AD2007: Round 2 voting

[dunno001]

Yes, folks, it's that time of year. It's time, to pick a winner! (Well, okay, so they've already been picked...) But you can vote! And that's the good part! So be sure to vote and show your support for the new players (and characters) in this draft!

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Mizuho Kazami (Please Teacher)
Lafiel (Crest of the Stars)
Sosuke Sagara (FMP)
Eikichi Onizuka (GTO)

You people don't make this easy. At least half of them were potential votes. The above were the ones I like the most of the most. But I can only vote 2, not 4.

Lafiel took first, while Sosuke barely squeezed past Onizuka and Mizuho, on the strength of me having finally seen Fumoffu just recently.

[Azumangaman]

My First Vote (obvious):
Sora Naegino (Kaleido Star)

Nominees for second vote:
Sakaki (AzuDai)
Vash (Trigun)
Light (Deathnote)
Milfeulle (Galaxy Angel)

All 4 were close, but I HAD to give it to Sakaki. Basically all Azumanga characters are a lock for me.

[dunno001]

This round was a little tricky for me. Ahiru was easily my favorite one, so that was easy, but then it came down to either Ed or Sakaki. Since Sakaki likes kitties, and it's Al who likes them in FMA, Sakaki gets my 2nd vote.

[Dagger]

I voted for Sora and Ed. :)

[Helschadenfreude]

Totally broke my rule for voting for myself but whichever....

Alucard and Ed.. weeeeee

[Victor Lewandowski]

Mizuho and Ran. :D

[cairber]

Mizuho and Ran. :D



I voted the same way :D


I know I havent done my write up yet! I'm working on it though. Eventually we will know who rides Hermes!

[bci110]

My votes went to my two all-time favorite characters: The great Sora Naegino and the great (or is it grate) Sosuke Sagara.

[Jimmie M]

My votes:

Father Abel Nightroad (Trinity Blood)(Of course)
Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh)

[TnAdct1]

Sakaki and Light for me.

[malazar]

Lafiel was an easy choice for me. My second vote was much more competitive, but I went with Onizuka.

[Lumberjack]

I went with Ippo and Alucard (with apologies to Onizuka).

VOTE IPPO!

[Herufaiya]

Light and Lafiel for me, the first for somewhat obvious reasons, and the latter 'cuz, well, I love her.
As a character...yeah.

[EmperorBrandon]

Onizuka got one of my votes (I suspect I will be voting for my own in most matches) and the second vote of course goes to Ahiru. Sora would otherwise be strong contention for my vote (and possibly Ran).

[Nosredna]

Lafiel was the easy choice for me, but the second pick was much more difficult in the end I picked I'm not telling :P .

[vegeta11]

Recca and Alucard for me!

[Puppet Master]

Voted for Ichigo and Ippo.

[Spirit Of The Stage]

If it wasn't for the fact that one particular character had been picked in this draft, this would have been VERY tough with Onizuka, Sakaki, Ed and Ran involved...

Thankfully Sora made the decision rather easy for me, with Ahiru of course being my second pick.

P.S. I know into drafting, but if it's O.K to continue my stories for those who wanted them in this thread, can someone give me the thumbs up or down for this please? :)

[dunno001]

P.S. I know into drafting, but if it's O.K to continue my stories for those who wanted them in this thread, can someone give me the thumbs up or down for this please? :)

Keep in mind that this thread is going to have a fairly high turnover. Each round will be given its own thread as to not dwarf any of the other rounds. So next Sunday, this thread will be unpinned. Consider that in your decision. Otherwise, it doesn't matter to me.

[Spirit Of The Stage]

P.S. I know into drafting, but if it's O.K to continue my stories for those who wanted them in this thread, can someone give me the thumbs up or down for this please? :)

Keep in mind that this thread is going to have a fairly high turnover. Each round will be given its own thread as to not dwarf any of the other rounds. So next Sunday, this thread will be unpinned. Consider that in your decision. Otherwise, it doesn't matter to me.

Yeah, forgot about that. No worries, decided to just PM them to the relevant coaches, thanks!

[TnAdct1]

P.S. I know into drafting, but if it's O.K to continue my stories for those who wanted them in this thread, can someone give me the thumbs up or down for this please? :)

Keep in mind that this thread is going to have a fairly high turnover. Each round will be given its own thread as to not dwarf any of the other rounds. So next Sunday, this thread will be unpinned. Consider that in your decision. Otherwise, it doesn't matter to me.

Yeah, forgot about that. No worries, decided to just PM them to the relevant coaches, thanks!

Darn. I was enjoying these fanfics and was hoping to read the rest as they come out (besides my "conversation", of course).

[Randall Flagg]

Sakaki and Ippo.

[ibby]

I voted my character (Aoi) and my second vote went to the anti-hero Light.

[Victor Lewandowski]

P.S. I know into drafting, but if it's O.K to continue my stories for those who wanted them in this thread, can someone give me the thumbs up or down for this please? :)

Keep in mind that this thread is going to have a fairly high turnover. Each round will be given its own thread as to not dwarf any of the other rounds. So next Sunday, this thread will be unpinned. Consider that in your decision. Otherwise, it doesn't matter to me.

Yeah, forgot about that. No worries, decided to just PM them to the relevant coaches, thanks!

Darn. I was enjoying these fanfics and was hoping to read the rest as they come out (besides my "conversation", of course).

I'm enjoying them too. Keep posting them in the voting threads (or the other thread to keep it up). :D

I'm already cooking up another tale for Round 3 involving a voting decision of mine for that round. :>

[Lumberjack]

I'm enjoying them too. Keep posting them in the voting threads (or the other thread to keep it up). :D

I'm already cooking up another tale for Round 3 involving a voting decision of mine for that round. :>

I agree. If you're going to take the time to write them, you might as well post them for everyone to enjoy. :)

[Helschadenfreude]

I'm enjoying them too. Keep posting them in the voting threads (or the other thread to keep it up). :D

I'm already cooking up another tale for Round 3 involving a voting decision of mine for that round. :>

I agree. If you're going to take the time to write them, you might as well post them for everyone to enjoy. :)


I mean a week is a long enough time for people to read and vote .... Except then it would go into expectations.. but heyyy .. I still need to finish out my little story...

[Spirit Of The Stage]

I'm enjoying them too. Keep posting them in the voting threads (or the other thread to keep it up). :D

I'm already cooking up another tale for Round 3 involving a voting decision of mine for that round. :>

I agree. If you're going to take the time to write them, you might as well post them for everyone to enjoy. :)


Heh, thanks for the vote of confidence. In that case, expect later day the following four;

Laputa's
Herufaiya's
Brandon-dono's :sd:
Victor's

Hopefully enjoy!

[Nosredna]

Is there any chance we can make the next polls shorter? A week seems like too long and we've lost our momentum :nervous:.

[bci110]

Is there any chance we can make the next polls shorter? A week seems like too long and we've lost our momentum :nervous:.

How about we put the next poll on the right sidebar, like what I started doing with the Weekly Releases polls? I think we can get more people to vote on these polls if we put them of the right sidebar of the main menu. It seems to work for the Weekly polls as I noticed a significant increase in voter turnout over the last two polls (the small poll from last week and the current one).

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Is there any chance we can make the next polls shorter? A week seems like too long and we've lost our momentum :nervous:.
Yeah, 10 (well 9) weeks is sorta blaaaaaaaah. Four days should suffice to get the majority of votes in. Especially if we sidebar it like bc suggested.

[Victor Lewandowski]

Is there any chance we can make the next polls shorter? A week seems like too long and we've lost our momentum :nervous:.
Yeah, 10 (well 9) weeks is sorta blaaaaaaaah. Four days should suffice to get the majority of votes in. Especially if we sidebar it like bc suggested.

Round 3 voting starts tonight and a new round of voting will start every 3-4 days.

I agree that voting should be reduced to four days per round (things tend to get rather quiet after the first couple of days), but that won't happen in this draft. This is something that needs to be addressed again when the draft is over and we do our post-mortem and planning for 2008. :D

[dunno001]

Is there any chance we can make the next polls shorter? A week seems like too long and we've lost our momentum :nervous:.
Yeah, 10 (well 9) weeks is sorta blaaaaaaaah. Four days should suffice to get the majority of votes in. Especially if we sidebar it like bc suggested.

Round 3 voting starts tonight and a new round of voting will start every 3-4 days.

I agree that voting should be reduced to four days per round (things tend to get rather quiet after the first couple of days), but that won't happen in this draft. This is something that needs to be addressed again when the draft is over and we do our post-mortem and planning for 2008. :D

Right, it won't change for this year. (See last year for changes mid-draft. Not happening again, which is also why, despite my sucky HTML, I'm keeping the rules page in my hands.) The main arguments for keeping it a week (other than tradition) was to ensure that everyone has a chance to vote, since there are some people who are more weekend-oriented, and others might be sick for a few days. It is something that can be addressed at the post-game feedback, though.

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The main arguments for keeping it a week (other than tradition) was to ensure that everyone has a chance to vote, since there are some people who are more weekend-oriented, and others might be sick for a few days. It is something that can be addressed at the post-game feedback, though.
I didn't realize there was going to be a decent amount of overlap (2 already started, 3 starting when 1 ends), so I actually don't mind the one week length.

And if it was like this last year, well, I don't remember such things and the rules threads are always too long, I don't start paying attention until people start picking =P

[dunno001]

The main arguments for keeping it a week (other than tradition) was to ensure that everyone has a chance to vote, since there are some people who are more weekend-oriented, and others might be sick for a few days. It is something that can be addressed at the post-game feedback, though.
I didn't realize there was going to be a decent amount of overlap (2 already started, 3 starting when 1 ends), so I actually don't mind the one week length.

And if it was like this last year, well, I don't remember such things and the rules threads are always too long, I don't start paying attention until people start picking =P

The only change I'm making this year from last is keeping rounds 9 and 10 in seperate threads and still delayed apart like prior rounds. (Last year, 9 and 10 were posted at the same time.)

[Nosredna]

Right, it won't change for this year. (See last year for changes mid-draft. Not happening again, which is also why, despite my sucky HTML, I'm keeping the rules page in my hands.) The main arguments for keeping it a week (other than tradition) was to ensure that everyone has a chance to vote, since there are some people who are more weekend-oriented, and others might be sick for a few days. It is something that can be addressed at the post-game feedback, though.

Who cares about tradition? Four days is long enough, end one poll and start up a new one. I'm certainly going to be pushing for that next year.

[XenoCrisis0153]

I didn't realize there was going to be a decent amount of overlap (2 already started, 3 starting when 1 ends), so I actually don't mind the one week length.
agreed... with the overlap, I think it's perfect... especially for people who disappear for days at a time (like me)

[ape2020]

GTO/Duck FTW!

-Ape2020

[AnnaSartin]

I didn't realize there was going to be a decent amount of overlap (2 already started, 3 starting when 1 ends), so I actually don't mind the one week length.
agreed... with the overlap, I think it's perfect... especially for people who disappear for days at a time (like me)

And me... *sighs* I hate not having the internet...

[dunno001]

Okay, folks, if you've not voted yet, you have less than 24 hours to get your votes in! Remember, vote today, your picks (and their coaches) will thank you for it!

[Nosredna]

YES! Awesome result. Glad to see Lafiel win the same round she won for me.

Coach Famicom. Congrats! How pleased are you with this result? Her name didn't really come up a lot in the thread, so were you worried about her chances?

[bci110]

Rundown of the voting:

1. Lafiel - 15
2. Light Yagami - 12
3. Sakaki - 11
4. Sosuke Sagara - 10
5. Ahiru/Duck - 9
5. Sora Naegino - 9
7. Ippo Makunouchi - 8
8. Ichigo - 7
8. Alucard - 7
8. Edward Elric - 7
11. Ran Kotobuki - 6
12. Mizuho Kazami - 5
12. Eikichi Onizuka - 5
14. Milfeulle Sakaraba - 4
14. Abel Nightroad - 4
16. Aoi Sakuraba - 3
17. Vash the Stampede - 1
17. Recca Hanabishi - 1

Total number of votes - 124, meaning that only 62 users voted on the poll (assuming that they made the two votes).

[Lumberjack]

7th place for Ippo. Not bad. Thanks to those who voted for him.

Congrat to Lafiel and Famicom.

[bci110]

I'll offer my congrats to Famicom and Lafiel for winning what was certainly the toughest round in the draft. For Sosuke to finish 4th in this loaded field is a great accomplishment, and I'm very happy with his performance. Thank you to those that voted for Sosuke. :D

[something]

Looks like my votes pulled #1 and #4. Surprised Sora only ranked #5.

Also, I call Light beating Sakaki a moderate upset. I know DN is huge but, wow.

[dunno001]

Okay, the scoreboard is updated (http://www.geocities.com/dunno001/AD07/board.html), and I'll be doing that every poll end that I can. Keep your eyes peeled to it for tracking! (And yes, I stole the colors from the favorite anime thread...)

[shadow_Hiei]

1. Lafiel - 15
2. Light Yagami - 12
3. Sakaki - 11
4. Sosuke Sagara - 10
5. Ahiru/Duck - 9
5. Sora Naegino - 9
7. Ippo Makunouchi - 8
8. Ichigo - 7
8. Alucard - 7
8. Edward Elric - 7
11. Ran Kotobuki - 6
12. Mizuho Kazami - 5
12. Eikichi Onizuka - 5
14. Milfeulle Sakaraba - 4
14. Abel Nightroad - 4
16. Aoi Sakuraba - 3
17. Vash the Stampede - 1
17. Recca Hanabishi - 1

Between this (the two dimensional hypocrit scoring really high and the coolest teacher in anime scoring really low) and some of the results in the moe tournament, it official: this board has terrible tastes.

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Between this (the two dimensional hypocrit scoring really high and the coolest teacher in anime scoring really low) and some of the results in the moe tournament, it official: this board has terrible tastes.
Yes, let's assume everyone voting for Light has terrible taste, and that it has nothing to do with the fact that he's one of the most unique protagonists ever. Much easier.

I didn't vote for Light, and I think he's a complete bastard from what I saw of the anime, but that's exactly why he's so interesting.

[Azumangaman]

Thanks to all that voted for Sora (5th place- Nice!)
Not suprised Lafiel won. She's pretty big around here.

[Victor Lewandowski]

Rundown of the voting (w/points):

1. Lafiel - 15 (18)
2. Light Yagami - 12 (17)
3. Sakaki - 11 (16)
4. Sosuke Sagara - 10 (15)
5. Ahiru/Duck - 9 (13.5)
5. Sora Naegino - 9 (13.5)
7. Ippo Makunouchi - 8 (12)
8. Ichigo - 7 (10)
8. Alucard - 7 (10)
8. Edward Elric - 7 (10)
11. Ran Kotobuki - 6 (8)
12. Mizuho Kazami - 5 (6.5)
12. Eikichi Onizuka - 5 (6.5)
14. Milfeulle Sakaraba - 4 (4.5)
14. Abel Nightroad - 4 (4.5)
16. Aoi Sakuraba - 3 (3)
17. Vash the Stampede - 1 (1.5)
17. Recca Hanabishi - 1 (1.5)

[Famicom]

Coach Famicom. Congrats! How pleased are you with this result? Her name didn't really come up a lot in the thread, so were you worried about her chances?

I was really hoping for Lafiel to get me a medal, and in one of the toughest rounds in the game I'm glad she did! Going off past thread experiences, the posts rarely make the difference in who gets picked. I got gold in round 2 with Ippo last year and I don't remember a lot of posts about it.

[Helschadenfreude]

So Happy Birthday Nosredna!

8th huh... for Alucard... I guess that's alright. How many people total voted? Would it be possible to add the poll to the sidebar next time?

[dunno001]

So Happy Birthday Nosredna!

8th huh... for Alucard... I guess that's alright. How many people total voted? Would it be possible to add the poll to the sidebar next time?


I was actually looking for that option and didn't see it... so I'm guessing it's either right in front of my face, or something doesn't let me add it over there... -_-

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How many people total voted?::adds:: A minimum of 62. More if anyone voted for just one character.

[Helschadenfreude]

So Happy Birthday Nosredna!

8th huh... for Alucard... I guess that's alright. How many people total voted? Would it be possible to add the poll to the sidebar next time?


I was actually looking for that option and didn't see it... so I'm guessing it's either right in front of my face, or something doesn't let me add it over there... -_-

is it the button that is a checkbox when you're starting a topic? I think a checked that once by accident but I didn't have a poll it's not under manage poll pop box but in the reply box blue part itself if that makes any sense

[Helschadenfreude]

How many people total voted?::adds:: A minimum of 62. More if anyone voted for just one character.


And so .... how much is that compared to last year? Just curious... Did we start later or around the same time? :sd: Ah statistics... generating them but not looking at my statistics homework that I should study....

[Jimmie M]

Congrats to Famicom on the win! :)
Also thanks to everyone who voted for Father Nightroad here in Round 2. :)

[EmperorBrandon]

Ah well, somewhat decent support for Onizuka, but still leaning towards the mid-to-low range as I did with Yuki. Probably would have been great characters later on, but the competition stifles them a bit here. I think with Onizuka in particular the challenge is some of the new, prominent male leads which definitely have a big base of support.

[bci110]

I was actually looking for that option and didn't see it... so I'm guessing it's either right in front of my face, or something doesn't let me add it over there... -_-

When you start a thread, under the Options section, there should be a option that reads "Add poll from this port to the portal". If you click the button on that option, then the poll you set up will be displayed on the right sidebar once you start the thread.

[Spirit Of The Stage]

Tutu tied for 5th - much higher than expected and tied with Sora makes it even better - two of my fave characters of all time...:)

Thanks for all those who voted for Ahiru...er...Duck...er...Tutu...oh who cares, she's awesome no matter what her name is! QUACK! :D

[EmperorBrandon]

Tutu tied for 5th - much higher than expected and tied with Sora makes it even better - two of my fave characters of all time...:)

Thanks for all those who voted for Ahiru...er...Duck...er...Tutu...oh who cares, she's awesome no matter what her name is! QUACK! :D

Yay for Junichi Sato protagonist love. :)