Saimoe 2008

[Tsubasa]

Saimoe 2008 prelims have just completed and the blocks are determined.  Who's going to win this year!?  Time for discussion!

Brackets @the main site.  Here's the icon version, which gives little images of each character.

Notable characters for me:
Block A: Hagiwara Yukiho (IM@S), Kobushi Abiru (Zetsen), Ginga Nakajima (Nanoha StrikerS), Yami (ToLoveRu), C.C. (Geass), Yuzuhara Konomi (ToHeart2)
Block B: Nunnally Vi Britannia (Geass)
Block C: Vita (Nanoha StrikerS), Honami Takase Ambler (Rental Magica), Alicia Florence (ARIA)
Block D: Asakura Yume (D.C. II), Teana Lanster (Nanoha StrikerS), Iincho (Seto no Hanayome)
Block E: Takamachi Nanoha (Nanoha StrikerS)
Block F: Furukawa Nagisa (CLANNAD), Kusugawa Sasara (ToHeart2), Komaki Ikuno (ToHeart2), Yagami Hayate (Nanoha StrikerS)
Block G: Komaki Manaka (ToHeart2), Akabane Kureha (Night Wizard), Bell Zephyr (Night Wizard), Takatsuki Yayoi (IM@S)
Block H: Alice Carol (ARIA), Amami Haruka (IM@S)

Someone to look out for:
Block F - Hatsune Miku (Zetsen)

My top 3 picks for the tourney this year are as follow:
1. Takamachi Nanoha
2. Komaki Manaka
3. Vita

Manaka probably isn't going very far, as usual. ; ;  Nanoha or Vita could go quite far though.  Nanoha all the way!

[Lisu]

stuff's going down!
At the top I'd say I have Akira, in two varieties.  But Miku is so cheating.

[mDuo13]

My picks, best and runner(s) up in each block:
Block A: C.C., Fate Testarossa
Block B: Elyse (El Cazador), Fujibayashi Ryou
Block C: Alicia Florence, Furukawa Sanae
Block D: Iinchou (Seto no Hanayome), Nora Arendt
Block E: Nia Teppelin, Horo (Spice and Wolf)
Block F: Furukawa Nagisa, Athena Glory, Kouzuki Kallen
Block G: Mizunashi Akari, Anya Earlstreim
Block H: Alice Carrol... not really anyone else.

I'm not really gonna rep IM@S or ToHeart2 since I haven't really played them... but there are some characters from there that I wouldn't mind seeing go fairly far.

Overall top picks:
1. Mizunashi Akari
2. Nagisa Furukawa
3. Nia Teppelin

Though I guess Alice and Alicia are pretty high up, too.

I don't think I'm going to get my way at all.

Now, the more important question: where's Masa-san?

[Sunara Ishi]

Oooooooooooooo. Yay~ Finally a thread for it.
Hehe. I was probably one of the few voting in prelims. XD;
2nd prelim precisely cause I just remembered, just a couple weeks back, that Saimoe should be starting.

My picks:
Block A: Fuko, Fate, C.C., Kei, Hanyuu, Shiika.
Block B: Nunally, Amamiya, Ellis, Aika, Vivio
Block C: Vita, Chiaki, Tianzi, Alicia, Kaguya
Block D: Himawari, Fumika, Wilhemina, Rena, Rahzel
Block E: Shana, Ranka, Nanoha, Caro, Chiaki, Horo
Block F: Maka, Athena, Kuran kuran, Otoha
Block G: Akari, Anya, Yuki, Hinata (hotaru), Fumika (different from the one in block D), Chihiro, Yin
Block H: Ai, Tsubaki, Alice

The rest I'll decide later but these are probably for sure. Some of my faves were against each other. D:

[Magical Senpai]

Oh crap, time to figure out Vegas odds again... :P

(My picks to come later)

[Spiritsnare]

UME-SENSEI FOR LIFE

[Chun]

Oshiiiiiiiiii

List later

~Chun

[mDuo13]

List later

(My picks to come later)

Then why not wait and post later when you have a list?!

[LastElixir]

I'll follow tsubasa's format cuz I'm lazy, I'll just switch around the words a bit.

Blocks been determined. Who's gon win this year!? Bust ya shit out.

Dymes I'm feelin':
Block A: Komori Kiri (Zetsubou Sensei), Minami Touma (Minamike)
Block B: Edomae Runa (Seto), Chiba Kirino (Bamboo Blade)
Block C: Vita (StrikerS), Akira E Ferrari (Aria), Alicia Florence (Aria), Hiiragi Kagami (Raki), Midarezaki Yuuka (Kyouran)
Block D: Adelicia Lenn Mathers (Rental Magica), Miyako (Hidamari), Kawazoe Tamaki (Bamboo), Nia (Guren)
Block E: Aso Natsumi (Sketchbook), Kaga Ai (Zetsusen), Katsuragi Mikan (Rental Magica),
Block F: Athena Glory (Aria), Zenigata Mawari (Seto)
Block G: Cornelia Le Britania (Geass), Shamal (StrikerS)
Block H: Hito Nami (Zetsusen), Alice Carroll (Aria), Angol Moa (Keroro)

Top 3 breezies:
1. Alice Carroll
2. Miyako
3. Athena Glory

Signum is not qualified for this year's saimoe? wtf.

j

[Tsubasa]

Signum is not qualified for this year's saimoe? wtf.

Look @E05.

Oh, and I missed Shamal in my list.  It's pretty easy to overlook Shamal. XD;

[mDuo13]

Signum is not qualified for this year's saimoe? wtf.

Look @E05.

Oh, and I missed Shamal in my list.  It's pretty easy to overlook Shamal. XD;

She was there? I actually looked, and didn't see her. XD

Oh yeah, and it didn't occur to me at first how cheating it is to put Miku on there. I hope she doesn't win (despite that I do think she's cute). *sigh*

[LastElixir]

i see her now, i used the icon version and she's labeled as nanoha while everyone else is labeled as nanoha sts.

1. Alice
2. Miyako
3. Signum

j

[Tsubasa]

Voting begins tomorrow, folks.  A01, A05, and A09 to be specific.  Keep an eye on the dates to vote for your characters.

I have traditionally only voted on my favorite characters, but I think I'll make it an effort this year to vote as often as possible.

[Sunara Ishi]

Voting begins tomorrow, folks.  A01, A05, and A09 to be specific.  Keep an eye on the dates to vote for your characters.

I have traditionally only voted on my favorite characters, but I think I'll make it an effort this year to vote as often as possible.

Actually, shouldn't it start today? As it is already monday in Japan?

Some of my faves that I'd love to see go far, probably won't. Fumika, Rahzel, and Caro. T.T

[Magical Senpai]

Block A: Haruka, Kiri, Chizuru, C.C.
Block B: Ryou, Potemayo, Nunnally, Miyuki, Hiro, Kirino, Ume-sensei, Yui
Block C: Vita, Kyou, Chiaki (Shigofumi), Tamaki (TH2), Yuno, Sanae, Kana
Block D: Kotomi, Yoshinoya, Maria, Sheryl, Tomoyo, Konata, Sayoko, Miyako, Fumika
Block E: Chiaki (Minami-ke), Shana, Siesta, Ranka, Tamaki (Bamboo Blade), Horo
Block F: Hatena-yousei, Nanako (Lucky Star), Kanata, Yutaka, Mei
Block G: Momoha, Nagi, Manabi, Dokuro, Tsukasa, Manaka, Cornelia
Block H: Isumi, Misao, Hinagiku

[Tsubasa]

Comments so far:

Block A:
Generally more or less pleased with the results of the first round of voting.  I can't say I terribly lament the loss of anyone so far.

Block B:
I feel gyped @B01. ; ;  And Vivio beats Haruhi.  That's right!

Block C:
C09 went more or less like I expected.  But not in the ratio I expected.  Alicia put up a good fight.  Bearing that in mind, that opens up the possibility that Louise might get eliminated by other strong contenders on her side of block C: Kyou or Yuno.

Either way, I'm still rooting for Vita to take out Kagami and take the entire block.

[Spiritsnare]

Yuno made it to the end of her block last time; I expect a similarly strong performance this year.

HIDAMARI REPRESENT

[mDuo13]

B01, B05, and C09 are losses for me.

The rest is as planned so far.

[Sunara Ishi]

B01, B05, and C09 are losses for me.

I think you speak for a lot of us with that one. D:

I was a little disappointed with A9, B6 and B9.

And B2 I am rather disappointed but I guess it wasn't too much of surprise. But Amamiya is one of the ones I'd liked to have see gone farther.

I hope Chiaki hits a homerun tomorrow. X3

[mDuo13]

C06 is another loss for me, albeit not an unexpected one.