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No.11890
Weird Phenomena in Tournaments: The Thread
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This isn't a thread about curses but rather weird and unexplained phenomena that tend to happen in rare occasions in these tournaments with a few exceptions. Curses are something else as in they're always bound to happen in one tourney or another and are more focused on one character but these phenomenon are exceptions as in they're something that rarely happen and can include many characters in said term.

Two phenomena where I'll give the names now are the Omniman Syndrome and Black Canary phenomenon.

>Omniman Syndrome: When a character has had huge hype around it but absolutely fails to deliver.
There obviously have been quite a few characters with this Syndrome, most infamous of course, being Omniman himself who lost in round 1 in Mr. /co/ and Tagteam which is baffling considering /co/ was going crazy over invincible over several months prior.

>Black Canary Phenomenon: Character that only ever appears in one tournament and somehow makes it to the elite eight and fucks off to never be seen ever again.
This case was literally always one reported case, until recently when Shirley made an appearance this year nearly being crowned the fucking Ms. /co/.

What are your phenomenon that you've noticed in these tourneys?
No.11892
Anonymous
Replies:>>11948
Here's a couple that I've noticed:
>Heavy Phenomenon: Beloved character gets no vocal support or OC and makes it to Elite Eight somehow
Most notably happened in King of /v/ 2021 with Kiryu and Heavy
>Kronk Phenomenon: Character appears for the first time in the tournament and manages to win the whole thing
Biggest examples of this happening are Kronk in Mr. /co/ 2019, Spinel in Ms. /co/ 2019, and Recette in Queen of /v/ 2021
No.11894
Weird Phenomena in Tournaments: The Thread
Replies:>>11897
>>11890
There's also the Dementia Syndrome where you lose to the same character two years in a row. From what I know, this is the only case I think.
No.11897
Anonymous
>>11894
Eggman lost to Dante in King of /v/ 2019 and 2020
No.11899
Anonymous
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>>11890
>Montezuma’s revenge
A grudge rematch where a previous popular winner gets defeated by the same character they won against previously, named after chel made a remarkable victory against tyranne. This also occurred when megamind beat zuko after losing to him the previous tournament
No.11900
Anonymous
Replies:>>11902
>>11890
>The Anne Effect
Whenever Anne Boonchuy is posted in a tournament, she inevitably triggers a tidal wave of fatposting that lasts the rest of the tournament.

This has happened 3 times now
No.11901
Anonymous
>>11899
Or Dan getting his revenge on Alastor last year.
Or Hank’s whole thing
No.11902
Anonymous
>>11900
That’s just frogfags being frogfags.
No.11904
Anonymous
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>bejita theorem
>characters that are secondary/jobbers in their show/movie do better than most protagonist characters
No.11913
Anonymous
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>>11890
What about Eggman?
He's always finding a way to get into every tournament.
He even found a way to get into mother fucking mr /mlp/ somehow.
The only tournament he hasn't entered is the Miss /mlp/ tournament.
Any name for that phenomenon?
No.11914
Anonymous
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Does Batter have any phenomena? A lot of people certainly coped and went crazy trying to explain his win at least when it's pretty obvious.
No.11915
Anonymous
>>11904
clearly a flawed one since Bejita never wins
No.11919
Anonymous
>>11914
Well, he doesn’t really have any weird phenomena around him. It’s just that he’s THE indie game that paved the way for every other indie game, and he had a very active and vocal cult following that grew more in the tourney. It does seem unexplained but rather natural, unlike everything else in this thread which is borderline paranormal.
No.11920
Anonymous
>>11913
I’ll happily call that:
>Omnipresent Egg Paradox: A character that is eligible to join in every tournament and despite that, said character breaks no rules in doing so.

Named after eggman of course, but it also fits as a egg if it were a character would technically be able to fit in every tournament due it being widespread in media and being unambiguous in gender.
No.11921
Anonymous
Replies:>>11923>>11924
>>11904
Some examples of this
>Kronk compared to Kuzco
>Grievous compared to Ahsoka
>Jameson compared to Peter
>Dr. Girlfriend compared to her husband and Brock
>Roll and Tron Bonne compared to Rock
>Midna compared to Zelda and Link
No.11923
Anonymous
Replies:>>11933
>>11921
And of course, Eggman compared to Sonic. Tbh I see Metal Sonic getting into the Elite Eight before the actual one ever does.
No.11924
Anonymous
>>11921
A couple other examples are
>Eggman compared to Sonic
>Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi compared to Mario
>Dracula compared to the Belmonts
No.11933
Anonymous
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>>11923
>I see Metal Sonic getting into the Elite Eight before the actual one ever does.
Good.
No.11941
Anonymous
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>>11899
If I had known Tyr'ahnee would lose to motherfucking Chel of all people in the quarterfinals I would have voted for Susie in the previous round.
No.11944
Anonymous
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>>11933
In all honestly, if that happens and Sonic does get left out thanks to the three limit rule, I want the Marioschizo to add Sonic in there with him kek.
No.11945
Anonymous
>>11944
I remember Sonic made it in last year but jobbed immediately to Agent 47, so I'll be surprised if he makes the bracket again this year. Sonic Frontiers also looking like ass won't help his chances.
No.11948
Anonymous
Replies:>>11953
>>11892
>Heavy Phenomenom
That's not really a strange phenomenom, it's just how things went at first for a popularity contest, because obviously the most popular characters don't really need campaigning to reach the top. Right now OC has a much bigger role but at the end of the day you are still voting for the characters.
No.11953
Anonymous
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>>11948
That's true, it's just strange in the greater context of last year's tournament. Personally I'm happy he made it to Elite Eight again cause I love that russian bastard like you wouldn't believe.
No.11955
Anonymous
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>>11953
I'm gonna campaign the ever living shit out of soldier this year. If tf2 characters can make it to Elite eight each year like it's nothing, then I'll make Soldier the King /v/ this year.
No.11959
Anonymous
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>>11955
Based as all hell. I plan on campaigning for Spy but if he loses then I'll join you soldierbro.
No.11991
Anonymous
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>>11955
man I really thought soldier might've won the tourney back in 2020 because of his VA dying but then I remembered tf2bros are based and we don't use the dead to gain pity votes
No.12005
Anonymous
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>>11955
>>11959
>>11991
Boom.
Meet the Sniperyoutube thumb
No.12006
Anonymous
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>War breaks out in qualifiers between Scout, Soldier, Sniper, and Spy to see who will advance to the bracket
This is gonna be a fun tournament
No.12007
Anonymous
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>>12006
>No love for him
Come on man.
No.12008
Anonymous
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>>11955
>>11959
>>11991
>>12005
>>12006
>>12007
No.12010
Anonymous
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>>12007
I like Pyro but the other four have better chances at getting in. I'll nominate Pyro for Queen of /v/ cause I think it'd be funny if he somehow made it to Elite Eight there.
No.12011
Anonymous
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>>11953
>>11955
>>11959
>>11991
>>12005
>>12006
>>12007
>>12008
https://voca.ro/1c8u4JnZ3UcA
No.12012
Anonymous
>>12010
>he
she, anon. nobody else will believe it until you do.
No.12017
Anonymous
>>12008
Go ahead, cum.
No.12020
Anonymous
>Most of the mercs in King of /v/
>Miss Pauling and Pyro in Queen of /v/
>Saxton Hale in Mr. /co/
>Demoman in the horse tournament
TF2bros are gonna dominate this year
No.12021
Anonymous
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>pyro is female
No.12023
Anonymous
>>12021
anything that makes my dick hard is a woman
No.12024
Anonymous
Replies:>>12029
>>12021
Characters of ambiguous gender are allowed in either tournament, making Pyro eligible for Queen of /v/. The question is will they do well? The mercs are dominant in King of /v/ but Pyro would have to combat waifufagging to get far.
No.12028
Anonymous
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>>12011
https://voca.ro/1fA1vevqIPny
No.12029
Anonymous
>>12024
Well, Fang won Ms. /co/
No.12032
Anonymous
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>>12011
>>12028
This gives me an idea
No.12034
Anonymous
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>>12032
Do it anon, the tournaments need more TF2 OC
No.12035
Anonymous
Replies:>>12036
>>12034
Are you sure.
This is Orel Peterson we are talking about.
No.12036
Anonymous
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>>12035
I don't know who that is. Should it stay that way?
No.12037
Anonymous
Replies:>>12039
>>12032
Hey Orel you are taking line requests can you please add this one.

>Scout: "Oh Ezio? That guy was a panzy. Showed off dingy little knife and I was like, 'What are you going to do? Stab me?", and you want to know what happened after that?"
>Spy: "He got stabbed in the gonads by that cheap mockery of an assassin. He was crying for medic to heal him for three straight hours like a baby cries for his mother to feed off her tits. And yet, somehow, he still won that fight."
>Scout: "I kicked his ass is what I did."

>>12036
Nah he just makes up stuff on the fly and never really prepares or writes a script.
No.12039
Anonymous
Replies:>>12040
>>12037
Ah ok I'm fine with that then. I hope this tournament has some good TF2 OC like 2020 had with Scout.
No.12040
Anonymous
Replies:>>12049
>>12036
>>12039
He's made an AI episode before. It was good.
https://voca.ro/16PpMzyK4Mi7
No.12049
Anonymous
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>>12040
Kek that was good, even with One Week
No.12433
Anonymous
Replies:>>12434
>>11914
I have concluded he has actually had a phenomena behind him which is one of the main leading reasons why he won, and that's called:
>OC Snowballing

Basically, It's a rare event where a character doesn't start really strong. Actually almost not at all, usually being unqualified or a round 1 elimination in the previous years. But to the year where he is lucky he might have a few dedicated anons towards RPing and making a campaign for him which leads to the said character to have a consistently stronger and stronger presence in the tournament, eventually even winning the tournament itself.

Tho, I'd split this phenomena into two pieces because they always end in one way or another.
>Shattered Snowball
A character had hype and a big campaign for him but it was stopped when a powerhouse met it in early-mid tournament. Two examples I would bring would be Charles and recently John Silver. Charles unironically had it's own fucking arc in the tournaments, and had it not been for Heavy to step in he would've entered Elite eight easy, John Silver had a lot of RP and campaigning for him he sadly was up against a /co/ classic. I think had it not been for Squidward eliminating him early round, Silver would've seen a snowball effect.
>The Avalanche
Basically the snowball becomes so big it manages to go to go to elite eight or even win the game. Two most obvious examples are Batter and Recette, but one example where people don't bring is usually Dr. Eggman. Guy is also a fucking Avalanche in every meaning of the word, the motherfucker was against powerhouse after powerhouse and he beat them thus creating a Avalanche which was only beaten by the one created by Batter,
No.12434
Anonymous
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>>12433
I feel after last year, Eggman is one of the strongest contenders in the tournament seeing as he managed to take down Big Boss, Doomguy, Wario, and Kiryu, while Batter had relatively easy matchups in comparison, although I don't think Eggman will break the Elite Eight curse in Ko/v/. I think the most likely characters to break it are either Kiryu or Wario. Maybe also Heavy.
No.12464
Anonymous
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I don't know is this would be a curse or a phenomena, but it's something I noticed and would like to mention:
>In King of /v/ 2019, Doomguy beat Kazuma Kiryu in the semi-finals before losing to Senator Armstrong in the finals
>In King of /v/ 2021, Dr. Eggman beat Kiryu in the semi-finals before losing to The Batter in the finals
Beating Kiryu just guarantees you'll lose the next round
No.12465
Anonymous
>>12464
seems more like a curse than anything.
No.13061
Anonymous
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>>11890
Not really a phenomena but rather an interesting observation on how alliance’s were being made during 2021 tournaments.

It first started with the FARTS who were basically the prototype alongside the /co/nqurers and then smaller and stronger Plunderers. These were mostly nonsensical but made sense because they had at least one theme in common (Heavy Hitters, Evil Overlords, just frens.).

This then lead to the influence of the alliances that were present in King /v/ 2021 where it was one of main highlights of the tournament with the major ones being the Schizos, Merchants, Evil Scientists, the Gray Daddies, the Femboys, etc.
No.13062
Anonymous
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I just noticed something funny.
Remember all the H.R. Giger posting at the beginning of Ms. /co/ trying to predict an alien champion?
It actually happened, just not in the female tournament.
No.94425
Anonymous
bumping
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