RESULTS - Ruby 4

[Chocola]

Post your discussions about results here. This post will be updated with graphics when they become available. Results are released 12 hours after the end of these match, which is at 0300 GMT on 29 July (or 8 PM PDT, 11 PM EDT on 28 July). For more time translations, please refer to this thread.

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-The total valid votes for Ruby 4 is 3723, 86.5% accepted.

Get this: Shana currently has the highest SDO and VD/VF. This means that while having the strongest opponents, she has pulled in the most votes and highest vote differential. That's impressive, isn't it?

Shana is on top of period performances of Amethyst, Sapphire, and Emerald, while the RM faction is wreaking havoc on the other top players. That's impressive, isn't it?

But in Ruby, she is 5th in period performance.

[Demi.]

SDO? But there is only one other character tied with her in number of wins.
Naturally, the fewest losses usually means the highest SDO, so I call unfair comparison! Nothing would stop her from having the highest VD at this point, but there are character who have had a tougher schedule.

Tomoyo's would be higher if she didn't lose to Yuki.(3344)

If you said she has defeated the strongest opponents, then yeah, I couldn't really argue that.

[amdrag]

SDO? But there is only one other character tied with her in number of wins.
Naturally, the fewest losses usually means the highest SDO, so I call unfair comparison! Nothing would stop her from having the highest VD at this point, but there are character who have had a tougher schedule.

Tomoyo's would be higher if she didn't lose to Yuki.(3344)

If you said she has defeated the strongest opponents, then yeah, I couldn't really argue that.

Yeah, a better comparison would be SAO. But in a straight up comparison to Haruhi, Shana's opponents are ranked about 2.5 spots higher per match, and she's winning by nearly 90 more votes than Haruhi is.

[Demi.]

I think Tomoyo is the closest resemblance to Shana at this point. She has a much tougher schedule than Haruhi and has around the same VD...Sure, she has one more loss, but losses can be a unpredictable thing. Had she won the match, her and Haruhi's VD would be just about identical. And she was the character who handed Shana her loss. Come to think of it, looking at Tomoyo's schedule, she's Shana's greatest threat to the #1 seed too...Assuming she can avoid a loss to Suisei, the other matchups are pretty much in her favor.

[Fate]

I expect the winning results from Fate's untainted & pure side.

[amdrag]

I think Tomoyo is the closest resemblance to Shana at this point. She has a much tougher schedule than Haruhi and has around the same VD...Sure, she has one more loss, but losses can be a unpredictable thing. Had she won the match, her and Haruhi's VD would be just about identical. And she was the character who handed Shana her loss. Come to think of it, looking at Tomoyo's schedule, she's Shana's greatest threat to the #1 seed too...Assuming she can avoid a loss to Suisei, the other matchups are pretty much in her favor.

I don't think Tomoyo's gonna do it. I think both her and Shana will lose to Suisei, and Haruhi will lose to Yuki. I still think that the Haruhi/Shana winner takes the top spot.

[Chocola]

Yup, once again, Demi. missed the point then restates my point.

It doesn't look like RM knows how to play the SDO game--at all.

But Shana is falling, rapidly.

[Fate]

YAAAY FATE! ^_^;

[Chocola]

Also, watch out the Hayate no Gotoku "faction" that is present recently in ISML and Saimoe. At least I don't mind such a thing.

[Team Rocket Elite]

I think Tomoyo is the closest resemblance to Shana at this point. She has a much tougher schedule than Haruhi and has around the same VD...Sure, she has one more loss, but losses can be a unpredictable thing. Had she won the match, her and Haruhi's VD would be just about identical. And she was the character who handed Shana her loss. Come to think of it, looking at Tomoyo's schedule, she's Shana's greatest threat to the #1 seed too...Assuming she can avoid a loss to Suisei, the other matchups are pretty much in her favor.

I don't think Tomoyo's gonna do it. I think both her and Shana will lose to Suisei, and Haruhi will lose to Yuki. I still think that the Haruhi/Shana winner takes the top spot.

Suigintou was unable to to defeat Shana. Suiseseki is going to have a very hard time beating Shana. With that said, Suigintou underperformed by quite a bit relative to my expectations against Shana. Perhaps they just weren't trying that day?

[Demi.]

Also, watch out the Hayate no Gotoku "faction" that is present recently in ISML and Saimoe. At least I don't mind such a thing.

*cough* Horo > Maria. If the same group voted for Maria as they did Hinagiku and Nagi, no doubt Maria would have won with ease.

I'm sure I'll come up with some logic you'll be highly anticipating to why Nagi and Hinagiku have been raping these past two matches...But unlike the dolls, not all three are consistently being supported.


...And I'm always missing the *point*

yay for Nanoha.

Suigintou was unable to to defeat Shana. Suiseseki is going to have a very hard time beating Shana. With that said, Suigintou underperformed by quite a bit relative to my expectations against Shana. Perhaps they just weren't trying that day?

Well, their performance is a very mysterious thing. It's possible they were not up to standards when Gin faced Shana...Although the match was still fairly close.

[amdrag]

Yup, once again, Demi. missed the point then restates my point.

It doesn't look like RM knows how to play the SDO game--at all.

But Shana is falling, rapidly.

I don't know about that. It looks like Suisei's the girl of choice this round.

Total SAO/Potential SDO through Ruby 4:
Suiseiseki - 72
Haruhi - 57
Shana - 51
Yuki - 45
Suigintou - 42
Shinku - 42

[Chocola]

You mean you haven't noticed both Holo and Maria winning more recently? If you look at Maria's last rapes and coming too close to Shana, HnG is consistently being supported. You can't say "Maria would have won with ease" to someone who just took down Kyou the previous match.

If you look at Saimoe, it's even clearer. Of course the "Saimoe doesn't care about ISML" theory was reasonable when ISML had 400 votes total. Now, there has to be some cross-over.

Yup, once again, Demi. missed the point then restates my point.

It doesn't look like RM knows how to play the SDO game--at all.

But Shana is falling, rapidly.

I don't know about that. It looks like Suisei's the girl of choice this round.

Total SAO/Potential SDO through Ruby 4:
Suiseiseki - 72
Haruhi - 57
Shana - 51
Yuki - 45
Suigintou - 42
Shinku - 42

If your point is that the RM faction is trying to make Suiseiseki win Ruby, then you're also missing the point.

[Chocola]

Also, right now, I am still predicting that Suiseiseki lose in Ruby 6 and 9. Of course, I could be wrong. But the chance that Suiseiseki will win both matches are pretty slim, and if she loses one of them, then she's not going to win Ruby.

[imbehindyou]

What, Hanyuu beats Konata?
What a day, what a day!
I must celebrate this.

[Demi.]

You mean you haven't noticed both Holo and Maria winning more recently? If you look at Maria's last rapes and coming too close to Shana, HnG is consistently being supported. You can't say "Maria would have won with ease" to someone who just took down Kyou the previous match.

If you look at Saimoe, it's even clearer. Of course the "Saimoe doesn't care about ISML" theory was reasonable when ISML had 400 votes total. Now, there has to be some cross-over.

It was a 300 vote difference. Certainly something that would not have happened if all three HnG characters were recieving equal support from this 'faction'.
Perhaps they're done with necklace wins and are just aiming for a better seeding before It's too late. Especially for Shinku who hasn't broke the top 16 barrier yet.

Considering Illya is performing better than Saber atm, I wouldn't rule it out.

I'll call it your win if Nagi and Hina manage good runs all the way through Ruby, but I'm pretty certain It's not going to happen.

[Chocola]

It doesn't matter who wins in the future because all it matters is what happened. And for the last few matches, there was some HnG support. People get tired of voting, etc... Aside from the RM faction, which was special because of the Suigintou/Shinku support, I know of no other faction who supports all characters in a series equally. All I can say is that there is consistent HnG support.

If I recall, someone who is #23 losing by 300 to #1 would be considered "something." Shana beat Fate by 478.

[Demi.]

Problem is, vote totals are not increasing when this HnG support appears, so I'm bucking It's the same faction supporting the RM characters. You can say what happens in the future doesn't matter...all you want, but it matters to me. Demographics don't change from one match to the next.

Uh, Fate losing to Shana means nothing. They simply did not support Fate. If they supported her, it would of been a total reversal. I consider this faction about as 'all powerful' as one can get in a moe contest, and considering I think they pull more than 500 votes - The fact Maria managed a closer win on Shana than Fate did...Is simply because they supported Maria to some extent, while failing to support Fate...Or perhaps they even voted against her.

[Juice]

well, we had 200+ more vote than usual for a Period Round 4.

[Demi.]

Last monday had more votes than this monday. And apprently they were around for the Friday match as well, considering Hina and Nagi raped back then as well. The Friday match was average in terms of vote number.