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''This article is about Character Plates. For the main Ms. /co/ page, see [[Ms. /co/ Tournaments]]. For the main Mr. /co/lympus page, see [[Mr. /co/lympus Tournaments]]''.<br/>
''See also: [[Elite Eight]], [[Judges]]''

In the Mr. and Ms. /co/ tournaments, '''character plate''' refers to a custom icon for a character within the tournament bracket image. A character plate has a wide, rectangular shape, contains the character's name in white text with a black outline, an image of the character (which may or may not be the same image used to nominate them) enclosed in a circle placed on the left or right side depending on what side of the bracket the character is on, and a background that consists of a location in their property, a pattern of significance to the character, or another related reference.

Character plates were made for /co/ tournaments between 2018 and 2021 (with the exception of [[Ms. /co/ 2019]]), but ever since then this practice has been '''RETIRED''', with all subsequent bracket images using far simpler square icons instead.<br>
It should be noted that the /v/ tournaments - [[King of /v/|King]] and [[Queen of /v/|Queen]] '''never had''' such plates made for their contestants, always opting for the more streamlined, square icon approach.

Recieving one was considered a badge of honour, due to the considerable amount of contestants nominated. Every character who successfully made it to the final bracket of 128 characters in a tournament received a character plate which was then used in the final bracket design.
[[File:Jenny XJ9.png|thumb|[[Jenny Wakeman]]'s Character Plate]] 
[[File:Judges.png|thumb|Ms. /co/ 2020 [[Judges]]]]

[[Judges]] for the tournaments also had similar circle character icons created for them and placed on the final bracket, but without any name attached or background design.<br/>

Not to be confused with ''brackets'', the official chart that is used for each tournament.<br/>
'''/co/ Bracket Images 2018-2020''': https://imgur.com/a/cGusSXW<br>
'''2021 /co/ Bracket Images can be found [[Ms._/co/_2021#Tournament_Bracket|here]] for Ms. and [[Mr._/co/lympus_2021#Tournament_Bracket|here]] for Mr.

=='''Ms. /co/'''==
''Main: [[Ms. /co/ Character Plates]]''<br>
Originally, the Ms. /co/ host used a cropped square of the character’s nominated image and the character’s name place next to it to fill each slot in the bracket. Starting with [[Ms. /co/ 2020]], character plates have been made for each character, with the deliberate exception of [[Ms. /co/ 2019]]. In 2020, the host <span style=" color:#117743;">'''stats anon''' !!rkK6EtYmPFl</span> remade the 2018 brackets with new character plates and posted them during the Nominations Round. Due to bracket images not being made during 2022-2024, the old, simpler method was brought back for both 2025 contests. All bracket images for years 2022-2024 were made retroactively and thus they also didn't use custom plates.

=='''Mr. /co/lympus'''==
''Main: [[Mr. /co/lympus Character Plates]]''<br>
At first, the host <span style=" color:#117743;">'''Mr. /co/ tourney guy''' !XDVJ7s7KPM</span> refused to make a bracket image, but <span style=" color:#117743;">'''stats anon''' !!rkK6EtYmPFl</span> would create one. He also made character plates similar to the Ms. /co/ ones, except with added vote counts. In [[Mr. /co/lympus 2019|2019]], an anon called <span style=" color:#117743;">'''Bracket Anon'''</span> volunteered to create special character plates, which were standard up to 2021. Once finished, the character plates were posted on the current thread and the host put them onto the bracket, continually updating it with vote counts and winning matchups. Due to file size, the host usually uploaded it on imgur and linked it in the OP text. Due to a password incident of 2020, '''Bracket Anon''' quit making these. The following, year another anon also dubbed as '''Bracket Anon''' took their place. It was assumed the host had no responsibility in making the character plates, since someone usually stepped up to make one. This laissez-faire approach soon ended up becoming the doom of custom character plates, with none being made for 2022 and onward.

=='''Tag-Team Tournament'''==
[[File:Final bracket ttt 2020.png|thumb|right|250px|The full bracket featuring custom team plates]]
[[Tag-Team Tournament 2020]] received a special variant of the character plates. These were larger in scale and included images of the two nominated characters, a connecting background image and the name of the team as opposed to the names of the individual characters. Unfortunately, only half out of 128 of these have been preserved in full resolution, due to the round 1 losers' plates getting shrinked to properly fit in the bracket. The dropbox link which cointained the raw plates has been subject to link rot and as of December 2025 it is dead.<ref>The dropbox links in this plus4chan post made by BracketAnon now lead to a 404 message. https://boards.plus4chan.org/co/t428335.html#p429535</ref>

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''Due to a different person taking up the mantle of creating that particular bracket image, it is possible that somebody still has the missing character plates saved in raw form. Can (You) help us?''

==Unused Character Plates==
The anons volunteering to make plates had no idea which characters would make the 128-cutoff, therefore some character plates went unused. These plates were made prior to the Round 1 reveal and were not placed on the finalized bracket. ''This is an incomplete list.'' 
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|-
! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; text-align:center;" |Unused Icons
|-
! style="text-align:center;" |Character Name
! style="text-align:center;" |Series/Franchise
! style="text-align:center;" |Character Plate
|-
|Kipo
|''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts''
|[[File:Kipo.png|200px]]
|-
|Neutral President
|''Futurama''
|[[File:Neutral President.png|200px]]
|-
|Ruby Rose
|''RWBY''
|[[File:Ruby R.png|200px]]
|-
|The One-Above-All
|''Marvel''
|[[File:1603592300518.jpg|200px]]
|-
|Yakko
|''Animaniacs''
|[[File:1603592199969.png|200px]]
|-
|}

==Useful links==
[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hux2dhrzwji9dcl/AAAoTk9Jo3cQF1--UhWFziSTa Dropbox link for OC artwork 2018-2020]<br>
[https://msco.booru.org/ Old Ms. /co/ Booru Gallery]<br/>
[https://mrco.booru.org/ Old Mr. /co/ Booru Gallery]

==Notes/Sources==
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