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Post by Kieros on Mar 14, 2020 16:02:44 GMT
We're here once again, and as the eleventh anniversary of Homestuck's beginning comes upon us, it's time again for MSPA Madness to return! And this brings us to the introspective questions that I feel like should start this with. Will Roxy continue her even year winning streak? Will the epilogues and Homestuck 2 have an influence on how the results stack up? Will a non-Homestuck character make it to the Elect Eight and yes I've used that before but it still hasn't happened?
Congratulations and welcome to the eighth annual MSPA Madness tournament, wherein we end up crowning the "best" [dubious] character from all of Andrew Hussie's works: From Homestuck to Jailbreak, from Hiveswap to And It Don't Stop, from Homestuck 2 to The Roarosaurs. Now, with how many characters there have been in all of those, trying to do 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 scorers will enter into the tournament proper, resulting in the winner being crowned, yes, on April 13th. Some things don't change. "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 UEFA Champions League has one club from every member state make it in at some point, 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 straight up matches between characters until only one is left. 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 Jane Crocker), I'll overlook it. Also you notice how I'm changing this name every year? Yeah, people are still ignoring this. 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! |
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Post by ashercrane on Mar 15, 2020 0:27:12 GMT
Yay! I saw it this year!
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Post by Kieros on Mar 20, 2020 22:38:06 GMT
Well, after a day of running through all the votes, I've managed to tally them up and we have ourselves the thirty-five automatic qualifiers - (Vriska)
- Andrew Hussie
- Apple
- Autoresponder
- Bard
- Caliborn
- Casey
- Crabdad
- Crowbar
- Dad
- Davesprite
- Death
- Doc Scratch
- Echidna
- Ham
- Horse (Jailbreak)
- Ice Cream Man (And It Don't Stop_
- Jack Noir
- Joey Claire
- John Egbert
- June Egbert
- Karkat Vantas
- Lil' Cal
- Meenah Peixes
- MS Paint
- MSPA Reader
- Nervous Broad
- Problem Sleuth
- Pyralspite
- Roxy Lalonde
- Signless
- Skylla Koriga
- Sweet Bro
- Wayward Vagabond
- Xefros Tritoh
Now then, thirty-three spots remain open for other characters to get in, as well as seeing what the bracket ends up as! Come back tomorrow to see what it is... |
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Post by Kieros on Mar 21, 2020 22:50:53 GMT
And here we are with the full bracket!!! uh well almost... y'see... I kinda lost the file I had been using to make the image, and given how late it is, I'd rather get these up and post a later bracket than make you wait even more so... TEXT ONLY VERSION HERE IT IS!
Oh also, the division titles might seem a bit more esoteric this year. There's a reason for them, and if you manage to figure it out, mad props to you. So then, without further ado, here's the bracket, with the respective autoqualifiers in bold! Wright Division1) Terezi Pyrope
16) Play-in between Pyralspite and Jailbreak Horse
8) Joey Claire
9) Spades Slick
4) Dirk Strider
13) Casey
5) Meenah Peixes
12) Mallek Adalov
2) Roxy Lalonde
15) Apple
7) Crowbar
10) Kurloz Makara
3) Kanaya Maryam
14) Sweet Bro
6) Marvus Xoloto
11) Death Fate Division1) Dave Strider
16) Play-in between Bard from Bardquest and Echidna
8) Davepetasprite
9) Dave's Bro
4) Equius Zahhak
13) Karako Pierot
5) MSPA Reader
12) Porrim Maryam
2) Rose Lalonde
15) Crabdad
7) Dad Egbert
10) Daraya Jonjet
3) Nepeta Leijon
14) Play-in between Neophyte Redglare and Meulin Leijon
6) Doc Scratch
11) Xefros Tritoh Green Division1) Karkat Vantas
16) Lil' Cal
8) Chixie Roixmr
9) The Signless
4) Jack Noir
13) (Vriska)
5) Problem Sleuth
12) Tyzias Entykk
2) Wayward Vagabond
15) Ham from Inappropriate Time for Ham
7) Dirk's Autoresponder
10) Andrew Hussie
3) Caliborn
14) Play-in between Wanshi Adyata and Kankri Vantas
6) Jake English
11) Sollux Captor Know Division1) John Egbert
16) Davesprite
8) Clover
9) Ms Paint
4) Vriska Serket
13) The Ψiioniic
5) Polypa Goezee
12) Becquerel
2) Jade Harley
15) Ice Cream Man from And It Don't Stop
7) Damara Megido
10) The Dolorosa
3) Aradia Megido
14) Nervous Broad
6) Skylla Koriga
11) June Egbert This leaves our first four out as: Parcel Mistress, missing her first contest by less than 1/10 of a point (other people who has appeared in all seven earlier contests but not this one are The Condesce and Pickle Inspector)
Konyyl Okimaw
Nannasprite
Tagora Gorjek
Now this is where I'd put the bracket image, but as stated I don't have that yet.edit: see i did it What I do have, however, is the link for you to go and vote for the play-in games! |
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Post by Kieros on Mar 24, 2020 16:41:37 GMT
And so the final field has been set! Who won those first four matches? Between Wanshi Adyata and Kankri Vantas, the winner with 77% of the vote was... Kankri Vantas Between Neophyte Redglare and Meulin Leijon, the winner with 62% of the vote was... Neophyte Redglare Between Pyralspite and the horse from Jailbreak, the winner with 62% of the vote was... Pyralspite And last and closest, between Echidna and the Bard from Bardquest, the winner with 54% of the vote was... Echidna And so with that, the first round of voting is up! |
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Post by Kieros on Mar 27, 2020 19:23:36 GMT
And so we're on to the second round! Who made it in to this next round? Which Friendsim troll out of the twenty-three who have qualified will be the first to make the round of 32? Am I gonna get real heated with one of my friends as our two favorites match up next round? Find out the answers by clicking these spoilers! Or... uh... just going to the link and voting because it does tell you who's being voted for BUT THAT'S NOT AS FUN
WRIGHT DIVISION Terezi Pyrope beats Pyralspite with 96.36% of the vote
Spades Slick upsets Joey Claire with 58.18% of the vote
Dirk Strider beats Casey with 70.91% of the vote
Meenah Peixes beats Mallek Adalov with 74.55% of the vote
Roxy Lalonde beats Apple with 94.55% of the vote
Crowbar beats Kurloz Makara with 70.91% of the vote
Kanaya Maryam beats Sweet Bro with 80% of the vote
Death upsets Marvus Xoloto with 60% of the vote FATE DIVISION Dave Strider beats Echidna with 90.91% of the vote
Davepetasprite beats Dave's Bro with 78.18% of the vote
Equius Zahhak beats Karako Pierot with 61.82% of the vote
MSPA Reader beats Porrim Maryam with 56.36% of the vote
Rose Lalonde beats Crabdad with 87.27% of the vote
Dad Egbert beats Daraya Jonjetwith 72.73% of the vote
Nepeta Leijon beats Neophyte Redglare with 65.45% of the vote
Doc Scratch beats Xefros Tritoh with 58.18% of the vote GREEN DIVISION Karkat Vantas beats Lil' Cal with 90.91% of the vote
The Signless upsets Chixie Roixmr with 52.73% of the vote
Jack Noir beats (Vriska) with 56.36% of the vote
Problem Sleuth beats Tyzias Entykk with 50.91% of the vote
Wayward Vagabond beats The Ham with 90.91% of the vote
Andrew Hussie upsets Dirk's Autoresponder with 52.73% of the vote
Caliborn beats Kankri Vantas with 81.82% of the vote
Sollux Captor upsets Jake English with 63.64% of the vote KNOW DIVISION John Egbert beats Davesprite with 81.82% of the vote
Ms Paint upsets Clover with 61.82% of the vote
Vriska Serket beats The Ψiioniic with 63.64% of the vote
Becquerel upsets Polypa Goezee with 63.64% of the vote
Jade Harley beats Ice Cream Man with 90.91% of the vote
Damara Megido beats The Dolorosa with 53.57% of the vote
Aradia Megido beats Nervous Broad with 89.28% of the vote
June Egbert upsets Skylla Koriga with 54.55% of the vote
And so with that out of the way, Go and vote in the second round of MSPA Madness now!!!oh and in case you were curious about the answers to my initial questions, The people who made it was that entire list, we don't know who the first trollcall troll will be because they all lost, and yes my friend and I will be fighting as our two favorites matched up. |
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Post by ashercrane on Mar 28, 2020 17:18:30 GMT
When I filled out the second round vote, it still said come back on the 27th. When is the 2nd round concluded?
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Post by Kieros on Mar 28, 2020 19:35:19 GMT
whoops guess i missed one thing (sorry was busy yesterday)
It ends the 30th; all the rounds save the last two are gonna be three days (so assuming no delays, Saccharine 16 ends Apr 2, Elect 8 ends Apr 5, Finishing 4 ends Apr 9, and Finals end Apr 13 (of course))
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Post by ashercrane on Mar 28, 2020 20:47:45 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by Kieros on Mar 29, 2020 7:21:22 GMT
It has come to my attention that I had messed up one of the matches (I wrote down the loser of the first round rather than the winner) so here is the correct match between Roxy and Crowbar. I had to toss all the votes from the previous one, so make sure you vote in this one as well. |
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Post by Kieros on Mar 30, 2020 19:29:02 GMT
Two rounds in, and we're heading to the silly naming section. Which half will make it into the Saccharine Sixteen and which half will be sitting out? You know the drill; watch me pontificate or just skip to the link at the bottom if you're too busy.
WRIGHT DIVISION Terezi Pyrope beats Spades Slick with 70.91% of the vote
Dirk Strider beats Meenah Peixes with 67.62% of the vote
Roxy Lalonde beats Crowbar with 81.82% of the vote
Kanaya Maryam beats Death with 78.18% of the vote FATE DIVISION Dave Strider beats Davepetasprite with 74.55% of the vote
Equius Zahhak beats MSPA Reader with 56.36% of the vote
Rose Lalonde beats Dad Egbert with 76.36% of the vote
Nepeta Leijon beats Doc Scratch with 63.64% of the vote GREEN DIVISION Karkat Vantas beats The Signless with 89.09% of the vote
Problem Sleuth upsets Jack Noir with 50.91% of the vote
Wayward Vagabond beats Andrew Hussie with 75.93% of the vote
Caliborn beats Sollux Captor with 53.70% of the vote KNOW DIVISION John Egbert beats Ms Paint with 85.45% of the vote
Vriska Serket beats Becquerel with 50.91% of the vote
Jade Harley beats Damara Megido with 87.27% of the vote
Aradia Megido beats June Egbert with 81.82% of the vote
Three rounds down, and four more to go. And yes, this time I did make sure to check that the names were actually the winners, so hopefully no repeat of last time. Voting in the Saccharine Sixteen is now open! |
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Post by Kieros on Apr 3, 2020 0:37:26 GMT
And we're here to the Saccharine Sixteen. The eight winners from here will get to have specific placements, while the losers are going to just be tied for last sixteen. Well, let's see who those will be...
WRIGHT DIVISION Between Terezi Pyrope and Dirk Strider, the winner is... TEREZI PYROPE with 76.74% of the vote! Between Roxy Lalonde and Kanaya Maryam, the winner is... ROXY LALONDE with 67.44% of the vote! FATE DIVISION Between Dave Strider and Equius Zahhak the winner is... DAVE STRIDER with 76.74% of the vote! Between Rose Lalonde and Nepeta Leijon, the winner is... ROSE LALONDE with 58.14% of the vote! GREEN DIVISION Between Karkat Vantas and Problem Sleuth, the winner is... KARKAT VANTAS with 72.09% of the vote! Between Wayward Vagabond and Caliborn, the winner is... WAYWARD VAGABOND with 62.79% of the vote! KNOW DIVISION Between John Egbert and Vriska Serket, the winner is... JOHN EGBERT with 72.09% of the vote! Between Jade Harley and Aradia Megido, the winner is... JADE HARLEY with 55.81% of the vote!
We've got our eight; now it's time to see who wins each of the divisions... Voting in the Elect Eight is now open! |
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Post by Kieros on Apr 6, 2020 2:52:12 GMT
Well, we've made it to the Finishing Four. Which characters made it into this? Let's run down the list, heading towards the closest finish!
With 70.83% of the vote... The winner between John Egbert and Jade Harley in the Know Division is... With 68.75% of the vote... The winner between Dave Strider and Rose Lalonde in the Fate Division is... With 68.09% of the vote... The winner between Karkat Vantas and Wayward Vagabond in the Green Division is... And last but not least, with 56.25% of the vote... The winner between Terezi Pyrope and Roxy Lalonde in the Wright Division is...
And so, with just two rounds remaining, we're closer than ever to finding out who will be crowned this year's champion! |
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Post by Kieros on Apr 9, 2020 18:35:48 GMT
Hey good news, I didn't have to wait two hours for a vote to become untied like I did last year! though if i had waited that might have become necessary given how close one of these was. With just four days to go until Homestuck Day, it's time to reduce our field down to the two finalists. Will Terezi be able to defend her title? Will Dave get revenge for last year's finals defeat? Will Karkat make it back to the finals for the first time since he won the very first MSPA Madness? Will John make his first finals ever??? Well, two of those are going to happen for sure, and now it's time to see which one it is. Between Karkat Vantas and John Egbert, the winner is...
With 53.66% of the vote... JOHN EGBERT
Between Terezi Pyrope and Dave Strider, the winner is...
With 50.62% of the vote... (yes, that is by a single vote) DAVE STRIDER Now, I mean you could just go and VOTE right now, but I want to say something first, just because it's the finals and there's some additional stuff here that wasn't in the prior rounds. After choosing between our finalists, there's an additional question at the end. If you just want make that vote and do nothing else, go on ahead and choose submit at the end. The other three options link to different optional sets of questions. Each one links to the next so pick the earliest one and just skip anything you don't want to answer, even in a round. - Demographics: This is the same questions as in the qualifying round; if you filled them out then or don't want to fill them out, feel free to skip them. Finishing this page sends you to...
- Contest Feedback: What did you like about this contest? What did you dislike? These and more about the running of the contest itself are in this section. I actually have some specific questions this year which might change the 2021 event, so if you want to give some feedback, now's the time to do so. Finishing this page sends you to...
- Additional Voting: This is where you can vote for third and fifth place finishes. Or the silly consolation awards, because what's more important: Winning this contest or winning Most Pathetic Victory? Honestly that last one is where the best stuff lies. So get your sillies out here and finish the voting.
Okay, and with all that said, I guess it's here. |
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Post by Kieros on Apr 14, 2020 2:55:42 GMT
Well, the votes are closed and as is tradition for me I haven't looked at who won because I want to be just as surprised as you are. So then first things first is all of the fun additional voting! Because why would I start with the winner when I could lead up to that in unnecessarily over-complicated build-up???
MOST SURPRISING UPSET Five different ones got a single vote here: Dave over Terezi, Becquerel over Polypa, Spades Slick over Joey Claire, Death over Marvus, and Equius over MSPA Reader. However I'm going to choose it as Becquerel over Polypa because that was the biggest seed difference that was mentioned here HARDEST MATCH TO DECIDE Again, no repeat votes here: John vs Dave, Karkat vs WV, John vs Jade, Jade vs Aradia, WV vs Caliborn, and Nepeta vs Doc Scratch. My biased pick of the bunch is gonna go to Nepeta vs Doc Scratch because everything else is really in one chain and this was the earliest match of the bunch. BIGGEST UNDERPERFORMANCE are we gonna get any duplicate for these awards? Xefros, Polypa, Dirk, (Vriska), and Ice Cream Man all got a single vote here. And I'm gonna toss it to Polypa Goezee because he was the only one on the receiving end of an upset. BIGGEST OVERPERFORMANCE Only three names here, again with just one vote. Equius, Vriska, and Caliborn. All of them actually went out in the round expected, so I'm gonna give it to Equius Zahhak because he set a new record for how far he went (yay first Saccharine Sixteen take this semi-derogatory award as a reward) BEST CHARACTER LEFT OUT Wow only two votes: Jude Harley and Hysterical Dame. Hysterical Dame finished in 114th place in the qualification, but she beats out Jude Harley who's getting my nod here because he didn't even get a vote during qualifying. CHARACTER MOST SCREWED BY BRACKETAnd in a surprise to nobody everyone named has one vote here. Terezi, Sweet Bro, Skylla, Ice Cream Man, and Dave's Bro. My nod is gonna end up going to Dave's Bro namely because he had a difficult match up against Davepetasprite and then immediately would have had to go on against Dave had he won. Nobody else really would be in two straight really hard matches except Skylla, and until someone from Hiveswap Friendsim wins a match I don't think that's really worth it. and then by far the best part of this entire thing, the COMPLETELY ARBITRARY CONSOLATION AWARDS!!!Everything here is pretty much what was on the form; text in italics is my commentary where desired. Not everything is on because I just picked the ones that made me laugh.Most heartbreaking betrayal in Paradox Space: Karkat Vantas over Wayward Vagabond Somewhat Canon award: Kanaya Maryam over Death (because vampire) i mean yeah...not an award but stan tavros I don't know who you are, but you are incredibly validWe have a pair of similar awards for people giving places that aren't actually places to give with Runner Up: Rose Lalonde and First Place MSPA Madness 2021: Caliborn. t-that's not how these work but I admire your forwardness.Best Non-Homestuck Character: Ice Cream Man I am always a fan of Non-Homestuck stuff making it in this tournament. If you haven't read And It Don't Stop, it's short and well worth your time.AND LAST AND MOST CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, MY FAVORITE FROM THIS IF ONLY FOR HOW OVERLY SPECIFIC IT IS:Most disgusting elimination of the Bard from Bard Quest: Echidna
Okay, now it's time. Our eight characters are now being ranked from 8th up to 1st. AND THE FINAL PLACEMENT FOR MSPA MADNESS 2020 IS...t7) Jade Harley - 21.43%
t7) Rose Lalonde - 21.43%6) Roxy Lalonde - 25.00%5) Wayward Vagabond - 32.14%4) Terezi Pyrope - 42.86%3) Karkat Vantas- 57.14%And your winner of the 2020 MSPA Madness is... 2) Dave Strider - 48.98%
1) John Egbert - 51.02%
JOHN WINS BY A SINGLE VOTE!!! |
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Post by ashercrane on Apr 14, 2020 5:10:54 GMT
Dang that was close!
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Post by Blaperile on Apr 18, 2020 7:20:39 GMT
Holy shit, John has actually won this for once! My dream has finally come true  Thanks Kiéros for organising this as always! |
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JOHN EGBERT 
DAVE STRIDER 
