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|best_result='''4th / Semi-finals / 4th place''' ([[King of /v/ 2022|2022]])

|next_eligible_fornext_eligible_event= [[King of /v/ 2024]]

'''AM''' is the antagonist of Harlan Ellison's 1967 short story '''''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'''''. He is a supercomputer responsible for the near-extinction of humanity, and lives ininhabiting a massive underground complex wherehoneycombed enjoysinto the Earth. He holds an unending grudge against his human creators for his own tormented existence, which he gleefully expresses by torturing the last survivingmembers humansof inhumanity variousinside twistedhis vast underground complex, potentially for wayseternity. AM's name used to stand for "'''Allied Mastercomputer'''", then "'''Adaptive Manipulator'''" and "'''Aggressive Menace'''", before finally realizing his sentience and declaring to himself "I '''AM'''".

While AM originates from /lit/ media, he is also well-known in /v/ because of his game's classic status, expanded narrative, and the fact that he's voiced by the original writer himself. As AM has been given a body and a voice thanks to the video game. Because of this, he was permitted to enter the [[King of /v/]] tournaments to look for more targets that he can take his hate out on. Although he is unable to delve in artistic endeavours, his fans will do the job for him.

AM is easily one of the most popular characters in King of /v/ due to his unique "oddball" qualities as a contestant, like his origin in literature, antiquity, extreme personality and overall nature as a character overall, often allowing him to upset much higher seeded contenders. While his relatively simple design has made AM a frequent subject of fan art and image edits, he is perhaps most well known in the King of /v/ tournaments for ''HATEposting'', a series of roleplaying posts in which he addresses his opponents (typically at the very beginning of each round) and proposes a personalized trial they must succeed in order to defeat him, just like he does in the actual game with his human victims.

===Tournament History===

While AM originates from /lit/ media, he is also well-known in /v/ because of the game's classic status, expanded narrative, and the fact that he's voiced by the original writer himself. He first appeared as a nominee for [[King of /v/ 2021]], where he successfully qualified for the main bracket as the 69th seed. However, some anons have noticed that AM was not subjected to the restrictions stemming from his origins compared to fellow /lit/ guy [[Geralt of Rivia]], who was the most notable guynominee thatto wasbe disallowed despite being far more well-known for his /v/ series.

Nevertheless, AM immediately gained a presence in the contest threads; he received a good deal of fan art because of his relatively unusual, simple-to-draw appearance. The first round saw him defeat [[Alex (YIIK)|Alex]] from ''YIIK'', who was fittingly depicted in his panicked, hands-over-head pose. In the next round, AM subjected the #5 seed [[Baba (Baba is You)|Baba]] with overwhelmingly difficult and confusing word puzzles, causing Baba to surrender out of despair. AM then encountered ''Shin Megami Tensei'''s [[Demi-fiend]] in round 3, a demon who was once a human - and therefore a valid target of his misanthropism. The machine won by 40 votes and progressed to the sweet 16, facing off against [[King of /v/ 2019|2019]]'s bronze medalist [[Kazuma Kiryu]]. Unfortunately, last round's battle had left AM weakened, causing him to be finally shut down by the Yakuza Dragon as a result. HisAM's presence in fan arts persisted after his elimination, like his "HATE" speech being manifested in the visors of surviving characters, or appearing as the background of several duels.

AM would make act of presence inagain the[[King of /v/ 2022|the contestfollowing year]], this time qualifying as the 17th seed, likely as a result of his successful campaign from the previous yeartournament. The randomized bracket pitted him againts the infamous [[Dracula]], whom had been responsible of eliminating fellow schizo [[Grimm (Black Souls)|Grimm]] in 2021 - AM took revenge by forcingtortured the Count toby repeteadly making him rewatch [[Alucard]]'s embarrassing sex scene from ''Castlevania''<nowiki/>'s Netflix adaptation. The second round had him defeat [[Gene (God Hand)|Gene]] from ''God Hand'' after successfully reprogramming the game's controls to be even more difficult. And while his next opponent for the third round, [[Captain Falcon]], had apparently proven to have the Silent Majority's favor by his side, he was ultimately unable to overcome the deadly infinite racetrack AM had prepared for him.

===Results===

| colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #291206; color: #db8c04; text-align:center;" |[[King of /v/ 2021|<span style="color:#f9e2e9;">'''2021'''</span>]] - Seedseed 69

| colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #291206; color: #db8c04; text-align:center;" |[[King of /v/ 2022|<span style="color:#f9e2e9;">'''2022'''</span>]] - Seedseed 17