Believe, believe, believe, believe

For all of our youth

We have craved them

Their beauty and their truth

Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe

Believe, believe, believe, believe

Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe

Believe, believe

That we are loud like

Love on an atom, love on a cloud

To see the birth of all that isn't now

Can you imagine a love that is so proud?

It never has to question why or how

For all of our youth

We have craved them

Their beauty and their truth

So we name them

And somehow they pull us through

We have craved them

For all of our youth

Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe

Believe, believe, believe, believe

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

We are loud like love

Western Sydney Wanderers: 2014 AFC Champions League Champions

"The Western Sydney Wanderers!", they said!

They've changed the sporting landscape, they said! Their success in beating that team from Saudi Arabia to win the Asian Championship is the harbinger of a new age, they said, where football – yes, FOOTBALL, you knuckle-dragging Neanderthals – is finally going to rise up and take its place at the forefront of the Australian sporting codes!

By any measure, the success of the Wanderers, just a couple of years after being established, is staggering. 

I have one thing to say to all you smarty-pants who've been writing such emails to me, you narks, you sharks, you whingers, you whiners, you know-all blow-hards. Just one thing to say:

I think you might be right.

By any measure, the success of the Wanderers, just a couple of years after being established, is staggering.

Firstly, their success in the A-League. For who knew that that comp could be so successful? Not this little black duck, who has uttered sneers for years that soccer would never take off in this country. But you only had to see the crowds at A-League Wanderers matches – whole battalions of them standing on their seats, all in red, and seemingly allsmoking the same thing – to know that something fundamental has changed. Such enthusiasm! Such passion! So many of the boogers!

And then for them to be crowned the kings of all Asia?

A phenomenal achievement, and congratulations to them. Let the record show, the sleeping giant of Australian sport,  will likely soon be dancing for the pleasure of hundreds of thousands.

The question is, which other sports is this going to impact on?

My email inbox is filled with predictions that it will finish off rugby union – at least from those generous enough to acknowledge that rugby is not already dead.

I don't think so. Rugby has major problems right now, and it really is under threat from a variety of forces and factors – not least self-mutilation – but the growing of soccer doesn't show up on my radar as one of them. For that to be the case, there would need to have been a migration from the Waratahs and Wallaby support base to soccer and, anecdotally at least, I have no evidence of that. I further note that the one ace-in-the-hole that Australian rugby has is precisely the same one that Australian soccer is so demonstrably benefiting from – the growing global pull of their game. In that sense, soccer and rugby are allies not competitors. 

Rugby league then? A bit. The Wanderers are at their strongest in the very heartland of the Parramatta Eels, and though the A-League is a summer comp, it has been hard to miss the fact that Western Sydney seems to be right behind the Wanderers the way they used to be behind the Eels.

Ditto the Western Sydney Giants. In the competition to win the hearts and minds of the people, and turn those into bums on seats, there is no way around the fact that the Giants and Wanderers have come along at much the same time . . . and it is the Wanderers breaking all the records and getting all the headlines, all while the Swans have been making the running in the AFL all the way to the grand final.

But the sport that should be loosening its collar right now is, oddly enough, cricket. Both the A-League and cricket are on at much the same time, and are going after much the same people. Can I put it to you that if you like watching T-20 matches, it is not such a massive leap to go to a Wanderers or Sydney FC match instead, or even pay to watch it on the tube? And all this at a time when Australian cricket is struggling.

So we'll see. How it is all going to play out will become clearer as the summer progresses, but my pound to your peanut says that as the share price of soccer rises, so too will the share price of cricket drop. You heard it here first.

I haven't been wrong before, have I?

Oh, do shut up, Buddy.

Twitter: @Peter_Fitz 

2channel Anime Saimoe 2014: Fourth Round Results, Match Day 6

Official count.

1st　190　SAKURA Kyouko @ Madoka Magica Movie: Rebellion Story
2nd　173　ATARASHI Ako @ Saki Zenkoku-hen
3rd　26　MISAKA Mikoto @ To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S
4th　13　AMAE Koromo @ Saki Zenkoku-hen

Thanks to Anon-kun.

2channel Anime Saimoe 2014: Fourth Round Results, Match Day 5

This is the official count.

1st 206 MIYANAGA Saki @ Saki Zenkoku-hen
2nd 191 KANAME Madoka @ Madoka Magica Movie: Rebellion Story
3rd 33 KIRISAKI Chitoge @ Nisekoi
4th 21 NAKAGAWA Kanon @ Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-hen

Result provided by Anon-kun.