| Check out this thread for an introduction to what FAL is and its history. Rules The rules for the Fall 2014 season are now void and shall be replaced by the following rules:
If a player decides/needs to change his or her username while FAL is running, the FAL Staff must be notified immediately via private message to Luna_. Swaps, aces, and wildcard requests will be rendered invalid if the player's username has been changed without notifying the staff! Points Criteria Automatically counted points: The following points are counted without any input from the player over the course of the FAL season:
The following points are determined based on the player's discretion.
Registration After you have read the rules, made your team, and are ready to register, you can register by PMing FALbot in the format below. You must submit your registration in this format. Copy and paste the anime titles from the list of eligible anime in the next post. Username must be the exact username as on MAL; do not make up another username. Team: Username AnimeTitle#: These are the titles of eligible anime in the next post. AnimeTitle1 AnimeTitle2 AnimeTitle3 AnimeTitle4 AnimeTitle5 AnimeTitle6 AnimeTitle7 AnimeTitle6 and AnimeTitle7 are your bench anime. For example: Registration will need to be done before March 29th, 18:00 UTC for your team to qualify. If there is a problem with this deadline, please feel free to contact the FAL Staff to discuss it. If you change your mind after registering, you may change your team only 1 time until registration ends. Please send the new team in the same format to FALbot and use the message subject Re-registration. |
LunaSep 13, 2015 12:38 PM
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| The following anime are eligible this season with no exceptions: Arslan Senki (TV) Baby Steps 2nd Season Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 2 Sure-me Denpa Kyoushi (TV) Diamond no Ace: Second Season Digimon Adventure Tri. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Etotama Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture Gintama° Grisaia no Rakuen Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic Hibike! Euphonium Houkago no Pleiades (TV) Kekkai Sensen Kyoukai no Rinne (TV) Lupin III (2015) Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu Ore Monogatari!! Owari no Seraph Plastic Memories Punchline Re-Kan! Shokugeki no Souma Show By Rock!! Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki Triage X Urawa no Usagi-chan Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love Revolutions Vampire Holmes Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (TV) The following are considered exceptions and you may have a maximum of one (1) of these in your team: High School DxD BorN Nisekoi: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku The following anime are ineligible and may not be chosen: Again, make sure you check the post above to read how to correctly register for the FAL Spring 2015 season. It is important to copy and paste the titles so that they match with the titles listed in our database. If we are missing any anime or any of the above information is incorrect as it pertains to the Spring 2015 season, please let us know ASAP! [size=80]Edit 3/20: Added new titles to the list of ineligible titles.[/i] |
LunaMar 20, 2015 6:35 AM
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| Yay! FAL Season is finally here! Luna_ said: I think this new rule about the Ace will make FAL much more interesting :)
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p r o f i l e 👀 |
Luna_ said: [list][*]Ace In any week of the FAL season, 1 active anime on a team may be declared as the "Ace." The Ace will take effect the next time the scores are counted. The player's team will receive:
So if I choose an anime as an Ace and it surpasses 40000 members in the same week, what happens? Do I lose 3000 points or does it count as an error since the anime I picked was not eligible? |
| Good luck to everyone who decides to register! :) |
Tacas said: So if I choose an anime as an Ace and it surpasses 40000 members in the same week, what happens? Do I lose 3000 points or does it count as an error since the anime I picked was not eligible? It will count as an error and you will not lose points. |
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| There are two short anime on the list of eligible anime: Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 2 Sure-me (3 minute long episodes) Vampire Holmes (5 minute long episodes) |
HeadlessRider said: There are two short anime on the list of eligible anime: Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 2 Sure-me (3 minute long episodes) Vampire Holmes (5 minute long episodes) Short episode lengths can be a reason for exclusion, but do not guarantee it. We take this case by case and consider other factors such as target audience and plan-to-watch numbers before making the final decision. You can find out more in the FAQ. |
| I'm not going to lose this time! |
| Lot of good potential shows to pick from. Gonna be hard. |
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| Interesting new additions about the ace this season. Looking forward to some mind games here. Also, I'm not sure which sequel to pick yet but seeing all three of those (not including Unlimited Blade Works) listed on there doesn't surprise me. |
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Ranoom said: I wouldn't. Like the previous season, it'll have low watching #'s + post count. The only thing going for it will be the score.wel... Gintama is definitely on my list lol... Gl everybody! |
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| Isn't Houkago no Pleiades airing this season? It doesn't seem to be in either list. Also Narudoma. |
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Splashcloud said: Isn't Houkago no Pleiades airing this season? It doesn't seem to be in either list. Also Narudoma. Houkago no Pleiades's omission is a copy/paste error. We will get that fixed soon. As for Narudoma, we were not aware of any confirmation that it would air this season. At this time please consider its status up in the air while we discuss and research. |
| I'm thinking about getting in on this for once. Question though: Are the series that have preview airings (such as Nagato Yuki-chan) officially counted as started when they go to cinemas, or are they only counted when regular broadcasting starts? |
NTAD said: Question though: Are the series that have preview airings (such as Nagato Yuki-chan) officially counted as started when they go to cinemas, or are they only counted when regular broadcasting starts? I'm wondering about this too. |
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NTAD said: Question though: Are the series that have preview airings (such as Nagato Yuki-chan) officially counted as started when they go to cinemas, or are they only counted when regular broadcasting starts? They will be treated the same as any show whose regular broadcasting were to start pre-season: What about anime that started airing before the FAL season starts? We count watching points as long as the series' database entry is set to airing at the time. We do not count forum posts made before the season begins. This way is a lot less of a headache for us, and we don't have to do research on series' airing times of day and whatnot. |
| I'm in |
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| Ninja Slayer anyone? Are only tv anime eligible for FAL? |
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Numi said: So the watch points start right away and everything else starts when the regular season begins? Gotcha.NTAD said: Question though: Are the series that have preview airings (such as Nagato Yuki-chan) officially counted as started when they go to cinemas, or are they only counted when regular broadcasting starts? They will be treated the same as any show whose regular broadcasting were to start pre-season: What about anime that started airing before the FAL season starts? We count watching points as long as the series' database entry is set to airing at the time. We do not count forum posts made before the season begins. This way is a lot less of a headache for us, and we don't have to do research on series' airing times of day and whatnot. |
brianez said: Ninja Slayer anyone? Are only tv anime eligible for FAL? Correct. Please note that movies/OVAs/ONAs/specials are not in the list. |
Tyrel said: I wouldn't. Like the previous season, it'll have low watching #'s + post count. The only thing going for it will be the score. so that's why its on the list. well i'm just going to go with it..... or i might change it later idk. thanks for the warning Tyrel! |
| Should I put anything specific in the "Subject" box when messaging FALbot? |
felipekorbes said: Should I put anything specific in the "Subject" box when messaging FALbot? Please include "Registration" in the subject. That's the main "please do it this way" request for that. |
| I thought that Gintama will be blacklisted as FSN: UBW :/ |
Tyrel said: I wouldn't. Like the previous season, it'll have low watching #'s + post count. The only thing going for it will be the score. although (from what i understand) most people planning to watch it you'd know the majority would keep it on watching compared to what would be 50%+ other airing series that people will drop if you know what I mean |
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Luna_ said: [*]Once an anime passes 40000 members in "Currently Watching" and "Completed" combined, the anime is no longer eligible to be an Ace. The anime with the next highest total points on the team will then be awarded points if correctly declared as the Ace. I'm happy with this new rule :D It really will be more interesting and exciting! So this means there are higher chances of declaring an ace more than once or twice. |
SamiiMar 16, 2015 3:46 AM
| Hello, I'm new. I always thought there was a prerequisite group to join to be able to participate? I submitted a registration as I seem to be wrong, but just leaving this to be sure, if I'm wrong, please correct me. |
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Red_Tuesday said: Hello, I'm new. I always thought there was a prerequisite group to join to be able to participate? I submitted a registration as I seem to be wrong, but just leaving this to be sure, if I'm wrong, please correct me. There's no need to join any groups. There is a FAL club but you don't have to join it - I didn't until after my 3rd time participating. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Didn't do so well last time, I hope this time is a bit different. |
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Luna_ said: The following are considered exceptions and you may have a maximum of one (1) of these in your team: High School DxD BorN Nisekoi: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku This is definitely going to be the toughest decision to make this season for me. All three of them seem like great choices. |
Mills said: Yeah...but you're shooting yourself in the foot if you don't pick Chess.Luna_ said: The following are considered exceptions and you may have a maximum of one (1) of these in your team: High School DxD BorN Nisekoi: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku This is definitely going to be the toughest decision to make this season for me. All three of them seem like great choices. |
Mills said: Luna_ said: The following are considered exceptions and you may have a maximum of one (1) of these in your team: High School DxD BorN Nisekoi: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku This is definitely going to be the toughest decision to make this season for me. All three of them seem like great choices. All the better to enhance everyone's gameplay, my dearie~ |
| Will PMs to FALBot that are not properly formatted be filtered out? I accidentally sent a really messed up one by accident that would make anyone reading it think I was impaired. I sent a corrected one after, was just curious if my mediocrity was inconveniencing anyone. |
Be like this seal. It is a happy seal. ~Review Guidelines~ | ~Recommendation Guidelines~ | ~Mafia Society~ |
| Question: since forum posts on each anime source points for that anime, are FAL participants prevented from posting/ ignored by the statistics? Edit: Also, what is the PM format for declaring an ace? "Ace" in the subject field and the anime name in the text body? |
Red_TuesdayMar 18, 2015 5:48 AM
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PentaFlare said: Will PMs to FALBot that are not properly formatted be filtered out? I accidentally sent a really messed up one by accident that would make anyone reading it think I was impaired. I sent a corrected one after, was just curious if my mediocrity was inconveniencing anyone. If PMs aren't properly formatted and it's just a small mistake we'll try to correct them ourselves. If there's a bigger problem that we can't correct ourselves we'll send a PM to the person and ask to send a corrected PM. If you send a corrected PM immediately after you realized there was a problem with the first one then that's fine. If you realize it only later it's better you wait until I updated the headcount thread to see if your registration went through or until you get a PM from us. Red_Tuesday said: Question: since forum posts on each anime source points for that anime, are FAL participants prevented from posting/ ignored by the statistics? Edit: Also, what is the PM format for declaring an ace? "Ace" in the subject field and the anime name in the text body? FAL participants are free to post in all threads (and the posts aren't ignored) but please don't spam in them just to get more points for certain series, otherwise you'll hear from our forum mods :P There's no specific format for submitting aces or wildcards. "Ace" or "Wildcard" in the subject and the name of the anime in the text body is fine. |
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| Was a nice fast pick this time. The upcoming season looks very promising there are some nice titles in there. Hopefully the season will be as good as it seems. And hopefully i will do well in FAL this time. |
Mills said: Luna_ said: The following are considered exceptions and you may have a maximum of one (1) of these in your team: High School DxD BorN Nisekoi: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku This is definitely going to be the toughest decision to make this season for me. All three of them seem like great choices. Not really YAHARI ALL THE WAY |
| "Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least should be sweet..." - Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatte Iru) |
| Can someone Explain me about the Wildcard?? I dont understanddd I can only send one wildcard, right? |
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aerithclode said: Can someone Explain me about the Wildcard?? I dont understanddd I can only send one wildcard, right? That's right. And you can't do it before week 9. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Let's see how this works, lol |
| I haven't been keeping up with anything anime-related for nearly a month now, so I still need to get acquainted with what's airing next season. I'm liking the choice between the three titles that have a heavy chance of being big-hitters. I also like the disqualification of shows with over 40000 watchers for ace eligibility; that will keep aces relevant longer. Looking forward to it. |
| Wait, so with the season starting on march 29, does that mean weeks are counting from then? IE, week 2's points will start on the 5th of april Week 3 on the 12th of april etc? What about shows that don't even start until late in april, like Grisaia no Rakuen (the 20th of april) etc. TL;DR - did I just fuck myself putting Grisaia no Rakuen in my non-bench lineup and using both my registration and re-registration? |
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Red_Tuesday said: Wait, so with the season starting on march 29, does that mean weeks are counting from then? IE, week 2's points will start on the 5th of april Week 3 on the 12th of april etc? What about shows that don't even start until late in april, like Grisaia no Rakuen (the 20th of april) etc. TL;DR - did I just fuck myself putting Grisaia no Rakuen in my non-bench lineup and using both my registration and re-registration? All points except post counts are counted based on the situation at the end of the week. For week 1 this will be 5th April. Post count points are the new posts during the two week period in question, so week 2's post count points will be for 29th March to 12th April (as they are counted every other week). It's generally a good idea, if you want to put a late starter in your team (particularly one that won't have started at the end of week 2) to put it in your bench to start off with. |
kuuderes_shadowMar 24, 2015 5:25 AM
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| I see, well if I can't use a swap before the season starts, I'll withdraw so delete my team. In the future, putting the 'schedule' table from the club page in the relevant season rule thread's OP is a good idea. |
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Red_Tuesday said: I see, well if I can't use a swap before the season starts, I'll withdraw so delete my team. In the future, putting the 'schedule' table from the club page in the relevant season rule thread's OP is a good idea. The soonest anyone can make a swap is during week two. A mistake like putting a late starter on your active team during registration will have a minimal impact on the amount of points earned during the entire season since it basically only affects week one (which usually has low points for most week one starts due to watching numbers often having only a couple days to accumulate) and the need of using swap in some instances, so I don't think it would be necessary to withdraw over that. However, if that is what you would prefer to do, I suggest you specifically contact Luna_ by PM. Just so there's an official dialogue of it between you two and a record to officiate it. I will add 'putting the schedule table from the club page in the relevant season rule thread's OP' into our list of things to do for in the future. Thanks. |
Numi said: Red_Tuesday said: I see, well if I can't use a swap before the season starts, I'll withdraw so delete my team. In the future, putting the 'schedule' table from the club page in the relevant season rule thread's OP is a good idea. The soonest anyone can make a swap is during week two. A mistake like putting a late starter on your active team during registration will have a minimal impact on the amount of points earned during the entire season since it basically only affects week one (which usually has low points for most week one starts due to watching numbers often having only a couple days to accumulate) and the need of using swap in some instances, so I don't think it would be necessary to withdraw over that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I swap after week 2 starts, doesn't that swap only take effect for week 3's points onwards? I guess I misunderstood then, I'll be fine if a week 2 swap counts for week 2. |
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