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!
If it's been 24 hours since the last game and the waitlisted troper hasn't posted, it's free game.
- 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 (in progress)
- Pepperland - 10
Oh yeah, and whoever keeps score each round gets to pick the theme.
Edited by GrafVonTirol on Apr 11th 2024 at 2:57:39 AM
Take me to the river
We have done something like this in the old thread. Maybe we can have at least 30 rounds before starting one of those?
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 410/1089 (37.65%)
Meito Anizawa, Anime Tenchou
I'd be up for that yeah
"Leftover items still have value!"
Braids From S286 Not Included
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I wasn't there for that, so I'd like to see how that would go.
The Power of Toons and Anime
If a round of past winners is on the table then I could also see a "second chance" round featuring one nomination who was eliminated from each past round.
Me as a Merman
I also like to see a potential first boot round of entries that got eliminated first in previous rounds.
BTW, please call me Jake.
The Power of Toons and Anime
So uh... when exactly does the next round start?
Me as a Merman
In about a hour from now, it will be 24 hours since Geeky posted here, and nobody here really gave a suggestion to the worst friends list (Which admittingly, is kinda really specific that I'm not sure if we could get to 25 entries there).
BTW, please call me Jake.
Shall we start nominating, or go with a different theme?
Take me to the river
Aren't you going to start the round?
EDIT: Yeah, I'm going to force the issue. If a game doesn't get started thirteen hours from now (~6:20 PM Pacific at the time of writing), someone else can start.
Edited by GrafVonTirol on Jun 3rd 2023 at 6:19:05 AM
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 410/1089 (37.65%)
A nice swimmer
I kinda want to. Though in Pacific time it would be AM instead of PM, cause PM is now, so...
Due to unfortunate events, i will continue to exist until further notice.
Thirteen seems like an arbitrary number. Twelve, i.e. half a day, or twenty-four, a full day, both feel like more logical numbers.
EDIT: Nevermind, it's for this specific case, not as a general game rule.
Edited by Snicka on Jun 4th 2023 at 9:18:40 PM
Well, aren't people supposed to start nominating first? Or does something special need to be done?
Cause I thought a theme is declared, then people nominate characters, and then the round starts.
Edited by GeekyGirl13098021 on Jun 4th 2023 at 12:31:00 PM
And if so, then you may start nominating.
The Power of Toons and Anime
Usually the host begins the round by making the first nomination.
So we are doing characters who were enemies at the beginning of the source material?
1. Hector and Ernesto (If they count; I suggested worst friends so I could nominate them, tbf)
A nice swimmer
If i am doing this right, and it involves Evil Former Friend (i presume Ernesto and Hector come from Coco).
2. Kazuma Kiryu and Akira Nishikiyama.
Due to unfortunate events, i will continue to exist until further notice.
3. Michael De Santa and Trevor Phillips
Edited by ZuggaluggalocoroG on Jun 4th 2023 at 3:04:37 AM
Not even stars last forever.
You can go home Courier...
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I thought we're doing Evil Former Friend as Wrong One suggested. I'll change my entry then.
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jun 4th 2023 at 7:58:03 AM
I've got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle!
Were they really enemies from the start?
GeekyGirl, I suggest you spell out the theme as a title of sorts before trying to decide who qualifies and who doesn't, so that we know what to suggest exactly.
If the theme is Enemies/Rivals, I propose:
So the theme is simply enemies/rivals, and not "bad friends" covering Evil Former Friend and Toxic Friend Influence? Because I suggested Anne and Sasha on that basis, so I changed my suggestion now.
(By the way, this is why the suggestions didn't start, as the theme was not set in stone.)
Edited by Snicka on Jun 4th 2023 at 2:41:21 PM
Enemies/Rivals
^ Like that?
Braids From S286 Not Included
Is this okay?
"Rarity, are you okay? We gotta get you and your friends outta here soon!"
Just a random 🐈
Edited by LucasdaKool on Jun 4th 2023 at 8:58:11 AM
Meow meow meow (I am just a lil’ hungry cat, I have nothing to do with a certain guy who hired an assassin)
Master of the Multiverse (He/Him/His)
Edited by YourEternalTroper on Jun 4th 2023 at 7:00:34 PM
Everything that lives is designed to end...
Edited by callmeamuffin on Jun 2nd 2023 at 10:22:10 PM
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