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Big thanks to Naruleach and kuroshiroi for helping out this week.

You can find more details and an overview of all results in the club's official FAL Spring 2012 thread.
And don't forget to get your own FAL banner!

Points Criteria
Every week:

• +1 point for each user who has anime under "Currently Watching" or "Completed" that week on MAL
  
• Double the anime's "Currently Watching" points for the week if 4 or less players have it on their active team
  
• +25 points for each forum post in the anime's episode discussion threads in the previous two weeks (counted every two weeks)

Scored only once:

• +1000*((un)weighted score) points for score ratings on MAL upon week 7
  
• +2000*((un)weighted score) points for score ratings on MAL at the end of FAL season (week 14)
  
• -5 for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 7
  
• -10 for each user who has anime under "Dropped" at the end of FAL season (week 14)
  
• +30 points for every user favoriting the anime at the end of FAL season (week 14)

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Discussion posts ARE counted this week
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Accel World
Episode discussion posts (355): 8875
Users watching: 14258
Total points: 23133

Acchi Kocchi
Episode discussion posts (161): 4025
Users watching: 9163
Total points: 13188

AKB0048
Episode discussion posts (10): 250
Users watching: 11
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 272

Arashi no Yoru ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi
Episode discussion posts (17): 425
Users watching: 172
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 769

Baku Tech! Bakugan
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 3
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 6

Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen
Episode discussion posts (11): 275
Users watching: 531
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 1337

Eureka Seven AO
Episode discussion posts (219): 5475
Users watching: 5945
Total points: 11420

Furusato Saisei: Nihon no Mukashi Banashi
Episode discussion posts (13): 325
Users watching: 1141
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2607

Gakkatsu
Episode discussion posts (17): 425
Users watching: 1249
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2923

Ginga e Kickoff!!
Episode discussion posts (19): 475
Users watching: 1110
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2695

Gon
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 48
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 96

Haiyoru! Nyaruko-san
Episode discussion posts (234): 5850
Users watching: 10109
Total points: 15959

Hiiro no Kakera
Episode discussion posts (88): 2200
Users watching: 4854
Total points: 7054

Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume NEO
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 9
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 18

Hyouka
Episode discussion posts (343): 8575
Users watching: 10324
Total points: 18899

Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone
Episode discussion posts (18): 450
Users watching: 242
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 934

Jewelpet Kira Deco!
Episode discussion posts (1): 25
Users watching: 55
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 135

Jormungand
Episode discussion posts (220): 5500
Users watching: 9867
Total points: 15367

Kimi to Boku. 2
Episode discussion posts (104): 2600
Users watching: 4733
Total points: 7333

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka of the Dead
Episode discussion posts (192): 4800
Users watching: 11848
Users completed: 1
Total points: 16649

Kuro Majo-san ga Tooru!!
Episode discussion posts (25): 625
Users watching: 1561
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 3747

Kuroko no Basket
Episode discussion posts (181): 4525
Users watching: 7238
Users completed: 1
Total points: 11764

Little Charo: Touhoku-hen
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 2
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 4

Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna
Episode discussion posts (93): 2325
Users watching: 4257
Total points: 6582

Medaka Box
Episode discussion posts (172): 4300
Users watching: 11006
Users completed: 1
Total points: 15307

Metal Fight Beyblade Zero G
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 67
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 134

Minuscule: Chiisana Mushi no Monogatari
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 0
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 0

Natsuiro Kiseki
Episode discussion posts (125): 3125
Users watching: 5638
Total points: 8763

Nazo no Kanojo X
Episode discussion posts (260): 6500
Users watching: 9727
Total points: 16227

Pabu & Mojizu
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 5
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 10

Panda no Taputapu
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 0
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 0

Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 2
Episode discussion posts (24): 600
Users watching: 2523
Total points: 3123

Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 59
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 118

Queens Blade: Rebellion
Episode discussion posts (32): 800
Users watching: 1071
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2942

Recorder to Randoseru Re♪
Episode discussion posts (57): 1425
Users watching: 3190
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 7805

Ribbon-chan
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 0
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 0

Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden
Episode discussion posts (47): 1175
Users watching: 2463
Total points: 3638

Saint Seiya Omega
Episode discussion posts (88): 2200
Users watching: 3170
Total points: 5370

Sakamichi no Apollon
Episode discussion posts (305): 7625
Users watching: 10495
Total points: 18120

Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A
Episode discussion posts (236): 5900
Users watching: 3448
Total points: 9348

Sankarea
Episode discussion posts (419): 10475
Users watching: 17528
Total points: 28003

Sengoku Collection
Episode discussion posts (81): 2025
Users watching: 3437
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 8899

Shiba Inuko-san
Episode discussion posts (21): 525
Users watching: 1052
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2629

Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan
Episode discussion posts (138): 3450
Users watching: 4222
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 11894

Shirokuma Cafe
Episode discussion posts (85): 2125
Users watching: 4575
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 11275

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
Episode discussion posts (291): 7275
Users watching: 13370
Total points: 20645

Tsuritama
Episode discussion posts (192): 4800
Users watching: 8966
Total points: 13766

Uchuu Kyoudai
Episode discussion posts (106): 2650
Users watching: 7506
Total points: 10156

Yurumates 3D
Episode discussion posts (24): 600
Users watching: 1637
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 3874

Zetman
Episode discussion posts (143): 3575
Users watching: 9797
Total points: 13372

Zumomo to Nupepe
Episode discussion posts (0): 0
Users watching: 1
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2

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Total Weekly Points Rankings:

Total Overall Points Rankings:

Ace users:


Team Rankings:


Errors:


Notice
Due to the discrepancy in number of replies displayed in the forum and the actual number of posts (first post isn't included in the number of replies), the forum posts weren't counted correctly in week 2. Since we only noticed this now we can't fix it for week 2. We added the missing post for each thread in the results for week 4. From now on the number of posts will be counted correctly.

Update
We fixed the results for weeks 2, 3, and 4.
Read more about it in the FAL Spring 2012 thread.

Thanks for all the hard work! I just wish that I was a little better at this game. :P

Hyouka as expected with a rocket start, suprised by how well Nazo no Kanojo X and Haiyoru! are doing, didn't see that coming and Medaka Box falls behind. Well, you can't blame anyone, without the flask plan it's not that great and we probably won't see it in mere12 episodes.

Gah. Well, I guess that's it for me. Sure I'm gonna put Hyouka in the play this week as well, but I had hoped it would score at least a bit less than it did in the end.

Haaaa, man. I guess instead of striving for making it into the top fifty I should first concentrate on hoping for the top 100. Ouch.

The ace users list looks funny. I still find it amazing that it's Sankarea that's leading the board.

About your notice, while you may have counted the number of posts incorrectly (just saying, mistakes happen), it is not a discrepancy. The first post is not included in the number of replies because it is not a reply. It's the opening post.

Keep op the good work on FAL!

Meh. Still in the 84 position... I thought Hyouka would help me :(

question regarding acs. you can only use it once per show??

Yeah, Rank 3. Next week it'll be 1, but I'll have to share it with a bunch of people. In the end it will come down to luck with the nukes.
Can I nuke people with the same rank as I have?

Only thing scaring me a bit is how well Sakamichi no Apollon does. I'm glad about it, but even with Watanabe and Yoko Kanno I thought the theme of this was too nichè for having that many viewers. Hope it won't bite me in the ass.

27 to 24? I hope I can go even higher D: Damn, Sakamichi no Apollon is doing well, didn't saw that coming. Hope Medaka Box will not fall even more. I don't have any reserves since Natsuiro Kiseki is obviously not doing well and Zetman just keeps getting boring...

Wow, I moved up to 86th. I really thought Eureka Seven AO would be more popular. Probably gonna swap that out next chance I get.

Rules say:
Each anime in your team may only be declared as the "Ace" once per season.
So yes, if you declared say Sankarea before you can't declare it anymore for the rest of the season.


Rules say:
subtract 1000 points from the team above or at the same rank
so yeah, you can nuke people at the same rank. But note:
If you're nuking and the rank above/below is shared by more than 1 person, the nuke receiver will be determined randomly.
So if you used a nuke-up now (just in theory, not that people think wildcards are now available) you would hit only one of the 7 current potential nuke receivers. So if many people share the same rank (or rank above/below) it will also depend on how many users use the nuke and then of course how the random function will choose the nuke receivers (and yes, you can receive several nukes at the same time).

Wow, nukes assigned randomly? That's a pretty arbitrary method to possibly decide 1st place. Why can't you pick who you shoot? The up/down versions essentially let you pick your victim in non-tie situations.

Thanks for elaborating. I just have two follow-up questions:
a) I can choose if I nuke up or at the same level, or can I not?
b) If I nuke at the same level I can't be assigned the target randomly from my own nuke, I assume?


Still I agree with kadian that this is too random for such an important tool in the endphase. But I guess there'll be no one to particularly blame if luck's not on your side in the end.

On the other hand you could say that choosing your victim is unfair. Assume you're the only one at rank 1 and there are many people that share the rank below. It's pretty obvious that they all (or most of them) would target you.

But you can write this in the suggestion thread, just that we won't overlook it and then others can also share their opinion on it. We'll need to discuss the use of wildcards in further FAL seasons anyway (point-wise and how to use them).

At the moment we also don't know how the rankings will look like in the last weeks. Currently there are many players with the exact same team (I think more than in previous FALs) but this can change.


a) You can't, nuke up always includes the rank above and the same rank (same for nuke down of course).
b) Yeah, you can't nuke yourself.

Due to the mess up a lot of us made with Eureka Seven AO in the first week, about half of us at rank 3 at the moment (me included) most likely have one swap less than we should have (or maybe I'm the only one? xD). Depending on if another anime manages to jump up later on, this COULD potentially swing things around anyway. EDIT: lmao was almost indeed just me though half of the others did make swaps for other reasons

Also this may have been addressed before but how are nukes applied? Are scores for the week recalculated first and the nukes applied after that? Or do nukes get applied to members according to ranks as seen in the previous week?
For example, if there's one perso in rank 1 and one in rank 2 and the second place member was to activate his above nuke. If in the next week he were to overtake the first place player, would the nuke hit that player anyway since it's target was assigned before? Or would it miss completely because it's target was assigned after?

@Razer: I also had to swap in Week 1 because of Eureka, I feel with you :(
But the bench animes are also not the same for all of us, so depending on stuff like that, something may change before the last weeks, but it's not too likely at the moment I'd say.

And I'd like to know the answer to your question too, I was wondering about that myself.

I wrote something about nukes in the rules thread, it's better to have it there :)

And yeah, many people already used one ore two swaps and we're not even halfway through the season. Some series are getting better and better, I regret now that I swapped out Nazo no Kanojo X :( I didn't expect it to be that popular.
It will definitely get interesting, especially in weeks 7 and 14.
Oh and don't focus on nukes alone... there are other interesting wildcards as well.

About that extra swap wildcard.

Let's say I made a swap in week 7 and then I decided to use the extra swap wildcard in week 9.
Will my next swap be available in week 10 or 12?

@Leinel: So in this scenario you swap in weeks 7 and 9, right? Then the next swap would be in week 12.
If you mean something different or it's still unclear, ask again in the rules thread, it's better to collect such questions and answers there.