Mini Party Thursday

Scifi, Anime, Environmental, and a whole other bunch of clubs are having a party Thursday. Unfortunately, no videogames (Which also asks the question of when will the next vg tournament will be) but we should have anime screened that day. I dont know what anime at this point we are going to screen but Im just saying this as a heads up that we will be screening Thursday 12/20.

Ill edit this post later when I know what we are screening. Btw still thinking about the point reward system so keep a watch on that.

Edit: Heres what were screening (in no order)
Samurai 7 ep 2
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 7-9
something else (dunno)


On other news, it looks like Duke Nukem Forever is having a teaser trailer! This definitely made a good number of people go o_O considering the history of this game.

Break the Silence!

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The blog seems to be as quiet as a graveyard these days. I cant keep pumping out new content so I really expect some of the posters out there to contribute to the blog. It doesnt have to be ridiculously long. Just make it anime related and your set.

Im considering putting up a point reward system based on blog contributions and blog activity (and maybe extending to club activities inside/outside school). I want your input on this idea so feel free to comment. Im trying to boost up blog activity to help out the club activity from members and I think this might be a way to do it. I will fork up money for anime related merchandises out there for people thinking Ill only give out crap prizes.

Being active in the club doesnt have to feel like a chore. It should be fun and I hope that doing a point reward system might boost activity while members continue to enjoy themselves.

Any other ideas to boost blog activity would be greatly appreciated. Although as I said before in the comments of one of the posts, a forum system would only work if we have a high enough activity rate. That doesnt look like the case right now so I rather add to blog activity before I start out on more complicated things.

Fall Picture Madness!!

Even though fall is technically over with the end of Thanksgiving, traces of it are still there especially with the presence of the fall leaves. So to help bring out the last remaining fall spirit, heres a couple of fall-related pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Dont have much in terms of fall pics

If you want to add pictures of your own then post links to them in the comments and Ill add them up. If I get enough pictures by the end of the week then Ill put up all the pictures in a zip file and put it up for download.

Immaterial and Missing Power

TH7.5 Immaterial and Missing Power (東方萃夢想, romanized Touhou Suimusou, meaning Gathering Fantasy) is different from the rest of the Touhou series in that it is a fighting game. It was made through the work of both ZUN and Tasogare Frontier, the creators of Eternal Fighter Zero and Higurashi Daybreak. The game takes place between TH07 Perfect Cherry Blossom and TH08 Imperishable Night.

While making preparations for the feast three days away, Reimu is distracted by a strange powerful mist that is covering Gensokyo. She and many other inhabitants of Gensokyo (such as Alice and Patchouli) go to investigate.

Suika Ibuki is an oni. Although legends say all the oni are gone, Suika has decided to reunite the humans and oni by attracting them through partying. Using her special ability to spread across the land, she causes the humans and youkai to have feasts and parties. The more drunk she gets, the stronger she becomes, and she carries a gourd treasured by the oni, which never empties of sake.

-Touhou Wiki (Immaterial and Missing Power)

With that being said, IaMP introduces Suika Ibuki, the loli oni!

Wait.. how old is she!?

Suika is an interesting character. She seems to be the last of the oni race and it shows through her insane strenght. In IaMP, she is the freaking Juggernaut with her combos doing up to 4.5k damage without the use of a bomb. Her main ability is the manipulation of densities. This is evident in Story mode in which she turns into mist during her final Spell Card. She also has the ability to turn into a giant through the use of her SC and go on a rampage.

Now a little bit more info into IaMP gameplay. If you ever played Marvel vs Capcom or any fighting game similar to that, then you have a little bit of info on the IaMP system.

Xenozip's IaMP blog explains the nature of the game pretty well:

The game generally plays like a cross between Guilty Gear and Marvel, except without all the ridiculously long dial-a-combos. However, the strong emphasis on controlling space, zoning, trapping, baiting, and momentum exists in IaMP.

The game aesthetics are rather deceptive. At first glance it appears that a bunch of chibi lolita girls "farts rainbows and sneezes pixie dust" at each other, then "shit out stars and spin around like crazy bitches on counter hits" (quotes taken from Bellreisa and Lovely_K, respectively). However, there's quite a bit more to it than just the aesthetics, actually playing it is quite a different experience.

-Xenozip's IaMP Blog

Before going into detail with the IaMP fighting system, Ill list some differences that IaMP has in regards to other fighting games of its type...

Actually, instead of listing the differences from my mind, Ill put in another quote. This time it comes from the IaMP Wiki. I was thinking about linking it but I know you guys are too lazy to click a link. That being said, I opted to quote the specific section instead of linking.

• How can I tell if this game is for me or not?

Do not play Touhou Suimusou...

• if you are averse to playing a fighting game with chibi/loli characters.
• if you are not good a spotting situational combos.
• if you go in expecting this game to play like any other fighting game.
• if you do not like the idea of not being able to kill someone by chip damage.
• if you are easily discouraged or prone to game rage.

You should play...

• if you want something different in the fighting game field.
• if you are a fan of the Touhou franchise.
• if you can wrap your mind around the concept of full-screen footsies.
• if you like being immune to chip damage deaths.
• if you enjoy fighters that are more about depth in simplicity.

• What are some basic things I should keep in mind while learning the game?

• IaMP is a game of bad habits. You will develop them easily and not even recognize it, and you will have to fix them.
• It is very easy to rush that shit down in IaMP. Being able to do that in a measured and not easily escapable or counterable fashion is the difficult part.
• Movement, above all, is the most important aspect of this game. Knowing how grazing works and how you can manipulate your character'smovement to graze is essential, more than anything else.
• Very few non-situational BnBs exist in this game. Learning to spot situations and being comfortable enough with your character's moves that you can adjust the combos on the fly is important.

-FAQ - IaMP Wiki

That explains alot I believe. IaMP is different from other fighting games because it incorporates some Touhou danmaku elements to it. When watching IaMP gameplay videos, you would often see the whole stage fill up with projectiles. This really changes some strategy while playing the game since you not only have to worry about the speed and range of melee attacks, you also have to factor in projectile cover for attacks. Its kind of hard to understand when trying to explain it with words so I instead point to IaMP videos to let you guys understand what Im talking about.

Crazy Marisa and her Final Spark

Theres also the whole spell card system. Each character has a set of spell cards that are unique to them and the player has to choose which spell card to use. Once your character has enough "energy" to use a spell card, you can declare SC by pressing 22D (down down D). When declaring, you recover some HP lost. You can then use the spell card attack by pressing 236 D (down-forward D) or 214 D (down-away D) on some occasions. You can use your SC attack until your timer hits 0 or you are out of SC to use.

OMG I actually took screenshots!

I rather not explain story mode since its almost impossible, if you do try it (especially on Lunatic) then may God help you. Your enemy basically has unlimited SC. Not only that, their SC attacks simulate danmaku to the point that the whole stage will be filled with bullets.

It was a little bit rushed though..

There are 11 characters available to for play as of patch 1.11 with only Hong Meirin being the only character without a story mode. The characters are fairly balanced which is a hit or miss to some people. Personally, I get tired of seeing the same top tier characters in SSBM being used over and over again. At least in IaMP, all characters have a good chance of winning (except Patchouli vs Remilia). Of course, that means you dont see something like Pichu beating Fox, but you usually dont see something like that in tournament games.


Controls

The controls are responsive enough. The only problem is the timing of HJCs (High Jump Cancels) and combos.

You need to have very accurate timing! I cant even pull off Reimu's basic BnB (Bread and Butter [Basic]) combo of [5B 6B 623B 22C jB 236A 6D jB 236B 4D jB j5C] properly because I cannot get the timing between 6B and 623B. Hell Patchy's timing for [5A(enemy in air) 5B 236B] is pretty tight to start with.

Once you do get the timing right then you'll have an easier time playing the game since your gameplay would be smooth. Look at a couple of Patchy vs Patchy games to see what Im talking about.


Other features

Just like other Touhou games, you are able to save replay files of games played (including online games). This helps you learn from your mistakes and it also allows you to watch replays of games played in tournaments.

Online play is available with the download of Caster. Theres also a better version of Caster out there called CowCaster which has more features including instructions in English. A download is also available that allows you to "train" the CPU AI through watching replays. If you watch the right replays, you could end up with a really insane CPU to go against.

Want to change the color of the characters? Theres also a Palette Editor that changes the color of your characters.

Most of these downloads are available through the IaMP Wiki. The IaMP wiki is basically your one stop source for all things IaMP so its definitely worth the visit if your interested in the game.


IaMP Gameplay Videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Baazgkh2KLM (Yuyuko vs Patchouli)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fIA6L_yWzts&feature=related (Marisa vs Sakuya)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kKlW7bxdi-0&feature=related (Sword vs Butterflies)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RqitQxA-I6A (Remilia Lunatic Story)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=glEqdzLY2f0&feature=related (Patchy war)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=387Hf-4Sgkw&feature=related (Kansai Taikai 3rd Finals)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=82doXUWrgYQ&feature=related (Combo movie)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y1KxdbhLU0k (Tohgeki Finals)

Possible Anime Screening this Thursday..... sometime next week....

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Well anyway we tried and it ended up not being possible >.> anyway we'll try for next week, as for the rest of the post its still favorable if you guys help us decide what you want watch because if not so we will stick with our list....

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Please do mind while reading this that this a possible screening we are trying to get it together, but we wont promise anything as we will try everything in our power to get it together..... also if it does run it would be on Thursday, November 15 at 3:10 PM or 2:10 PM whichever is suitable for our moderator.....

We have kind of narrowed it down, at least I think you could say that, most likely we will show Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (episodes 5-8 to continue our previous screening) but as we have found out last week some people might want to see other animes such as Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou Tou or Freedon OVA or Berserk or JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or any anime you people would like to see from the previous list which TheGrape has posted.... It might end up to you people's decision on which anime we would screen if we get enough responses, majority.. not 1 or 2 person.

the link TheGrape posted

This list includes anime which me and TheGrape have recommended for you guys to see, we tried to keep this list as vague considering all the different kind of genres we could think, that one day..., well if you guys see any anime there that you guys would like to see either contact me or TheGrape, or post on the Shoutbox, or leave a comment or any other way you could think of (or as TheGrape would say "if your good enough you might able to contact us with a paper in a bottle under a seat....") well anyway yeah.. Also if you guys have anime that you think we'll be worth screening bring it on Thursday whenever our next screening would be and we might consider it for future screening we just need to make sure that we have a DVD or something playable for the school.

Touhou and you

What the hell is Touhou? The Touhou Project is a danmaku / shmup vertical shooter developed by Team Shanghai Alice (mostly ZUN). The plot for each game basically revolves around the fictional world of Gensokyo.

Gensokyo is located in the Far East (ostensibly Japan, given that many of the characters have Japanese names, and Hieda no Akyu makes various comments about Japanese settings in Perfect Memento). Long ago, it was a desolate place haunted by youkai who preyed on lost wanderers in the area. Soon exorcists were sent into the area to resolve the youkai problem, and they eventually settled in the area as a check on the youkai. As human civilization advanced elsewhere, the power of youkai began to diminish, and they chose to seal Gensokyo away from the outside world as a haven for themselves.

As a result of the seal, the isolated community developed its own civilization. As opposed to the outside world, magical and spiritual qualities prevailed over science, and while youkai and humans coexist, they still fight with each other. The only known gateway from the outside world into Gensokyo is the Hakurei Shrine, on the border of Gensokyo. The seal has weakened, however, due to the urban sprawl in the outside world, and more humans are able to wander into Gensokyo from the outside.

-Source Wikipedia(Touhou)

There are also 2 fighting games in the Touhou series, th7.5 Immaterial and Missing Power (東方萃夢想 Tōhō Suimusō) and th10.5 Scarlet Weather Rhapsody (東方緋想天 Tōhō Hisōten) , but thats another topic. Touhou is one of the more popular series of its genre and is very unique in a couple of ways.


Lets go over a little bit of history first.

The first couple of Touhou games (th01-05) was first developed for the PC-9801 system and not much is known about them. Although they are available for play in Windows through the use of a PC-98 emulator, the characters and story of these games are relatively unknown to most Touhou fans, including me. It is only when Touhou was being created for Windows did the Western fanbase for Touhou grew; starting with th06 Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (東方紅魔郷 Tōhō Kōmakyō).


One thing that makes it stick out from other danmaku is the HUGE variety of characters it has. You normally dont expect detailed characters and story from a danmaku game but Touhou says otherwise. In each game there are probably around 3 or more new characters introduced which keeps the Touhou character list constantly growing. Each character also has her own unique personality that each individual character in Touhou has a sub fanbase of their own.

Touhou characters from th01 Highly Responsive to Prayers to th08 Imperishable Night

Notice I said the word her and not they. This is probably another reason for Touhou's uniqueness in that almost all the characters in the game are female except for Rinnosuke and Youmu's grandfather. Of course, there are probably other males out there in Gensokyo considering theres a human village in there, but none of them are important enough to be noted in the games.


Of all the characters in the game, the main ones are Reimu Hakurei, the shine maiden, and Marisa Kirisame, the witch. They are both playable on all the Windows games (except th9.5 Shoot the Bullet) and are the most popular characters in the series.


Now that Im done explaining the characters, Ill start discussing the games.

I know that most of you have played a danmaku/shmup game at one point in your life. You probably remember it as the game where you play as a Blackhawk helicopter and you dodge the bullets from tanks/planes/turrets while collecting power-ups in the field to increase your firepower. Sounds familiar right? Well thats basically Touhou in a nutshell, but Touhou is very different from that in terms of gameplay.


To quote a random comment on a Touhou gameplay video:

Its like dodging rain, but instead of water its rape.

Touhou is HARD and I cannot emphasize the word hard enough. There are four difficulty levels in Touhou: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Lunatic. Never in my life has Hard accurately described the level of difficulty in a game. If Hard is not enough to make you pull out hair from your head, theres also Lunatic. The bullets in these modes are so compressed that in order to survive without the use of a bomb, you must have a complete accuracy.


Basically, you go through a stage shooting enemies in the way and dodging their attacks. Once you get to the end of a stage, you face the stage boss. The stage boss generally shoots down densely packed bullets at you and each stage boss has her own style. Each boss has multiple bars of HP and bosses further on have more HP bars. When depleting a complete bar, the boss goes through "Spell Card" mode and uses a more unique and harder bullet pattern against you. The attacks get more complicated as the bars deplete in a last ditch effort to defeat you and you are awarded bonuses if you can beat the spell card without loosing a life/using a bomb.

Touhou gameplay screenshots. Too lazy to take screenshots of my own.

The presence of a huge amount of bullets in the screen might look overwhelming but they could be avoided with a good enough accuracy. The thing is, in Touhou your hitbox is only 5x5 pixels (which could be seen when using "Slow" mode (hold shift + direction)) while your character sprite is larger. That means bullets could be technically touching your character but it will not kill unless the bullet hitbox touches your character's 5x5 hitbox.


Difficulty-wise, it looks like the difficulty significantly increases each game. Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Lunatic mode is less difficult when compared to the hell that is Mountain of Faith Lunatic mode. Watching Youtube gameplay videos is different from playing the game. If it looks hard when watching it on youtube, its probably alot harder when playing the game yourself.

Gameplay videos:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RC1fKsO62Qo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ac03lFINrtA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oAzQBKzH5nY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aK1LD_YH4rk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hHmzO2RI1fs

Edit: I just noticed that the sound quality in some of the videos is horrible (had comp on mute when posting). Ill edit this with better videos later

The music in the games are pretty good. I feel that the background music goes very well with the mood of the current stage. In a whole, while leaving out the difficulty, playing Touhou is a very enjoyable experience and you guys would probably have fun playing it too whether or not your a fan of the danmaku genre. In fact, it was Touhou that made me love the danmaku genre and you might start liking the genre also once you give Touhou a try.


Other than the games, Touhou also has many doujin works associated with it whether they're both official or fan work. There are also different music tracks based on Touhou music from artists such as Cool&Create and IOSYS.


If your interested in getting the games then either email me or talk to me at school. Ill go over the individual games in depth at my other posts. Ill probably start with the fighting games (Immaterial and Missing power / Scarlet Weather Rhapsody).


For more Touhou info go to Touhou Wiki.

First Post :). A nice Comparison between three Greater known animes : Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece

I myself, enjoy both the anime and manga version of all three of these wonderful things. I know portions of you people do not know much about One Piece/hate it, but a couple of you hate it because of the 4kids DUB. I will tell you, it is easily the worst dub EVER in the history of a japanese to english dubs ever. some entire arcs were even deleted.

now without your bias ( i know you all still have bias against one piece but anyway...).

I was wonderin which of the arcs you guys think is best right now. I will do my own comparison along this.

Here are some pictures of some of the better scenes in recent chapters:

Jirayia in ni dai sennin(hermit) mode using apparently a super rasengan bigger than the Oodama one Naruto in k0 against shouten itachi (kyuubi 0, this is what me and many other "narutards" call it since its between base naruto and k1 naruto( 1 tailed)).
Luffy pumped up after a huge powerup about 3-5 chapters ago (for those wondering, this is the latest chapter translated today, the powerup from 3-5 chapters ago was when luffy finally woke up after getting his own shadow taken from him by moria)

Finally some real fighting in Bleach will begin. I myself checked the newest chapter out a few minutes ago, and a good page I believe:

Here byakuya is using is byakurai on what seems to be a succesful attempt to defeat the enemy, who has a sort of after-image jutsu ( no not from naruto, but jutsu is technique in japanese so I'm sticking to it) that readers/watcher of dragonball ( not now but from a while back) would recognize chibi goku did against "jackie chun". except this guy is limited to 5.

Now for my comparison on how the end of these arcs will be good. Bleach, the fighting so far looks quite good, probably a few suprises. however, as for a BIG important chunk of plot? not really. the fight against an unreleased grimjow was far better in my opinion.

One Piece now. I see that Luffy WILL lose his big powerup because the pirates that gave him the shadows to power him up stated it would onyl last 10 minutes. As for an actual permanent powerup, he will probably get a bit physically stronger, and maybe develop a new gear ( gear 4). The fight with Oz, the super huge ZOmbie controlled by Shikibukai member Moria, is going to be good apparently.

Last, but definitely not least, is Naruto. this Arc seems almost like it could be its only seperate part ( part 1 as pre timeskip and part 2 started after the Kakashi gaiden ended). as for how it can end, thats really hard. Madara is doubtfully him, but still, many people tihnk he is obito. I will luagh when kishi reveals him to be Madara. o wait, HE ALREADY DID. some people never learn. anyway, naruto was given the key to his seal, and it was stated many things about the kyuubi and such. AS for how this arc ends, its going to be ENORMOUS. Jiraiya will die ( WILL, Kishimoto WILL make him die for purposes of Plot and inferiority to Pein). Naruto might be able to finally control not only the 3rd tailed stated but even the 4th, new jutsu development ( maybe he can maintain and even throw the fuuton: rasenSHURIKEN ( its like it was meant to be thrown).

currently, I vote for One Piece ( since it will have a great fight with Oz). overall, I vote for Naruto for the ending of the current arc. that was my super long review, probably with plot holes all over the place. comments with your opinions/reviews are accepted and definitely recommended.

for anyone wondering, these were taken from the chapters at : http://www.onemanga.com/

Today's Screening

I was very surprised at the amount of people who went to the screening today. I counted the amount of people in the room and it totaled 23. This is a new record in screening attendance since I have never ever seen us break 15 people in a single screening. Today's numbers compared to last year's were pretty good also considering we barely hit 10 at all last year. Im really glad that we had this much people come. Im also very surprised that most people who came to the screening actually stayed! In fact, I think that people only left because they had to go and not because of boredom.

Considering we started screening at 3:10, 23 people is seriously a good number. Hopefully, we will be expecting more people to come at the next screening since we will start at 2:10. Feel free to post about any comments regarding today's screening in the shoutbox or as a comment to this post. We want to know what you guys enjoy watching while we feed you new material so comments and suggestions would be great.


Next week's screening is still pointing towards the second chapter of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (5-8) unless there is any objections before screening day. Other ideas for next week's screening include Freedom OVA and this anime who's name I forgot. If you have more ideas for next week's screening then please post in here or in the shoutbox since we dont know what you think unless you tell us.

Anyways thanks for coming to today's screening and I hope to see you guys again in the next one!

First Screening

We are having out first screening tomorrow at 2:10 or 3:10 depending on the availability of a teacher that could supervise us on Doc's absence. This post basically fails as an announcement because Im posting this at 10:10pm and you guys are probably sleeping now. If you are still awake and are reading the blog today (10/7) then great since you get a head start on what we are screening tomorrow.

Our "schedule" for the year. Open for suggestions! Transition list (left) and Schedule (right)

What are we going to screen tomorrow? It was first going to be Hellsing, but after some discussion, it has been changed to Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Personally, I like starting with Higurashi as a tribute for Rika, this year's Saimoe winner (Saimoe topic on another post). Higurashi isnt such a bad anime to start with anyways since you Naruto/Bleach fans might enjoy the plot. Hope you guys enjoy tomorrow's screening and if you want to add any anime to the list then feel free to post it in the shoutbox!

Explain the schedule plz...

The list is compiled from anime we believe to be top rated and highly recommended. We means me and Andre, and we feel that the anime listed there will be enjoyed by you guys. We ordered the screenings through genre mostly. Since we want to let you guys know that we do like Narutard/Bleach type action anime, we are showing those types at the start. We will not show all of them but we will show a good amount at the start. Then we slowly move into other genres that might interest you guys. Later on in the year we will be showing anime on our (me and Andre) end of the spectrum.. which is basically near the opposite of Naruto/Bleach/w.e. This is done so that by the end of the year, you guys will have been exposed to a huge variety of anime out there, and hopefully find which anime you like individually.

For the ADD impaired person, this is the basic arrangement:
Full Metal Panic (Action)
Shana (Action/Romance)
Pani Poni Dash (Comedy)
Nanoha (Shounen/Shoujo combo Drama)
Chobits (Romance/Comedy)
Kanon (Romance/Drama)

Of course action will be thrown around in the middle also for the hardcore/stubborn action fans.

Why no Naruto/Bleach in there? 1) Theyre on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim to watch. 2) They are easily available on Youtube. 3) I feel that we should not bother wasting time on ridiculously long anime. If everyone has seen it/know about it, then its pointless to screen. The point of anime screening is to expose members to different types of anime so that you could further appreciate anime. To limit screenings to mainstream genres destroy the purpose of screening and limits our members to limited genres (Yes.. Im talking about the Narutards out there).

Enough of my rants now so Ill just leave you guys to enjoy the screening. BTW to posters - Please post something! One of the ways to communicate to club members is through the blog. If you want your ideas to be heard then please post. We want an active club this year and I feel that posting on the blog generates a good amount of activity. Post about anything anime related whether it be news, reviews, or rants about something. I dont care what it is on as long as its appropriate.

Party Aftermath

Wednesday's party was a big success! A good team effort pulled into organizing this by all the clubs... although the environmental club ditched us and left us to clean the mess at the end.

I really wanted to put the emphasis on the video game tournament and the anime screening. Unfortunately for the screening, we didnt get the huge screen the theater offered. Also, the DVD player we used the DVD on sucked.. really bad. Thats why some parts of the anime got cut off at random times. If you were wondering what we were showing, its Lucky Star. Its a pretty interesting and funny anime to watch but there are alot of references in there that many people probably didnt get. I especially liked episode 12 since it mirrors some of the things we did at Anime Boston.

The video game tournament went pretty smooth. The SSBM tournament could have been better since it took forever to get round 1 done. The main problem was getting the people to play. Not only that, the people who won never reported it to the booth so they were surprised that they didnt get in the next round.

We will try to organize both the Halo 3 and SSBM tourney better than before. The problem was that we didnt expect to get such a huge number of people participating. In fact, the video game tournaments went so well that we are planning more tournaments in the future. Back then the only tournaments were done in the Halloween/Christmas party and the End-of-the-Year party. The thing is, we didnt have any tournaments in the past 2 years! I really felt that the video game tournament is a good way to get people together so we were seriously bent on making it possible.

The art contest went pretty well. The only problem is that not much people knew there was an art contest. We barely got any word around in school and there were no announcements made about it. Hopefully we get to advertise the next art contest better than we did for this one. The quality of the art we got was great and I hope we get more from other artists out there.

Now might be the time your wondering about who won. Whats funny is that seniors dominated all the contests. I know there were a number of very good people in the Halo tournament but they ended up having to go in the middle of it. Hopefully they get to stay in the next tournament.

Winners are..
SSBM
1st Paulo Talion (12)
2nd Chris Marino (12)
3rd Mike Chang (10)

Halo 3
1st Brian Murphy (12)
2nd Andrew Pedicino (12)
3rd Lance (..?) (?)

Art Contest
1st Dorina (..?) (12)
2nd Naaila Hassan (11)

Correct me if Im wrong on any of them. I know the results for SSBM since I won in it. Not so sure in Halo though.


Feel free to comment in on the party and add your suggestions in the shoutbox on how to make it better. We are always looking for ways on how to improve it and your input would really help.

As for screenings, we will start having them soon so check out the blog for info on what anime we are going to screen. Again, feel free to give us ideas on which anime we should screen. Use the shoutbox or talk to us in school.


On other news... today is the finals for Saimoe 2007 with Rika vs Nagi. I encourage you to vote for which one you think deserves 1st place for being the most moe. This is probably going to affect which anime we are going to screen also so get a good start by knowing a little bit about the shows where Rika and Nagi come from.

Anime/Sci-Fi/Environmental/Smile Halloween Party

So as you people might have noticed by the name, we expect to have a lot of people come to the party. This is Doc's way of giving all the clubs he runs to have a Halloween party... but anyway I'm posting to tell you people about the details of said party.

Party will take place on the Theater on Halloween Day (Wednesday, Oct. 31)

The party will most likely include things like Videos Game Tournaments, from what i heard so far it will be Halo 3 and SSBM . We would also have Screenings either anime(either Lucky Star or Pani Poni Dash) or AMVs (basically just to have something to see if your waiting for your tournament, you can still watch it thought). Also as a final event (not really an event thought), the the Due Date for all art, from the Art Contest that was posted about a really long while ago. If by some miracle were not lazy then we will try to announce winner by the end of party. Anyway thats about the big things going on in the party.. by the way there will also be food and drinks so we don't die of thirst or hunger.

On another note everyone can contribute to bring controllers (360 and Gamecube) back up cables(same as for controllers).... unfortunately we have experienced times when we forgot cables.. really sad parties.

Now as a final note bring at least $5 (party entrance will cost no more than that) or a bag of candy (to give more variety to the food...)

Recruiting New Posters!!

Well it seems that some people have been complaining about the lack of posts, mainly on the "mainstream" anime section.

"If you think you can do a better job then go ahead and do it."

So Im opening up posting positions to anyone in the school anime club who wants it. Obviously your not getting any admin access anytime soon, but what it does get you is the ability to post about Naruto, Bleach, and all those other good stuff that you've been complaining that you want to see. Personally, I do not have the time to catch up to those series so I wont even bother with them. This gives you an opportunity to be active in the club and to show us how much you love anime.

If you want to be added as a poster, then just email me at saltedbread@gmail.com with:
Full name, ID #, and gmail address (needed for blogger account)

Dont forget to put somewhere in the email that you want to post for the blog. Any email sent with attachments will be deleted immediately.

This helps me make sure that you are part of the school anime club and not just some random person on the net. It also helps me hunt you down in the event you start posting inappropriate stuff in here.


Ugh.. didnt pay attention to comment setting until now. Everyone can comment on posts now which means you dont need to be registered to blogger. Hopefully that should help people who dont have a gmail account. The shoutbox still stays even though one of its purposes have been removed.

Saimoe Elite 8

Saimoe 2007 Elite 8

Louise's unexpected win against Suigintou (1663 / 1638) puts an end to Round 4. Personally, I voted Louise out of pity since I was assuming that Gin would massacre her, but it seems that the anti-doll/Nanoha faction might have helped tip the scales in favor of Louise. BTW my prediction from my last post was completely false. Suiseiseki pulls an 06 by beating Fate with 7 votes (1544 / 1537) in K. Saimoe while Tsukasa wipes the floor with Desu (1741 / 1559) to take a spot in the Elite 8.

Saimoe 2006 Elite 8

When checking this year's Elite 8, most of the characters are new faces. The only ones returning to the Elite 8 spotlight are Nanoha who won the 2005 Saimoe, and Shinku who lost last year to Chikaru. The absence of last year's top 3 (Suiseiseki/Fate/Shana), and dominant forces such as Kagami and Suigintou, really makes this Saimoe very interesting. I believe that Tsukasa is the dominant force in here since the Lucky Star faction's morale just increased after the loss of Desu. With the strong LS vote, it looks like she's the most probable pick for the 07 title.

Then again, with what happened to Gin at Round 4, it could still be anyone's game.

Shinku remains after Desu and Junk got destroyed

10/26 - Rena Ryuuguu vs Nanoha Takamachi
This one is a tough call. Nanoha will get full support of her faction since Gin is gone to carry the will of Fate. On the other hand, Rena looks like she cant be stopped after defeating the big favorite, Kagami, and going on to murder Yuno for Elite 8 status.

What gives Nanoha a chance to win is the amount of anti-Rena votes from Kagami fans. Then theres also some people's policy of not voting for previous Saimoe winners which would hurt Nanoha votes.

10/27 - Konata Izumi vs Nagi Sanzenin
Ugh.. another tough one. This time its the battle of the otakus. Konata is the weakest of the LS characters in this tournament so some LS fans might vote for Nagi. Kagami's loss on K. Saimoe should fuel up the Hayate faction and that might help out Nagi.

Personally, I find Nagi more moe than Konata, but making a prediction here is tough. Especially due to the fact that LS fans outnumbers Hayate fans. Also the fact that more otakus relate to lazy Konata rather than the ridiculously rich and smart Nagi. I'll give this match to Konata but I'll give Nagi a reasonable doubt.

10/28 - Rika Furude vs Louise Francoise le mishmash of french
Rika support seems lower compared to Rena when looking into votes. However, many people have problems with Louise.. especially the Rozen faction. Louise has already beaten Mai, Eri, and Gin so theres really no one else to beat in order to prove that Louise is of moe material. Although Im interested in the amount of anti-votes Louise will get in this match. The Rozen faction will definitely get involved in this one since Gin's loss has caused many to go emo.

10/29 - Shinku vs Tsukasa Hiiragi
This is the last chance for the Rozens to redeem themselves. Of all the 3 dolls that were in Round 4, Shinku was the least expected one to get into the Elite 8. She is the weakest of the 3 dolls in round 4 and the Rozen faction has to go into serious overtime if they want Shinku to survive. From the looks of it, the divided Rozen fans are uniting for the cause of Shinku. It will be one hell of a match.

Tsukasa wont get much anti-votes and even if she does get alot of anti-votes, it wont be enough to stop her momentum. I say that the outcome of Rika vs Louise will be a huge factor in Tsukasa's future in Saimoe 2007.


Korean Saimoe
The Elite 8 just matched off this week and now its only the Final 4 thats left. Sad to see Fate loose to Suiseiseki again and Im surprised that Hinagiku won against Kagami. I guess this year wasnt good for Kagami even though she was the crowd favorite.

10/26 - Shana vs Suiseiseki
Another repeat of the past and its on the same round as in last year's J. Saimoe. A good number of attention has been switched here from heartbroken J. Saimoe desu voters so Suiseiseki might win. I hope the past doesnt repeat itself... again. Fate's loss to Desu is already enough.

10/27 - Tamaki Kousaka vs Hinagiku Katsura
Hinagiku's support is alot stronger than Tamaki's. Tamaki has also been barely getting by on the previous rounds so I give the win to Hinagiku. Theres a chance for Tamaki to win but I highly doubt it.