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 (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)
- 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
Braids From S286 Not Included
+1: Flannery
-1: Piers
-1 : Raihan
The Power of Toons and Anime
Acerola +1
Piers -2
Stark Holmes
24 times around the sun.
+1 Piers
-2 Winona
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
[miscount]
Edited by skan123 on Jan 20th 2024 at 11:49:23 AM
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
- Flannery - 5 -2
- Winona - 3 +1
- Acerola - 7
- Piers - 4
- Raihan - Thus the Dragon Leader was slain.
7. Korrina - Successor? More like Suck-cessor!
8. Grusha - "You melted straight through my ice..." (Credit to TroperNo9001)
9. Clemont - Responsible for another blackout in Lumiose City, again.
10. Iono - Those Magnemite hairclips are a faux pas.
11. Maylene - Ended up injuring herself when training.
12. Mallow - "Guess now I'll have to get my Grass-type Pokémon to make me feel all better again..." (Credit to TroperNo9001)
13. Misty - Ended up lost in the Viridian Forest, surrounded by Bug Pokemon
14. Brock - Carried off by Misty, Max and Croagunk
15. Alister - Now lives on as a Gastly
16. Jasmine - Accidentally locked herself in the Lighthouse
17. Clay - Washed away with a Samurott's flood
18. Drayden - Wasn't good enough as Iris to be the Champion of Unova.
19. Norman - Thus the last of the normies have been eliminated.
20. Larry - Forced to work overtime, Geeta's orders.
21. Giovanni - To this day, Team Rocket is still searching for him.
22. Volkner - Ultimately he lost the spark and quit.
23. Fantina - She's a shoe-in for the lead of The Phantom of the Opera now.
24. Pryce - He was cold as ice, and he paid the pryce!
25. Marlon - Coping that his swimming pool in his gym is now a skating rink.
26. Valerie - Dropped dead when someone yelled they don't believe in fairies.
27. Crasher Wake - Like waves, his chances came to a crashing end.
28. Bugsy - Who knew bug spray works on people too.
29. Whitney - ""Waaaaah! Waaaaah! ...Snivel, hic. ... You meanie!"
30. Juan - If they only made Delta Emerald, then he wouldn't be forgotten.
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jan 20th 2024 at 5:48:09 AM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
It wasn't a rock
+1 Piers
-2 Acerola
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
+1 Piers
-2 Winona
"Hmm... it appears that browsing this wiki doesn't seem to violate any school rules. Continue." | My Wall
+1: Flannery
-1: Acerola
-1: Winona
Edited by skan123 on Jan 20th 2024 at 3:39:35 AM
The Power of Toons and Anime
Acerola +1
Piers -2
Stark Holmes
It wasn't a rock
Uhh... Winona's not quite ded.
-1 Now she is.
-1 Acerola
+1 Flannery
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
❀ Mint, Nuts, and Waffle ❀
24 times around the sun.
+1 Piers
-2 Acerola
Big ol' Nintendo and mistery genre nerd. / Just call me Map for short. / Avatar made by me.
+1: Flannery
-2: Piers
The Fourth-Placers' Revenge
+1 Flannery
Let's end this Piers
I like cute things. You gotta deal with it.
May the Fourth, yeah yeah.
And another round has come to a close, after a rough start, we got a winner. Flannery of Hoenn has proved herself to being the best Gym Leader in the land!
1. Flannery - Taking a well-deserved dip in the Hot Springs of Lavaridge Town (Gold)
2. Piers - Embarrassed he couldn't win for Marnie. (Silver)
3. Acerola - She will now haunt everyone who voted against her! (Bronze)
4. Winona - "Even though I have lost, the wings of my heart remain unbroken." (Credit to TroperNo9001)
6. Olivia - Gone for a drink on the rocks.
7. Korrina - Successor? More like Suck-cessor!
8. Grusha - "You melted straight through my ice..." (Credit to TroperNo9001)
9. Clemont - Responsible for another blackout in Lumiose City, again.
10. Iono - Those Magnemite hairclips are a faux pas.
11. Maylene - Ended up injuring herself when training.
12. Mallow - "Guess now I'll have to get my Grass-type Pokémon to make me feel all better again..." (Credit to TroperNo9001)
13. Misty - Ended up lost in the Viridian Forest, surrounded by Bug Pokemon
14. Brock - Carried off by Misty, Max and Croagunk
15. Alister - Now lives on as a Gastly
16. Jasmine - Accidentally locked herself in the Lighthouse
17. Clay - Washed away with a Samurott's flood
18. Drayden - Wasn't good enough as Iris to be the Champion of Unova.
19. Norman - Thus the last of the normies have been eliminated.
20. Larry - Forced to work overtime, Geeta's orders.
21. Giovanni - To this day, Team Rocket is still searching for him.
22. Volkner - Ultimately he lost the spark and quit.
23. Fantina - She's a shoe-in for the lead of The Phantom of the Opera now.
24. Pryce - He was cold as ice, and he paid the pryce!
25. Marlon - Coping that his swimming pool in his gym is now a skating rink.
26. Valerie - Dropped dead when someone yelled they don't believe in fairies.
27. Crasher Wake - Like waves, his chances came to a crashing end.
28. Bugsy - Who knew bug spray works on people too.
29. Whitney - ""Waaaaah! Waaaaah! ...Snivel, hic. ... You meanie!"
30. Juan - If they only made Delta Emerald, then he wouldn't be forgotten.
Will the next host start us off please!
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jan 20th 2024 at 10:54:19 AM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!
Stark Holmes
Despite the earlier issues, this was actually a fun round.
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No worries.
Edited by CanuckMcDuck1 on Jan 20th 2024 at 10:37:23 AM
Discombobulate.
I keep forgetting to update this
Sorry if I was being petty earlier
Edited by PROPLAYEN on Jan 20th 2024 at 8:35:37 AM
So Graf's the next host. What will the theme be?
It wasn't a rock
Before I begin, I would like to have a brief discussion on clarifying theme rules. There kind of was a can of worms with themes that are too medium/work specific (granted this isn't the first time but there wasn't a problem until the nominations of the past round). Anyone with thoughts on that?
Anyways I am not opposed, but I think that there should be enough advance interest. For instance, this past theme did kind of give me a little idea for an Animal Crossing villager matchup possibility. It will not be the theme for the next round, but I wonder what others think should hosting next lay on my hands.
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (all editions) progress: 426/1089 (39.12%)
The Fourth-Placers' Revenge
Personally, I'd prefer not to have work-specific themes in the future. Part of it is simply that people who aren't into the work get left out completely (along with those not interested in the part of the work you're focusing on - for instance, I mostly sat out this last round because I'm into Pokémon more for the Pokémon themselves than the human characters). Even for something with broad appeal, though, it feels more like picking nominees off a list than finding them for yourself, and I'd rather build up a new set than pare down an existing one.
Medium-specific themes I'd put as more of a case-by-case basis. I expect most people are familiar with at least a few different books, cartoons, films, live-action TV shows, and video games, enough to make interesting rounds out of those. On the other hand, things like radio shows and tabletop games are likely too niche. Best to stick to broad categories for those ones if we do them at all.
I like cute things. You gotta deal with it.
Hoenn
Kalos
Alola
Galar
9. Clemont - Responsible for another blackout in Lumiose City, again.
10. Iono - Those Magnemite hairclips are a faux pas.
11. Maylene - Ended up injuring herself when training.
12. Mallow - "Guess now I'll have to get my Grass-type Pokémon to make me feel all better again..." (Credit to TroperNo9001)
13. Misty - Ended up lost in the Viridian Forest, surrounded by Bug Pokemon
14. Brock - Carried off by Misty, Max and Croagunk
15. Alister - Now lives on as a Gastly
16. Jasmine - Accidentally locked herself in the Lighthouse
17. Clay - Washed away with a Samurott's flood
18. Drayden - Wasn't good enough as Iris to be the Champion of Unova.
19. Norman - Thus the last of the normies have been eliminated.
20. Larry - Forced to work overtime, Geeta's orders.
21. Giovanni - To this day, Team Rocket is still searching for him.
22. Volkner - Ultimately he lost the spark and quit.
23. Fantina - She's a shoe-in for the lead of The Phantom of the Opera now.
24. Pryce - He was cold as ice, and he paid the pryce!
25. Marlon - Coping that his swimming pool in his gym is now a skating rink.
26. Valerie - Dropped dead when someone yelled they don't believe in fairies.
27. Crasher Wake - Like waves, his chances came to a crashing end.
28. Bugsy - Who knew bug spray works on people too.
29. Whitney - ""Waaaaah! Waaaaah! ...Snivel, hic. ... You meanie!"
30. Juan - If they only made Delta Emerald, then he wouldn't be forgotten.
Edited by TheFarmboy on Jan 20th 2024 at 3:17:26 PM
It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!