Post by Kieros on Mar 14, 2018 16:22:47 GMT
Nine years ago, Problem Sleuth had just ended and everyone still paying attention to MS Paint Adventures was waiting excitedly for what the next story to be told was going to be. Less than a month later, Homestuck was posted, and for the next seven years, the tale told there wove its way throughout internet culture, far beyond what anyone probably would have expected beforehand.
Sadly, last year was the first entirely run since the ending, so nothing could possibly have changed. I mean, it's not like the video game that was promised sometime in the middle was released, followed by a bunch of trolls for the second act of the game being revealed in a row. That would be ridiculous.
So now then, with that out of the way, welcome to the sixth annual MSPA Madness tournament, wherein we end up crowning the "best"[citation needed] character from all of Andrew Hussie's works: From Homestuck to Jailbreak, from Hiveswap to And It Don't Stop, from Troll Call to The Roarosaurs. Now, there's probably thousands of characters from all those works, and trying to rank them all and then doing a single elimination tournament would probably take years, so this is where the qualifying voting comes in. Rank up to your top sixty-four characters, and the highest vote getters will enter into the tournament proper, hopefully resulting in the seventh winner being crowned on April 13th.
Yes, seventh. 2016 had a tie in the finals. 2013: Karkat Vantas | 2014: Roxy Lalonde | 2015: Wayward Vagabond | 2016: Dave Strider/Roxy Lalonde | 2017: Jade Harley
"But," you might say, "I love this character from some obscure section that's never going to get any votes! How could they ever get into the tournament?" Well, much like how the NCAA College World Series has one team from every conference make it in, so too will this competition. There will be one person representing Homestuck in here, and (assuming someone votes for them) someone representing Wizardy Herbert. These will likely be revealed a day before because it's easier to calculate who wins these rather than who scored what among everyone. After that, it's just gonna be votes and votes until someone wins!
Frequently Asked Question from before:
Q: Do I have to fill up all 64 slots?
A: No. Fill as many or as few as you want, just make sure to not skip any spaces.
Q: Are these two characters the same person?
A: Right off the top of my head, if it's akin to Mindfang and Aranea or Bro and Dirk, they are surely separate. If you still aren't sure, just put them both down anyways. As long as it's not intentional duplication (like a response I had before that answered literally every question with Sollux Captor), I'll overlook it.
Q: What should I put for this character's name?
A: Since I'm recording the data manually, it doesn't really matter which. Though please try to keep it as simple as you can while still being unambiguous. As fun as "science wwizard" was, Eridan is a lot nicer; while "PM" works, "AR" is still potentially confusing.
Q: All of Hussie's old works?
A: Yep. If Andrew Hussie had a part in making something, any character from it is eligible to be included in this tournament.
Q: Where can I find some of the old comics?
A: Unfortunately, the website containing Hussie's old works was taken down. You can try Internet Archive. I tested a few comics from that link; most work, but some are unfortunately broken. Still, it's better than nothing.
So what are you waiting for? MSPA Madness is back!
Sadly, last year was the first entirely run since the ending, so nothing could possibly have changed. I mean, it's not like the video game that was promised sometime in the middle was released, followed by a bunch of trolls for the second act of the game being revealed in a row. That would be ridiculous.
So now then, with that out of the way, welcome to the sixth annual MSPA Madness tournament, wherein we end up crowning the "best"[citation needed] character from all of Andrew Hussie's works: From Homestuck to Jailbreak, from Hiveswap to And It Don't Stop, from Troll Call to The Roarosaurs. Now, there's probably thousands of characters from all those works, and trying to rank them all and then doing a single elimination tournament would probably take years, so this is where the qualifying voting comes in. Rank up to your top sixty-four characters, and the highest vote getters will enter into the tournament proper, hopefully resulting in the seventh winner being crowned on April 13th.
Yes, seventh. 2016 had a tie in the finals. 2013: Karkat Vantas | 2014: Roxy Lalonde | 2015: Wayward Vagabond | 2016: Dave Strider/Roxy Lalonde | 2017: Jade Harley
"But," you might say, "I love this character from some obscure section that's never going to get any votes! How could they ever get into the tournament?" Well, much like how the NCAA College World Series has one team from every conference make it in, so too will this competition. There will be one person representing Homestuck in here, and (assuming someone votes for them) someone representing Wizardy Herbert. These will likely be revealed a day before because it's easier to calculate who wins these rather than who scored what among everyone. After that, it's just gonna be votes and votes until someone wins!
Frequently Asked Question from before:
Q: Do I have to fill up all 64 slots?
A: No. Fill as many or as few as you want, just make sure to not skip any spaces.
Q: Are these two characters the same person?
A: Right off the top of my head, if it's akin to Mindfang and Aranea or Bro and Dirk, they are surely separate. If you still aren't sure, just put them both down anyways. As long as it's not intentional duplication (like a response I had before that answered literally every question with Sollux Captor), I'll overlook it.
Q: What should I put for this character's name?
A: Since I'm recording the data manually, it doesn't really matter which. Though please try to keep it as simple as you can while still being unambiguous. As fun as "science wwizard" was, Eridan is a lot nicer; while "PM" works, "AR" is still potentially confusing.
Q: All of Hussie's old works?
A: Yep. If Andrew Hussie had a part in making something, any character from it is eligible to be included in this tournament.
Q: Where can I find some of the old comics?
A: Unfortunately, the website containing Hussie's old works was taken down. You can try Internet Archive. I tested a few comics from that link; most work, but some are unfortunately broken. Still, it's better than nothing.
So what are you waiting for? MSPA Madness is back!