#saurnament submissions

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for your submissions today, they really made my day and I definitely needed that!

Anyway, I was going to post some stats again, but I decided to add it to the Official Saurnament Page™ so that anyone could see it live! The new tab shows a basic breakdown of the current potential candidate list, by broad group. Note that these groups are not a 100% accurate parallel to existing clades, this is just for simplicity's sake!

For the uninitiated, dinosaurs are classified into 2 main groups, that's not very interesting but I've kept it in this graph regardless. The 4 main groups, generally, are:

Theyreophora (Stegosaurs, Ankylosaurs, etc.)

Cerapoda (Triceratops, and essentially everything else not in the other categories like Parasaurolophus, Pachycephalosaurus, etc.)

Sauropods (Long necked dinosaurs like brachiosaurus, diplodocus, etc.)

Theropods (T-Rex, Raptors, and everything similar)

As you can see, we have a uh, slight oversaturation problem. But don't let this stop you from submitting theropods if that's what you want!

But like. If you know any non-theropods that you like, especially ornithiscians, please hesitate even less! I had originally wanted to do an ornithiscian and saurischian bracket, but if I have to restructure a little I will.

Anyway! Thanks a lot to all who've submitted, we're still nowhere near ready to move on to the next phase, so there's plenty of time left!

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Gonna do a Round 1 Roundup post next week once the Round 1 polls finish, but for now, here is the basic analysis so far!

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Best Fictional Dinosaur Tournament: Ornithischian Bracket; Round 1B, Poll 5/8

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Thanks for the submissions so far everyone! Decent amount of potential candidates so far, but I definitely need more, and DEFINITELY need more actual voting participants! So please let anyone know who you think might be interested! That has a tumblr still, anyway

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Do "characters" from documentaries count? Like dinosaurs from WWD, Dinosaur Revolution, or Prehistoric Planet.

Good question! A bit of a gray area, generally YES, but only if they're like, the focus of a long running segment.

Like, if there's just a couple minutes where the documentary is like "here we see a therizinosaur, it has huge ass claws and was probably an herbivore" and moves on, then no.

But if the whole episode is following a specific dinosaur through some quest for a prolonged period of time, then I'm willing to count it pending further review.

It's not a very exact criteria, so when in doubt feel free to try!

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

Submissions Open!

Please submit any fictional dinosaurs that you want to be considered for the Best Fictional Dinosaur Tournament (alternatively referred to as the saurnament)!

Please submit the name of your FICTIONAL, NON-AVIAN (Triceratops - Troodont) dinosaur, AND the franchise of origin! Additionally, if you submit a non-theropod, I love you.

It would also make my life easier if you checked to see if the character has already been added before asking! (That's a read only list, submissions are done via ask!)

Only 6 characters per franchise will be allowed in the final cut, but don't let that stop you for now! I will be doing the filtering later.

Feel free to submit a picture of the character if you're asking off anon (not required). I will have to select at least one representative picture for each candiate; if nobody suggests any then I will have to look them up myself.

Have fun, and please REBLOG to help spread the word!

For all you fellow rule lovers, the detailed rules are under the cut:

Rule 0 (Dino Denial)

Candidates must be fictional dinosaurs.

All candidates must be fictional entities, created by a specific person or group to serve some fictive purpose. Examples that do count: The T-Rex from Jurassic Park, Blue from Jurassic World, any relevant sports mascots, specific named dinosaurs in documentaries NOT based on an existing named fossil. Examples that don't count: Any general species of dinosaur without citing a specific work, any dubious or contested species of dinosaur such as nanotyrannus, any named actual fossils such as Big Al.

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Rule 1 (Di-No a Saur When I See One)

Candidates must be non-avian dinosaurs.

All candidates must either: a) BE an actual non-avian dinosaur, or b) have a design that is PRIMARILY INSPIRED BY one or more non-avian dinosaurs (and from here on out, consider "dinosaur" to effectively mean "non-avian dinosaur). Birds do NOT count for this poll; "dinosaur" here means Triceratops through Troodonts. Additionally, pterosaurs, icthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, and other similar ancient reptiles do NOT count as they are NOT dinosaurs. (Example 1: Obviously, Aladar from Dinosaur counts, as he is an iguanadon, but Agumon, Godzilla, the Indoraptor, and Bastiodon all count too even though, strictly speaking, none of them are actually existing dinosaurs). (Example 2: Any birds, snakes, lizards, or other ancient reptiles/amphibians/whatever, such as Lapras, Rodan, Bulbasaur, and sea monsters do NOT count, as none of them are primarily based off of non-avian dinosaurs).

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Rule 2 (The Digimon Clause)

Only a certain number of candidates will be allowed per franchise; currently set to 9.

In the final lineup there will be no more than a certain number of characters per franchise (probably 9, to be determined based on submission volume!) But don't let this affect submissions! Filtering for this rule will be done afterward.

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Rule 3 (The Dragon's Dogma)

Dinosaurs only, no dragons, but dragonlike dinosaurs are probably fine.

Obviously, dragons do NOT count. However draconic characters that are still able to satisfy Rule 1 CAN count, provided that they can be construed as primarily dinosaur in origin. It can be hard to distinguish, but in general, factors that lean a character towards being more draconic than dinosaur include wings, a primarily serpentine body, and legs that stick out to the side rather than directly under the body. (Example: Guilmon is still clearly a dinosaur, so it counts. But by the time it becomes Megidramon, it is clearly more dragon than dinosaur.).

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Rule 4 (Dinosauromorpha)

Shapeshifters allowed only if they ONLY become dinosaurs.

Non dinosaur characters that can turn into dinosaurs CAN have one or more of their dinosaur form(s) submitted, IF and ONLY IF their dinosaur form comes from the ability to specifically and ONLY turn into dinosaurs, NOT as the result of a broader power. (Example: Most Dino Squad members, each of whom can turn into one specific dinosaur, COUNT, but Beast Boy, who can turn into any dinosaur, because he can turn into any animal, does NOT count).

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Rule 5 (How Did the Triceratops Speed Up His Computer?)

He gave it a good RAM Robotic dinosaurs allowed ONLY if they look primarily like living creatures, not vehicles or anything.

Partially or fully mechanized characters that satisfy Rule 1 DO count, provided that in addition to the criteria of Rule 1, the core form of the character is meant to resemble a living creature, rather than be a tank or vehicle with dinosaur parts. (Example: Grimlock counts, Mechagodzilla counts, Robirdo does not).

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

i am submitting dino-sour cookie's jellysaur from cookie run, it's just a little guy that can also turn into a big guy

(there is also the jellysaur that appears in his skill and the several other jellysaurs that appear in his trial, like the triceratops and braciosaurs and also his pet which is a weird dinosaur egg thing, but for the purposes of this saurnament i will submit dino-sour's jellysaur specifically, which is the one that's always with him)

Very cute, nice choice! Thanks for the submission! Just to clarify, you're talking about this one, right?:

If not then please correct me!

[bestfictionaldinosaur]

I guess just so that it's not dead air until I get more followers/submissions, and partly to build up interest, for the next couple days/weeks/months I will be making posts about various candidates I've received so far, just to introduce them to anyone who may not be familiar, maybe specify what dinosaur(s) they're based off of, and anything else I have in mind.

I may also intentionally make errors in these because nothing gets you a bunch of instant attention than saying something incorrect online

Anyway black list "saurnament profiles" if this sounds annoying to you!