Born To Be Alive

We were born to be alive

We were born to be alive

Born, born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

Time was on my side

When I was running down the street

It was no bind,

Bind

Bind

A suitcase and an old guitar

It's all I need to occupy

A mind like mine

Yes we were born, born,

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

People ask me why

I never find a place to stop

And settle down

Down

Down

But I never wanted all those things

People need to justify

Their lives

Lives

Lives

Yes we were born, born,

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

It's good to be alive

To be alive

To be alive

It's good to be alive

To be alive

To be alive

It's good to be alive!

It's good to be alive

To be alive

To be alive

It's good to be alive!

Time was on my side

When I was running down the street

It was no bind,

Bind

Bind

A suitcase and an old guitar

It's all I need to occupy

A mind like mine

Yes we were born, born,

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born, born,

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born, born,

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

Born,

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

Born,

Born to be alive

(Born to be alive)

Yes we were born

Born

Born

(Born to be alive)

ISML 2020: Amethyst Necklace, Pendant, Bracelet, Ring Rounds Set

ISML 2020: Amethyst Necklace, Pendant, Bracelet, Ring Rounds Set

By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue

October 14, 2020

Match Day 5 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period is history. In the Female Division, Rin Tohsaka prevailed over Sagiri Izumi 3275-3174, Mai Sakurajima defeated Asuna Yuuki 3344-3211, Iroha Isshiki thumped Taiga Aisaka 3792-2431, Nao Tomori pastd Nanami Aoyama 3661-2267, Eriri Spencer Sawamura won a 3039-3014 nailbiter over Mio Akiyama, Takagi took down Kei Karuizawa 3056-2714m Kaede Azusagawa rolled past Mikasa Ackerman 3511-2300 and Ram rammed Kumiko Oumae 3182-2827.

Yukino Yukinoshita drubbed Emilia 3856-2813, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Shouko Nishimiya 3996-2345, Hina Amano rolled past Sora Kasugano 3228-2679, Schwi Dola slammed Kanna Kamui 3387-2458, Megumin exploded past Zero Two 3193-2475, Azusa Nakano romped past Tamako Kitashirakawa 2841-2670, Aqua defeated Haruno Yukinoshita 2915-2832 and in the Upset of the Round, Rikka Takanashi scalped Chika Fujiwara 3446-3098.

Nezuko Kamado prevailed over Umaru Doma 2915-2832, Mikoto Misaka zapped Shiro 4459-2043, Kuruko Shirai defeated Chino Kafuu 3181-2893, Kurisu Makise rocked Yui Hirasawa 3049-2868, Ruiko Saten got past Mitsuha Miyamizu 3122-2861, Saber slashd past Shouko Makinohara 3220-2766, Shino Asada pummeled Gray 3145-2413 and Illyasviel von Einzbern eased past Meiko Honma 3140-2545.

Wrapping up Female Division play, Mashiro Shiina smashed Ai Hayasaka 3404-3075, Kaguya Shinomiya routed Index Prohibitorum 4857-1841, Misaki Shokuhou floored Mirai Kuriyama 3518-2363, Yui Yuigahama hammered Ai Haibara 3842-2443, Utaha Kasumigaoka defeated Miku Nakano 3138-2731, Jibril flew past Madoka Kaname 3267-2272, Haruhi Suzumiya won a 2739-2691 snoozer over Tooru and Kaori Miyazono crushed Mei Misaki 3471-2091.

In the Male Division, Taki Tachibana punched Saitama 3031-2671, Yuu Ishigami thumped Sorata Kanda 3809-2092, Ryuuji Takasu roared past Conan Edogawa 2822-2463, Shouya Ishida defeated Willem Kmetsch 2703-2513, Lancer impaled Kousei Arima 2871-2686, Eren Yeager whipped past Nishikata 2805-2371, Edward Elric powered past Karma Akabane 2718-2418 and Isaac Foster got past Monkey D. Luffy 2522-2241.

Riku Dola rocked Yuu Otosaka 3559-2248, Touma Kamijou broke Yuuta Togashi 3098-2774, Archer dominated Sasuke Uchiha 3345-1896, Eugeo rolled past Ken Kaneki 3091-2097, Lelouch Lamperouge drove past Kaito Kuroba 2865-2376, Satoshi Fukube rolled past Gintoki Sakata 2855-2446, Osamu Dazai defeated Kingu (Enkidu) 2504-2057 and Nagisa Shiota overcame Hodaka Morishima 2643-2455.

Levi leveled Saika Totsuka 3087-2820, Sakuta Azusagawa routed Rintarou Okabe 3831-2107, Tomoya Okazaki took down Joutarou Kuujou 3180-2107, Takashi Natsume burned Haruka Kasugano 2826-2330, Kazuma Satou defeated Gilgamesh 2901-2796, Waver Velvet flattened Dio Brando 2673-2273, Itachi Uchiha defeated Kyon 2664-2576 and Ryuunosuke Akasaka prevailed over Masamune Izumi 2712-2664.

Wrapping Up Male Division action, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji slammed Tanjiro Kamado 3604-2265, Miyuki Shirogane stormed past Subaru Natsuki 3799-2411, Shirou Emiya demolished Giyuu Tomioka 3289-2188, Shidou Itsuka defeated Kiritsugu Emiya 2778-2659, Merlin won the co-closest race of the round, a 2539-2534 thriller over Naruto Uzumaki, Kusuo Saiki throttled Joseph Joestar 2686-2149, Ainz Ooal Gown cruised past Zen'itsu Agatsuma 2793-2222 and Yuzuru Otonashi shot down Yato 2643-2490.

In Divine Circlet action, Ginko Sora defeated Nagisa Furukawa 2979-2815, Shinobu Kochou grounded Hinata Hoshino 2932-2621, Yoshino routed Mizoru Yoroizuka 3505-2199 and Mafuyu Kirisu defeated Ereshkigal 2768-2408. In Divine Crown action, Tomoya Aki pounded Inosuke Hashibara 3357-1952, Fuutarou Uesugi won the co-closest race of the roung, a 2409-2404 barnburner over Sesshoumaru, Mochizou Ouji leveled Haruka Nanase 2958-1867 and Yaichi Kuzuryuu toasted Li Syaoran 2932-2144.

2020 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

AMETHYST NECKLACE ODDS

Mikoto Misaka 7-1

Kaguya Shinomiya 5-1

Yukino Yuikinoshita 3-1

Mashiro Shiina 10-1

Mai Sakurajima 25-1

Rikka Takanashi EVEN

Rin Tohsaka 20-1

Chika Fujiwara 75-1

2020 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

AMETHYST PENDANT ODDS

Sakuta Azusagawa 15-1

Yuu Ishigami EVEN

Touma Kamijou 7-1

Taki Tachibana 30-1

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji 50-1

Kazuma Satou 60-1

Levi 5-1

Subaru Natsuki 10-1

2020 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

AMETHYST BRACELET ODDS

Yui Yuigahama 6-1

Iroha Isshiki 20-1

Utaha Kasumigaoka 30-1

Hina Amano 40-1

Chino Kafuu 50-1

Eriri Spencer Sawamura 75-1

Aqua 10-1

Schwi Dola 1-5

2020 INTERNATIONAL SAIMOE LEAGUE

AMETHYST RING ODDS

Saika Totauka 30-1

Yuu Otosaka 7-1

Saitama 50-1

Tanjiro Kamado 30-1

Shirou Emiya 5-1

Takashi Natsume 20-1

Edward Elric 40-1

Ainz Ooal Gown EVEN

Match Day 6 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period is scheduled for October 16, 2020. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

Los Angeles Lakers: 2019-20 NBA Champions

They set themselves up with plenty of time to digest the magnitude of their accomplishment in those last game moments by building the second-largest halftime lead in the NBA Finals history. The ending was a long time coming in that sense—and in many other ways, too. After the final buzzer and just before the confetti flew, LeBron James reveled in the embraces of teammates on the court, and Anthony Davis sat alone nearby with his eyes buried in a towel.

Led by James and Davis in their first season together, the Lakers won the 2020 NBA championship Sunday with a 106-93 rout of the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. It was a unique accomplishment for this tightly knit group isolated for 95 consecutive days in Florida, playing a season that covered more than a calendar year because of the pandemic.

James spoke afterward about the incomparable elation of seeing teammates become champions—and explained how his personal sentiment is shaped by how long his journey goes.

“Live about the process,” James said, “and see the results. … We all live for that moment.”

It was a long time coming also for the legions of Lakers fans, who are frankly unaccustomed to going a decade without an NBA championship and rejoicing at the return to glory now.

The Lakers’ only other such drought in the past 50 years started after their 1987-88 NBA championship won in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s age-40 season, the penultimate season of his career. It’s fair to start wondering whether James, who turns 36 in December, can produce that kind of excellence in longevity. It would likely see him overtake Abdul-Jabbar as the league’s all-time leading scorer despite losing much of 2019 to injury and 2020 to the pandemic.

James was this team’s true captain, offering “must-win” text messages to teammates to spur their Game 4 and Game 6 victories. He delivered 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists against just one turnover Sunday after urging his teammates to “treat it like it was Game 7.”

James made the most of this entire bubble opportunity the NBA created to finish his second Lakers season. He became the only players besides Abdul-Jabbar and legendary Boston Celtics Bill Russell and Sam Jones to appear in 10 NBA Finals series. Once there, he earned his fourth Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP award, but his first with the Lakers—a distinction that matters to him.

James came via free agency to join the list of great Lakers champions rather than shiver in fear of their shadow. It’s why in a long embrace with Lakers governor Jeanie Buss on the court Sunday that James said he offered this sentiment: “I’m proud to be a Laker.”

It’s why Buss said on the Spectrum SportsNet postgame show about James: “A Laker through and through.”

Unlike many of his peers who went anti-bandwagon when it came to successful franchises, James has long been a fan of the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys and Lakers.

“I’m a supporter of winners,” he once said.

James had said last week that it’s particularly meaningful for him to help Buss to her first championship as Lakers governor. He referred to her as “an incredible owner” and “a powerful woman.”

“I’m just honored to be a part of it,” James said. “I love the history of the game, and I've read so much about Dr. Buss and his teams and his success. To be playing while his daughter is the owner of the team, I think is pretty cool.”

James averaged 29.8 points, 11.8 rebounds and 8.5 assists in the NBA Finals in his 17th professional season.

“He’s the greatest player the basketball universe has ever seen,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said Sunday night.

The clinching victory showcased several facets of the jewel that Vogel polished this season: players starring in their roles, bouncing back after any defeat, suffocating defense played till exhaustion.

Rajon Rondo had told everyone in the team meeting Saturday: “If we’re going to win a championship, it has to be with defense.”

That’s how the Lakers’ lead swelled to 28 points by halftime, with surprise starter Alex Caruso adding to the team’s perimeter agility.

The last time the Lakers won a title, Rondo was on the other other team. He is the only player on either the Lakers or Boston Celtics from the 2010 NBA Finals who is still an active player in the league—and on Sunday he again looked an awful lot like the same player as back then. Sharp with decisions and his finishes at the rim after puppeteer mastery in manipulating the Heat defense to create the openings he sought, Rondo finished with 19 points and four assists off the bench.

Davis added 18 points, but his all-out defense and 15 rebounds were crucial. As usual, it all revolved around Davis and James.

Recalling that previous lull in championships for the Lakers, after Magic Johnson led them to the 1988 title, it wasn’t until 2000 when the Lakers won again. It was because of what Shaquille O’Neal came to call in himself and Kobe Bryant the “greatest Laker one-two punch ever,” which is saying something.

Johnson, whose work in the front office with Rob Pelinka turned the direction of the franchise, helped bring James to town—and Pelinka did the deal to trade for Davis. The traditions of tremendous Lakers tandems and dominant big men certainly continued with this title. But Davis was someone who ranked first in the league in loose balls recovered while towering at the rim, too.

The harmony between the two set the tone for this team. James even said after winning the title: “I want A.D. to be better than me.”

“Respect. True friendship,“ said Davis, who won his first championship at age 27—same as legendary winners James and Michael Jordan. “We’re just two guys who want to win. We were able to do it tonight.”

What they did was something Jerry Buss mentioned often wanting to accomplish: a 17th all-time title, matching the Celtics for the most in league history. The Lakers returned to the top, creating yet another formula for building a team around two stars, and committing to find an ultimate positive at a time in the world when there had been plenty of negative.

“It’s remarkable,” Kyle Kuzma said. “We are such a mentally tough team. Everybody sacrificed something for the betterment of the team.” 

BoBA ISML 2020 Predictions: Amethyst Match Day 5

ARENA 1 [[Tōsaka Rin]] Izumi Sagiri

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Sakurajima Mai]] Yūki Asuna

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 3 Aisaka Taiga [[Isshiki Iroha]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 4 Aoyama Nanami [[Tomori Nao]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 5 Akiyama Mio [[Sawamura Spencer Eriri]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 6 Karuizawa Kei [[Takagi]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 7 Mikasa Ackerman [[Azusagawa Kaede]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Ram]] Ōmae Kumiko

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 9 Emilia [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 10 [[Tokisaki Kurumi]] Nishimiya Shōko

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 11 [[Amano Hina]] Kasugano Sora

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 12 [[Kanna Kamui]] Schwi Dola

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 13 Zero Two [[Megumin]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 14 Nakano Azusa [[Kitashirakawa Tamako]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 15 Yukinoshita Haruno [[Aqua]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 16 Doma Umaru [[Kamado Nezuko]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 17 Takanashi Rikka [[Fujiwara Chika]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 18 [[Misaka Mikoto]] Shiro

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 19 [[Shirai Kuroko]] Kafū Chino

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 20 [[Makise Kurisu]] Hirasawa Yui

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 21 Miyamizu Mitsuha [[Saten Ruiko]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 22 Saber [[Makinohara Shōko]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 23 [[Asada Shino]] Gray

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 24 Honma Meiko [[Illyasviel von Einzbern]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 25 Hayasaka Ai [[Shiina Mashiro]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 26 [[Shinomiya Kaguya]] Index L. Prohibitorum

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 27 Kuriyama Mirai [[Shokuhō Misaki]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 28 [[Yuigahama Yui]] Haibara Ai

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 29 Nakano Miku [[Kasumigaoka Utaha]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 30 [[Kaname Madoka]] Jibril

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 31 [[Tōru]] Suzumiya Haruhi

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 32 [[Miyazono Kaori]] Misaki Mei

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 33 Tachibana Taki [[Saitama]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 34 [[Ishigami Yū]] Kanda Sorata

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 35 [[Edogawa Conan]] Takasu Ryūji

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 36 Willem Kmetsch [[Ishida Shōya]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 37 Lancer [[Arima Kōsei]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 38 [[Eren Yeager]] Nishikata

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 39 Akabane Karma [[Edward Elric]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 40 Monkey D. Luffy [[Isaac Foster]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 41 Otosaka Yū [[Riku Dola]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 42 Togashi Yūta [[Kamijō Tōma]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 43 [[Archer]] Uchiha Sasuke

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 44 Kaneki Ken [[Eugeo]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 45 Kuroba Kaito [[Lelouch Lamperouge]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 46 Fukube Satoshi [[Sakata Gintoki]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 47 [[Dazai Osamu]] Kingu(Enkidu)

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 48 Morishima Hodaka [[Shiota Nagisa]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 49 Totsuka Saika [[Levi]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 50 Okabe Rintarō [[Azusagawa Sakuta]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 51 Kūjō Jōtarō [[Okazaki Tomoya]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 52 Kasugano Haruka [[Natsume Takashi]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 53 [[Satō Kazuma]] Gilgamesh

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 54 [[Waver Velvet]] Dio Brando

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 55 [[Kyon]] Uchiha Itachi

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 56 [[Akasaka Ryūnosuke]] Izumi Masamune

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 57 Kamado Tanjiro [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 58 Natsuki Subaru [[Shirogane Miyuki]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 59 [[Emiya Shirō]] Tomioka Giyū

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 60 Itsuka Shidō [[Emiya Kiritsugu]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 61 Merlin [[Uzumaki Naruto]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 62 [[Saiki Kusuo]] Joseph Joestar

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 63 Agatsuma Zen'itsu [[Ainz Ooal Gown]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 64 Yato [[Otonashi Yuzuru]]

by <=1000
Over/Under: 7500
Under

ARENA 65 Sora Ginko [[Furukawa Nagisa]]

by >=600
Over/Under: 6000
Over

ARENA 66 [[Kochō Shinobu]] Hoshino Hinata

by >=600
Over/Under: 6000
Over

ARENA 67 [[Yoshino]] Yoroizuka Mizore

by >=600
Over/Under: 6000
Over

ARENA 68 [[Ereshkigal]] Kirisu Mafuyu

by >=600
Over/Under: 6000
Over

ARENA 69 [[Aki Tomoya]] Hashibira Inosuke

by <=800
Over/Under: 6300
Under

ARENA 70 [[Sesshōmaru]] Uesugi Fūtarō

by <=800
Over/Under: 6300
Under

ARENA 71 [[Ōji Mochizō]] Nanase Haruka

by <=800
Over/Under: 6300
Under

ARENA 72 [[Li Syaoran]] Kuzuryū Yaichi

by <=800
Over/Under: 6300
Under

Voter Id: 7cd3b5b9-4ac0-534b-8142-d63fe21d5b7f

ISML 2020: The Amethyst War Still Wageth On

ISML 2020: The Amethyst War Still Wageth On

By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam On Baltic Avenue

October 10, 2020

Match Day 4 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period is a wraps. In the Female Division, Mashiro Shiina defeated Misaki Shokuhou 3047-1931, Miku Nakano rolled past Index Prohibitorum 2820-1902, Yui Yuigahama prevailed over Ai Hayasaka 2444-2385, Utaha Kasumigaoka flew past Jibril 2930-1603, Ai Haibara thumped Mei Misaki 2773-1467, Mirai Kuriyama defeated Haruhi Suzumiya 2323-1972, Kaguya Shinomiya slashed past Kaori Miyazono 3275-1556 and Tooru roared past Madoka Kaname 2769-1449.

Rin Tosaka defeated Iroha Isshiki 2501-2334, Mai Sakurajima romped past Mio Akiyama 3239-1733, Nao Tomori eased past Sagiri Izumi 2457-2174, Eriri Spencer Sawamura barreled past Kei Karuizawa 2714-1782, Ram rammed Nanami Aoyama 2354-2208, Kaede Azusagawa won a 2359-2314 nailbiter over Taiga Aisaka, Asuna Yuuki routed Kumiko Oumae 3394-1420 and Takagi defeated Misaka Ackerman 2482-1789.

Yukino Yukinoshita leveled Hina Amano 3588-1383, Shouko Nishimiya drove past Zero Two 2742-1885, Emilia grounded Schwi Dola 2992-1856, Megumin exploded past Tamako Kitashirakawa 2346-2144, Kamui Kanna defeated Nezuko Kamado 2537-2033, Sora Kasugano prevailed over Haruno Yukinoshita 2272-2193, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Umaru Doma 3269-1582 and Aqua rocked Azusa Nakano 2274-2213.

Wrapping up Female Division play, Chika Fujiwara jammed Kuroko Shirai 2884-2104, Shiro stormed past Ruiko Saten 2640-2150, Rikka Takanashi roasted Kurisu Makise 2970-1745, Saber stunned Mitsuha Miyamizu 2472-2279, Illyasviel von Einzbern rocked Yui Hirasawa in a 2273-2253 barnburner, Chino Kafuu dismissed Gray 2641-1565, Mikoto Misaka zapped Meiko Honma 3716-1277 and Shouko Makinohara defeated Shino Asada 2568-1958.

In the Male Division, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji defeated Shirou Emiya 2618-1923, Subaru Natsuki barreled past Merlin 3078-1211, Tanjiro Kamado delivered the Upset of the Round, a 2341-1932 scalp of Kiritsugu Emiya, Naruto Uzumaki prevailed over Kusuo Saiki 2004-1921, Yuzuru Otonashi shot down Shidou Itsuka 2163-1890, Ainz Ooal Gown won a 1997-1973 grinder over Giyuu Tomioka, Miyuki Shirogane flew past Yato 3087-1408 and Zen'itsu Agatsuma defeated Joseph Joestar 1991-1758.

Taki Tachibana took down Conan Edogawa 2706-1662, Sorata Kanda impaled Lancer 2269-2028, Saitama punched Willem Kmetsch 2465-1620, Kousei Arima defeated Eren Yeager 2127-1850, Shouya Ishida eased past Monkey D. Luffy 2234-1751, Edward Elric roared past Ryuuji Takasu in a 1966-1949 grinder, Yuu Ishigami routed Isaac Foster 3222-1190 and Karma Akabane won a 1950-1947 snoozer over Nishikata.

Riku Dola rocked Archer 2469-1810, Yuuta Togashi defeated Lelouch Lamperouge 2683-1661, Yuu Otosaka burned Eugeo 2416-1716, Satoshi Fukube took down Kaito Kuroba 2186-1872, Nagisa Shiota got past Ken Kaneki 2017-1778, Sasuke Uchiha won the closest race of the round, a 1834-1832 pillow fight of lightweights over Osamu Dazai, Touma Kamijou broke Hodaka Morishima 2800-1457 and Gintoki Sakata roared past Kingu (Enkidu)  2093-1383.

Wrapping up Male Division play, Levi leveled Tomoya Okazaki 2398-2018, Kazuma Satou crushed Rintarou Okabe 2423-1632, Saika Totsuka mowed down Haruka Kasugano 2703-1457, Gilgamesh slayed Waver Velvet 2726-1015, Takashi Natsume prevailed over Ryuunosuke Akasaka 2085-1951, Itachi Uchiha made it a rare Naruto sweep with a 2047-1664 win over Joutarou Kuujou, Sakuta Azugawa slammed Masamune Izumi 3526-965 and Kyon flattened Dio Brando 2152-1655.

In Divine Circlet action, Alice Zuberg defeated Cocoa Hoto 2275-1891, Tohka Yatogami rolled past Homura Akemi 2783-1643, Origami Tobiichi shot down Nino Nakano 2214-2046 and Sakuta Matou rallied past Holo 2382-1856. In Divine Crown action, Hiro prevailed over Akihito Kanbara 1979-1787, Seiya Ryuuguin pummeled Satoshi 2116-1729, Shuu Ouma edged Taihei Doma 1865-1834 and Bell Cranel roasted Giovanna Giorno 2162-1491.

Match Day 5 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period is scheduled for October 11, 2020. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

Seattle Storm: 2020 WNBA Champions

BRADENTON, Fla. — Winning its second title in three years, and its fourth overall, the Seattle Storm beat the Las Vegas Aces in Game 3, 92-59, and swept the No. 1 seed in a dominant playoff run.

“It felt like a lot of pressure, the expectations were there,” head coach Gary Kloppenburg said. “These are all such good teams from top to bottom down here, every game you had to get prepared for each team in our league. It’s such a high level of basketball, so I’m just really proud of our group, they just stayed together through a lot of weird stuff, it was weird playing a season in a Wubble. It’s been historic for our team and the league.”

Finals MVP Breanna Stewart scored 26 points, Sue Bird dropped seven assists, and the Storm ran away with the game early in the second half.

After the first quarter, the Storm led the Aces, 23-21, trading baskets for most of the opening frame and shooting 57.9% from the field. Stewart led the way, scoring almost half of Seattle’s points with 11.

With Stewart in foul trouble in the second quarter, Loyd picked up the scoring load, scoring 10 points by halftime and helping Seattle separate, leading 43-34. The Storm’s defense held the Aces to just 40.6% shooting, and carried that momentum over into the second half.

The Storm outscored the Aces 32-14 in the third quarter, shooting 66.7% from the field and blowing the game completely open with a balanced scoring attack. Through three quarters, Seattle held Las Vegas to just 36.7% shooting and forced 15 turnovers.

“As we got going I thought our intensity, our energy and our disruption really picked up,” Kloppenburg said. “The way we came out in the third was just tremendous, we wanted to come out and take their confidence away in that third quarter and we did a really good job of it.”

Seattle opened the floodgates in the third and early in the fourth quarter, taking as large as a 35-point lead late in the game.

The Storm featured four double-digit scorers, shot nearly 50% from the field, and held the Aces to just 34.4% shooting for the dominant win in Game 3. Leading the way, Stewart won the second Finals MVP of her career, she’s one of just five players in league history to do so.

“She’s one of those players, a generational player, that comes through once in a while,” Kloppenburg said. “To face adversity and even get stronger because of it. I think that’s what we saw with her. She missed a whole year and she came back as a better player in pretty much every category on both sides of the ball.”

TOP STAT TO KNOW

#SayHerName: It has been 207 days since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her own apartment. There has still been no justice.

SEATTLE HIGHLIGHTS

Sue Bird is the only player in WNBA history to win a championship in three separate decades, and just the third professional basketball player to accomplish the feat all time.

Breanna Stewart has won Finals MVP for the second time in her career already, just the fifth WNBA player of all-time to win the award more than once.

Bird set multiple assist records over the course of the Finals, with her latest being her 33 assists in a Finals sweep, the highest total of all-time.

Stewart’s 85 points in a Finals sweep is the second most in WNBA history, with just Angel McCoughtry scoring more in the current Finals format, back in 2011 with the Atlanta Dream, of 93.

Jordin Canada’s 15 points were a Finals career-high, and it’s the second straight game Canada has logged double-digit scoring.

BoBA ISML 2020 Predictions: Amethyst Match Day 4

ARENA 1 Shokuhō Misaki [[Shiina Mashiro]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Nakano Miku]] Index L. Prohibitorum

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 3 [[Hayasaka Ai]] Yuigahama Yui

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 4 Jibril [[Kasumigaoka Utaha]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 5 Misaki Mei [[Haibara Ai]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 6 Suzumiya Haruhi [[Kuriyama Mirai]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 7 Miyazono Kaori [[Shinomiya Kaguya]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 8 Kaname Madoka [[Tōru]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 9 [[Tōsaka Rin]] Isshiki Iroha

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 10 Akiyama Mio [[Sakurajima Mai]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 11 Tomori Nao [[Izumi Sagiri]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 12 [[Karuizawa Kei]] Sawamura Spencer Eriri

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 13 [[Aoyama Nanami]] Ram

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 14 Aisaka Taiga [[Azusagawa Kaede]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 15 [[Yūki Asuna]] Ōmae Kumiko

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 16 [[Takagi]] Mikasa Ackerman

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 17 Amano Hina [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 18 Zero Two [[Nishimiya Shōko]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 19 Schwi Dola [[Emilia]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 20 [[Kitashirakawa Tamako]] Megumin

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 21 Kamado Nezuko [[Kanna Kamui]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 22 [[Kasugano Sora]] Yukinoshita Haruno

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 23 Doma Umaru [[Tokisaki Kurumi]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 24 [[Nakano Azusa]] Aqua

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 25 [[Fujiwara Chika]] Shirai Kuroko

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 26 Shiro [[Saten Ruiko]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 27 [[Takanashi Rikka]] Makise Kurisu

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 28 Saber [[Miyamizu Mitsuha]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 29 Hirasawa Yui [[Illyasviel von Einzbern]]

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 30 [[Kafū Chino]] Gray

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 31 [[Misaka Mikoto]] Honma Meiko

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 32 [[Makinohara Shōko]] Asada Shino

by >=300
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 33 [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]] Emiya Shirō

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 34 Merlin [[Natsuki Subaru]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 35 Kamado Tanjiro [[Emiya Kiritsugu]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 36 [[Saiki Kusuo]] Uzumaki Naruto

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 37 Otonashi Yuzuru [[Itsuka Shidō]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 38 [[Ainz Ooal Gown]] Tomioka Giyū

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 39 [[Shirogane Miyuki]] Yato

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 40 Joseph Joestar [[Agatsuma Zen'itsu]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 41 [[Tachibana Taki]] Edogawa Conan

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 42 [[Kanda Sorata]] Lancer

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 43 Willem Kmetsch [[Saitama]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 44 [[Eren Yeager]] Arima Kōsei

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 45 [[Ishida Shōya]] Monkey D. Luffy

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 46 Edward Elric [[Takasu Ryūji]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 47 Isaac Foster [[Ishigami Yū]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 48 Nishikata [[Akabane Karma]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 49 [[Riku Dola]] Archer

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 50 [[Lelouch Lamperouge]] Togashi Yūta

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 51 [[Eugeo]] Otosaka Yū

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 52 Fukube Satoshi [[Kuroba Kaito]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 53 [[Shiota Nagisa]] Kaneki Ken

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 54 Uchiha Sasuke [[Dazai Osamu]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 55 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Morishima Hodaka

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 56 Kingu(Enkidu) [[Sakata Gintoki]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 57 Okazaki Tomoya [[Levi]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 58 [[Okabe Rintarō]] Satō Kazuma

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 59 Kasugano Haruka [[Totsuka Saika]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 60 [[Gilgamesh]] Waver Velvet

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 61 Akasaka Ryūnosuke [[Natsume Takashi]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 62 [[Uchiha Itachi]] Kūjō Jōtarō

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 63 Izumi Masamune [[Azusagawa Sakuta]]

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 64 [[Kyon]] Dio Brando

by <=900
Over/Under: 8300
Under

ARENA 65 [[Alice Zuberg]] Hoto Kokoa

by >=400
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 66 [[Yatogami Tōka]] Akemi Homura

by >=400
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 67 [[Tobiichi Origami]] Nakano Nino

by >=400
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 68 Holo [[Matō Sakura]]

by >=400
Over/Under: 7000
Over

ARENA 69 Kanbara Akihito [[Hiro]]

by <=800
Over/Under: 8000
Under

ARENA 70 Satoshi [[Ryūgūin Seiya]]

by <=800
Over/Under: 8000
Under

ARENA 71 Ōma Shū [[Doma Taihei]]

by <=800
Over/Under: 8000
Under

ARENA 72 Giorno Giovanna [[Bell Cranel]]

by <=800
Over/Under: 8000
Under

Voter Id: 800beba6-c7cc-5ab4-b0c8-0f7e673b8a71

ISML 2020: Amethyst Match Day 3 Round-Up

ISML 2020: Amethyst Match Day 3 Round-Up

By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue

October 7, 2020

Here are your results from Match Day 3 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period. In the Female Division, Chika Fujiwara rocked Yui Hirasawa 3585-2094, Shiro defeated Mitsuha Miyamizu 3122-2470, Rikka Takanashi thumped Chino Kafuu 3517-1925, Kuroko Shirai eased past Shino Asada 3314-2096, Meiko Honma delivered the Upset of the Round, a 2719-2485 scalp of Kurisu Makise, Ruiko Saten defeated Shouko Makinohara 2873-2488, Saber slashed past Gray 3135-1787 and Mikoto Misaka routed Illyasviel von Einzbern 4162-1508.

Mashiro Shiina smashed Ai Haibara 3697-1861, Utaha Kasumigaoka defeated Index Prohibitorum 2855-2712, Ai Hayasaka took down Mirai Kuriyama 3460-1990, Misaki Shokuhou pummeled Tooru 3496-1929, Yui Yuigahama hammered Kaori Miyazono 3403-2053, Miku Nakano torched Madoka Kaname 3482-1790, Jibril flew past Haruhi Suzumiya 2565-2497 and Kaguya Shinomiya dismantled Mei Misaki 4631-1027.

Rin Tohsaka pounded Nanami Aoyama 3242-2203, Mai Sakurahima romped past Eriri Spencer Sawamura 3634-1875, Sagiri Izumi roared past Taiga Aisaka 2968-2336, Iroha Isshiki rolled past Mikasa Ackerman 3532-1790, Nao Tomori obliterated Kumiko Oumae 3330-1846, Mio Akiyama boomed past Takagi 2969-2215, Kaede Azusagawa whipped past Kei Karuizawa 3256-1967 and Asuna Yuuki rammed Ram 3618-2045.

Wrapping up Female Division action, Yukino Yukinoshita took down Kamui Kanna 3690-2002, Shouko Nishimiya exploded past Megumin 2969-2576, Emilia mowed down Sora Kasugano 3589-2009, Hina Amano prevailed over Aqua 2690-2639, Schwi Dola slammed Umaru Doma 2954-2474, Azusa Nakano defeated Zero Two 2702-2522, Tamako Kitashirakawa got past Haruno Yukinoshita 2871-2365 and Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Nezuko Kamado 3532-1910.

In the Male Division, Levi leveled Takashi Natsuyme 2749-2132, Gilgamesh impaled Rintarou Okabe 2886-1969, Saika Totsuka toasted Joutarou Kuujou 2978-2056, Tomoya Okazaki burned Kyon 2840-1694, Masamune Izumi defeated Haruka Kasugano 2517-2103, Kazuma Satou crushed Dio Brando 3018-1910, Itachi Uchiha whipped past Waver Velvet 2590-2075 and Sakuta Azusagawa thumped Ryuunosuke Akasaka 3733-1446.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji routed Shidou Itsuka 3101-1884, Subaru Natsuki destroyed Naruto Uzumaki 3446-1691, Tanjiro Kamado drubbed Giyuu Tomioka 2827-1699, Shirou Emiya drilled Zen'itsu Agatsuma 2939-1968, Kiritsugu Emiya flew past Yato 2387-2279, Merlin took down Joseph Joestar 2498-2108, Ainz Ooal Gown defeated Kusuo Saiki 2423-2263 and Miyuki Shirogane dominated Yuzuru Otonashi 3798-1632.

Taki Tachibana pummeled Shouya Ishida 3064-1823m Sorata Kanda dismissed Kousei Arima 2758-2198, Saitama punched Ryuuji Takasu 2794-2088, Conan Edogawa dusted off Karma Akabane 2799-2036, Willem Kmetsch grounded Isaac Foster 2328-2129, Lancer impaled Nishikata 2783-2197, Edward Elric prevailed over Eren Yeager 2300-2250, Riku Dola rocked Ken Kaneki 3141-1843 and Yuuta Togashi scorched Kaito Kuroba 3355-1710.

Wrapping up Male Division play, Yuu Otosaka defeated Sasuke Uchiha 3355-1710, Archer hung Kingu (Enkidu) 3021-1429, Eugeo mowed down Hodaka Morishima 2684-2120, Lelouch Lamperouge throttled Gintoki Sakata 2430-2040, Satoshi Fukube burned Osamu Dazai 2383-2155, Touma Kamijou broke Nagisa Shiota 3542-1704 and Yuu Ishigami smashed Monkey D. Luffy 3860-1486.

In Divine Circlet action, Nagisa Furukawa defeated Shinobu Kochou 2681-2525, Ginko Sora destroyed Hinata Hoshino 2779-2089, Yoshino silenced Mafuyu Kirisu 2993-2039 and Ereshkiga defeated Mozore Yoroizuka 2437-2190. In Divine Crown action, Tomoya Aki defeated Sesshoumaru 2612-2235, Fuutarou Uesugi leveled Inosuke Hashibira 2354-2303, Mochizou Ouji got past Li Syaoran 2638-1883 and Yaichi Kuzuryuu demolished Haruka Nanase 2607-1790.

Match Day 4 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period is scheduled for October 8, 2020. Vote for your favorite characters at InternationalSaimoe.com and join the ongoing debate.

BoBA ISML 2020 Predictions: Amethyst Match Day 3

ARENA 1 [[Fujiwara Chika]] Hirasawa Yui

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 2 Miyamizu Mitsuha [[Shiro]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 3 [[Kafū Chino]] Takanashi Rikka

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 4 Asada Shino [[Shirai Kuroko]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 5 [[Makise Kurisu]] Honma Meiko

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 6 [[Saten Ruiko]] Makinohara Shōko

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 7 [[Saber]] Gray

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 8 Illyasviel von Einzbern [[Misaka Mikoto]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 9 Haibara Ai [[Shiina Mashiro]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 10 [[Kasumigaoka Utaha]] Index L. Prohibitorum

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 11 [[Hayasaka Ai]] Kuriyama Mirai

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 12 Tōru [[Shokuhō Misaki]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 13 Miyazono Kaori [[Yuigahama Yui]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 14 Kaname Madoka [[Nakano Miku]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 15 [[Jibril]] Suzumiya Haruhi

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 16 Misaki Mei [[Shinomiya Kaguya]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 17 [[Tōsaka Rin]] Aoyama Nanami

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 18 [[Sakurajima Mai]] Sawamura Spencer Eriri

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 19 [[Izumi Sagiri]] Aisaka Taiga

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 20 Mikasa Ackerman [[Isshiki Iroha]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 21 [[Tomori Nao]] Ōmae Kumiko

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 22 [[Takagi]] Akiyama Mio

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 23 Karuizawa Kei [[Azusagawa Kaede]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 24 [[Yūki Asuna]] Ram

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 25 [[Yukinoshita Yukino]] Kanna Kamui

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 26 [[Nishimiya Shōko]] Megumin

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 27 Kasugano Sora [[Emilia]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 28 Amano Hina [[Aqua]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 29 Doma Umaru [[Schwi Dola]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 30 [[Nakano Azusa]] Zero Two

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 31 Yukinoshita Haruno [[Kitashirakawa Tamako]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 32 Kamado Nezuko [[Tokisaki Kurumi]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4500
Over

ARENA 33 Natsume Takashi [[Levi]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 34 Gilgamesh [[Okabe Rintarō]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 35 [[Totsuka Saika]] Kūjō Jōtarō

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 36 [[Okazaki Tomoya]] Kyon

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 37 [[Izumi Masamune]] Kasugano Haruka

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 38 [[Satō Kazuma]] Dio Brando

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 39 [[Waver Velvet]] Uchiha Itachi

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 40 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] Akasaka Ryūnosuke

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 41 Itsuka Shidō [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 42 [[Natsuki Subaru]] Uzumaki Naruto

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 43 Tomioka Giyū [[Kamado Tanjiro]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 44 Agatsuma Zen'itsu [[Emiya Shirō]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 45 Yato [[Emiya Kiritsugu]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 46 Joseph Joestar [[Merlin]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 47 [[Saiki Kusuo]] Ainz Ooal Gown

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 48 [[Shirogane Miyuki]] Otonashi Yuzuru

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 49 Ishida Shōya [[Tachibana Taki]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 50 [[Kanda Sorata]] Arima Kōsei

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 51 [[Saitama]] Takasu Ryūji

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 52 [[Akabane Karma]] Edogawa Conan

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 53 Isaac Foster [[Willem Kmetsch]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 54 Nishikata [[Lancer]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 55 Edward Elric [[Eren Yeager]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 56 [[Ishigami Yū]] Monkey D. Luffy

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 57 Kaneki Ken [[Riku Dola]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 58 [[Togashi Yūta]] Kuroba Kaito

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 59 [[Otosaka Yū]] Uchiha Sasuke

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 60 Kingu(Enkidu) [[Archer]]

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 61 [[Eugeo]] Morishima Hodaka

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 62 [[Lelouch Lamperouge]] Sakata Gintoki

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 63 [[Fukube Satoshi]] Dazai Osamu

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 64 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Shiota Nagisa

by <=500
Over/Under: 5000
Under

ARENA 65 Kochō Shinobu [[Furukawa Nagisa]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4000
Over

ARENA 66 Hoshino Hinata [[Sora Ginko]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4000
Over

ARENA 67 Kirisu Mafuyu [[Yoshino]]

by >=200
Over/Under: 4000
Over

ARENA 68 [[Yoroizuka Mizore]] Ereshkigal

by >=200
Over/Under: 4000
Over

ARENA 69 Aki Tomoya [[Sesshōmaru]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 4000
Under

ARENA 70 [[Uesugi Fūtarō]] Hashibira Inosuke

by <=300
Over/Under: 4000
Under

ARENA 71 Ōji Mochizō [[Li Syaoran]]

by <=300
Over/Under: 4000
Under

ARENA 72 [[Nanase Haruka]] Kuzuryū Yaichi

by <=300
Over/Under: 4000
Under

Voter Id: 3fb68f58-850a-5c98-9cfb-f3ef1afd084d

ISML 2020: Amethyst Period In Full Swing

ISML 2020: Amethyst Period In Full Swing

By Jo-Ryan Salazar

The Bedlam on Baltic Avenue

October 4, 2020

Match Day 2 of the 2020 International Saimoe League Amethyst Period is in the books. In the Female Division, Yukino Yukinoshita routed Nezuko Kamado 2730-942, Shouko Nishimiya defeated Haruno Yukinoshita 1972-1476, Emilia flew past Tamako Kitashirakawa 2340-1239, Hina Amano eased past Zero Two 1882-1429, Kurumi Tokisaki shot down Schwi Dola 2396-1229, Megumi exploded past Azusa Nakano 1972-1401, Aqua scored the Upset of the Roung, a 1686-1621 scalp of Kamui Kanna and Sora Kasugano defeated Umaru Doma 1777-1476.

Chika Fujiwara pummeled Illyasviel von Einzbern 2325-1312, Shiro rolled past Gray 2308-1087, Rikka Takanashi drove past Saber 2126-1494, Kuroko Shirai drilled Ruiko Saten 2019-1285, Mikoto Misaka zapped Kurisu Makise 2691-1017, Shouko Makinohara won the closest race of the round, a 1717-1712 thriller over Mitsuha Miyamizu, Yui Hirasawa rocked Shino Asada 1710-1626 and Chino Kafuu blew past Meiko Honma 1871-1395.

Mashiro Shiina smashed Mei Misaki 2734-723, Index Prohibitorum defeated Haruhi Suzumiya 1896-1560, Ai Hayasaka dismantled Jibril 2420-1091, Misaki Shokuhou defeated Miku Nakano 1978-1595, Kaguya Shinomiya dominated Yui Yuigahama 2271-1492, Utaha Kasumigaoka leveled Madoka Kaname 2218-1189, Ai Haibara prevailed over Tooru 1718-1669 and Kaori Miyazono defeated Mirai Kuriyama 1730-1400.

Wrapping up Female Division play, Rin Tohsaka raced past Ram 2217-1373, Sagiri Izumi slaughtered Kei Karuizawa 2182-1160, Iroha Isshiki boomed past Mio Akiyama 2023-1553, Asuna Yuuki slashed past Nao Tomori 2169-1427, Eriri Spencer Sawamura defeated Takagi 1967-1473, Nanami Aoyama rumbled past Mikasa Ackerman 1933-1361 and Taiga Aisaka roared past Kumiko Oumae 2052-1280.

In the Male Division, Riku Dola rocked Nagisa Shiota 2110-1052, Yuuta Togashi crushed Osamu Dazai 2135-1009, Yuu Otosaka defeated Satoshi Fukube 1812-1315, Archer won a 1524-1509 nailbiter over Lelouch Lamperouge, Touma Kamijou broke Eugeo 2071-1320, Gintoki Sakata defeated Kaito Kuroba 1413-1383, Ken Kaneki slayed Kingu (Enkidu) 1619-1076 and Hodaka Morishima delivered a 1529-1388 statement win over Sasuke Uchiha.

Levi leveled Ryuunosuke Akasaka 1933-1353, Rintarou Okabe defeated Itachi Uchiha 1526-1428, Saika Totsuka toasted Waver Velvet 2201-1009, Kazuma Satou eased past Tomoya Okazaki 1773-1410, Sakuta Azusagawa smashed Haruka Kasugano 2566-729, Gilgamesh impaled Dio Brando 1974-933, Takashi Natsume defeated Kyon 1720-1345 and Masamune Izumi whipped past Joutarou Kuujou 1627-1349.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji shot down Yuzuru Otonashi 2043-1277, Subaru Natsuki stonewalled Ainz Ooal Gown 2294-1005, Tanjiro Kamado defeated Kusuo Saiki 1872-1272, Shirou Emiya roasted Merlin 1817-1077, Miyuki Shirogane routed Kiritsugu Emiya 2343-1189, Naruto Uzumaki defeated Joseph Joestar 1432-1272, Shidou Itsuka pummeled Zen'itsu Agatsuma 1800-1245 and Yato flew past Giyuu Tomioka 1574-1397.

Wrapping up Male Division play, Taki Tachibana took down Monkey D. Luffy 2235-879, Sorata Kanda defeated Edward Elric 1664-1482, Saitama punched Eren Yeager 1776-1187, Lancer impaled Conan Edogawa 1689-1552, Yuu Ishigami destroyed Willem Kmetsch 2432-899, Kosei Arima eased past Nishikata 1829-1186, Shouya Ishida defeated Karma Akabane 1623-1449 and Ryuuji Takasu roared past Isaac Foster 1822-1043.

In Divine Circlet action, Alice Zuberg thumped Homura Akemi 1917-1345, Touka Yatogami defeated Cocoa Hoto 1844-1421, Origami Tobiichi cruised past Holo 1801-1492 and Sakura Matou prevailed over Nino Nakano 1643-1552. In Divine Crown action, Seiya Ryuuguuin won a 1462-1425 snoozer over Akihito Kanbara, Hiro defeated Satoshi 1505-1389, Taihei Doma routed Giovanna Giorno 1713-1122 and Bell Cranel whipped past Shuu Ouma 1433-1347.

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Tampa Bay Lightning: 2020 Stanley Cup Champions

After last season's shocking first round sweep and playoff exit, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois knew some changes had to made in order to have a better result the next time his team qualified for the postseason.

BriseBois didn't want to blow up the core of the team that had been in place for a number of seasons. And changes to the coaching staff didn't make sense either.

Instead, BriseBois identified three areas his team would have to get better in order to achieve their ultimate goal of lifting the Stanley Cup.

The Lightning needed to reduce the number of quality chances against. That meant, protecting the slot more robustly and reducing the number of minor penalties the team took.

They needed to battle harder and be more physical, whether by having more of a net-front presence or winning more puck battles.

And, finally, they needed to manage the game better.

"And we did that," BriseBois said. "And because we did, we were a better team."

The Lightning made additions during the offseason to achieve their goals. They brought in Curtis McElhinney to be the backup goaltender even though they had a backup goalie on the roster in Louis Domingue because McElhinney gave them cost certainty at the position for two seasons with a salary cap crunch looming. They added Luke Schenn and Kevin Shattenkirk to their blueline. Schenn provided a veteran, physical presence that proved particularly effective in playoff series against Boston and the New York Islanders. Shattenkirk fell into the Lightning's lap after his contract was bought out by the New York Rangers. He partnered well with Mikhail Sergachev and aided in the youngster's development as a standout on the blueline. He also gave the Lightning some scoring punch and was invaluable in the locker room.

And at forward, the Lightning brought in Pat Maroon, who won a Stanley Cup the previous season with his hometown St. Louis Blues and knew what it took to manage the ups and downs of an extended playoff run.

"Both Kevin and Pat Maroon we signed with them bringing some leadership to our group in mind," BriseBois said. "They still both managed to exceed my expectations in terms of how much they brought to our locker room, how much they brought to our team both on and off the ice. Not that my expectations were low, they still found a way to manage to exceed my expectations. They were key contributors to our team, and they may have been exactly what we needed. It's nice when things work out."

The 2019-20 regular season certainly didn't go off without a hitch. The Lightning slogged their way through the first two months of the season. By mid-December, they were well out of a playoff spot and sixth in the Atlantic Division behind teams like Florida, Montreal and Buffalo.

But from December 23 through February 17, when the team capped a franchise record 11-game win streak with a 4-3 overtime victory in Colorado, the Lightning went 23-2-1, moved to within a point of the Boston Bruins for first place overall in the NHL and firmly established themselves as a playoff team and a top contender for the Stanley Cup.

More than that, however, the aspects of their game BriseBois laid out at the beginning of the season the Lightning would need to be successful come playoff time came to fruition. Over a stretch from the beginning of the 2020 calendar year to that win in Denver, the Lightning didn't allow more than three goals in a single contest and became one of the League's best teams defensively and in managing the puck, their 1.77 goals against average over that stretch tops in the League.

"All in all, we had a good team, and the numbers kind of support that," BriseBois said.

At the trade deadline, BriseBois had an opportunity to upgrade his already dangerous team. He identified a need for a couple of forwards that could fit into their top nine. And he needed another right-shot defenseman, especially with long-term injuries to Jan Rutta and Ryan McDonagh.

"I thought we could really benefit from adding two forwards that were going to be hard to play against, bring some size, bring some snarl, some sandpaper," BriseBois said. "And we were really good defensively. We're trying to improve our team defensively at that point and be harder to play against."

The Lightning traded for Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow to augment the forward group. The price to acquire them was steep - collectively, the Lightning gave up two first round draft picks in 2020 and prized prospect Nolan Foote - but BriseBois said he couldn't pass up the opportunity to add two players who could step into the lineup immediately and make an impact at the expense of future assets that might or might not pan out on the NHL level.

"My mindset at that point was to be very aggressive in the pursuit of the pieces that I believed could give us a strong push forward," BriseBois said. "It wasn't just about adding depth to our team, it was about making our team better, all the while keeping an eye on next season and trying to make sure that we remain a competitive team year in and year out. We were also looking at players that we could potentially add to our group that had good contracts going forward and that made adding Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow all the more attractive to us."

And with Bogosian, the Lightning were looking to bring in a right-shot defenseman anyway, and when the veteran defenseman in his 12th season in the league became available after having his contract terminated by Buffalo, he became the best option.

Plus, as a free agent, he didn't require the forfeiture of any assets to get him, and the Lightning had enough room under the cap to sign him.

"Picking up Zach Bogosian certainly ended up being a key decision I think in our success because he was an important player for us on the ice," BriseBois said.

Once the new additions joined the team, the Lightning's play dipped a bit as they worked to integrate the pieces into their puzzle. But that's where the four-month pause might have benefited the Lightning more than any other team because they were able to assimilate the new players into the group during the down time and then they were basically able to have a training camp with the team during the two-week camp before the team left for the bubble in Toronto.

"I have to give credit to our players, their commitment to winning this season, it never waned," BriseBois said. "I was continually in touch with them (during the pause). They were continuously in touch with our director of sport performance Mark Lambert, and they stayed on top of their conditioning. They also did a great job staying at home and eliminating their risk of getting the COVID virus."

Once in the playoffs, the Lightning quickly established themselves as the tournament's most dominant team. The five overtime win in Game 1 of the First Round versus Columbus was a breakthrough for the team, giving them confidence after what happened against the same team the year prior. And then the Bolts got better and better as the playoffs moved along, overcoming injuries and bad bounces to lift the Cup at the end following a six-game series against the Dallas Stars in the Cup Final, the culmination of over two months inside the bubble in what could arguably be considered the most difficult Stanley Cup Playoffs ever contested.

"I am in awe of what our guys accomplished. I am in awe of how deep they had to dig physically and mentally in order for us to fly back to Tampa with the Cup," BriseBois said. "It was, being able to witness it up close, it was awesome, it was awe-inspiring, it was just so incredible what they did. I'm going to get my name engraved on the Stanley Cup and I was honored to be nominated for GM of the year, but that has a lot more to do with the work of our players, the work and the sacrifices of our players and our staff and our coaches then it does with me. I am truly appreciative and grateful for everything that they've done. It is not lost on me that I am the beneficiary of all their hard work and sacrifices. And now as (Lightning head coach Jon Cooper) says, we get to walk together forever as the 2020 Stanley Cup champions."

Now that the season is over, the reality is the team the Lightning put on the ice in Game 6 against Dallas will be different from the one that begins the 2020-21 regular season, whenever that is. A flat salary cap and a number of players either beginning new contracts next season or coming off entry-level contracts and due a raise means that some key members of the team's core will probably have to move on this offseason.

"Even though I would like to bring this whole group back together so we could try to defend our championship and that would be my preference if I got to choose what I would want to do is bring everyone back as is and we try to defend our title, the reality is I can't do that," BriseBois said. "The cap just doesn't allow that to happen. It never does for any team. There's always some turnover, and this year the turnover is going to require that some of our players that have been here for a while and just helped us win a championship aren't going to be returning."

BriseBois said signing Mikhail Sergachev, Anthony Cirelli and Erik Cernak to new contracts is a priority. All three of those players are coming off their entry-level deals.

"(They) haven't really entered their prime yet, and they're going to allow us to continue to be a good team going forward for many years," BriseBois said.

BriseBois said he doesn't expect to have to buy out anyone's contract. And he has an ongoing dialogue with players to keep them in the loop about what or when decisions will be made.

"I think it's important for everyone to get a chance to properly celebrate this championship as a team with their teammates," BriseBois said. "I wish I didn't have to have the types of conversations I'm going to have to have as soon as I will. But it's just the reality of our business. Ultimately, it's in their best interest too. The sooner they know, the better for them as well."

As for Steven Stamkos, the Lightning captain played just one game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, that coming in Game 3 of the Cup Final when he scored a goal on his third shift of the game and first shot but wasn't able to continue after 2:47 of ice time, forever immortalizing himself in Cup lore for his effort in an abbreviated appearance.

BriseBois said Stamkos had sports hernia surgery on March 2 and was progressing well through Phase 2 of the team's return to play but suffered a new injury where his body was overcompensating for the sports hernia, which is why he wasn't able to play until so late in the playoffs and then for only such a short amount of time.

But BriseBois reiterated Stamkos is not expected to miss the start of next season's training camp and should be fully recovered once that starts.

"The whole pandemic certainly didn't help his cause because it was hard to, you couldn't send him anywhere to go see specialists," BriseBois said. "If he goes out of the bubble, now he's got to quarantine again. What's the trade off? He wants to be around the team. We want him around the team. It certainly complicated matters, and I will know more next week (when Stamkos sees a specialist)…But we're talking about weeks of rehab and not months of rehab, and we fully expect him to be ready for the start of training camp whenever that will be."