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I. Voting policies and procedures
A. In order to ensure the authenticity and uniqueness of voting, the IP address will Be recorded.
B. Voters cannot violate Article 4 of the Shimeng Rules by voting through multiple IP addresses in the same round.
C. Votes found to be voting in violation. Those whose IP or IP segment may be banned from participating in future events officially organized by Shimeng, and the length of the penalty period is determined by Shimeng staff.
D. If the previous vote was incorrect, the voter can pass. Email admin@internationalsaimoe.com to modify the vote. The email must include the voting IP, the original voting choice, and the modified voting choice.
II. Nova Division and Stellar Division
A. Starting from the preliminaries, the candidates and contestants of the 2012 World Meng will be divided into two different divisions: Nova and Stella.
B. Previous. The winners of the two World Champion Seasons will not be assigned to the Rising Stars Division.
C. The qualifications for Rising Stars Division are determined by the following terms:
1. During the broadcast period. (WE, window of eligibility) is from December 1, 2009 to November 30, 2011.
2. If a character debuts during the above play period, she will enter the Rising Star Department.
3. If a character has made his debut in an animation before the start of the above-mentioned broadcast period, the animation series in which the character appears will be arranged in order of broadcast time based on the number of episodes (TVA/ONA/ If the length of the OVA or theatrical version exceeds 45 minutes, it will be counted as 2 episodes); if any of the first four episodes is released/released during the WE period, she will be classified into the Rising Star Department.
4. When the length of an animated series (TVA/ONA/OVA) reaches or exceeds 4 episodes or it is a theatrical version, it is called a "main broadcast". If an animated series is broadcast in two "main broadcasts". If there is a gap of 4 years or more, then the character's appearance in the newer "main broadcast" constitutes the "debut" referred to in Rule 3 above, and the newly broadcast series will be regarded as the first appearance when considering the number of episodes in step 3.
5. For different works with similar worldviews, if there are characters with the same name but differences in personality or other character traits, the staff will handle them separately according to the specific circumstances. .
D. All characters who do not meet the qualifications for admission to the Nova Division will be classified into the Stellar Division.
E. After the nomination stage, if there are special cases that may change the grouping results of a certain role, the staff will handle it according to the specific circumstances of the role.
III. Automatic qualification
A. No character can directly advance to the regular season of Shi Meng.
B. The top 12 players in the 2011 World Meng regular season will automatically enter the 2012 World Meng qualifiers and the Rising Stars Department if they meet the requirements of the Rising Stars Division.
B. If the top 12 players in the 2011 World Meng regular season meet the requirements of the Stellar Division, they will automatically enter the 2012 World Meng qualifiers and the Stellar Division.
IV. Nomination Phase
A. The nomination phase will last for 7 days.
B. The character's qualifications will be tested according to Chapter 3 of the Shimeng Rules, with an additional condition: characters whose settings were announced after November 30, 2011 will not be counted.
C. Up to 12 characters can be nominated.
D. Nominate at least 5 characters.
E. The nominated characters must come from at least 3 different animated series.
F. The same role is only allowed to be nominated once.
G. Invalid nominations will be removed individually. Unless they are discarded in violation of rules C, D and E, they will not affect the validity of other nominations in the same ticket.
H. After the nomination stage, the characters who meet the nomination qualifications will be divided into the New Star Department and the Stellar Department according to the corresponding rules. The character with the most votes in each department will be qualified for the preliminaries until the quota is determined. Fill up.
1. The number of places that can be allocated in each group is 84 minus the number of automatically promoted characters.
2. The staff will deal with tie votes at the end of the preliminary qualifying rankings in the two groups. If possible, priority will be given to characters who did not participate in the 2011 World Meng Awards.
V. The first stage of the qualifying round
A. Characters who enter the qualifiers will be called candidates.
B. In the first phase, there are 84 candidates each in the Nova Division and the Stellar Division.
1. The competition format and schedule of each division in the first stage are the same.
2. There is no competition between the Nova Division and the Stellar Division in the first stage.
C. The first stage consists of 3 rounds
1. In each round, 84 contestants will be divided into 12 groups of 7 people each.
2. Voters can vote for up to 2 characters per group.
3. After each round, the players will be re-grouped according to their performance in this round.
D. If there is a tie after each round of voting, the following methods will be used to determine the winner
1. Average effective vote difference (EVD1)
a ) EVD1 = (7 * Number of votes – total number of votes in the field) / 5
2. Ranking in the previous round of voting.
3. Final ranking of nomination stage.
E. The candidate with the most votes in each group in the third round advances to the regular season, and the remaining candidates enter the second stage of the qualifiers
VI. Seed qualifying
A. The seeding qualifying match will be held between the first and second stages of the preliminaries. All seeding brackets have the same format and are played on the same day.
1. The 12 winners of the first stage of the preliminary round will be divided into one group, and the remaining 72 players will be divided into 8 groups of 9 people each.
2. The reference basis for grouping is the final result of the first stage of the preliminaries.
3. Voters can vote for up to 2 different contestants in each group.
4. The results of the seeding qualifying match will be used to determine the player schedule during the regular season, but will have no impact on the competition.
VII. Second Stage of Qualifiers
A. In the second stage, there are 72 candidates each for the Nova Division and the Stellar Division.
1. The competition format and schedule of each division in the second stage are the same.
2. There is no competition between the Nova Division and the Stellar Division in the second stage.
B. The 72 contestants will be divided into 8 groups of 9 people each. Group according to the results of the first stage.
C. There will be a round-robin competition of 3 people in each group. The groups for each round are as follows:
Round 1: 1-6-8, 2-4-9, 3-5-7
Round 2: 1-5- 9, 2-6-7, 3-4-8
Round 3: 1-4-7, 2-5-8, 3-6-9
Round 4 Round: 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9
D. After each game, contestants will earn points based on the results according to the following rules:
1. A win is worth 4 points.
2. Tied first place will earn 3 points.
3. Second place or a tie among three players will earn 2 points.
4. Tied for second place will earn 1 point.
5. In all other cases, 0 points will be awarded.
E. If there is a tie within the group, the following methods will be used to determine the winner.
1. The result of the duel between two people.
2. Winning rate.
3. Valid vote difference (EVD2).
a) EVD2 = (3 * Number of votes – total number of votes for the event) / 2
4. Total votes
5. 2011 World Mengzhong’s latest The result of a duel between two people.
6. Shi Meng’s best result in 2011.
7. Number of votes received in the 2012 World Meng nomination stage.
F. After the second round, the contestants with the most points in each group will advance to the regular season. All remaining contestants will be divided into groups in the third stage based on points and tie determination rules.
VIII. The third stage of the qualifiers
A. At the beginning of the third stage, the Nova Division and the Stellar Division each have 64 players.
1. The competition format and time of the Nova Division and the Stellar Division are the same.
2. There is no competition between the Nova Division and the Stellar Division in the third stage.
B. Players from each division will be divided into 16 groups, with 4 people in each group.
C. There will be a single elimination tournament within each group.
D. If there is a tie, the average number of single-game votes (VF) obtained by the players before the third stage of the qualifiers will be compared, and the higher one will win.
E. The winner of each voting group will advance to the regular season, and all remaining contestants will be eliminated.
IX. Regular Season
A. Characters entering the regular season will be called contestants.
B. The Nova Division and the Stellar Division each include 36 contestants, who will participate in a single round-robin competition.
1. The competition format and schedule of each division in the regular season are the same.
2. In the Necklace Competition, there will be competitions in which both the Nova Division and the Stellar Division*** will participate. Details will be discussed later.
3. Additional players will appear to participate in the exhibition match. The exhibition match and the official match will be held at the same time, but it will not have any impact on the results of the official match.
4. Contestants will be divided into groups based on their qualifying results.
C. The regular season will be divided into 5 stages: Aquamarine, Amethyst, Ruby, Emerald, and Topaz. Each stage contains 7 rounds.
1. Each round of the Nova Division and the Stellar Division will have 18 games, and *** there will be 36 games.
2. Each contestant will face off against one opponent in each round.
3. An exhibition match will be held in each round.
4. Each round of voting will last 24 hours.
5. The results of the competition will be announced on the website at least 12 hours after the end of the competition.
D. After each round, the contestant with more valid votes will be the winner, and the opponent will be judged as the loser. If both sides have the same number of valid votes, it will be determined as a tie; both sides will be recorded as a tie and there will be no overtime.
E. A ranking system will be used to record the performance of participants in each stage of the regular season.
1. The primary ranking indicator is points, and contestants receive points based on the results of each round:
a. Win points are 3 points.
b. A draw will result in 1 point.
c. If you lose, you will get decimal points equal to (own votes/opponent’s votes).
2. Points will also be used as the player’s progress strength (SOS)
F. At any time during the competition period, contestants in the same division will not be ranked the same regardless of their scores. will be the same. If the contestants have the same points after a certain round, the following methods will be used for ranking:
1. The number of wins
2. The winner of the competition between both sides.
a) Calculated only at the end of each stage and the end of the regular season.
3. The strength of defeating the opponent (SDO) is high
4. The strength of the opponent (SAO) is high
5. The vote difference (VD) is large
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6. The majority of votes (VF)
7. Staff decision
G. After the regular season ends and the mutual rankings of all tied players are determined , the top 16 contestants from the Nova Division and the Stellar Division will enter the playoffs.
H. Each vote will be recorded in the database. After each round, staff will verify and verify the validity of all votes before the votes are tallied.
I. All the voting policies and procedures stated in Chapter 4 of the Shimeng Rules apply, with the following additional terms:
1. Voters can give up any game in a round, But at least a certain number of characters must be selected in each game. This amount is determined based on the round and will be stated for each game.
2. Voters can change their votes within the specified time by providing their IP address and change request to the staff.
3. Voting via proxy IP is not allowed and will be grounds for ban.
X. Necklace Competition
A. After the 7 rounds of each stage, a necklace competition will be held to determine the necklace winner in that stage.
B. Only one necklace winner will be produced in the total number of each stage. Players from the New Star Division and the Stellar Division will participate in a round of voting to compete for the necklace.
C. Only contestants who have not received a necklace that year are eligible to participate.
D. Based on the rankings at this stage of the competition, ***7 players can qualify for the necklace battle.
1. The top three qualified players in the Stellar Division at this stage.
2. The top three qualified players in the Rising Star Division at this stage.
3. The player ranked fourth among the two teams at this stage will be determined according to the regular season's method of handling ties.
E. Voting will last 24 hours.
F. Voters can only vote for one of the contestants.
G. After the voting ends, each contestant will receive a necklace point, which is equal to the sum of her voting rate percentage and one-third of the SDO obtained during the entire stage.
H. The contestant with the highest necklace score wins the necklace. If there is a tie, it will be handled according to the relevant rules of the regular season.
I. There will be some 1v1 exhibition matches played by players from the Nova Division and the Stellar Division.
1. Not all 1-1 combinations of players between the two groups will be equally considered, and not all combinations of players between the two groups will appear. The selection of both sides of the competition will be based on the final ranking of the stage. Players who qualify for the Necklace Competition will not appear in the exhibition match.
2. Unless all players have already participated in the Necklace Scramble or Necklace Scramble Exhibition Match, the same player will not appear again in the Exhibition Match.
3. The results of the exhibition match will not affect the player's ranking and total points.
J. Characters who are not qualified to participate in the regular season may participate in the exhibition competition. The competition between them will take a 7-player format similar to a necklace competition or a 1v1 format similar to an exhibition match.
XI. The first stage of the playoffs
A. The 16 contestants from the Nova Division and the Stellar Division will compete in a single elimination round.
1. The competition format and schedule of each division in the first stage are the same.
2. There is no competition between the Nova Division and the Stellar Division in the first stage.
3. Additional players will appear in the exhibition match, and the exhibition match and playoffs will be held at the same time, but it will not have any impact on the results of the main event.
4. The time limits, voting policies and procedures of the regular season apply to the first stage of the playoffs.
5. Participants will be divided into groups based on the final ranking of the regular season. The first round of games will be played in the following groups based on ranking: 1 vs. 16, 8 vs. 9, 5 vs. 12, 4 vs. 13, 6 vs. 11, 3 vs. 14, 7 vs. 10, 2 vs. 15.
B. Participants will advance according to the conventional rules of a single-elimination tournament.
1. The winner of the Rising Star Group will become the 2012 Rising Star Cute King and receive a sapphire ring (Circlet).
2. The winner of the star group will become the 2012 Cute Star King and receive a diamond ring.
3. If two players in the same game receive the same number of votes, the winner of the regular season matchup will be deemed the winner. If there is also a tie in the regular season, the player with the higher final ranking in the regular season will be deemed the winner.
C. At the end of the first stage, the contestants of each division will be ranked from 1st to 16th according to the following procedures.
1. The player who wins 4 games will be ranked first.
2. The player who wins 3 games will be ranked second.
3. The contestant who wins 2 games and loses to the 1st place will be ranked 3rd.
4. The contestant who wins 2 games and loses to the 2nd place will be ranked 4th.
5. The teams ranked 5-16 are ranked as follows
a. The team with the most wins in the first stage of the playoffs.
b. High final ranking in the regular season.
D. The top 8 teams from each division will advance to the second stage of the playoffs. The remaining contestants will be eliminated.
Knockout.
1. There will be other players participating in additional exhibition matches. The exhibition matches and official playoffs will be held at the same time, but the results will not affect the final ranking of the participating players.
2. The voting time limit, rules and other regulations are the same as those of the regular season.
3. The final result of the first round of the playoffs will determine the order of the matches: 1N vs. 8S, 5N vs. 4S, 2N vs. 7S, 6N vs. 3S, 3N vs. 6S, 7N vs. 2S, 4N vs. 5S, 8N versus 1S (N represents the nova part, S represents the stellar part).
B. Participants will advance according to the conventional rules of a single-elimination tournament.
1. The eliminated players will enter the consolation round. The consolation round is a single elimination round that will determine the final rankings from 3rd to 16th place. The consolation games will be played as early as possible in the second phase of the playoff schedule.
2. The final winner of the single elimination round will become the 2012 World Meng King and be crowned the champion.
3. If two players in the same game receive the same number of votes, the winner of the regular season game will be deemed the winner. If there is also a tie in the regular season, or the two sides have not played each other in the regular season, the player with the higher final ranking in the regular season will be judged to win. If the result still cannot determine the winner, the regular season tie rules will be applied to determine the winner.
The competition may focus on animated series released after Shi Moe began, or previously less well-known, other forms of characters.
B. The exhibition match has no impact on the results of the main match.
C. Each round of the regular season will host an exhibition game at the same time.
D. Each necklace competition may be accompanied by an exhibition match.
E. Each round of the playoffs will host several exhibition games at the same time.
F. There will be no benefit or loss from voting or abstaining in the exhibition game.
XIV. Schedule
A. All dates listed in this section will be posted in an easily accessible location on the website.
B. All dates are subject to change. Shimeng Official may change certain schedules without modifying this document. Regardless, all changes will be announced on the website this morning.
C. All competitions will last 24 hours.
However, if voting cannot take place due to a system failure, officials may extend the contest time. If the match time is extended, it will be announced on the website.
D. The nomination competition is scheduled to start at 0:00 GMT on January 1, 2012 (8:00 Beijing time) and end at 23:59 on January 7, 2012 (7:00 on January 8, Beijing time). end at 59 minutes).
1. If the cumulative inability to vote due to system failure exceeds 24 hours, the nomination contest will be extended.
E. The qualifying competition is scheduled to start on February 12, 2012 and end on April 12, 2012.
1. All games in this stage will be scheduled to start at 15:00 GMT (23:00 Beijing time) on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
2. The first phase of the qualifiers will be held on the following dates: February 12, February 14, February 16, February 19, February 21 and February 23rd.
3. The second phase of the qualifiers will be held on the following dates: March 11, March 13, March 15, March 18, March 20, March 22nd, March 25th and March 27th.
4. The third phase of the qualifying rounds will be held on the following dates: April 8, April 10 and April 12.
F. The regular season is scheduled to start on May 6, 2012 and end on September 13, 2012.
1. All regular season games will be scheduled to start at 15:00 GMT (23:00 Beijing time) on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
2. The Aquamarine competition period starts from May 6th and ends on May 24th.
3. The Amethyst competition period starts from June 3rd and ends on June 21st.
4. The ruby ??competition period starts from July 1st and ends on July 19th.
5. The Emerald competition period starts from July 29th and ends on August 16th.
6. The topaz competition period starts from August 26th and ends on September 13th.
G. The first phase of the playoffs is scheduled to start on September 30, 2012 and end on October 7, 2012.
1. The competition will start at 15:00 GMT (23:00 Beijing time) on the following dates: September 30, October 2, October 4 and October 7.
H. The second phase of the playoffs is scheduled to start on October 14, 2012 and end on October 28, 2012.
1. The competition will start at 15:00 GMT (23:00 Beijing time) on the following dates: October 14, October 16, October 18, October 21, October 23, October 25 and October 28.
XV. Legal Statement
A. The information published on the website, including but not limited to biographies, statistical data and copyright information, is not guaranteed to be completely accurate. International Saimoe Official, including its staff and owners, is not legally responsible for any losses caused by the use or misuse of the information posted on the website with the domain name www.internationalsaimoe.com.
B. All characters and animation works listed on the website are not official of Shimeng in any sense. All copyrights and intellectual property rights belong to their respective owners.
C. Staff will not show preference for any role when checking the validity of the vote. Within 24 hours after a certain voting result is announced, any Shimeng participant can raise objections to it. Once the objection is officially accepted, staff will re-check the validity of the vote and make appropriate judgments on the results. The results cannot be changed 24 hours after the results are announced.
D. Although the staff will confirm the validity of each vote as strictly as possible, sometimes there will be some mistakes. For example, some illegal votes were not discovered, or some people whose IPs were banned due to violations found other ways to submit their votes. The staff will do their best to reduce the occurrence of similar situations.
E. Published schedule may change without prior notice. But whatever changes are made, the results of the changes will be posted on the website.
F. Every year, Shimeng officials and staff try to provide a fair competition system so that all contestants have a chance to compete. But although the overall fairness of the regular season is ensured, this is not the case for each stage. The staff has done their best, most sincere, and most honest efforts to put together a schedule that is free of bias, favoritism, and discrimination so that each character's schedule is equally intense.
XVI. Amendments
A. Once approved and published, the contents of this document will not be changed. However, it may be amended, which would update or replace the statements in this document.
B. During the season, anyone can propose amendments at any time, and the amendments need to be approved by the staff and the person in charge.
C. Approved amendments must be posted on this website.