FANTASY: 2011 Sapphire 8

[Umi]

1. Which character will place second? Gokō Ruri
2. Which character will place second? Hanato Kobato
3. Which character will place second? Tsukuyomi Komoe
4. Which character will place second? Wilhelmina Carmel
5. Which character will place second? Chii
6. Which character will have the lowest VF? Roberta

[Team Rocket Elite]

Do handicaps stack if you place if you place in the Top 3 consecutively? >_>

[Chocola]

Of course. That's the plan. I'm not sure why you keep winning, because your exhibition limit passed a long time ago.

[Momo]

Unofficial AnswersShow

1. Which character will place second? Gokō Ruri
2. Which character will place second? Hanato Kobato
3. Which character will place second? Yamanaka Sawako
4. Which character will place second? Wilhelmina Carmel
5. Which character will place second? Tomoe Mami
6. Which character will have the lowest VF? Roberta

Disclaimer: These are mildly tentative and potentially incorrect

[Team Rocket Elite]

Of course. That's the plan. I'm not sure why you keep winning, because your exhibition limit passed a long time ago. :P

It did? I guess I'm just playing for fun from here on out. That doesn't mean I'll hold back, though. =D

[HeartClover]

I got 4 right, according to those answers. My overall score will suck, I bet.
But the results make up for it~

[Chocola]

Remember, some of the Top 3 may be ineligible for prizes already, so you should try to get as high as you can~

[Team Rocket Elite]

Congrats on winning frustra! I was making a big comeback in the later rounds but it wasn't enough to get by you. Also congrats to Umi on a top 3 finish.

I'm pretty surprised I managed to finish in second place despite the handicap. I just got really lucky from Sapphire 5 onward with just about everything falling my way.

[bluemage]

Job well done frustra, TRE and Umi!

Finished joint 4th this round and 8th overall, but managing to stay in the Top 10 was good enough I suppose.

[Chikara Icy]

4 answer right. Great!

[shiraoky]

LOL @ TRE still winning with the handicap.

[Team Rocket Elite]

For those interested, here are my character rankings from before Sapphire 1 and after Sapphire 7:

Before Sapphire 1:

Character Ranking before Sapphire 1Show

Tachibana Kanade - 72.65
Shana - 60.71
Nagato Yuki - 60.11
Misaka Mikoto - 59.44
Aisaka Taiga - 58.67
Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) - 58.07
Nakano Azusa - 57.77
Akiyama Mio - 57.33
Suzumiya Haruhi - 56.77
Eucliwood Hellscythe - 56.76
Katsura Hinagiku - 56.21
Nakamura Yuri - 51.98
Yui - 51.41
Senjōgahara Hitagi - 49.79
Saber - 49.38
Sengoku Nadeko - 49.03
Hirasawa Yui - 48.27
Charlotte Dunois - 47.93
Sakagami Tomoyo - 47.62
Kōsaka Kirino - 47.09
Victorique de Blois - 46.88
Fujibayashi Kyō - 45.44
Sanzen'in Nagi - 43.93
Furukawa Nagisa - 43.75
Asahina Mikuru - 43.73
Hiiragi Kagami - 43.42
C.C. - 42.29
Izumi Konata - 41.77
Kuroi Mato - 41.27
Aragaki Ayase - 40.5
Konjiki no Yami - 40.1
Holo - 39.63
Louise Vallière - 39.61
Last Order - 39.53
Hirasawa Ui - 39.22
Kotobuki Tsumugi - 39.19
Shiina Mafuyu - 39.03
Fate Testarossa - 38.82
Index L. Prohibitorum - 38.64
Iwasawa Asami - 38.57
Tōsaka Rin - 37.98
Shirai Kuroko - 37.82
Haruna - 37.77
Nymph - 36.83
Kasugano Sora - 36.2
Seraphim - 35.47
Huang Lingyin - 35.26
Shinonono Hōki - 34.9
Shiina - 34.75
Laura Bodewig - 33.93

After Sapphire 7:

Character Ranking after Sapphire 7Show

Tachibana Kanade - 71.98
Nagato Yuki - 63.49
Shana - 61.37
Aisaka Taiga - 60.6
Misaka Mikoto - 59.89
Nakano Azusa - 59.86
Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) - 58.49
Suzumiya Haruhi - 58.16
Akiyama Mio - 57.75
Eucliwood Hellscythe - 56.46
Katsura Hinagiku - 56.12
Yui - 51.45
Nakamura Yuri - 51.45
Victorique de Blois - 49.02
Senjōgahara Hitagi - 48.95
Hirasawa Yui - 47.95
Saber - 47.92
Kōsaka Kirino - 47.65
Sengoku Nadeko - 47.28
Sakagami Tomoyo - 47.09
Charlotte Dunois - 46.47
Fujibayashi Kyō - 46.07
Furukawa Nagisa - 43.97
Hiiragi Kagami - 43.8
Asahina Mikuru - 43.78
Sanzen'in Nagi - 43.32
Izumi Konata - 42.2
Kuroi Mato - 41.72
C.C. - 41.38
Kotobuki Tsumugi - 40.64
Louise Vallière - 40.38
Index L. Prohibitorum - 39.97
Konjiki no Yami - 39.45
Aragaki Ayase - 39.11
Holo - 38.82
Shirai Kuroko - 38.75
Tōsaka Rin - 38.71
Fate Testarossa - 38.65
Hirasawa Ui - 38.36
Shiina Mafuyu - 37.85
Last Order - 37.72
Haruna - 37.44
Iwasawa Asami - 37.41
Nymph - 37.04
Kasugano Sora - 36.37
Seraphim - 35.1
Shiina - 35.01
Huang Lingyin - 33.96
Shinonono Hōki - 33.94
Laura Bodewig - 33.03

Biggest improvement over Sapphire goes to Nagato Yuki. If you asked me before I looked over all of my stats, I would have guessed that it was Victorique that grew the most over Sapphire. Ever since Gosick ended, Victorique has shot up in strength like a rocket. This included beating characters she would not have been able to beat in the past. Yuki's growth was a lot less flashy since there weren't very many characters ahead of her to begin with and Kanade was just way too far away. With this boost, Yuki moves into a fairly clear second place in my stats. Following behind Yuki and Victorique, Tsumugi and Azusa also showed significant growth. In Azusa's case, it was just enough and just in time to beat Shana. Even though Azusa directly beat Shana, she is still lower in my stats because Shana did better during the other 6 rounds of Sapphire. Other characters that went up in strength are Index and Taiga.

While Index went up in strength, Last Order completely crashed. Last had some strength at the start of Sapphire but she kept disappointing time and again and in the end barely got past Nymph and already outright lost to Rin. Infinite Stratos characters are still falling in strength at an alarming rate. Lingyin and Charlotte continue to fall apart. Lingyin is already pretty much at the bottom of the rankings along with the other Infinite Stratos characters but Charlotte still has a chance at making the Top 16. Charlotte needs to get her act together soon. Nadeko and Ayase also seemed to fall by quite a bit over Sapphire.

[Eater-of-All]

Did ok for a quick fantasy; I guess it makes sense, since without much statistics there's no need to put alot of time into it.

Gratz to frustra, TRE, and Umi!

[rainbowizard]

Top 5. Yeah~

Because of travel, I can't participate in the Emerald period. So it's your turn.
See you next month!

[HeartClover]

11th. Yuck. Didn't do well overall either.

[Sedon]

At least my score is getting closer to a positive number so *yay!

[shiraoky]

At least my score is getting closer to a positive number so *yay!

LOL

[Last Sinner]

Once again, KS fails to keep TRE down.

IMO, KS's next ploy is to make people guess characters exact vote numbers.

[Umi]

Congrats to frustra and TRE!

[Chocola]

Once again, KS fails to keep TRE down.

IMO, KS's next ploy is to make people guess characters exact vote numbers.

What, there is no ploy. I already repealed the fun CD. If I really wanted to keep TRE down, I would've have made the questions for Emerald way easier. =/