Hi everyone, and welcome to the Anime Roulette #24. For those who are new, in the monthly Roulette everyone submits an anime, the 1st day of the month every anime submitted gets randomised, and you end up having to watch the anime you received. You have two months (preferably one) to watch your anime or you'll end up penalised like me, so be careful. I advise to read the rules if it's your first time participating, everything's there.
And this is for everyone. Given the precedents I've decided that accounts with less than 40 completed anime that participate for the first time (as well as those which look fishy) are banned from entry unless I give them specific permission. It's unfair for those that genuinely want to participate, but there have been a lot of cases of low anime count users who drop or don't even start what they get. If you haven't watched a lot of anime but still want to participate, feel free to PM me and (at least for now) I'll probably let you participate.
0) Accounts with less than 40 completed anime that participate for the first time, as well as those which look fishy (at my own criteria) are banned from entry unless I give them specific permission. If you haven't watched a lot of anime but still want to participate, feel free to PM me and (at least for now) I'll probably let you in.
Anything you think is bad. This game is not to make people watch bad anime, but rather to give people anime to watch that they might not normally watch. I reserve the right to ban an anime from entry if I suspect that the person submitting it is trolling and ask them to use a substitute (this is not directly related to whether I think the anime in question is good or bad).
Anything from the two previous editions of the roulette (or already nominated in the current one).
Anything longer than 30 episodes, assuming normal runtime. Longer anime might be okay if they're shorts, and shorter might not be okay if they're longer than normal. Just calculate 12 hours and see if it's longer (or not). You can't submit multiple anime because your anime is much shorter than that.
Anything shorter than 1 hour. People in this roulette have 1 month to watch something, and it should be at least minimally long.
2) You must watch your anime within 2 months. The ideal is 1 month, but I know sometimes one just doesn't have the time to finish it, so you have 1 extra month without penalties.
To be able to nominate for the next roulette, you need to have watched at least 50% + 1 episodes from the last Roulette and have no active penalties. I'll invalidate your submission if at the time I randomize you don't meet these conditions. I'll look them up in your list, so you should keep it updated. If I noticed that you didn't meet that criteria but you changed the episodes watched at some point to deceive me, I'll penalize accordingly.
3) You can submit a substitute anime in case yours has been started by a minimum of either 25% or 3 participants. If you add an anime that everyone else in the roulette already has seen, I'll put that entry on a 5 months cooldown and use the substitute, if there's any. If there's not, or your substitute has the same problem, I'll pick a random anime from your 20th percentile of your ratings (I may change that number in the future, I've never worked with percentiles before). If your mean score is higher than 8, I'll add a layer of personal opinion to that randomization and re-randomize if I don't think the anime is good enough, regardless of the score. If your mean score is between 3 and 4.5, I'll randomize with everything higher than your mean score and add the same layer of personal opinion. If your mean score is lower than 3, I'll do the same thing with every anime in your list.
4) I reserve the right to change these rules at any time. I'm not perfect, don't try to abuse the rules just because I missed something. In any case, I will try not to apply rules retroactively if they don't benefit users, unless there's something blatant.
Penalizations
Penalizations are in effective the month you drop your anime. You have 2 months to watch your anime, and after that time your anime will be considered dropped. Dropped anime will get the maximum penalty according to how much of it you watched before dropping. If you don't declare your anime dropped, you will get penalized with the maximum penalty according to how many episodes you watched. If you finish your anime, your penalty will be reduced to the minimum (according to how many episodes you watched in time).
You can also declare your anime dropped during the month you got your anime instead of waiting for the time to run out. If you do that, you'll get the penalisation according to how many episodes you watched before dropping. If you do that, you cannot pick the anime again and reduce the penalty time that way (technically you can pick it up again, but it won't reduce it either way).
Minimum penaly
Penalization depends on how many episodes you watched in time. Numbers are rounded down.
(50% + 1) to (100% - 1) --> 1 month.
(1) to (50%) --> 2 months.
Not started --> 3 months.
Dropped
Penalization depends on how many episodes you watched in time. Numbers are rounded down.
(50% + 1) to (100% - 1) --> 2 months.
(33% + 1) to (50%) --> 3 months.
(1) to (33%) --> 4 months.
Not started --> 5 months.
Penalization time is long, and sometimes you get something that you really cannot stand. You have the choice to say you don't want an anime (it's explained later in this post), although it's not unlimited if you haven't read/watched/played/whatever the source material or an adaptation. For situations like this, there is a points system. Every time you watch your anime in 1 month, you will get 1 point, which can be exchanged for 1 month of penalization when applicable (you need to tell me how you want to spend your points, I won't tell you to do that). I will not display current points for everyone, although I'll keep the count. If you want to know how many points you have at any given time you can ask me. This is a test rule, and it may be changed if deemed necessary.
Lastly, there are cases when someone can have more than one anime to watch. The most common by far is starting a new roulette before finishing the last roulette's anime, and not completing any of them. In those cases, every single anime has its own penalisation with its own expiration date. That means that reducing one penalization (via points or via completing it) leaves the other one(s) active.
I'll start randomizing on the 1st of May, so make sure to submit your anime before that day. Once randomized, you will know what anime you have to watch, and you should watch it before the month ends.
You can't submit the first 50 anime in this list (at the time you did your submission):
If you have watched the source of an anime and you don't want to watch the adaptation, or if you have strong feelings of animosity against it (you have to say why, and I won't accept the likes of "I don't like the genre" as an excuse. I'll definitely keep in mind if you systematically try to avoid anime for no evident reason), please SAY SO before the randomization starts. To say that, if you watched the source you don't need any specific format, but if you have other reason (strong feelings of animosity) you have to stress that you do not want the anime by either bolding or underlining the not. Once everyone gets their anime, the only reclamation I'll accept is that you already have your anime in your list or that you already told me that you didn't want it in a proper way.
The format is: Name [Edition ban is lifted] - Anime (Episodes watched) [Edition you got the ban]. The edition your ban is lifted can be changed in some cases, refer to the rules for more information.
@Celine3107 [#25] - Jigoku Shoujo (3/26) [#21] @DarknessPoulet [#25] - Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (8/26) [#22] @Prajzy [#26] - Area 88 [#21] @Sethlans [#26] - Plastic Memories (1/13) [#22] @vinroy11 [#26] - Hotaru no Haka [#21] @MjovPT [#27] - Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World [#22]
@Boxwithcola - Sakigate!! Cromartie Kokou --> PERMANENT. Reason: Had 12/26 watched last month, now it's not on their list.
I'd love if you let me know in the comments that you finished your anime. That way, you can discuss it with other members (especially the one who submitted it) and it makes it easier for me to make the count.
This edition comes with the first permanent ban, as well as some other changes that I don't like but I feel I have to do. I feel that, as of late, Roulette isn't going as smoothly as I'd like due to me not showing up, I'll try to fix that.
Now that I'm unbanned and mentally in order (more or less) maybe it's time to start participating again, although with exams and all it may prove difficult. I'll decide this week.
By the way, I have to finish a big class project that consists in projecting the construction of a medical centre, and deadline is on the 31st of May. Since I'll probably be wanting to die because of how much work that will be and not paying attention here, I need someone to host Roulette #25 next month.
PS: Last edition's completed list will be done later, I just signed up to a gym and I should at least try to work out a bit :P
Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Aired: Jul 5, 2001 to Dec 27, 2001
Studios: Studio Deen
Source: Manga
Genres: Slice of Life, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Shoujo
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
"Note: so far want to avoid Hoshi_wo_Ou_Kodomo, part of the recommendation challenge I'm working T_T (the one I have to watch things in order)" (and got it for the mini-roulette)
Damn, I wanted to avoid one anime for the same reason as Shey, but amongst the series submitted so far there's only one another I haven't seen yet x''D Guess I'm just gonna hope I'll get lucky x'D
Damn, I wanted to avoid one anime for the same reason as Shey, but amongst the series submitted so far there's only one another I haven't seen yet x''D Guess I'm just gonna hope I'll get lucky x'D
This is the main one, so you are allowed to say "no" to things for that reason (unless Conde changed that rule when I wasn't looking).
No validation, no applause
You don't have prove you got it when you know it's yours
I don't want Bartender because manga (submit earlier pls, or I'm close to missing these) and I can also swap mine to something Gwathgor hasn't seen if wanted, but I'm expecting that is too late :p
No validation, no applause
You don't have prove you got it when you know it's yours
And randomisation done. I'll leave home in around an hour, so that's the extra time I'll give @Gwathgor to tell me if she has a problem with the anime I gave her. I'll leave the results below.
I hope you were lucky with your draft, I'm fairly happy with mine, since I wanted some old anime to watch (that means I'll have to push the one Demo recommended me for when I finish my Roulette anime). I'll finish Michiko to Hatchin before that, though, since that was the roulette anime that got me banned and I'm on my way to finishing it :P
@Mikochondria I checked the manga list of the person who received my submission just in case, but I'll keep that in mind. I hope Pantemic likes drinking.
Hi guys! (._.)/ I've been busy lately so have been cutting down on anime watching, but hope to maybe participate in the next roulette. (at least my penalties go down in the meantime, yay)
Conde_Mohr said: And randomisation done. I'll leave home in around an hour, so that's the extra time I'll give @Gwathgor to tell me if she has a problem with the anime I gave her. I'll leave the results below.
I hope you were lucky with your draft, I'm fairly happy with mine, since I wanted some old anime to watch (that means I'll have to push the one Demo recommended me for when I finish my Roulette anime). I'll finish Michiko to Hatchin before that, though, since that was the roulette anime that got me banned and I'm on my way to finishing it :P
@Mikochondria I checked the manga list of the person who received my submission just in case, but I'll keep that in mind. I hope Pantemic likes drinking.
jimanator said: i completed baccano for a previous anime roulette
I must have mistyped the name and it didn't appear. I seriously need a way to do this automatically. I want to do this before leaving (something came up), but since there are less than 3 people who have not watched Baccano! yet, I'll use a substitute. I'm thinking about banning top 100 popularity instead of 50 next time, if not using a set amount of members, this is not the first time it happens.
jimanator said: i completed baccano for a previous anime roulette
I must have mistyped the name and it didn't appear. I seriously need a way to do this automatically. I want to do this before leaving (something came up), but since there are less than 3 people who have not watched Baccano! yet, I'll use a substitute. I'm thinking about banning top 100 popularity instead of 50 next time, if not using a set amount of members, this is not the first time it happens.
@Mikochondria. for people who have never held a racket in their hands is a bit too difficult anime and spouting all motivational stuff in one place makes it "save screenshots for memes", only one joke about shinsegumi and "tachikoma song" kinda strengthens emotions, but.. like proverb sais - if there's love in it, it can't be bad and I was surprised that i ate with plesure anime that still looks plain to me :/ i rate it 7. fellings after watching - confused :) looking forward for next unusal challenge! thank you.