ARENA 01: [Kurousagi] Tobiichi Origami by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 02: [Yatogami Tōka] Yaya by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 03: Sonoda Umi [Sakura Chiyo] by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 04: Aihara Enju [Yukinoshita Yukino] by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 05: Jibril [Kirisaki Chitoge] by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 06: [Nishikino Maki] Yazawa Nico by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 07: [Onodera Kosaki] Ayase Eli by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 08: [Yuigahama Yui] Tina Sprout by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 09: Shichimiya Satone [Kuriyama Mirai] by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 10: [Shiba Miyuki] Akame by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 11: [Tokisaki Kurumi] Konno Yūki by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 12: [Shokuhō Misaki] Himeragi Yukina by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 13: Azuki Azusa [Shiro] by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 14: [Asada Shino] Miyazono Kaori by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 15: [Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko] Stephanie Dola by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 16: Latifa Fleuranza [Tachibana Marika] by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 17: Terminus Est [Minami Kotori] by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 18: [Sento Isuzu] Yoshino by <=1500
Over/Under: 5000
Over
ARENA 19: [Momo Belia Deviluke] Suzumiya Haruhi by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 20: [Itsuka Kotori] Kōsaka Kirino by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 21: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Hasegawa Kobato by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 22: [Illyasviel von Einzbern] C.C. by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 23: [Nakano Azusa] Holo by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 24: Yui-nyan [Aragaki Ayase] by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 25: Sengoku Nadeko [Tōsaka Rin] by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 26: Oshino Shinobu [Aisaka Taiga] by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 27: [Kuroyukihime] Nibutani Shinka by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 28: Hirasawa Yui [Shana] by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 29: Nagato Yuki [Aoyama Nanami] by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 30: [Yūki Asuna] Charlotte Dunois by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 31: [Yuzuriha Inori] Takanashi Rikka by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 32: [Chitanda Eru] Konjiki no Yami by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 33: [Makise Kurisu] Kashiwazaki Sena by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 34: Nyarlathotep [Shiina Mashiro] by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 35: [Nakamura Yuri] Yūki Mikan by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 36: [Saber] Senjōgahara Hitagi by <=1500
Over/Under: 6000
Under
ARENA 37: [Kyon] Mikoshiba Mikoto by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 38: [Hikigaya Hachiman] Okazaki Tomoya by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 39: [Sakata Gintoki] Yato by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 40: Itsuka Shidō [Edward Elric] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 41: Kanie Seiya [Akasaka Ryūnosuke] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 42: Aikawa Ayumu [Gilgamesh] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 43: [Okabe Rintarō] Nozaki Umetarō by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 44: [Maō Sadao] Emiya Kiritsugu by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 45: [Archer] Emiya Shirō by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 46: Satomi Rentarō [Accelerator] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 47: [Kanda Sorata] Ichijō Raku by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 48: Orihara Izaya [Kamijō Tōma] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 49: Togashi Yūta [Sora] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 50: [Araragi Koyomi] Shiba Tatsuya by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 51: Levi [Sakamaki Izayoi] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 52: Kaneki Ken [Katsuragi Keima] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 53: Heiwajima Shizuo [Otonashi Yuzuru] by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 54: [Takasu Ryūji] L Lawliet by <=1000
Over/Under: 5500
Under
ARENA 55: [Annie Leonhart] Diane by <=1000
Over/Under: 5000
Under
ARENA 56: [Near] Akise Aru by <=1000
Over/Under: 5000
Under
ISML 2015: A new season starts
ISML 2015: A new season starts
By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
June 9, 2015
Match Day 1 of the 2015 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period concluded, and there were a few upsets but more of the expected winners got the job done. In the Nova Division, Mirai Kuriyama defeated Kotori Minami 2880-2611, Kurousagi routed Terminus Est 3070-2011, Maki Nishikino edged Latifa Fleuranza 2846-2630, Kosaki Onodera leveled Nico Yazawa 3559-2139, Chiyo Sakura throttled Yana 3498-2284 and Jibril slammed Miyuki Shiba 3567-2182.
Stephanie Dola defeated Yuuki Konno 3219-2509, Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi romped past Umi Sonoda 3337-2231, Chitoge Kirisaki annihilated Enju Aihara 3143-2398, Marika Tachibana prevailed over Misaki Shokuhou 2904-2664, Yukino Yukinoshita crushed Origami Tobiichi 3847-1805 and Yoshino silenced Azusa Azuki 3308-2245.
Wrapping up Nova action, Eli Ayase fell to Isuzu Sento 3543-1998, Kurumi Tokisaki pummeled Tina Sprout 3687-2022, Yui Yuigahama belted Satone Shichimiya 3630-2029, Touka Yatogami dismantled Yukina Himeragi 3125-2215, Shino Asada stomped on Akame 3216-2436 and Shiro overpowered Kaori Miyazono 3841-2027.
In the Stella Division, Taiga Aisaka roared past Konjiki no Yami 3279-2383, Illyasviel von Einzbern hammered Yui Hirasawa 3546-2309, Azusa Nakano romped past C.C. 3430-2351, Asuna Yuuna slashed past Sena Kashiwazaki 3430-2304, Shinobu Oshino defeated Yuki Nagato 3986-2635 and Rin Tousaka thumped Holo 3530-2176.
Inori Yuzuriha prevailed over Hitagi Senjougahara 2875-2679, Eri Chitanda scored the upset of the round over Shinka Nibutani 3252-2457, Kurisu Makise stunned Nyarlathotep 3224-2351, Ayase Aragaki crushed Kirino Kousaka 3415-1839, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Nadeko Sengoku 3391-2082 and Saber stormed past Haruhi Suzumiya 3541-2375.
Wrapping up Stella action, defending champion Kotori Itsuka routed Kobato Hasegawa 3310-2220, Shana torched past Charlotte Dunois 3237-2150, Mashiro Shiina obliterated Yui-nyan 3765-2095, Rikka Takanashi took down Mikan Yuuki 3172-2506, Kuroyukihime flew past Yuri Nakamura 3168-2585 and Nanami Aoyama rolled past Momo Velia Deviluke 3113-2441.
In Male Division action, Koyomi Araragi knocked down Levi 3062-2262, Hachima Hikigaya crushed Yuzuru Otonashi 3480-2022, Yuuta Togashi edged Shirou Emiya 2745-2556, Sora bombarded Ryuuji Takasu 3496-2040, Accelerator derailed Keima Katsuragi 3169-2195 and GIntoki Sakata defeated Ryuunosuke AKasaka 2828-2365.
Gilgamesh slashed past Izaya Orihara 2744-2211, Sorata Kanda defeated L Lawliet 2823-2430, Edward Elric trounced Ken Kaneki 3237-1899, Rintarou Okabe defeated Mikoto MIkoshiba 2771-2383, Kiritsugu Emiya outdueled Yato 2700-2389 and Tatsuya Shiba prevailed over Shidou Itsuka 2723-2216.
Wrapping up Male Division action, Umetarou Nozaki defeated Raku Ichijou 2584-2491, Izayoi Sakamaki took down Seiya Kanie 2623-2283, Sadao Mao won the closest match of the day: a 2412-2378 thriller over Ayumu AIkawa, Kyon took down Shizuo Heiwajima 2802-2300, Tomoya Okazaki defeated Rentarou Satomi 2645-2482 and Archer prevailed over Touma Kamijou 2731-2642.
In exhibition action, Kaname Isaki defeated Ryouta Watari 2270-1729 and Natsuki Minamiya crushed Utage Douraku 2859-1547.
Match Day 2 of the 2015 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period is scheduled for June 9, 2015. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.
By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
June 9, 2015
Match Day 1 of the 2015 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period concluded, and there were a few upsets but more of the expected winners got the job done. In the Nova Division, Mirai Kuriyama defeated Kotori Minami 2880-2611, Kurousagi routed Terminus Est 3070-2011, Maki Nishikino edged Latifa Fleuranza 2846-2630, Kosaki Onodera leveled Nico Yazawa 3559-2139, Chiyo Sakura throttled Yana 3498-2284 and Jibril slammed Miyuki Shiba 3567-2182.
Stephanie Dola defeated Yuuki Konno 3219-2509, Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi romped past Umi Sonoda 3337-2231, Chitoge Kirisaki annihilated Enju Aihara 3143-2398, Marika Tachibana prevailed over Misaki Shokuhou 2904-2664, Yukino Yukinoshita crushed Origami Tobiichi 3847-1805 and Yoshino silenced Azusa Azuki 3308-2245.
Wrapping up Nova action, Eli Ayase fell to Isuzu Sento 3543-1998, Kurumi Tokisaki pummeled Tina Sprout 3687-2022, Yui Yuigahama belted Satone Shichimiya 3630-2029, Touka Yatogami dismantled Yukina Himeragi 3125-2215, Shino Asada stomped on Akame 3216-2436 and Shiro overpowered Kaori Miyazono 3841-2027.
In the Stella Division, Taiga Aisaka roared past Konjiki no Yami 3279-2383, Illyasviel von Einzbern hammered Yui Hirasawa 3546-2309, Azusa Nakano romped past C.C. 3430-2351, Asuna Yuuna slashed past Sena Kashiwazaki 3430-2304, Shinobu Oshino defeated Yuki Nagato 3986-2635 and Rin Tousaka thumped Holo 3530-2176.
Inori Yuzuriha prevailed over Hitagi Senjougahara 2875-2679, Eri Chitanda scored the upset of the round over Shinka Nibutani 3252-2457, Kurisu Makise stunned Nyarlathotep 3224-2351, Ayase Aragaki crushed Kirino Kousaka 3415-1839, Eucliwood Hellscythe silenced Nadeko Sengoku 3391-2082 and Saber stormed past Haruhi Suzumiya 3541-2375.
Wrapping up Stella action, defending champion Kotori Itsuka routed Kobato Hasegawa 3310-2220, Shana torched past Charlotte Dunois 3237-2150, Mashiro Shiina obliterated Yui-nyan 3765-2095, Rikka Takanashi took down Mikan Yuuki 3172-2506, Kuroyukihime flew past Yuri Nakamura 3168-2585 and Nanami Aoyama rolled past Momo Velia Deviluke 3113-2441.
In Male Division action, Koyomi Araragi knocked down Levi 3062-2262, Hachima Hikigaya crushed Yuzuru Otonashi 3480-2022, Yuuta Togashi edged Shirou Emiya 2745-2556, Sora bombarded Ryuuji Takasu 3496-2040, Accelerator derailed Keima Katsuragi 3169-2195 and GIntoki Sakata defeated Ryuunosuke AKasaka 2828-2365.
Gilgamesh slashed past Izaya Orihara 2744-2211, Sorata Kanda defeated L Lawliet 2823-2430, Edward Elric trounced Ken Kaneki 3237-1899, Rintarou Okabe defeated Mikoto MIkoshiba 2771-2383, Kiritsugu Emiya outdueled Yato 2700-2389 and Tatsuya Shiba prevailed over Shidou Itsuka 2723-2216.
Wrapping up Male Division action, Umetarou Nozaki defeated Raku Ichijou 2584-2491, Izayoi Sakamaki took down Seiya Kanie 2623-2283, Sadao Mao won the closest match of the day: a 2412-2378 thriller over Ayumu AIkawa, Kyon took down Shizuo Heiwajima 2802-2300, Tomoya Okazaki defeated Rentarou Satomi 2645-2482 and Archer prevailed over Touma Kamijou 2731-2642.
In exhibition action, Kaname Isaki defeated Ryouta Watari 2270-1729 and Natsuki Minamiya crushed Utage Douraku 2859-1547.
Match Day 2 of the 2015 International Saimoe League Aquamarine Period is scheduled for June 9, 2015. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.
The Bedlam Is Turning 10 This Thursday.
Hey, just wanted to let you know that the Bedlam on Baltic Avenue, a.k.a. the World according to Jo-Ryan Salazar, will be turning 10 years old this Thursday. That's right, this marks the 10th anniversary of this blog, which originally started out as a tribute blog to Arina Tanemura, a well-known manga artist known for works such as Full Moon wo Sagashite and Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne. Then it spurned off and evolved into a blog that covered all things Saimoe, as well as sports. It's a transformation that highlights 10 years of my life, from college onward.
I am mulling changing my banner to commemorate this anniversary but I would need to know what I want to use, or whether or not I should go with something Arina-like to commemorate this important occasion. This has been a great ride, really. So I am going to make Version 128 a good one because 10 years is a pretty long time.
I am mulling changing my banner to commemorate this anniversary but I would need to know what I want to use, or whether or not I should go with something Arina-like to commemorate this important occasion. This has been a great ride, really. So I am going to make Version 128 a good one because 10 years is a pretty long time.
BoBA ISML 2015 Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 1
Let's do this. It's time.
ARENA 01: [Kuriyama Mirai] Minami Kotori by >=500
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 02: [Kurousagi] Terminus Est by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 03: [Nishikino Maki] Latifa Fleuranza by >=500
Over/Under: 8500
Over
ARENA 04: Yazawa Nico [Onodera Kosaki] by >=600
Over/Under: 8500
Over
ARENA 05: [Sakura Chiyo] Yaya by >=1500
Over/Under: 8650
Over
ARENA 06: Shiba Miyuki [Jibril] by <=1600
Over/Under: 8950
Under
ARENA 07: Konno Yūki [Stephanie Dola] by >=400
Over/Under: 8860
Under
ARENA 08: [Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko] Sonoda Umi by >=700
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 09: Aihara Enju [Kirisaki Chitoge] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 10: Shokuhō Misaki [Tachibana Marika] by <=800
Over/Under: 8970
Under
ARENA 11: Tobiichi Origami [Yukinoshita Yukino] by >=600
Over/Under: 8990
Under
ARENA 12: Azuki Azusa [Yoshino] by >=800
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 13: [Ayase Eli] Sento Isuzu by <=600
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 14: [Tokisaki Kurumi] Tina Sprout by >=1600
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 15: [Yuigahama Yui] Shichimiya Satone by >=1300
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 16: [Yatogami Tōka] Himeragi Yukina by >=1800
Over/Under: 9100
Under
ARENA 17: Akame [Asada Shino] by >=1200
Over/Under: 8750
Under
ARENA 18: [Shiro] Miyazono Kaori by >=2000
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 19: [Aisaka Taiga] Konjiki no Yami by >=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 20: Hirasawa Yui [Illyasviel von Einzbern] by <=500
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 21: [Nakano Azusa] C.C. by >=1200
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 22: [Yūki Asuna] Kashiwazaki Sena by >=1300
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 23: [Oshino Shinobu] Nagato Yuki by <=1000
Over/Under: 8750
Under
ARENA 24: Holo [Tōsaka Rin] by >=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 25: [Yuzuriha Inori] Senjōgahara Hitagi by >=1500
Over/Under: 8900
Over
ARENA 26: [Nibutani Shinka] Chitanda Eru by >=1100
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 27: Makise Kurisu [Nyarlathotep] by <=600
Over/Under: 8700
Under
ARENA 28: Kōsaka Kirino [Aragaki Ayase] by >=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 29: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Sengoku Nadeko by >=2500
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 30: [Saber] Suzumiya Haruhi by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 31: Hasegawa Kobato [Itsuka Kotori] by >=1300
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 32: Charlotte Dunois [Shana] by >=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 33: [Shiina Mashiro] Yui-nyan by >=1000
Over/Under: 8900
Over
ARENA 34: Yūki Mikan [Takanashi Rikka] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 35: [Kuroyukihime] Nakamura Yuri by >=700
Over/Under: 8500
Over
ARENA 36: Momo Belia Deviluke [Aoyama Nanami] by >=800
Over/Under: 8900
Under
ARENA 37: Levi [Araragi Koyomi] by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 38: [Hikigaya Hachiman] Otonashi Yuzuru by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 39: [Emiya Shirō] Togashi Yūta by <=600
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 40: [Sora] Takasu Ryūji by <=1200
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 41: Katsuragi Keima [Accelerator] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 42: [Sakata Gintoki] Akasaka Ryūnosuke by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 43: [Gilgamesh] Orihara Izaya by <=1000
Over/Under: 8800
Under
ARENA 44: L Lawliet [Kanda Sorata] by >=300
Over/Under: 8700
Under
ARENA 45: Kaneki Ken [Edward Elric] by >=400
Over/Under; 8600
Under
ARENA 46: [Mikoshiba Mikoto] Okabe Rintarō by >=300
Over/Under: 8800
Under
ARENA 47: [Emiya Kiritsugu] Yato by <=700
Over/Under: 8700
Under
ARENA 48: Itsuka Shidō [Shiba Tatsuya] by >=200
Over/Under: 8650
Over
ARENA 49: [Nozaki Umetarō] Ichijō Raku by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 50: Sakamaki Izayoi [Kanie Seiya] by >=1200
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 51: [Maō Sadao] Aikawa Ayumu by >=1300
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 52: [Kyon] Heiwajima Shizuo by <=800
Over/Under: 8800
Under
ARENA 53: [Okazaki Tomoya] Satomi Rentarō by >=400
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 54: Archer [Kamijō Tōma] by <=600
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 55: Watari Ryōta [Isaki Kaname] by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Under
ARENA 56: Dōraku Utage [Minamiya Natsuki] by >=2000
Over/Under: 8000
Under
ARENA 01: [Kuriyama Mirai] Minami Kotori by >=500
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 02: [Kurousagi] Terminus Est by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 03: [Nishikino Maki] Latifa Fleuranza by >=500
Over/Under: 8500
Over
ARENA 04: Yazawa Nico [Onodera Kosaki] by >=600
Over/Under: 8500
Over
ARENA 05: [Sakura Chiyo] Yaya by >=1500
Over/Under: 8650
Over
ARENA 06: Shiba Miyuki [Jibril] by <=1600
Over/Under: 8950
Under
ARENA 07: Konno Yūki [Stephanie Dola] by >=400
Over/Under: 8860
Under
ARENA 08: [Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko] Sonoda Umi by >=700
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 09: Aihara Enju [Kirisaki Chitoge] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 10: Shokuhō Misaki [Tachibana Marika] by <=800
Over/Under: 8970
Under
ARENA 11: Tobiichi Origami [Yukinoshita Yukino] by >=600
Over/Under: 8990
Under
ARENA 12: Azuki Azusa [Yoshino] by >=800
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 13: [Ayase Eli] Sento Isuzu by <=600
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 14: [Tokisaki Kurumi] Tina Sprout by >=1600
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 15: [Yuigahama Yui] Shichimiya Satone by >=1300
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 16: [Yatogami Tōka] Himeragi Yukina by >=1800
Over/Under: 9100
Under
ARENA 17: Akame [Asada Shino] by >=1200
Over/Under: 8750
Under
ARENA 18: [Shiro] Miyazono Kaori by >=2000
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 19: [Aisaka Taiga] Konjiki no Yami by >=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 20: Hirasawa Yui [Illyasviel von Einzbern] by <=500
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 21: [Nakano Azusa] C.C. by >=1200
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 22: [Yūki Asuna] Kashiwazaki Sena by >=1300
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 23: [Oshino Shinobu] Nagato Yuki by <=1000
Over/Under: 8750
Under
ARENA 24: Holo [Tōsaka Rin] by >=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 25: [Yuzuriha Inori] Senjōgahara Hitagi by >=1500
Over/Under: 8900
Over
ARENA 26: [Nibutani Shinka] Chitanda Eru by >=1100
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 27: Makise Kurisu [Nyarlathotep] by <=600
Over/Under: 8700
Under
ARENA 28: Kōsaka Kirino [Aragaki Ayase] by >=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Over
ARENA 29: [Eucliwood Hellscythe] Sengoku Nadeko by >=2500
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 30: [Saber] Suzumiya Haruhi by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 31: Hasegawa Kobato [Itsuka Kotori] by >=1300
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 32: Charlotte Dunois [Shana] by >=1200
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 33: [Shiina Mashiro] Yui-nyan by >=1000
Over/Under: 8900
Over
ARENA 34: Yūki Mikan [Takanashi Rikka] by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 35: [Kuroyukihime] Nakamura Yuri by >=700
Over/Under: 8500
Over
ARENA 36: Momo Belia Deviluke [Aoyama Nanami] by >=800
Over/Under: 8900
Under
ARENA 37: Levi [Araragi Koyomi] by <=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 38: [Hikigaya Hachiman] Otonashi Yuzuru by >=1000
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 39: [Emiya Shirō] Togashi Yūta by <=600
Over/Under: 9000
Under
ARENA 40: [Sora] Takasu Ryūji by <=1200
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 41: Katsuragi Keima [Accelerator] by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 42: [Sakata Gintoki] Akasaka Ryūnosuke by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 43: [Gilgamesh] Orihara Izaya by <=1000
Over/Under: 8800
Under
ARENA 44: L Lawliet [Kanda Sorata] by >=300
Over/Under: 8700
Under
ARENA 45: Kaneki Ken [Edward Elric] by >=400
Over/Under; 8600
Under
ARENA 46: [Mikoshiba Mikoto] Okabe Rintarō by >=300
Over/Under: 8800
Under
ARENA 47: [Emiya Kiritsugu] Yato by <=700
Over/Under: 8700
Under
ARENA 48: Itsuka Shidō [Shiba Tatsuya] by >=200
Over/Under: 8650
Over
ARENA 49: [Nozaki Umetarō] Ichijō Raku by >=1000
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 50: Sakamaki Izayoi [Kanie Seiya] by >=1200
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 51: [Maō Sadao] Aikawa Ayumu by >=1300
Over/Under: 8700
Over
ARENA 52: [Kyon] Heiwajima Shizuo by <=800
Over/Under: 8800
Under
ARENA 53: [Okazaki Tomoya] Satomi Rentarō by >=400
Over/Under: 8600
Over
ARENA 54: Archer [Kamijō Tōma] by <=600
Over/Under: 8800
Over
ARENA 55: Watari Ryōta [Isaki Kaname] by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Under
ARENA 56: Dōraku Utage [Minamiya Natsuki] by >=2000
Over/Under: 8000
Under
FC Barcelona: 2014-15 UEFA Champions League Champions
Throughout his illustrious career, Piqué could count himself fortunate enough to play in two previous European Cup finals, a European Championship final and a FIFA World Cup final, amongst others. He knew how to handle the pressure, to manage his nerves and channel any slight anxiety he felt into a positive performance for his team. But still, there was something about today that felt different…although up until now, he hadn’t quite been able to put his finger on it.
Then, as he sat down on the bench, deep in the bowels of the Olympiastadion in the Barça dressing room, Gerard leaned back and it was then, with a cigar in his mouth as he posed for a photo with his friend Gabri, the long-serving kitman that it hit him. Suddenly, he understood perfectly just what was so different about today, about this game that had been bothering him earlier…
Tonight wasn’t just about winning a singular, isolated match; no, this had been about something more. A greater cause, a higher purpose: the chance to truly rewrite history and achieve perfection.
By beating the Serie A champions, Juventus FC in Berlin, FC Barcelona would become the first club to ever record two separate treble-winning campaigns, and as such, there was an accompanying level of pressure following the Blaugrana in their trip to the German capital. After closing out the La Liga season in style and emphatically defeating Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final, Barça were heavy favourites to lift the trophy tonight and while there were wobbles along the way, they lived up to that status and perhaps even exceeded their billing.
Recovering from a shaky opening couple of minutes, Barcelona wasted no time in demonstrating their offensive prowess and putting the Bianconeri to the sword. Lionel Messi was integral in the game’s opening goal, but in truth, it was a real team effort. Messi’s cross-field pass was expertly cushioned back to Neymar by the overlapping Catalan full-back, Jordi Alba and even if the Brazilian’s first touch was uncharacteristically lacking, he kept his composure to maintain the pressure and save the attack.
With a shimmy of the hips and a swerve of his slender frame, Neymar juked past one Juventus defender with relative ease to create enough space for another pass: this time to find the ghosting run of Barcelona’s pale-faced midfield assassin, Andres Iniesta.
Andres himself is no stranger to the spotlight, nor is he a newcomer to this grand stage; yet even so, the subtle genius and sheer ruthlessness in his play was staggering. Rather than chance his arm with a shot of his own, Iniesta was selfless, shirking the responsibility on to his Croatian midfield partner, Ivan Rakitic. Simplistic and ruinous, Iniesta’s simple pass across handed Rakitic a simple tap-in; after just four minutes, FC Barcelona were ahead.
And it was from there that they threatened to run riot on their seemingly helpless opposition. For a period it appeared as though every attack, every pass in the final third could lead to a goal – and that just about anyone on the Barcelona side was capable of doing the damage. Nominal right-back, Dani Alves came closest to doubling the advantage but his powerful and well-placed effort was matched by a spectacular, game-saving piece of heroics from Gianluigi Buffon.
Wave after wave of attack was keeping the Juve midfield penned into their own defensive third and while the Italians survived that onslaught to launch a retaliatory spell of pressure, the first-half ended on a similar note: with a barrage of Barça attacks. Suarez was next to be denied by Buffon’s stupendous performance and at the interval, the world was in awe of the Barcelona juggernaut.
However, with just a single goal to their name, Barcelona’s lead was fragile and their position precarious. Try as they might to grab that all-important second goal, they faced spirited resistance, again from Buffon but also from his defence – Suarez was denied once more, but Messi also missed the target with a chance of his own.
And all it took was one mistake, one defensive breakdown and Juventus were level.
Dani Alves’ clearance was rushed and Neymar’s attempt to salvage the situation and retrieve the ball was futile; Juventus had won it back, in space with time to assess their options and attack the Barcelona backline. Even so, it took a moment of magic from Claudio Marchisio, arguably their best midfield performer on the night, to unlock the Barça defence. A cute back-heel unleashed Stephan Lichtsteiner and his subsequent cutback found Carlos Tevez in space for a shot on goal.
Under pressure from Piqué, Tevez’ effort was well-saved by Marc-Andre ter Stegen but the rebound was kind to Max Allegri’s side, as the ball ricocheted to the left – into the grateful path of Alvaro Morata who applied the finish.
A former product of La Fabrica with a dagger to the heart of Barcelona’s Champions League dream. It could have been poetic; alas, the Blaugrana were not to be denied…
***
For Luis Enrique, you can forget about today. For him, it had been a long season – albeit one that had threatened to end quite prematurely. In January, he had taken the decision to leave Lionel Messi and Neymar out of the starting line-up against Real Sociedad following their extended periods of absence over the winter break. At the time, he was certain that it was the right decision; by the time that night was over, he feared for his job.
Against all the odds, an under-performing Real Sociedad outfit coached by David Moyes had defeated his Barcelona by a solitary goal and the pressure was starting to tell. There were disagreements in the dressing room, on the training ground and stories began to surface in the media. All those changes he had enforced, all the hard work he had put in since his appointment in May…it seemed as though they would count for nothing. Luis thought for sure that he was on the way out of the Camp Nou.
But the board, preoccupied with their own internal strife, handed him the vote of confidence – a stay of execution. His long-term future was not certain by any means, but for now, Enrique remained in his role as Barcelona head coach.
In some respects, he was thankful for the opportunity. In others, he was tired of the pressure and tired of the criticism; in his eyes at least, he wasn’t doing anything wrong. Rather, it was the players who couldn’t see the bigger picture.
The solution was simple; desperate to succeed on his terms, he merely changed the delivery. The underlying principles remained the same, but he adapted his style to suit the dressing room, to soothe the egos and manage the squad as a whole. Rotation remained pivotal to all this but he knew how to package it, and crucially, he learnt from the players when it was required.
At the time, the Sociedad defeat seemed like a curse, destined to tarnish his reign in charge of his former club, but it was now as he felt a sense of pure jubilation, having been thrown in the air by the very players he had won over that Luis Enrique realised the truth…
He had been right all along.
With Juventus back on level terms, the match was now on a completely different path. While it had previously seemed as though the Blaugrana were coasting to victory and their second treble in six years, now it was Juve who were in the ascendency and taking the game by the throat. Morata, again, Tevez and Paul Pogba went close; though never did Barcelona waver.
They sat back, took the punches and responded in kind with a flurry of their own. It was about Round 8 of 12 in this heavyweight slugfest and the Blaugrana, weary though they might have been, turned the tables through sheer willpower alone.
The scorecards had been even up until this point, but the Barcelona frontline remembered the wise words of wisdom that their trainer had imparted on them in preparation for this bout; Lionel Messi took the ball, drove at the Juventus defence and went for goal. His effort wasn’t good enough to beat Buffon outright, but it was enough to force a rebound and Luis Suarez, sharp of mind and quick on his feet was first to react.
Reaching the ball before Patrice Evra was the hard part, but courtesy of Enrique’s teachings and trainings he was well prepared and went on to apply the finish with consummate ease. Never say die, FC Barcelona were back ahead and back on track in their quest for the treble.
***
For Neymar, today had been a good day. For him, it had been about the realisation of a lifelong dream. Ever since he was a child, he had wondered what it might be like to play for biggest clubs in the world, to line up with the best players and to score in a major final. And now here he was, the little kid from Mogi das Cruzes was in Berlin, phone in hand, wandering over to the FC Barcelona support to take a selfie with the travelling Culés having scored the goal that secured the club’s fifth UEFA Champions League title.
Even now, some six years into his career as a professional footballer, Neymar struggles to comprehend just how he has scaled these heights and how he now features alongside the likes of Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta. Clearly, he has a lot to be thankful for, to God, and the band tied around his head is symbolic of his deep Christian faith.
With a smile on his face, he’s patient, waits for the camera to focus and presses the button. Not once, not twice, but a few times – you know, just to be sure. He wanted to capture this moment, this elation, this euphoria, and treasure it forever. It’s only after the fact as he’s scrolling through the photos to see which one to upload and share with his fans that Neymar realises something…
This is just the beginning.
The minutes were ticking by, but all too slowly for the Barcelona players, management and fans alike. Everyone had seen what Juventus were capable of given the chance; every moment that the score remained at 2-1, the nerves, the anxiety levels in the stadium increased.
Pogba, Marchisio and Tevez all tried in vain to help their side find an equaliser, but Barcelona were equal to their efforts, fending off their desperate attempts at goal. Maybe they were taking a few more punches than they would have liked, but the Blaugrana remained calm and deep into the 12th and final round, they delivered a hay-maker, the knockout blow in this title fight courtesy of the left boot of Neymar Jr.
Gerard Piqué was involved, so too was Luis Enrique’s final substitute, Pedro Rodriguez but the star of the show had to be the Brazilian. Having previously seen a goal chalked off for handball, Neymar wasn’t about to let this opportunity pass and after yet more selfless work from Pedro, he drilled the ball past the despairing dive of Buffon to seal the tie and secure the title.
***
It was a goal, and a performance that served to epitomise FC Barcelona under Luis Enrique: that all for one and one for all altruistic spirit, as the individual talents seamlessly come together to form a greater collective and a team that seems virtually unstoppable.
50 wins in 60 matches. Three trophies out of three – FC Barcelona once again achieved perfection in 2014/15 – and while for now, Enrique’s future might be uncertain there is a great sense of optimism around the camp and a pervasive feeling that current success considered: the best might yet be to come.
American Pharoah: 12th Triple Crown Winner
ELMONT, N.Y. -- There he was parading about in the winner's circle, the world's greatest athlete, his muscles and veins bulging as if he were hooked up to some overheated generator about to explode.
American Pharoah was sweating profusely under a fading sun, huffing and puffing and flaring his nostrils for dramatic effect after conquering a mile-and-a-half test of character and will that had broken so many lesser horses before him.
The bay colt turned his head just so to shoot a bloodshot glance from his left eye at the unruly admirers fighting to take his picture. I was almost close enough to reach out and touch him, not that I would've ever dared. In the presence of greatness, I couldn't help but think this horse deserved to be written up on Steinbeck's laptop, or Hemingway's, and certainly not mine.
American Pharoah started his Saturday in an old barn with weary green-colored siding, hard by the Hempstead Turnpike and right across the street from a Wendy's. He took his prerace bath behind Barn 1 (with some oblivious motorists whizzing on by, honking at each other), accidentally stepped into the white bucket carrying the soapy water, and ultimately made the long walk toward the paddock and the monument to Secretariat, the ghost all Triple Crown hopefuls chase at the Belmont Stakes.
And then Victor Espinoza took him out of the gate and into the early lead, just like that. Suddenly, the 37 long years that had passed since a teenage wonder named Steve Cauthen guided Affirmed home became a closed chapter in a wildly entertaining -- if unfulfilling -- book. Years after Affirmed beat Alydar in three epic confrontations to win the last Triple Crown before Saturday's, Cauthen was reminded that only five horses ran at the Belmont.
"Actually," he said, "there were really only two."Actually, there was really only one on the Belmont track Saturday evening, not eight, and he treated this closing Long Island marathon as if it were a walk in Central Park. American Pharoah, the perfect horse with the imperfect spelling, made 90,000 witnesses sound like 900,000. He nearly flipped the building on its ear as he protected his lead around the massive oval and won by 5½ lengths, his triumph punctuated by the sight of Espinoza punching the air with a straight right hand.
As horse stories go, this wasn't Seabiscuit giving all underdogs a lift during the Great Depression, or Secretariat thrilling a nation haunted by Vietnam and Watergate. This was just a powerfully elegant animal, born on Groundhog Day, refusing to surrender to the inevitability of another Groundhog Day finish at the Belmont.
Thirteen horses had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness since 1978, and 12 of them made it to the Belmont and failed to finish the job. War Emblem stumbled. Smarty Jones got a bum ride from his jockey. California Chrome was nicked out of the gate and beaten by a Preakness-skipping opponent, sending one of Chrome's co-owners on a nationally televised, amateur-hour rant. Funny Cide was swallowed whole by conditions so treacherous that one of his small-town owners later told ESPN.com that the Belmont should've been canceled, and that he should've scratched the horse when it wasn't.
You knew all the stories, all the names and faces of a drought started when the Derby and Preakness winner Spectacular Bid stepped on a safety pin the morning of the '79 Belmont. The drought began three years before David Letterman debuted as a late-night TV host, and survived his entire career.
American Pharoah wasn't ever going to contribute to one of those stories. The loser on California Chrome, Espinoza, entered 0-for-2 in Triple Crown chances, and the trainer, Bob Baffert, entered 0-for-3. Friday night, Baffert had dinner with his friend, Joe Torre, at Del Frisco's on Sixth Avenue, and the Hall of Fame manager who had won four World Series with the Yankees saw certainty in the trainer's body language and words.
"He was as cool as a cucumber, a lot cooler than I would've been before a Game 7," Torre said as he waited to join Baffert on the stage for the trophy presentation. "He knew this horse was something special from the get-go ... There really was no hesitation in how he was talking about this horse."
Torre had been fired three times as a manager before George Steinbrenner gave him his big break in the Bronx. He mentioned that the fourth time turned out to be the charm for his guy Baffert as well.
The trainer's three Triple Crown near misses, Torre said, "was sort of like getting to the World Series and never winning it. He can finally raise the trophy today."
Before climbing up to the stage, Torre admitted something that every great manager in every sport should admit. "You've got to have the right horses," he said. "Just like the time when I managed the Yankees -- I had the right horses."
Yes, mercifully, Saturday was about the horse instead of the humans. Baffert and Espinoza -- who grew up on a Mexican goat farm and became a teenage bus driver to help pay the bills -- were fascinating characters under the watch of their more fascinating owner, Ahmed Zayat, an Orthodox Jew who made his fortune selling beer in Egypt. Torre didn't need to point out that Zayat has a lot of Steinbrenner in him, defined by his blustery proclamations; emotional, quick-trigger decisions (he fired and rehired Baffert, his own Billy Martin); and dubious business associations.
In fact, after all the coverage of Zayat's high-stakes legal issues and bankruptcy case, and after all the printed claims that he was either slow to pay his debts or in the habit of never paying them at all, it seemed like he was the one about to run the race. So as security guards rushed him through a delirious mob, I barked a question at him about the magnitude of his moment in the sun.
"Forget about me," he shouted back. "I'm happy for this sport. It's all about the horse, a brilliant horse. Now he can find greatness. He was a good horse, and now he's a great horse. He's a legend. It's all about the horse."
After making the 25-mile trip from his Teaneck, New Jersey, home, the toughest bargainer out of Teaneck since that noted NBA tough guy, David Stern, had made the appropriate concession at the appropriate time. It was never about Zayat, or Baffert, or Espinoza, and when it was over all three were in complete agreement on that.
"He's the one who did it," Baffert said of his horse. "We were basically passengers."
And what an indelible ride it was. American Pharoah won the Derby by a length, and then blew away the field in the slop at the Preakness. On his prerace walk to Barn 1 at the Belmont, Baffert jokingly complained he didn't get the rain that he wanted and that some weathermen had predicted. He looked up toward the sunshiny skies and said, "Too late now."
But American Pharoah didn't need a muddy track, and he didn't need the kind of gut-check rival that pushed Affirmed the way Alydar did in 1978, back when Cauthen compared the two competitors to Ali and Frazier. All this beautiful horse needed, really, was for the human beings to get the hell out of his way.
American Pharoah was born to be the 12th winner of the Triple Crown. If you stood next to him in the winner's circle Saturday, and watched him flex his muscles and celebrate his tired, glorious self, you didn't need some weathered horse whisperer to tell you that.
Pangya Global: Dedicated...To The Dedicated.
What a week this is going to be. I have just done, for the first time, a Play To Win Event in which I had to grind out 1200 holes to be eligible to receive some Lucky Pouches on Pangya Global. That's $75 worth of pouches, fifteen in all, to go with cubes and cards. My old friend, Aries, did complete this one time and got the full complement of rewards. I decided that this time, I would finish the event in its entirety.
Originally, I scheduled this for seven days completion, but after I received a project from Mohd Faris Mohd Fadil regarding Korea, I had to fasttrack the proceedings. So, at about a little before 1, I had finished the event and later in the early morning, played a few more rounds to ensure that I did not lose count. So any more holes that I do from this point will just add to the 1200 that I completed through VS Stroke, VS Match, Tournament, and Grand Prix. And I burned through a storm of Time Boosters just to get this event finished.
There is a possibility that I end up winning nothing but Lucky Sets. This is going to upset me greatly because anything that I get from the Lucky Sets, if it isn't an Auto Caliper or Time Booster, will be recycled. Now I had maxed out on adding Character Mastery Slots. There are a few characters that have yet to reach 50 games completed. Those are the characters that I will look to add slots to, but after putting Classic Nuri on the brink of completion (he still needs to reach 250 games), I have no more slots to fill.
But if all I get are Lucky Sets and the win rates on these pouches are disgustingly nerfed, I'm going to take back my thank-you to the developers for setting up this event. You don't punish your players by giving them nerfed pouches after they sacrificed a lot of time to complete 1200 holes. Ideally, I'd like to win mostly rares, but I am estimating I will win three to five sets because I am very wary of the rates being nerfed.
In any case, I have to wait for the next maintenance on June 18, at which I expect to receive my share of pouches. But after I completed the event, I raised my hands in the air in triumph. It's like I ran a marathon while sitting down. Strange. But that is the mystique of Play to Win. It's my favorite Pangya event because it is an event dedicated to the dedicated. I also am now halfway towards reaching Master B rank. In less than a month, I will have completed two years of this game. What a week this is shaping up to be.
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
Not a word, from your lips
You just took for granted that I want to skinny dip
A quick hit, that's your game
But I'm not a piece of meat, still you like my brain
You just took for granted that I want to skinny dip
A quick hit, that's your game
But I'm not a piece of meat, still you like my brain
Night is young, so are we
Let's get to know each other better, slow and easily
Take my hand, let's hit the floor
Shake our bodies to the music
Maybe then you'll score
So come on baby, won't you show some class
Why you want to move so fast
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We could dance & party all night
And drink some cherry wine
Uh huh
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We could dance and party all night (all night)
And drink some cherry wine
Uh huh!
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na!
Just slow down if you want me
A man wants to be approached cool and romantically
I've got needs
Just like you
If the conversation's good
Vibrations through and through
So come on baby, won't you show some class
Why you want to move so fast
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We could dance and party all night (all night)
And drink some cherry wine
Uh huh!
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We could dance and party all night (all night)
And drink some cherry wine
Uh huh!
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na!
So come on baby, won't you show some class
Why you want to move so fast
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We could dance and party all night (all night)
And drink some cherry wine
Uh huh!
We don't have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We could dance and party all night (all night)
And drink some cherry wine
Uh huh!
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na!
Chelsea: 2014-15 Premier League Champions
Chelsea bid an emotional farewell to Didier Drogba but it was two other Chelsea forwards who gave the champions the points as they came from behind to beat Sunderland 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Diego Costa, a first-half substitute for Drogba, scored from the spot to cancel out Steven Fletcher’s opener before Loic Remy came off the bench to score twice in the last 20 minutes of the match.
With Sunderland having secured their Premier League status in midweek at Arsenal and Chelsea having long since wrapped up the title, there was a jovial mood at Stamford Bridge on the day they lifted the trophy.
For Drogba, in particular, it was an emotional exit having announced that this would be his final appearance for the club and he was given the full treatment by the Chelsea faithful.
The Ivorian was made captain for the day before being substituted after just half an hour with his team-mates chairlifting him off the field to a huge ovation from Roman Abramovich among others.
Jose Mourinho was rather more reserved given that Chelsea were already a goal down at that point with Fletcher having headed home unmarked from Adam Johnson’s corner.
The scenes that greeted Drogba’s withdrawal might have suggested that Chelsea minds were elsewhere but they were soon level through his replacement Costa.
John O’Shea was adjudged to have fouled Juan Cuadrado and Costa stepped up to take the resultant spot-kick, beating Vito Mannone from 12 yards for his 20th Premier League goal of the season.
Sunderland won at Stamford Bridge last season and they remain the only team to have beaten Mourinho’s Chelsea on their own turf in the Premier League.
The visitors certainly had their moments on Sunday too with Petr Cech, another who could be set to leave Chelsea in the summer, being forced into smart saves from Seb Larsson and Jermain Defoe.
Chelsea played some entertaining football after the break as they probed for a winner but Sunderland remained a threat at the other end with the champions uncharacteristically open.
When the impressive Patrick van Aanholt found space once more on the left flank, Cech could only parry his cross into the path of Defoe and his shot was cleared near the line by Cesar Azpilicueta.
Sunderland, who finish 16th, were punished soon afterwards when Eden Hazard fed Remy in a central position and the French forward fired in a low shot that Vito Mannone could only palm into the net.
Mannone did rather better to keep Sunderland in the game and deny Willian when the Chelsea man headed low towards the near corner.
But he could do nothing to prevent Remy having the final say with a neat near-post finish from Nemanja Matic’s low left-wing cross bringing his seventh of the season and second of the afternoon.
The final whistle followed soon after with John Terry leading the celebrations on the day he became the first man since Gary Pallister to play every minute of a Premier League title-winning campaign.
The victory also means Chelsea finish the season on 87 points – their best total since their last Premier League title victory under Mourinho in 2006 – and an eight-point lead over Manchester City in second spot.
Player ratings
Chelsea: Cech (7), Ivanovic (6), Cahill (6), Terry (6), Azpilicueta (6), Mikel (6), Matic (7), Cuadrado (6), Willian (7), Hazard (7), Drogba (6).
Subs used: Costa (7), Remy (8), Christensen (6).
Sunderland: Mannone (6), Jones (6), Coates (6), O'Shea (5), Van Aanholt (7), Johnson (6), Larsson (6), Rodwell (6), Wickham (6), Defoe (7), Fletcher (7).
Subs used: Giaccherini (6).
Man of the match: Loic Remy
Heroes
“Don’t tell the gods I left a mess
I can’t undo what has been done
Let’s run for cover
What if I’m the only hero left
You better fire off your gun
Once and forever
He said go dry your eyes
And live your life like there is no tomorrow, son
And tell the others
To go sing it like a hummingbird
The greatest anthem ever heard:
We are the heroes of our time
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds…
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
We’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
The crickets sing a song for you
Don’t say a word, don’t make a sound
It’s life’s creation
I make worms turn into butterflies
Wake up and turn this world around
In appreciation
He said I never left your side
When you were lost I followed right behind
Was your foundation
Now go sing it like a hummingbird
The greatest anthem ever heard:
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
We’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
(We keep dancing with the demons
You could be a hero)
Go sing it like a hummingbird
The greatest anthem ever heard
Now sing together….
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
We are the heroes!”
I can’t undo what has been done
Let’s run for cover
What if I’m the only hero left
You better fire off your gun
Once and forever
He said go dry your eyes
And live your life like there is no tomorrow, son
And tell the others
To go sing it like a hummingbird
The greatest anthem ever heard:
We are the heroes of our time
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds…
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
We’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
The crickets sing a song for you
Don’t say a word, don’t make a sound
It’s life’s creation
I make worms turn into butterflies
Wake up and turn this world around
In appreciation
He said I never left your side
When you were lost I followed right behind
Was your foundation
Now go sing it like a hummingbird
The greatest anthem ever heard:
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
We’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
(We keep dancing with the demons
You could be a hero)
Go sing it like a hummingbird
The greatest anthem ever heard
Now sing together….
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
We are the heroes of our time
Hero-uh-o-o-oes
O-uh-o-o-oh
But we’re dancing with the demons in our minds
Hero-uh-o-o-oes O-uh-o-o-oh
We are the heroes!”
-Måns Zelmerlöw
Shots
I'm sorry for everything
Oh, everything I've done
Am I out of touch?
Am I out of my place?
When I keep saying that I'm looking for an empty space
Oh, I'm wishing you're here
But I'm wishing you're gone
I can't have you and I'm only gonna do you wrong
Oh, I'm going to mess this up
Oh, this is just my luck
Over and over and over again
Oh, everything I've done
Am I out of touch?
Am I out of my place?
When I keep saying that I'm looking for an empty space
Oh, I'm wishing you're here
But I'm wishing you're gone
I can't have you and I'm only gonna do you wrong
Oh, I'm going to mess this up
Oh, this is just my luck
Over and over and over again
I'm sorry for everything
Oh, everything I've done
From the second that I was born it seems I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole through everything I loved
Oh, I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single thing that I loved
Am I out of luck?
Am I waiting to break?
When I keep saying that I'm looking for a way to escape
Oh, I'm wishing I had what I'd taken for granted
I can't help you when I'm only gonna do you wrong
Oh, I'm going to mess this up
Oh, this is just my luck
Over and over and over again
I'm sorry for everything
Oh, everything I've done
From the second that I was born it seems I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole through everything I loved
Oh, I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single thing that I loved
In the meantime can we let it go
At the roadside that
We used to know
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away
At the bay side
Where you used to show
In the moonlight
Where we let it go
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away
And there's always time to change your mind
Oh, there's always time to change your mind
Oh, love, can you hear me?
Oh, let it drift away
I'm sorry for everything
Oh, everything I've done
From the second that I was born it seems I had a loaded gun
And then I shot, shot, shot a hole through everything I loved
Oh, I shot, shot, shot a hole through every single thing that I loved
In the meantime can we let it go
At the roadside that
We used to know
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away
At the bay side
Where you used to show
In the moonlight
Where we let it go
We can let this drift away
Oh, we let this drift away
And there's always time to change your mind
Oh, there's always time to change your mind
Oh, love, can you hear me?
Oh, let it drift away...
Nova Scotia
Waited up, waited up, waited up all night
The sky filling up your mind
Like smoke in some obscure design
Here's another thing
You never said, never said, never said anything new
Not a word that fall
But sometimes nothing says it all
It's one of those things
How could you ever ask for more?
What are you looking for?
The sky filling up your mind
Like smoke in some obscure design
Here's another thing
You never said, never said, never said anything new
Not a word that fall
But sometimes nothing says it all
It's one of those things
How could you ever ask for more?
What are you looking for?
You said you wanted to get away
Now you're leaving your cares behind
Tomorrow turned into yesterday
Why'd you take your time?
Opened your, opened your, opened your eyes
And the ocean slipped through the floor
When you woke up along the shore
Forget everything
You never knew, never knew, never knew that
The city could create such calm
Holding you upon its palm
Just a little thing
How could you ever ask for more?
What are you looking for?
You said you wanted to get away
Now you're leaving your cares behind
Tomorrow turned into yesterday
Why'd you take your time?
How could you ever ask for more?
What are you looking for?
You said you wanted to get away
Now you're leaving your cares behind
Tomorrow turned into yesterday
Why'd you take your time?
Why'd you take your time?
Just a little thing...
BoBA ISML 2015 Tiara Odds, May 18, 2015
BoBA ISML 2015 Tiara Odds
As of 7:52 P.M. PT
May 18, 2015
Kotori Itsuka 1-9
Mashiro Shiina 1-8
Kosaki Onodera 1-7
Jibril 1-6
Rin Tosaka 1-5
Kurisu Makise 1-4
Shino Asada 1-3
Illyasviel von Einzbern 1-2
Yukino Yukinoshita EVEN
Kurumi Tokisaki 3-2
Shiro 2-1
Ayase Aragaki 5-2
Nanami Aoyama 3-1
Chiyo Sakura 7-2
Chitoge Kirisaki 4-1
Inori Yuzuriha 9-2
Maki Nishikino 5-1
Yuri Nakamura 11-2
Tohka Yatogami 6-1
Azusa Nakano 13-2
Miyuki Shiba 7-1
Eucliwood Hellscythe 15-2
Tina Sprout 8-1
Eru Chitanda 17-2
Yoshino 9-1
Isuzu Sento 10-1
Kuroyukihime 11-1
Yui Yuigahama 12-1
Taiga Aisaka 13-1
Shana 15-1
Stephanie Dola 16-1
Saber 17-1
Konjiki no Yami 18-1
Enju Aihara 20-1
Yui-nyan 25-1
Yaya 30-1
Shinobu Oshino 31-1
Shinka Nibutani 33-1
Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi 35-1
Mirai Kuriyama 40-1
Hitagi Senjougahara43-1
Kaori Miyazono 45-1
Latifa Fleuranza 50-1
Sena Kashiwazaki 55-1
Yuuki Konno 60-1
Yuki Nagato 75-1
MIkan Yuuki 80-1
Momo Velia Deviluke 90-1
Marika Tachibana 100-1
Haruhi Suzumiya 125-1
Kotori Minami 130-1
Misaki Shokuhou 135-1
Kobato Hasegawa 140-1
Kirino Kousaka 150-1
C.C. 160-1
Akame 170-1
Nico Yazaka 180-1
Origami Tobiichi 190-1
Umi Sonoda 200-1
Yui Hirasawa 225-1
Holo 250-1
Charlotte Dunois 300-1
Nadeko Sengoku 400-1
Yukina Himeragi 500-1
Eli Ayase 600-1
Nyarlathotep 700-1
Terminus Est 750-1
Satone Shichimiya 1000-1
As of 7:52 P.M. PT
May 18, 2015
Kotori Itsuka 1-9
Mashiro Shiina 1-8
Kosaki Onodera 1-7
Jibril 1-6
Rin Tosaka 1-5
Kurisu Makise 1-4
Shino Asada 1-3
Illyasviel von Einzbern 1-2
Yukino Yukinoshita EVEN
Kurumi Tokisaki 3-2
Shiro 2-1
Ayase Aragaki 5-2
Nanami Aoyama 3-1
Chiyo Sakura 7-2
Chitoge Kirisaki 4-1
Inori Yuzuriha 9-2
Maki Nishikino 5-1
Yuri Nakamura 11-2
Tohka Yatogami 6-1
Azusa Nakano 13-2
Miyuki Shiba 7-1
Eucliwood Hellscythe 15-2
Tina Sprout 8-1
Eru Chitanda 17-2
Yoshino 9-1
Isuzu Sento 10-1
Kuroyukihime 11-1
Yui Yuigahama 12-1
Taiga Aisaka 13-1
Shana 15-1
Stephanie Dola 16-1
Saber 17-1
Konjiki no Yami 18-1
Enju Aihara 20-1
Yui-nyan 25-1
Yaya 30-1
Shinobu Oshino 31-1
Shinka Nibutani 33-1
Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi 35-1
Mirai Kuriyama 40-1
Hitagi Senjougahara43-1
Kaori Miyazono 45-1
Latifa Fleuranza 50-1
Sena Kashiwazaki 55-1
Yuuki Konno 60-1
Yuki Nagato 75-1
MIkan Yuuki 80-1
Momo Velia Deviluke 90-1
Marika Tachibana 100-1
Haruhi Suzumiya 125-1
Kotori Minami 130-1
Misaki Shokuhou 135-1
Kobato Hasegawa 140-1
Kirino Kousaka 150-1
C.C. 160-1
Akame 170-1
Nico Yazaka 180-1
Origami Tobiichi 190-1
Umi Sonoda 200-1
Yui Hirasawa 225-1
Holo 250-1
Charlotte Dunois 300-1
Nadeko Sengoku 400-1
Yukina Himeragi 500-1
Eli Ayase 600-1
Nyarlathotep 700-1
Terminus Est 750-1
Satone Shichimiya 1000-1
ISML 2015: It's Way Too Early For The Kongou!
ISML 2015: It's Way Too Early For The Kongou!
Megumi Katou wins Winter Diadem, Utaha Kasumigaoka wins third place
By Jo-Ryan Salazar
The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue
May 15, 2015
Gone are the days where Megumi Katou can consider herself to be boring, ordinary, and unattractive material. Those days are behind her, as she defeated Kongou 2601-2513 to win the 2015 International Saimoe League Winter Diadem. Meanwhile, Utaha Kasumigaoka defeated Yuudachi, 2721-2389 to win third place.
At Blessing Software headquarters in Tokyo, a.k.a. Tomoya Aki's house, there were hugs, tears and sighs of relief.
"This is a great day for us because I knew that we would leave our mark, however, I am disappointed that the ISML organizers were classless enough to not allow us to compete in the preliminaries proper," Aki said. "We feel that a number of faces that are in this tournament do not deserve to be in the regular season. Megumi and Utaha would have picked up a number of victories and both would even make headway in the Stella Division.
"While these two victories satisfy us, we feel that the ISML has done Utaha and especially Megumi a disservice by consigning them and Eriri to this mini-tournament. Neither of them will be eligible until next year and it will be a long and rocky road ahead before they finally get to compete in this tournament for real. We will focus our attention to the 2channel Anime Saimoe Tournament and other tournaments to build the stock in our characters.
"I also feel that I would have been a worthy competitor in the Male Division, although I argue that this part of the tournament is unnecessary and was only made to appease to the female voting public. The women don't vote in this tournament anyway, so there is no need for a Male Division. However, I feel the organizers forgot someone, and that someone is me.
"To sum it up, we are on our way to untold success this year. We hope 2channel's voters follow suit with the ISML and give one of my partners, whether it is Utaha, Megumi or Eriri or even Michiru, to have a shot at succeeding Saki and Nodoka as the Saimoe Prime Minister of Japan. We thank you for your support and please be sure to buy our new visual novel which is out right now."
At the Etajima Naval District, Admiral Kensuke Tanaka ripped apart the 2601 who voted for Megumi and the 2721 who voted for Utaha.
"These voters are not smart people, but I can forgive them a bit because most of them aren't from Japan," Admiral Tanaka said. "Let's be honest, if 2channel will put Madoka and Saki on a pedestal and ISML will not, I cannot have any respect for this competition that purports itself to be the world's premier anime character competition. Our fleet girls are capable of regrouping from this and we have made it a priority to destroy Megumi, Utaha and Eriri in 2channel because we know that voter base thinks differently from ours. It has done so numerous times and it will again this year.
"This is a disappointing day for us but this has galvanized our fleet to work harder, smarter, and win back the trust of the voters. We don't settle for second place here on this fleet. We have never made it a habit of finishing second to anyone, not even ordinary, boring trash that has no business of being relevant in this country.
"You saw how Saki and Nodoka dominated last year's 2channel Anime Saimoe Tournament. We will be their successors. Japan loves to play Kantai Collection and we have a growing army of male and female admirals, myself included, of course, because I made this game. I have no doubt in my mind that the voters who chose Megumi and Utaha are going to be in for a rude awakening when the saimoe tournament that the world should really consider seriously takes place this summer.
"That fledgling visual novel team in Tokyo calls themselves 'Blessing Software.' Well, we will lay a curse on them and consign them to failure in 2channel AST. There are a number of shows that are relevant in ISML but not in the real Saimoe, and Saekano is one of them. This will be our year. This. Will. Be. Our. Year. You will witness the real might of our fleet this summer. We will not be stopped and there will be nothing but tears on the faces of those who dare challenge the might of our KanMusu. We shall prevail. We will win. Because we...are the Kantai Collection!"
ISML 2015 Aquamarine Match Day 1 is scheduled for June 7, 2015. Vote for your favorite candidates at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate. And keep it right here on The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue for continuing coverage of the world's premier anime character competition...the International Saimoe League.
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