ISML 2014

ISML 2014
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Start date	2014
End date	2014
Participants	Regular season: 72 (36 nova, 36 stella)
Website	Main page Statistics page
Necklace Winners
Aquamarine	Mikoto Misaka (#5)
Amethyst	Kanade Tachibana (#6)
Ruby	Kuroyukihime
Emerald	Asuna Yuuki (#2)
Topaz	Mashiro Shiina (#3)
Sapphire (Nova Winner)	Asuna Yuuki (#3)
Diamond (Stella Winner)	Kanade Tachibana (#7)
Female final positions
Tiara	Kotori Itsuka
Runner-up	Mashiro Shiina
Semi-finals	Kanade Tachibana (3rd) Ayase Aragaki (4th)
Quarter-finals	Nanami Aoyama (5th) Ruri Gokou (8th) Asuna Yuuki (10th) Yoshino (11th)
Male final positions
Scepter	Hideyoshi Kinoshita (Male / Trap Exhibition Winner)
Runner-up	Shidou Itsuka
Semi-finals	Template:Mitsuka Mitsuka Souji Ruka Urushibara
Quarter-finals	Ryuunosuke Akasaka Keima Katsuragi Kamito Kazehaya Hayate Ayasaki
Seasonals & ToC
Winter	Chitoge Kirisaki
Spring	Shiro
Summer	Chiyo Sakura
Fall	Isuzu Sento

ISML 2014 was the 7th edition of the International Saimoe League contest, and the third year of the Nova/Stella split.

Date A Live heroine Kotori Itsuka claimed this year's Heavenly Tiara after defeating Sakurasou main girl Mashiro Shiina in the final, becoming the second girl to win the tournament without winning a necklace after Fate Testarossa in 2008. Although she competed in the seasonal contest a year before, Kotori became the first girl since 2008 to become ISML champion in her first-ever Main Tournament appearance.

It was the last edition to feature previous champions in the playoff stage. This year's defending champion was Ruri Gokou, who made as far as the Tiara quarter-finals, where she lost to eventual third-placer Kanade Tachibana in a rematch of last year's final.

The last Male Exhibition Tournament was held this year, but with a twist --- the contest featured characters known as "Traps" (androgynous / feminine-looking males) instead. Unsurprisingly, this led to Hideyoshi Kinoshita --- the best-known example of the archetype at that time --- winning ISML's fourth Lapis Scepter, after defeating Shidou Itsuka in the final

Gem Rounds

Aquamarine

Period Standing Top 14 Contestants

Rank	Nova	Stella
1	Takanashi Rikka	Gokou Ruri
2	Itsuka Kotori	Tachibana Kanade
3	Yoshino	Misaka Mikoto
4	Kuroyukihime	Aragaki Ayase
5	Yatogami Touka	Shiina Mashiro
6	Tokisaki Kurumi	Aisaka Taiga
7	Aoyama Nanami	Nakano Azusa

Aquamarine Necklace Match Result

Rank	Contestants	Votes	SDO	FNS
1	Misaka Mikoto	2857	78.849	155.248
2	Tachibana Kanade	2074	93.576	149.038
3	Gokou Ruri	732	93.629	113.204
4	Takanashi Rikka	654	90.397	107.886
5	Itsuka Kotori	761	87.383	107.734
6	Yoshino	598	81.741	97.733
7	Kuroyukihime	551	71.687	86.422

Necklace Winner: Misaka Mikoto

Amethyst

Period Standing Top 14 Contestants

Rank	Nova	Stella
1	Tokisaki Kurumi	Misaka Mikoto
2	Itsuka Kotori	Tachibana Kanade
3	Yoshino	Gokou Ruri (Kuroneko)
4	Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko	Eucliwood Hellscythe
5	Yuuki Asuna	Shiina Mashiro
6	Chitanda Eru	Nakano Azusa
7	Takanashi Rikka	Aisaka Taiga

Amethyst Necklace Match Result

Rank	Contestants	Votes	SDO	FNS
1	Tachibana Kanade	2667	93.412	157.578
2	Tokisaki Kurumi	2323	94.443	150.333
3	Gokou Ruri	1182	78.272	106.710
4	Itsuka Kotori	881	84.786	105.982
5	Eucliwood Hellscythe	824	72.429	92.254
6	Yoshino	617	71.352	86.197
7	Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko	650	69.369	85.008

Necklace Winner: Tachibana Kanade

Ruby

Period Standing Top 14 Contestants

Rank	Nova	Stella
1	Kuroyukihime	Misaka Mikoto
2	Tokisaki Kurumi	Tachibana Kanade
3	Itsuka Kotori	Shana
4	Yuuki Asuna	Eucliwood Hellscythe
5	Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko	Shiina Mashiro
6	Chitanda Eru	Aisaka Taiga
7	Yoshino	Aragaki Ayase

Ruby Necklace Match Result

Rank	Contestants	Votes	SDO	FNS
1	Kuroyukihime	1424	92.721	129.712
2	Tokisaki Kurumi	1461	87.245	125.198
3	Yuuki Asuna	1428	73.450	110.546
4	Itsuka Kotori	957	84.405	109.265
5	Shana	1429	69.774	106.895
6	Shiina Mashiro	1013	71.464	97.779
7	Eucliwood Hellscythe	757	64.054	83.719

Necklace Winner: Kuroyukihime

Emerald

Period Standing Top 14 Contestants

Rank	Nova	Stella
1	Yuuki Asuna	Misaka Mikoto
2	Itsuka Kotori	Shiina Mashiro
3	Yoshino	Tachibana Kanade
4	Tokisaki Kurumi	Aisaka Taiga
5	Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko	Nakano Azusa
6	Chitanda Eru	Yuzuriha Inori
7	Kuroyukihime	Gokou Ruri

Emerald Necklace Match Result

Rank	Contestants	Votes	SDO	FNS
1	Yuuki Asuna	1705	90.679	139.552
2	Shiina Mashiro	1326	84.740	122.749
3	Itsuka Kotori	934	85.178	111.951
4	Tokisaki Kurumi	1398	62.133	102.206
5	Yoshino	648	82.598	101.173
6	Aisaka Taiga	875	69.602	94.683
7	Nakano Azusa	789	64.567	87.183

Necklace Winner: Yuuki Asuna

Topaz

Period Standing Top 14 Contestants

Rank	Nova	Stella
1	Yuuki Asuna	Misaka Mikoto
2	Yoshino	Shiina Mashiro
3	Itsuka Kotori	Shana
4	Takanashi Rikka	Eucliwood Hellscythe
5	Kurousagi	Aisaka Taiga
6	Chitanda Eru	Tachibana Kanade
7	Tokisaki Kurumi	Nakano Azusa

Topaz Necklace Match Result

Rank	Contestants	Votes	SDO	FNS
1	Shiina Mashiro	1708	85.084	137.579
2	Shana	1771	82.977	137.409
3	Takanashi Rikka	1173	78.789	114.841
4	Eucliwood Hellscythe	824	82.412	107.738
5	Itsuka Kotori	673	76.737	97.422
6	Yoshino	483	79.696	94.540
7	Kurousagi	526	54.317	70.484

Necklace Winner: Shiina Mashiro

Regular Season Results Table

Format

• Each division has 36 contestants. They are gathered into a single large group, where each contestant plays the others once (a single round-robin system) for 35 matches. These matches are further subdivided into 5 periods, each having 7 matches. The top 16 finishers will advance to the playoffs.
• Players are ranked by points earned over the course of the regular season: 3 points for a win, and 1 point for a draw. A loss adds points based on the formula

= (Votes for / Votes against).

• Example: Player A wins against Player B with a score of 6969 - 4200. While Player A gets the 3 points, Player B won't get nothing for his loss; instead he gets ( 4200 / 6969 ) = 0.603 points (rounded to the nearest thousandths).

If there is a tie among two or more players, they are broken in the following order:

1. Wins
2. Head-to-head record
3. Higher Point-weighted Strength of Schedule of All opponents (PSAO) - basically: the total of your opponents' points times a percentage.
4. Higher vote difference (VD)
5. Total votes earned (VF)
6. Staff selection

Noob Division Table

Sd	Pos	Pic	Contestant	W	L	Rank	Tiebreaker
	1			4	0	4
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Sellout Division Table

Pos	Pic	Contestant	W	QW	Rank	Tiebreaker
1		Asuna Yuuki (Necklace Winner)	4	0	4
2		Nanami Aoyama
3		Kurumi Tokisaki
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Division Playoffs

Format

Format

• Phase 1 (Stella and Nova) - Swiss-system format.
• Round 1's match-ups are decided using their regular position ranks as seeds. Seed order follows the usual 1v16, 8v9, 4v13 etc. order.
• After each and every round, players will be matched up against players with the same record as theirs.
• The tournament continues until a set amount of rounds has been played. In ISML's case, it's 4 rounds.
• After 4 rounds have passed, players will be ranked in this order:
  • Wins
  • Quality wins (QW) - wins against players with the same or better record than theirs
  • Regular season rank
• Top 8 of each division will advance to Phase 2, while the rest will say goodbye to their championship dreams.
• First-placed girl of each division is awarded the Sapphire circlet (Nova) or Diamond circlet (Stella).

Nova (Sapphire)

Nova Phase 1 Swiss Table
Pos	Pic	Contestant	W	QW	Rank		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
1		Asuna Yuuki (Necklace Winner)	4	0	4		3691-2224	3702-2277	3458-2486	4006-2930
2		Nanami Aoyama	3	1	10		2895-2836	3223-2816	3012-2853	2930-4006
3		Kurumi Tokisaki	3	0	3		3814-1886	3228-2989	2853-3012	3289-3082
4		Kuroyukihime	3	0	5		3354-2522	2277-3702	3234-2425	3573-3229
5		Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi	3	0	8		3137-2640	3056-3039	2486-3458	3273-3260
6		Kotori Itsuka	2	1	1		3507-2195	3039-3056	3441-2497	3082-3289
7		Yoshino	2	1	2		3301-2469	2816-3223	3112-2472	3260-3273
8		Rikka Takanashi	2	1	6		3168-2644	2989-3228	3316-2388	3229-3573
9		Eru Chitanda	2	0	7		2836-2895	3198-2662	2497-3441	3467-3040
10		Tohka Yatogami	2	0	9		2640-3137	3096-2717	2472-3112	3428-3028
11		Shinka Nibutani	2	0	12		2522-3354	3254-2696	2388-3316	3302-3206
12		Kuro Usagi (Black Rabbit)	1	1	11		2644-3168	3035-2625	2425-3234	3206-3302
13		Yukino Yukinoshita	1	1	15		2469-3301	2662-3198	2807-2682	3028-3428
14		Azusa Azuki	1	0	13		2224-3691	2696-3254	2939-2525	3040-3467
15		Yaya	1	0	14		1886-3814	2625-3035	2682-2807	3145-3004
16		Momo Belia Deviluke	0	0	16		2195-3507	2717-3096	2525-2939	3004-3145

Stella (Diamond)

Stella Phase 1 Swiss Table
Pos	Pic	Contestant	W	QW	Rank		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
1		Kanade Tachibana (Necklace Winner)	4	0	2		3794-2125	3558-2643	3440-2606	3522-3503
2		Mikoto Misaka	3	1	1		3698-2138	3541-2678	3374-2577	3503-3522
3		Taiga Aisaka	3	1	5		3567-2302	3170-3099	2577-3374	3591-3250
4		Mashiro Shiina	3	0	3		3544-2317	3298-2707	2606-3440	4050-2705
5		Ruri "Kuroneko" Gokou	3	0	4		3370-2307	3099-3170	3389-2628	3586-3090
6		Ayase Aragaki	2	2	7		3105-2791	2643-3558	3365-2494	3250-3591
7		Eucliwood Hellscythe	2	1	6		3071-2645	2707-3298	3218-2470	3090-3586
8		Shana	2	1	8		3242-2848	2678-3541	2885-3072	3916-2779
9		Mio Akiyama	2	1	10		2791-3105	3105-2924	3072-2885	2705-4050
10		Azusa Nakano	2	0	9		2848-3242	3215-2709	2494-3365	3465-3261
11		Inori Yuzuriha	2	0	11		2645-3071	3017-3007	2628-3389	3728-2953
12		Yui (Angel Beats)	1	1	12		2302-3567	3090-2801	2470-3218	2953-3728
13		Saber	1	1	15		2125-3794	2924-3105	3013-2758	3261-3465
14		Kobato Hasegawa	1	0	13		2307-3370	2801-3090	2853-2782	2779-3916
15		Yuri Nakamura	1	0	14		2317-3544	3007-3017	2758-3013	3440-3150
16		Haruhi Suzumiya	0	0	16		2138-3698	2709-3215	2782-2853	3150-3440

Tiara Playoffs

• Single-elimination bracket
  • N1-S8, S4-N5, S2-N7, N3-S6
  • S1-N8, N4-S5, N2-S7, S3-N6
• All losers except the runner-up will play consolation matches to determine their final rankings.
• Winner of the final match claims the Heavenly Tiara and the championship.

Tiara Finals Bracket
	Pic	Round of 16				Pic	Quarter-finals				Pic	Semi-finals				Pic	Final
N1		Asuna Yuuki	3827
S8		Shana	2830		N1		Asuna Yuuki	3990
S4		Mashiro Shiina	3491		S4		Mashiro Shiina	4045
N5		Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi	2851							S4		Mashiro Shiina	3727
S2		Mikoto Misaka	2931							S6		Ayase Aragaki	2581
N7		'Yoshino	3443		N7		Yoshino	4005
N3		Kurumi Tokisaki	2983		S6		Ayase Aragaki	4031
S6		Ayase Aragaki	3632												S4		Mashiro Shiina	4613
S1		Kanade Tachibana	4145												N6		Kotori Itsuka	4906
N8		Rikka Takanashi	2532		S1		Kanade Tachibana	4134
N4		Kuroyukihime	3020		S5		Ruri Gokou	3575
S5		Ruri "Kuroneko" Gokou	3545							S1		Kanade Tachibana	4170
N2		Nanami Aoyama	3716							N6		Kotori Itsuka	4649
S6		Eucliwood Hellscythe	2585		N2		Nanami Aoyama	3725
S3		Taiga Aisaka	2742		N6		Kotori Itsuka	4218							S6		Ayase Aragaki	4096
N6		Kotori Itsuka	3818												S1		Kanade Tachibana	5081

Final Standing

Rank	Candidates	Series
1	Itsuka Kotori	Date A Live
2	Shiina Mashiro	Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
3	Tachibana Kanade	Angel Beats!
4	Aragaki Ayase	Ore no Imouto
5	Aoyama Nanami	Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
6	Kuroyukihime	Accel World
7	Aisaka Taiga	Toradora!
8	Gokou Ruri	Ore no Imouto
9	Tokisaki Kurumi	Date A Live
10	Yuuki Asuna	Sword Art Online
11	Yoshino	Date A Live
12	Shana	Shakugan no Shana
13	Misaka Mikoto	Toaru Majutsu no Index
14	Eucliwood Hellscythe	Kore wa Zombie desu Ka?
15	Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko	Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.
16	Takanashi Rikka	Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

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Winner's Gallery

Necklace & Tiara

2014 Aquamarine: Mikoto Misaka

2014 Amethyst: {Kanade Tachibana

2014 Ruby: Kuroyukihime

2014 Emerald: Asuna Yuuki

2014 Topaz: Mashiro Shiina

2014 Sapphire: Asuna Yuuki

2014 Diamond: Kanade Tachibana

HEAVENLY TIARA: Kotori Itsuka

Seasonals

Winter Diadem: Chitoge Kirisaki

Spring Diadem: Shiro

Summer Diadem: Chiyo Sakura

Fall Diadem: Isuzu Sento

Exhibition Gems

2014 Aquamarine Bracelet: Yukina Himeragi

2014 Amethyst Brooch: Victorique de Blois

2014 Ruby Medallion: Misaki Shokuhou

2014 Emerald Anklet: Yui (Angel Beats

2014 Topaz Earrings: Saber

Other Exhibitions

2014 Male (TRAP) Exhibition Winner & LAPIS SCEPTER: Hideyoshi Kinoshita

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2014 Reverse Trap Exhibition Tournament: Seishirou Tsugumi

2014 Visual Novel Tournament: Mare S. Emphemeral (Hoshizoria no Memoria)