Some rules for this edition of the Elimination Game:
- Scorekeeper picks the theme. Please keep it reasonable because the last thing we need is drama. That is to say keep it from being political, NSFW, franchise-specific (crossovers can work if well-known and broad enough, and with a readily available list to choose from) or with obtuse specifications.
- The game begins with at least twenty-five entries, depending on the scorekeeper's discretion. One entry per post, and up to two posts per poster unless 48 hours have passed, then anything goes until there are 25 entrants. Wait at least two posts before posting a second entry.
- At the nomination phase, a maximum of two entries from the same franchise can participate at any given round, and if at all only one such entry per person. In the event that the theme can be restrictive, this rule can be relaxed as per the scorekeeper's discretion.
- You are not required to nominate an entry in order to participate.
- All votes add one point to an entry, and take two points away. Those points can be distributed however you wish, so long as there is one -2 or two -1s. No exceptions!
- Invalid votes must be edited within two scorekeeper updates in order to count.
- Any entry that reaches zero is eliminated. Scorekeepers send them off with an evil message [[evil:like so]]
- Space your votes between at least five other peoples' votes, unless 24 hours have passed with not that much activity. In any context, no doubleposting.
- If the host makes a post stating the intent to tally, they have up to an hour to do the tallying. Otherwise the post will be null and void and the round shall proceed.
- If there's no update for 48 hours, the game can be safely called off or taken over by a willing participant. Scorekeepers must temporarily transfer duties to a different poster if they can't do so for a while.
- The one entry remaining wins!
Host Waiting List
NOTE: A slot opens up only after the next set of signups begins, not after the end of a round.
If it's been 24 hours since the last game and the waitlisted troper hasn't posted, it's free game.
Past results
- Fictional locations
(Winner: Rhythm Heaven, submitted by Zanreo)
- Fictional villains (Winner: CATS, submitted by Zanreo)
- Fictional companies (Winner: Nook Inc., submitted by Owen23)
- Fictional vehicles (Winner: Odyssey, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional couples (fanon or canon) (Winner: Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Fictional princesses (Winner: Daisy, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional geniuses (Winner: Jumba Jookiba, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional strong characters (Winner: Shrek, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional oddballs/Cloudcuckoolanders (Winner: Mad Hatter, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional speedsters (Winner: The Road Runner, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional robots (Winner: WALL•E, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional cats (Winner: Meowth, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional dogs (Winner: Blue, submitted by Nine Tailed Cat)
- Fictional dragons (Winner: Toothless, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirits (Winner: Miles "Tails" Prower, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Fictional birds (Winner: Revali, submitted by Pogakure)
- Fictional princes (Winner: Zagreus, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional mothers (Winner: Misty Fey, submitted by Bluethorn)
- Fictional siblings (Winner: Timmy and Tommy, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional merfolk (Winner: Ariel, submitted by YourEternalTroper)
- Fictional aliens (Winner: Zoidberg, submitted by Graf von Tirol)
- Fictional fathers (Winner: Mr. Ping, submitted by Bluethorn)
- Fictional planets (Winner: PNF-404, submitted by Janky Kong)
- Fictional rivals (Winner: Ash and Gary (submitted by The Farmboy))
- Fictional archers (Winner: Link, submitted by Pogakure)
- Second chance participants (Winner: Toriel, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Team Battle: Fire vs. Ice (Winner: Mr. Freeze of Team Ice, submitted by m-95)
- Fictional queens (Winner: The Chess Queen, submitted by Janky Kong)
- Fictional evil sorcerers (Winner: Jafar, submitted by Nine Tailed Cat)
- Fictional currencies (Winner: Rupees, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Fictional baddies (Winner: Kremlings, submitted by Follow The Map)
- Shock and Awe (Winner: Larxene, submitted by Pogakure)
- Fictional Brits (Winner: Sherlock Holmes, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional swordsmen (Winner: Puss in Boots, submitted by Heehee 47)
- Fictional thieves (Winner: Jack Sparrow, submitted by YourEternalTroper)
- One-hit wonders (Winner: Alstroemeria Records — "Bad Apple", submitted by Puzzarian Ideal)
- Fiction 500 (Winner: Willy Wonka, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Team Battle: Light vs. Dark (Winner: Midna of Team Dark, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Time masters (Winner: Sissel, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- The Luck of the Damned (Winner: Donald Duck, suitted by Snicka)
- Fictional food and drinks (Winner: Big Kahuna Burger, submitted by YourEternalTroper)
- Fictional gunslingers (Winner: Yosemite Sam, submitted by Graf von Tirol)
- Neurodivergent fictional characters (Winner: Woo Young-woo, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional ghosts (Winner: King Boo, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Kids that just ain't right (Winner: Carmelita Spats, submitted by Geeky Girl 13098021)
- Fictional investigators (Winner: Professor Layton, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Fictional criminals (Winner: Robin Hood, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Fictional doctors/healers (Winner: Tae Takemi, submitted by Follow The Map)
- Team Battle: Artists vs. Scientists (Adeleine of Team Art, submitted by Canuck Mc Duck 1)
- Fictional kings (Winner: Kuzco, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Previous winners (Second time winner: Princess Daisy, submitted by callmeamuffin)
- Fictional clowns (Winner: Pomni, submitted by Cutegirl920fire)
- Team battle: Order vs. Chaos (Winner: Joker, submitted by Cutegirl920fire)
- Fictional hams (Winner: Palpatine, submitted by The Farmboy)
- The first out in past rounds (Winner: Vaporeon, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Show within a Show Characters (Winner: Truman Burbank, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Fictional geeks (Winner: Lilo Pelekai, submitted by Riolugirl)
- Characters originating in 2023 (Winner: Sora Harewataru, submitted by skan123)
- Fictional(ized) writers (Winner: Dr. John H. Watson, submitted by Jack Cossack)
- Team Battle: Optimists vs. Pessimists (Winner: Eeyore of Team Pessimist, suitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Pokémon Gym Leaders (Winner: Flannery, submitted by Zanreo)
- Fictional musicians (Winner: Miguel Rivera, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional amnesiacs/memory-deprived (Winner: Dory, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Fictional witches (Winner: Glinda, submitted by Graf von Tirol)
- Fictional friends nobody likes (Winner: Donkey, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional psychics (Winner: Anya Forger, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Egregious employees (Winner: Burgerpants, submitted by PROPLAYEN)
- Fictional alpha bitches (Winner: Regina George, submitted by Mummy Ga Ga)
- Fictional Tragic Lovers (Winner: Megara, submitted by The Farmboy)
- Team battle: Pirates vs. Ninjas (Winner: Guybrush Threepwood of Team Pirates, submitted by Uncertan Searcher)
- Fictional teachers (Winner: Chiron, submitted by Cutegirl920fire)
- Swept just shy of the podium (Winner: Master Yoda, submitted by Lucasda Kool)
- Messed-up royals (Winner: Hades, submitted by skan123)
- Runners-up (Winner: Ms. Frizzle, submitted by Troper No. 9001)
- Team battle: Originals vs. Homophones (Winner: Steve Rogers of Team Originals, submitted by skan123)
- Fictional partners (in progress)
Original post
There already is a Country Elimination Game in this forum, but it's approaching a decade old and the last (very dormant) activity was more than a year ago at this point, so it'll make sense that I start a new thread, and not use "Country" to more clearly broaden the theme scope. We start out nominating 25 entities then have an elimination system of adding one point and removing two points in every post, distributing each individual point however they please (you can remove two points from one entry or remove one point from two). The last entity standing wins! I'll keep score for this one, and the theme for this round will be fictional areas. My first nomination:
- Pepperland - 10
Oh yeah, and whoever keeps score each round gets to pick the theme.
Edited by GrafVonTirol on May 4th 2024 at 7:33:56 AM
FollowTheMap
24 times around the sun.
from The Concrete Desert
Since: Jun, 2021
Relationship Status: Plastic Love
24 times around the sun.
#25902: Apr 11th 2024 at 6:39:45 AM
+1 Farquaad
-2 Hades
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#25903: Apr 11th 2024 at 6:40:23 AM
+1: Hades
-2: Farquaad
Edited by skan123 on Apr 11th 2024 at 7:16:02 AM
Riolugirl
Rookie Trope Repairer
from whence you came, you shall remain...
(Experienced Trainee)
Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Rookie Trope Repairer
#25904: Apr 11th 2024 at 6:54:00 AM
Hades +1
Farquaad -2
"As long as I have my comrades with me, I can do anything!" (She/Her) (Current Focus: Cleaning Hell Is That Noise misuse)
YourEternalTroper
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
from The Center of the Multiverse
Since: Oct, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
What, me worry?
#25906: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:08:28 AM
1+ Farquaad
2- Hades
callmeamuffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
from the kitchen
(Trinitroper)
Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
#25907: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:08:34 AM
+1 Hades
-2 Farquaad
Edited by callmeamuffin on Apr 12th 2024 at 12:12:35 AM
Come play Character Uplift Game!
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#25909: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:11:01 AM
+1: Hades
-2 : Farquaad
~ freygrilledcheese, the round's over.
Edited by skan123 on Apr 11th 2024 at 7:15:27 AM
freygrilledcheese
The Fool
from District Court
(Handed A Sword)
Relationship Status: All is for my lord
The Fool
#25910: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:38:13 AM
Round 73: Messed Up Royals
1.Hades - “I knew this was gonna happen.” 2.Lord Farquaad - Gobbled up by Dragon as an after-dinner mint (Credit to The Farmboy) 3.Prince Hamlet - Good night, sweet prince (Credit to Cutegirl920fire)
Dethroned
(In order of being voted out)
- Gorilla Grodd - Our conflict ends as we always knew it would - With my complete and untarnished…defeat?!
- Emperor Palpatine - ...Thrown into a pit by his second-in-command (Credit to Geeky Girl 13098021)
- Earth Queen Hou-Ting - Gets suffocated by Zaheer (Credit to Myskywarm)
- Joffrey Baratheon - Poisoned by his grandmother-in-law (Credit to Geeky Girl 13098021)
- Sindel - She went out screaming (Credit to Matthew L Mayfield)
- Scar - "Friends? I thought he said we were the enemy!" *hungry hyena noises* (Credit to Snicka)
- Oedipus - Gorged his eyes out
- Queenie - Murdered off-screen by Ludwig
- Teth-Adam - “Your reign is over.”
- Donquixote Doflamingo - Imprisoned underwater
- Queen Jadis - Killed by Aslan after a fight against Peter (Credit to Cosmos And Chaos)
- Zira - Deliberately threw herself off a cliff after realizing she was going to be eliminated (Credit to Troper No. 9001)
- Caesar - “Thumbs down, you son of a bitch” (Credit to The Farmboy)
- Cersei Lannister - When you play the game of thrones, you…die
- The Evil Queen - Ate a poisoned apple
- Luca Blight - "No!!! I can't be killed!!!"
- Ice King - Consumed by the madness of the crown
- Ga’ran Sigatar Khura’in - "Such insolence!" (Credit to Follow The Map)
- Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd - "Is this some kind of twisted joke?!" (Credit to Follow The Map)
- Richard III - His kingdom for a forum game (Credit to Canuck Mc Duck 1)
- The Queen Of Hearts - Is off with her head (Credit to Mummy Ga Ga)
- Caligula - Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard
- Baobhan Sith -Baobhan Sith - Gets her limb torn by the Fair Folk (Credit to Mummy Ga Ga)
- Nero -Nero - Burned along with Rome
- King Lear -King Lear - “Look on her, look, her lips, look there, look there!” (Credit to Cutegirl920fire)
- Ganon -Ganon - Game over. The return of Ganon…NOT! (Credit to Matthew L Mayfield)
- King -King - Overthrown by Lancer in the Pacifist Ending of Chapter 1 (Credit to Troper No. 9001)
On to ~callmeamuffin
Edited by freygrilledcheese on Apr 11th 2024 at 4:38:56 PM
OBJECTION!
Cutegirl920fire
CG for short
from NYC apparently
(Rule of Three)
Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
CG for short
#25911: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:50:14 AM
Oh huh, Hamlet made it to 3rd place. Exact same placement as his GF, Ophelia, back in the Tragic Lovers season.
Victor of HGS S320 | "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember."
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#25912: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:55:42 AM
I just outlasted two veterans, one of whom put out a very big name on the table.
![[down]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_down.png "[down]"){kind=icon}
Thanks. I'm happy that, unlike me, you know how to keep composure.
Edited by skan123 on Apr 11th 2024 at 8:01:00 AM
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
#25913: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:56:49 AM
GG. Wonder what muffin has in store?
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
skan123
Since: Aug, 2018
#25914: Apr 11th 2024 at 7:58:58 AM
See this post, you two? Major Foreshadowing of the top three.
Edited by skan123 on Apr 11th 2024 at 8:00:13 AM
GrafVonTirol
It wasn't a rock
from a state of boredom
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Relationship Status: Standing outside, playing "In Your Eyes" on the boombox
It wasn't a rock
#25915: Apr 11th 2024 at 8:18:10 AM
Congrats to one of the primo Disney villains for winning this round.
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
TroperNo9001
Braids From S286 Not Included
from ZDR for now
Since: Oct, 2014
Relationship Status: Sinking with my ship
Braids From S286 Not Included
#25916: Apr 11th 2024 at 9:59:44 AM
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
callmeamuffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
from the kitchen
(Trinitroper)
Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
#25917: Apr 11th 2024 at 1:42:52 PM
I'm sorry for taking a while to respond. I'll get the round up in approximately 15 minutes.
Come play Character Uplift Game!
callmeamuffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
from the kitchen
(Trinitroper)
Relationship Status: Thinkin' about you, muffin
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
#25918: Apr 11th 2024 at 1:57:43 PM
Round 74!
Ah, runner-ups, silvers, second placers, whatever you guys call 'em. Most of us can feel pretty bad for all the runner-ups from the previous rounds: Swept just shy of the gold platform, losing their golden glory they could've had to a grander entry, and are forced to take home silver. It can be truly devastating and painful for those entries, as they are now very unlikely to take home gold...
...But wait. Is it possible for one silver entry to get a golden redemption arc?
Yes.
This round's theme is Second Place Entries. If an entry previously scored silver in a prior game, they are acceptable to submit. All silver entries are listed in this spreadsheet created by Pogakure. You can also click on the links in the "Past results" folder to see the final results of each round as well.
Obviously, the entries you nominate don't have to be yours, especially since a couple of tropers don't have more than one runner-up entry from the past games, but if want to nominate yours, then go for it!
- Stewie Griffin (Kids that ain't just right)
Now I'm gonna clear up one thing: Some rounds can have two runner-ups. If the final vote in a round has two entries eliminated by -1 vote each, they both count as 2nd place entries, and will be permitted. (Though no actual bronze entries will be permitted)
The silver entry that gets gold will be recognized as a deity and will transform into a gold entry. But be careful! One silver entry will go home with silver again!
A minimum of 30 entries will participate.
Edited by callmeamuffin on Apr 12th 2024 at 12:53:25 AM
Come play Character Uplift Game!
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
#25919: Apr 11th 2024 at 1:58:43 PM
2. Gordon Freeman (Fictional Doctors) Zelda (Fictional Princesses and Psychics)
Edited by TheFarmboy on Apr 13th 2024 at 2:36:12 PM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
GrafVonTirol
It wasn't a rock
from a state of boredom
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Relationship Status: Standing outside, playing "In Your Eyes" on the boombox
It wasn't a rock
#25920: Apr 11th 2024 at 2:00:06 PM
3. Mr. Bean (Fictional Brits)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
What, me worry?
#25921: Apr 11th 2024 at 2:05:27 PM
4. Team Rocket (Fictional Villains)
MummyGaGa
Me as a Merman
from A magical realm
Since: Mar, 2015
Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Me as a Merman
#25922: Apr 11th 2024 at 2:08:35 PM
5. Futaba Sakura (Nerds and geeks round)
BTW, please call me Jake.
Just a random 🐈
#25923: Apr 11th 2024 at 2:09:22 PM
6. Tom and Jerry (First Boots)
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
Riolugirl
Rookie Trope Repairer
from whence you came, you shall remain...
(Experienced Trainee)
Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Rookie Trope Repairer
#25924: Apr 11th 2024 at 2:14:58 PM
7. The Stray Cat (Fictional cats)
"As long as I have my comrades with me, I can do anything!" (She/Her) (Current Focus: Cleaning Hell Is That Noise misuse)
TheFarmboy
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
from A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Since: Jan, 2013
Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
#25925: Apr 11th 2024 at 2:17:01 PM
8. Sarah Conner (Fictional Mothers, she was robbed of that win!)
(Wonder if anyone will nominate Zelda, she won silver twice, on second thought, I'll sub Gordon for Zelda)
Edited by TheFarmboy on Apr 11th 2024 at 6:55:30 AM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
Total posts: 26,797
+1 Farquaad
-2 Hades
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!