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Rules for FAL Fall 2020

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Sep 20, 2020 7:06 PM
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Registration

After you have read the rules and picked out your 7 seasonal anime, go to this website to register your team: http://mfal.website/reg/
  1. Enter your MAL username EXACTLY as it appears on your profile (to avoid formatting issues, we strongly urge you to copy and paste it.)
  2. Click the continue button.
  3. Choose the seven anime which form your team from the dropdowns. Carefully arrange which anime you would like to start on your bench.
  4. Copy the "verification code" which has been generated for you and go to your Profile Settings on MAL. Paste the into the "Location field" and click submit. Check that the code now appears on your profile.
  5. Go back to the registration page and make any final changes to your team. Then click "Register Team."
  6. You can now remove the verification code from your profile.
Note: a new code will be generated every time you visit the Registration page.

Registration Deadline: September 27, 19:00 UTC
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 are free to re-register a new team by repeating the instructions outlined above.

Make sure to also join the Fantasy Anime League club for notifications on all future updates.


Rules

The rules for the Spring 2020 season are now void and shall be replaced by the following rules:
  1. Each player will make a team by choosing 5 active anime and 2 bench anime from the Fall 2020 season. Eligible titles are provided in the next post. Please note OVA/ONA/Movies/Specials are not included.
  2. Eligible anime can be used in any combination in your team, except you can only have a maximum of 1 title from the following list: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2020) or Jujutsu Kaisen (TV). Please note the following anime are not eligible due to significantly high popularity: Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka III, Haikyuu!!: To the Top 2nd Season, and Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Raihousha-hen.
  3. The Fall 2020 season will start on September 28, 2020.
  4. Points will only accumulate within the 14 weeks this FAL season is in session. Later episodes and weeks will not count toward a team's score. In addition, episode discussion forum posts that were posted before the FAL season starts will not count.
  5. Only the active anime on a team will score points; the bench anime will not score any points.
  6. A player may swap up to 3 anime during the entire FAL season and can only swap every 3 weeks. Click here to learn more about bench swaps. The only exception to this is through the use of the extra swap wildcard.
  7. Players will not be required to be active for the duration of the FAL season. Nor will they be required to actually watch the anime on their team. They will simply need to set a bracket at the beginning, let their anime rack up points, and swap benches and/or use the wildcard/aces when they feel it is beneficial to their score.
  8. In the event that 2 or more teams wind up with the same score at the end of the FAL season, their bench anime will be used as a tiebreaker. The team with the bench anime that score the most points during the entire FAL season will win.
  9. In the event that an anime has not begun airing by week 5, the anime will be disqualified and points will no longer be tallied for it. It will not be replaced with another anime.
  10. In the event that an anime's database entry is removed after the FAL season has started, the anime will be disqualified and points will no longer be tallied for it. It will not be replaced with another anime.

The top 3 will be awarded with a banner for extra bragging rights!

If a player decides/needs to change their username while FAL is running, the FAL Staff must be notified immediately via private message to FALbot. 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:
  • Weekly points:
    • +1 point for each user on MAL who legitimately has the anime under "Currently Watching" or "Completed" that week.
    • Double the anime's "Currently Watching" and "Completed" points for the week if 3% or fewer of the teams have it included in their active anime.
    • +25 points for each forum post in the anime's episode discussion threads in the previous two weeks (counted every two weeks using the replies column and the number of threads found on the anime's discussion board).

  • Additional points:
    • +3000*((un)weighted score) points for score ratings on MAL upon week 3.
    • +6000*((un)weighted score) points for score ratings on MAL upon week 7.
    • +9000*((un)weighted score) points for score ratings on MAL upon week 10.
    • +12000*((un)weighted score) points for score ratings on MAL at the end of the FAL season (week 14).
    • −4 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 4.
    • −6 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 8.
    • −8 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 11.
    • −10 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" at the end of the FAL season (week 14).
    • +25 points for each user who has favorited the anime upon week 5.
    • +50 points for each user who has favorited the anime upon week 8.
    • +75 points for each user who has favorited the anime upon week 11 and at the end of the FAL season (week 14).
    • +4000 points for the team that gets the highest unique score that week. A team may receive this bonus only 1 time per FAL season.
    • +2000 points for each English-speaking region that simulcasts the anime in English in each of the following regions: USA, Canada, UK/Ireland, and Australia/New Zealand. The regions must be confirmed on MAL News' official Fall 2020 Simulcast List thread. The number of companies that simulcast an anime is irrelevant; only which region(s) it gets simulcast in matter. Simulcast points are counted in week 5.
    • +10000 points if licensed in USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, or New Zealand upon week 13. This is restricted to 1 license per anime. Licenses shall be defined by MAL News' official Q2 2020 Anime Licenses thread and their sources. A home video release must be announced or heavily implied. Companies that solely get simulcasting licenses will be excluded. In the event that the thread's OP has not been updated recently enough to include all credible sources linked in the threads' comments, FAL staff will verify those sources and award points accordingly.
Strategically counted points:
The following points are determined based on the player's discretion.
  • Wildcard
    All players are given the opportunity to choose 1 of the following options as a wildcard starting on week 9 of the FAL season:
    1. The booster. Add a one-time 3000 point bonus to the team's score for the week.
    2. An extra swap. At a cost of 1500 points, immediately swap a bench anime with an active anime. To use this wildcard, the player must 1) send a PM saying he or she wants to use the wildcard swap and 2) post in the Bench Swaps thread as if the player were making a normal swap.
    3. The nuke (up version). At a cost of 1500 points, subtract X points from the team above or at the same rank as the team of the player using the nuke.
    4. The nuke (down version). At a cost of 1500 points, subtract X points from the team below or at the same rank as the team of the player using the nuke.
    The team rankings of the previous week will be used for a nuke. X = 6750 in weeks 9–12, 5750 in week 13, and 4750 in week 14. If a player uses the nuke and the rank above/below is shared by more than 1 team, the nuke receiver will be determined randomly.
  • 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:
    • +3000 points if the Ace becomes the anime with the most points on the team for that week.
    • −3000 points if the Ace does not become the anime with the most points on the team for that week.
    Furthermore,
    • Aces are available as soon as the FAL season begins.
    • Each anime on a team may be declared as an Ace only 1 time per FAL season.
    • Once an anime passes 55,000 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. For information about the Ace, read the FAQ.

A player may use Wildcards and Aces by PMing FALbot.
NaruleachMar 16, 2021 10:03 PM
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Sep 20, 2020 7:07 PM
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The following anime are eligible this season with no exceptions:
100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru
A3! Season Autumn & Winter
Adachi to Shimamura
Akudama Drive
Assault Lily: Bouquet
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020)
Eternity: Shinya no Nurekoi Channel ♡
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? Bloom
Golden Kamuy 3rd Season
Guraburu!
Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi
Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - Rhyme Anima
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Inu to Neko Docchi mo Katteru to Mainichi Tanoshii
Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls
Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko
Kamisama ni Natta Hi
Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen
King's Raid: Ishi wo Tsugumono-tachi
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai
Majo no Tabitabi
Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst
Maesetsu!
Maoujou de Oyasumi
Munou na Nana
Noblesse
Ochikobore Fruit Tart
One Room Third Season
Osomatsu-san 3rd Season
Otona nya Koi no Shikata ga Wakaranee!
Rail Romanesque
Senyoku no Sigrdrifa
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin
Taisou Zamurai
Tonikaku Kawaii
Tsukiuta. The Animation 2
Yuukoku no Moriarty


The following are considered exceptions and you may have a maximum of one (1) of these in your team:
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (2020)
Jujutsu Kaisen (TV)


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 Fall 2020 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 Fall 2020 season, please let us know ASAP!
Sep 20, 2020 8:15 PM
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Not sure if it's just me but i'm seeing some odd symbols instead of a minus sign on the top post.

−4 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 4.
−6 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 8.
−8 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 11.
−10 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" at the end of the FAL season (week 14).

−3000 points if the Ace does not become the anime with the most points on the team for that week.

Sep 21, 2020 12:24 AM
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StormSky92 said:
Not sure if it's just me but i'm seeing some odd symbols instead of a minus sign on the top post.

−4 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 4.
−6 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 8.
−8 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" upon week 11.
−10 points for each user who has anime under "Dropped" at the end of the FAL season (week 14).

−3000 points if the Ace does not become the anime with the most points on the team for that week.

Oops, fixed
Sep 21, 2020 5:28 AM
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Congress said:
Registration

For for information about the Ace, read the FAQ


This is a very minor issue but since I spotted it, I will just mention it.
Sep 21, 2020 2:47 PM
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darkj25 said:
Congress said:
Registration

For for information about the Ace, read the FAQ


This is a very minor issue but since I spotted it, I will just mention it.
Fixed, thanks for the catch xD
Sep 27, 2020 12:01 PM
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Registration for FAL Fall 2020 has now ended! If you missed the registration for this season, don't worry. We'll be back for another FAL season in Spring 2021. Hope to see you then!
p r o f i l e 👀
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