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No.104531
Characters Who’ve Never Qualified for a MajorAnonymous
Replies:>>158929>>159109
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A thread to discuss characters who have never qualified once as one of the top 128 characters in a major tournament (Mr /co/, Ms /co/, King /v/, or Queen /v/), especially ones who've gotten close to doing so.
Grinch is very interesting because he's known for a TTT win and has never had a lower vote placing then 209, but he's never broken over that 128 seed barrier either.
No.104532
Anonymous
Replies:>>161382
Mansley I feel should've qualified at this point, not so much Rogard.
No.104535
Anonymous
Replies:>>105300
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Within the 10 - 20 spot threshold in King /v/ since 2022
No.104536
Anonymous
Replies:>>104539
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Pic related is one of the most well-remembered recurring characters from the show yet he never once qualified as the third rep for the series. I guess the silent majority are really basic and most of them only remember Courage and Eustace because those are in every episode.

Also check out where I got the picture from https://sexypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Computer
No.104539
Anonymous
Replies:>>105248
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>>104536
Well, if we're talking about notable characters who have never qualified and have Sexypedia pages...
https://sexypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Count_von_Count
No.105248
Anonymous
Replies:>>105255
>>104539
Muppets are rather underrepresented
Outside Kermit somehow becoming one of the major players zero Muppet specific characters have qualified and zero Sesame Street have qualified, and only a few other Muppets like Dark Crystal have qualified
No.105255
Anonymous
>>105248
Miss Piggy was able to make it in barred which was neat.
But yeah honestly I can't say I'm very surprised. The Muppets don't really have enough power & strength to consistently make top 128 & Sesame Street has about as much of a chance as Thomas The Tank Engine to win. Maybe things would be different if we had 256 slots instead but I don't think that's happening for a long while.
No.105260
Anonymous
Replies:>>105300
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Despite being near universally considered one of the best base game boss, Gehrman the first hunter has never once qualified.
No.105290
Anonymous
Replies:>>105710
scrungus really deserves to qualify
No.105300
Anonymous
Replies:>>105302>>105706
We could probably make a big list of these characters
>>104535
Getting closer each year.
>>105260
I've checked through all qualifier results and I don't think he's ever been nominated.
No.105302
Anonymous
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>>105300
Big fucking shame too. Bloodborne is really jerked off in /v/ and in the end no one gives a fuck and vote for literally a nobody. At least in queen /v/, The Doll and Lady Maria seem to be pretty consistent contestants since 2020.
And checking in, Ludwig actually managed to qualify for King /v/ 2021 but he jobbed to Demi-fiend which seems fair enough. Ever since, bloodborne characters seem to only like to job there.
No.105706
Anonymous
Replies:>>105739
>>105300
I have enough time to do that, any characters you want me to search in the results?
No.105710
Anonymous
Replies:>>156699
>>105290
ok greg grassfag
No.105739
Anonymous
>>105706
Goku
No.106043
Anonymous
Replies:>>156685>>157190>>157254
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>One of Disney’s most beloved animated characters from the canon
>Had one of the most catchiest songs in his film
>Was the Star of a (Tail)spinoff series that rivals darkwing duck in legacy
>Hasn’t appeared in a tournament once
Baloo has insane potential of doing good in a tournament and it’s incredible he hasn’t appeared yet
No.156676
Anonymous
Replies:>>156685>>157227
>Diane Foxington
Kek
No.156685
Anonymous
>>156676
Shit you just made me remember this thread existed. Shit now I have to nominate
>>106043 early on
No.156699
Anonymous
>>105710
dentistsisters...our response?
No.157190
Anonymous
Replies:>>157193>>157253
>>106043
He falls due to the board's general dislike for Disney
If Talespin got rebooted he'd likely be talked about enough to qualify a few times but I don't think that's going to happen now
No.157193
Anonymous
>>157190
In hindsight, it's amazing Kronk made champion
No.157204
Anonymous
Replies:>>157226>>159368
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The KFP villains are fairly well-liked, and Tai Lung and Shen have gotten fairly close in the past few qualifiers, but none of them have broken through yet

Although now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I remember someone mentioning in the Ms. threads this year that they'd campaign for Shen, so I guess we'll see how that turns out
No.157226
Anonymous
>>157204
>The KFP villains are fairly well-liked
Well there's a blatant exception to that now, though she would have had to qualify in last month's tournament. If any of them actually qualify and end up losing, I better see at least ONE funpost around them bowing at the end of KFP4.

Of course, I do think the wider issue is that we need to see anyone aside from Po qualifying. Time will tell if that can happen or not.
No.157227
Anonymous
>>156676
If she doesn't make it after the sequel hits, she's truly shit and finished.
No.157253
Anonymous
>>157190
That's a shame, I think some of these characters would make for fantastic champions and I’m not even a big fan of the company
No.157254
Anonymous
>>106043
Same reason that one boomer furry waifu from Talespin never makes it in.
No.157262
Anonymous
Replies:>>157264
Getting far in a side tournament is 90% campaigning. The meta is utterly different. Tag Team is a little closer (probably more like 75%), but to compare it is laughable. On /co/ something like 90%-95% of the vote is preemptively locked down, campaigning can sway a couple percentage points in a close match, on /tnt/ it’s the dictating factor. Even someone with maximum base appeal could potentially lose if they don’t campaign.
No.157264
Anonymous
Replies:>>157265
>>157262
I agree on an individual match by match basis, but I think /co/ can be swayed a lot more rounds in advance by build up campaigning. You might only be able to sway a margin in a round itself, but the knowledge of your strong campaign can change the way people vote in future rounds as momentum builds(plus the longer it’s active the more people see it). By the final round a strong campaign could sway 10 points if they’ve been going at it since the start
No.157265
Anonymous
Replies:>>157266>>157268
>>157264
I agree. Also campaigning built up over multiple years. Grievous is a great example of this. Also I think ENA getting #1 seed this year is maybe attributable to her highly engaging past tourney history, cause she's certainly not my guess for #1 on base popularity.
It of course should be kept in mind that getting far with campainging is predicated on base appeal factors. A literal who like Cheesecake or controversial zoomies like MD probably can change nothing.
No.157266
Anonymous
Replies:>>157268
>>157265
Eris is a really good example. Didn't get in in 2018. jobbed in 2019 and 2020. Not a powerhouse. Then she started getting more threads on the board, a strong campaign, a bit of good luck with match spread, and suddenly she's a powerhouse in both 2021 and 2023.

Unfortunately the latter was not legitimate, and while the former was legitimate given the timing I would not be surprised if NSA was the lead/original Eris campaigner or the one making threads pre tournament(plus she has a couple dozen alts to swing a tight vote). It's kind of tragic that there's a high chance Eris only got to her current status because of NSA helping her
No.157268
Anonymous
Replies:>>157271
>>157266
>>157265
Queen apparently lost to Jasmine of all girls in 2018. Now Jasmine isn't a super jobber or anything(She's qualified since, she's got legacy and sex appeal, and she came Top 4 in the Next 128 Tournament last week so she's got potential), but not all powerhouses are born powerhouses, sometimes you have to build up rep, multiple years of good campaigning can change things.
>>157265
Cyn probably would have made it to Round 2 in Seeded Brackets. Lapis is a huge nothingburger so it was just a spite vote, had she fought Amity it would have actually been a fight since Amity also gets massive spite for being a DVTA and a Lesbian, Cyn probably would have won. Don't count her out next year.
Cheesecake might actually qualify next year just based on the good publicity Frankie brought her plus the alliance backing. Not gonna last R1, but I think she'll get in once.
No.157271
Anonymous
>>157268
I would garner SU gets as big or bigger spite than DTVA at this point. Also Amity was getting a big OC rush so it's not an easy call.
>Cheesecake might actually qualify next year
She's simply too obscure. All the campaigning thus far hasn't broke her in the top 500. Let that battle go.
No.157273
Anonymous
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>Cult following with a big presence in the side tourneys
>Barely missed out in this years Ms
No.157275
Anonymous
>>157273
Too niche. Actual ryonabait.
No.157278
Anonymous
>>157273
>>Cult following with a big presence in the side tourneys
Means nothing, different meta
No.158929
Anonymous
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>>104531
Hey he made it
No.158936
Anonymous
>>158929
Oh yeah, cool
No.158937
Anonymous
Replies:>>158939
>>158929
Too bad it's Seeded
No.158938
Anonymous
>>158929
: D
No.158939
Anonymous
>>158937
Dude people were complaining the same way last time. Cyn and Amity would have been a better matchup then who they fought was the main one I heard since they'd both get equally anti-zoomer spited
No.159109
Anonymous
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>>104531
I think I need to accept Danger Mouse and Penfold are literal whos. I would've thought the original being a major Nicktoon and the reboot being on Netflix could have saved them being bogged down by being from the UK, but they still just don't have the global appeal Wallace, Gromit and the DHMIS guys do. Feels absolutely brutal reading posts like "they'll never qualify but they're fun to have around" The campaign this year was dreadful too and I pray it doesn't become a regular thing
No.159347
Anonymous
>>157273
Won't be shocked if next year she scores 129 in the qualifiers
No.159368
Anonymous
Replies:>>159369>>159648
>>157204
So
Did Tai Lung manage to qualify because he was next to Shen in the qualifier poll, so people going to vote for the latter because of his campaign saw the former and remembered he existed?
Because if so, that's pretty funny
No.159369
Anonymous
>>159368
I voted both because I really like both.
No.159648
Anonymous
Replies:>>159650>>159651>>159652
>>159368
Kai didn't get in
No.159650
Anonymous
>>159648
I don't think anyone nominated him
No.159651
Anonymous
Replies:>>159652
>>159648
But he could have turned into all the dead contestants and used their powers
No.159652
Anonymous
>>159651
>>159648
I like this idea
No.160963
Anonymous
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None have gotten in and as far as I'm concerned none will ever get in
No.160965
Anonymous
>>160963
Original cartoons typically aren't the strongest, people who grew up on reruns are just going to be dwindling in proportion over time, and the latest development for a lot of them (Jellystone) is hit-or-miss depending who you ask. Yeah, it's not a shock sadly.
No.160991
Anonymous
Replies:>>161630
>>160963
Under the right conditions, I could see Top Cat or Yogi Bear having the best chances of making it in if someone campaigned for them, but that's a big assumption on my part.
No.161100
Anonymous
Unless I missed it, I don’t think Sly Cooper ever made it in /v/. I feel like any Sly discussion is generally positive compared to other games when it comes up.
No.161381
Anonymous
I believe that Planetina has been the only Rick and Morty representative in the /co/ tournaments
No.161382
Anonymous
Replies:>>161412
>>104532
>The Grinch got in before Mansley could
You'd think him being next to the Iron Giant would boost him at this point if not for his Tag Team win.
No.161412
Anonymous
>>161382
Side tourney wins effect practically nothing outside of here.
No.161435
Anonymous
>>160963
And that's a good thing!
No.161630
Anonymous
>>160991
TC and Yogi have the best shot and have gotten the closest conventionally, Snagglepuss has been a wildcard before, and the rest I could only see if they get a revival focused on them and it's actually good
They would need strong support to do it, but I won't be surprised if it never happens before tournaments end. They are far from the voterbase on /co/ and get farther each year
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