Archive for the ‘Regular Season’ Category

Ruby concluded

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Congratulations to Shana for winning the 2011 Ruby Necklace! Voter support helped her overcome both the one loss from earlier in the Period and the resulting deficit in SDO. It shows that anything is still possible despite the challenges. To some fans, this particular win comes after very long wait.

Only Diamond Period remains in the Regular Season. One more Necklace is left to claim, and we’ve had many deserving candidates in all of our Necklace Showdowns so far. Who will end up on top? And if you notice the statistics, we still have two undefeateds in the overall standings. Kanade and Mikoto will meet very soon, and it’s a match you don’t want to miss in the upcoming weeks.

Nine Contestants have clinched the Postseason, and we draw closer to knowing all of our Top 16 with each passing Round. Those on the bubble (not yet highlighted in red) still have a chance to battle for a spot. We wish all of our girls the best of luck!

We are on break again until next Sunday, the 18th. Match previews will be available soon.

Our exhibition winner this Period is Illyasviel von Einzbern, who wins the Ruby Medallion. Congratulations! Illya just missed the Regular Season this year after two winning seasons in 2009 and 2010. We’re happy to see her still competing well.

Thank you for voting! We’ll see you next week!

Emerald Concluded

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Congratulations to Aisaka Taiga for winning the 2011 Emerald Necklace! The Regular Season is starting to wind down, and time is running out to secure a spot in the Top 16 for the Postseason. On our overall rankings table, those Contestants highlighted in red unfortunately have missed the opportunity this year; however, we still wish the best of luck for them in securing wins in the remaining 14 rounds. At this point, nobody at the top of the list is locked into the Top 16, though it is estimated to happen around Ruby 4.

Voting for Ruby Period, Round 1 will begin on Tuesday, August 23. Match previews will be available on Sunday. Two Necklaces remain as the competition gets more fierce.

Our exhibition winner this Period is Remilia Scarlet, who wins the Emerald Ring. Congratulations! Ruby and Diamond Period exhibitions will feature new faces in all Rounds.

Thank you for voting!

Emerald Period

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Welcome to Emerald Period. The match preview for Round 1 is now available on the voting page. Voting will begin on Sunday at 15:00 GMT.

A new Sapphire Period champion

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

Congratulations to Gokō Ruri for winning the 2011 Sapphire Necklace! Like in Amethyst, we had another close match with very exciting results. Thanks to our creative staff as always for designing our posters on such short notice after results are fully tallied.

We’re past halfway in the Regular Season, and three Necklaces remain before the final tournament for the Heavenly Tiara. With the conclusion of Sapphire Period, we take a short break until Emerald Period on Sunday, July 31. Match previews will be available by the end of this coming week.

Our exhibition winner this Period is Shiomiya Shiori, who wins the Sapphire Amulet. Congratulations! And the voting results were very nice for our other exhibition arenas as well; we hope you’ve been enjoying the themed groupings.

Thank you again for all your votes and support for ISML.

Correction to S3 Exhibition

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Scheduling error on Sapphire 3 (S3) Exhibition Match on the Match Preview; it has now been fixed.

The correct matchup is Chii vs. Kagura. Sorry for any confusion.

Amethyst Concluded

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Congratulations to Nagato Yuki for winning the 2011 Amethyst Necklace! She joins Shana as the second Contestant to defend a Necklace after winning it the previous year. It was a close battle between her and Eucliwood, but there can be only one victor in the end. Best of luck to Eu and all of our other Contestants in the matches to come! There are many Necklaces remaining, and the coveted Heavenly Tiara is also still out there for the taking. Amethyst Period is concluded, and we have a short break until Sapphire Period on Wednesday, July 5. Previews for the first round can be expected by the end of the coming weekend.

Our exhibition winner this Period is Kagura from Gintama, who wins the Amethyst Brooch. Congratulations!

Thank you for all your votes, support, and donations. We are nearing the halfway point of the Regular Season, and things couldn’t be more exciting.

Donation goal reached

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

I’m happy to announce we have met our donation goal for ISML 2012. Thank you so much to all of our contributors and all who have voiced their support for our tournament and spread the word to friends and communities.

Our latest gifts came from MiiNiiPaa, superunature, and adorend_1990. Our current total is now USD $361.48, completing our goal of $350.00 for the year. This means our server and domain registration will last through the end of the ISML 2012 year, which is great news since we are currently not even halfway through 2011. Thank you again.

On the donation page, a new Affiliate Shopping section is open. Some community members have wanted this feature to complement their usual online purchases. By shopping with an affiliate ID, they help ISML earn a small commission — effectively a donation at no additional cost. Currently we only have Play-Asia listed, but if anyone has a suggestion for additional affiliate links, please let us know.

Staff also says welcome to Rizwan, who joined as a translator for Chinese. In the few weeks he has been with us so far, we have had updates to our current list of Chinese character names and series titles. Some featured match descriptions are translated, and we have an ongoing project to update Contestant biographies this year in Chinese. Thanks for your help, Riz!

We all hope Amethyst Period has been exciting for everyone so far. As always, our forum is open to anyone for discussion, questions, or ideas. Thank you for helping to make and keep ISML great.

Amethyst Period

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Welcome to Amethyst Period; you’ll be seeing things in purple for the next 3 weeks.

The preview for Round 1 is now available on the voting page. Voting will begin on Sunday at 15:00 GMT per usual.

For our forum members, Fantasy will be delayed as we have a new format in the works, but it should be ready later today or tomorrow.

Topaz Necklace Awarded

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

Congratulations to Tachibana Kanade for winning the 2011 Topaz Necklace! Topaz Period is concluded, and we have a week break until Amethyst Period on Sunday, June 12. The Amethyst 1 match preview is expected to be ready by Wednesday.

Our exhibition winner this Period is Kinomoto Sakura, who wins the Topaz Earrings. Congratulations!

Seitokai voting for Amethyst will begin soon on our forum. Fantasy for Amethyst is planned to change as well.

Corrected statistics

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Topaz 1 rankings were incorrect upon release, but they are now corrected. This is for the rankings calculations (both Topaz and Overall) only. The vote totals and winners from yesterday’s matches have not changed.

Thanks to the many keen eyes in our Community for discovering it first; ISML Staff apologizes for not catching the error prior to release.

EDIT: Was alerted to a few more corrections that were needed. Those are now applied; more details in the first comment below.