After a competitive Group Stage, we have narrowed the field down to 128. First, let’s cover our bases with Final Group Stage Results: Group M: Aquaman looked briefly in trouble, but ultimately was able to swim past The Confessor, Clobberella, Isis, … Continue reading The Superhero Tournament- Knockout Round I (Part One)

So, we’ve finally reached the conclusion of a thrilling 4-part Group Stage. Let’s start with Part Three’s Results. Part Three Results Group I: Big Barda held on to a two-vote advantage to stay in 8th place and advance over Miracle … Continue reading The Superhero Tournament- Group Stage (Part Four)

Part Two Results Group E: A few votes short of catching Hellcat, Pumaman was eliminated alongside Rachel Summers, Songbird, and Silk. Group F: A tie breaking vote secured Miss America’s advancement, knocking out Deadman, Victor Mancha, Northstar, and Doctor Fate. Group G: Amadeus Cho hulked out to get … Continue reading The Superhero Tournament- Group Stage (Part Three)

Part One Results  Group A: Almost everyone saluted Captain America, the top vote earner with 83. At the buttom, Kid Flash out ran elimination by a single vote over Ted Kord / Blue Beetle. Also eliminated were Jack-in-the-Box, Gwenpool, and lowest vote getter Quailman. Group … Continue reading The Superhero Tournament- Group Stage (Part Two)

After 350+ nominations, we officially begin our tournament with a field of 192 characters. 190 characters deemed *eligible for the tournament reached a minimum threshold of a nomination + 5 Upvotes.  To give us the more convenient 192 total, 2 … Continue reading The Superhero Tournament- Group Stage (Part One)

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

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

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

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

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