ISML 2016/Regular Season

Format
The regular season is split into three rounds, where all contestants from each gender are split into groups of 4. Every group plays a single-round robin format, where each contestant will play all other opponents once. The top 2 characters will advance to the next round, and bottom 2 will be eliminated.
 * Round of 128: All characters from each gender are distributed throughout four periods: Aquamarine, Topaz, Amethyst, and Sapphire. Each of these periods will hold 32 contestants, split into 8 groups.
 * Round of 64: Survivors are distributed throughout two periods: Emerald and Ruby. Each period still has 32 contestants / 8 groups.
 * Round of 32: Diamond period. Same format as above. Survivors will advance to the playoffs, who then will play yet another group stage to decide the 8 characters that will advance to the single-elimination bracket.

Ranking criteria
Points (aka League Points) are used to rank the contestants from each group. Points take priority over all other criteria.
 * A win awards 3 points
 * A draw awards 1 point
 * A loss awards points based on the player's votes divided by their opponent's votes on that match (Votes For / Votes Against).
 * Example: Luffy loses against  Ash Ketchum, 4200-6969. While Ash gets 3 points for his win; Luffy gets 0.6027 points (rounded off) as consolation.

The following criteria below will be used if two or more contestants are tied in points: After the group stage has finished however, it is extremely rare for a group to have tied points because of the fractional points awarded to losing contestants. Therefore, the criteria above are never used in practice when determining who advances and who doesn't.
 * 1) Wins
 * 2) Head-to-head record
 * 3) Total votes earned (VF)
 * 4) Vote difference (VD)
 * 5) Staff selection

Vote Points
A separate value named VP (Vote Points) was introduced this year. A player earns vote points after every match. It is calculated using this formula:
 * VP = Player's Votes / Average of all votes in that round
 * To find the Average of all votes, we add ALL CONTESTANTS' votes in that round (including the player), then divide it by the number of players participating in that round.

Since Vote Points are calculated separately by matchday, they need to be added up --- this is where the CVP value comes in.

CVP stands for Cumulative Vote Points, and is simply all the contestant's vote points added together. Although the CVP value is present in the group tables, it does not directly affect the standings for this edition. The primary role of CVP is to determine the seedings for future rounds, which will be used to determine the group's contestants, and also the match-ups for the elimination brackets. In other words, the higher CVP you have, the more likely it is for you to face "weaker" opponents who have low CVP.
 * In ISML's tables (and by extension, this wiki's), CVP refers to the contestant's currently accumulated vote points for the entire regular season.
 * PCVP (Period CVP) refers to total vote points earned during a specific period only.

Aquamarine
Female

Male

Topaz
Female Male

Amethyst
Female Male

Sapphire
Female

Male

Emerald
Female

Male

Ruby
Female

Male

Diamond
Female

Male