Ms. /co/ 2022

Ms. /co/ 2022

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Ms. /co/ 2022
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Host	NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+ Fern avatarfag !ma9qovM58k Ghost !!eh0Fgi0FQSV
Date	September 2 - 11, 2022
Participants	128
Final positions
Winner	Fang (1)
2nd	Shirley the Medium (86) (contested)
3rd	Chel (26) (contested)
4th	Nicole Watterson (21)
5th - 8th	5th: Mrs. Brisby (105) 6th: Queen Tyr'ahnee (2) 7th: Nani Pelekai (30) 8th: ENA (4)

The 5th edition of the annual Ms. /co/ tournament began on the 2nd of September 2022, 19:00 Eastern Standard Time. (23:00 UTC) It ended on September 11, at 19:00 EST, when the results of the final round were revealed.

The tournament was primarily hosted by NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+ in the absence of other hosts like the previous stats anon !!rkK6EtYmPFl. Nominations were handled in collaboration with Fern avatarfag !ma9qovM58k, while night shifts were ironically managed in part by newcomer Ghost !!eh0Fgi0FQSV. Several rogue threads were made early on by a supporter of Luna Loud from The Loud House before being taken down by /co/ moderators.

The Elite Eight contestants of 2020 made their return this year: Queen Tyr'ahnee, Fang, Kim Possible, EVE, Starfire, Chel, and Jucika. Of those, three (Fang, Tyr'ahnee, and Chel) were able to advance to it again alongside five newcomers: Mrs. Brisby, ENA, Nicole Watterson, Nani Pelekai, and Shirley the Medium. This included several firsts for both Ms. /co/ and Mr. /co/lympus, including a character making Elite Eight three times (Chel); a character featured in a Don Bluth production (Mrs. Brisby), and a character debuting in an internet animation (ENA). It also tied Courage the Cowardly Dog with Looney Tunes for the series with the most amount of unique representatives in the Elite Eight, at four each, although Looney Tunes is still one ahead if Tyr'ahnee from Duck Dodgers is counted as an extension.

Continuing the trend of progressively greater nominations each year, a record number of 1422 girls appeared in the qualifier. The tournament also saw a record number of overall voters.

A large amount of controversy was stirred over NightShift's allegations of potential rigging after the third round. He alleged that seven candidates, mainly furries (Gadget Hackwrench, Tigress, Mrs. Brisby, Nicole, Karen, Judy Hopps, and Shirley) had garnered a suspicious influx of votes around the same time. These claims and his further explanations were met with mixed reactions in the following threads, with a notable amount of anons questioning either his methods or the allegations as a whole. Despite this controversy, the tournament as a whole largely went on as usual afterwards despite some people distrusting NightShift afterwards.

The tournament ended with Fang beating Shirley the Medium by 54.9%. NightShiftAnon once again pushed rigging allegations onto Shirley and claimed the results would have been even further in Fang's favor otherwise. As a result of Shirley cheating, primarily in Round 3 and the finals, he claimed that her second place title would be revoked and given to Chel instead.

The response by people in the afterparty threads were very mixed toward this revelation. A few anons proposed that Shirley, as well as Nicole and Mrs. Brisby in some cases, be pinned with an asterisk(*) similar to Spinel in the 2019 tournament in response to the alleged rigging. The asterisk would notably be used NightShift in posts related to the three girls as recently as late 2023, which in itself has been disputed as poor etiquette by a number of anons. Other anons have chose to ignore or refute the rigging accusations entirely. While debate continues over Chel and Shirley's placements, the rest of the tournament results have been near universally accepted by anons.

The trio of main characters from Ongezellig (Coco, Maya, and Mymy) were simultaneously given the Ms. Literally Who award based on replies in the threads.

Rules

Source: Stats anon's pastebin link

Some of the rules may be added, removed, or changed depending on the anons' inputs on the 2021 feedback poll.

How to nominate?

• To nominate a character, a user must include their name, picture, and series in their post. Nominating 2 or more characters in a single post is not allowed.
• All characters must either originate from /co/ media: Western animation and comics
• Each valid nomination must garner at least nine (9) replies in order to qualify for the contest. These replies are only counted if they are all within a single thread, and do NOT carry over to other threads.

Eligible Nominees

• All female /co/ characters (except those listed under "Excluded characters" shown below)
• Any character that was allowed or has appeared in past Ms. /co/ tournaments (Grandfather Clause)
• Characters can be any age
• Puppets are allowed (e.g. Muppets, Sesame Street)
• Generalization Statute: Multiple versions of the same character --- be it from various adaptations, spin-off series, or alternative universes --- are combined into a single entrant. In other words, you are voting for the entire history of that character, not just one particular iteration.
  • Example: Zatanna (DC Comics, Young Justice, DC Super Hero Girls, etc.)
• Character Limit: Each series can only have a maximum of three (3) girls in the main bracket. These are decided by their votes in the qualifying poll. However, there is no restriction on the number of girls that can be nominated from a single series.
  • Exceptions: Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Disney core universe characters + related series (Mickey, Oswald, Goofy, and Donald)

Restrictions

• Any character that is clearly not /co/ is not allowed (e.g. /a/nime and live action shows)
• /v/ideo game characters that did not originate from /co/ media are not allowed
• Real-life politicians that are portrayed as cartoon characters / caricatures are not allowed, satirical or otherwise.
• No /mlp/ characters
• No Board-tans
• No "OC donut steels"
• No meme creations (e.g. Virgin vs Chad)
• One-Month Old Clause: Any character debuting from the 1st of the previous month to the start date are ineligible.
  • Which means that new cartoons or comics released from August 1, 2021 and later cannot be nominated.
• Grandfather Clause: All characters who have previously made it into Ms. /co/ or Mr. /co/lympus tournaments, and are not banned by the Elite 8 rule, are eligible to participate regardless of the above restrictions. (Examples: Dr. Eggman Dr. Eggman, Saxton Hale, JFK, Wendy's, Princess Zelda)

Excluded Characters

Elite Eight Rule: Characters appearing in the quarter-finals of the previous contest are not allowed to compete in this edition. They will be eligible for nomination next contest.

2021 Elite Eight (Will be eligible next contest)
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Johanna	Hilda	Sara Bellum	Muriel Bagge	Eris	Lord Dominator	Miss Pauling
Hilda	Hilda	The Powerpuff Girls	Courage the Cowardly Dog	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy	Wander Over Yonder	Team Fortress 2 Comics

Jenny Rule: Ms. /co/ champions are permanently retired, and will be barred from participating in future tournaments.

Ms. /co/ Champions (PERMANENTLY RETIRED)
2018	2019	2020	2021
Jenny Wakeman	Spinel	Dr. Mrs. The Monarch	Betty Boop
Teenage Robot	Steven Universe	Venture Bros.	Betty Boop

Qualifying Results

Qualified

Live nomination list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TqYywLKDJzZRcsoh_hsCL1MUHUTRrJLBAW_XcYFpG8Q/edit?usp=sharing
Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CeA91C5Do9e8TPRXoaDsKwK0hkL5wgJGl-0OagKLRHY/edit#gid=2105913565
A total of 1422 characters were successfully nominated. The qualifying poll received 738 responses.

Ties are resolved by series name in alphabetical order, then character name in the same order. Only the names written on the Rentry and Google Docs are considered. Characters who appear in the bracket for the first time are labeled in bold.

Advanced to Main Bracket (128)
Seed	Character Name	Series / Publisher	Votes
01	Fang	Primal	249
02	Queen Tyr'ahnee	Duck Dodgers	246
03	Pacifica Northwest	Gravity Falls	234
04	ENA	ENA	233
05	Shego	Kim Possible	227
06	Judy Hopps	Zootopia	216
07	Toph Beifong	Avatar: The Last Airbender	210
08	Azula	Avatar: The Last Airbender	208
09	Coraline Jones	Coraline	206
10	Tulip Olsen	Infinity Train	205
11	Millie	Helluva Boss	203
12	Frankie Foster	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	202
13	Buttercup	Powerpuff Girls
14	Anne Boonchuy	Amphibia	201
15	Molly McGee	The Ghost and Molly McGee
16	Raven	DC	196
17	Loona	Helluva Boss
18	Velma	Scooby-Doo
19	EVE	WALL-E
20	Jucika	Jucika	193
21	Nicole Watterson	The Amazing World of Gumball	192
22	Jessica Rabbit	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
23	Wendy	Gravity Falls	190
24	Alice	Alice in Wonderland	185
25	Tigress	Kung Fu Panda
26	Chel	The Road to El Dorado	184
27	April O'Neil	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
28	Marceline	Adventure Time	183
29	Mandy	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy	182
30	Nani Pelekai	Lilo & Stitch	181
31	Marcy Lu	Amphibia	177
32	Sasha Waybright
33	Lake	Infinity Train	174
34	Helen Parr/Elastigirl	The Incredibles	172
35	Tiff Crust	My Life as a Teenage Robot	171
36	Starfire	DC	168
37	Enid	OK KO
38	Zone-tan	ZTV News and Ecchication (ZONE-Archive)
39	Ty Lee	Avatar: The Last Airbender	'166
40	Gwenpool	Marvel
41	Beatrice	Over the Garden Wall
42	Libby	The Ghost and Molly McGee	165
43	Eda Clawthorne	The Owl House	164
44	Daphne	Scooby-Doo	163
45	Propane	King of the Hill	162
46	Huntress Wizard	Adventure Time	161
47	Francine Smith	American Dad	158
48	Queen Vexus	My Life as a Teenage Robot
49	Kim Possible	Kim Possible	157
50	Roxanne	A Goofy Movie	156
51	Gwen Tennyson	Ben 10
52	Dexter's Mom	Dexter's Laboratory
53	Lola Bunny	Looney Tunes
54	Mothra	Godzilla	154
55	Princess Fiona	Shrek
56	Sandy Cheeks	SpongeBob SquarePants
57	Charlie Morningstar	Hazbin Hotel	152
58	Gwen	Total Drama
59	Marie Kanker	Ed, Edd n Eddy	151
60	Amelia Hughes	Infinity Train
61	Gaz	Invader Zim	149
62	Elinor	Elinor Wonders Why	147
63	Peridot	Steven Universe	146
64	Luanne Platter	King of the Hill	144
65	Ahsoka	Star Wars	142
66	Fionna	Adventure Time	141
67	Dee Dee	Dexter's Laboratory
68	Power Girl	DC	140
69	Bubbles	Powerpuff Girls	139
70	Emmy	Emmy the Robot	138
71	Amy Wong	Futurama
72	Coco	Ongezellig
73	Demencia	Villainous
74	Jasmine	Aladdin	137
75	Eileen	Regular Show
76	Leela	Futurama	136
77	Reagan Ridley	Inside Job
78	Harley Quinn	DC	135
79	Jinx	DC
80	Numbuh 3	Codename: Kids Next Door
81	Adorabat	Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
82	Creepy Susie	The Oblongs	134
83	Aunt Cass	Big Hero 6	131
84	Zatanna	DC
85	Poison Ivy	DC
86	Shirley the Medium	Courage the Cowardly Dog	130
87	Captain Amelia	Treasure Planet
88	Astrid Hooferson	How to Train Your Dragon	129
89	Vanessa Doofenshmirtz	Phineas and Ferb
90	Blossom	Powerpuff Girls
91	Mira	Primal
92	Karen	SpongeBob SquarePants	128
93	Elise	Dan Vs	127
94	Hekapoo	Star vs. the Forces of Evil
95	Little Suzy	Johnny Bravo	126
96	Izzy	Total Drama
97	Gadget Hackwrench	Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers	125
98	Ember McLain	Danny Phantom
99	Kim Pine	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
100	Trixie Tang	The Fairly OddParents
101	Rapunzel	Tangled	124
102	Mabel Pines	Gravity Falls	123
103	Alex Vasquez	Totally Spies
104	Maya	Ongezellig	122
105	Mrs. Brisby	The Secret of NIMH
106	Dot Warner	Animaniacs	121
107	Hello Nurse	Animaniacs
108	Death	DC
109	Slappy Squirrel	Animaniacs	120
110	Noodle	Gorillaz
111	Leni Loud	The Loud House	119
112	Clover Ewing	Totally Spies
113	Miko	Glitch Techs	118
114	Abigail Lincoln/Numbuh 5	Codename: Kids Next Door
115	Peppermint Patty	Peanuts
116	Beans	Rango
117	Wuya	Xiaolin Showdown
118	Tak	Invader Zim	117
119	Mulan	Mulan
120	Miss Heed	Villainous
121	May Kanker	Ed, Edd n Eddy	116
122	Yzma	The Emperor's New Groove
123	Peni Parker	Marvel
124	She-Hulk	Marvel
125	Mymy	Ongezellig
126	Nazz	Ed, Edd n Eddy	115
127	Sticks the Badger	Sonic Boom
128	Desiree	Danny Phantom	114

Did Not Qualify

Excluded by Series Limit

The following characters have enough votes to qualify for the main bracket, but are excluded due to the 3 characters per series rule. The series limit does NOT apply to DC, Marvel and Disney as a whole.

Characters Excluded by Series Limit
Rank?	Character Name	Series / Publisher	Votes
63	Katara	Avatar: The Last Airbender	146
93	File:Sam it icon.png Samantha the Cat	Infinity Train	128
97	Suki	Avatar: The Last Airbender	126
109	Bronwyn	Adventure Time	121
113	Flame Princess	Adventure Time	120
118	Ice Queen	Adventure Time	118
124	File:Annes mom icon.png Miss Boonchuy	Amphibia	118
133	Minerva Mink	Animaniacs	115

Tournament Bracket

Challonge link: https://challonge.com/fgcizphb

Notable History

Round 3 rigging allegations

After the poll for the third round of the tournament had concluded, NightShiftAnon !!9A2duD1C25+ began to post in the then-current thread about concerns about potential rigging. He confirmed that the "couple of characters affected" had strong campaigns that year and was worried about how the claims would potentially affect them. There were also implications that one of the characters had apparently been "cheating from the start" (revealed to be Mrs. Brisby in the after party threads). Asking how to follow up these claims, many in the thread asked for him to just reveal the characters' identities. As a result, NightShift then dropped the names of the characters he suspected of rigging: Gadget Hackwrench, Tigress, Mrs. Brisby, Nicole Watterson, Karen, Judy Hopps, and Shirley the Medium. The response to this was vicious. There was a mix of people who immediately began to deride these characters, and others who questioned NightShift's motivations against these characters. In particular, all of these characters but Karen were considered furry characters. This pattern led to theories that a dedicated furry or group of furries had planned a way to rig the polls, or even the possibility that NightShift had either ignorantly or purposefully identified voting patterns that simply pertained to how most furries might vote at this point in the tournament. Due to the latter point in particular, many users began to turn on NightShift and allege that he was stirring unnecessary controversy. Some compared this controversy to rigging allegations against Nyarlathotep/Fuhrer from Persona 2 during King of /v/ 2021, in which NightShift had hosted alongside Dominos Anon !w86bRI0tYM.

In the Round 3 thread, NightShift asked what to do next (this is now considered a universally awful decision by voters). Stating they (the hosts) could not redo the round due to a time limit imposed by the moderators of the board. He stated he could remove the unfairly winning characters, or push them on and reveal their names. Anons (most likely assumed samefags) choose to reveal the girls and push them into the next round. The narrative pushed at the time was that they would be voted out in the next round. However, voters did not know there would be several rigged candidates, and accusations began to fly.

NightShift, at the behest of the thread, chose to reveal the entire spread of votes on the latest poll and later dropped pie charts that displayed the results had the alleged rigged votes been removed. It was revealed that Mrs. Brisby and Tigress would have won regardless, but that most of the accused characters would have lost in this scenario. Gadget lost by a lot on both cases. This led to some further debates on the status of Brisby and Tigress, with some anons claiming to be "fair candidates" as a result of this compared to the others. Regardless, it was decided that the tournament would continue on as planned despite this controversy, at the behest of most in the thread. Round 4 was largely made up of further questions regarding the rigging accusations, but they mostly settled down after this point.

A few anons had petitioned to replace NightShift mid-tournament, but these claims went nowhere. The most prominent response was [Temp Anon] !vHqM1sfAlM from the infamous 2021 Tag-Team Tournament attempting a sudden coup despite warnings from the overwhelming majority of other anons, before he was promptly banned for months by /co/ moderators after his poor attempts at a separate thread and re-do of Round 3's poll. The reaction toward this was a mix of criticism and mockery, with it tanking Temp's reception even further after his amateur handling of certain aspects of said tournament. Based on polls held by other anons in the thread, the majority were still fine with NightShift remaining a host despite the controversy, whether out of agreement with the claims or just a lack of better options. He would go on to host Mr. /co/lympus 2022 with no major hassles, along with a new rule to silently removed alleged rigged votes rather than call them off after responses to a feedback question in the final poll of Ms. /co/ 2022.

ENA gender "controversy"

After she reached the Elite Eight, there were some anons who accused ENA of being transgender based on one of her various voices and that she should be disqualified as a result. Supporters of ENA would come out to strongly refute these claims with evidence, including Tweets from the character's own creator Joel Guerra. Due to these claims only coming about after ENA defeated Propane the previous round, a lot of anons began to suspect this to be a falseflagging campaign from Propane supporters. These claims would come back around to an extent during later rounds of Mr. /co/lympus 2022 with a similar song and dance, despite ENA not being a competitor in this tournament.

Gallery

See also: Character Plate, Poll Picture, and Swimsuit Round.

Teams

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Thread Links

• Google Polls Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CeA91C5Do9e8TPRXoaDsKwK0hkL5wgJGl-0OagKLRHY/edit#gid=2105913565

Desuarchive

Archived thread links: Nominations: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 Qualifiers: (Pre-Qualifiers) - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - (Part Interim) 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 - Part 6 Round 3: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - (Part Interim) 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 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 Post-Tournament: Results - Afterparty 1 - Afterparty 2 - Afterparty 3 - Afterparty Final I - Afterparty Final II

Fireden

Archived thread links: Nominations: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 Qualifiers: (Pre-Qualifiers) - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - (Part Interim) 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 - Part 6 Round 3: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - (Part Interim) 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 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 Post-Tournament: Results - Afterparty 1 - Afterparty 2 - Afterparty 3 - Afterparty Final