ISML 2017/Regular Season

Format
Unlike last year's regular season, each period will now feature ALL contestants; but the number of matches played are greatly increased as a result.

The regular season is split into seven periods. For each period, all contestants from each gender are split into groups of 6. Every group plays a single-round robin format, where each contestant will play all other opponents once. After all matches are played, the top 4 contestants from each group will advance to the next stage. While most of the worst-placed contestants are outright eliminated, some of them may be relegated to the newly-introduced Wildcard round instead, where they will fight for another chance to stay in the tournament.

The number of groups, qualifiers, and eliminated contestants will inevitably vary per period; they are as follows:
 * Aquamarine: 120 players. 20 groups. Top 4 advance; 5th relegated to Wildcards; 6th outright eliminated. Wildcard format is approval-voting.
 * Topaz: 96 players, 16 groups. Same elimination rules as above.
 * Amethyst: 72 players, 12 groups. Same elimination rules as above. In this period however, three of the last-placed contestants with the highest CVP are relegated to wildcards instead of being eliminated.
 * Sapphire: 60 players, 10 groups. Wildcard format changed to range-voting.
 * Emerald: 48 players, 8 groups. Wildcard format changed to STV (single transferable vote).
 * Ruby:: 36 players, 6 groups. No wildcard rounds, it's either top 4 or bust.
 * Diamond: 24 players, 4 groups. Top 4 advance to playoffs, rest are out. No wildcard rounds.

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:
 * 1) Wins
 * 2) Head-to-head record
 * 3) Total votes earned in the group (VF)
 * 4) Vote difference in group (VD)
 * 5) Staff selection

Vote Points
A separate value named VP (Vote Points) was introduced last 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. The primary roles of CVP are to determine the seedings for future rounds, and decide who qualifies for necklace / pendant matches.
 * 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.

Group draw
TBD

Female
Status: (N) - Necklace; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.



Male
Status: (P) - Pendant; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Group draw
TBD

Female
Status: (N) - Necklace; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Male
Status: (P) - Pendant; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Female
Status: (N) - Necklace; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Male
Status: (P) - Pendant; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Female
Status: (N) - Necklace; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Male
Status: (P) - Pendant; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Female
Status: (N) - Necklace; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Male
Status: (P) - Pendant; (WC) - Wildcards; (E) - Eliminated.

Female
Status: (N) - Necklace. ''Bolded names advance to Diamond, and those who aren't are eliminated from the contest. There are no wildcard rounds in this period.''

Male
Status: (P) - Pendant. ''Bolded names advance to Diamond, and those who aren't are eliminated from the contest. There are no wildcard rounds in this period.''

Female
Status: (N) - Necklace. ''Bolded names advance to playoffs, and those who aren't are eliminated from the contest. There are no wildcard rounds in this period.''

Male
Status: (P) - Pendant. ''Bolded names advance to playoffs, and those who aren't are eliminated from the contest. There are no wildcard rounds in this period.''