The Official H!PS XIV Discussion Thread

[qumqak92]

wow the candidates have appeared, i have several favorite girls, i hope my winning chance is a bit high?

[sb]

Member #1 has won the past 2 years (Sayumi) and now that spot belongs to Maimi...

Weather report for the island calls for lots of rain!!

[rikkikow]

^ Post position 1 always has the inside track.
Don't think we haven't noticed that Moh has stacked the deck.
I guess H!PS won't be happening where there is drought
https://youtu.be/XaupBBI2x58
unless you are expecting a lot of crying from the gods this year.

For the first time I don't feel a Morning Musume winning.

Thanks for ignoring Aika. She's been kicked around enough in H!PS.

[AyuHikaru]

I'm just gonna make a bazillion Tomoko the Bully macros for this.

[esm]

Anybody have the record on all the past winners?

rikkikow, I know you do.

[rikkikow]

^ Yeah, it's on the bottom of the ocean. The Japanese tsunami carried it off.
Will excavate.

Spoiler: show

ex·ca·vate
ˈekskəˌvāt/
verb
verb: excavate; 3rd person present: excavates; past tense: excavated; past participle: excavated; gerund or present participle: excavating

1.
make (a hole or channel) by digging.

2.
remove earth carefully and systematically from (an area) in order to find buried remains.

[rikkikow]

THE LEGACY OF THE HELLO! PROJECT SURVIVOR WINNERS
“The outcome means everything; it’s the journey that sucks.” rikkikow


HELLO! PROJECT SURVIVOR WINNERS

2014 – Sayumi Michishige (no runner-ups)
Ayumi Ishida and Sakura Odo placed in Limbo

Spoiler: show

2013 – Sayumi Michishige (Haruka Kudo runner-up)

Spoiler: show

2012 – Erina Ikuta (no runner-ups)
Ayumi Ishida and Haruka Kudo placed in Limbo

Spoiler: show

2011 – Miyabi Natsuyaki (Airi Suzuki runner-up)

Spoiler: show

2010 – Reina Tanaka (Ai Takahashi runner-up)

Spoiler: show

2009 - Eri Kamei (Ai Takahashi runner-up)

Spoiler: show

2008 - Sayumi Michishige (Ai Takahashi runner-up)

Spoiler: show

2007 - Risa Niigaki (Sayumi Michishige runner-up)
2006 - Ai Takahashi (Risa Niigaki runner-up)
2005 – Maki Goto (Mari Yaguchi runner-up)
2004 - Tsuji Nozomi and Mari Yaguchi tied for the win
2003 - Mari Yaguchi (Kaori Iida runner-up)
2002 – Natsumi Abe (Mari Yaguchi runner-up)

NEVER FORGET.

[rikkikow]

Refresher course from 2014 for everyone.

Some tips for new players:
H!PS truth #1:
It's really really hard to win H!PS.

H!PS truth #2:
Never believe everything that is posted. It could be misdirection.

H!PS truth #3:
It's all illusion. No idols are harmed.

H!PS truth #4:
You will probably get stabbed in the back.

H!PS truth #5:
The outcome means everything.

H!PS truth #6:
There is only one winner. There is no prize for alternate.

H!PS truth #7:
In H!PS you better bring your ‘A’ game because if you bring your ‘B’ game
your girl will be snatched in a minute. Bring your ‘A’ game.

H!PS truth #8:
No matter what you do, your favorites are gonna get dumped out first.

H!PS truth #9:
Voting for your least favorite idol is not a strategy.

H!PS truth #10:
“The most important thing is to give your all until
the very end.” Samuri Fiction

H!PS truth #11:
Fools rush in where blind men never walk.

H!PS truth #12:
H!PS is a boring game.

H!PS truth #13:
What you get out of H!PS is what you put into it.

H!PS truth #14:
Next time listen to rikkikow.

[Celedam]

^ I'll vouch for Truths #9, #12, and #13.

[Amped]

H!PS truth #15: SB will cheat the game to get rid of a member clearly in the lead by adding 10+ votes himself when polls are already closed and counted. So your vote won't really matter.