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ISML 2016: Gilgamesh Delivers Upset Of The Round Over Gintoki

ISML 2016: Gilgamesh Delivers Upset Of The Round Over Gintoki

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
October 1, 2016

Match Day 6 of the 2016 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is in the books. In the Female Division, Rikka Takanashi defeated Yuuki Konno 1561-1059, Shiro rolled past Utaha Kasumigaoka 1546-1091, Yukino Yukinoshita routed Kongou 1639-998, Chiyo Sakura whipped past Nadeko Sengoku 1506-1083, Illyasviel von Einzbern slaughtered Shimakaze 1644-928, Marika Tachibana prevailed over Sora Kasugano 1335-1204, Rin Tosaka hammered Inori Yuzuriha 1504-1089 and Megumi Katou throttled Yuri Nakamura 1443-1235.

In the Male Division, Korosensei crushed Shizuo Heiwajima 1378-911, Rentarou Satomi shot down Rito Yuuki 1248-854, Izayoi Sakamaki trounced Ikki Kurogane 1276-750, Gilgamesh handled Gintoki Sakata in the 1174-1102 Upset of the Round, Edward Elric prevailed over Ryuunosuke Akasaka 1267-1137, Yato blew apart Yuuji Sakai 1309-872, Saika Totsuka defeated Kosei Arima 1289-1004 and Saitama punched Adlet Mayer 1574-665.

In Divine Circlet action, Yui Hirasawa rocked Kotori Minami 1331-1139 and Eriri Sawamura Spencer won the closest race of the round, a 1219-1154 thriller over Reina Kousaka.

Match Day 1 of the 2016 ISML Ruby Period is scheduled for October 3, 2016. This will be the only match day in the period where there are predictions. Otherwise, all match days will include roundups. In any case, vote for your favorites at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate and keep it right here on The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the 2016 International Saimoe League, the world's premier anime character competition!

Emerald Day 6 Standings

Female Group 1

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Aoyama Nanami	9.0000	3	0	4620	3496	1124	7.4439	1
2	Yui-nyan	6.8321	2	1	3995	4091	-96	6.7753	1
3	Yatogami Tōka	4.6978	1	2	3789	4219	-430	6.8974	1
4	Shirai Kuroko	2.6252	0	3	3771	4369	-598	6.6776	1

Female Group 2

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Shiro	9.0000	3	0	4695	3298	1397	8.2732	2
2	Takanashi Rikka	6.8734	2	1	4209	3770	439	7.3556	2
3	Kasumigaoka Utaha	4.6225	1	2	3858	4065	-207	6.6804	2
4	Konno Yūki	1.9902	0	3	3137	4766	-1629	5.8233	2

Female Group 3

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Tokisaki Kurumi	9.0000	3	0	5215	2874	2341	8.7485	3
2	Oshino Shinobu	6.8452	2	1	4338	3512	826	7.2068	3
3	Sakagami Tomoyo	4.2932	1	2	3583	4238	-655	6.1500	3
4	Shirayuki	1.5620	0	3	2530	5042	-2512	5.6616	3

Female Group 4

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Yukinoshita Yukino	9.0000	3	0	4869	3161	1708	8.5451	4
2	Sakura Chiyo	6.7876	2	1	4152	3736	416	7.8416	4
3	Kongō	4.3969	1	2	3467	4276	-809	6.3026	4
4	Sengoku Nadeko	2.1780	0	3	3237	4552	-1315	6.7404	4

Female Group 5

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Jibril	9.0000	3	0	4709	3258	1451	8.2974	5
2	Nibutani Shinka	6.7866	2	1	4121	3965	156	7.0532	5
3	Yoshino	4.8410	1	2	4157	3872	285	7.3470	5
4	Hiiragi Shinoa	1.8532	0	3	2970	4862	-1892	6.1524	5

Female Group 6

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Illyasviel von Einzbern	9.0000	3	0	4883	3045	1838	8.4515	6
2	Tachibana Marika	6.6742	2	1	3799	4031	-232	6.4311	6
3	Shimakaze	4.4505	1	2	3415	4254	-839	5.9737	6
4	Kasugano Sora	2.5076	0	3	3467	4234	-767	6.2004	6

Female Group 7

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Aragaki Ayase	9.0000	3	0	4454	3432	1022	7.5656	7
2	Hikigaya Komachi	6.9771	2	1	4323	3556	767	6.9202	7
3	Yūdachi	4.3598	1	2	3374	4310	-936	6.8963	7
4	Victorique de Blois	2.4309	0	3	3425	4278	-853	6.6780	7

Female Group 8

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Tōsaka Rin	9.0000	3	0	4391	3645	746	7.8938	8
2	Katō Megumi	6.9385	2	1	4145	3825	320	7.1435	8
3	Nakamura Yuri	4.6925	1	2	3923	4141	-218	6.7942	8
4	Yuzuriha Inori	2.4187	0	3	3490	4338	-848	6.5437	8

Male Group 1

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Korosensei	9.0000	3	0	4313	2622	1691	6.8738	1
2	Satomi Rentarō	6.6481	2	1	3336	3302	34	5.9845	1
3	Heiwajima Shizuo	4.5494	1	2	3156	3545	-389	5.4592	1
4	Yūki Rito	2.0323	0	3	2644	3980	-1336	4.5126	1

Male Group 2

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Yukihira Sōma	9.0000	3	0	4307	2591	1716	7.1409	2
2	Itsuka Shidō	6.8072	2	1	3848	3225	623	6.8349	2
3	L Lawliet	4.5820	1	2	3470	3476	-6	6.1959	2
4	Ōji Mochizō	1.4752	0	3	2203	4536	-2333	4.2053	2

Male Group 3

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Sakamaki Izayoi	9.0000	3	0	3738	2949	789	6.8778	3
2	Gilgamesh	6.9304	2	1	3595	3295	300	6.6171	3
3	Sakata Gintoki	4.7960	1	2	3454	3358	96	6.1190	3
4	Kurogane Ikki	2.0755	0	3	2665	3850	-1185	5.3803	3

Male Group 4

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Otonashi Yuzuru	9.0000	3	0	4901	2337	2564	8.4866	4
2	Emiya Shirō	6.8358	2	1	4261	2839	1422	7.3002	4
3	Kurosaki Ichigo	3.7943	1	2	2337	4308	-1971	4.4220	4
4	Zen Wistalia	1.7784	0	3	2294	4309	-2015	4.5413	4

Male Group 5

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Edward Elric	9.0000	3	0	3802	3146	656	6.9912	5
2	Yato	6.9753	2	1	3670	3139	531	6.6492	5
3	Akasaka Ryūnosuke	4.8001	1	2	3565	3494	71	5.7830	5
4	Sakai Yūji	2.0612	0	3	2747	4005	-1258	4.8897	5

Male Group 6

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Kamijō Tōma	9.0000	3	0	4392	2939	1453	7.7123	6
2	Emiya Kiritsugu	6.8829	2	1	4157	3130	1027	7.3849	6
3	Mikoshiba Mikoto	4.3237	1	2	3152	3987	-835	5.4931	6
4	Aki Tomoya	1.9292	0	3	2703	4348	-1645	4.9605	6

Male Group 7

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Saitama	9.0000	3	0	4199	2851	1348	6.4416	7
2	Totsuka Saika	6.8777	2	1	3969	3022	947	6.8448	7
3	Arima Kōsei	4.5665	1	2	3327	3433	-106	6.0564	7
4	Adlet Mayer	1.5291	0	3	2202	4391	-2189	4.0173	7

Male Group 8

Rank	Name	Points	Wins	Loses	VF	VA	VD	CVP	Group
1	Sora	9.0000	3	0	4984	2356	2628	8.3409	8
2	Togashi Yūta	6.5656	2	1	3600	3646	-46	6.7262	8
3	Maō Sadao	4.5507	1	2	3360	3632	-272	6.1051	8
4	Tōyama Kinji	1.5617	0	3	2298	4608	-2310	4.7852	8

Western Bulldogs: 2016 AFL Premiers

If you were going to take 60 years to win a premiership, and you wanted to make it a premiership worth 60 years of waiting, how would you script it?

Here's one way.

You could start two years beforehand with a crisis that led to the captain and coach leaving the club. You could replace the coach with a rookie called Luke Beveridge whose chief claim to fame was a couple of premierships in the amateurs and a stint in security in the public service.

You could replace the captain with a heart-and-soul veteran called Bob Murphy who in the season in question would do his knee and not play again after round three. You could put him out on the ground on grand final day anyway, because as sure as eggs, he was. I don't mean after the game, but during it. Surely you could see it. You could have it that he had his matchday guernsey on under his jacket all day.

You could survive a rash of injuries to other players besides, and finish seventh on the ladder, from where no-one has won a premiership before, and put yourself in a position where you had to win four finals in a row, starting with one in Perth.

You could win, and two, and three, gathering momentum as you go, and sweeping your hometown up along with you, and a lot of incidentals and casuals besides. You could turn the grand final, which it might easily be forgotten is just a game of football, into a kind of morality play. You could write it so that at the end of the day, everyone felt a little bit better about footy.

Even your opponents might come around to that point of view eventually, for this was a rare grand final day on which it was possible to barrack for one team and not against the other. You could, without giving offence to the Swans, make it that good guys win.

When it was done, and you'd stopped pinching yourself and slapping your own face, and the time came to divide the spoils, you could have that coach call up to the podium that maimed skipper and as 100,000 are your witness, hand over his premiership medallion, saying something like: "This is yours, mate. You deserve it more than anyone." Then he would also hand over joint responsibility with the stand-in captain for receiving and raising that mythical cup.

You'd have to write in a pause here, for tears and tissues, and _ why not? _ a beer.

Impossible, yes? A fable, yes? Well, why not give it a few more twists? Why not pair yourself in the grand final with the Sydney Swans, the minor premier, the team that that is always there, the gold standard when it comes to finals style footy, the team whose captain, Kieren Jack, no-one could doubt at the end when he said: "We didn't get the job done, but we're coming back. We're going nowhere."

Why not make it that you engage them on titanic terms for three-and-a-half quarters, and every now and then have them look as if they might be about to shrug you off, and send shivers up all spines at the crucial moment early in the last quarter when Lance Franklin shapes a goal from 50 metres that reduces the margin to a point, and seems to presage a winning Swans surge?

Why not massage the script so that you match the Swans in what they do well, ferocity at the fall of the ball, and add something they don't, fleetness of foot and a preparedness to use it? Why not make it the sort of game in which every good turn deserved another, and every tackle, too, and in the third quarter have it that both teams find extra reserves of strength, as men in mortal danger do?

Why not now cast some improbable heroes? One could be, say, Tom Boyd, a lump of a lad who you poached from Greater Western Sydney in that crisis moment, really the president insisted and because you didn't want to be seen as a club that would accept to be pushed around, but who for two years you have found to be a bit of puzzle. Maybe he could grow through this final series, figuratively, but you would almost swear literally and on this day play his best match.

One could be Jason Johannisen, although you probably wouldn't given him that haircut. One could be Liam Picken, son of a Collingwood great, but now with one over his dad, a premiership. Maybe it could be that he took four years to get onto a list, and spent most of his career since tagging, but was liberated by the new coach to play as a deadly forward?

One could be Dale Morris, a 33-yearold who the coach surely had in mind when he said this team was all heart, because for a dozen years it has leapt out of his chest so that he could play on and beat outsized opponents, and did again this day.

One could enigmatic Jake Stringer, who had only one decent moment for the day, but what a moment?

Why not, when the time came, link all these instant heroes in the final act? You could have it that in the centre of the MCG, Franklin is about to drive the Swans forward, but is tacked and dispossessed _ no-one strips Buddy Franklin _ by Morris, and ball tumbles free to Boyd, who tears up the playbook and thumps it forward and perhaps catches a gust of the crowd's urging tumbles and rolls through.

You could make it that just before that, Johannisen had kicked a goal that was overruled by a TV umpire because of a supposed touch on the goal-line, though everyone on both sides had accepted it and were in the centre for the next bounce. You could moralise here, about how a great grand final might have been ruined by a fatuous protocol. But it would be edited out.

You could have it that the Bulldogs beat the Swans at their own game. You could have it that exaltation on the boundary line and in the crowd looked like exactly it was, bursting with deliverance of 62 years. You'd have to leave a bit of space here, for more tears and cheers.

You could have the joy washing from one side of the MCG to the other, and back and forth across the change rooms, too, and not one player removing his guernsey _ because why would you ever take if off? _ and dozens of old players not bothering to hold back their tears and mouthing the theme of the week and the moment: "I never thought I'd see the day."

You could make it the best thing some old lags in the press box have ever seen in footy. You could even make it an AFL/VFL premiership double, like anyone has ever done that?

But who on earth would ever would you believe that any footy team could do all that?

The Bulldogs just did. They bloody well did. It's a fairytale, and even if the whole competition returns to normally programming next year, it will always be a fairytale.

BoBA ISML 2016 Predictions: Emerald Match Day 6

ARENA 01: [Takanashi Rikka] Konno Yūki
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 02: Kasumigaoka Utaha [Shiro]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 03: [Yukinoshita Yukino] Kongō
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 04: Sengoku Nadeko [Sakura Chiyo]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 05: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Shimakaze
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 06: Kasugano Sora [Tachibana Marika]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 07: [Tōsaka Rin] Yuzuriha Inori
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 08: Nakamura Yuri [Katō Megumi]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2500
Over

ARENA 09: [Korosensei] Heiwajima Shizuo
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 10: Yūki Rito [Satomi Rentarō]
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 11: [Sakamaki Izayoi] Kurogane Ikki
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 12: [Sakata Gintoki] Gilgamesh
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 13: [Edward Elric] Akasaka Ryūnosuke
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 14: Sakai Yūji [Yato]
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 15: Arima Kōsei [Totsuka Saika]
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 16: Adlet Mayer [Saitama]
by <=800
Over/Under: 2800
Under

ARENA 17: [Hirasawa Yui] Minami Kotori
by >=200
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 18: Kōsaka Reina [Sawamura Spencer Eriri]
by >=200
Over/Under: 2400

Over

ISML 2016: Yui Pulls Off A Major Scalp In Emerald

ISML 2016: Yui Pulls Off A Major Scalp In Emerald

By JR Salazar
The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue
September 30, 2016

Match Day 5 of the 2016 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is in the books and Yui-nyan pulled off the Upset of the Round, stunning Touka Yatogami 1389-1311. Also in the Female Division, Nanami Aoyama rolled past Kuroko Shirai 1643-1138, Kurumi Tokisaki gunned down Shirayuki 2001-655, Shinobu Oshino chomped on Tomoyo Sakagami 1534-1127, Jibril flew past Shinoa Hiiragi 1774-838, Shinka Nibutani wopn a 1401-1369 nailbiter over Yoshino, Komachi Hikigaya drubbed Yuudachi 1574-1089 and Ayase Aragaki whipped past Victorique de Blois 1581-1095.

Over in the Male Division, Souma Yukihira routed Mochizou Ouji 1641-626, Shidou Itsuka prevailed over L Lawliet 1285-1173, Shirou Emiya cruised past Ichigo Kurosaki 16738-710, Yuzuru Otonashi annihilated Zen Wistalia 1819-577, Touma Kamijou broke Tomoya Aki 1659-786, Kiritsugu Emiya dominated Mikoto Mikoshiba 1523-944, Yuuta Togashi won the closest race of the round, a 1218-1209 thriller over Sadao Maou and Sora slammed Kinji Touyama 1841-590.

In Divine Circlet action, Hitagi Senjougahara defeated Sena Kashiwazaki 1423-1218 and Mikan Yuuki delivered a scalp, this time on Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi, 1343-1233.

Match Day 6 of the 2016 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is scheduled for September 30, 2016. Vote for your favorite candidate at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA ISML 2016 Predictions: Emerald Match Day 5

ARENA 01: [Yatogami Tōka] Yui-nyan
by >=200
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 02: Shirai Kuroko [Aoyama Nanami]
by >=400
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 03: [Tokisaki Kurumi] Shirayuki
by >=200
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 04: Sakagami Tomoyo [Oshino Shinobu]
by <=300
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 05: [Jibril] Hiiragi Shinoa
by >=200
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 06: Nibutani Shinka [Yoshino]
by >=200
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 07: [Hikigaya Komachi] Yūdachi
by <=200
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 08: Victorique de Blois [Aragaki Ayase]
by >=400
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 09: [Yukihira Sōma] Ōji Mochizō
by >=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 10: L Lawliet [Itsuka Shidō]
by >=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 11: [Emiya Shirō] Kurosaki Ichigo
by <=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 12: Zen Wistalia [Otonashi Yuzuru]
by >=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 13: [Kamijō Tōma] Aki Tomoya
by >=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 14: [Emiya Kiritsugu] Mikoshiba Mikoto
by >=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 15: [Maō Sadao] Togashi Yūta
by <=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 16: Tōyama Kinji [Sora]
by >=500
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 17: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Kashiwazaki Sena
by >=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ARENA 18: [Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko] Yūki Mikan
by >=300
Over/Under: 2500
Under

ISML 2016: Reina Upsets Miyuki In Circlet Action

ISML 2016: Reina Upsets Miyuki In Circlet Action

By JR Salazar
Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
September 27, 2016

Match Day 4 of the 2016 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is in the books. In the Female Division, Shiro defeated Rikka Takanashi 1422-1242, Utaha Kasumigaoka rolled past Yuuki Konno 1478-1113, Yukino Yukinoshita whipped past Chiyo Sakura 1497-1179, Kongou sailed past Nadeko Sengoku 1313-1170, Illyuasviel von Einzbern routed Marika Tachibana 1599-1078, Shimakaze won a 1259-1224 thriller over Sora Kasugano, Rin Tosaka defeated Megumi Katou 1381-1296 and Yuri Nakamura gunned down Inori Yuzuriha 1428-1192.

In the Male Division, Korosensei crushed Rentarou Satomi 1398-906, Shizuo Heiwajima cruised past Rito Yuuki 1195-985, Izayoi Sakamaki prevailed over Gilgamesh 1207-1123, Gintoku Sakata trounched Ikki Kurogane 1276-929, Edward Elric won a 1135-1107 nailbiter over Yato, Ryuunosuke Akasaka whipped past Yuuji Sakai 1296-973, Saitama punched Kousei Arima 1309-1031 and Saika Totsuka annihilated Adlet Mayer 1525-702.

In Divine Circlet action, Reina Kousaka scored both the closest victory of the round and the Upset of the Round with a 1224-1207 scalp of Miyuki Shiba, while Eriri Sawamura Spencer clobbered Ayumi Otosaka 1400-1097.

Match Day 5 of the 2016 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is scheduled for September 28, 2016. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

Don't Phunk With My Heart

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

(Yeah)

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

Girl, you know you got me, got me

With your pistol shot me, shot me

And I’m here helplessly

In love and nothing can stop me

You can’t stop me cause once I start it

Can’t return me cause once you bought it

I’m coming baby, don’t got it (don’t make me wait)

So let’s be about it

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

Baby, have some trustin’, trustin’

When I come in lustin’, lustin’

Cause I bring you that comfort

I ain’t only here cause I want ya body

I want your mind too

Interestin’s what I find you

And I’m interested in the long haul

Come on girl (yee-haw)

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

Girl, you had me, once you kissed me

My love for you is not iffy

I always want you with me

I’ll play Bobby and you’ll play Whitney

If you smoke, I’ll smoke too

That’s how much I’m in love with you

Crazy is what crazy do

Crazy in love, I’m a crazy fool

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

Why are you so insecure

When you got passion and love her

You always claimin’ I’m a cheater

Think I’d up and go leave ya

For another señorita

You forgot that I need ya

You must’ve caught amnesia

That’s why you don’t believe

Well, yeah, check it out.

Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, baby

Cause you know you got me by a string, baby

Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, baby

Cause you know you got me by a string, baby

Baby girl, you make me feel

You know you make me feel so real

I love you more than sex appeal

(Cause you’re)

That-tha, that tha, that-tha, that girl

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

That-tha, that tha, that-tha, that girl

No, no, no, no, don’t phunk with my heart

That-tha, that tha, that-tha, that girl

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

I wonder if I take you home

Would you still be in love, baby (in love, baby)

Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, baby

Cause you know you got me by a string, baby

Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, baby

Cause you know you got me by a string, baby…

Patrick Dangerfield: 2016 AFL Brownlow Medal Winner

GEELONG superstar Patrick Dangerfield has capped his glittering season with the most prestigious individual award of all, breaking records to win the 2016 Brownlow Medal.

Dangerfield polled a record 35 votes to win from Sydney Swans midfielder Luke Parker (26) and Richmond star Dustin Martin (25), breaking away in a thrilling finish at Crown Palladium.

The 26-year-old had a four-vote lead going into round 22 and he sealed the win with two votes against the Brisbane Lions, taking his total to an unassailable 32.

To underline the greatness of his season, he polled three votes in round 23 to finish on a record total, surpassing Collingwood winner Dane Swan's 34 votes from 2011.

His margin of nine votes was also a record dating back to 1977 when both field umpires awarded 3-2-1 votes. Gary Ablett's eight-vote win in 2009 was the previous highest.

Dangerfield also polled in 15 games to set a new mark and matched the record nine best on grounds set by 1994 winner Greg Williams and matched by Fremantle superstar Nat Fyfe last year.

Ineligible Adelaide star Rory Sloane polled 24 votes to finish fourth having sat as high as second after 20 rounds.

Favourite to win the award since round one, Dangerfield said the past three days had been an emotional rollercoaster after bowing out with unfinished business in a preliminary final.

Still bitter at that loss, the enormity of the Brownlow Medal only became clear to him Monday night when watching a tribute to late Cats great and 1989 winner Paul Couch.

"You think of the past players to win the medal and what it actually means," Dangerfield said.

"It didn't hit me until halfway through the night with the scenes of Paul Couch and the older Geelong players talking about him.

"My mind is racing now, as is my heart, so it's hard to articulate it properly, but it's something I'll look back on with great pride."

Dangerfield paid tribute to Adelaide, his football home for eight seasons, with former teammate Eddie Betts watching on during his press conference.

He said moving to Geelong in 2016 and playing alongside captain Joel Selwood had helped him become a better player.

"His will and desire to be better and to stand up in the big moments, I've learned so much from him and from so many other players at the club," he said.

"Moving back (to Geelong), all of a sudden there are no question marks around next season … it's home and it's home for good.

"All you have to worry about is footy and that life balance that I think is really important is easy to find and easy to achieve."

Parker was the early bolter, racing to the lead with 13 votes after six rounds and giving the assembled Swans at a function at the SCG reason to cheer.

Dangerfield hit the front for the first time in round seven, polling three votes to take his tally to 14, but consecutive voteless games saw Parker regain the lead on 15 votes in round nine as the pair jostled.

After round 11, Swans midfielder Dan Hannebery moved into equal second with Dangerfield on 14 votes, with the Geelong superstar going four straight matches without polling.

He was back on the board – and back in the lead – with three votes in round 12 for the best game of his season, amassing 48 possessions, 13 clearances, 11 inside 50s and two goals against North Melbourne.

Parker proved hard to shake, however, and the pair was tied on 20 votes at the end of the bye rounds in round 15, setting up a showdown in the last eight weeks of the season.

In other awards, Eddie Betts won Goal of the Year for the second straight season for his brilliant right-foot snap on the boundary against Greater Western Sydney in round 10.

North Melbourne's Majak Daw won Mark of the Year for his soaring grab against Collingwood in round 18, edging out Essendon forward Joe Daniher.

Geelong champion Jimmy Bartel took home the Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award for his work campaigning against domestic violence in 2016.

Top 10: 2016 Brownlow Medal

35 - Patrick Dangerfield (Geel)
26 - Luke Parker (Syd)
25 - Dustin Martin (Rich)
24* - Rory Sloane (Adel)
21 - Andrew Gaff (WCE)
21 - Dan Hannebery (Syd)
21 - Adam Treloar (Coll)
20 - Marcus Bontempelli (WB)
20 - Lachie Neale (Frem)
19 - Robbie Gray (PA)
19 - Zach Merrett (Ess)
19 - Nick Riewoldt (StK)

Patrick Dangerfield's stellar season

* First man since Gary Ablett Jr in 2009 to be voted as the game's best player by umpires, players and coaches
* Brownlow Medallist
* AFL Players Association MVP
* AFL Coaches Association Player of the Year
* Player of the Year: The Age, Herald Sun, ABC, SEN, 3AW, Channel Nine
* Nine three-vote games (R1 v Hawthorn, R3 v Brisbane, R6 v Gold Coast, R7 v Melbourne, R12 v North Melbourne, R13 v Western Bulldogs, R17 v Fremantle, R19 v Western Bulldogs, R23 v Melbourne)
* Averaged 32 disposals, five marks, five tackles and a goal each game
* Set new AFL record for most inside 50s (194) and tied record for most in a single game (16 in round 23 win over Melbourne)
* Most possessions in a single game this season (48 in round 12 win over North Melbourne)
* Second-most possessions this season (762) behind Daniel Hannebery
* Second-most contested possessions this season (388) behind Josh P. Kennedy
* Fourth-most clearances this season (159) behind leader Josh P. Kennedy

BoBA ISML 2016 Predictions: Emerald Match Day 4

ARENA 01: Takanashi Rikka [Shiro]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 02: Kasumigaoka Utaha [Konno Yūki]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 03: [Yukinoshita Yukino] Sakura Chiyo
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 04: Sengoku Nadeko [Kongō]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 05: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] Tachibana Marika
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 06: Kasugano Sora [Shimakaze]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 07: Tōsaka Rin [Katō Megumi]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 08: Nakamura Yuri [Yuzuriha Inori]
by <=1000
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 09: [Korosensei] Satomi Rentarō
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 10: Yūki Rito [Heiwajima Shizuo]
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 11: [Sakamaki Izayoi] Gilgamesh
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 12: [Sakata Gintoki] Kurogane Ikki
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 13: [Edward Elric] Yato
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 14: [Sakai Yūji] Akasaka Ryūnosuke
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 15: Arima Kōsei [Saitama]
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 16: [Adlet Mayer] Totsuka Saika
by >=600
Over/Under: 2700
Under

ARENA 17: [Shiba Miyuki] Kōsaka Reina
by >=400
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ARENA 18: [Sawamura Spencer Eriri] Otosaka Ayumi
by >=400
Over/Under: 2400
Over

ISML 2016: Emerald Round Robin Halfway Through

ISML 2016: Emerald Round Robin Halfway Through

By JR Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
September 24, 2016

Match Day 3 of the 2016 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is done and dusted. In the Female Division, Nanami Aoyama defeated Touka Yatogami 1524-1149, Yui-nyan won a barnburner over Kuroko Shirai 1397-1327, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Shinobu Oshino 1479-1250, Tomoyo Sakagami hammered Shirayuki 1487-969, Jibril prevailed over Yoshino 1440-1244, Shinka Nibutani whipped past Shinoa Hiiragi 1544-1101, Ayase Aragaki won the closest race of the round, a 1352-1321 thriller over Komachi Hikigaya and Yuudachi won a 1269-1215 nailbiter over Victorique de Blois.

In the Male Division, Souma Yukihira tore down Shidou Itsuka 1312-1059, L Lawliet rolled past Mochizou Ouji 1391-837, Yuzuru Otonashi defeated Shirou Emiya 1364-1140, Ichigo Kurosaki prevailed over Zen Wistalia 1007-952, Touma Kamijou broke Mikoto Mikoshiba 1452-1022, Kiritsugu Emiya dominated Tomoya Aki 1503-905, Sora slammed Sadao Maou 1566-874 and Yuuta Togashi leveled Kinji Touyama 1490-860.

In Divine Circlet action, Yui Hirasawa rolled past Origami Tobiichi 1451-1196 and in the Upset of the Round, Kotori Minami cruised past Kumiko Oumae 1323-1063.

Match Day 4 of the 2016 International Saimoe League Emerald Period is scheduled for September 26, 2016. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.