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Big thanks to Naruleach 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.

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 NOT counted this week
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Accel World
Users watching: 18035
Total points: 18035

Acchi Kocchi
Users watching: 11235
Total points: 11235

AKB0048
Users watching: 3070
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 6140

Arashi no Yoru ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi
Users watching: 188
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 376

Baku Tech! Bakugan
Users watching: 7
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 14

Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen
Users watching: 727
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 1454

Eureka Seven AO
Users watching: 7800
Total points: 7800

Furusato Saisei: Nihon no Mukashi Banashi
Users watching: 1173
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2346

Gakkatsu
Users watching: 1345
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2690

Ginga e Kickoff!!
Users watching: 1526
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 3052

Gon
Users watching: 85
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 170

Haiyoru! Nyaruko-san
Users watching: 12765
Total points: 12765

Hiiro no Kakera
Users watching: 5419
Total points: 5419

Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume NEO
Users watching: 8
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 16

Hyouka
Users watching: 17972
Total points: 17972

Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone
Users watching: 408
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 816

Jewelpet Kira Deco!
Users watching: 62
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 124

Jormungand
Users watching: 12171
Total points: 12171

Kimi to Boku. 2
Users watching: 5733
Total points: 5733

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka of the Dead
Users watching: 14919
Total points: 14919

Kuro Majo-san ga Tooru!!
Users watching: 1645
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 3290

Kuroko no Basket
Users watching: 9993
Total points: 9993

Little Charo: Touhoku-hen
Users watching: 2
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 4

Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna
Users watching: 4900
Total points: 4900

Medaka Box
Users watching: 12095
Users completed: 1
Total points: 12096

Metal Fight Beyblade Zero G
Users watching: 81
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 162

Natsuiro Kiseki
Users watching: 6157
Total points: 6157

Nazo no Kanojo X
Users watching: 11498
Total points: 11498

Pabu & Mojizu
Users watching: 5
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 10

Panda no Taputapu
Users watching: 0
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 0

Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 2
Users watching: 3103
Total points: 3103

Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future
Users watching: 73
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 146

Queens Blade: Rebellion
Users watching: 1303
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2606

Recorder to Randoseru Re♪
Users watching: 3684
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 7368

Ribbon-chan
Users watching: 0
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 0

Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden
Users watching: 2762
Total points: 2762

Saint Seiya Omega
Users watching: 3510
Total points: 3510

Sakamichi no Apollon
Users watching: 13766
Total points: 13766

Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A
Users watching: 3958
Total points: 3958

Sankarea
Users watching: 22576
Total points: 22576

Sengoku Collection
Users watching: 3457
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 6914

Shiba Inuko-san
Users watching: 1104
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2208

Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan
Users watching: 5094
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 10188

Shirokuma Cafe
Users watching: 5363
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 10726

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
Users watching: 16203
Total points: 16203

Tsuritama
Users watching: 11181
Total points: 11181

Uchuu Kyoudai
Users watching: 8554
Total points: 8554

Yurumates 3D
Users watching: 1791
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 3582

Zetman
Users watching: 11134
Total points: 11134

Zumomo to Nupepe
Users watching: 1
In 4 or less active teams: watching points x2
Total points: 2

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Wildcard usage:


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Errors:

Barely any changes in rank this week

Yeah it's a bit boring, there haven't been any changes in the higher ranks in the last few weeks... looks like we have to restrict the number of unique teams next time or do something else. The suggestion thread is always open for ideas :)

I was the only ace user this week? And it worked by 63 points :)

Ah, unique teams are actually a good thing, though. It's the duplicate teams that increase the likelihood of people getting the same exact amount of points at a given time, depending on how swaps go and all.

I don't have anything to add to that for now, but if I think up anything worthwhile I will chime in with my ideas in the suggestions thread.

Increase the team size, reduce the bench back to one, count ratings more often. Ban noitaminA shows. :D

Will suggest more after the season is finished. :)

I don't see any point by banning noitaminA shows

Neither do I. I can't see much reason to ban any show outside of case-by-case special cases.

How about if you had to have an extra team that would be added on week 8, that couldn't be in your bench or active team at the start, and couldn't be changed for 3 weeks after it gets added?

So at the start you would choose 8 teams - 5 active, 2 bench and one to be added 8 weeks in. I doubt everyone would choose the same team for this, and it would be interesting to see what sort of strategies people would adopt for that, as they wouldn't be able to have that anime on their list in the first half, but then would HAVE to have it for the early stages of the second.

That is good, but it would be better if it were not just one but two teams to be added at week 8, the probability of two ppeople chosing all the same is very little....

And I don't see much reason for some people to be so serious. :p

Let's only ban NoitaminA Josei's :P

Nah, but I think it's natural that people have the same scores as everyone tries to get the best possible team constellation and with a bit of knowledge you can limit them to 5-8 shows and it's not that hard to pick 6 of these top 8 shows for your team, there are bound to be multiple teams with the same constellation.
Limiting the Bench would indeed be a lot harder to handle. Reinstating bonus points for random stuff like Fansub Groups or licensations is something that would also have the desired effect, but I personally am against it because too much randomization.

I think the most interesting path is about the Wild Cards and extending their functions and range. More different wildcards, less random wildcards, maybe 1 for the first half and one for the second half of the game (or more). That would also make situations like at the moment less likely I'd say.

Also I'd suggest some team mode where you can (at registration) register for a team (teams have a fixed size of 2 or 4 or 10 or whatever). So you register your team for yourself AND for your team. The other teammember(s) do the same, but can't have the same constellations as the other teammembers.
The teamscore would be taken separately next to the individual scores and teammembers could support each other by nuking others etc...