King of /v/ 2022
Video Game Tournaments | ||
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Main Tournaments | Queen of /v/ | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 |
King of /v/ | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 | |
Side Tournaments | Heroes | 2023 |
Villains | 2023 | |
Related Tournaments | /co/ | Ms. /co/ • Mr. /co/lympus • Tag Team • Heroes • Villains |
Other Boards | Ms. /aco/ • Ms. /mlp/ • Mr. /mlp/ • Emperor of /his/ • /an/lympics • SaiGAR | |
Useful links | Elite Eight • Vocaroos • Character Plate • Poll Picture • /tnt/ |
King of /v/ 2022 | |
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General information | |
Host | NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+ Ghost !!eh0Fgi0FQSV BallsAnon !th0DR5qBxs |
Date | 2022 December 09 - 19 (UTC-04:00) |
Participants | 1341 (nominees) 128 (main bracket) |
Language | English |
Website | 4chan's /v/ - Video Games board Archive: Arch.b4k.co Bracket: Challonge |
Results | |
Champion | Template:Ci2 (5) |
Runner-up | Template:Ci2 (59) |
3rd place | File:JC Denton.png JC Denton (7) |
4th place | Template:Ci2 (17) |
Quarter-finals | 5th: Template:Travis Travis Touchdown (44) 6th: Template:Phoenix Phoenix Wright (3) 7th: Albert Wesker Albert Wesker (41) 8th: File:Luigi.png Luigi (10) |
List of editions | |
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King of /v/ 2022 was the fourth annual /v/ideo game male character tournament held in the anonymous imageboard 4chan.
The tournament was hosted by NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+, BallsAnon !th0DR5qBxs, and Ghost !!eh0Fgi0FQSV. Similar to the Mr. /co/lympus tournament organized by the first two hosts earlier in the year, the initial match-ups of King of /v/ 2022's bracket were randomized instead of seeding characters based on qualifying round votes like previous tournaments. Jack Garland from Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin would end up winning coming off hype and memes from the game's release earlier that year, with the finals being a "Jack-Off" between him and runner-up Jack Frost from Shin Megami Tensei. In quite the coincidence, Garland won exactly on the 35th anniversary of both the Final Fantasy series and the original incarnation of the character.
Rules
How to nominate
- Character must appear in a video game (vidya)
- You must post the image, type the character name AND the correct series name (e.g. [I nominate] Link from Legend of Zelda)
- 12 replies / (You)s are needed in a single thread to qualify as a nominee.
- One nominee per post only
- Check the nomination list (Ctrl+F, click the "three vertical dots" icon, and enter character name) to see if your guy is already nominated
Character / series eligibility
- FOTM Clause: Characters who first appeared at the month before the start of this contest (November 01 and later) are banned.
- Visual novels / eroge games / galgames are allowed
- Characters debuting in a game that is part of a non-vidya / multimedia franchise are accepted
- Characters debuting in non-vidya media that is part of an established vidya franchise are accepted. Limited to 3 characters only in the bracket.
- Characters who are not male/female or whose gender is unknown are eligible for both Queen and King tournaments, but if they appear in the main bracket in the Queen contest, they will be ineligible for nomination in King (and vice versa).
- Spinoffs and crossovers are counted as separate series. This rule mainly applies to characters debuting and/or are better known from said series.
- However, if a given character has previously appeared in another game prior to being featured in a spinoff/crossover/guest appearance, they will be entered under their original series whenever the host deems it convenient.
- No real-life people allowed
- No fan-made characters, including memes, OCs and custom characters
- No inanimate objects (e.g. L-Block, Ebony & Ivory)
- No grandfather clause: a contestant that appears here may not be allowed for future editions.
Whitelist
This is a list of characters who break at least one of the above rules, but are approved by anons and/or the host anyways. They can still be excluded for future editions if enough people desire so through a survey held during the final round.
- All Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby characters
- All Vocaloid characters
- AM AM from I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
- Template:Tony hawk Tony Hawk from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
- Template:Mike tyson Mike Tyson from Punch-Out!!
- Sam (Sam & Max) from Sam & Max
- Max (Sam & Max from Sam & Max
Excluded Characters
Elite Eight Clause
Characters who reached the Elite Eight of the previous tournament are temporarily ineligible this year; they will be eligible for nomination next contest.
2020 Elite Eight (Will be eligible next contest) | |||||||||||||||||||
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2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||||
Dr. Eggman | Kazuma Kiryu | Morshu | Wario | Leon Kennedy | Heavy | "Fuhrer" | |||||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Yakuza | The Legend of Zelda | Wario | Resident Evil | Team Fortress 2 | Persona |
Tournament champions, on the other hand, are permanently retired and will be banned for future editions.
King of /v/alhalla (PERMANENTLY RETIRED) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Senator Armstrong | Dante | The Batter | ||||||||||||||||||
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | Devil May Cry | OFF |
No Double Duty Clause |
Characters who are eligible for both tournaments cannot be nominated here if they previously appeared in Queen of /v/ 2022's bracket: |
Voting policy
All rounds last 24 hours starting from the first relevant thread posted. Countdowns via the its.almo.st website will be provided by the host.
Starting from the qualifiers, all polls and results will be held in Google Polls. A Gmail account is needed to access the voting form. Emails will not be visible to the host and other users. Before voting, a user must answer a question related to 4chan board culture and tournament history, and must fulfill a CAPTCHA test before they can submit their votes. A user can change their choices at any time before the round ends; this is to allow campaigns like fan arts, voice recordings, video edits, songs, and poetry to convince someone to change their mind.
In the main bracket rounds, you must vote for all matches.
Qualifying round
1341 successful nominees will be consolidated into a single massive group where voters select the guys that they want to advance. There is no restriction on how many guys they can select. This format is called Approval voting. After the round ends, 128 guys with the most votes will advance into the bracket. Ties are broken by whoever gets properly nominated earlier.
A maximum of 3 guys per series can enter the bracket. However, if a series makes it into last year's Elite Eight, including the champion, their limit will be reduced to 2 guys for this edition.
Advanced
Bold text indicates character who appears in the bracket for the first time.
OFF, Sonic, Yakuza, Legend of Zelda, Wario, Resident Evil, Team Fortress, and Persona were only eligible for 2 guys in the bracket instead of 3.
Bracket
128 characters, single elimination. The bracket is seeded randomly for the first round. If a match ends in a tie, both characters will advance to the next round, resulting in some matches having 3-4 characters. However, if the tied match is a final, then the character with the higher rank in the qualifying round wins the title.
Characters who reach the quarter-finals are granted Elite Eight status and will be temporarily suspended for next edition, except the champion who will be permanently banned afterwards.
- Quarter-final losers will play each other in a four-way match. Scoring method TBA.
- Semi-final losers will play each other for 3rd place.
Rounds 1-4
All rounds begin and end at Eastern Time evening hours (UTC-04:00, around 20:00~22:00). All contestants were randomized for the first round.
- Bracket Link: Challonge
- Voter Turnout: 1233 - 1394 - 1130 - 1259 - 1208 - ??? - ???
Elite Elight
Main Bracket
Dec 15-16 | Dec 16-17 | Dec 17-18 | ||||||||||
A | Jack Frost | 638 | ||||||||||
B | Template:Phoenix | 570 | ||||||||||
QF1 | Jack Frost | 605 | ||||||||||
C | Template:Travis | 586 | QF2 | JC Denton | 540 | |||||||
D | JC Denton | 622 | ||||||||||
SFW1 | Jack Frost | 492 | ||||||||||
E | Luigi | 501 | SFW2 | Jack Garland | 662 | |||||||
F | Jack Garland | 707 | QF3 | Jack Garland | 723 | |||||||
QF4 | AM | 422 | ||||||||||
G | AM | 656 | 3rd place - | |||||||||
H | Albert Wesker | 552 | SFL1 | JC Denton | 664 | |||||||
SFL2 | AM | 490 |
5th-8th placement match
5th-8th consolations | |||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | Character | Points | |||||||||||||||||
5th | Template:Travis | 792.75 | |||||||||||||||||
6th | Template:Phoenix | 746.5 | |||||||||||||||||
7th | Albert Wesker | 691.25 | |||||||||||||||||
8th | Luigi | 632 |
Elite Eight
King and Queen
4chan Tournaments | |||
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/co/mics & cartoons | Ms. /co/ | 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 | |
Mr. /co/ | 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 | ||
/v/idya | Queen | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 | |
King | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 |
King of /v/ 2022 | |||
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Finalists | Jack Garland • 2nd Jack Frost | ||
Semi-finalists | 3rd JC Denton • 4th AM | ||
Quarter-finalists | 5th Travis Touchdown • 6th Phoenix Wright • 7th Albert Wesker • 8th Luigi | ||
Round 4 (Top 16) | Agent 47 • Christopher Robin • Engineer • Mario • Pepsiman • Simon Belmont • Solid Snake • Vergil | ||
Round 3 (Top 32) | Asura • Battler Ushiromiya • Captain Falcon • Chris Redfield • Coach • Duke Nukem • Gordon Freeman • Isaac Clarke • Isaac Kleiner • Jetstream Sam • Kirby • Link • Postal Dude • Scout • The Knight • Tony Hawk | ||
Round 2 (Top 64) | Alucard • Bomberman • Brad Armstrong • Charles • Chief • Cuphead • Donkey Kong • Doomguy • Dung Eater • Father Garcia • Frog • Gabriel • Gene • Grimm • Helltaker • John Ward • Joshua Graham • King Dedede • King K Rool • King Of All Cosmos • Template:Max (Sam & Max) • Mega Man • Meta Knight • Miles Edgeworth • Mr. Game & Watch • Quote • Template:Sam (Sam & Max) • Sans • Solaire • Spamton • Tohru Adachi • Wheatley | ||
Round 1 (Top 128) | Adam Jensen • Alex Eggleston • Arbiter • Ayin • Banjo • Big Daddy • Bill • Bowser • CJ • Cave Johnson • Companion Cube • Crash Bandicoot • Demi-fiend • Dick Gumshoe • Dracula • Dwarf • Earthworm Jim • Ellis • Emperor of Mankind • Frank West • Funky Kong • G-Man • Giygas • Goro Majima • Groose • • Harry Du Bois • Henry Stickmin • Hollow Knight • Jacket • Jevil • Keke • Kim Kitsuragi • King Dice • Lucas • Luka • Metal Sonic • Mike Tyson • Mr House • N • Neo Cortex • Nero • Ness • Niko Bellic • Not Important • Pac-Man • Parappa • Patches • Pit • Rance • Rando Armstrong • Red Crewmate • Regigigas • Ridley • Roland • Sonic the Hedgehog • Starscourge Radahn • Steve • The Hunter • Tom Nook • V1 • Zagreus • Zero • ??? | ||
Excluded by Series Limit | Raiden • Revolver Ocelot • Big Boss • Soldier • Template:Medic (TF2) • Template:Demoman (TF2) • Template:Sniper (TF2) • Template:Saxton Hale • Sundowner • Template:Sneed (Mario) • Waluigi • Shadow The Hedgehog • Template:Liquid Snake • Template:Otacon • Template:Pot of Greed • Template:King Harkinian • Isaac • Template:Merchant (Resident Evil) • Template:Venom Snake • Ganon • Template:Mecha Sonic • Template:Berdley • Template:Papyrus • HUNK • Template:Hideo • Template:Kris Dreemur • Starwalker • Lanky Kong • Template:Solidus Snake • Template:Kazuhira Miller • Template:Monsoon (Metal Gear) | ||
Did not qualify | Rayman • Havel the Rock • Ludwig • Oersted • Lorde • The Judge • Proto Man • Ancestor • The Pale King • Shovel Knight |
King of /v/ | ||||
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Tournaments | 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 | |||
Champions | Senator Armstrong • Dante • The Batter • Jack Garland • Grimm | |||
Elite Eight | ||||
Bold indicates semifinalist status. Bold underlined indicates finishing as runner-up at least once. | ||||
AM • Albert Wesker • Demi-fiend • Doomguy • Duke Nukem • Dr. Eggman • "Fuhrer" • Heavy • Jack Frost • JC Denton • Jetstream Sam • John Ward • Kazuma Kiryu • Leon Kennedy • Luigi • Miles Edgeworth • Morshu • Phoenix Wright • Raiden • Rayman • Scout • Solid Snake • Travis Touchdown • Vergil • Wario | ||||
Qualified Characters | ||||
Adam Jensen • Agent 47 • Ancestor • Ayin • Baba • Banjo • Battler Ushiromiya • Brad Armstrong • Captain Falcon • Charles • Chris Redfield • Christopher Robin • CJ • Coach • Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd • Doc Louis • Dracula • Engineer • Frank West • Frog • Gene • Geralt of Rivia • Giygas • Gordon Freeman • Goro Majima • Harry Du Bois • Hollow Knight • Isaac Clarke • Isaac Kleiner • Jacket • James Sunderland • Jevil • Joshua Graham • JPEG Dog • Kefka • King Boo • King Dedede • King Of All Cosmos • Kirby • Little Mac • Luka • Mario • Max Payne • Meta Knight • Pepsiman • Postal Dude • Rance • Regigigas • Revolver Ocelot • Ridley • Roland • Sekiro • Soldier • Spamton • Spy • The Hunter • The Knight • Tohru Adachi • Waluigi • Zero | ||||
Other Characters | ||||
Claptrap • Philemon • Yugi |