Wow, someone cleaned up my horrible job. And added a crapton more examples. Thanks!
Good morning. I see the assassins have failed...Sorting out the name for this has been awful. There are duplicates on abbreviated title pages and plural titles pages.
The information belongs here, on a page with a title everyone can understand and which people can easily adapt for singles and plurals.
I also bring what was on another version if anyone can see any good points they'll also want to put on here:
Tournaments range from completely obscure to high-stakes popularity mills and all the drama that comes with it and everything in between. These are extremely popular on Deviant Art - most of them draw their talent and audience and even are hosted on there, so there you go.
How these characters actually fight each other can vary from contest to contest. Sometimes they depict their characters in an out and out brawl (hence the "battle" part of the name). Other times there's a plotline and it's all about who has the most compelling overarching story. Occasionally, it can be both. In any case, the entries for each round are given to a judge or panel of judges to choose which is better. The winner continues on and their entry becomes official Canon; the loser gets knocked out. Occasionally, the contest-runners also allow some sort of non-judged side entry (aka an SE) that can be used as Bonus Material. The overall winner typically gets some sort of prize - commissions from an artist, Deviant Art subscriptions, fame, fortune, power, etc.
A variation is the League format, which keeps the entries and judging part and does away with the tournament structure.
Please note that on Deviant Art and in the OCBT scene, an Original Character refers to a character that is PURELY original. Fan characters are usually not allowed.
Redirected the old OCBT page to this one. Also gonna do a little bit of edit work to reconcile the other page with this one.
Examples need fleshing out...