October 23, 2007
Saimoe update 10/23
Suddenly, I feel a lot better about having watched all that Familiar of Zero yesterday!
In a totally unexpected, flabbergastingly bizarre turn of events, Louise edged out Suigintou to take the H Block title and round out our quarterfinal. I just didn't expect that. Sure, I mentioned that it could happen as some kind of theoretical event, but it actually happened! Oy vey, I'd have made a mint betting on it...
They've determined the quarterfinals matches, and either they declined to shuffle the brackets this year or the shuffle was just improbably corresponding to an A-B, C-D, E-F, G-H result. I'll save the analysis for later, as there's a two-day break before we get going again.
Wow. Just... wow.
Yesterday's block H final:
1ä½ã€€1663 votes Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière@Zero no Tsukaima
2ä½ã€€1638 votes Suigintou@Rozen Maiden Ouverture
Upcoming quarterfinal bracket:
Quarterfinal 1(10/26)
ç«œå®®ãƒ¬ãƒŠï¼ ã²ãらã—ã®ãªãé ƒã«(Ryuuguu Rena@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
高町ãªã®ã¯ï¼ é”法少女リリカルãªã®ã¯StrikerS(Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
Quarterfinal 2(10/27)
泉ã“ãªãŸï¼ らã☆ã™ãŸ(Izumi Konata@Lucky Star)
三åƒé™¢ãƒŠã‚®ï¼ ãƒãƒ¤ãƒ†ã®ã”ã¨ãï¼(Sanzenin Nagi@Hayate the Combat Butler)
Quarterfinal 3(10/2
å¤æ‰‹æ¢¨èŠ±ï¼ ã²ãらã—ã®ãªãé ƒã«(Furude Rika@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
ãƒ«ã‚¤ã‚ºãƒ»ãƒ•ãƒ©ãƒ³ã‚½ãƒ¯ãƒ¼ã‚ºãƒ»ãƒ«ãƒ»ãƒ–ãƒ©ãƒ³ãƒ»ãƒ‰ãƒ»ãƒ©ãƒ»ãƒ´ã‚¡ãƒªã‚¨ãƒ¼ãƒ«ï¼ ã‚¼ãƒã®ä½¿ã„é”(Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière@Zero no Tsukaima)
Quarterfinal 4(10/29)
çœŸç´…ï¼ ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¼ãƒ³ãƒ¡ã‚¤ãƒ‡ãƒ³ オーベルテューレ(Shinku@Rozen Maiden Ouverture)
柊ã¤ã‹ã•ï¼ らã☆ã™ãŸ(Hiiragi Tsukasa@Lucky Star)
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In a totally unexpected, flabbergastingly bizarre turn of events, Louise edged out Suigintou to take the H Block title and round out our quarterfinal. I just didn't expect that. Sure, I mentioned that it could happen as some kind of theoretical event, but it actually happened! Oy vey, I'd have made a mint betting on it...
They've determined the quarterfinals matches, and either they declined to shuffle the brackets this year or the shuffle was just improbably corresponding to an A-B, C-D, E-F, G-H result. I'll save the analysis for later, as there's a two-day break before we get going again.
Wow. Just... wow.
Yesterday's block H final:
1ä½ã€€1663 votes Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière@Zero no Tsukaima
2ä½ã€€1638 votes Suigintou@Rozen Maiden Ouverture
Upcoming quarterfinal bracket:
Quarterfinal 1(10/26)
ç«œå®®ãƒ¬ãƒŠï¼ ã²ãらã—ã®ãªãé ƒã«(Ryuuguu Rena@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
高町ãªã®ã¯ï¼ é”法少女リリカルãªã®ã¯StrikerS(Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Syoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)
Quarterfinal 2(10/27)
泉ã“ãªãŸï¼ らã☆ã™ãŸ(Izumi Konata@Lucky Star)
三åƒé™¢ãƒŠã‚®ï¼ ãƒãƒ¤ãƒ†ã®ã”ã¨ãï¼(Sanzenin Nagi@Hayate the Combat Butler)
Quarterfinal 3(10/2
å¤æ‰‹æ¢¨èŠ±ï¼ ã²ãらã—ã®ãªãé ƒã«(Furude Rika@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
ãƒ«ã‚¤ã‚ºãƒ»ãƒ•ãƒ©ãƒ³ã‚½ãƒ¯ãƒ¼ã‚ºãƒ»ãƒ«ãƒ»ãƒ–ãƒ©ãƒ³ãƒ»ãƒ‰ãƒ»ãƒ©ãƒ»ãƒ´ã‚¡ãƒªã‚¨ãƒ¼ãƒ«ï¼ ã‚¼ãƒã®ä½¿ã„é”(Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière@Zero no Tsukaima)
Quarterfinal 4(10/29)
çœŸç´…ï¼ ãƒãƒ¼ã‚¼ãƒ³ãƒ¡ã‚¤ãƒ‡ãƒ³ オーベルテューレ(Shinku@Rozen Maiden Ouverture)
柊ã¤ã‹ã•ï¼ らã☆ã™ãŸ(Hiiragi Tsukasa@Lucky Star)
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already form a anti-lousie alliance on AS. Vote for anyone but Louise. Unlike Last years Dark horse, Chikaru-sama, louise is garnering a lot of hate.
With Gin gone, it is basically anyone's game for the 2007 Saimoe Crown.
With Gin gone, it is basically anyone's game for the 2007 Saimoe Crown.
Posted by: Xellos_-^ at October 23, 2007 07:06 PM (12gxe)
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Damn... and just a few days ago I was convinced that one of the finalists would be a Rozen Maiden. It's practically wide open now.
At least I know who I'll be voting for in the quarterfinals. Lucky Star/Higurashi ticket all the way!
At least I know who I'll be voting for in the quarterfinals. Lucky Star/Higurashi ticket all the way!
Posted by: Andrew F. at October 23, 2007 07:28 PM (BbCj1)
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Predictions:
A/B: Nanoha
C/D: Konata
E/F: Louise (she's on a winning streak)
G/H: Hoo boy.
I'd like to see Tsukasa win, but I'll be damned if I know how it'll really come out.
And I'm starting to think that Konata can win it all. Moe Otaku FTW!
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 23, 2007 09:41 PM (+rSRq)
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True enough that Louise must go down. Never minded her character but the line has been crossed. Hard to say how things will finish off now. Just planning on Louise not being the one to finish on top.
Maybe a finish for one of the Higurashi girls would be the best result.
Maybe a finish for one of the Higurashi girls would be the best result.
Posted by: FlareKnight at October 23, 2007 10:22 PM (xcOCG)
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What can I say? I'm not an impartial observer. I tend to get to like characters in shows I'm working on, even if they're not all that likable. Doing so REALLY HELPS when it's midnight and you're trying to make a deadline! ;p
Louise isn't an exception. She's a snotty bitch, this is completely true. However, the plot she's in tends to unfairly throw it in her face, especially early on in the show - we see her at her worst, provoked by more or less everybody, and her coping strategy is to dump on Saito. Not good, but hardly all that bad... it's a fairly usual reaction from somebody who's being picked on and suddenly finds themselves with an inferior.
To her credit, she gets past that eventually. Not totally, she's still more tsun than dere, after all, but by the standards of her social class, she's actually pretty good. This is a low standard, admittedly, but there you go - she's competing with people like Osman and Mott and Guiche.
I don't think Louise can go much farther, though - a lot of that vote was "no Rozen", not "up with the Zero!"
Louise isn't an exception. She's a snotty bitch, this is completely true. However, the plot she's in tends to unfairly throw it in her face, especially early on in the show - we see her at her worst, provoked by more or less everybody, and her coping strategy is to dump on Saito. Not good, but hardly all that bad... it's a fairly usual reaction from somebody who's being picked on and suddenly finds themselves with an inferior.
To her credit, she gets past that eventually. Not totally, she's still more tsun than dere, after all, but by the standards of her social class, she's actually pretty good. This is a low standard, admittedly, but there you go - she's competing with people like Osman and Mott and Guiche.
I don't think Louise can go much farther, though - a lot of that vote was "no Rozen", not "up with the Zero!"
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at October 23, 2007 11:25 PM (LMDdY)
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