King of /v/ 2022

King of /v/ 2022
Date	2022 December 09 - 19 (UTC-04:00)
Winner	Garland (5)
2nd	Jack Frost (59)
3rd	JC Denton (7)
4th	AM (17)
Last	Prev: 2021 Queen: 2023
Next	Next: 2023 Queen: 2023

King of /v/ 2022 was the fourth edition of the annual King of /v/ tournament held in the anonymous imageboard 4chan. The tournament was hosted by NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+, BallsAnon !th0DR5qBxs, and Ghost !!eh0Fgi0FQSV. Featuring 1373 nominees and a 128-player randomized single elimination bracket, the tournament concluded with the 5th seeded knight Jack Garland from Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Originwinning the championship over the icy demon Jack Frost from Shin Megami Tensei. Third place went to the augmented JC Denton from Deus Ex, defeating the computer AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream in the consolation match. 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

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)
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)
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: Gardevoir Gardevoir from Pokémon Baba Baba from Baba is You Pyro Pyro from Team Fortress 2

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.

Advanced to Main Bracket (128)
#	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
01	Doomguy	Doom	277
02	Vergil	Devil May Cry	271
03	Phoenix Wright	Ace Attorney	260
04	Spamton	Undertale/Deltarune	255
05	Jack Garland	Final Fantasy	249
06	Miles Edgeworth	Ace Attorney
07	JC Denton	Deus Ex	244
08	Kirby	Kirby	243
09	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog	242
10	Luigi	Mario	237
11	Coach	Left 4 Dead	233
12	Mario	Mario	231
13	Grimm	Black Souls	230
14	Agent 47	Hitman	229
15	G-Man	Half-Life	226
16	Solid Snake	Metal Gear	224
17	AM	I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream	223
18	Scout	Team Fortress 2
19	Jetstream Sam	Metal Gear	222
20	Engineer	Team Fortress 2	218
21	Battler Ushiromiya	Umineko (When the Seagulls Cry)	216
22	Dracula	Castlevania	214
23	Brad Armstrong	Lisa	213
24	Gordon Freeman	Half-life	211
25	King Dedede	Kirby
26	Giygas	Mother	198
27	Neo Cortex	Crash Bandicoot	194
28	Dick Gumshoe	Ace Attorney
29	Meta Knight	Kirby	193
30	Bowser	Mario	192
31	Jevil	Undertale/Deltarune
32	Rance	Rance	191
33	Simon Belmont	Castlevania
34	Alucard	Castlevania	190
35	Duke Nukem	Duke Nukem	186
36	Harry Du Bois	Disco Elysium	184
37	Postal Dude	Postal
38	Goro Majima	Like a Dragon
39	Pepsiman	Pepsiman	183
40	Dung Eater	Elden Ring	182
41	Albert Wesker	Resident Evil
42	Ridley	Metroid	181
43	Solaire	Dark Souls	180
44	Travis Touchdown	No More Heroes	179
45	Red Crewmate	Among Us	178
46	Cave Johnson	Portal
47	Roland	LobCorp/Library of Ruina	176
48	???	The Binding of Isaac	175
49	Hollow Knight	Hollow Knight	173
50	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	172
51	Jacket	Hotline Miami
52	Alex Eggleston	YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
53	Metal Sonic	Sonic the Hedgehog	170
54	Nero	Devil May Cry	167
55	Isaac Clarke	Dead Space	166
56	Crash Bandicoot	Crash Bandicoot
57	Ness	Mother	164
58	Christopher Robin	Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby	163
59	Jack Frost	Shin Megami Tensei/Persona	161
60	Captain Falcon	F-Zero
61	Chris Redfield	Resident Evil
62	Rando Armstrong	Lisa	160
63	Link	The Legend of Zelda
64	Mega Man	Mega Man	158
65	Frank West	Dead Rising	156
66	V1	Ultrakill
67	Ellis	Left 4 Dead	155
68	Bill	Left 4 Dead
69	The Hunter	Bloodborne	154
70	King K Rool	Donkey Kong
71	Asura	Asura's Wrath	153
72	Banjo	Banjo-Kazooie
73	Chief	Halo
74	Gene	God Hand	152
75	Steve	Minecraft	150
76	Quote	Cave Story	149
77	Sans	Undertale/Deltarune
78	Groose	The Legend of Zelda
79	Mike Tyson	Punch-Out!!	148
80	N	Pokemon	147
81	Big Daddy	BioShock	146
82	Funky Kong	Donkey Kong
83	Not Important	Hatred	145
84	Emperor of Mankind	Warhammer 40,000	144
85	Wheatley	Portal
86	Zero	Mega Man
87	Patches	Dark Souls
88	Isaac Kleiner	Half-Life	143
89	Pac-Man	Pac-Man	141
90	Starscourge Radahn	Elden Ring	140
91	Joshua Graham	Fallout
92	Gabriel	Ultrakill	138
93	Father Garcia	Faith	137
94	Kim Kitsuragi	Disco Elysium
95	Demi-fiend	Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
96	Mr House	Fallout
97	Keke	Baba is You
98	Adam Jensen	Deus Ex
99	Tony Hawk	Tony Hawk
100	Frog	Chrono Trigger	136
101	Cuphead	Cuphead
102	King Of All Cosmos	Katamari Damacy
103	Earthworm Jim	Earthworm Jim	135
104	Regigigas	Pokemon	134
105	Niko Bellic	Grand Theft Auto
106	Ayin	LobCorp/Library of Ruina	133
107	Companion Cube	Portal
108	CJ	Grand Theft Auto	132
109	The Knight	Hollow Knight
110	Max	Sam & Max	131
111	Sam	Sam & Max
112	Luka	Monster Girl Quest
113	Lucas	Mother
114	Arbiter	Halo	130
115	King Dice	Cuphead	129
116	Zagreus	Hades	128
117	Tom Nook	Animal Crossing
118	Hades (Kid Icarus)	Kid Icarus	127
119	Dwarf	Dwarf Fortress	126
120	Bomberman	Bomberman	125
121	Charles	Mafia City
122	Parappa	Parappa the Rapper
123	Mr. Game & Watch	Mr Game and Watch handhelds
124	Pit	Kid Icarus
125	Henry Stickmin	Henry Stickmin	124
126	Helltaker	Helltaker	123
127	John Ward	Faith	122
128	Tohru Adachi	Shin Megami Tensei/Persona

Excluded due to series limit
#	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
20	Raiden	Metal Gear	220
20	Revolver Ocelot	Metal Gear	219
20	Big Boss	Metal Gear	218
49	Sundowner	Metal Gear	173
65	Template:Liquid Snake	Metal Gear	156
65	Template:Otacon	Metal Gear	156
93	Template:Venom Snake	Metal Gear	137
120	Template:Hideo	Metal Gear	124
139	Template:Solidus Snake	Metal Gear	119
146	Template:Kazuhira Miller	Metal Gear	117
146	Template:Monsoon (Metal Gear)	Metal Gear	117
24	Soldier	Team Fortress 2	211
26	Template:Medic (TF2)	Team Fortress 2	209
29	Template:Demoman (TF2)	Team Fortress 2	193
32	Template:Sniper (TF2)	Team Fortress 2	191
45	Template:Saxton Hale	Team Fortress 2	178
54	Template:Sneed (Mario)	Mario	168
57	Waluigi	Mario	164
89	Template:Merchant (Resident Evil)	Resident Evil	142
119	HUNK	Resident Evil	126
81	Template:King Harkinian (TLOZ)	The Legend of Zelda	146
93	Ganon	The Legend of Zelda	137
57	Shadow The Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog	164
110	Template:Mecha Sonic	Sonic the Hedgehog	131
110	Template:Berdley	Undertale/Deltarune	131
115	Template:Papyrus	Undertale/Deltarune	129
120	Template:Kris Dreemur	Undertale/Deltarune	125
127	Starwalker	Undertale/Deltarune	122
81	Isaac	The Binding of Isaac	146
127	Lanky Kong	Donkey Kong	122
75	Template:Pot of Greed	Yu-Gi-Oh	150

Did not qualify
#	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
129	Rayman	Rayman	122
130	Havel the Rock	Dark Souls
131	Ludwig	Bloodborne
132	Oersted	Live A Live	121
133	Lorde	Black Souls
134	The Judge	OFF
135	Proto Man	Mega Man
136	Ancestor	Darkest Dungeon	120
137	The Pale King	Hollow Knight
138	Shovel Knight	Shovel Knight

Tournament Format

Full bracket

To see what the bracket would have looked like if no series limit was enforced, click here. Format: Same format as before: 128 characters, single-elimination bracket. 7 rounds, 7 days. Characters are seeded based on their rankings in the qualifying poll.

• Which means that in the first round, top seed plays the lowest seed, second-highest seed plays the second-lowest seed, and so on. The bracket is designed so that the top 2 seeds will only meet in the final, top 4 in semi-final, etc.
• Each round lasts 24 hours after the link to the poll was posted. Countdowns are provided by the its.almo.st website.
• If a match is tied in votes, the better-seeded contestant advances. If a tie occurs in the final, an extra runoff vote is held instead.
• All guys who reach at least quarter-finals will be granted Elite Eight status, making them temporarily ineligible for King of /v/ 2022.
• Losers of the quarter-finals will play a 4-way consolation match in order to rank from 5th-8th. This will take place during the semi-finals.
• Semi-final losers will play each other at the final round to decide 3rd place.
• Lastly, the winner of the final match will ascend into /v/alhalla as the 2021 King of /v/, and will permanently retire from the tournament.

Voting policy:

• You must log-in to a Gmail account in order to vote. All emails will be anonymous to the organizer and other voters.
• You must answer one or more questions related to 4chan and /v/ culture before you can access the voting form.
• You must vote on all match-ups. In other words, no abstaining.
• You cannot change your votes for the entire bracket You can change your votes at any time.
• You must answer one or more Captchas before you can submit your votes.

Tournament Bracket

Google Polls Results: Round 1 - Round 2 - Round 3 - Round 4 - Quarters - Semis - Final
Responses per Round: 1159 > 1207 > 1138 > 1456 > 1348 > 1221 > 1418 Template:Kingv2022Bracket

5th to 8th

5th-8th Match Result
Name	5th	6th	7th	8th	Total
Travis Touchdown	792.75				1154
Phoenix Wright		746.5
Albert Wesker			691.25
Luigi				632

External links

4chan archived threads

Arch.b4k.co

Archived thread links: Nominations: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Intermission Qualifiers: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Results Round 1: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 Round 2: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 Round 3: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 Round 4: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 Quarter-finals: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 Semi-finals: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 Final: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 (Results) Afterparty: Part 1 (Anon) - Part 2 (Host) - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6