ISML 2023 Charter
The Annual Charter defines the values and limitations of and establishes a schedule for ISML. The Charter proposes to be the flexible aspect of ISML that complements the static Constitution. It aims to provide ISML with the ability to make the innovations necessary to remain entertaining each year.
I. General Rules and Outline
A. To publicly test the operation of the new ISML website and to continue the history of ISML, this tournament will be organized under the name: ISML 2023.
B. ISML 2023 will consist of: the Main Tournament (Section IV), the Tournament of Champions (Section XIII), and Exhibition Matches (Section XIII).
C. ISML 2023 will be held across a total of Eighteen (18) match days (excluding Nomination Phase). The amount of match days each phase of the tournament will take will be specified on Section XV.
D. A match day will consist of a voting phase and result announcement.
1. Voting phase will be held as scheduled (see Section XV) and will run for Twenty-Four (24) hours. Staff may extend this time if system errors prevent votes from being submitted during this period. All extensions will be reported on the Website.
2. Voting will be held on https://international.saimoe.website/voting
3. Detailed Policies and Procedures of voting phase are explained in Section II.
4. Results for each match day will be announced approximately Twenty-Four (24) hours after the end of each voting phase, unless decided otherwise.
E. As constituted by Article I Section 4 of the ISML Constitution, ISML Commissioner and delegated Technical Staff will preside over ISML 2023 during the course of its duration, with authorities and duties as described on the ISML Constitution. These two parties will be referred as one term "ISML Staff" in this charter.
II. Voting Policies and Procedures
A. The IP addresses of voters will be logged in order to verify ballot authenticity and voter uniqueness.
B. Voters are obliged to obey the Policies stated in Article IV of the ISML Constitution.
1. Voters may not submit multiple ballots in the same round.
2. Voters may not engage in bribery, blackmail, aggressive intimidation, or similar unethical activities.
3. Voters may not engage in any other activities forbidden by the laws of their respective country or domicile. ISML, our Commissioner, and all of our Staff are not responsible for the actions of our users.
C. ISML Staff reserve the right to decide whether a violation of the procedures has or has not happened.
D. ISML Staff reserve the right to exercise punishments to Parties that are deemed to have violated procedures as constituted on Article IV of the ISML Constitution.
E. Voters may change their vote (if cast in error) by contacting the Staff via ISML Forum or ISML Discord, etc. Vote change requests must include the IP address from which the vote was cast and/or the vote id given at the confirmation page when a ballot has been submitted (page after vote is sent), the original incorrect vote, and the requested new vote.
F. Voters may abstain from any match in a given round, but a ballot must have a minimum number of votes to be considered valid. This value differs depending on the round and will be specified on each voting ballot.
III. General Rules of Eligibility and Qualification
A. Character eligibility will be checked according to Article III of the ISML Constitution. Full-length animations referred to in Article III Section 3 of the ISML Constitution are animated series airing more than 20 consecutive minutes or accumulating at least 40 minutes of screen time.
B. Consideration of female gender (for entry into Female Division or any other Female-based tournaments) includes: the character is female, possesses a female form (in which case only the instances when the character is female shall be considered), or must regularly exhibit feminine qualities when the character's gender is unknown or cannot be determined.
C. Consideration of male gender uses the same qualification as Section III.B, except with regards to male and masculine characters.
D. A character who qualifies as both male and female may enter one division only. The staff will consider the following points in their decision:
1. The amount of screen time the character gets as each gender.
2. The character's personal identity.
E. In case a character’s gender is hard to determine, the default choice of gender will be female.
F. ISML Staff reserve the right to deem any avatar-type character ineligible for the Main Tournament.
1. We define "avatar" as any entity, virtual or otherwise, that is controlled by a distant conscience.
2. An avatar may be eligible in the following cases:
i. His/her status as an avatar has not been revealed in the anime adaptation.
ii. The character only appears as an avatar; i.e., the controlling conscience is never revealed or does not have a corporeal form.
iii. The avatar gains, or regains, his/her own individual conscience.
G. Qualification for the Main Tournament will take precedence over all other tournaments except Tournament of Champions (see Section XIII.D).
IV. Main Tournament
A. The Main Tournament will consist of Preliminary Period, a series of Group Stages, and Postseason Elimination Stage.
B. The Main Tournament will follow the schedule as explained on this website unless decided otherwise (see Section XV).
C. The Main Tournament will be divided into Four (4) Divisions: the Female Nova Division, the Female Stella Division, the Male Nova Division, and the Male Stella Division.
D. Characters participating in any Division are known as Contestants.
V. Nova Division
A. The Nova Division will consist of Four (4) Splits: the Winter Split, the Spring Split, the Summer Split, and the Autumn Split.
B. The Nova Division Nomination Phase will occur alongside the Stella Division Nomination Phase (see Section VIII.B).
1. During the Nomination Phase (Section VIII.B), Characters will first be considered for the Stella Division, even if the intent was to nominate them for the Nova Division. Only if they fail to advance to the Stella Division will they be considered for the Nova Division Preliminary Period.
2. During the Nomination Phase (Section VIII.B), Characters who are eligible for the Winter Split will first be considered for the Winter Split, even if the intent was to nominate them for the Spring, Summer or Autumn Split. Only if they fail to advance to the Nova Division Winter Split will they be considered for the Spring, Summer or Autumn Split. Likewise, Spring Split will be considered before Summer Split, then Autumn Split.
C. Characters must appear in an anime series, excluding trailers and music videos, during the following duration to be eligible for the corresponding Split. For movies or other series with restricted screenings, the earlier date of the release date in the third continent and the BD/DVD release date will be used to judge eligibility.
1. The Winter Split: from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023.
2. The Spring Split: from 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023.
3. The Summer Split: from 1 July 2023 to 30 September 2023.
4. The Autumn Split: from 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023.
D. Characters satisfy any of the following conditions are not eligible for the Nova Division:
1. Characters participated in any of the Tournament of Champions matches since ISML 2020.
2. Characters participated in any of the Postseason Elimination Stage matches since ISML 2020.
3. Contestants who have won any Necklace or Pendant since ISML 2020.
4. Contestants who have been awarded a Seasonal Diadem since ISML 2020.
5. Characters participated in any of the Nova Division Group Stage matches in the recent Three (3) Splits.
E. At the end of the Nova Division, the winner of the Female Nova Division will be awarded the Divine Circlet and the winner of the Male Nova Division will be awarded the Divine Crown, and both will be declared as Champions of Nova Division for ISML 2023.
VI. Stella Division
A. The format and schedule of Stella Division are identical for both Female Stella Division and Male Stella Division.
B. To be eligible for the Stella Division, a character must have first appeared before 01 January 2023. Any character data occurred after said date are not eligible for the Stella Division.
C. Across the duration of the Stella Division, Seven (7) Gem Necklace/Pendant will be distributed to the Contestant who was deemed to have performed the best on each phase of the Group Stages.
1. The potential names of the gems are: Aquamarine, Topaz, Amethyst, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, and Diamond.
2. The mechanism that will be used to distribute the Gem Necklace/Pendant will be ruled on Section XI.
D. At the end of the Stella Division, the winner of the Female Stella Division will be awarded the Heavenly Tiara and the winner of the Male Stella Division will be awarded the Champion's Scepter, and both will be declared as Champions of Stella Division for ISML 2023.
VII. Automatic Qualification
A. No characters are permitted to advance directly to the Group Stages.
B. Characters satisfy any of the following conditions are permitted automatic entry into the Preliminary Period, excluding the Contestants of the Tournament of Champions:
1. Characters participated in any of the Postseason Elimination Stage matches in ISML 2022.
2. Contestants won any Necklace or Pendant in ISML 2022.
VIII. Nomination Phase
A. The Nomination Phase lasts Seven (7) days (see Section XV).
B. The Nova Division and the Stella Division share a single character nomination form.
1. Voters may nominate up to Thirty-Two (32) characters each.
2. At least Eight (8) eligible anime franchises must be represented on the ballot.
3. At least Two (2) female and Two (2) male characters must be included on the ballot.
4. At most Four (4) characters from any given series or franchise may be nominated on the ballot.
5. No character may be nominated more than once on the ballot.
6. All nominations have equal weight. There is no ranking of nominations in each ballot.
C. Invalid nominations on a ballot will be discarded individually and will not void the ballot unless any discard results in that ballot being in violation of Section VIII.B or VIII.C, in which case that ballot will be voided.
D. At the end of the Nomination Period, the characters with the most nominations for each Division will advance into the Main Tournament until the allotted slots are filled. However, for the Nova Division, the following additional factors shall be considered.
1. No series will be allowed more than Three (3) characters in a Split.
2. Characters with more nominations have an increased chance of qualifying.
3. Characters who have less nominations than a different character from the same series have a decreased chance of qualifying.
E. The number of allotted slots for each Split of the Female Nova Division is Twenty (20). If, however, two or more characters have the same number of nominations, the number of allotted slots for each division is not subject to the Twenty (20) limit.
F. The number of allotted slots for each Split of the Male Nova Division is Ten (10). If, however, two or more characters have the same number of nominations, the number of allotted slots for each division is not subject to the Ten (10) limit.
G. The number of allotted slots for both Female Stella Division and Male Stella Division is Seventy-Two (72) minus the number of automatic entries permitted in Section VII.B. If, however, two or more characters have the same number of nominations, the number of allotted slots for each division is not subject to the Seventy-Two (72) limit.
IX. Preliminary Period
A. Contestants are tentatively seeded based on the results from the Nomination Phase. The following sequence of tiebreakers will be used to break ties in favor of the character(s) who fits the stated description, applying each subsequent condition only among tied Contestants:
1. Automatically qualified characters (Section VII.B).
2. Greater number of nominations.
3. Characters participated in any of the Postseason Elimination Stage matches in ISML 2022. The higher final rank.
4. Contestants won any Necklace or Pendant in ISML 2022.
5. Contestants been awarded a Seasonal Diadem in ISML 2022. The better overall performance.
6. Characters participated in any of the Stella Division matches in ISML 2022. The higher final rank.
7. Characters participated in any of the Nova Division matches in ISML 2022. The better overall performance.
8. Selection by Staff.
B. Female Nova Division
1. Contestants of each Split will collectively be subjected to an Approval Voting match. The top Twelve (12) Contestants will advance to the Group Stage, while the rest will be eliminated.
2. In case of a tie, the nomination rank (Section IX.A) will be used to break the tie.
C. Male Nova Division
1. Contestants of each Split will collectively be subjected to an Approval Voting match. The top Six (6) Contestants will advance to the Group Stage, while the rest will be eliminated.
2. In case of a tie, the nomination rank will be used to break the tie.
D. Stella Division
1. The Preliminary Period consists of Two (2) voting rounds, defined below.
i. As to Round 1, the Contestants will be split into Two (2) balanced groups based on the nomination rank. The Contestants will collectively be subjected to an Approval Voting match.
ii. As to Round 2, the Contestants will be split into Eight (8) re-balanced groups based on the Round 1 result. The nomination rank will be used to break the tie. The Contestants will collectively be subjected to a Limited Voting match. Voters may select up to Three (3) Contestants per group.
2. The Contestants will be seeded based on the result of the Preliminary Period. The following sequence of tiebreakers will be used to break ties in favor of the character(s) who fits the stated description, applying each subsequent condition only among tied Contestants.
i. Less Average Rank Points (ARP) of the Preliminary Period. ARP = (Average Deserved Rank of Round 1) + 4 * (Average Deserved Rank of Round 2).
ii. Automatically qualified characters (Section VII.B).
iii. Greater number of nominations.
iv. Greater Cumulative Vote Points (CVP) value of the preliminary period match.
3. At the end of Preliminary Period, after all tiebreakers have been applied, the top Sixty (60) Contestants will advance to the Group Stages, while the rest will be eliminated.
X. Group Stage
A. General Rules
1. Each stage consists of Five (5) matches for all Nova Division Contestants. Each stage consists of Three (3) matches for all Stella Division Contestants.
i. Each Contestant will have exactly One (1) opponent per match.
ii. Each match will be done on a single, specific match day. Technical rules of each match day follow Section I, while the schedule of each match day follows Section XV.
2. At the end of each match, the Contestant who received the greater number of valid votes in his/her match will be declared the winner of that match; the opposing Contestant will be declared the loser. If opposing Contestants have an equal number of valid votes, their match will be declared a draw: both Contestants will record a tie in their statistics, and no overtime match will occur.
3. A ranking system for each Group will be utilized to record the Contestants' results. The following iterative process will be used to update the rankings within a Group: the highest available rank is given to the Contestant who satisfies the following conditions, applying each subsequent condition only among tied Contestants.
i. Greater number of cumulative wins and draws, in which a draw will be counted as half (1/2) the value of a win.
ii. Greater Cumulative Vote Point Difference (CVPD) value.
iii. Greater Cumulative Vote Point (CVP) value.
iv. Selected by Staff.
4. Other statistics may be posted and kept for study and analysis.
B. Female Nova Division
1. Contestants of each Split will be split into Two (2) groups of Six (6). Contestants in the same Group will compete with each other in a round-robin format.
2. At the end of each Split, after all tiebreakers have been applied, the top Two (2) Contestants in each Group will advance to the Split final. The 3rd ranked Contestants will collectively be subjected to an additional match. The winning Contestants will advance, while the rest will be eliminated. This additional match is known as a Wild Card Match and will occur alongside the next match day after Group Stage of each Split.
3. The winning Contestants of the Split final, as decided by a Range Voting Match, are awarded the corresponding Seasonal Diadem. The top Four (4) Contestants in the Split final will advance to the Postseason Elimination Stage.
C. Male Nova Division
1. Contestants of each Split will compete with each other in a round-robin format.
2. At the end of each Split, after all tiebreakers have been applied, the top Three (3) Contestants will advance to the Split final.
3. The winning Contestants of the Split final, as decided by a Range Voting Match, are awarded the corresponding Seasonal Diadem. The top Two (2) Contestants in the Split final will advance to the Postseason Elimination Stage.
D. Stella Division
1. On each Stage, Contestants will be split into Groups. Contestants in the same Group will compete with each other in a round-robin format.
i. The First Group Stage will consist of Sixty (60) Contestants, including Twelve (15) groups of Four (4) Contestants.
ii. The Second Group Stage will consist of Forty (40) Contestants, including Ten (10) groups of Four (4) Contestants.
iii. The Third Group Stage will consist of Twenty-Four (24) Contestants, including Six (6) groups of Four (4) Contestants.
2. At the end of each Group Stages, after all tiebreakers have been applied, Contestants who have performed well will advance to the next stage.
i. After the First Group Stage, the top Two (2) Contestants in each group will advance. The 3rd ranked Contestants will collectively be subjected to an Approval Voting match. The top Ten (10) Contestants will advance, while the rest will be eliminated. Wild Card Matches of Stella Division and will occur alongside the Necklace and Pendant Matches (see Section XI).
ii. After the Second Group Stage, the top Two (2) Contestants in each group will advance. The 3rd ranked Contestants will collectively be subjected to a Single Transferable Voting match. The top Four (4) Contestants will advance, while the rest will be eliminated.
iii. After the Third Group Stage, the top Two (2) Contestants in each group will advance to the Elimination Stage. The 3rd ranked Contestants will collectively be subjected to a Range Voting match. The top Four (4) Contestants will advance, while the rest will be eliminated.
3. After each Stage, all advanced Contestants will be re-seeded according to their results in prior Stages before being allocated to their respective Groups.
XI. Necklace and Pendant Showdown
A. At the end of each Group Stage of the Stella Division, there will be a Necklace Showdown for the Female Division to determine the winner of the Necklace for that Period. The Male Division will have a similar Pendant Showdown.
B. Only one Necklace and one Pendant will be awarded per Necklace/Pendant match. Each match will consist of Eight (8) Contestants.
1. Three (3) Necklace/Pendant matches will take place in the First Group Stage.
2. Two (2) Necklace/Pendant matches will take place in each of the Second Group Stage and the Third Group Stage.
C. Best performed Contestants from each Division will participate in a Necklace/Pendant Showdown based on their performance during the relevant Period.
1. After the First Group Stage, a total of Twenty-Four (24) Contestants will advance.
2. After each of the Second Group Stage and the Third Group Stage, a total of Sixteen (16) Contestants will advance.
D. For each slot, the slot will be filled by the eligible Contestant who satisfies the following conditions, applying each subsequent condition only among tied Contestants. The seeding of Necklace/Pendant matches will also be decided according to the same procedure.
1. Highest ranking (Section X.A.3).
2. Greater number of Period cumulative wins and draws, in which a draw will be counted as Half (1/2) the value of a win.
3. Greater Period's Cumulative Vote Point Difference (PCVPD) value.
4. Greater Period's Cumulative Vote Points (PCVP) value.
5. Selected by Staff.
E. The voting round will last Twenty-Four (24) hours.
1. Voters will rank the Contestants in each of the Showdown matches.
2. Nova Division Matches and Exhibition Matches may be scheduled alongside the Necklace and Pendant Showdowns.
F. At the end of the Round, the winning Contestants, as decided by an Instant-Runoff Voting system, are awarded the Necklaces and Pendants.
1. Ties are resolved in favor of the Contestant who was ranked highest on the most ballots. A continued tie will be broken using the number of second-highest ranks, and so on.
2. If the tie still persists after that, the same procedure as the one used in the Main Tournament will be used to break it (see Section X.A.3).
G. Contestants who win a Necklace or Pendant are ineligible for later Showdowns for the remainder of the year.
H. The gem for the Necklace and Pendant will be chosen for the winning Contestants no later than after all the winning Contestants are known. The priorities for gem choice are listed below.
1. Gem which the character has not obtained in the past.
2. Gem that fits the character the best. Public poll may be taken to determine the best fitting gem among the available gems for the winning Contestant.
XII. Elimination Stage
A. General Rules
1. Contestants advance through the bracket according to traditional single-elimination rules.
2. If opposing Contestants have the same number of votes at the end of an Elimination Round, the Contestant who had won their previous head-to-head match during the Group Stages will be declared the winner. If that match was also a draw, or did not occur, the higher-seeded Contestant according to the initial Elimination Stage seeding will be declared the winner.
3. Eliminated Contestants will be seeded into the Consolation Brackets that will determine the final rankings from third place to last place. These matches will take place during the Elimination Stage at the earliest possible opportunity.
B. Female Nova Division
1. Sixteen (16) Contestants are seeded according to their performances in Group Stage.
2. The 1st round will feature the following matches based on seed: 1st vs 16th, 8th vs 9th, 4th vs 13th, 5th vs 12th, 2nd vs 15th, 7th vs 10th, 3rd vs 14th, and 6th vs 11th.
C. Female Nova Division
1. Eight (8) Contestants are seeded according to their performances in Group Stage.
2. The Quarterfinals round will feature the following matches based on seed: 1st vs 8th, 4th vs 5th, 2nd vs 7th, and 3rd vs 6th.
D. Stella Division
1. Sixteen (16) Contestants from each Division are seeded according to their performances in Group Stage.
2. The 1st round will feature the following matches based on seed: 1st vs 16th, 8th vs 9th, 4th vs 13th, 5th vs 12th, 2nd vs 15th, 7th vs 10th, 3rd vs 14th, and 6th vs 11th.
XIII. Tournament of Champions
A. The most recent Eight (8) Tiara winners and most recent Eight (8) Scepter winners of ISML will participate in a side tournament to be held during the Main Tournament. This tournament is referred to as the Tournament of Champions.
B. The Tournament of Champions will be held across a series of matches in a round-robin format, in which Four (4) contestants with the most wins will enter Elimination stage.
→ In case of a tie, the same procedure as the one used in the Main Tournament will be used to break it (see Section X.A.3).
C. The Tournament of Champions’ Elimination stage will be run with Stepladder rule in Range Voting matches. The winning Contestants in the final will be crowned the winner of the Tournament of Champions.
D. Characters participating in the Tournament of Champions are ineligible for the Main Tournament.
E. Past champions who fall outside of the Tournament of Champions bracket are eligible for the Main Tournament.
XIV. Exhibition Matches
A. Exhibition Matches are official ISML-hosted events designed to raise awareness of anime series that are not represented and Japanese media characters who are not participating in the Main Tournament. The matches may focus on anime series airing after the Nomination Phase had begun or on other outlets possibly previously unknown to members of the Community.
B. Exhibition Matches have no effect on the Main Tournament, unless an exception for a specific match is announced at least one week before the start of that match.
C. Exhibition Matches may be scheduled during the Group Stages, the Necklace and Pendant Showdowns, and the Elimination Stage.
XV. Schedule
A. All dates in this section will be published on the Website for easy access by the Community.
B. All dates are subject to change. ISML may change the schedule without updating this section of the document; however, any and all changes must be published on the Website as early as possible.
C. Nomination Phase
1. Main Tournament Nomination Phase is scheduled from 9 September 2024 to 16 September 2024.
2. Nomination Phase will be extended if system errors prevent nomination submissions for more than Twenty-Four (24) cumulative hours.
3. Result of Nomination Phase will be announced approximately in Seven (7) days after the end of the phase.
D. The Main Tournament is scheduled from 28 September 2024 to 29 November 2024.
1. All matches in this period are scheduled to start at 1200 GMT on the dates reported on the ISML Calendar.
2. Female Nova Division
i. The Winter Split will take place from 15 October 2024 to 12 November 2024.
ii. The Spring Split will take place from 28 September 2024 to 29 October 2024.
iii. The Summer Split will take place from 1 October 2024 to 12 November 2024.
iv. The Autumn Split will take place from 15 October 2024 to 12 November 2024.
v. The Elimination Stage will take place from 17 November 2024 to 29 November 2024.
3. Male Nova Division
i. The Winter Split will take place from 1 October 2024 to 12 November 2024.
ii. The Spring Split will take place from 15 October 2024 to 12 November 2024.
iii. The Summer Split will take place from 28 September 2024 to 29 October 2024.
iv. The Autumn Split will take place from 28 September 2024 to 12 November 2024.
v. The Elimination Stage will take place from 21 November 2024 to 29 November 2024.
4. Stella Division
i. The Preliminary Period will take place from 28 September 2024 to 1 October 2024.
ii. The First Group Stage will take place from 5 October 2024 to 15 October 2024.
iii. The Second Group Stage will take place from 19 October 2024 to 29 October 2024.
iv. The Third Group Stage will take place from 2 November 2024 to 12 November 2024.
v. Elimination Stage will take place from 17 November 2024 to 29 November 2024.
XVI. Legal
A. The information presented on the website, including but not limited to biography information, statistical history, and copyright information, is not guaranteed to be completely accurate. ISML, including its staff and owners, cannot be held legally liable for any harm caused by the use or misuse of information contained within the pages located on the international.saimoe.website and internationalsaimoe.com domain.
B. The names of all characters and Japanese productions featured on the Website do not in any way belong to ISML. All copyrights and intellectual property belong to their respective owners. Images are used for identification purposes only.
C. During vote-checking, Staff shall not show any favoritism to any Contestant during the validation process.
D. Once the results are released, the results cannot be changed unless staff find major errors. People are allowed to appeal the results to bring into attention any serious errors. Staff may not give unnecessary information in replies to any appeals, except informing them whether their complaint has been accepted.
E. While the Staff will attempt to enforce the Voter Policies as strictly as possible, situations may occur where not all votes in violation of the Policies will be detected or where voters banned for Policy violations discover alternate methods to submit votes. The Staff will work to the best of their ability to minimize the occurrence of these situations.
F. All scheduled dates and times are subject to change without prior notice. However once changed, the Community will be notified on the Website.
G. Each year, ISML and the Staff attempt to present a fair system of matches. The Staff will ensure their best, honest, and virtuous effort to arrange a respectively even schedule for all Contestants without bias or favoritism or discrimination.
H. The Staff is authorized to delay the start of the voting session should any problems arise due to technical issues or other areas of concern. In such cases, the Staff are allowed to delay the end of the voting session and the release of results.
I. In the event of any discrepancy between the English version and the translated version, the English version hereof shall prevail.
XVII. Amendments
A. Once approved and published, the contents of this document shall not be altered. It may only be amended, in which amendments may update or supersede the statements in this document.
B. Amendments may be suggested by any member of the Community and are subject to approval by the Staff and Commissioner at any time during the course of the tournament.
C. Approved Amendments must be reported on the Website.
D. On 9 September 2024, Section VII.B.3 was removed because this was an invalid clause.
E. On 10 September 2024, Section XI.G was added to reinstate the restrictions that were lifted in ISML 2022 due to special circumstances and increase the opportunity for more Contestants to compete.
F. On 13 September 2024, Section XI.B, XI.C and XI.D were revised, Section XI.H was added, to reduce the workload of art staff, and award more appropriate gems for characters who win Necklaces and Pendants.
G. On 3 October 2024, Section IX.D.2 was revised, because the original description incorrectly omitted the scenario where automatically qualified characters have no valid number of votes in the nomination phase.
H. On 10 October 2024, Section XV.D were revised, because the replay of some Splits in Nova Division requires adjustment of Schedule.