Follow TV Tropes

Following

History WebOriginal / The4ChanCup

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** /a/ and /sp/ are the El Classico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be seemingly unable to beat /a/. The two so consistently either advanced from group stage together or were eliminated together that up until 2016 they were seen as having the Together Forever Curse.

to:

** /a/ and /sp/ are the El Classico[[note]]The Clásico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be seemingly unable to beat /a/. The two so consistently either advanced from group stage together or were eliminated together that up until 2016 they were seen as having the Together Forever Curse.

Added: 384

Changed: 244

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* /a/ (Summer 2011): The winners of the inaugural tournament in 2011, but haven't come close to recapturing the championship since then (other than a rather impressive run in Winter 2014 where they finished as the runner up). Their roster tends to feature new anime characters every season, though some do retain their spots on a permanent basis. Considered an arch rival to /sp/, to the point that matches between them are called El Classico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be seemingly unable to beat /a/.

to:

* /a/ (Summer 2011): The winners of the inaugural tournament in 2011, but haven't come close to recapturing the championship since then (other than a rather impressive run in Winter 2014 where they finished as the runner up). Their roster tends to feature new anime characters every season, though some do retain their spots on a permanent basis. Considered an arch rival to /sp/, to the point that matches between them are called El Classico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be seemingly unable to beat /a/./sp/.


Added DiffLines:

** /a/ and /sp/ are the El Classico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be seemingly unable to beat /a/. The two so consistently either advanced from group stage together or were eliminated together that up until 2016 they were seen as having the Together Forever Curse.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* /a/ (Summer 2011): The winners of the inaugural tournament in 2011, but haven't come close to recapturing the championship since then (other than a rather impressive run in Winter 2014 where they finished as the runner up). Their roster tends to feature new anime characters every season, though some do retain their spots on a permanent basis. Considered an arch rival to /sp/, to the point that matches between them are called El Classico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be unable to beat /a/.

to:

* /a/ (Summer 2011): The winners of the inaugural tournament in 2011, but haven't come close to recapturing the championship since then (other than a rather impressive run in Winter 2014 where they finished as the runner up). Their roster tends to feature new anime characters every season, though some do retain their spots on a permanent basis. Considered an arch rival to /sp/, to the point that matches between them are called El Classico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be seemingly unable to beat /a/.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* /a/ (Summer 2011): The winners of the inaugural tournament in 2011, but haven't come close to recapturing the championship since then (other than a rather impressive run in Winter 2014 where they finished as the runner up). Their roster tends to feature new anime characters every season, though some do retain their spots on a permanent basis. Considered an arch rival to /sp/.

to:

* /a/ (Summer 2011): The winners of the inaugural tournament in 2011, but haven't come close to recapturing the championship since then (other than a rather impressive run in Winter 2014 where they finished as the runner up). Their roster tends to feature new anime characters every season, though some do retain their spots on a permanent basis. Considered an arch rival to /sp/./sp/, to the point that matches between them are called El Classico[[note]]The name given to matches in the FC Barcelona/Real Madrid rivalry[[/note]] and it gets rubbed in /sp/'s face every year that they continue to be unable to beat /a/.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* /v/ (Summer 2022): The titular board about videogames (in theory). After years of escaping babbies and knocked back to babbies on repeat and a mediocre group stage effort on their part, /v/'s usage of Sanic as a joke option combined with Dante caused them to sweep every match of the knockout stage in a complete blowout and earned them their first star. Historic rivals of /sp/ and /b/.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] several times over, [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].

to:

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] several times over, [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory [[Franchise/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Founded in 2011, the league plays its matches using a modified version of Pro Evolution Soccer.[[note]]Due to being easier to mod than ''[[VideoGame/FIFASoccer FIFA]]'' as well as having superior AI.[[/note]] The matches are about thirty minutes to one hour in length[[note]]Factoring in time for stoppages in play, extra time, etc.[[/note]] and are played by two AI controlled teams. However, teams have one (or more) "managers" that can call for certain play styles to be implemented, players to be substituted, etc. Each team represents a particular image board on 4chan, and so its roster is typically made up of [[MemeticMutation players who represent various memes or in-jokes pertaining to that board's culture and/or fandom]]. While initially restricted to names and some texture replacements, [[GameMod more recent tournaments have seen boards go to great lengths to give their teams their own identity]]. Including making custom player models, kits, balls, and even ''entire stadiums.''

to:

Founded in 2011, the league plays its matches using a modified version of Pro Evolution Soccer.''VideoGame/ProEvolutionSoccer''.[[note]]Due to being easier to mod than ''[[VideoGame/FIFASoccer FIFA]]'' as well as having superior AI.[[/note]] The matches are about thirty minutes to one hour in length[[note]]Factoring in time for stoppages in play, extra time, etc.[[/note]] and are played by two AI controlled teams. However, teams have one (or more) "managers" that can call for certain play styles to be implemented, players to be substituted, etc. Each team represents a particular image board on 4chan, and so its roster is typically made up of [[MemeticMutation players who represent various memes or in-jokes pertaining to that board's culture and/or fandom]]. While initially restricted to names and some texture replacements, [[GameMod more recent tournaments have seen boards go to great lengths to give their teams their own identity]]. Including making custom player models, kits, balls, and even ''entire stadiums.''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


The 4chan cup has hopped around streaming sites, being outright ''banned'' from several of them (for reasons that must seem all too obvious to anyone familiar with the site). They can currently be found streaming matches on their [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDfqRtgqz0ogLXqoy8a6h9Q YouTube]] channel with chat from [[https://cytu.be/r/the4chancup CyTube]], archives of the more recent cups can be found [[https://bootleg.hamuko.moe/ here]].

to:

The 4chan cup has hopped around streaming sites, being outright ''banned'' from several of them (for reasons that must seem all too obvious to anyone familiar with the site). They can currently be found streaming matches on their [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDfqRtgqz0ogLXqoy8a6h9Q YouTube]] channel with chat from [[https://cytu.be/r/the4chancup CyTube]], archives of the more recent majority of cups and many side tournaments can be found [[https://bootleg.hamuko.moe/ [[https://implying.fun/ here]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* PurposelyOverpowered: The titular 4cc team. Near-perfect stats, always plays in the best possible condition. They exist purely to completely crush the cup winner and show how powerless they are by comparison. Matches against 4cc are almost entirely one-sided and often they score enough goals to go in the double digits with their opponent maybe getting 1 or 2 goals against them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* /lgbt/ (Summer 2017): Founded in 2013, /lgbt/ (aka the "legbutts") was one of the more overlooked teams in the cup, only placing in the Elites once (Winter 2014) and foundering in the group stage. They spent the majority of their history in the Babby cup, constantly failing to make it out of the group stage. All of that changed in 2017 however; after advancing from the Fetus qualifiers, they went on to win the Spring Babby Cup and then went on to capture their first Elite title in the Summer, becoming the first team to win a Babby cup and the subsequent Elite cup.
* /u/ (Winter 2018): Perhaps the purest team in the cup, /u/ represents the Yuri board of 4chan (the fact that [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname is their starting keeper and Homura Akemi their center forward]] tells you everything you need to know about their roster). /u/ quickly developed a reputation of being a solid team but [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut could never quite get over the hump when it mattered the most]], washing out in the quarterfinals four straight times and finishing as a runner-up twice. Finally in Winter 2018 /u/ captured their first Elite cup following an epic showdown with /mlp/.[[note]]The final was decided by ''twenty'' penalty kicks and was the most watched match in the history of the 4cc.[[/note]]

to:

* /lgbt/ (Summer 2017): Founded in 2013, /lgbt/ (aka the "legbutts") was one of the more overlooked teams in the cup, only placing in the Elites once (Winter 2014) and foundering in the group stage. They spent the majority of their history in the Babby cup, constantly failing to make it out of the group stage. All of that changed in 2017 however; after advancing from the Fetus qualifiers, they went on to win the Spring Babby Cup and then went on to capture their first Elite title in the Summer, becoming the first team to win a Babby cup and the subsequent Elite cup. \n Since then, like /trv/, they have fallen off and are now dormant.
* /u/ (Winter 2018): 2018, Summer 2020): Perhaps the purest team in the cup, /u/ represents the Yuri board of 4chan (the fact that [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname is their starting keeper and Homura Akemi their center forward]] tells you everything you need to know about their roster). /u/ quickly developed a reputation of being a solid team but [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut could never quite get over the hump when it mattered the most]], washing out in the quarterfinals four straight times and finishing as a runner-up twice. Finally in Winter 2018 /u/ captured their first Elite cup following an epic showdown with /mlp/.[[note]]The final was decided by ''twenty'' penalty kicks and was the most watched match in the history of the 4cc.[[/note]][[/note]] After that, they still proved themselves to be top-tier team, but were never able to get out of the Round of 16 until Summer 2020 where after a very dramatic group stage and several dramatic knockout matches, they managed to win a second cup and become the first team to win both a Winter and Summer cup.



The 4chan cup has hopped around streaming sites, being outright ''banned'' from several of them (for reasons that must seem all too obvious to anyone familiar with the site). They can currently be found streaming matches on their [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDfqRtgqz0ogLXqoy8a6h9Q YouTube]] channel with chat from [[https://cytu.be/r/the4chancup CyTube]], archive of the more recent cups can be found [[https://bootleg.hamuko.moe/ here]].

to:

The 4chan cup has hopped around streaming sites, being outright ''banned'' from several of them (for reasons that must seem all too obvious to anyone familiar with the site). They can currently be found streaming matches on their [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDfqRtgqz0ogLXqoy8a6h9Q YouTube]] channel with chat from [[https://cytu.be/r/the4chancup CyTube]], archive archives of the more recent cups can be found [[https://bootleg.hamuko.moe/ here]].

Changed: 39

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] several times over, [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].

to:

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] several times over, [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers tentacle monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


There are currently 52 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of August 2019, 14 teams have won at least one Elite championship.

to:

There are currently 52 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of August 2019, 14 15 teams have won at least one Elite championship.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


There are currently 56 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of August 2019, 14 teams have won at least one Elite championship.

to:

There are currently 56 52 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of August 2019, 14 teams have won at least one Elite championship.

Changed: 434

Removed: 48

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* /pol/ (Winter 2020): Honestly needs no introduction, everyone knows the crap /pol/ does, and that mentality carries over to the cup. Founded in the same founding as /mlp/, a team they would become inseparable from due to the actual boards, the team has gone through very fluctuating phases of competence, including 2 babby cup wins, but were never able to get over the hump until Winter 2020. (maybe needing the help of Corona-chan)



'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2019 Autumn Babby Cup
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* /sp/ (Winter 2013[[note]]Summer 2012 title vacated due to Dragongate.[[/note]]): Representing one of the 4chan boards that actually has something to do with sports, the /sp/artans (also known as the GOAT's) are one of the more (in)famous teams in the league. Originally was the first board to win two titles (Summer 2012 as well as the aforementioned Winter title) but vacated the Summer title after being involved in a [[NeverLiveItDown massive match-fixing scandal]]. In the wake of the scandal they developed a reputation for doing well enough to be promoted to the Elites but [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut failing to make it out of the group stage]]. However they were finally able to break this cycle in Winter 2017, managing to make it to the semifinals before losing to /fit/. Their success was short lived however as an underwhelming group stage performance in the Summer sent them back to the Babby cup. They're also probably the only team to have ''actual football players'' on their roster: Hope Solo[[note]]Roast Solo[[/note]], Paul Pogba[[note]]£100M for a dabbing Dembele[[/note]], Lionel Messi[[note]]Punished Messi[[/note]], Arjen Robben[[note]]Le Cut Inside Man[[/note]] and Cristiano Ronaldo[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdqyh-aeCL8 TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU]][[/note]].

to:

* /sp/ (Winter 2013[[note]]Summer 2012 title vacated due to Dragongate.[[/note]]): Representing one of the 4chan boards that actually has something to do with sports, the /sp/artans (also known as the GOAT's) are one of the more (in)famous teams in the league. Originally was the first board to win two titles (Summer 2012 as well as the aforementioned Winter title) but vacated the Summer title after being involved in a [[NeverLiveItDown [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten massive match-fixing scandal]]. In the wake of the scandal they developed a reputation for doing well enough to be promoted to the Elites but [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut failing to make it out of the group stage]]. However they were finally able to break this cycle in Winter 2017, managing to make it to the semifinals before losing to /fit/. Their success was short lived however as an underwhelming group stage performance in the Summer sent them back to the Babby cup. They're also probably the only team to have ''actual football players'' on their roster: Hope Solo[[note]]Roast Solo[[/note]], Paul Pogba[[note]]£100M for a dabbing Dembele[[/note]], Lionel Messi[[note]]Punished Messi[[/note]], Arjen Robben[[note]]Le Cut Inside Man[[/note]] and Cristiano Ronaldo[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdqyh-aeCL8 TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU]][[/note]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DarkHorseVictory: A time when a team many write off goes much farther than expected has always been a part of the Cup due to the sheer amount of RandomNumberGod in play, but the 2019 Spring Babby Cup was pretty much the apex of this, with teams like /c/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual runner-up]][[/note]], /cm/, /diy/, /i/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual ''champion'']][[/note]], and /y/ all making the knockout rounds and the Summer Elites.[[note]]/cm/ and /diy/, along with /k/ and /jp/ who also made it through, were also in Autopilot, giving them an on-paper disadvantage compared to teams with managers.[[/note]]

to:

* DarkHorseVictory: A time when a team many write off goes much farther than expected has always been a part of the Cup due to the sheer amount of RandomNumberGod in play, but the 2019 Spring Babby Cup was pretty much the apex of this, with teams like /c/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual runner-up]][[/note]], /cm/, /cm/[[note]][[spoiler: Went out in the quarterfinals and then went on to win the next elite cup]][[/note]], /diy/, /i/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual ''champion'']][[/note]], and /y/ all making the knockout rounds and the Summer Elites.[[note]]/cm/ and /diy/, along with /k/ /k/, /toy/, and /jp/ who also made it through, were also in Autopilot, giving them an on-paper disadvantage compared to teams with managers.[[/note]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


There are currently 56 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of March 2019, 13 teams have won at least one Elite championship.

to:

There are currently 56 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of March August 2019, 13 14 teams have won at least one Elite championship.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* /cm/ (Summer 2019): The cute male board on 4chan was always known as one of the perennial basement-dwellers of the cup, having their first 3 official tournaments being voided due to Dragongate, being on autopilot more than not and long droughts of Elite competition.[[note]]Prior to Spring 2019, the team never went further than the Round of 16 in a non-voided tournament.[[/note]] However, the (late) transition to PES 18 helped them tremendously, actually being promoted to Elites for the first time in a year and a half in Spring 2019, getting to the knockouts and avoiding relegation for the first time since Summer 2015, and making an unprecedented run to the finals and beating /pol/ in a Spain[[note]]5-1[[/note]] to win an Elite Cup.



'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2019 Summer Elite Cup

to:

'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2019 Summer Elite Autumn Babby Cup



* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]], [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].

to:

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]], Madoka]] several times over, [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DarkHorseVictory: A time when a team many write off going much farther than expected has always been a part of the Cup due to the sheer amount of RandomNumberGod in play, but the 2019 Spring Babby Cup was pretty much the apex of this, with teams like /c/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual runner-up]][[/note]], /cm/, /diy/, /i/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual ''champion'']][[/note]], and /y/ all making the knockout rounds and the Summer Elites.[[note]]/cm/ and /diy/, along with /k/ and /jp/ who also made it through, were also in Autopilot, giving them an on-paper disadvantage compared to teams with managers.[[/note]]

to:

* DarkHorseVictory: A time when a team many write off going goes much farther than expected has always been a part of the Cup due to the sheer amount of RandomNumberGod in play, but the 2019 Spring Babby Cup was pretty much the apex of this, with teams like /c/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual runner-up]][[/note]], /cm/, /diy/, /i/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual ''champion'']][[/note]], and /y/ all making the knockout rounds and the Summer Elites.[[note]]/cm/ and /diy/, along with /k/ and /jp/ who also made it through, were also in Autopilot, giving them an on-paper disadvantage compared to teams with managers.[[/note]]

Added: 620

Changed: 18

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2019 Spring Babby Cup

to:

'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2019 Spring Babby Summer Elite Cup


Added DiffLines:

* DarkHorseVictory: A time when a team many write off going much farther than expected has always been a part of the Cup due to the sheer amount of RandomNumberGod in play, but the 2019 Spring Babby Cup was pretty much the apex of this, with teams like /c/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual runner-up]][[/note]], /cm/, /diy/, /i/[[note]][[spoiler: The eventual ''champion'']][[/note]], and /y/ all making the knockout rounds and the Summer Elites.[[note]]/cm/ and /diy/, along with /k/ and /jp/ who also made it through, were also in Autopilot, giving them an on-paper disadvantage compared to teams with managers.[[/note]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]], [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].

to:

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Messi, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]], [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena John Cena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''The Babby Cup''': Played in Spring and Autumn (typically April-May for Spring and October-November for Autumn).

* '''The Elite Cup''': Played in Winter and Summer (typically February for Winter and July-August for Summer).

Both tournaments follow the same format: a group stage followed by a knockout stage. 32 teams[[note]]There have been some exceptions to this number, the inaugural tournament in 2011 had 16 teams and the Babby cups for 2014 and 2015 had ''40.''[[/note]] are drawn into 8 groups of 4. The teams then compete against each other in a three match round robin. The two highest teams from each group then advance to the knockout stage, a 16 team single elimination round with the championship going to the last team standing.[[note]]There is a third place match between the losers of the semifinals but no trophy is awarded...despite /mlp/'s attempts to create one in 2014.[[/note]]

to:

* '''The Babby Cup''': Played The lower tournaments, where the good teams get into the Elites, played in Spring and Autumn (typically April-May for Spring and October-November for Autumn).

* '''The Elite Cup''': Played The big tournaments, with the best of all the teams playing, played in Winter and Summer (typically February for Winter and July-August for Summer).

Both tournaments follow the same format: a group stage followed by a knockout stage. 32 teams[[note]]There have been some exceptions to this number, the inaugural tournament in 2011 had 16 teams and subsequent ones had somewhere around that much before the format was finalized, and the Babby cups for 2014 and 2015 had ''40.''[[/note]] can have ''40'' if there are enough teams.[[/note]] are drawn into 8 groups of 4. 4[[note]]Or 5 if the 40 team format is used.[[/note]]. The teams then compete against each other in a three three[[note]]or 4.[[/note]] match round robin. The two highest teams from each group then advance to the knockout stage, a 16 team single elimination round with the championship going to the last team standing.[[note]]There is a third place match between the losers of the semifinals but no trophy is awarded...despite /mlp/'s attempts to create one in 2014.[[/note]]



The 4chan cup has hopped around streaming sites, being outright ''banned'' from several of them (for reasons that must seem all too obvious to anyone familiar with the site). They can currently be found streaming matches on their [[https://www.smashcast.tv/the4chancup smashcast]] channel, which also has videos of the most recent matches.

to:

The 4chan cup has hopped around streaming sites, being outright ''banned'' from several of them (for reasons that must seem all too obvious to anyone familiar with the site). They can currently be found streaming matches on their [[https://www.smashcast.tv/the4chancup smashcast]] channel, which also has videos youtube.com/channel/UCDfqRtgqz0ogLXqoy8a6h9Q YouTube]] channel with chat from [[https://cytu.be/r/the4chancup CyTube]], archive of the most more recent matches.
cups can be found [[https://bootleg.hamuko.moe/ here]].



* FandomRivalry: Given the nature of 4chan this is to be expected. Some of the more notable ones:

to:

* FandomRivalry: Given the nature of 4chan this is to be expected. Some Practically every team has at least one rivalry match, but some of the more notable ones:ones include:



* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]], [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].

to:

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: This is to sports games what ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is to fighting games. This might be the only game where you'd see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi,[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]], [[Videogame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]], Kirby, [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Josef Stalin]], [[Wrestling/JohnCena]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]], George Costanza, [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin]], [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]], Stephen Hawking, and [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a tentacle]] [[OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers monster]] face off against each other [[GoKartingWithBowser in a game of football]].



* [[TheAce The Ace(s)]]: The section of rules dedicated to what the cup calls "Medal Players" is built around allowing the boards to assign certain members of their roster as their star players. Out of a team's 23-strong squad, four of them (but not goalkeepers) ''must'' be of "Medal" quality; two silver[[note]]With all their stats set to 88 as opposed to the regular 77[[/note]] and two gold.[[note]]Like the silvers, but with their stats all set to 99[[/note]] And yes, if you're at all familiar with the 4chan boards, you can make a half-decent guess as to who gets given medal status.

to:

* [[TheAce The Ace(s)]]: The section of rules dedicated to what the cup calls "Medal Players" is built around allowing the boards to assign certain members of their roster as their star players. Out of a team's 23-strong squad, four to five of them (but not goalkeepers) ''must'' be of "Medal" quality; two silver[[note]]With all their stats set to 88 as opposed to the regular 77[[/note]] and two gold.[[note]]Like the silvers, but with their stats all set to 99[[/note]] 99[[/note]], and sometimes a bronze, but it is not used in every cup. And yes, if you're at all familiar with the 4chan boards, you can make a half-decent guess as to who gets given medal status.

Added: 879

Changed: 813

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Updated it for the 2 new elite cup winners.


There are currently 56 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of March 2018, 11 teams have won at least one Elite championship.

to:

There are currently 56 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of March 2018, 11 2019, 13 teams have won at least one Elite championship.




to:

* /vg/ (Summer 2018): As mentioned earlier above, /vg/'s roster is determined by the /vg/ League, with the Medal players being determined by the podium placers of said tournament. As a result the roster is very fluid and aside from Git Gud, their meta player, it is very rare to see the same player on the team for 2 major tournaments in a row. The team bounced around in both Elites and Babbies for the longest time until Summer 2018 when they somehow managed to sneak into the Knockout Stage despite /vrg/'s Unity-Chan, their gold medal player, getting a red card in their first game, and then managed to get to the finals following an amazing performance by Unity-Chan with ''7 goals in the final day alone'' to defeat /sp/ in the finals 3-1 to become the first vidya team to win a cup.
* /gd/ (Winter 2019): A major team in the cup lore, /gd/ represents the Graphic Design board, is usually one of the most talked about clubs every tournament they're in, and has been involved in several of the defining moments in the cup's history, including being the team to relegate /sp/ for the first time.[[note]]IT'S TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO[[/note]] Despite this, they, like /u/, could never really get over the hump, usually making it to the Knockout Stages, but someone ended up besting them on the final day. However, in Winter 2019, that overwhelming challenger never came and defeated an unlikely challenger in /3/[[note]]To put it in perspective, this was /3/'s first Winter Cup, the first Elite cup for the team since 2012, their second Elite Cup in general, and the first time they ever reached the Knockout Stage.[[/note]] ''3''-2 to finally win their first cup.



'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2018 Summer Elite Cup

to:

'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2018 Summer Elite 2019 Spring Babby Cup
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* [[TheAce The Ace(s)]]: The section of rules dedicated to what the cup calls "Medal Players" is built around allowing the boards to assign certain members of their roster as their star players. Out of a team's 23-strong squad, four of them (but not goalkeepers) ''must'' be of "Medal" quality; two silver[[note]]With all their stats set to 88 as opposed to the regular 77[[/note]] and two gold.[[note]]Like the silvers, but with their stats all set to 99[[/note] Cue the boards all giving the expected players medal status - such as Adolf Hitler for /pol/ - en-masse.

to:

* [[TheAce The Ace(s)]]: The section of rules dedicated to what the cup calls "Medal Players" is built around allowing the boards to assign certain members of their roster as their star players. Out of a team's 23-strong squad, four of them (but not goalkeepers) ''must'' be of "Medal" quality; two silver[[note]]With all their stats set to 88 as opposed to the regular 77[[/note]] and two gold.[[note]]Like the silvers, but with their stats all set to 99[[/note] Cue 99[[/note]] And yes, if you're at all familiar with the boards all giving the expected players 4chan boards, you can make a half-decent guess as to who gets given medal status - such as Adolf Hitler for /pol/ - en-masse.status.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* [[TheAce The Ace(s)]]: The section of rules dedicated to what the cup calls "Medal Players" is built around allowing the boards to assign certain members of their roster as their star players. Out of a team's 23-strong squad, four of them (but not goalkeepers) ''must'' be of "Medal" quality; two silver[[note]]With all their stats set to 88 as opposed to the regular 77[[/note]] and two gold.[[note]]Like the silvers, but with their stats all set to 99[[/note] Cue the boards all giving the expected players medal status - such as Adolf Hitler for /pol/ - en-masse.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Wick Namespace Migration - Removing Review-ness.


* /fit/ (Winter 2016, Winter 2017): The most recent member of the original 16 to win an Elite cup. Their inaugural match in 2011 was played less than 24 hours following the death of noted poster Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian, and ended up in a 4-3 victory over /k/. Despite recent struggles (spending most of 2013-2015 in the Babby's), /fit/ has consistently been a strong team that usually makes it to the quarterfinals in the Elites. Their cup win was the second final to be decided in extra time, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming with Zyzz knocking in the game winning header]]. Became the second team to win two Elite titles (and consecutive seasonal tournaments) in Winter 2017, with their final match (against other prior champion /mu/) ''also'' going into extra time.

to:

* /fit/ (Winter 2016, Winter 2017): The most recent member of the original 16 to win an Elite cup. Their inaugural match in 2011 was played less than 24 hours following the death of noted poster Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian, and ended up in a 4-3 victory over /k/. Despite recent struggles (spending most of 2013-2015 in the Babby's), /fit/ has consistently been a strong team that usually makes it to the quarterfinals in the Elites. Their cup win was the second final to be decided in extra time, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming with Zyzz knocking in the game winning header]].header. Became the second team to win two Elite titles (and consecutive seasonal tournaments) in Winter 2017, with their final match (against other prior champion /mu/) ''also'' going into extra time.



* /u/ (Winter 2018): Perhaps the purest team in the cup, /u/ represents the Yuri board of 4chan (the fact that [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname is their starting keeper and Homura Akemi their center forward]] tells you everything you need to know about their roster). /u/ quickly developed a reputation of being a solid team but [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut could never quite get over the hump when it mattered the most]], washing out in the quarterfinals four straight times and finishing as a runner-up twice. Finally in Winter 2018 /u/ captured their first Elite cup following an epic showdown with /mlp/.[[note]]The final was decided by ''twenty'' penalty kicks and was the most watched match in the history of the 4cc.[[/note]]

to:

* /u/ (Winter 2018): Perhaps the purest team in the cup, /u/ represents the Yuri board of 4chan (the fact that [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname is their starting keeper and Homura Akemi their center forward]] tells you everything you need to know about their roster). /u/ quickly developed a reputation of being a solid team but [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut could never quite get over the hump when it mattered the most]], washing out in the quarterfinals four straight times and finishing as a runner-up twice. Finally in Winter 2018 /u/ captured their first Elite cup following an epic showdown with /mlp/.[[note]]The final was decided by ''twenty'' penalty kicks and was the most watched match in the history of the 4cc.[[/note]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2018 Spring Babby Cup

to:

'''Upcoming Tournament''': 2018 Spring Babby Summer Elite Cup
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early cups featured a double elimination tournament rather than the current format.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


There are currently 56 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of August 2017, 10 teams have won at least one Elite championship.

to:

There are currently 56 total teams in the league, each representing a particular image board.[[note]]There are also several unofficial teams created for novelty purposes, such as /trash/ which is a team consisting of players who were removed from their rosters for being terrible, and /4ccc/ a deliberately op team who's only purpose is to curb stomp the most recent Elite champion.[[/note]] As of August 2017, 10 March 2018, 11 teams have won at least one Elite championship.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* /u/ (Winter 2018): Perhaps the purest team in the cup, /u/ represents the Yuri board of 4chan (the fact that [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname is their starting keeper and Homura Akemi their center forward]] tells you everything you need to know about their roster). /u/ quickly developed a reputation of being a solid team but [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut could never quite get over the hump when it mattered the most]], washing out in the quarterfinals four straight times and finishing as a runner-up twice. Finally in Winter 2018 /u/ captured their first Elite cup following an epic showdown with /mlp/.[[note]]The final was decided by ''twenty'' penalty kicks and was the most watched match in the history of the 4cc.[[/note]]



'''Current Tournament''': [[https://implyingrigged.info/wiki/2018_4chan_Winter_Cup 2018 Winter Cup]]

to:

'''Current '''Upcoming Tournament''': [[https://implyingrigged.info/wiki/2018_4chan_Winter_Cup 2018 Winter Cup]]
Spring Babby Cup

Top