Favorite Title Tournament (It's Pronounced "Xalxe" wins!)

Errantparabola · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Wed Mar 07, 2018 6:33 pm

What?

In the unofficial, unendorsed next installment of the tournament series run by mith and Kublai Khan, I thought it would be fun to choose MS’s favorite titles awarded to users. Nominate as many titles as you want, but choose what you think is particularly cool, creative, clever, or whatever personal metric you use to judge titles.

Why?

It’s fun, hopefully. People can opine further on titles they think are bad or good (a subject of unceasing discussion). New users can be introduced to fun and memorable stories from the mafiascum of old.

How?

Nominate as many titles as you want in thread. The amount of nominations a title receives will be used to select the titles included in the bracket if necessary. The user does not have to currently hold that title as long as it was awarded to them in the past. Nominations are divided into groups of four, voters each pick two to advance. After that, single elimination bracket. It is encouraged to include a short explanation behind the title if you want.

Spoiler: Past Iterations

Group Stage 1 Brackets
Group Stage 1 Results
Group Stage 2 Brackets
Group Stage 2 Results
Round of 32
Round of 32 Results
Round of 16
Round of 16 Results
Round of 8
Round of 8 Results / Round of 4
FINAL ROUND
Finale

Errantparabola · Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:04 pm

my own nominations:

Hell in a Cell (Panzerjager)
Honourable Mention (Chevre)
All Work and Roleplay (Annadog40)
Serial Thriller (Radja)
Frisian Shoulder-Demon (mykonian)
Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)
Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
Devil in the Details (Nachomamma8)
Thirteenthly, ... (petroleumjelly)

Errantparabola · Post Post #15 (isolation #2) » Thu Mar 08, 2018 6:56 pm

As of right now I don't think I have the time to work through multiple?
But everyone feel free to contribute what your favorite titles are, more the merrier.

Spoiler: current nominations list

Errantparabola · Post Post #16 (isolation #3) » Thu Mar 08, 2018 7:11 pm

I'll add the following nominations:

Yes? (Who)
mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)
Protection unnecessary (Save the Dragons)
Scheherazade (Nahdia)

Errantparabola · Post Post #27 (isolation #4) » Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:48 pm

3 more days for nominations, I'm thinking.

We currently have 65 titles, so it's likely the number will conveniently settle somewhere a slight amount above 64. So unless we jump to 128, I will simply assign 5 titles to some groups in order to achieve 16 groups. The groups with 5 titles will be the ones that have only been nominated once (or twice if necessary)

Errantparabola · Post Post #28 (isolation #5) » Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:07 pm

Nominations close today at the same time that I made that previous post. In PST it is 22:48, or 10:48 PM.

Errantparabola · Post Post #31 (isolation #6) » Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:32 am

Spoiler: process

Group Stage 1:

For each group, choose the titles that you like the best out of each group (max of two). Feel free to convince others towards your cause, etc.

The remainder of the titles will be in the next eight groups, to be voted on next week.

Ties will be settled by me convincing someone to vote for that category and break the tie, similar to previous iterations.

1)
Professor of Being a Dog (CuddlyCaucasian)
Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
Glenn Peck (AngryPidgeon)
Glad Hatter (Gammagooey)
Cassandra Complex (Mastermind of Sin)

2)
Devil in the Details (Nachomamma8)

(Hoopla)
The Second Coming (mastin2)
Frisian Shoulder-Demon (mykonian)

- empty courtesy of hoopla -

3)
POWERFUL WIZARD (SpyreX)
Thirteenthly, ... (petroleumjelly)
Did His Job (SleepyKrew)
Xenophile (borkjerfkin)
Supersaint (Thesp)

4)
Miss Mash (xofelf)
Cases are scummy (chamber)
President Weiner (quadz08)
Hell in a Cell (Panzerjager)
Rantbuddy (Patrick)

5)
Yes? (Who)
has been killed Night 1 (MagnaofIllusion)
Goddammit (kdowns)
I lost a bet. (Kmd4390)
Uncle Potbear (hohum)

6)
It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
MS Painter (Cheetory6)
Troll (Zorblag)
Consigliere (zoraster)

- empty courtesy of xalxe -

7)
Oldest Trick in the Book (Trojan Horse)
(shrug) (Yosarian2)
Princeton's Pride (chesskid3)
Metatron (Mr. Flay)
Best Newcrummer (lalaladucks)

8)
Professor Paragon (Vi)
!xmafia win (Xylthixlm)
Friends Forever! <3 (Awesome Pants)
GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

- empty courtesy of reck -

Errantparabola · Post Post #32 (isolation #7) » Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:37 am

my votes

1)
Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
Cassandra Complex (Mastermind of Sin)

2)
Devil in the Details (Nachomamma8)
Frisian Shoulder-Demon (mykonian)

3)
POWERFUL WIZARD (SpyreX)
Thirteenthly, ... (petroleumjelly)

4)
Cases are scummy (chamber)
Hell in a Cell (Panzerjager)

5)
Yes? (Who)
has been killed Night 1 (MagnaofIllusion)

6)
It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
MS Painter (Cheetory6)

7)
(shrug) (Yosarian2)
Metatron (Mr. Flay)

8)
Professor Paragon (Vi)
GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

Errantparabola · Post Post #42 (isolation #8) » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:37 am

In post 36, Cheetory6 wrote:Cases are scummy (chamber)
Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)

Unless given an alternative I'll simply omit the Tierce vote and the CC vote in the next group.

Errantparabola · Post Post #61 (isolation #9) » Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:52 am

Votes close at the end of today for PST
(That's 14 hours from this post)

Errantparabola · Post Post #64 (isolation #10) » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:29 pm

ADVANCEMENTS

1.

Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
Glad Hatter (Gammagooey)

2.

(Hoopla)
The Second Coming (mastin2)

3.

POWERFUL WIZARD (SpyreX)
Thirteenthly, ... (petroleumjelly)

4.

Cases are scummy (chamber)
Hell in a Cell (Panzerjager)

5.

Yes? (Who)
Goddammit (kdowns)

6.

It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
Troll (Zorblag)

7.

(shrug) (Yosarian2)
Princeton's Pride (chesskid3)

8.

Professor Paragon (Vi)
GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

STATISTICS

- aka the imperfections of the bracket system are exposed -

Front Runners

:
It's pronounced "Xalxe" (24/26 votes)
Hoopla cake (21)
GD is my Best Man (20)
(shrug) (19), Cache Me If You Can (18), POWERFUL WIZARD (18)

Lone Champions

:
Cassandra Complex was only voted for by Errantparabola
Rantbuddy was only voted for by vonflare
Best Newcrummer was only voted for by SleepyKrew

Ties

:
Thirteenthly vs. Did His Job (13 vs. 13) was broken by chamber
MS Painter vs. Troll (9 vs. 9) was broken by chamber
Miss Mash vs. Hell in a Cell (10 vs. 10) was broken by Annadog40

Groups

:
Groups 1 and 2 accrued the least total votes, with 39
Group 6 accrued the most votes, with 48
The lowest performer with the highest votes was in Group 2 (Frisian Shoulder-Devil in the Details with 5 votes)
The highest performer with the lowest votes was in Group 5 (Goddammit with 12 votes)

Errantparabola · Post Post #65 (isolation #11) » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:33 pm

WHEN THE RESULTS COME UP: If you believe that an error has been made in tallying the votes then you have until this round of voting is over to bring it up. I have been careful and hope that no errors have been made.

Group Stage 2:

For each group, choose the titles that you like the best out of each group (max of two). Feel free to convince others towards your cause, etc.

The remainder of the titles will be in the next eight groups, to be voted on next week.

Ties will be settled by me convincing someone to vote for that category and break the tie, similar to previous iterations.

1)
Serial Thriller (Radja)
comical third option (xyzzy)
Empking Alt's Alt (Empking)
...should I be here? (Faraday)
Idol Hands (Shadoweh)

2)
All Work and Roleplay (Annadog40)
Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)
Dr. Feelgood (MattP)
Premature Assassination (zoraster)
Honey Trap (animorpherv1)

3)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)
Papa Smurf (Thor665)
Moon Walker (Titus)
Godfather (mith)
Luddite (Korts)

4)
Post or Perish (MeMe)
Shot Count (Equinox)
mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)
Mod Screw (Tarhalindur)
Protection unnecessary (Save the Dragons)

5)
Disgrace to SKs everywhere (Thok)
Accept It (JDodge)
Kayak (Cheery Dog)
Honourable Mention (Chevre)

- empty courtesy of chevre -

6)
Wanker (CooLDoG)
Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)
Lyrical Rampage (Ether)
Well, we gotta lynch

Someone

(Someone)
Sun Tzu (Metal Sonic)

7)
Scheherazade (Nahdia)
Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)
The Shipwright (Mina)
NK Immune Miller Vig (Oman)
Composed (Errantparabola)

8)

Supposed to be? This IS blue

(SaberKitty)
miss (Nexus)
Accept When He Does (InflatablePie)
Killed the Radio Star (Amrun)
R.I.P. He trusted mathcam. (NanookTheWolf)

Errantparabola · Post Post #66 (isolation #12) » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:36 pm

my votes:

1)
Serial Thriller (Radja)

2)
All Work and Roleplay (Annadog40)
Premature Assassination (zoraster)

3)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)
Papa Smurf (Thor665)

4)
mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)
Protection unnecessary (Save the Dragons)

5)
Honourable Mention (Chevre)

6)
Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)
Lyrical Rampage (Ether)

7)
Scheherazade (Nahdia)
Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)

8)
miss (Nexus)
Accept When He Does (InflatablePie)

Errantparabola · Post Post #87 (isolation #13) » Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:41 am

Group 1 results are out

Errantparabola · Post Post #105 (isolation #14) » Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:48 pm

Votes close at midnight PST, or 4 hours.

Errantparabola · Post Post #107 (isolation #15) » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:18 am

ADVANCEMENTS

1.

comical third option (xyzzy)
...should I be here? (Faraday)

2.

Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)
Dr. Feelgood (MattP)

3.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)
Godfather (mith)

4.

Shot Count (Equinox)
mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)

5.

Kayak (Cheery Dog)
Honourable Mention (Chevre)

6.

Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)
Lyrical Rampage (Ether)

7.

NK Immune Miller Vig (Oman)
Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)

8.

Accept When He Does (InflatablePie)
miss (Nexus)

STATISTICS

- aka the imperfections of the bracket system are exposed -

Front Runners

:
comical third option, Honourable Mention, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (18/26 votes)
mafi ascum (16)

Lone Champions

:
Honey Trap was only voted for by Xalxe

-empty courtesy of Chevre-

was only voted for by Cheery Dog

Ties

:
none

Groups

:
Groups 2 and 8 accrued the least total votes, with 38
Groups 1, 3, 4, and 7 accrued the most votes, with 45
The lowest performers with the highest votes were in Groups 1 and 4 (Serial Thriller and Idol Hands with 5 votes, and Post or Perish and Mod Screw with 5 votes)
The highest performer with the lowest votes was in Group 8 (miss with 11 votes)

Errantparabola · Post Post #108 (isolation #16) » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:44 am

ROUND OF 32

Vote for one in each matchup or abstain.

BRACKET 1

1/16

:
It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
…should I be here? (Faraday)

8/9

:
Thirteenthly, ... (petroleumjelly)
Shot Count (Equinox)

5/12

:
Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
Lyrical Rampage (Ether)

4/13

:
mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)
Professor Paragon (Vi)

6/11

:
POWERFUL WIZARD (SpyreX)
miss (Nexus)

3/14

:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)
Troll (Zorblag)

7/10

:
Princeton's Pride (chesskid3)
Dr. Feelgood (MattP)

2/15

:
Honourable Mention (Chevre)
Glad Hatter (Gammagooey)

BRACKET 2

1/16

:
comical third option (xyzzy)
The Second Coming (mastin2)

8/9

:
Cases are scummy (chamber)
Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)

5/12

:
Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)
Hell in a Cell (Panzerjager)

4/13

:
(shrug) (Yosarian2)
Godfather (mith)

6/11

:
Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)
Yes? (Who)

3/14

:
GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)
Accept When He Does (InflatablePie)

7/10

:
NK Immune Miller Vig (Oman)
Goddammit (kdowns)

2/15

:

(Hoopla)
Kayak (Cheery Dog)

Errantparabola · Post Post #110 (isolation #17) » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:52 am

My votes

Bracket 1:
It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
Thirteenthly, ... (petroleumjelly)
Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)
miss (Nexus)
Troll (Zorblag)
Dr. Feelgood (MattP)
Honourable Mention (Chevre)

Bracket 2:
comical third option (xyzzy)
Cases are scummy (chamber)
Hell in a Cell (Panzerjager)
(shrug) (Yosarian2)
Yes? (Who)
GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)
NK Immune Miller Vig (Oman)

(Hoopla)

Errantparabola · Post Post #138 (isolation #18) » Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:44 am

Some amount of days remain until deadline

Errantparabola · Post Post #140 (isolation #19) » Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:43 pm

Closes today

Errantparabola · Post Post #145 (isolation #20) » Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:38 am

"Updates right now"

Errantparabola · Post Post #147 (isolation #21) » Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:17 pm

I'm already done tabulating results. I'll give you 30 minutes to vote if you want to.

Errantparabola · Post Post #149 (isolation #22) » Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:41 pm

Results

Organized from highest number of votes of the higher seed to lowest.
If you want me to organize it in a better way, let me know.
Bracket organization in next post.

HIGH-LOW

1/16

xyzzy

v. mastin2 (22 - 2)

2/15

Hoopla

v. Cheery Dog (21 - 2)

1/16

Xalxe

v. Faraday (17 - 6)

3/14

xRECKONERx

v. InflatablePie (16 - 7)

4/13

kanyeknowsbest

v. Vi (16 - 8)

2/15

Chevre

v. Gammagooey (13 - 9)

3/14

hitorogoshi

v. Zorblag (13 - 9)

4/13

Yosarian2

v. mith (12 - 11)

MIDDLE

7/10

:

Oman

v. kdowns (18 - 6)

5/12

:

Tierce

v. Ether (17 - 6)

6/11

:

SpyreX

v. Nexus (16 - 6)

6/11

:

SleepyKrew

v. Who (16 - 6)

5/12

:

Glork

v. Panzerjager (13 - 8)

8/9

:

petroleumjelly

v. Equinox (12 - 11)

(tie broken by annadog)

8/9

:
chamber v.

Lady Lambdadelta

(10 - 12)

7/10

:
chesskid3 v.

MattP

(10 - 14)

Errantparabola · Post Post #150 (isolation #23) » Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:44 pm

Round of 16

BRACKET 11. It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
8. Thirteenthly, … (petroleumjelly)

5. Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
4. mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)

6. POWERFUL WIZARD (SpyreX)
3. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)

10. Dr. Feelgood (MattP)
2. Honourable Mention (Chevre)

BRACKET 21. comical third option (xyzzy)
9. Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)

5. Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)
4. (shrug) (Yosarian2)

6. Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)
3. GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

7. NK Immune Miller Vig (Oman)
2.

(Hoopla)

Errantparabola · Post Post #151 (isolation #24) » Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:49 pm

if you have any organizational suggestions let me know.

My votes:
Thirteenthly, … (petroleumjelly)
Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)
POWERFUL WIZARD (SpyreX)
Honourable Mention (Chevre)
comical third option (xyzzy)
(shrug) (Yosarian2)
Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)
cake (Hoopla)

Errantparabola · Post Post #180 (isolation #25) » Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:32 pm

closes tomorrow

Errantparabola · Post Post #190 (isolation #26) » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:34 pm

results compiling

NOTE: I am considering Papa Zito's post as a vote. Counting it vs. not counting would not effect the outcome -- if it had, I would have asked Zito before compiling.

Errantparabola · Post Post #192 (isolation #27) » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:11 pm

Results

BRACKET 1Front-runner Xalxe advances to the top 8 in a convincing victory.

(26-5)

1. It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)

8. Thirteenthly, … (petroleumjelly)

kanyeknowsbest takes the win, to ani's dismay.

(14-17)

5. Cache Me If You Can (Tierce)

4. mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)

hitogoroshi is the reluctant winner over SpyreX.

(12-19)

6. POWERFUL WIZARD (SpyreX)

3. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)

MattP puts up a good fight against Chevre, but the 10 seed fails to advance.

(12-19)

10. Dr. Feelgood (MattP)

2. Honourable Mention (Chevre)

BRACKET 29 seed LLD edges out 1 seed xyzzy.

(15-16)

1. comical third option (xyzzy)

9. Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)

Glork beats Yosarian2, and only one shrug title remains.

(17-14)

5. Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)

4. (shrug) (Yosarian2)

SleepyKrew fights valiantly against a crowd favorite but falls a bit short.

(14-17)

6. Snark Attack (SleepyKrew)

3. GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

Hoopla takes a convincing but hardfought win against Oman.

(11-20)

7. NK Immune Miller Vig (Oman)
2.

(Hoopla)

Errantparabola · Post Post #193 (isolation #28) » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:13 pm

Round of 8

1. It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
4. mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)

3. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)
2. Honourable Mention (Chevre)

9. Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)
5. Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)

3. GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)
2.

(Hoopla)

Errantparabola · Post Post #195 (isolation #29) » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:18 pm

4. mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)
2. Honourable Mention (Chevre)
5. Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)
2.

(Hoopla)

the last of my favorites is out, rest in peace Cache Me If You Can.

Errantparabola · Post Post #227 (isolation #30) » Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:46 am

I’m counting Zito as a vote again.

Errantparabola · Post Post #243 (isolation #31) » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:49 pm

Ends in a couple days

Errantparabola · Post Post #246 (isolation #32) » Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:42 pm

Results

Xalxe's strong winning streak continues.

(24-6)

1. It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)

4. mafi ascum (kanyeknowsbest)

hitogoroshi takes a close win above Chevre.

(16-14)

3. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)

2. Honourable Mention (Chevre)

Under...cat LLD advances to the final 4.

(16-14)

9. Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)

5. Burdened by Proficiency (Glork)

Reck wins one of the hardest matchups of the tournament.

(16-13)

3. GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

2.

(Hoopla)

Final 4

1. It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)
3. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (hitogoroshi)

9. Cat in a Rage (Lady Lambdadelta)
3. GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

Errantparabola · Post Post #281 (isolation #33) » Thu May 03, 2018 10:55 am

giving this one more day, primarily out of laziness (as you all probably have figured out already)

Errantparabola · Post Post #282 (isolation #34) » Thu May 03, 2018 10:56 am

Oh, and my votes are Xalxe and Reck

Errantparabola · Post Post #288 (isolation #35) » Mon May 07, 2018 9:41 am

Alright, the final round that was meant to be begins now as both It's Pronounced "Xalxe" and GD is my Best Man advance with a score of 22 - 6 each.

Congratulations to Cat in a Rage and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ for making it this far, but now it's time to vote on:

FINAL ROUND

1. It's pronounced "Xalxe" (Xalxe)

3. GD is my Best Man (xRECKONERx)

Errantparabola · Post Post #289 (isolation #36) » Mon May 07, 2018 9:43 am

VOTE: Reck

Errantparabola · Post Post #291 (isolation #37) » Mon May 07, 2018 9:52 am

If you have any suggestions for statistics to be compiled post tournament, feel free to voice them in thread. All the raw data is already organized so more suggestions should not take a significant amount of work.

Current ones I intend on doing:

Which Title Fairy did the best
Who was most contrarian compared to popular opinion (voted for losers)
Who was least contrarian compared to popular opinion (voted for winners)
Which titles that were only nominated once did the best
Which titles that were only nominated twice did the best
Which titles that were nominated four or more times did the worst
Who voted against their own title

Errantparabola · Post Post #320 (isolation #38) » Thu May 10, 2018 6:19 pm

Let's say, May 13, perhaps.

Errantparabola · Post Post #332 (isolation #39) » Mon May 14, 2018 5:54 pm

It's Pronounced "Xalxe"

(15): Xalxe, Faraday, Shadoweh, NM, Cephrir, Aristophanes, Glork, Broseidon, KMo, mallowgeno, vonflare, Papa Zito, MoI, animorpherv, GreenLiquid

GD is my Best Man

(12): EP, Reck, LLD, implosion, N, Nexus, Vijarada, shaft.ed, Panzer, PokerFace, Porochaz, Harambey

comical third option

(2): NM, Aristophanes

Oh, Prozac

(1): Kublai Khan

unclear: mcmenno, Cheery Dog

--

It's Pronounced "Xalxe" is Mafiascum's favorite title.

Congratulations to GD is my Best Man for a good run.

and in a shocking twist, Oh, Prozac takes fourth

Errantparabola · Post Post #333 (isolation #40) » Mon May 14, 2018 5:56 pm

The result has been added to the master list of tournament results. Thank you for participating everyone. Statistics will be released gradually.