ISML 2011: Preliminaries begin wrapping up

ISML 2011: Preliminaries begin wrapping up


By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
March 28, 2011


The 2011 International Saimoe League Preliminaries are drawing to their conclusion. Match Day 13 of Preliminary action marked Match Day 1 of Phase III, where the field was dwindled down.

In Pool 1, Tsumugi Kotobuki earned the most voted with 4,627 votes. Others advancing include Kuroko Shirai with 4,321 votes, Merry Nightmare with 3,431 votes, Lala Satalin Deviluke with 3,014 votes and Hecate with 2,666 votes.

In Pool 2, Nagi Sanzen'in earned the most votes with 4,390. Others advancing to Match Day 14 include Haruna with 4,154 votes, Nozomi Kiriya with 3,367 votes, Misaki Ayuzawa with 2,753 votes and Yui Kotegawa with 2,594 votes.

Asami Iwasawa earned the most votes in Pool 3 with 4,236 votes. Others progressing to the next round include Ritsu Tainaka with 3,878 votes, Astraea with 3,421 votes, Chizuru Akaba with 3,313 votes and Ushio Okazaki with 3,081 votes.

C.C. dominated Pool 4, earning 4,401 votes. Others progressing to the next round include Minatsu Shiina with 3,519 votes, Mizuki Himeji with 3,300 votes, Madoka Kaname with 2,968 votes and Kazari Uiharu with 2,698 votes. Two others qualified to the next match day as wild cards: Saeko Busujima with 2,636 votes and Fumino Serizawa with 2,590 votes.

In Pool 5, Index Prohibitorum ruled the roost with 4,842 votes. Others moving on include Kotomi Ichinose with 4,344 votes, Ami Kawashima with 4,069 votes, Shinobu Oshino with 3,219 votes and Tsukasa Ayatsuji with 2,259 votes.

Laura Bodewig was the top vote-getter in Pool 6, with 4,321 votes. Others progressing include Elucia de Lute Irma with 4,140 votes, MIkan Yuuki with 3,373 votes, Rose with 2,877 votes and Rena Ryuuguu with 2,542 votes.

It's a combination of veterans that will move on from Pool 7. Leading the charge is Holo, who earned 4,574 votes. Others progressing include Illyasviel von Einzbern with 4,017 votes, Minori Kushieda with 3,658 votes, Nanoha Takamachi with 3,187 votes and Suigintou with 2,004 votes.

Ayase Aragaki earned the most voted in Pool 8 with 4,597 votes. Others going on to Match Day 14 include Shiina of Angel Beats with 4,212 votes, Fuuko Ibuki with 3,570 votes, Kaori Kanzaki with 2,948 votes and Shiki Ryogi with 2,213 votes.

Ui Hirasawa was on cruise control in Pool 9, earning 4,430 votes. Others progressing to the next match day include Ruiko Saten with 3,912 votes, Cecelia Alcott with 3,622 votes, Mio Isurugi with 2,980 votes and Shino Amakusa with 2,202 votes.

Shouko Kirishima got the most votes in Pool 10 with 4,174. Others progressing include Ika-Musume with 3,865 votes, Maria with 3,557 votes, Rika Furude with 2,690 votes and Kobato Hanato with 2,276 votes.

Ikaros was all business in Pool 11, earning the most votes with 4,215. Others progressing include Mato Kuroi with 4,215 votes, Tsukasa Hiiragi with 3,938 votes, Isumi Saginomiya with 2,822 votes and Hanyuu Furude with 2,326 votes.

Fate Testarossa will have to earn her place in the regular season the hard way. She took the first step towards doing so, earning the most votes in Pool 12 with 4,060 votes. Others progressing include Mafuyu Shiina with 4,038 votes, Homura Akemi with 3,650 votes, Shiori Shiomiya with 3,206 votes and Yuuno Arashiko with 2,162 votes.

In Pool 13, Konjiki no Yami earned the most votes with 4,374 votes. Others pregressing to the next day of preliminaries include Kurimu Sakurano with 4,142 votes, Mami Tomoe with 3,398 votes, Sakura Kinomoto with 3,066 votes and Asuka Langley Soryu with 2,178 votes.

Seraphim is hoping to join Eucliwood Hellscythe in the regular season after earning the most votes in Pool 14 with 4,373. Others moving on the the next round are Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere with 4,279 votes, Kanon Nakagawa with 3,152 votes, Ryoko Okami with 3,085 votes and Manami Tamura with 2,236 votes.

Match Day 14 of the 2011 International Saimoe League Preliminaries, Day 2 of Phase III, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA 2011 ISML Predictions: Preliminaries, Day 13

ARENA 01: [Merry Nightmare] Morishima Haruka Hecate Nessa [Kotobuki Tsumugi] Ayanami Rei [Shirai Kuroko] Lala Satalin Deviluke
Over/Under: 15000
Under

ARENA 02: Kotegawa Yui [Kiriya Nozomi] [Sanzen'in Nagi] [Haruna] Stocking Ayuzawa Misaki Tsukuyomi Komoe Suiseiseki
Over/Under: 14000
Over

ARENA 03: Shinku [Iwasawa Asami] Yagami Hayate [Tainaka Ritsu] Akaba Chizuru Okazaki Ushio [Astraea] Nino
Over/Under: 16000
Over

ARENA 04: [Himeji Mizuki] [Shiina Minatsu] [C.C.] Uiharu Kazari Serizawa Fumino Kaname Madoka Busujima Saeko Yamamoto Nanako
Over/Under: 17000
Under

ARENA 05: Kuronuma Sawako [Ichinose Kotomi] [Index L. Prohibitorum] Kataoka Yūki Kawashima Ami [Oshino Shinobu] Ayatsuji Tsukasa Mōri Ran
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 06: [Elucia de Lute Irma] [Laura Bodewig] Rose Yūki Mikan Nanasaki Ai Sōseiseki Ryūgū Rena [Yuno]
Over/Under: 18500
Under

ARENA 07: [Holo] [Illyasviel von Einzbern] [Takamachi Nanoha] Suigintō Amae Koromo Lucy Heartfilia Kushieda Minori Oikawa Tsurara
Over/Under: 19000
Under

ARENA 08: Segawa Izumi Chrome Dokuro Ryōgi Shiki Ibuki Fūko [Aragaki Ayase] [Shiina] Yamada Aoi [Kanzaki Kaori]
Over/Under: 18000
Under

ARENA 09: [Nishizawa Ayumu] Saten Ruiko Yin Taneshima Poplar Amakusa Shino Isurugi Mio [Hirasawa Ui] [Cecilia Alcott]
Over/Under: 18000
Over

ARENA 10: Itsuwa Amatsume Akira [Ika-Musume] [Furude Rika] [Maria] Kirishima Shōko Haramura Nodoka Hanato Kobato
Over/Under: 16500
Over

ARENA 11: Saginomiya Isumi Furude Hanyū [Kuroi Mato] Sendō Erika [Ikaros] Amano Tōko Inami Mahiru [Hiiragi Tsukasa]
Over/Under: 17500
Under

ARENA 12: [Fate Testarossa] Shiomiya Shiori Yūno Arashiko [Akemi Homura] [Shiina Mafuyu] Erza Scarlet Alice Haibara Ai
Over/Under: 16000
Under

ARENA 13: Tomoe Mami Sonohara Anri Hoshina Utau Enma Ai [Kinomoto Sakura] [Konjiki no Yami] [Sakurano Kurimu] Sōryū Asuka Langley
Over/Under: 13500
Over

ARENA 14: [Seraphim] Celty Sturluson Kamio Misuzu [Nakagawa Kanon] Ōkami Ryōko Hinamori Amu Tamura Manami [Louise Vallière]
Over/Under: 15000
Over

BoBA 2011 ISML Tiara Odds, March 26, 2011

BoBA 2011 ISML Tiara Odds
As of 2:25 AM PDT, March 26, 2011


Mio Akiyama EVEN
Mikoto Misaka 2-1
Shana 3-1
Kanade Tachibana 7-2
Hinagiku Katsura 4-1
Eucliwood Hellscythe  5-1
Kirino Kousaka 6-1
Yui 13-2
Azusa Nakano 7-1
Yuri Nakamura 15-2
Yuki Nagato 8-1
Charlotte Dunois 9-1
Houki Shinonono 10-1
Taiga Aisaka 11-1
Haruhi Suzumiya 12-1
Victorique De Blois 15-1
Mikuru Asahina 17-1
Tomoyo Sakagami 18-1
Kagami Hiiragi 20-1
Ruri Gokou 25-1
Yui Hirasawa 26-1
Kyou Fujibayashi 30-1
Nagisa Furukawa 31-1
Konata Izumi 35-1
Huang Lingyin 36-1
Nadeko Sengoku 41-1
Hitagi Senjougahara 45-1
Sora Kasugano 50-1
Saber 60-1
Rin Tosaka 60-1
Nymph 75-1
Last Order 100-1

ISML 2011: The next 16...

ISML 2011: Six new faces enter the fold

ISML 2011: Six new faces enter the fold


By JR Salazar (Bongaboi)
March 25, 2011

It was a party atmosphere at Tokyo's Infinite Stratos school. The drinks were flowing, and the singing was rampant as they celebrated the entry of three of its top students into the International Saimoe League.

Houki Shinonono upset Ikaros by the tune of 3,592-3,558 to win Bracket C, Huang Lingyin stunned Kurimu Sakurano 3,698-3,469 to win Bracket F and Charlotte Dunois lynched Ayase Aragaki in Bracket D 4,554-2,888.

"We wouldn't have made it to this grand occasion without your support," Shinonono said to the student body at the IS Battle Arena, which was converted into a rally stage. "You made it possible. We will do our best not to disappoint you."
"I am excited to be a part of the International Saimoe League," Huang said joyously. "I look forward to the challenge of battling the world's best women. And hopefully I will come out on top to win the Tiara!"
"A huge merci beaucoup must go out to our man, Ichika Orimura," Dunois added. "He stumped us, Laura Bodewig, and Cecilia Alcott to make it. Three out of five isn't too bad, but hopefully in face three, all five of us will be here."
"These are some of the finest girls you will ever meet anywhere," Orimura said with pride. "Let's wish them well, for they are representing our school and the pride of Infinite Stratos!" They were met with a raucous roar of approval.

In another part of town, Yuri Nakamura was celebrating her 4,624-2,978 victory over KOnjiki no Yami to win Bracket H.

"At least this time I'm not facing Haruhi," Nakamura said at the rally, her fiancee Noda next to her. "Funny how this bracket has the same initial as the person who pipped me in Phase I. What goes around comes around, I guess."

Another new face that will be joining the ranks is Sora Kasugano, who defeated Ui Hirasawa 3,836-3,790 to win Bracket G.

"The International Saimoe League is my one opportunity to free myself from the bonds of everyday society that bind me," Kasugano said at a press conference. "This is my chance to prove my worth. Though I may be weak and frail, spiritually and faithfully I am strong like steel, albeit lazy. I will do all I can to take advantage of this tournament, and I believe I might be able to surprise a veteran or two."

Finally, the other new entrant coming in is the younger version of Mikoto Misaka, Last Order, who bounced Asami Iwasawa 4,245-3,489 to win Bracket B.

"Misaka Misaka thought Misaka Misaka was going to have a chance to take part in this tournament, but the fact that Misaka Misaka is able to be in this year's ISML is a dream come true," Last Order said jovially, Accelerator, Mikoto Misaka and Touma Kamijou by her side. "Watch out, world; here comes Last Order!"

Otherwise, the veterans were coming back. In Bracket A, Rin Tosaka dumped Elucia de Lute Irma 3,797-3,653, Nymph shut down Ika-Musume 3,792-3,305 in Bracket E, Yui Hirasawa clobbered Index L. Prohibitorum 4,370-3,378, Mikuru Asahina defeated Tsumugi Kotobuki 3,936-3,632 to win Bracket J, Tomoyo Sakagami shut the door on Nagi Sanzen'in 4,069-3,419 to Win Bracket K, Saber whipped past C.C. 3,973-3,308 to win Bracket L, Kyou Fujibayashi prevailed over Holo 3,819-3,655 to win Bracket M, Nagisa Furukawa edged Seraphim 3,782-3,732 to win Bracket N, Hitagi Senjougahara rumbled past Louise Francoise Le Blanc De La Valliere 4,242-3,201 to win Bracket O and Nadeko Sengoku defeated Mafuyu Shiina 4,146-3,144 to win Bracket P.

Only 18 spots remain up for grabs. Who will get it? Preliminaries Match Day 13 and Match Day 1 of Phase III of the 2011 International Saimoe League preliminaries is scheduled for Sunday, Match 27, 2011. Vote for your favorite candidates online at internationalsaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

ISML 2011: Results, Preliminaries Match Day 12

For now, we will show you the maps and charts for the results. Stay tuned for the write-up!