#polls and tournaments

[rolluptheclouds]

That’s a nice bracket

A few pretty bracket images I’ve seen around from the many, many tournaments and polls on this site.

Bracket from @skittlesquadsquabble​

Bracket from @the-mouse-joust​

Bracket from @mushroom-madness - the names were even colour-coded white or yellow: “Popular Picks are in white, while our Underdogs are in yellow! This way we’ll be able to see how far any of our underdogs get!“

Bracket (or part of it!) from @super-shapeshifter-showdown

BONUS: I also really liked how @black-cat-showdown​ opted for their bracket to be in a Google Sheets format (linked here!) and for all the contestants to be shown in grids, with the losers crossed out

Respect to everyone compiling their brackets!

(Image descriptions are in the ALT tags)

[rolluptheclouds]

Dang, that's a showdown. (I haven't even put in my vote yet!)

Also 29.8k votes and still 5 days to go!

Pokémon Human Character Tournament: THE FINAL SHOWDOWN

[bestoldmanyaoi]

Old Man Yaoi Semifinals

[gimmick-blog-bracket]

Now for the final round!

@hellsitegenetics

I love them

I didn't know I needed to know that the weed-smoking girlfriends post was genetically a wolf, but I did, and I do. Also puts great stuff on my dash.

it’s so fun to be scrolling unhinged posts and then boom. an organism!

so many moths‼ also, unexpected comedy with some of the matches

perfect blend of silly and informative, and makes for an excellent punchline at the end of a long post. puts creatures on my dash. literally what more could you ask for

It's a really unique blog concept and a lot of times the results are pretty funny. It's great when the sequence matches the post content too!

Creatures 👍

Finds beautiful creatures out of the mess of the hellsite

Offers finality AND gives us a creechur.

I love them. English speakers talk like moths

If this blog wins, they could run the text of the winning announcement, and determine the post's genus and species!

They're also very good about tagging the type of creature depicted in the results, so as long as you mute tags of creatures you don't want to see, it's a very fun time seeing iconic legacy posts (and new submissions) being reduced down to a string of letters and assigned a random species of fish or moth or something!

uhh it’s cool

BLAST

There are so many weird bugs in the world

Yippee!!

If, as Haldane said, God has an inordinate fondness for beetles, then surely this blog proves that Tumblr has an inordinate fondness for moths.

Top tier blog as a geneticist, I love seeing obscure organisms and MOTH

Admin got rate limited after trying to blast the bee movie

the knowledge of biology to pull this off (i have taken one biology class in my life) and also the work to find all the strings honestly deserves quite a bit of praise

This gimmick blog has it all: science, pictures of animals, interaction with the text of other peoples' posts, interesting information, and a unique and fun premise. As a biologist, I'm rooting for hellsitegenetics to reach the end and take the tournament, because it is truly a standout among gimmick blogs.

If they win, perhaps this blog too shall become a cool organism :3

@hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

What's more happy holiday cheer than cheering on the destruction of a giant straw goat?

The birds may have won 2023, but I believe in humanity's capability for arson for 2024 <3

a vote for me is a vote for arson! This message was approved by hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavle is SUCH a public service and holiday feature

what's more tumblr than comical destruction and holidays?

sometimes you just gotta vote with your matchsticks

Bringing a cultural staple to tumblr since 2021

Arson is so much more fun

It would be really funny and ironic if it survives the tournament

you have no idea how much joy watching the chronicling of the gavlebocken brings me every year

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet provides an essential public service

always love seeing a bit of Swedish history on my dash 'Swedish bamboo season'

the goat account is peak gimmick blog

If I don't get to beat the goat then nobody does. -pointless-achievements

Never ask Tumblr to choose between lies and arson! The winner threatens by nature to rip apart the very fabric of our DNA!

goat statues made out of straw are exciting and interesting

I wanna see things burn

the goat is an essential part of tumblr culture and the goat blog is a sacred keeper of the tumblr high holidays

watching to see if the big straw goat has burned down each year is a true delight, something I never knew existed until tumblr and the blog dedicated to it

the incredibly focused nature of @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is what makes their gimmick superior.

Please guys bite gavlebocken

Look, I'm Danish. I was put on this earth to annoy the Swedes and vice versa, but even I voted for @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavlebocken is also such a fun name and this blog informed be about its existence, so for that I am grateful

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is providing a vital service! Every year, people rely on their updates regarding the fate of our most beloved Yule Goat! How could they NOT deserve the win!?

sacred anti-corporate arson

a vote for gävlebocken is a vote for anarchy!

pls vote for them they're the funniest gimmick keeping track on the funniest phenomena in recent human history, like when i look at their acc i think to myself this is what tumblr was created for

the goat is the GOAT

HASGAVLEBOCKENBURNEDDOWNYET DESERVES TO WIN, I have them on post alert for a REASON

the holiday season wouldn't be the same without them

they do important reporting. Do you look at the news and be like 'the reporters aren't doing work they're just telling you whats happening.' Have some respect for the goat news

let the weird burnt sacrificial ritual of it all appeal to you

nothing makes my December more interesting, arson should win

doesn't barge in on other peoples posts which is always a good thing in my books. not a fan when obnoxious gimmick blogs turn a decent post into a garbled mess

[ultimate-character-design]

The Ultimate Character Design Tournament

Please remember to vote for characters solely based on their design, rather than which character you are more familiar with or like more!

The winner of this tournament will be crowned the first Ultimate Character Design of All Time

Zagreus | Hades

Bunger | Bugsnax

[baldguy-fight]

BALD GUY FIGHT ROUND 1

[autismswagsummit]

AND THE WINNER IS:

DONATELLO HAMATO from RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

Runner-Ups:

Papyrus (Undertale) in Second place

Lilo Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) in Third place

Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb) in Fourth place

Tied for Fifth place, Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) and Laios Touden (Dungeon Meshi)

Thank you so much to everyone who came by to show their support, to rally for their favorites and have fun! This has been another round of the Autism Swag Summit! Goodbye for now!

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Andrew Minyard- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Neil Josten- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

[rolluptheclouds]

Station Master Tama is a famous cat, but what I'm mostly getting from the other polls in this pollblr* is that I do not know a lot of cats.

*this feels like it should be the term for blogs on Tumblr that run polls

Do You Know This Cat?

[fave-fight]

ROUND 1, MATCH 17

NO MAGIC, POWERS, OR WEAPONS

Elon Musk:

“I just wanna watch him get beat up”

“I want to watch him lose every fight”

“Wouldn’t it be funny if everyone who went against him beat him?”

“He would get his ass beaten by anyone and everyone, including Conan Edogawa”

“I just want to see him get punched, repeatedly, by real and fictional people.”

Groundskeeper Willie:

“Because he's ripped and clearly willing to go to insane lengths to win. This guy will punch you in the throat, he doesn't give a shit.”

“There ain’t nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased Scotsman!”

[godsspecialestlittleguyskirmish]

Jesus Christ art by @wolfythewitch

[bestoldmanyaoi]

Old Man Yaoi Semifinals

[rolluptheclouds]

Hilarious to me that Calvin's dad could do so well in a character tournament. C'mon Calvin's dad!

Glasses Swag Sequel Semifinals

Geordi La Forge (Star Trek: The Next Generation) vs Calvin's dad (Calvin and Hobbes)

[gimmick-blog-bracket]

@facts-i-just-made-up

They're a good lesson in fact checking the bare minimum (looking at least at the blog name)

@hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

What's more happy holiday cheer than cheering on the destruction of a giant straw goat?

The birds may have won 2023, but I believe in humanity's capability for arson for 2024 <3

[twinkpoll]

✨TWINK POLL GRAND FINAL✨

Howl Jenkins Pendragon (Howl's Moving Castle) vs Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

IT'S FINALLY HERE, GANG! You know who they are, you have your biases, you have your propaganda ready...

VOTE FOR THE ULTIMATE TUMBLR TWINK!

[tapiocats]

*Carlos' voice* THAT'S MY HUSBAND !!!