Co-op 2023

/v/ Co-op Tournament 2023 was the first edition of the /v/ Co-op Tournament tournament held in the anonymous imageboard plus4chan. Featuring 195 team nominees and a 128-player randomized single elimination bracket. The tournament ended with the glam rock animatronics The Glamgals, consisting of Roxanne Wolf and Glamrock Chica from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, beating Good Christian Boys, consisting of priests John Ward and Father Garcia from FAITH. Third place went to Law and Order, consisting of lawyers Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, while fourth place went to Intellectual Rapists, consisting of witch of truth and detective Erika Furudo, and inquisitor of heresy Dlanor A. Knox.

How to nominate

 * FOTM Clause: Characters who first appeared at the month before the start of this contest (January 24th and later) are banned.
 * Character must appear in a video game (vidya)
 * You must post the image, team name, characters AND the correct series name (e.g. [I nominate] Link from Legend of Zelda and Gordon Freeman from Half-Life as team "Example")
 * 8 replies / (You)s are needed in a single thread to qualify as a nominee.
 * One nominee per post only
 * Check the nomination list (Ctrl+F, click the "three vertical dots" icon, and enter character name) to see if your team is already nominated

Character / series eligibility

 * Characters must be of /v/ media origin.
 * Characters cannot be Board-Tans, OC Donut Steels, or originate from a meme.

Qualifying round
195 successful nominees will be consolidated into a single massive group where voters select the guys that they want to advance. There is no restriction on how many guys they can select. This format is called Approval voting. After the round ends, 128 guys with the most votes will advance into the bracket. Ties are broken by whoever gets properly nominated earlier.

A maximum of 3 guys per series can enter the bracket.