RESULTS: 2012 Emerald 8

[CureRainbow]

Oh China, you never fail to amuse/confuse/mindfuck me...

[akumaxx]

Just remember that, the game Yosuga no Sora has been translated in mainland China.

[xcrossfacekillahx]

Oh China, you never fail to amuse/confuse/mindfuck me...

Like them or hate them, they have helped some of my favorites to win.

[Team Rocket Elite]

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

Before Emerald 1:

Character Ranking before Emerald 1Show

Aisaka Taiga - 65.18
Shana - 58.6
Nagato Yuki - 57.3
Misaka Mikoto - 57.16
Nakano Azusa - 56.67
Suzumiya Haruhi - 53.99
Akiyama Mio - 53.88
Saber - 53.16
Katsura Hinagiku - 47.72
Oshino Shinobu - 46.65
Sengoku Nadeko - 46.02
Senjōgahara Hitagi - 46
Hirasawa Yui - 45.21
Illyasviel von Einzbern - 44.7
Tōsaka Rin - 43.87
Last Order - 43.47
Fujibayashi Kyō - 43.35
Louise Vallière - 43.15
Sakagami Tomoyo - 42.3
Izumi Konata - 41.99
C.C. - 41.92
Hiiragi Kagami - 41.85
Furukawa Nagisa - 41.66
Ikaros - 41.4
Asahina Mikuru - 41.28
Konjiki no Yami - 40.62
Sanzen'in Nagi - 39.99
Kotobuki Tsumugi - 39.96
Nymph - 39.55
Ichinose Kotomi - 38.98
Index L. Prohibitorum - 38.37
Holo - 37.95
Hirasawa Ui - 37.45
Shiina Mafuyu - 36.66
Shirai Kuroko - 35.78
Hecate - 34.83

Tachibana Kanade - 71.58
Eucliwood Hellscythe - 62.83
Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) - 54.2
Nakamura Yuri - 51.51
Yui - 51.29
Kōsaka Kirino - 48.2
Hasegawa Kobato - 45.68
Kashiwazaki Sena - 45.55
Kanzaki H. Aria - 43.49
Yuzuriha Inori - 42.84
Charlotte Dunois - 42.39
Kuroi Mato - 42.24
Tōwa Erio - 41.41
Victorique de Blois - 41.13
Makise Kurisu - 40.91
Haruna - 38.69
Elucia de Lute Ima - 38.66
Mikazuki Yozora - 38.45
Haqua du Lot Herminium - 38.1
Kirishima Shōko - 37.92
Iwasawa Masami - 37.82
Akemi Homura - 37.52
Aragaki Ayase - 37.37
Konoe Subaru - 37.28
Irisviel von Einzbern - 36.6
Himeji Mizuki - 36.57
Mine Riko - 36.16
Shiomiya Shiori - 35.36
Suzutsuki Kanade - 35.17
Kasugano Sora - 35.11
Honma Meiko - 34.93
Fear Kubrick - 34.65
Nakagawa Kanon - 34.39
Shimada Minami - 33.31
Sakura Kyōko - 30.29
Gasai Yuno - 29.64

After Emerald 7:

Character Ranking after Emerald 7Show

Aisaka Taiga - 63.25
Nakano Azusa - 58.58
Misaka Mikoto - 57.38
Nagato Yuki - 56.1
Suzumiya Haruhi - 57.02
Akiyama Mio - 55.44
Shana - 56.9
Saber - 54.57
Katsura Hinagiku - 48.55
Hirasawa Yui - 47.39
Sengoku Nadeko - 47.49
Senjōgahara Hitagi - 46.02
Oshino Shinobu - 45.19
Sakagami Tomoyo - 45.06
Last Order - 43.02
Fujibayashi Kyō - 43.8
Tōsaka Rin - 43.53
Illyasviel von Einzbern - 43.4
Asahina Mikuru - 41.25
Furukawa Nagisa - 41.77
Louise Vallière - 42.6
C.C. - 41.53
Ikaros - 40.84
Izumi Konata - 41.08
Hiiragi Kagami - 41.23
Sanzen'in Nagi - 39.53
Konjiki no Yami - 40.03
Nymph - 39.39
Kotobuki Tsumugi - 39.36
Index L. Prohibitorum - 38.22
Holo - 37.98
Hirasawa Ui - 38.08
Ichinose Kotomi - 38.52
Shirai Kuroko - 36.11
Shiina Mafuyu - 35.66
Hecate - 33.3

Tachibana Kanade - 72.73
Eucliwood Hellscythe - 66.37
Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) - 54.43
Yui - 52.89
Nakamura Yuri - 50.89
Hasegawa Kobato - 47.69
Kōsaka Kirino - 47.45
Kashiwazaki Sena - 47.26
Charlotte Dunois - 43.58
Yuzuriha Inori - 44.29
Kanzaki H. Aria - 42.34
Victorique de Blois - 41.49
Kuroi Mato - 40.64
Tōwa Erio - 40.49
Mikazuki Yozora - 39.02
Makise Kurisu - 38.82
Haruna - 38.6
Elucia de Lute Ima - 38.8
Kirishima Shōko - 37.81
Aragaki Ayase - 38.04
Iwasawa Masami - 37.52
Akemi Homura - 36.34
Konoe Subaru - 37.01
Haqua du Lot Herminium - 36.6
Himeji Mizuki - 36.49
Irisviel von Einzbern - 35.6
Nakagawa Kanon - 34.85
Kasugano Sora - 35.08
Shiomiya Shiori - 35.03
Mine Riko - 35.11
Honma Meiko - 34.27
Suzutsuki Kanade - 34.34
Fear Kubrick - 33.99
Shimada Minami - 32.61
Sakura Kyōko - 31.97
Gasai Yuno - 29.49

Sakagami Tomoyo did quite well over the course of Emerald. She had fallen a bit over Ruby but managed to regain that strength and more. Suzumiya Haruhi also managed to recover most of her strength after a lackluster Ruby period. Eucliwood manages to beat on her opponents even more than expected and this is reflected in a higher stat value. However, Eucliwood exists in the middle of the limbo between Kuroneko and Kanade. She would have to move massively to beat Kanade or lose to Kuroneko and she's already faced both of them anyways. Kyouko, Hirasawa Yui and Hasegawa Kobato also showed improvement across Emerald.

Not much in terms of big falls in Emerald. Makise Kurisu looked a bit weak but she got the job done against Shouko and Ayase. She might have been able to beat Erio as well if she managed to keep up her former level of strength. Hecate also had a fairly weak Emerald. She'll need to fight hard if she wants to avoid finishing the season without any wins.

Taiga may have lost one, but I still think she's the strongest in Stella. Kanade continues to be untouchable. Eucliwood may have improved but she's still nowhere near Kanade.

[DurianDude]

Eu needs a bit more green in her poster. It almost looks like it is for Diamond. It is still very good, nonetheless. Sora's poster is very beautiful. I like her glow and contrast with the forest-y background. Very well done there.

I totally agree. Compared to the previous emerald posters, there is not enough green. It's a great poster, it just feels the colors are off for the emerald necklace.

[Roo-loves-Elsie]

lol, the other thing i regret is...
why they WAIT to support Sora just now? why they dont support her since the very start? i think she'll be top tier IF ONLY they support her since the very start...
her zero wins wont be necessary

i simply cant understand "their way of VOTES" at all...

...nor their language >_>

According to what I've got in Chinese local forums, it's just because many people who don't like Sora are anti-voting her in 1 vs 1 matches.
But in exhibition matches every one has to support who they like, and the huge number of Sora fans just stand out.
Without those crazy Chinese fans in local forums,Sora will never win against Madoka and will not even enter the regular season.

if her fans is on that number, i think they should support her in EVERY matches if they REALLY love her, and not support her just in certain matches...

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but i think it was too late, and support her from now on will annoy more people...

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and that's why i starting to questions their true intention here, are they really care about moe competition or just want to spamming here? (refer to those crazy voters like yukiTomoyo said)
if they really care, welcome and have a healthy competition here...

but if not...

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[xcrossfacekillahx]

lol, the other thing i regret is...
why they WAIT to support Sora just now? why they dont support her since the very start? i think she'll be top tier IF ONLY they support her since the very start...
her zero wins wont be necessary

i simply cant understand "their way of VOTES" at all...

...nor their language >_>

According to what I've got in Chinese local forums, it's just because many people who don't like Sora are anti-voting her in 1 vs 1 matches.
But in exhibition matches every one has to support who they like, and the huge number of Sora fans just stand out.
Without those crazy Chinese fans in local forums,Sora will never win against Madoka and will not even enter the regular season.

/b- It's the same thing here in the forums. I think a lot of us here don't like her so we more or less anti-vote her as well.

/u - Just say, Sora has a solid fan base in China mostly.

Sora had a chance to win something so she brought her A game and she defeated all those stronger than her. I don't know but people are more relaxed when there is nothing on the line. Maybe if she brought her A game always, she could be at the top which you guys said.

if her fans is on that number, i think they should support her in EVERY matches if they REALLY love her, and not support her just in certain matches...

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and that's why i starting to questions their true intention here, are they really care about moe competition or just want to spamming here? (refer to those crazy voters like yukiTomoyo said)
if they really care, welcome and have a healthy competition here...

Anything can happen so there.

[Rena Ryuugu]

Congrats to Eu, for winning the Emerald necklace. I'm quite happy that she won and her poster looks fantastic =D

[DarknessHid]

Congratz to Eu on her Emerald win.
I didn't exactly get to participate during the majority of the matches, but I love her poster
Although the poster does lack green, it's still my favorite poster of the year so far :3

And darn. I wish I could have seen Ath's live reaction to the exhibition result...

[Tim]

So far in ISML, China has come up short in every critical match, ie. postseason. The increase of voters we get during post-season is mostly western voters, and are massive compared to the increase in Chinese voters. This explains why postseason results sometimes differ by a lot (see: Shana, Kanade), because Chinese voters vote throughout the season while other voters choose to come only in postseason.

About this,
many China people complained about they can't get in the voting page in Emerald 7,
Did ISML officials notice this?

We were notified of it, but found that it was a problem with their Local network. There wasn't anything we can do about it. We didn't receive any notice of similar nature for this necklace group match round. Was there as problem?

thanks for your reply,maybe just like you said,
so if there are problems again,there is no way to solve.......

[Tim]

And if China took over Taiwan/HK~ Such controversy~! Such excitement!

Being a Taiwanese,I have to say the joke is not funny at all.
Please be respect to my country,thank you~

[shiraoky]

....
Eucliwood won. .__.
I have to say, that poster is super cute. My fav for this year so far :/

[Momento10]

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Those are awesome Momento, do you mind if I share them on the ISML facebook page?
(If we arent doing another poster contest that is)

[shiraoky]

Ooohh that's awesome, Momento! :3 I like Patchy's :]

[Momento10]

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Those are awesome Momento, do you mind if I share them on the ISML facebook page?
(If we arent doing another poster contest that is)

Permission granted.