2007 Moe Invitational Tournament - Round 1 Voting, Matches 33-40

[ayareiko]

In case you're wondering, I dumped Imageshack for Photobucket. ImageSHack has gotten way too slow and unreliable.

West Part 1 (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=houston1vz.gif)
West Part 2 (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=longbeach8yy.gif)
East Part 1 (http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tokyo9jk.gif)
East Part 2 (http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=osaka5ke.gif)

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Today's Matches:

Evangeline A.K. MacDowell (Negima) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/EvangelineAKMcDowell.jpg) vs. "Tessa" Testarossa (FMP! The Second Raid) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/tessatestarossa.jpg)
Yukino Kikugawa (My-HiME) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/yukinokikugawa.jpg) vs. Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/rue.jpg)

May Wong (KaleidoStar ~New Wings~) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/maywong.jpg) vs. Skuld (Ah! My Goddess) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/skuldamg.jpg)
Nao Yuuki (My-HiME) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/naoyuuki.jpg) vs. Sayo Aizaka (Negima) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/sayoaizaka.jpg)

Touka (Utawarerumono) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/touka.jpg) vs. Yaya Nanto (Strawberry Panic!) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/YayaNanto.jpg)
Nerine (Shuffle!) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/nerine.jpg) vs. Ryoko Asakura (Mel. of HaruSuzu) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/RyokoAsakura.jpg)

Honoka Yukishiro (Pretty Cure Max Heart) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/honokayukishiro.gif) vs. Rider (Fate/stay night) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/rider.jpg)
Nanaho Kinjo (Best Student Council) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/nanahokinjo.jpg) vs. Konomi Yuzuhara (ToHeart2) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/AyaReiko/konomiYuzuhara.jpg)

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Western Matches:

[ayareiko]

Eastern Matches:

[bci110]

Western votes: Eva, Kraehe, Sayo, and Skuld

A potentional Eva-Kraehe second round match is too good for me to pass up (and that Eva image is awesome :D ). Sayo and Skuld were easy choices for me: Sayo is a very nice ghost (and one of my favorite Negima characters) and easily won my vote over that bitch Nao, and May Wong is nowhere near Skuld's level (even though I think that Skuld is the least moe of the Goddesses).

[Splitter]

Western: Eva-chan, Rue/Kraehe, May, and Nails
Eastern: Yaya-chan, Rin-chan, Cure White, and Konomi

[HitokiriShadow]

Western:
Evangeline - This time, the loli vampire gets my vote, but it was a hard choice as I'm a Tessa fan as well
Yukino - while I like Rue's character design, I have yet to see the show (though I plan to eventually)
Skuld - Skuld is my favorite of the goddess sisters and I never cared much for May Wong
Nao - Nao is one of my favorite My HiME characters (behind Natsuki and Shizuru) and Sayo... not so much.

Eastern:
Yaya - One of the few bright spots in SP! and I haven't seen Uta yet
Nerine - I'm weak for pointy ears and Ryoko never did much for me
Rider - my favorite servant from F/SN
Konomi - she simply has the more appealing character design

[Spirit Of The Stage]

Evangeline A.K. MacDowell (Negima) vs. "Tessa" Testarossa (FMP! The Second Raid)

Eva's cute, but scary moe compared to Tessa...vote for Tess.

Yukino Kikugawa (My-HiME) vs. Rue/Princess Kraehe (Princess Tutu)

Rue definitely - yes, maybe at times now, but in the last episode, you see why I'd vote for her...

May Wong (KaleidoStar ~New Wings~) vs. Skuld (Ah! My Goddess)

I love May to bits, but moe? Nope - Skuld easily.

Nao Yuuki (My-HiME) vs. Sayo Aizaka (Negima)

SAYO-CHAN!!!! Gotta love the scared cute ghost...

Touka (Utawarerumono) vs. Yaya Nanto (Strawberry Panic!)

Rest abstained.

[Suwako Moriya]

Evangeline A.K. MacDowell
Rue/Princess Kraehe
Note Vote (Yet?)
Sayo Aizaka
Yaya Nanto
Nerine
Honoka Yukishiro
Konomi Yuzuhara

[XenoCrisis0153]

WEST:
- Evangeline... holy hell, where did you find an image like that!? O___O
- Yukino
- May
- Sayo... had to pick the sweet girl over evil, badass yet tragically-misunderstood Nao, haha

EAST:
- Yaya
- Ryoko... I'd pick Nerine almost over anyone, but not Ryoko <3
- ABSTAIN
- Konomi... I can't see an BSC girls winning... their character design is so flat, IMO

[SnowfairyX]

Evangeline - Voted based on the picture. :)

Yukino Kikugawa - I don't have any particularly strong feelings for either character but Yukino definitely feels more moe to me.

The rest I abstained from.

[Shsway]

It seems a bit...cruel to pit someone like Rue against Yukino. I vastly prefer the former, anyway.

[bci110]

Western votes: Eva, Kraehe, Sayo, and Skuld

A potentional Eva-Kraehe second round match is too good for me to pass up.

And so we will have an Eva-Kraehe matchup as they barely advance to the 2nd round. Sayo and Skuld won their first-round matches rather easily.

Eastern Division winners:
Touka & Yaya tied at 8 votes apiece
Nerine (by one vote - adding more to the celebration of Shuffle's R1 licensing announcement)
Honoka
Konomi Yuzuhara in a rout (poor Nanaho only received 1 lousy vote! :cry: )

[Suwako Moriya]

Touka & Yaya tied at 8 votes apiece


Wow and it wasn't until nearly the last minute that I made my vote for Yaya. It just goes to show a single vote can change things.

[HitokiriShadow]

Wow, Konomi Yuzuhara obliterated her opponent.