Why can’t I be in this picture?

Never before have I felt such adoration yet jealous rage in the same moment:

Winter 2010 Season Preview!

Winter Preview?! It’s like Christmas all over again!

… Well, sorta. This season looks pretty crappy.

[12 Days of Christmas] Day 11 – International Saimoe League

Aside from working full-time now, much of my extra time lately has been on developing the 2010 website and programming for International Saimoe League (ISML).  Since my first involvement as a statistics guy in 2008, I have found inspiration to take the tournament further, and I have now been elected to the Commissioner position for the 2010 season. This means a lot of work but a lot of potential for something exciting.

The main event will be the same as the previous two years: round-robin tournament lasting a few months, then a double-elimination finale for the championship. But don’t discount the preliminary period early in the year; it’s been revamped to something that’ll be a lot better than in 2009.

ISML Server Flooded

UPDATE — After a downtime of 3.5 hours, we are back. Voting has been extended for 4 hours until 1900GMT. Results will still be released at the usual time.

 

Apologies to all voters who are experiencing delays on the International Saimoe League (http://www.internationalsaimoe.com) website.

Since it’s the championship match between Hinagiku and Shana, I suppose we’ve had a lot heavier levels of traffic than our usual limit-breaking waves during the regular season and earlier rounds of the postseason.

Our host has temporarily suspended us, but I’ve called them in hopes to resolve things … and set up an upgrade plan for ISML 2010.

Please try again later today if you can’t vote this morning.

~Crisu

Hm, Bakemono 11

Hm.. I wonder where he put down the swimsuit and bloomers so he could scratch his cheek like that.

Stuffed in pocket temporarily? Transferred to other hand? Because it was made rather clear he gripped the two fabrics quite tightly… both right before this scene occurred and at the end of the episode when Tsubasa said so.

~Crisu, back to lurking >_>

Fall 2009 Anime Preview

Oh jeez, here we go again. According to one source, there’s only two “original” series this fall, and the rest are sequels or adaptations. Fortunately, there seems to be enough non-crap series coming up, but will it be enough to actually keep us sane? Or will the likes of Asura Cryin‘s and Queen’s Blade‘s sequels make us QQ infinitely?

ISML back on track

Following up on a previous post, hosting and registration fees have been paid for at internationalsaimoe.com, so the ISML tournament will continue. The latest match, Diamond 3, originally scheduled for Friday, August 14, has been pushed back a week to Friday, August 21.

The Double Elimination tournament will still keep to its original schedule.

~Crisu

ISML Domain Issues

International Saimoe League (http://www.internationalsaimoe.com) staff are working to resolve technical issues that have suddenly come up. ISML Staff apologizes for the site’s disappearance (it might not be gone quite yet for some of you) and are working towards bringing it back 100% with as little interruption to the 2009 schedule as possible.

No temporary website is available at this time; however, the IRC channel #isml on rizon.net is still active.

~Crisu

Saki 19 – A difficult illusion

I had to stare at this several times before realizing that it is actually drawn correctly.

A first glance suggest it’s Nodoka’s arm on top … but it really isn’t. The right hand sticking out of the sleeve plus the darker skin tone makes it Saki’s arm.

I blame Nodoka’s hair, which drapes over both girls’ shoulders and is the real cause of this potential illusion.

~Crisu

Endless Eight #8

“One tsundere moment can wash away the pain of 600 years…”