Saimoe 2014

THIS IS THE WAY SAKIMADOKA DIES, NOT WITH A BANG, BUT WITH A WHIMPER. ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC. -Anonymous

44 saki participants holy shit, one more than their roster in 2012 (43 girls)

Tournament format
Fuck this shit i'm lazy, just gonna copy this from anime suki forum user (original link here)

Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 1
 * 16 groups (8 with veterans only and 8 for newcomers)
 * A character is a veteran if she has participated in the tournament before, otherwise she is a newcomer.
 * Vote for up to 10 characters per group.
 * Top 12 advance to Main Bracket (192 total)
 * 13th-40th will play in Preliminary Round 2

Preliminary Round 2
 * All remaining character grouped together in one single match
 * Vote up to 20 characters.
 * 96 characters are selected according to the D'Hondt method. This means that votes for characters of the same series will be added together, then divided by 1, 2, 3, 4,... creating a table of series and votes. Within each series, the characters will be ranked according to their individual votes.

Main Bracket
Rounds 1-3
 * 288+ characters divided randomly into 24 groups (A - X).
 * Vote one girl per match.
 * Round 1: 3-way matches. Winner advances to next round, 2nd placers to Repechage 1, 3rd placers out
 * Some matches have 4 girls to accomodate excess contestants.
 * Round 2: 1v1 match. Winner advances, Losers to Repechage 2
 * Round 3: 1v1 match. Winner advances to Final Rounds, Losers to Repechage 3
 * If 1st place is tied, they will advance together. On the other hand, if 2nd place is tied, then they will be relegated together.

Repechage
 * A repechage round is held after each main bracket round. Vote up to 4 girls.
 * Repechage 1: All 2nd placers from main bracket R1 (96+ girls). Top 24 advance to Repechage 2
 * Repechage 2: Losers from main bracket R2 + survivors of last round (72+ girls). Top 16 advance to Repechage 3
 * Repechage 3: Losers from main bracket R3 + survivors of last round (40+ girls). Top 8 qualify for the Final Rounds
 * If last place is tied, all involved girls will advance together

Final Rounds
 * Top 32: 8 groups, 4 characters. Each group has 3 group winners and 1 girl from repechage.
 * 4-way match per group; vote one girl per group
 * Top 2 advance to Finals Bracket
 * Finals Bracket: 16-player single-elimination bracket.
 * 1st placer fights 2nd placer in the round of 16
 * Winner of the final match is declared 2channel's Saimoe girl of 2014. If the match is tied, then all tied girls are declared champions.

Schedule
Nominations:
 * 5/26- Series beginning with A, E, I, O, U or V
 * 5/27- Series beginning with G, K or Q
 * 5/28- Series beginning with J, S or Z
 * 5/29- Series beginning with C, D, N or T
 * 5/30- Series beginning with B, F, H, P or V
 * 5/31- Series beginning with L, M, R, W or Y
 * 6/1, 6/7, 6/8, 6/14, 6/15- Additional Entry
 * 7/5- Final Additional Entry

Preliminaries:
 * 7/13: Draw for 1st prelims
 * 7/19-7/22: 1st prelims Groups Y1-Y4 (newcomers)
 * 7/24-7/27: 1st prelims Groups E1-E4 (veterans)
 * 7/29-8/1: 1st prelims Groups Y5-Y8 (newcomers)
 * 8/3-8/6: 1st prelims Groups E5-E8 (veterans)
 * 8/9: 2nd prelims

Main Bracket:
 * 8/13: Draw for the block phase
 * 8/19-9/14: Round 1
 * 8/16: Repechage Round 1
 * 9/19-10/6: Round 2
 * 10/8: Repechage Round 2
 * 10/11-10/23: Round 3
 * 10/25: Repechage Round 3
 * 10/28: Draw for the Playoffs
 * 10/30-11/7: Playoffs
 * 11/9: Draw for the finals
 * 11/11-11/19: Round of 16
 * 11/21-11/24: Quarterfinals
 * 11/26-11/27: Semifinals
 * 11/29: Final

Groups A-F
Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Groups G-L
Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Groups M-R
Group M

Group N

Group O

Group P

Group Q

Group R

Groups S-X
Group S

Group T

Group U

Group V

Group W

Group X