/v/ Tourney Rules

Queen of /v/ - 11/11/2022 (Fri), 4pm PST, 7pm EST
King of /v/ - early December Aiming for the 9-19th of December.

>What's Queen & King of /v/?
A pair of annual tournaments where you get to decide /v/'s favorite characters of the year!

Past Champions & Elite Eights:
https://pastebin.com/EzbMCm8j

Booru (post OC here):
https://queenkingv.booru.org/

Basic Information:
Each round lasts 24 hours, results are posted at the end of every round in a google doc.
Characters who appear 1 month before the contest starts are barred from entry. This is from the start date of the tourney to the first day of the month prior.
There is one champion and characters who placed 2nd to 8th are called the Elite 8.
Winners are permanently excluded from participating again.
The Elite Eight are temporarily ineligible for nomination next year.
Current Champions by tournament as of 2021 are:

Queen of /v/
>Samus Aran from the series Metroid (circa 2019)
>Reimu Hakurei from the series Touhou Project (circa 2020)
>Recette Lemongrass from the series Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale (circa 2021)
>Midna from the series the Legend of Zelda (circa 2022)

King /v/alhalla
>Steven Armstrong from the series Metal Gear Rising (circa 2019)
>Dante from the series Devil May Cry (circa 2020)
>Batter from the series OFF (circa 2021)
>Jack Garland from the series Final Fantasy (circa 2022)

---------Elite 8 of Queen /v/ per year
Queen of /v/
>Fio Germi (Metal Slug), Midna (Legend of Zelda), Maya Fey (Ace Attorney), GLaDOS (Portal), Princess Peach (Mario), Shantae (Shantae), Roll (Mega Man) (circa 2019)

>Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy), Amaterasu (Amaterasu), 2B (Nier Automatica), Cirno Cirno (Touhou Project), Chun-Li (Street Fighter), Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers), Aigis (Persona) (circa 2020)

>Madotsuki (Yume Nikki), Marisa Kirisame (Touhou Project), Roll (Mega Man), Alice (Dark Souls), Curly Brace (Cave Story), Fio Germi (Metal Slug), Shantae (Shantae) (circa 2021)

>Hornet (Hollow Knight), GLaDOS (Portal), Alipheese Fateburn XVI (Monster Girl Quest), Ashley (WarioWare), Ranni (Elden Ring), Maya Fey (Ace Attorney), Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) (circa 2022)

---------Elite 8 of King /v/ per year
King of /v/alhalla
>Doomguy (DOOM), Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza), Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney), Solid Snake (Metal Gear), Heavy (Team Fortress 2), Dukle Nukem (Duke Nukem), Wario (Mario) (circa 2019)

>Raiden (Metal Gear), Travis Touchdown (No More Heros), Vergil (Devil May Cry), JC Denton (Deus Ex), Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear), Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney), Scout (Team Fortress) (circa 2020)

>Dr. Eggman (Sonic), Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza), Morshu (Legend of Zelda), Wario (Super Mario), Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil), Heavy (Team Fortress), The Furher/Nyarlathotep (Persona) (circa 2021)

>Jack Frost (Persona), JC Denton (Deus Ex), AM (I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream), Travis Touchdown (No More Heros), Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney), Albert Wesker (Resident Evil), Luigi (Mario) (circa 2022)

===Nominations Rules===
>To nominate your character:
-post their image
-name
-series
-12 replies/(you)s are needed for them to become a nominee.

Examples of CORRECT nominations:
-I nominate Kirby from the series Kirby.
-I nominate Waddle Dee from the series Kirby.
-I nominate Kirby from the titular series.
-Kirby from Kirby
-Kirby from titular

Examples of INCORRECT nominations:
-Kirby
-I nominate Kirby
-Put Waddle Dee in
-Just posts picture of character
-Mario from Metroid
(If you do not include one of these things your character will be ignored. No exceptions.)

>Elite Eights are temporarily ineligible for nomination next year, with champions permanently ineligible.

>Fictional characters originating from vidya property only. This includes those originating from non-vidya material of a vidya series, and those originating from vidya material from a non-vidya series.

>Non-vidya characters that appeared in vidya are allowed. Limited to 3 in the bracket.

>The Whitelist, this is a list of approved characters that break one or more set of rules in the tourney. They are allowed in regardless of rules changes. They can be voted out of the whitelist in the Finals poll at the end of the tourney. Only three are allowed in the bracket.
-current Whitelisted characters
-All Vocaloids
-All Homerun Derby characters
-All Witcher characters
-AM (I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream)
-Tony Hawk (Tony Hawk Pro Skater)
-Mike Tyson (Punch Out)
-Sam (Sam & Max)
-Max (Sam & Max)
-Charles Barkley (Shut Up and Jam Gaiden)
-John Madden (Madden Football)
-James Bond (Goldeneye)
-Angry Videogame Nerd
-Dr. Doom (Marvel vs Capcom)
-Jackie Eatacado (The Darkness)
-Slenderman (The 8 pages)
-Mega Man X (Mega Man X)
-Roll Casket (Mega Man X)

>Spinoffs & crossovers characters are counted as separate series (e.g. Persona and Kingdom Hearts).

>Characters who aren't male or female (or unknown gender/sex) are eligible for either tournament.
-A character who makes bracket in one tourney cannot be allowed in the other.

>No fanmade characters (character creation, OCs, memes, etc.)

>There is no grandfather rule, a character who got in last year may not be eligible the next year.

>The Nomination sheet will have 4 columns
-The Elite 8 and Champions
-The nominees
-"Not allowed"
-"Under Deliberation" (This is where you listen to anons as well as your fellow hosts, the main host gets final say on who is or is not allowed in.)
-There is a sheet for each thread to keep track of tie breakers.

>Inanimate objects are not allowed. (Cause, Dante's guns. These are explicitly barred.)

>There is a franchise limit when a character makes it to the elite 8. Places 1-8 will lose 1 spot in bracket for a year.

>Characters must be in the tournament of their sex.

>Tournament winners' franchises are limited to 2 characters in the bracket in their respective tourney.
-Current 2 character limits
For Queen
Touhou
Recettear
Metroid
Legend of Zelda

For King
Metal Gear
Devil May Cry
OFF
Final Fantasy

===Qualifier Rules===
>After nominations, nominees are placed in a preliminary poll where the top 128 voted eligible characters qualify for the tournament.

>At most 3 characters per series may qualify.

>Ties are broken by who was nominated properly the earliest.

===Tournament Rules===
>The 128 contestants are seeded based on their number of votes in the qualifier; the top voted get the top seeds, and vice versa. In the first round, matches are determined by seeding (1st vs. 128th, 2nd vs. 127th, etc.) and distributed across the bracket in a way so that the top two seeds can only meet in the final, top four can only meet in the semifinals, and so on. This is to prevent an anticlimactic finale with an obvious winner and an obvious loser.
-Rule change during 2022 Queen /v/
>Characters have randomized matches in the first round.

>Anons vote for the winner of each match every round. Winners advance and fight other winners.

>In a tie, a triple threat match is held between both characters and their next round's opponent; the winner wins by plurality. If said tie occurs in the final, higher seed wins.

>The characters in the quarterfinals become the year's Elite Eight, with 3rd to 8th places determined by a poll, and the winner of the final is the champion of the tournament and the year's Queen/King.

Although the main purpose of the tournaments is to decide /v/'s favorite characters of the year, it also encourages the creation of OC, and the discovery of games & characters you've never appreciated or heard of before.

===Rules/Etiquette for the Host(s)===
>New rules that change the tournament dramatically cannot be implemented until they are voted on in the finals.
(This is where you will have the most voters)

>You do not have to implement these rules until the next year or next contest if said rules are too hard to implement at the time.

>You are responsible for checking the polls and removing blatantly fraudulent votes, and allowing the true winner forward with the new voting tally.

>You are NOT allowed to mention a character who was rigged for or against.

>You MUST show the result's numbers and percentages in some form, pie chart, bracket, pastebin, or whatever other easily viewable form for voters (this can just be typing it in a post).

>You need to have a secure trip so it is easier to recognize your threads, and so anyone cannot pretend to be you.
(This is protection for you, and the tourney.)

>You may have a loser's bracket and or double elimination bracket. This is not recomended for beginners or for a small team.

>Do not advertise other websites.
-Posting the poll, bracket, results sites are fine as long as it isn't an ad.

>Know who is helping you run the poll, therefore vet them before you let them help.

>Do not argue relentlessly in the thread. (You should aim to draw as little attention as possible)

>Be willing to listen to anons with grievances or just minor fixes, and address them.

>The main host is the person who takes full responsibility for the tournament
Roles Include
-Speaking to anons.
-Posts the new rounds/the majority of the threads.
-Gets final say on who is allowed in.

Optional information for Hosts:
>Know how to reach out to mods if threads are pruned. (this is not on the main site)
-Don't argue with them, or act like an asshole.
-Don't go to another mod just because one mod told you no. (You will be banned)
-Give forewarning to the dates of the tourney. Have a start and end time. It must account for all 9 Rounds. Typically this is 11 days. (The last day is for After Party Threads. Ask for this entire time because mods may not allow after party threads if a request is not put in.)
-Do not extend the date if the mods do not give you permission. This will piss them off.
-All mods are global (ie they handle every board).

>Plus4chan /tnt/ board is a great resource if you need help.

===Resources to Run===
Will be added later.