We pit brother against brother as we try and fail to determine who is the best
This is the finals for the Early Years generation of video games, covering pre-85 games including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision. Our last two contenders are two of the best known and well loved arcade games of the era, Frogger and Pac-Man. … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – Early Years – Finals
Welcome, Avocados, to the second round of the BEST ALBUM COVER Tournament! Thanks to everyone for their votes in the first round! For the most part, the ones we all thought were going to do gangbusters did gangbusters, but there … Continue reading The Best Album Cover Tournament: Round of 32
This is the semifinals for the Early Years generation of video games, covering pre-85 games including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the finals. The most … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – Early Years – Semifinals
This is the quarterfinals for the Early Years generation of video games, covering pre-85 games including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the semifinals. The most … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – Early Years – Quarterfinals
Welcome, Avocados, to the first round of the BEST ALBUM COVER Tournament! Thanks to everyone for their nominations, we got a whole bunch of great ones! There weren’t a whole lot of surprises for those who got the highest numbers, … Continue reading The Best Album Cover Tournament: Round of 64
This is the round of 32 for the Early Years generation of video games, covering pre-85 games including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the Round … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – Early Years – Round Two
Another tournament?? Eh, why not? Post an image of your favorite album cover (along with the band and album name) in a top-level comment. Upvote the ones you like (including your own; a nomination won’t count as a vote). Singles … Continue reading The Best Album Cover: Nominations
This is the round of 64 for the Early Years generation of video games, covering pre-85 games including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The most upvoted games will continue to the Round … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – Early Years – Round One
This is the elimination round for the Early Years generation of video games, covering pre-85 games including the Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision. In this round, games have been arranged into groups of six. You can vote for as many games in … Continue reading Best Video Games Tournament – Early Years – Elimination Round
This is the first in a series of video game tournaments to determine the best video game of all time (according to the Avocado)! Because this is such a broad category, and because of the difficulty in comparing, say, arcade … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – Early Years – Nominations
It’s Nirvana. It was always ever going to be Nirvana. They ran away with the first seed and haven’t had a single competitive matchup yet. There’s no reason to think they won’t defeat Beck handily. Their seismic impact was unmatched and not for nothing, their tunes still hold up shockingly well. But no one likes a foregone conclusion. When you vote in a tournament, you’re not always going with what you like best, just whatever best available option remains. So before we congratulate our tournament winners, I want to give everyone a chance to advocate for their own personal favorites … Continue reading 90s Music Tournament Finals: Offer me alternatives
Bratmobile: https://challonge.com/cjs6s8m2 Eliminati: Pearl Jam (8), Weezer (5), Nine Inch Nails (7), Radiohead (6). Go, now, go. Continue reading 90s Music Tournament Semifinals
Broxholm: https://challonge.com/cjs6s8m2 Collateral damage: Public Enemy (16), Wu-Tang Clan (9), The Cranberries (31), Weird Al Yankovic (12), The Smashing Pumpkins (18), Rage Against The Machine (10), Björk (18), They Might Be Giants (11). The power is yours. Continue reading 90s Music Tournament Round 4
Brakhage: https://challonge.com/cjs6s8m2 Bloodbath: Tom Petty (19), Oasis (40), Outkast (25), U2 (24), Pixies (29), Sonic Youth (20), Alanis Morrissette (28), Alice In Chains (21), Blur (34), Garbage (15), Soundgarden (26), My Bloody Valentine (230, Cake (34), No Doubt (14), The … Continue reading 90s Music Tournament Round 3
The winner is whoever you vote for. The real winner is me, Gougagna, for harvesting over 7000 upvotes from this thing. Vegas, here I come! Continue reading Tournament for the Winner – Finals
Updated bracket: https://challonge.com/cjs6s8m2 You know how we do. Bounced: Digital Underground (64), The Flaming Lips (32), Dr. Dre (49), Portishead (48), Lauryn Hill (57), Tom Waits (40), Jane’s Addiction (56), Janet Jackson (41), Red Hot Chili Peppers (61), Primus (36), … Continue reading 90s Music Tournament Round 2
You folks are too predictable. Surprise me! Continue reading Tournament for the Winner – Semifinals
Bracket here: https://challonge.com/cjs6s8m2 And it goes a little something like this: – Upvote your fave – Voting opens one hour after the Day Thread goes up and ends when the Night Thread hits – That’s it. Check 1-2, you ready? Continue reading 90s Music Tournament Round 1
We’re getting there. You know how it works. Continue reading Tournament for the Winner – Quarters
The results are narrowing down to things that don’t quite seem so random anymore, but the matchups are getting more interesting. Just vote on a damn thing, will ya? Continue reading Tournament for the Winner – Round of 16
Here’s Round 2. Vote for the one that’s the one that you want to vote for. Round 1 was an extraordinary affair, with over 100 votes per matchup. It’s heating up! Continue reading Tournament for the Winner – Round 2
