Elite Eight (King and Queen of /v/)
This article is about the Elite Eight for Queen and King of /v/. For the main tournament pages, see Queen of /v/ and King of /v/. To see general information on tournament Elite Eights, see here.
In the King and Queen of /v/ tournaments, the Elite Eight refers to the final eight characters left in a given contest, and thus, represent the quarter-final stage. Since most /v/ tournaments employ a 128-man single elimination bracket, the Elite Eight usually corresponds to Round 5. In this stage, all losers of the quarter-finals will play a separate four-man voting round afterwards in order to rank them from 5th to 8th. Likewise, the semi-final losers will also play each other to decide 3rd and 4th place.
First pioneered in /co/'s own tournaments, the Elite Eight has come to be seen by many as an honor only reached by the best of the best in tournaments. To help keep tournaments fresh, two rules have existed since the initial Queen of /v/:
- Elite Eight Rule: Every time a character advances into the quarter-finals, they will be temporarily banned from participating in the next King and Queen of /v/ tournaments. After this period, they may be nominated in subsequent contests (until they either get into the Elite Eight again or win).
- Champion Rule: All champions of King and Queen of /v/ are permanently retired and will be barred from entering in future editions.
Queen of /v/ Edit
2019 Edit
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| Fio Germi | Midna | Maya Fey | GLaDOS | Princess Peach | Shantae | Roll | |||||||||||||
| Metal Slug | The Legend of Zelda | Ace Attorney | Portal | Super Mario | Shantae | Mega Man | |||||||||||||
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| Tifa Lockhart | Amaterasu | 2B | Cirno | Chun-Li | Morrigan Aensland | Aigis | |||||||||||||
| Final Fantasy VII | Ōkami | NieR:Automata | Touhou Project | Street Fighter | Darkstalkers | Persona 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Madotsuki | Marisa Kirisame | Roll (x2) | Alice | Curly Brace | Fio Germi (x2) | Shantae (x2) | |||||||||||||
| Yume Nikki | Touhou Project | Mega Man | Black Souls | Cave Story | Metal Slug | Shantae | |||||||||||||
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| Hornet | GLaDOS (x2) | Alipheese Fateburn XVI | Ashley | Maya Fey (x2) | Ranni | Morrigan Aensland (x2) | |||||||||||||
| Hollow Knight | Portal | Monster Girl Quest | WarioWare | Ace Attorney | Elden Ring | Darkstalkers | |||||||||||||
Due to a mistake by one of the hosts, Ranni and Maya Fey were previously misordered in records as 6th and 7th place, respectively.
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| Amaterasu (x2) | Roll (x3) | Bayonetta | Malon | Fio Germi (x3) | Ashley Graham | Taokaka | |||||||||||||
| Okami | Mega Man | Bayonetta | The Legend of Zelda | Metal Slug | Resident Evil 4 | BlazBlue | |||||||||||||
SHODAN and 
Muffet were given honorary 9th and 10th place as a results of events that transpired during the tournament, but are also distinctly separate from the Elite Eight.
King of /v/ Edit
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| Doomguy | Kazuma Kiryu | Phoenix Wright | Solid Snake | Heavy | Duke Nukem | Wario | |||||||||||||
| DOOM | Yakuza | Ace Attorney | Metal Gear | Team Fortress 2 | Duke Nukem | Super Mario | |||||||||||||
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| Raiden | Travis Touchdown | Vergil | JC Denton | Jetstream Sam | Miles Edgeworth | Scout | |||||||||||||
| Metal Gear Solid | No More Heroes | Devil May Cry | Deus Ex | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | Ace Attorney | Team Fortress 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Dr. Eggman | Kazuma Kiryu (x2) | Morshu | Wario (x2) | Leon Kennedy | Heavy (x2) | "Fuhrer" | |||||||||||||
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Yakuza | The Legend of Zelda | WarioWare | Resident Evil | Team Fortress 2 | Persona 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Jack Frost | JC Denton (x2) | AM | Travis Touchdown (x2) | Phoenix Wright (x2) | Albert Wesker | Luigi | |||||||||||||
| Shin Megami Tensei | Deus Ex | I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream | No More Heroes | Ace Attorney | Resident Evil | Super Mario | |||||||||||||
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| Dr. Eggman (x2) | John Ward | Demi-fiend | Scout (x2) | Solid Snake (x2) | Kazuma Kiryu (x3) | Rayman | |||||||||||||
| Sonic the Hedgehog | FAITH | Shin Megami Tensei | Team Fortress 2 | Metal Gear | Like a Dragon | Rayman | |||||||||||||
