Barred Tournaments
The barred tournaments are a series of smaller side tournaments that have been held alongside several main tournaments on both /v/ and /co/, focused on characters left out of the tournament bracket or qualifier forms despite reaching the threshold of replies during the nomination round. Many of these characters were barred due to obvious rule breaks, though some others either were left out under less concrete circumstances, got hit with the three per series limit, or simply just narrowly missed the threshold to qualify. In several cases, picks would be included based off recommendations from anons in the tournament threads. These tournaments averaged 32 participants until Ms. /co/ 2024, when it was expanded to 64, still a far cry from the full 128 on most tournament brackets. As a results, these tournaments are often shorter in length and will end prior to the final round of its associated tournament.
These tournaments have been almost entirely hosted by an anon using Bill Clinton as his moniker (with no trip, unlike the main hosts). Due to the association with the former president, the winners of these tournaments have been repeatedly honored as the Financial Accountants of their respective champions. He would end up later using the trip Mr. Sir The Guymanbro !xNDnmYN2QQ as the host of The /an/lympics 2024, and would use this name going forward following the revelation of some unsavory trips by Bill Clinton. The tournaments in general often take on a less serious nature, with the voting forms often including a number of joke questions and a generally less formal attitude throughout.
2022
Barred from King of /v/
The first barred tournament would be held during the fourth iteration of King of /v/ in December 2022. The tournament would follow in the wake of the first bottom bracket tournament held the month prior alongside Queen of /v/ 2022. Like that tournament and its subsequent King of /v/ 2022 equivalent, Barred from King of /v/ took place entirely during the main rounds of its main tournament. Likely due in large part from being the first of its kind, this barred tournament had a few small differences from its later iterations. The list of candidates would not be vetted prior to the rounds starting, and the direct voting form results would be passed over in favor of screenshots of them.
The winner of this tournament would be The Nerd from Cinemassacre's The Angry Video Game Nerd. Funnily enough, the Nerd would be whitelisted later on and join the main bracket of the following King of /v/ tournament. He would end up losing unceremoniously there to Jacket from Hotline Miami. 2nd place would go to "Dante" from the often mocked DMC: Devil May Cry, affectionately called El Donto in this tournament. The mouse cursor and Hitler (not any single game's version) were both eliminated in the semi-finals, though there was no proper vote for 3rd place between the two.
| 2022 Barred from King of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Nerd | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Angry Video Game Nerd | |||||||||||||||||||
Results (Catbox): Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 (lost) • Round 4 (404) • Round 5 (Finals)
2023
Barred from Ms. /co/
The following year, Bill Clinton would return to host four more barred tournaments alongside the main four tournaments. The first of these tournaments was simply titled Barred from /co/ without the Ms. /co/ specification. Bill had first teased the idea of a Ms. /co/ tournament at the very end of the first barred tournament the previous December. This tournament would also mark the first appearance of another anon posing as Bill Clinton's alter ego Dill Clinton, who would re-post the voting forms and brackets at times in Bill's stead.
The second barred tournament would gain decent traction throughout the main tournament's rounds. A lot of this was around a pick known simply as Option 1, stemming from a choice on the qualifiers survey that had accidentally been left there by NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+. Her exclusion became the subject of joking in the threads and soon spawned a surprising amount of OC. Option 1 would end up winning and getting the proper ceremonies as a result.
Notably, three of the girls in the top eight (Nia, Lila, and Dr. Amelia Buck) all originate from popular web series. Nia would later go on to team up with Lacey from Lacey Games during Tag-Team 2023, with the duo managing to reach sixth place during that tournament after tying with the ever-popular Wallace and Gromit. There was a notable amount of hype around Nia's penultimate round opponent, the restroom sign woman, with some expecting the finale to just be her against Option 1. Nia managed to still win that round by a mere four votes prior to losing to Option 1 the following round.
Both Creepy Susie and Blossom had qualified for the main tournament in the past, with both being added to this tournament by popular requests in the threads due to specific factors. (Susie had been in every prior tournament and made Top 16 the previous year; Blossom is to date the only one of the Powerpuff Girls to be left out of a Ms. /co/ installment.)
| 2023 Barred from Ms. /co/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Option 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ms. /co/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Nia | Restroom Sign Woman | Lila | Creepy Susie | Blossom | Android 18 | Dr. Amelia Buck | |||||||||||||
| I can't sleep | Cook and Shanosky Associates | Spooky Month | The Oblongs | The Powerpuff Girls | Dragon Ball | SCP Animated - Tales From The Foundation | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Bracket: Challonge
Google Forms Results: Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Round 5 (Finals)
Barred from Mr. /co/
The following month, Bill Clinton would return to host an equivalent tournament for Mr. /co/lympus 2023. The tournament was won by the Nostalgia Critic, who had only been nominated after one anon pointed out the oddity behind video game content creator Mike Matei being allowed on the nomination spreadsheet for a brief period. He would go on to mostly have a clean sweep, easily beating Panis Cupcake for the top spot after the latter had a one vote upset over Bill Wilson from The Dark Knight Rises fame. Humorously, the Critic's victory paired with the AVGN's win back in the first Barred from King of /v/. While the Nostalgia Critic has and likely never will be allowed in Mr. /co/lympus, he would have some surprise side tournament presence in the first half of 2024 alongside the Nerd during both /cov/ and, more infamously, Heroes of /a/.
On the whole, the picks that were allowed in were arguable as being more wild than the ones that made it into the Ms. /co/ equivalent a few weeks beforehand. The most surprising pick would arguably be Emílio G. Médici, the former president of Brazil. A less shocking but still unique pick was the Beatles, merged into one pick after several had been individually nominated earlier on. Finally, a character simply known as [NAME] from [SERIES] was nominated as a joke, presumably in direct response to Option 1 in the previous tournament. All three managed to rank in Barred from Mr. /co/'s top eight picks.
One other notable candidate who was defeated in the first round was "Incredibly Gassy", an infamous disgusting parody of Mr. Incredible known for his superpowered farting. The character has largely been associated with Soyjak memes and thus has been noted as a complete joke. While beaten in the first round by the Critic, Gassy would become more remembered in the tournament as a whole after his marriage to Dr. Livesey.
The tournament would mark the debut of a third roleplayer going by Al Gore, who would work to assemble preliminary lists of potential barred candidates in advance of the barred tournaments.
| 2023 Barred from Mr. /co/lympus | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Critic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nostalgia Critic | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Panis Cupcake | Bill Wilson | The Beatles | [NAME] | Rolf | Emílio G. Médici | Skips | |||||||||||||
| RubberFruit | DC | The Beatles (1965) | [SERIES] | Ed, Edd n Eddy | 🇧🇷 | Regular Show | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Bracket: Challonge
Google Forms Results: Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Round 5 (Finals)
Barred from Queen of /v/ 2023
The fourth barred tournament would take place the month after Barred from Mr. /co/, this time focusing on Queen of /v/ 2023. This would mark at least one barred tournament having occurred alongside each of what are generally considered to be the main four character tournaments on 4chan.
Going into the tournament, Koishi Komeiji was one of the clear favorites to win. She had been consistent presence in the Queen of /v/ threads for years, with many seeing her as having favorable odds of making the main bracket. The removal of one of Touhou's slots since 2022 had caused her to be barred from the tournament twice despite coming in third among Touhou girls during qualifiers twice. This year in particular she had ended up losing out on the bracket by a single vote to Alice Margatroid. Kainé from NieR Replicant had also been seen as a top contender to possibly win due to the dispute over her disqualification. Koishi and Kainé would face off in the semi-finals, with Koishi winning and going on to take the tournament's first champion title for Queen of /v/.
One of the top 8 picks, the forklift, spawned from a joke towards the end of Barred from Mr. /co/ about a forklift being granted a free spot in the following barred tournament. This would lead to a forklift being given an actual joke nomination at the start of Queen of /v/ 2023.
| 2023 Forbidden Princess of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Koishi Komeiji | |||||||||||||||||||
| Touhou Project | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Dawn | Kainé | Tomo Takino | Marina Liteyears | Don Quixote | Ebony & Ivory | Forklift | |||||||||||||
| Pokémon | NieR Replicant | Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble | Mischief Makers | Limbus Company | Devil May Cry | Forklift Simulator | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Challonge Bracket: Challonge
Google Forms Results: Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Round 5 (Finals) • Bonus Round
Barred from King of /v/ 2023
The fifth barred tournament and the first one to cover another installment of the same main tournament, Barred from King of /v/ would return to cover the 2023 iteration of the same tournament. The tournament would have a bumpier start due to poor timing on Bill's part, but would mostly stabilize as it went on. The winner would end up being Sekiro from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, who won after narrowly missing the main tournament's bracket and later getting several pieces of quality OC alongside his barred tournament run.
Bracket: Challonge
Google Forms Results: Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Round 5 (Finals)
| 2023 Forbidden Prince of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sekiro | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Not Shane | Matias Torres | Psycho Mantis | Yugi Muto | The Merchant | Hank Hill | Godot | |||||||||||||
| The Town with No Name | Ace Combat | Metal Gear | Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories | Resident Evil | King of the Hill (2000 PC game) | Ace Attorney | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Coming SOON™
2024
Barred from Ms. /co/
This tournament was hosted by Mr. Sir The Guymanbro !xNDnmYN2QQ, who had changed his prior handle from previous Barred tournaments starting around the time of the /an/lympics 2024. Unlike 2023's tournaments, this one went from 32 to 64 contestants. Despite initial hype, the tournament went under the radar more compared to the previous iteration from the last Ms. /co/ tournament. The winner of this tournament was Mrs. Brisby, who had missed the main bracket to the surprise of many anons. This result was met with a mixed reception, less around the character and more around it being seen as more of a pity vote off of these circumstances. In particular, some anons had hoped a more unorthodox pick would have won out, similar to Option 1 or the Nostalgia Critic from 2023's /co/ Barred tournaments.
| 2024 Barred from Ms. /co/lympus | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Brisby | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Secret of NIHM | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Emmy The Robot | Lacey | BurnBot | Mona Lisa | Lute | Bugs Bunny In Drag | Morton Salt Girl | |||||||||||||
| Emmy the Robot | Lacey's Flash Games | Brain Dump | Leonardo da Vinci | Hazbin Hotel | Looney Tunes | Morton Salt Company | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Barred from Mr. /co/
This tournament was hosted by Mr. Sir The Guymanbro !xNDnmYN2QQ, who had changed his prior handle from previous Barred tournaments starting around the time of the /an/lympics 2024. Unlike 2023's tournaments and like Barred from Ms. /co/ 2024, this one went from 32 to 64 contestants. In response to both feedback from the previous barred tournament and the Next 128 tournament being held at the same time, Mr. Sir decided to bar anyone that placed 256th or higher on the qualifier forms from appearing in the tournament.
In the end, the top four came down to Hank J. Wimbleton from Madness Combat, David Hasselhoff as depicted in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, /co/nrad, and Saddam Hussein. Despite attention around all four candidates, some had hoped the oddball finale of Hasselhoff and (particularly) Hussein would happen. Instead, Hank and /co/nrad would be the ones to advance, with the latter winning out in a very close final match. Arguably the biggest surprise was "Carl", an AI-generated character that was allegedly from an animated movie called Dragged In and created specifically to be nominated as a joke the previous year, lost in the very first round despite a ton of jokes made around his creator turning his back on Carl the prior month.
| 2024 Barred from Mr. /co/lympus | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| /co/nrad | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4chan | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Hank J. Wimbleton | Saddam Hussein | David Hasselhoff | Sir Pentious | Doctor Domino | Ghost | The Hacker | |||||||||||||
| Madness Combat | Saddam's Hiding Place | SpongeBob SquarePants | Hazbin Hotel | DC | True Capitalist Radio | Cyberchase | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Barred from Queen of /v/ 2024
The two finalists were Flam Kish from Fuga: Melodies of Steel and Molly, a Mismagius anon used in his Platinum playthrough earlier this year. The battle ended with Flam's victory, and with Molly being ganged up on by a bunch of Grox, with Dazai filming the whole event.
| 2024 Barred from Queen of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flam Kish | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fuga: Melodies of Steel | |||||||||||||||||||
 
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Molly, a Mismagius anon used in his Platinum playthrough earlier this year (Featuring Test from Queen of /v/ 2024 Spreadsheet) | Arceus The Human Fucker | The Left Pong Paddle | Raven Team Leader | Dispenser | Cremia | May | |||||||||||||
| Pokémon | Pong | Fortnite | Team Fortress 2 | The Legend of Zelda | Pokémon | ||||||||||||||
https://challonge.com/concordshmoncord
Forbidden Eight
Coming SOON™
Barred from King of /v/ 2024
The tourney started off pretty hot, but two contestants managed to have the most OC, skyrocketing them into the spotlight, that being The Grox and Ichiro Dazai. The two fought a long battle, with 65 pieces of OC being produced in total, but Dazai managed to scrape the win and become the accountant of the King of /v/. (He also got to kiss Flam)
| 2024 Barred from King of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ichiro Dazai | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shin Megami Tensei V | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| The Grox | Calypso | Gabe Newell | Malt Marzipan | Baldi Baldimore | Shadow Hitler | Hideo Kojima | |||||||||||||
| Spore | Twisted Metal | Valve | Fuga: Melodies of Steel | Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning | Hearts of Iron IV | Metal Gear | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
2025
Barred from Ms. /co/
This section of the article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
| 2025 Barred from Ms. /co/lympus | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lila | |||||||||||||||||||
| Spooky Month | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| Nut | MRS. NESBITT | BONESAW IS READY | Mona Lisa | Vaggie | Lucy Mann | Rosemary | |||||||||||||
| Magical Girl Friendship Squad | Toy Story | Marvel | Leonardo da Vinci | Hazbin Hotel | Ben 10 | High Guardian Spice | |||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Barred from Mr. /co/
This section of the article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
| 2025 Barred from Mr. /co/lympus | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Soundwave | |||||||||||||||||||
| Transformers | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
| that one character you forgot to nominate until last minute | Prince John | The Cool Autistic Gamer 774 | Painty the Pirate | Inc "Saberfart" customer | Shitpost Monkeys | Mr. Kinks | |||||||||||||
| Your Favorite Childhood Show | Robin Hood | Smiling Friends | SpongeBob SquarePants | DC Comics | Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks | ||||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Barred from Queen of /v/ 2025
This contest marked the first time in which the final result ended up being a draw. With no seeding to ultimately determine the winner, it was decided to share the first place between both finalists.
| 2025 Barred from Queen of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Molly, a Mismagius anon used in his Platinum playthrough earlier the previous year (Featuring Test from Queen of / v/ 2024 & 2025 Spreadsheet) | Ms. Mowz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pokémon | Paper Mario | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | ||||||||||||||
| Cheshire Cat | Cackletta | Shermie | Ceroba Ketsukane | Madeline | Nyami | ||||||||||||||
| Black Souls | Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | King of Fighters | Undertale Yellow | Celeste | pop'n music | ||||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight
Barred from King of /v/ 2025
Due to a draw happening in the fourth round and no seeding to determine that match's winner, one of the Quarter-finals matches ended up being a three-way, ultimately giving this contest an Elite Nine instead of the usual Eight. The champion Ryu K. Rool, an amalgamation of Ryu Hayabusa and King K. Rool created as a joke during Queen of /v/ 2025's Afterparty was unanimously praised by anons as a bona-fide trve pick worthy of the Barred title.
Challonge Bracket: https://challonge.com/vtanjockey (Un-updated past round 1) (kwab)
Google Polls Results: Round 1 - Round 2 - Round 3 - Round 4 - Semi-finals - Finals
| 2025 Barred from King of /v/ | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ryu K. Rool | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4chan Tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||
| 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | ||||||||||||
| Mr. Bones | Warlord Doctor Julian Ivo Eggman Robo-Kintobor Mach TWO | The Refrigerator | Solomon | Rayquaza | The Scary Lethal Lava Land Portrait Face | Cthulhu | You | ||||||||||||
| RollerCoaster Tycoon | Sonic the Hedgehog | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | NES Godzilla | Pokémon | Super Mario 64 | Cthulhu Saves the World | 4chan | ||||||||||||
Forbidden Eight Nine
Coming SOON™
Gallery
Ms. /co/
-
The Bill Clinton version of the Forbidden Eight pic. -
A template for the Forbidden Eight -
-
-
-
(More art can be viewed here.)
Mr. /co/
(Extra art can be viewed here.)
Queen of /v/
King of /v/
Navigation
| /co/mics & cartoons Tournaments | ||
|---|---|---|
| /co/mics & cartoons | Ms. /co/ | 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 ★ All-Stars |
| Mr. /co/lympus | 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 ★ All-Stars | |
| Side Tournaments | Barred from Ms. /co/ | 2023 • 2024 • 2025 |
| Barred from Mr. /co/ | 2023 • 2024 • 2025 | |
| Ms. Bottom 128 | 2023 • 2024 • 2025 | |
| Mr. Bottom 128 | 2023 • 2024 • 2025 | |
| Ms. Next 128 | 2025 | |
| Mr. Next 128 | 2024 • 2025 | |
| /tnt/ Tournaments | Tag-Team Tournament | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 |
| /cov/ | 2024 • 2025 • 2026 | |
| Heroes of /co/ | /co/ Heroes 2023 | |
| Villains of /co/ | /co/ Villains 2023 | |
| /v/idya Tournaments | ||
|---|---|---|
| /v/idya | Queen of /v/ | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 |
| King of /v/ | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 | |
| Side Tournaments | Barred from Queen | 2023 • 2024 • 2025 |
| Barred from King | 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 | |
| Queen Bottom 128 | 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 | |
| King Bottom 128 | 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 | |
| Queen Next 128 | 2024 • 2025 | |
| King Next 128 | 2024 • 2025 | |
| /tnt/ Tournaments | /v/ Co-op | 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026 |
| /cov/ | 2024 • 2025 • 2026 | |
| Heroes of /v/ | /v/ Heroes 2023 | |
| Villains of /v/ | /v/ Villains 2023 | |