We pit brother against brother as we try and fail to determine who is the best
Okay, I’m officially kicking off the tournament with the nominations round. Remember, this will be followed by a seeding round, so THE UPVOTES DON’T MATTER. They won’t affect seeding at all. This is just to create a list of shows. … Continue reading NOMINATIONS: Best TV Opening Sequence/Theme Song Tournament (THE VOTES DO NOT MATTER)
Thank you for indulging me and fighting about cloth bags with hands in them for two weeks. There were 171 nominees, 128 of whom made it into the bracket, seven rounds of voting (eight if you count the two halves … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Results
These tournament things are fun, eh? How about another one- to determine the favorite superhero of the Avocado Commenteriat! Rules What counts as a superhero? It counts if I’ll allow it… but I’ll generally follow a guideline suggested by Eternalflesh … Continue reading The Ultimate Superhero Tournament- Nominations
Surprising pretty much no one, the Semifinals narrowed the top four seeds down to the top two seeds. Gonzo the Great defeated Statler & Waldorf, 57-42, and Kermit the Frog defeated Cookie Monster, 53-46. To determine a definitive top-four ranking, … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Final Round
The votes in the Quarterfinals were all very similar. Winners received between 62 and 73 votes, losers received between 31 and 42 votes. Nothing was remotely close, but nobody was clobbered, either. Anyway, the voters of the Avocado revealed their … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Semifinals
For two rounds, I was watching and anticipating the great showdown between Yoda and Kermit the Frog. Then Round 4 happened, and the unstoppable froggernaut completely demolished the Jedi Master, 68-9. IPR Yoda. The real gut-wrenching battle, the one I … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Quarterfinals
It gets uglier and uglier every round. Another 16 beloved characters have fallen. There are now no characters from Fraggle Rock, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, or any other Jim Henson movie or series. All players left now are from the Muppet … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 4
Once and for all, let’s determine what show got off to the best start every week. I think we all know the general rules of these things, but here are a few custom rules: There will be an additional round! … Continue reading Announcement: Best TV Opening Sequence/Theme Song Tournament
The Muppet Show‘s core cast and the longest-lived Sesame Street characters continue to dominate. The top 8 blowouts were all by margins of over 50 votes. Powerhouses gonna powerhouse. The widest margin was 64-4, in which Gonzo the Great knocked … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 3
This was a triumph. I’m making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS. It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction, because the winner of the first Avocado video game character is GLaDOS! We were going to celebrate with cake, but… you know. Instead, you’ve … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament Final Result
Round 1 is complete, and a second batch of Muppets nobody loves enough have been thrown into the dustbin of history, never to be spoken of again. Two matches were decided by a one-vote margin. Camilla the Chicken eked out … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 2
128 entered and only two remain. A showdown between two of gaming’s classic female antagonists. Will Carmen Sandiego steal the whole tournament? Or will GLaDOS take the cake? Tournament Statistics: The characters who received the most votes in any match … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Finals
The first half of nominees have had their say, with very few surprises. There were some strong opinions offered about Miss Piggy, but almost all the top-seeded contenders trounced their opposition. The only top-seeded loser was Bobo the Bear, who … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 1, Part 2
128 entered and only four remain. Results from Round Five: The characters who received the most votes overall was Link, who perhaps faced the weakest competition in Bowser. Unsurprisingly, Bowser was the character who received the least votes. The advancing character … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Semifinals
There were a lot of good nominations in Friday’s thread. Enough that I didn’t want to cut anybody. So, I narrowed it down to 128 nominees, with 7 rounds of eliminations (8 if you count Round 1 as two rounds). … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 1, Part 1
128 entered, 8 remain. Results from Round Four: Of the top eight vote-getters in the initial nominations, six of those characters remain. The two characters that did not make it to the quarterfinals are Error and Mega Man. The two … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Quarterfinals
128 entered, 16 (bit) remain. Results from Round Three: The characters who received the most votes overall was Mario with 75 votes. The character who received the most votes among those who did not advance was Sonic the Hedgehog, who was beaten … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Round Four
After a predictable runaway victory by Leonard Snart, and a down-to-the-wire upset with Kara beating Sara, we’ve come to our final match! Continue reading DCCW Character Tournament: FINALS!!!
It goes without saying that Muppets are amazing, but which one is the amazingest? With this tournament, we will find the definitive, indisputable answer. Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Nominations
128 entered, 32(X) remain. Results from Round Two: The characters who received the most votes overall were Link and Samus at 75 votes each. The character who received the most votes among those who did not advance was HK-47, barely losing his round … Continue reading Best Video Game Character Tournament, Round Three
Vote! Or don’t. I’m a header, not a cop. Continue reading DCCW Character Tournament: Final Four!
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