#prelim 19

[characterswithcolorsnamesfight]

Prelim Poll 19

Propaganda here

[characterswithanimalnamesfight]

Prelim 19/27

From the submitters :

Aigle is French for eagle

Pardofelis is the genus (in Latin) of the marbled cat. Felis means cat.

Lyon is Middle English and Middle French for lion

[episodeoftv]

Prelims, Vote 8 of 8

The top 5 finales will move on to be included in the main bracket

Propaganda is under the cut, may include spoilers

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - 8.09 / 8.10 The Last Day

It just... season 8 had been so bad as a whole, it attempted to touch on the blm movement and did it in an okay at best way and in the wake of it all, i think a lot of people just weren't here for cop shows. The finale tried to bring the magic back with one last heist and it did pull out all the stops but I don't know, it just left me feeling really cold. And the ending being that even though the main character wasn't a cop anymore, that he would return to the station every year for the heist... it just never escapes the cop narrative even after he's left.

Chén Qíng Lìng/The Untamed - Episode 50

I nominate this final on grounds of CCP information control, censorship and homophobia. They were so scared of the power of wangxian that they ended up banning ao3 in china and in the show they have to inexplicably have them part ways just to hammer home the no-homo. Plus the show is just kind of objectively bad.... but it rewires your brain all the same

Community - 6.13 Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television

ok i haven’t watched it in a while but it wasn’t the episode’s fault this show had been going downhill for a while. The finale put it out of its misery mostly.

Kyle XY - 3.10 Bringing Down the House

The writers knew they were getting canceled and chose to raise more questions than answers and set up cliffhangers, rather than have a satisfying end. I'm sure it was a last ditch effort to save the show, but it didn't work and now it's just a bad finale.

Northern Exposure - 6.22 Let's Dance / 6.23 Tranquility Base

No propaganda submitted

Ozark - 4.14 A Hard Way to Go

No propaganda submitted

Soul Eater - 1.51 The Word Is Bravery!

ugh god it just gave up on any attempt at character development or the ending of the story in any meaningful way. instead of a complex universe journey exploring her bond with soul, and death the kid becoming the new god of death, maka just...wins the day by 'being brave', extremely underwhelming and borderline nonsensical

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 7.25 / 7.26 What You Leave Behind

Man so okay like it’s not the worst worst one out there but man they really just fuckikg did that. Found family all went and spread themselves across the quadrant with the head of the show the leader, Captain Benjamin Sisko who really just wanted to live on Bajor, got turned into an incorporeal being who could no longer live a linear life while his wife and unborn child had to go on without him. They didn’t even have him saying goodbye to his actual son. His literal son did not get a goodbye, they only gave that to Kasidy, and no hate to Kasidy, she’s my girl, but she’s only been there for three year while his actual son Jake sisko was still basically a kid. He was like 19, 20 and no goodbye fork his dad he’s lost time and time again. Some characters got a satisfying ending but then Julian Bashir is left to stay on deep space nine supposedly still in love with Ezri Dax and together (but let’s be honest, it was a terrible forced decision. They made no sense, and had no chemistry) and still stuck without moving forward or changing. Like what a cop out. Not to mention the terrible cgi fire caves where literally gods got thrown into a fire pit and that was the big climax

[fictional-library-tournament]

Prelims round 1, poll 19

Propaganda

Scarlet Devil Mansion Library, Touhou:

It's said to have books of all kind, in thousands of different languages, and about countless different things. Some of the books were written by the librarian herself, Patchouli Knowledge. The was also probably one of the first recognizable set pieces in the windows touhou games, being the fourth stage in it's introductory game.

The Lines Between, Dimension 20: Neverafter:

Contains all versions of every story ever written, told, or imagined - free existential horror with every checkout!

"You're nothing more than scratches of ink on someone else's piece of paper."

The Lines Between is a massive place between stories, and staffed by diverse and deific librarians who are just doing their best, such as Glossary, Key, Legend and Index. The library is physically made of books, scrolls, and parchment. Its areas include the Hall of Stories, the Canonade, the Tower of Tales, and perhaps most remarkably: a brilliant view of the Auroratory. It is a beautiful aurora borealis of voices, preserving auratory stories that aren't necessarily written down. It is possible to swim up and into the Auroratory.

Fort Maria Library, Star Sable Online:

(All images come from ssoblr users)

So this is not necessarily a public library and it was abandoned for a long time (as far as we know) but the druids have it up again recently in game. It was built as part of Fort Maria centuries ago by the time of the game, and holds books from all those eras.

It is a gorgeous and expansive place with secret passageways, rare tomes, fluffy seats, old abandoned research, a lot of study areas, old relics, a moving bookcase to a portal cavern and even its very own library ghost!

It is, in my opinion, one of the most atmospheric places in the game. Even without sound on it is gorgeous and bring across its intention incredibly well, and with the sound on it is incredibly eerie. The music here is very limited and quiet, and the player’s footsteps echo through the library.

I feel like whatever you’re researching, you will find something on it in here. It feels like a place you could spend your whole life reading in, and still only have read a tiny fraction of the books there.

the citizens of jorvik (fictional star stable online island) keep all the witchcraft books in there and all their super secret and cool magic books, it was closed for years and it's very mysterious. one of the coolest characters (mrs. holdsworth) in the whole game hangs out there a lot, and it's home to a cute little capran named beatrix and she took her name from her favorite book. the only way you get in the library is by feeding her snacks and reading her books and she's also one of the coolest characters in the game (imo). also beatrix is friends with one of the horses in the game and she often is seen playing with the horse so :) OH and also there's a full heckin portal room in the lower floor!!! with a little pond and a portal that at some point the main characters (the "soul riders") get kicked in by the evil guys (the "dark riders") into this place called devil's gap (despite the name there's just one witch basically vibing in the gap potentially helping out the evil guys but we haven't figured that out yet). and it's gorgeous, if you're worrying about looks. the inside is all wooden and home-y and the portal room is also very pretty eye candy, it's very glow-y.

Bookholm, The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

None

[sasiaucompetition]

Prelim Round Poll

19. Where the Lovestruck Bleeds - @/Fangirltothefullest (ao3)

vs.

63. Live Without You - @/stormsofstarlight (ao3)

Propaganda:

Where the Lovestruck Bleeds:

Image ID: A screenshot that reads: Vampire Janus, Logan and Virgil? With spicy romance? Roman as an aspiring artist having the opportunity of a lifetime while his brother Remus does his upmost to protect his innocence? And the language use is stella!

End Image ID

[gleamingtempest]

Chapter 1 Part 2 - DRDT Death Game By Majority [Vote]

Trust Points & Statuses X/30

Charles 5/20 Despondent

Eden 15 Focused

Xander 0 Despondent

Hu 13 Focused

Nico 10 Focused

Levi 15 Focused

Whit 10 Relaxed

Teruko 8 Focused

Arei 3 Turbulent

Veronika 6 Relaxed

Arturo 3 Focused

Stress Points X/30

Charles 28

Eden 24

Xander 28

Hu 22

Nico 25

Levi 25

Whit 21

Teruko 24

Arei 23

Veronika 22

Arturo 24

Group Relations

Leader: Hu

Focused: Eden, Hu, Nico, Levi, Teruko, Arturo

Turbulent: Arei

Relaxed: Whit, Veronika

Hu, Arei, Nico & Arturo dislike Xander

Charles likes Whit

Exploration Pairs

Whit & Charles

Hu & Eden

Teruko & Nico

Arei & Levi

Veronika & Arturo

Xander

Exploration

Whit & Charles bond [+1/3 Bond] [-1 Stress]

Hu & Eden bond [+1/3 Bond] [-1 Stress]

Teruko & Nico bond [+1/3 Bond] [-1 Stress]

Arei & Levi bond [+1/3 Bond] [-1 Stress]

Veronika & Arturo bicker [-1/3 Bond] [+1 Stress]

Xander grieves [-1 Stress]

The group begins finding strange cards scattered throughout the facility. None of them share this.

Cage Trap

Hu & Eden investigate the cage trap room

Hu Roll: 19[-1] Mental

Eden Roll: 2[-1] Mental

Eden falls into the cage trap

Hu takes on the cage trap challenge

Roll: 5[-1] Physical

Hu fails & both become trapped in the cage room

Luck Roll: 11

Veronika & Arturo find Hu & Eden trapped in the cage trap room

Veronika pressures Arturo into taking on the challenge, stating that he'll die if he doesn't start gaining trust. [-1/3 Bond]

Roll: 12[-1] Physical

Arturo saves Eden & Hu [+1 Trust]

Mirror Puzzle

Teruko & Nico find the mirror puzzle room

Teruko challenges the puzzle

Roll: 9[+1] Mental

Teruko solves the mirror room puzzle [+1 Trust] [-1 Stress]

Teruko & Nico bond [+1/3 Bond] [-1 Stress]

The bars on floor 2 are unlocked

Laptop Discussion

Nico shares the laptop with Teruko, Whit, Xander & Charles

Teruko tries to break into the laptop

Roll: 9[+1] Mental

Teruko fails to break into the laptop

Whit tries to break into the laptop

Roll: 1

Whit slips up and reveals that he's intentionally trying to fail

Teruko sees Charles pick up a card

Red Room

Teruko & Nico investigate the red room

Teruko challenges the red room

Roll: 17[+3] Mental

Teruko solves the red room puzzle [+1 Trust] [-1 Stress]

Teruko & Nico bond [+1/3 Bond] [-1 Stress]

Teruko & Nico like each other

Teruko & Nico discover half a victory rate sheet

Kitchen

Arei & Levi find the kitchen unlocked

Arei takes the knife from the kitchen [-1 Trust]

Arei becomes focused

Levi reprimands Arei & Arei berates Levi [-1/3 Bond Both] [+1 Stress Both]

Black Room

Arei & Levi investigate the black room

Roll: 11[-2] Mental

Arei & Levi find half of a victory rate sheet

Final Moments

Xander & Teruko reconcile [+3/3 Bond] [-2 Stress]

Xander begins healing

Hu & Eden bond

Veronika pesters Arturo [-1/3 Bond] [+1 Stress]

Arturo dislikes Veronika

Arei, Levi & Nico wander

The main game begins

Main Game

Preliminary Discussion

5 Minutes

Disc. Leader: Hu

Roll: 17[+1] Control

Hu moderates the discussion well [+1 Trust]

Charles is unable to participate

Veronika speculates

Roll: 1[+3] Mental

Veronika makes no discoveries

10 Minutes

Roll: 4[-1] Control

The discussion devolves into chaos [+1 Stress]

15 Minutes

Disc. Leader: Eden

Roll: 17[+1] Control

Eden moderates the discussion well [+1 Trust]

Nico speculates

Roll: 3[+1] Mental

Nico makes no discoveries

20 Minutes

Roll: 9[+1]

Eden moderates the discussion well [+1 Trust]

Teruko speculates

Roll: 11[+1] Mental

Teruko discovers the Arei took the knife [-1 Trust] [-1/3 Bond]

Levi backs up this testimony [-1/3 Bond]

Arei dislikes Levi

25 Minutes

The group debates this claim

Roll: 6 Trust

The group doesn't believe Teruko & Levi [-1 Trust]

30 Minutes

Roll: 2[+1] Control

The discussion devolves into chaos [+1 Stress]

35 Minutes

Discussion Leader: Xander

Roll: 2[-1] Control

The discussion devolves into chaos [+1 Stress]

The prelim discussion reaches it's halfway point

Xander, Nico, Levi & Arturo become turbulent [+1 Stress]

Arturo & Xander become despondent

40 Minutes

Disc. Leader: Arei

Roll: 13[-1] Control

Arei moderates the discussion well

Teruko speculates

Roll: 13[+1] Mental

Teruko discovers that Charles took the sacrifice card

Nico backs up her testimony

45 Minutes

The group debates this claim

Roll: 13 Trust

The group believes Teruko [+2 Trust]

The group believes Charles has the sacrifice card

50 Minutes

The final 20 minutes of prelim discussion arrive

Roll: 5[-1] Control

The discussion devolves into chaos [+1 Stress]

Eden, Teruko & Veronika become turbulent [+1 Stress]

Nico & Levi become despondent

55 Minutes

Disc. Leader: Veronika

Roll: 12[-3] Control

Veronika leads the discussion well [+1 Trust]

Teruko speculates

Roll: 19[+1] Mental

Teruko discovers that Whit is hiding information related to the laptop & that he went missing during the final moments before the main game

Nico backs this testimony up

Whit confesses to this being the truth

60 Minutes

The group debates this claim

Roll: 7 Trust

The group doesn't believe Nico, Whit or Teruko [-1 Trust]

65 Minutes

The group discusses which 4 will be voted, ignoring the 5th candidate which is assumed to be the sacrifice by default.

The candidates chosen are based on trust.

Arturo, Arei, Veronika & Xander are chosen

Arei & Arturo debate this choice

Time runs out

Preliminary vote

Role Discussion

5 Minutes

Xander claims commoner

Veronika claims keymaster

Arei claims keymaster

Arturo claims keymaster

Whit is silent

10 Minutes

The group debates the identity of the sage

Group Roll: 6 Mental

The group decides Whit is the sage

15 Minutes

Whit does not claim a keymaster

The group debates the identity of the sacrifice

Roll: 12 Mental

The group decides Xander told the truth about being a commoner

20 Minutes

The group agrees to vote for Xander who has the lowest risk of being the sacrifice

Whit makes a desperate claim about being an insider for the death game who will disrupt the groups harmony

Roll: 8[+3] Trust

Roll: 14 Mental

Nico, Teruko, Arei, Veronika & Arturo don't believe Whit.

Eden, Hu & Levi believe Whit

Xander claims that Whit is the sacrifice

Victim Vote

The floormaster reveals the roles

ROLES

Keymaster: Veronika

Sage: Arei

Sacrifice: Whit

Xander is chosen as the victim & Whit is the sacrifice

Whit reveals that he took Charles sacrifice card while he was in his triggered state

Whit tells the group to look for the laptop [-3 Stress]

Whit gives Charles a final plea [-2 Stress]

WHIT's heart is filled with clamps which slowly tighten. Eventually, his heart is crushed. [+2 Stress]

Whit Young expires.

Xander gives the entire group a final speech, pleasing for them to escape.

XANDER is executed via electrocution. He is fried beyond recognition. [+2 Stress]

Xander Matthews expires

Teruko goes into mourning [+1 Stress]

Charles goes into mourning [+1 Stress]

The remaining group is relieved [-5 Stress]

Xander Matthews was chosen as a victim.

Whit Young was sacrificed.

9 Remain

[flagwars]

Video Game Flag Wars: Round 1

Now that the National Pride Fusion Flag Wars has ended, we can return to the Video Game Flag Wars! The prelims decided which flag would represent each series, so now the tournament contains one flag per series. This does not include mods and fangames, as there are multiple flags from Hearts of Iron mods and Roblox games in the tournament. As there are so many flags even after the prelims, there will be 32 polls in the first round rather than the usual 16. Let me know what flag you want to win! See the brackets below.

Round 1:

1. Crimson Cult Banner (Thaumcraft) vs. Flag (Roblox BedWars) vs. Salmon Run Flag (Splatoon)

2. Unnamed Flag (Lego City Undercover) vs. Atlantic Federation (Valkyria Chronicles) vs. Homestead Banner (Palia)

3. Middle Eastern Alliance (Squad) vs. Shadowkin (Raid: Shadow Legends) vs Bilge Rat Adventures Flag (Sea of Thieves)

4. Saker’s Flag (Fable) vs. Novistrana (Republic: The Revolution) vs. Arstotzka (Papers, Please)

5. San Andreas (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) vs. Kirin Tor Offensive Banner (World of Warcraft) vs. Alliance of Galactic Travelers (No Man’s Sky)

6. Black Revolt (Kaiserredux) vs. Aquileian Republic (Supremacy) (Equestria at War) vs. Rescue Corps Flag (Pikmin 4)

7. Tropico (Tropico) vs. Sons of Liberty (Metal Gear Solid 2) vs. Commune of Revachol (Disco Elysium)

8. Mawkin Flag (Metroid: Dread) vs. Calchaqui (Europa Universalis 4) vs. Kazan Military Okrug (Thousand-Week Reich)

9. King Dedede’s Flag (Kirby: Triple Deluxe) vs. Meat Flag (Slime Rancher) vs. Flag of the Crown (Cult of the Lamb)

10. Communist Australia (Victoria II) vs. Delian League (Imperator: Rome) vs. Ominous Banner/Illager Banner (Minecraft)

11. Patagonian Worker’s Front (Kaiserreich) vs. Castle Siege (Super Smash Bros.) vs. Yara (Far Cry 6)

12. Stag Beetle Flag (Animal Crossing: New Leaf) vs. Fortnite (Fortnite) vs. Livonia (Arma)

13. Gaul Úr (Red Flood) vs. Strong Badia (Homestar Runner) vs. Super Earth (Helldivers)

14. Alam Melayu (Rise of Nations (Roblox)) vs. Tiki Tak Tribe (Donkey Kong Country Returns) vs. Sea Slide Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)

15. Great Lakes Government (Kalterkrieg: Shadow of the Weltkrieg) vs. Principality of Kemerovo (The New Order: Last Days of Europe) vs. Joker Banner (Balatro)

16. Shadow Isles Clash Banner (League of Legends) vs. Rebel Corps, Phantom Thieves Version (Persona 5 Tactica) vs. Antarctica (3D Atlas (1996))

17. Generic Flag (Roblox) vs. Standing Flag (Dragon Blade RPG (Roblox)) vs. Zhu Xi's Legacy (Age of Empires 4)

18. Kitakami (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet) vs. South California (Cyberpunk 2077) vs. Watchers (Overwatch)

19. Avalar (Spyro the Dragon) vs. Union of American People's Republics (Red World) vs. Grey Warden Heraldry (Dragon Age: Inquisition)

20. Eusan Nation (Signalis) vs. Aurelia (Ace Combat) vs. Outer Wilds Ventures (Outer Wilds)

21. Columbia (Bioshock Infinite) vs. Sickle Moon Flag (Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) vs. Eggmanland (Sonic Unleashed)

22. The Allied Nations (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3) vs. The Rebellion (Just Cause 3) vs. Federation of the Americas (Call of Duty: Ghosts)

23. Great Lake Revolutionary Council (Extremis Ultimis) vs. Courland (Empire: Total War) vs. Columbia (Crimson Skies)

24. Pontiac Province (Judgement Day: Aftermath of the Red Flood) vs. Communist Iberia (Hearts of Iron IV) vs. International Workers' Armed Forces (Krasnacht: Twilight of the Gods)

25. New California Republic (Fallout) vs. Deep Hollow Valley (Night in the Woods) vs. Victory Flag (Fall Guys)

26. Zheng Fa (Ace Attorney) vs. Golden Deer Banner (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) vs. Warbanner (Risk of Rain 2)

27. Blue Flag (Halo: Combat Evolved) vs. Wario’s House (WarioWare) vs. American Collective (Twilight of the Anthropocene)

28. Niflheim (Final Fantasy XV) vs. Republic of America (Dustborn) vs. American Empire (Pax Britannica)

29. Corvus (Dead Ahead (Roblox)) vs. Banner of the First Fleet (Monster Hunter)

30. Fillydelphia Contingent (Balefire Blues) vs. Federation of Anrakan Isles (Suzerain)

31. Yartar (Baldur’s Gate 3) vs. Hurons (American Conquest)

32. Falkreath Hold (Skyrim) vs. Assassin Jolly Roger (Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag)

[green-nerd-showdown]

WHO HAS A SECURED SPOT IN THE BRACKET?!

(doing this due to the ea app)

With the form officially closed! Barely half of the contestants make the cut. And here they are. (Under the cut)

BTW! tags #polls

#green nerd rambles

6 submissions

pidge from voltron

Riz Gukgak from Dimesion 20: fantasy high

5 submissions

3. Jonathan Sims, the magnus archives

4 submissions

4. Donatello from TMNT 5. The riddler from Gotham 6. Chihiro Fujisaki from Danganronpa 7. Marina Ida from Splatoon

3 submission

8. Peridot from Steven Universe 9. Plankton from Spongebob 10. Futaba Sakura from persona 5 11. Cilan from Pokemon 12. Jade Harley from Homestuck 13. Izuku Midoriya from MHA 14. N.Brio from Crash Bandicoot 15. Ralsei from deltarune

we have 26 contestants. Meaning only 11 of those can join. Why you may ask

BECAUSE SOME ARE ALREADY AUTO ADDED! 6 CHARACTERS WILL GET AUTO ADDED! AND THOSE ARE THE FELLAS ON MY BANNER (PLUS SKALMAN), EXCEPT FOR GONTA, NO ONE SUBMITTED GONTA :(

MEET THE LUCKY 6 (they all had 2 submissions)

16. Geronimo Stilton from Geronimo Stilton 17. Harvey from Stardew Valley 18. Milo James Thatch from Atlantis the Lost Empire 19. Blathers from Animal Crossing 20. ignatz victor from Fire Emblem: Three Houses 21. Skalman from Bamse (he is from a swedish kids comic, basically like the swedish Calvin and Hobbes)

AND WE ARE HAVING OUR FIRST PRELIM TODAY! As another chance for me to be petty. A jojo character is joining. I had to. I made a presentation about the creator when i was 13 so i basically sold my soul to have anything contain a jojo reference.

Prelim adds!

22. Jobin Higashikata from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 23. Basil Mouse from the Great Mouse Detective 24. N from pokemon

[animemusicbrackets]

Vocaloid Song Showdown!!: Prelims Part C

Please listen to the songs before voting!

"Electric Angel (Giga-P Arrangement)" by Yasuo-P and Giga-P; feat. Kagamine Rin & Len

"Doctor=Funk Beat" by nyanyannya; feat. KAITO (with maimie, Shindou Gaku, Amaoto Junca, and Dashio)

"Children Record" by Jin; feat. IA

"World is Mine" by ryo; feat. Hatsune Miku

"Love Me, Love Me, Love Me" by Kikuo; feat. Hatsune Miku

[silly-name-tourney]

Silly Name Tournament General Prelims #19

top 3 get in!

[mattapparentlystumbltourneys]

CUTTING ROOM THROWDOWN - PRELIMS 19

Propaganda below:

Hunter (Beta) propaganda:

The show went through a lot of changes before becoming what it was, for Hunter in particular, it looked as if he was going to be a very different character to the one we ended up with, shown here working alongside Luz even before she met Eda the Owl Lady. (If you're not familiar with the series, then the canon version of Hunter starts out as an antagonist who eventually defect to the heroes side later in the series)

Nanako Dojima propaganda:

Because Nanako is so cute <3 She's one of the best characters in persona 4 and this model implies that she was meant to be included as a (maybe playable) character in persona 5 as well. This is exciting because Nanako is a young child in the first game, and a preteen in this new model. Getting to see her grow up properly would have been so fun.

[characterswithcolorsnamesfight]

Propaganda for General Prelim Poll 19

(Vote here)

Amber (Rune Factory) :

No propaganda yet

Lal Song (Star Trek) :

"Ok so Lal is technically named for the hindu word for beloved or darling according to the encyclopedias but as an Indian this word also doubles in many Indian languages as a word for red or ruby. Propaganda: she's created and tragically dies in the span of an episode and her own father, Data, an android, can't properly mourn for her and makes artwork of her and misses her :(. "

The Indigo Man (The Graveyard Book) :

"he's very creepy and very sad"

Momomiya Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew) :

"The momo part in her family name means pink/peach"

Rosey the Robot (The Jetsons) :

No propaganda yet

Garret Redmond (Big Sky Country) :

"basically a hallmark movie villain. he wants to buy the family farm for his big multi-million dollars enterprise and he's an evil capitalist"

Kuro (Somato Kuro) :

"黒 means black and it is both the title of the manga and the cat."

Kurokawa Akane (Oshi no Ko) :

"Akane means "madder" (as in the shade of red dye) and Kurokawa means "black river""

Grey (Nui!) :

"Nui! is a Toy Story like story about plushies, if they are loved enough they come to life. If they are loved even more they can become human for a short while. Those with living plushies know that they are alive and tend to bring them everywhere, or the plushies will do it themselves. It's an really adorable manga but doesn't shy away from dark subjects."

[clarabowmp3]

hi besties I need some advice. So there’s this university I applied to in the early admissions cycle and when I got the invitation they said that if I was “not shortlisted in this cycle, I could apply again in the regular admissions cycle.”

After applying I was shortlisted for interview for one of the uni’s scholar programmes I applied to (the degree I applied to doesn’t have an interview, that’s only for scholarships/scholar programmes etc) and I had my interview one day after the regular admissions cycle opened.

it’s been one week since the regular admissions cycle opened and I haven’t heard anything from them, and I’ve only got a little less than 3 weeks until the regular admissions cycle also closes. No where in their email did they state how/when they would inform if I’ve been accepted/rejected from the uni or the scholars programme I applied to, so now my dilemma is:

Do I just take it that I’ve been rejected from both the uni and scholar programme by default? My interview wasn’t the best so I get it if I’m being rejected from the scholars programme but I should at least get into the uni?? Cuz like why would they go through the effort of shortlisting me for the scholars prog if I wasn’t even going to be accepted into the uni? And also if my grades/essays were good enough to get me shortlisted for the scholars prog surely they would be good enough to get me accepted for my degree??? (Early admissions is based on prelim grades and I literally got only 1 B in a subject that’s so unrelated to the course I’m applying for)

do I email them to ask? My parents think I should but that’s just generally stressful and not a fun time for anyone but also I feel like it’s basic decency to let me know if I’ve been accepted/rejected, esp since the regular admissions are ongoing? Since they said I could reapply in the regular cycle that sort of implies that I would know their decision by then, but also my interview for the scholars programme was one day after the regular cycle opened and idk how long they’ll take to make their decision but also their regular cycle closed on 19 March???? So what then?????????

pls help if anyone has any nuggets of wisdom, I’m kind of peeved w this uni cuz it’s pretty good but also I think it should be basic decency to tell me if I’ve been accepted or not esp since the regular cycle is open, or at the very least say smth like “if you don’t hear from us by this date, your application might have been unsuccessful” and on top of that THEY know when they’re done processing my application, I don’t, so why should I have to email them?? If they’ve come to a decision they can tell me!! I’m just shooting in the dark here w my email shxnxkkxkx

[book--brackets]

Books in Danger of Being Wholly Eliminated

We’re at a sort of halfway point, so here’s a quick update on books that might end up eliminated. As a reminder, and book that ends their prelim round with less than 2% of the votes will be struck from my list to make room for more submissions next time around.

Lux (PR 4; 0.4%)

Last Surviviors (PR 7; 0.3%)

Ascendance (PR 9; 1.4%)

Wings (PR 9; 1.9%)

Melissa (PR 12; 1.9%)

Michael Vey (PR 12; 1.4%)

Echo (PR 13; 1.9%)

Tales of Magic (PR 13; 1.4%)

Tales of Alvin Maker (PR 13; 0.5%)

Cold Awakening (PR 19; 0.1%)

[fictional-library-tournament]

Polls masterlists

Prelims round 1

Four polls a day, each open for a day. This post will provide links to them and also give their status. If I've got my timings right, the last of these should end midnight GMT on the 9th December.

Poll 1 completed!

Winner: Junior Woodchucks Guidebook, Guardians of the Lost Library by Don Rosa

Poll 2 completed!

Winner: Endless Athenaeum, Critical Role – Campaign 1: Vox Machina

Poll 3 completed!

Winner: Noumenon, Final Fantasy XIV

Poll 4 completed!

Winner: Kiersau Abbey Library, Pentiment

Poll 5 completed!

Winner: Neo-Gotham Public Library, Batman Beyond

Poll 6 completed!

Winner: Downing Hill Public Library, Hello from the Hallowoods by William A Wellman

Poll 7 completed!

Winner: Mrs Phelps' library, Matilda by Roald Dahl

Poll 8 completed!

Winner: Sazed's Copperminds, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Poll 9 completed!

Winner: ART's archives, The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Poll 10 completed!

Winner: Bag End library, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Poll 11 completed!

Winner: Sunai, The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Cando

Poll 12 completed!

Winner: Merlin's Library, The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

Poll 13 completed!

Winner: The Scholomance Library, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Poll 14 completed!

Winner: The Thunderhead, Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Poll 15 completed!

Winner: The Black Archives, Doctor Who

Poll 16 completed!

Winner: Vault of Knowledge, Sky: Children of the Light

Poll 17 completed!

Winner: SCP-4001 "Alexandria Eternal", SCP Foundation

Poll 18 completed!

Winner: Death's library, The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

Poll 19 completed!

Winner: The Lines Between, Dimension 20: Neverafter

Poll 20 completed!

Winner: Justice Strauss' library, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

Poll 21 completed!

Winners: The Library, Clue/Cluedo; The Incorruptible Republic of the Immortal Library of the Grand Architect (aka The Incorruptible Library), Girl Genius

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Best Pokémon Gym Leader Tournament- Preliminary Round Stats Breakdown!

Since this competition is far bigger in scope than the last one, I definitely had to split up the stats into two halves- the preliminary rounds and the tournament proper! I've finally had the time to analyse the data and found some interesting stuff.

Starting off, across 16 matches, a total of 5917 votes were cast! This works out to an average of 369.9 votes per match. On average, each region recieved 739.6 votes- though the real breakdown is quite different.

Paldea received a sizable 965 votes across the two matches, with the lowest amount of votes going to both Hoenn and Sinnoh receiving the exact same 603 votes. The regions fall in this order:

Paldea- 965 votes (16.3%)

Unova- 850 votes (14.4%)

Kanto- 781 votes (13.2%)

Galar- 766 votes (12.9%)

Johto- 738 votes (12.5%)

Kalos- 611 votes (10.3%)

Hoenn & Sinnoh- 603 votes each (10.2%)

The graph looks like this:

In terms of individual matches, the most voted on was Paldea 1 with 568 votes- featuring Larry, Grush, Katy, and Iono. The least voted on match was Hoenn 2 with 285 votes- featuring Flannery, Tate & Liza, Juan, and Norman.

If we start to look at the contestants- as seen in round, Larry got the most votes individually at 234! This was 26 times more than the lowest ranked competitor- poor Brycen only getting 9 votes. Since we already know the top few from the seeding in round 1, let's take a look at the bottom 5 in terms of vote totals:

Brycen: 9 votes

Lt. Surge: 18 votes

Pryce: 19 votes

Brawly: 20 votes

Gordie: 21 votes

When it comes to vote percentages- who won and lost with the biggest and smallest proportion of votes? Well the biggest victory goes to Flannery! The only person to break 50%, she won with 56.5%. On the other end, it's Brycen again with only 2.2%.

Before we move on to the preliminary winners- let's just see who was closest to making it through but didn't? The most votes for someone knocked out in the prelims went to Whitney, who was beaten out by Falkner, 126 to her 122 votes. The closest margin however, was between Candice and Roark- she beat him by just 1%- or 3 votes- 29.7% to 28.7%.

Finally, let's look at the preliminary winners. An interesting tidbit is the amount of women making it through! The winners have a gender ratio of 14:19, male to female contestants. (Remember, Tate and Liza made it through so there's one more person than there is competitor slots!)

In terms of pure numbers though, of course Larry got the most votes, with Tate and Liza getting the least at only 62. Because of the way the contest was structured that is significantly less than several contestants who just had the misfortune of going up against more popular opponents! For percentages- Kabu had the slimmest win at only 18% in his matchup.

The last bits of data we'll look at is how the different regions fared when looking at their winners. Paldea's winners had the most votes between them with 696, and Sinnoh had the least at 412. This also translates to the average seed per region:

Paldea- 6.5 (696 votes)

Johto- 13.75 (513 votes)

Kanto- 15 (497 votes)

Unova- 16 (482 votes)

Kalos- 18.5 (456 votes)

Galar- 19.25 (450 votes)

Hoenn- 20.5 (420 votes)

Sinnoh- 22.5 (412 votes)

Lastly, taking a look at which winners were most popular in their region- we can see that the Kalos leaders took the biggest vote share. They won a total of 74.6% of their region's votes, more than Paldea's close second place of 72.1%. The inverse saw Unova's leaders have the smallest vote share in their region, possibly due to how many contestants were splitting the vote up- they got 56.7% of the votes.

And that's all for now! If there was anything I didn't cover that you wanted to find out, let me know and I can update this post or we'll get to it in the next one for the main tournament! Thank you for being as interested in this as I am!