Ms. /co/ 2020

Ms. /co/ 2020 was the third edition of the annual Ms. /co/ntest and the fifth overall character tournament. The competition ran from September 11 to 21, and featured an unprecedented 1093 nominees -- a substantial increase compared to 2018's 154 girls and 2019's 359 girls.

The contest was characterized by a prolific increase in OC art from drawings to vocaroo recordings. The bracket itself was beholden to numerous surprises and dark horse runs, with multiple low-seed contestants scoring upsets as early as the first round.

The championship was won by Dr. Mrs. The Monarch after defeating Queen Tyr'ahnee in the final match by a score of 450-352. Newcomer and surprise heavy-hitter Fang secured third place, while returning Elite 8 member Kim Possible finished fourth for the second time in a row.

Rules
Source: Stats anon's pastebin link.

How to nominate?

 * To nominate a character, a user must include their name, picture, and series in their post.
 * Each valid nomination must garner at least eight (8) replies in order to qualify for the contest. These replies are only counted if they are all within a single thread, and do NOT carry over to other threads.

Eligible Nominees

 * All /co/ characters (except those listed under "Excluded characters" shown below)
 * Any character that was allowed or has appeared in past Ms. /co/ tournaments will be grandfathered in regardless of restrictions
 * Any character whose franchise has plenty of /co/ material besides their original media (e.g. Godzilla, Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
 * Puppets (e.g. Muppets, Sesame Street)
 * Generalization Statute: Multiple versions of the same character --- be it from various adaptations, spin-off series, or alternative universes --- are combined into a single entrant. In other words, you are voting for the entire history of that character, not just one particular iteration.
 * Example:   Zatanna (DC Comics, Young Justice, DC Super Hero Girls, etc.)
 * Character Limit: Each series can only have a maximum of five (5) girls in the main bracket. These are decided by their votes in the qualifying poll. However, there is no restriction on how many girls that can be nominated from a single series.
 * Marvel and DC characters are exempted from this rule.

Restrictions

 * Any character that is clearly not /co/ is not allowed (e.g. /a/nime and live action shows)
 * No /mlp/ characters
 * No Board-tans
 * No "OC donut steels"
 * No meme creations
 * One-Month Old Clause: Characters making their debut appearance from August 1, 2020 and later are ineligible.

Excluded Characters
Elite Eight Rule: Characters appearing in the quarter-finals of the previous contest are not allowed to compete in this edition. They will be eligible for nomination next contest.

Jenny Rule: Ms. /co/ champions are permanently retired, and will be barred from participating in future tournaments.

Qualifying Results
A record 1093 girls were successfully nominated into the qualifier poll, but the number of contestants in the main bracket still remains at 128. The qualifying poll generated 600 respondents.

The full list of nominations were originally posted in the Pastebin link here, while the qualifying results can be found in the Pastebin link here.

Advanced
Tiebreakers are decided through alphabetical order of series name, and if still tied, character name. Only the names from Stats anon's nominee lists are considered.
 * For example, if the nominee list displays Kids Next Door, then that will be used for the tiebreakers even if the series' full title starts with a different letter (Codename: Kids Next Door).

Did not qualify
This list is limited to girls ranked 129-200. Tiebreaker rule still applies. Characters exceeding the series limit are unranked.

Tournament Bracket


All times and dates are in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-04:00) and use the 24-hour format.

128 girls will play in a single-elimination bracket. Each round lasts 24 hours after the voting link was posted. Countdown timer is provided by the itsalmo.st website.
 * Results will be posted shortly after the countdown timer ends. In most instances, the next round begins at the same time the previous round's votes are released. A voting link for the new round will also be provided.
 * If a match is tied in votes by the end of the round, the higher seeded contestant advances.

Useful Links
Dropbox link for OC artwork Ms. /co/ Booru Gallery

4chan thread links
If a thread link doesn't work for some reason, try the other archive websites.