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 and 2019's 359. This year also featured a massive increase in OC art for the female tournaments, ranging from illustrations to vocaroo recordings.

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

Unlike 2019's "all chalk" tournament, the 2020 bracket was filled with upsets seedings-wise. This year's top 8 seeds in particular had the worst collective performances to date. Only the sixth-seeded newcomer Jucika advanced to the elite eight, as opposed to last year where all but one of them reached quarter-finals. Toph Beifong set a new worst finish for the highest seed in a Round 2 defeat to Primal's Fang, while #8 Hilda became the first top-8 seed to get knocked out in Round 1 following a loss against Ms. Bellum. Meanwhile, a record-four three-digit seeds (#100 Aunt Cass, #103 Kim Pine, #115 Ilana, and #121 Bellum) managed to reach Round 3.

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)


 * 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.)

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.


 * 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.

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 are posted shortly after the countdown timer ends. In most instances, the next round begins at the same time the previous round's results 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.

Voting policy:
 * You must vote for all matches.
 * Before submiting your votes, you must enter a password that answers a question related to 4chan and /co/ culture. E.g. "People who annoy you"
 * After the Facebook brigading incident in round 1, multiple passwords will be implemented, which will be rotated every couple of hours at random intervals.

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.