[DotA] KS vs SK.Gaming

Malaysian team Kingsurf made a huge upset in bracket D of qualifying group of MYM Pride Defending #8, beating the famous SK.Gaming with in a fairly comfortable match.

SK.Gaming, Sentinel

SK.Loda (Top)
SK.Tompa (Top)
SK.Drayich (Middle)
SK.Bogdan (Bottom)
SK.Akke (Bottom)

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Kingsurf (KS), Scourge

Ks-Xiaogui (Top)
Ks-Ice (Top)
Ks-Yamateh (Middle)
Ks-X|aoMa (Bottom)
Ks-Papaxiong (Bottom)

To everyone surprise, they beat SK.Gaming who use one of their best strategy, the "global strategy" which wins them the MYM Pride #5 as Team Team (T_T). I watch the replay, and for most of portion of the match, SK never really give much trouble for KS. This is inherent when Yamateh' Shadow Fiend was laned in the middle against Drayich' Magnataur, who can really do nothing to harrasss SF, and thus providing a free farm for SF, resulting a 9, 10 minutes Blink Dagger (thus effectively lower the efficiency of Drayich and Tompa' Sand King+Magnataur ultimate combo).

However, the real cause of the loss for the team is the bottom lane, when Bogdan' Furion and Akke' Spectre was raped by Leoric+Lina combo. SK.Gaming has no real end game carry heroes except Furion and Spectre, but both of them screw up their early and mid game. Furion went like 0-13 and unable to farm anything worth for carrying. Even Spectre wasn't able to farm Radiance. With Furion teleporting, Spectre and Zeus ultimate instant help from afar, this kind of strategy even beat MeetYourMakers (MYM) and MagE (now known as Virtus.Pro) back then in MYM Pride#5. Yet SK seems unable to repeat their glorious achievement in this match.
And secondly, Yamateh was allowed to freefarm to get his complete carry item (BoT, Assault Cuirass, Stygian, Blink Dagger, Hood of Defiance). Yes he has no HP build, but he still rape with this items, as well as most KS allies with their superior item than those of SK.Gaming.

Nevertheless, SK.Gaming has won 5 out of 6 of their match, and pretty much has qualify for the playoff. KS has won 2 out of 2 (the 2nd win is against MCC, where we seen Yamateh, yet again played as Shadow Fiend, get a Divine Rapier in the end of the game), and I hope they can continue their good performance to qualify from this group as well. The playoff won't be an easy task for them, especially if they were scheduled to face MYM or Virtus.Pro, because both of this team will definitely stop KS from free farming and attain map control as soon as possible.


the replay can be downloaded here:
[mym12583]_MYM_PriDe_8_SK_vs_Ks.w3g

[DotA] MYM Prime Defending #8

SENNHEISER Prime Defending #8

The highly famous and biggest online DotA-Tournament in the world is back and ready to take it to the next - 8th - round.



And the prediction from SK Gaming source:

Group A: This group contains the Prime Defender Virtus.Pro. This is the second PriDe they won in a row and I have no doubt that they will be taking the first place. Notable teams are FF and maybe OKHO which has Zydu former sP[Palit]Kow3 player. Still the second place will belong to the now reborn Team Q with many new players from TPD and BTB.

1. Virtus.Pro
2. Team Q

Group B: Here we have one of the top teams in the world MYM.DotA and the newly but heavily trained Xero Skill. MYM.DotA hasn't been performing at their best lately. They lost to ieS in ClanBase EuroCup XV and also got a red card for not signing their players to their roster. Xero Skill was formed for the previous PriDe and since then they haven't stopped training. You can find XsK members spamming "Searching 5v5 xl ggc SKILLED" at any hour of the day as they have members from all over the world with no time problems. The only other team worth mentioning is RusMafia (RM). They have former sP[Palit]Kow3 player Astra, former DoTa[] (PriDe #4 winners) player DOTA[LUCKER] and some known russian players from the elite league of the world IHCS. Xero Skill might pull an upset beating MYM.DotA but I still predict MYM.DotA taking the first place and Xero Skill taking the second place.

1. MYM.DotA
2. Xero Skill

Group C: No one really knows if eMazing Gaming is at their top shape as they don't scrim so much but last PriDe they surprised everyone by being the first american based team ending in third place after beating SK Gaming. Next seeded team is the most famous team at the moment in the DotA scene BTB. They recently added KANGA former TeG player who got caught maphacking in TFL DotA and got banned from PriDe tournaments and IHCS aswell. Despite their shady addition they're still a great team however this group won't be easy for them. FD, Traffic and BGs (with some of the old members of Dancing Ponies) might steal the second place from the seed BTB. I predict eMazing Gaming coming on top of the group with maybe one loss and BTB taking the second place as they seem very motivated despite the bad comments from the community.

1. eMazing Gaming
2. BTB

Group D: No matter what biased this sounds the top team SK Gaming will be taking the first place (maybe they'll fall to Ks as they lost to W4s| last PriDe :P). Ks is the team that created a huge upset last PriDe taking down sP[Palit]Kow3 however I don't think it was too much merit of them but more mistakes on the sP[Palit]Kow3 side. TeG (winners of Prime Defending Extreme) will be making their comeback taking the second place.

1. SK Gaming
2. TeG

Group E: As I mentioned in group B ieS defeated MYM a few weeks ago. They recently added KuroKy ex-WE player and are surely the #1 team from Germany after WE's disbandment and will be taking the first place. Excello pulled some upsets like defeating eMazing Gaming in the first round of the HTGL Playoffs but at the same time they lost to w4sp in ClanBase EuroCup XV. I can't say they are a stable team but the rest of the teams won't be a problem for them.

1. ieS
2. Excello

Group F: This group will be one of the hardest groups ever. We have four very good teams that will be battling it out to qualify for the playoffs. Hard Team recently lost ArtStyle to BTB. Despite that they always had a 6-man-roster so they might be the same as before. hi2u is considered one of the best american teams but recently they lost to a Pandemic "B" team in the HTGL playoffs with a quite shocking lineup. zEn|†h is now no longer Mizencrononith. They are the best of the best from Singapore and I predict them taking the first place in the group. The fourth team I haven't mentioned is Ben. As many of you don't know them because they don't participate in the bigger leagues they are a pretty good team that could create an upset and maybe take the second place. However my prediction for the second place goes to hi2u.

1. zEn|†h
2. hi2u

Group G: sP[Palit]Kow3 has gone through many roster changes but in the end they are the #2 Russian team. ff with the leader of the old team Dancing Ponies and some of the members and Dn are good teams but they can't really defeat sP[Palit]Kow3 or the new TPD. defective Gaming is seeded but they aren't getting out of the group. TPD with their new leader DijonGenie has made some questionable additions making their roster look promising or just decent sometimes. That's why I predict sP[Palit]Kow3 taking the first place and TPD taking the second place.

1. sP[Palit]Kow3
2. TPD

Group H: RedBeaR previously known as D4 will be taking the first place in this group with ease. TRP is somehow similar to Team Sloth (they have Soth the best host in the world and BuM-SPaNKeR). Everyone had high hopes on Team Sloth but in the end they didn't make it out of their group. StarsVD is seeded but I don't know if they're really a top team, some of their performances have really let me down (such as the old solo Visage top by nc.dude in the last PriDe playoffs). If Paulyan is playing for RoA then they may take the second place. My prediction for the second place goes to them.

1. RedBeaR
2. RoA

source: SK Gaming

All the best for all teams participated. My highest hope lies in Virtus Pro as the Prime defender, but also want to see more from MYM and SK, and also those teams from Malaysia.

Myself; Yourself OP/ED

Myself; Yourself OP: Tears Infection
From: KAORI

Iki o koroshite toki o tomeru
Owari ni shiyou kono melody
Surudoi itami ga netsu o sarai
Kuroku nagarete hitomi o tojita

Furuete iru kokoro no katasumi ni
Kimi ga naite ita
Jibun ja nai dareka no tame nara
Sou nanika o ima kaerareru
Kakushin nante hodotooi kedo

Boku wa tada...
Tojikometa kioku ni kimi o mitsukedashitakute
Sugao no mama de ano basho ni kaerou
Hanabira mo chiru you na me ni mienai kaze ga fuki
Tsumazukinagara waraikaesu yo
Dakara mou nakanaide kirei na asu ga
Bokura o hitsuyou to shite iru


Nibiiro no hako furui redio
Nagaredasu no wa ano merodii
Mimi o fusaide nigeru no wa naze
Yume no tsuzuki wa doko de mireru no?

Taema mo naku ano hi no keshiki ga
Toorisugiru kara
Isshun de mo sunao ni nareru yo
Sou nanika o ima kaerareru
Kotae wa kitto doko ni mo nai kedo

Masshiro na...
Kimi ga kimi no mama de ano hi ni kaerenakute mo
Daiji na koto wa kono saki ni egaikou
Sekaijuu dokoka de kizutsuitari warattari
Ima mo koushite toki wa tsuzuiteru
Dakara mou kanashimi o kurikaesazu ni
Bokura wa imi ga atte koko ni iru

Boku wa tada...
Tojikometa kioku ni kimi o mitsukedashitakute
Sugao no mama de ano basho ni kaerou
Hanabira mo chiru you na me ni mienai kaze ga fuki
Tsumazukinagara waraikaesu yo
Dakara mou nakanaide kirei na asu ga
Bokura o hitsuyou to shite iru

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Myself; Yourself ED: Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi
From: Itou Kanako

Boku-tachi wa sou, boku-tachi wa
Toomawari o suru no sa tada yozora o mitsumete

Nagai sakamichi o kudatta basho ni wa
Omoide to yoberu keshiki ga ari

Sore wa fushigi na mukashibanashi de
Kakikomareta fikushon no you ni
Omoigakenai futari no shinario
Toki wa tada todomarazu kioku o kizanda

Nee, kanashimi wa sou, kanashimi wa
Onaji muki ja nakute
Boku rashiku sou, kimi rashiku
Tada yozora o mitsumeru
Azayaka ni moyu Ah-- Mabayui puraimu ga
Ima, hohoemikaeshita ano hi to chigau iro de...

Soko ni wa tashika ni futatsu no kage ga
Yume o katatteta mirai no chizu

Sore wa otogi no kuni no hanashi de
Gurimu sae mo yume ni minu you na
Kataritsukusenu kuuhaku no kyori ga
Hayasugite ososugite jidai o nageita

Nee, setsunasa ga sou, setsunasa ga
Kono sora o tobikoe
Boku jishin sou, kimi jishin
Sono "nanika" o kanjita
Shigusa ni utsusu Ah-- Kokoro no sain ga
Ima, hyoujou o miseta ano hi to chigau iro de...

Nee, kanashimi wa sou, kanashimi wa
Onaji muki ja nakute
Boku rashiku sou, kimi rashiku
Tada yozora o mitsumeru
Azayaka ni moyu Ah-- Mabayui puraimu ga
Ima, hohoemikaeshita ano hi to chigau iro de...

[DotA] Mind Games vol.6

totallnewbie is quite renowned for his "Art of Mind Games" compilation. After quite a while, finally he comes out with his 6th video. The quality of the highlights are good, but to be honest I prefer his Mind Games vol.5 than this one, mainly because of the uber synchronize with the music in vol.5. But still, overall all his video are enjoyable to watch :3

his description:

The Art of Mindgames Vol.6: Commentary and Descriptions

0:08 – 0:33
My friend was playing CM, and I was the tidehunter. Pretty self-explanatory scene, demonstrating great prediction and a well-timed blink dodge. The reason why we didn’t turn around to kill Razor and Centaur is because CM was out of mana.

0:34 – 1:21
A battle in the forest. I sorta waste my blink a little bit too early because I didn’t want to get hit by the neutral creep’s stomp, and to avoid taking any additional damage. Anyway, I turn back around and lure the Naix while my allies go after Undying. Notice the direction that I run in when Naix is chasing me. I don’t run towards my allies, but rather away from them. This is done to give Naix a sense of security so he won’t retreat too fast. I pull out the blink again at the last possible moment with 2HP remaining, and proceed to own him.

1:22 – 1:58
This took place shortly after a battle in mid lane. I’m pretty low on mana, and my teammates don’t have their ultimates. I can’t kill the pugna 1v1, so I was just disabling him, stalling time for my allies to come help. I didn’t really expect the pugna to do what he did after coming down from the cyclone, but I reacted JUST in time to avoid death. See the time difference between my blink and the time you see the hawk explode. Quite a close call I must say…

1:59 – 3:39
This is quite a long scene. It shows how much of a difference you can make, and how you can still contribute to the team with very low amounts of HP.

After my illusion dies, I see that DK is out of mana and my ally (weaver) is on the way. I blink up to him with less than 300HP, and fight until I would have died in 1 more hit. I was going to retreat right there, but then DK would probably be able to get away from the weaver. I turned around and chased him back, despite my low HP. As a result, DK ends up making a total ass out of himself and gets raped in the funniest way possible.

I still have under 200HP, and Drow pops out of nowhere. I blink up and chase again, trying to repeat the same procedure. I kinda wasted a cyclone, but I didn’t want to risk getting criticaled and dying. After that, I still have 200HP and a terrorblade carrying a radiance comes into our vision. I blink up and chase again. I mana voided a second too late after he got the sunder off on weaver, but it’s all good. He used time lapse and got his HP back.

After the sunder, I thought for sure that he would turn around and hit me to try and get the kill (at this point, I’m at 130HP). He choose not to do it, and it was a good decision on his part. Earthshaker would have hit with his enchant totem, and it would have resulted in his death. Seeing that he is on the run, I blinked up and chased him again. I cycloned him for my allies to catch up, and got out of the range of the radiance immolation with less than 20HP remaining.

3:40 - 4:33
My vid just wouldn’t be complete without a Bristleback scene, so here it is.

Most people would just run back after the void retreated back to his ally. I, on the other hand, saw an opportunity there, and I took it. I dodge the axes, kill the BM, dodge the timewalk, survived his hit with less than 30HP remaining, and had just enough mana for a Quill Spray to kill the Void.

4:34 – 6:01
Before I get into anything, I would like to direct your attention to my items. I basically have nothing except boots, 6HP regen, and a stout. I’m not buff in any way. I will also tell you what items the opponents have. You can tell that the Void already has a MoM after he timewalked over. He also had treads and some wraiths as well. The Jakrio had boots and couple of null talismans.

Void timewalks over and activates MoM. This is obviously an indication that he’s going to use Chronosphere. I blink out of the way. I walk back up to the void, and take away his remaining mana so he couldn’t time walk. After I blink out, I have 270HP, compared to Void’s and Jakiro’s HP of around 850. Void has no mana, and Jakiro has around 500 mana out of 900. Right now, I can probably safely say that nobody in their right mind would fight those 2 heroes with an anti-mage, taking into account the differences in HP and items.

When I saw Jakiro going to cut me off, I knew I had a chance to kill both of them. When they split up, I no longer have to worry about the other character, and I can just deal with them individually 1 on 1. With a versatile skill like blink, you maintain good control of the battle. There is really nothing to worry about, especially if your opponents lack mana. If I kept them separated, that would increase my chances of getting 2 kills. Notice that I run in a way that sorta makes them stay apart.

After getting out of the aggro range of the enemy creeps, I turn around and exchange hits with the void. I blink out after I see Jakiro pop up. They separate again trying to cut me off. I see that, turn around in the fog of war to get in a few more cheap shots on void. I could have killed void right now with a mana void, but I wanted to save it for Jakiro. I blink away again after a while because Jakiro would appear soon. Now, Jakiro tries to hit me with Dual Breath by clicking on the ground, but unfortunately, I’m not the type of player that runs away back to base so fast. I blink over, drain his remaining mana, and void him for the kill. 1 down, 1 to go.

At this point, I have 200HP, and IIRC, the void had around 375HP. I turn around and abuse the fog again, getting a couple more hits in on void than he could get in on me. I knew that I couldn’t win if I kept exchanging hits, so I blinked out with 140HP and let my Regen kick in. Notice that I have 1 ranged creep hitting the void the entire time, which made a huge difference as it took off about 40HP from him. I run around until my HP is back up to 200. Now I’m quite confident that I would be able to kill him. My instincts were right, and I survive with 50HP. That extra 60HP I gained from my regen was the deciding factor in the battle. Sure he could have got lucky and got a bash off, but I could have gotten lucky and blocked some damage with my stout. It was a risk I was willing to take, especially since my chance to block is higher than his chance to bash. In the end, his bash didn’t trigger, and neither did my stout.

Yuuen no Amulet

Title: Yuuen no Amulet
Artist: Momo-I
From: Prism Ark ED

ROMAJI

One day it was a very fine day.
That person died in place of us.
Who is it to walk the way to heaven?
The people open a window and watch it.

tokimeki no JUBUNAIRU nante risou no KOPII de
kamen wo koumutta doukeshi mitaida
suukou na ginyuu shijin wo kidotte mitari
tameiki de sora ga kumotta

dakedo Face to face anohi no uta ni
dareka no yume kasaneteiru nara
kitto Brand new day hajimari no aizu de
ima tobitate FENIKKUSU tsubasa hiroge habatake

bokutachi ni kyori wa naku tsunagatteiru yo
dakara itsudatte tonde ikeru
dakara iru koeru kara yuuen no AMYURETTO
kanjiru kaze wo aizu ni kae you
Shining tomorrow...

sasayaka na EBURIDEI MAJIKKU wa mujou no toki wo
shikyou no hatairo kazamuki shidai
itsuwari no nai chi no hate nande doko ni monakute
arifureta kodoku ni kawaru

dakedo Face to face daiji na mono wa
mune no oku ni kanjiteiru kara
kitto Brand new day yuzurenai mono nara
ima tobitate FENIKKUSU mune wo hatte kagayake

bokutachi no omoide to yobiaeru you na
ano shunkan no kimi no hitomi
amakaze wo kiri saite yuuen no AMYURETTO
itsuka no yume ni hikari wo terasou
Shining tomorrow...

bokutachi ni kyori wa naku tsunagatteiru yo
dakara itsudatte tonde ikeru
dakara iru koeru kara yuuen no AMYURETTO
kanjiru kaze wo aizu ni kae you
Shining tomorrow...

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KANJI

One day it was a very fine day.
That person died in place of us.
Who is it to walk the way to heaven?
The people open a window and watch it.

ときめきのジュブナイルなんて理想のコピーで
仮面を被った道化師みたいだ
崇高な吟遊詩人を気取ってみたり
ため息で空が曇った

だけどFace to face　あの日の歌に
誰かの夢重ねているなら
きっとBrand new day　始まりの合図で
今、飛び立てフェニックス　翼広げ　羽ばたけ

僕達に距離はなく　繋がっているよ
だからいつだって　飛んで行ける
高台を越える頃　悠遠のアミュレット
感じる風を　合図に変えよう
Shining tomorrow...

ささやかなエブリティ・マジックは無情の時を
司教の旗色　風向き次第
偽りの無い地の果てなんで何処にもなくて
ありふれた孤独に変わる

だけどFace to face　大事なものは
胸の奥に感じているから
きっとBrand new day　譲れないものなら
今、飛び立てフェニックス　胸を張って　輝け

僕達の想い出と　呼び合えるような
あの瞬間の　キミの瞳
雨風を切り裂いて　悠遠のアミュレット
いつかの夢に　光を照らそう
Shining tomorrow...

僕達に距離はなく　繋がっているよ
だからいつだって　飛んで行ける
高台を越える頃　悠遠のアミュレット
感じる風を　合図に変えよう
Shining tomorrow...


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This is one of the song from fall anime series which is included in my current favorite playlist. Unfortunately, from episode 1 inspection of the anime (Prism Ark), I can say that the series isn't as impressed as the OP and ED. Perhaps story-wise is good, but some of the character design looks pretty lame to me, with the hero in episode 1 (who wield the sword) with his cloud-looking hairstyle. But still, I need to watch at least several episode before I can fully jugde this series and decide whether I should continue or drop from watching this.

[DotA] Virtus.Pro compilation

Virtus.pro isn't any ordinary clan. They're currently one of the greatest - perhaps the best after beating MYM in MYM Pride#7 Grand Finals- clan in the world. This Russian team consist of Vigoss, Admiration, NS, Jolie, Sahka and Smile. Watching this video highlight can only show us part of their awesomeness, so search for their replay to see their prowess in detail, individually and teamwork. Their first member that I know is vigoss when I watch one of his replay in an IHCS game.

[Saimoe] Final result

• 1位　1521票　古手梨花＠ひぐらしのなく頃に(Furude Rika@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
• 2位　1499票　三千院ナギ＠ハヤテのごとく！(Sanzenin Nagi@Hayate the Combat Butler)

Seeing Nagi' loss, of course it's a zetsubou for me, but still, congrats to Rika for defying all the obstacle and become the Champion of Saimoe 2007. No one really think that Rika can become the champion at the start of the tournament, at the start of the group stage, and even at the start of quarter final. But she has done it, thanks to the gaijins and the not-so-interesting route to the final.
The match went pretty much tail to tail, even though in the final half Rika have a slightly more votes than Nagi, while Nagi speed up in the final hours. The gaijins proves to be the differences again in this match.



Character: Foreign/Japan/Total
Nagi: 291/1208/1499
Rika: 435/1086/1521




Frankly speaking this year Saimoe lack festivity compared to last year. The heat that the tournament have especially in last year quarter final and final is dearly missed in this tournament. Mainly because many top guns (eg: Fate, Suiginto, Kagami, perhaps Hinagiku or Maria too) were eliminated too early because of group seeding, fake/hate votes etc. The final 4 isn't even something everyone dream of (even though my Nagi advance to final). The total vote for final just marginally reach 3000, still not something comparable to Rena-Kagami match.

So we will meet again in Saimoe 2008. Rozen maiden is almost certain to miss (unless another series come out before mid-year), and new series will compete with the current star (HiguKai, Hayate no Gotoku, Nanoha StrikerS, Lucky Star etc).
For totally new series, so far my current pick for 2008 saimoe would be Mayu&Reika (Goshusho Sama Ninomiya-kun), Aoi (Myself; Yourself), Fuko&Kotomi (Clannad)....now lets see what Winter Anime series offer for us.

[exam] One Down

finally, some break from Saimoe blogging, but in reality it's the day when my final exam has come. Today is Bio: Human Perspective final exam, a subject of which I went less than half of the lectures. Frankly speaking, I'm struggling quite a bit at first when I start revising because the lecture notes is too simple, yet overloaded with various scientific term which I need to memorize. But after doing some past year exam/revision, I started to get the idea of the whole lectures, though I still miss some parts.
And today is the paper, 1.50pm-5pm at Wayville Showground. The exam question is....well, unexpectedly not easy I can say. Even though I manage to answer most questions, there are some part where I don't think I can score well. Gene Therapy section really give me a headache, same goes for Cancer Genetic. And they even ask for some totally memorizing questions (Cell Ion conc, Oxygen dissociation in Hemoglobin graph...) Uh....now I need to get some real rest before starts revising for the next paper, Statistical Life Science this Monday. But before that, I need to enjoy Manchester United vs Arsenal tonight (Foxtel here I caaaaaame!!!!)

[Saimoe] Semi2 result/FINAL!

有効コードがある票の順位

1. 1位　1372票　古手梨花＠ひぐらしのなく頃に [ Furude Rika @ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ]
2. 2位　1367票　真紅＠ローゼンメイデン オーベルテューレ [ Shinku @ Rozen Maiden Ouverture ]

oh my goodness, 5 freakin votes separating the result, causing uproar to RM-faction for failing to make it 3 years in a row in the finals. Looking at the graph, it's surprising to see that Shinku never seem to be able to give much threat to Rika, since Rika leads steadily for the whole days, but Shinku was able to get some boost i vote in the final 2 hours, just 5 votes short to change the result. Shinku was unfortunate this time, she was bombed with massive fake votes from...? No idea. Anti-RM who don't want another doll in the final, or simply Higurashi fan (or Rena fan).


Character: Foreign/Japan/Total
Rika: 380/992/1372
Shinku: 221/1148/1367

With this, we have a totally new series+character in the Saimoe final: Sanzenin Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku) vs Furude Rika (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni), a yet-another loli battle.

The final will takes place starting tonight =)


btw, lets see some statistic so far, the ranking of average votes a character get from the prelim till the day they were eliminated:

• 1. Kagami Hiiragi - 1426.333-
• 2. Suigintou - 1394.25
• 3. Tsukasa Hiiragi - 1390
• 4. Fate T. Harlaown - 1368
• 5. Ryuuguu Rena - 1262.666667
• 6. Shinku - 1248.333333
• 7. Edomae Runa - 1197.333333
• 8. Takamachi Nanoha - 1156.2
• 9. Sanzenin Nagi - 1150.5 (so far)
• 10. Suiseiseki - 1148.25
• 11. Louise - 1117.2
• 12. Seto San - 1101.333333
• 13. Izumi Konata - 1036.2
• 14. Furude Rika - 1036 (so far)

[Saimoe]Semi1 result/Semi2 preview

Semifinal 1

1. 1位　1301票　三千院ナギ＠ハヤテのごとく！(Sanzenin Nagi@Hayate the Combat Butler)
2. 2位　1209票　竜宮レナ＠ひぐらしのなく頃に(Ryuuguu Rena@Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)

Nagi, with all her wealth bribe her way to victory :3 Finally Rena was unable to take Nagi home, possibly because Nagi already in a much better home lol. And it definitely a good news for me seeing Nagi reach the final, being my topmost favorite character. Many people seems grieving over Rena loss, but we must remember that foreign votes only substitute small proportion of total vote count, so if one got major supports from Japan, then it's hard for the gaijin to overturn the result.
I'm surprised to see that the vote count is quite low for a semi final match (well at least some quarter final have even much higher vote count). Whether because many regard this match as insignificant or because many already left in despair after the loss of their favorite character in previous round. Overall the match went pretty close between the two of them, nothing really separate them until the final hour when Nagi clinched the victory.

Character: Foreign/Japan/Total
Rena: 356/853/1209
Nagi: 254/1047/1301

Nagi certainly got more supports from the locals.



With the loss of Rena, seems like Higurashi may experience RM fate in 2005. And yet again, another loli will be crowned Saimoe 2007 Champion (either Nagi, Rika or Shinku) :3

Next, the battle of another maiden with pride against shrine maiden. Rika vs Shinku in the 2nd semi final.

I've had enough of dolls. The only doll I will consider voting is Suiginto, but she's already out, so it's Rika who got my vote. Plus, I want to see new character+new series in the final. Rika might be boosted by the fact that Rena has lost, but Shinku is also boosted by RM faction. The outcome of this match is unpredictable. Shinku may have the chance to win, because Rika' previous match is possibly overshadowed by RM-faction votes against Louise.
After all neither of them are my favorite.