Queen of /v/ 2023

Queen of /v/ 2023

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The 5th edition of the annual Queen of /v/ tournament began on November 3rd 2023, 7:00 PM EST.

The Elite Eight from the winners' bracket this year consists of an even split of new and old faces. Returning include both Fio Germi and Roll from 2019 and 2021, Amaterasu from 2020, and Curly Brace from 2021. The latter two are very notable for each retaining perfect attendance records in Elite Eight and thus having three appearances in it to date. Newcomers include Ashley Graham from Resident Evil 4, Malon from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Taokaka from BlazBlue, and the long-awaited Bayonetta.

The initial finals would come down to Curly Brace and Amaterasu. Both had support since the beginning of the tournament and had a lot vouching for them in the finals thread. In the end, Curly would come out on top 54-46 between the two, still her closest match of the tournament. Due to later results, this is to be treated as the canon finale to the tournament.

Unlike previous tournaments, this iteration attempted a losers' bracket. The reactions toward this have been mixed throughout the tournament, but it would end up giving some campaigns extra life. In the end, SHODAN from System Shock would end up outlasting the other girls within the losers' bracket. Ammy would be dropped into losers' bracket afterwards and lose to SHODAN by 15 votes. This was controversial, particularly due to a voter count lower than 400 votes. In a surprise move, the grand finals poll ended up outright asking anons several questions related to how the final results would be decided. Coming off the previous round, Curly wiped the floor against SHODAN with 69% while anons voted to keep the main bracket's Elite Eight. This effectively means that the losers' bracket was separated from the main bracket, and its results were treated as non-canon towards it. However, the entirety of the loser's bracket has been dismissed as headcanon and thus must be ignored.

Rules

Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/ZXkZ23UB

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 girl is already nominated

Character / series eligibility

• FOTM Clause: Characters who first appeared at the month before the start of this contest (October 01 and later) are banned.
• Visual novels / eroge games / galgames are allowed (e.g. Fate, Steins;Gate, Hunie Pop)
• Characters debuting in non-vidya media that is part of an established vidya franchise are accepted. (e.g. Miss Pauling first appeared in WAR! Comic, a tie-in webcomic to Team Fortress 2's WAR! Update. Fate/Apocrypha is originally a light novel, but Jeanne d'Arc also appears in the gacha game Fate/Grand Order; furthermore, the Fate franchise began as a visual novel. Uma Musume was first announced as a mobile gacha game, but it was delayed to the point that the anime came out first; regardless, both the game and the anime are equally popular among fans.)
• Characters debuting in a game that is part of a non-vidya / multimedia franchise are accepted (e.g. Android 21 from Dragon Ball FighterZ is a game-original fighter despite being part of the wider Dragon Ball manga series. Iroha Tamaki is the protagonist of Magia Record, a mobile gacha game spinoff of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, which began as a 2011 anime.)
• Characters that do not debut in a video game may be accepted if they are deemed to have a sufficiently strong presence in /v/ board culture, or are better known for their video game appearance. (e.g. Geralt @ The Witcher, AM @ I Have no Mouth)
• 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. (e.g. Leona @ King of Fighters, Joker @ Persona, Sora @ Kingdom Hearts, Master Hand @ Super Smash Bros., Wario @ Wario 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 fan-made characters, including memes, OCs and custom characters (e.g. Anonymous Guy, Coomer, Coldsteel the Hedgeheg, Create-A-Player from NBA 2K )
• No inanimate objects (e.g. L-Block, Ebony & Ivory)
• No grandfather clause: a contestant that appears here may not be allowed for future editions (e.g. Ebony & Ivory after 2021)

Excluded Characters

Elite Eight Rule

Characters appearing in the quarter-finals round and onwards of the previous contest are not allowed to compete in this edition. They will be eligible for nomination next contest.

2022 Elite Eight (Will be eligible next contest)
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Hornet	GLaDOS (x2)	Alipheese Fateburn XVI	Ashley	Maya Fey	Ranni	Morrigan Aensland
Hollow Knight	Portal	Monster Girl Quest	Wario	Ace Attorney	Elden Ring	Darkstalkers

Tournament champions, on the other hand, are permanently retired and will be barred for future editions. Winners' series are now also reduced to two slots in a respective tournament.

Queens of /v/alhalla (PERMANENTLY RETIRED)
2019	2020	2021	2022
Samus Aran	Reimu Hakurei	Recette Lemongrass	Midna
Metroid	Touhou Project	Recettear	The Legend of Zelda

Whitelist

Starting with King of /v/ 2022, the concept of a whitelist was introduced to allow certain characters to circumvent the usual rules of entry if they were deemed to have significant enough /v/idya history and got voted through by anons. If this concept remains for Queen of /v/ 2023, the following characters were both voted to be whitelisted:

• Hatsune Miku from the Project DIVA video games
• Roll Caskett from Mega Man Legends (as a separate entity from classic Roll)

Notably, Lain Iwakura from Serial Experiment Lain was NOT disqualified despite being voted against in a previous whitelist vote, but failed to make the bracket regardless due to lower votes. Miku and Roll Caskett both qualified, with the latter in her tournament debut.

Qualifying round

Live nomination list by NightShiftAnon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AO5RhLloOKVo3opkXzzT4EY6djXE3Xc0F39BeZ3i_-o/edit#gid=0

Qualifier Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kUBlWwr5wja5TPu2yBAbuQumNdOz8jHz9B1ynFw1S_8/edit#gid=0

Over 1350 successful nominees were consolidated into a single massive group where voters select the girls that they want to advance. There is no restriction on how many girls they can select. This format is called Approval voting. After the round ends, the 128 girls with the most votes advanced into the bracket. Ties are broken by whoever gets properly nominated earlier.

A maximum of 3 girls per series can enter the bracket, with the exception of extra restrictions applied to the series of the previous year's Elite Eight and former Champions.

Advanced

Bold text indicates character who appears in the bracket for the first time.
Hollow Knight, Portal, Monster Girl Quest, WarioWare, Elden Ring, Ace Attorney, Metal Slug, and Darkstalkers were all only allowed 2 girls in the bracket instead of 3. This rule was not applied in practice this year.

Advanced to Main Bracket (128)
#	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
01	Alice	Black Souls	194
02	Hat Kid	A Hat in Time	158
03	Bayonetta	Bayonetta	156
04	Alice Liddell	Alice Madness Returns	153
05	Baba	Baba Is You	147
06	Fang	Goodbye Volcano High	144
07	The Princess	Slay The Princess	142
08	Madotsuki	Yume Nikki	141
09	Shantae	Shantae	139
10	2B	NieR Automata	137
11	Alice (AliceSoft)	Alicesoft	133
12	Curly Brace	Cave Story	133
13	Hex Maniac	Pokémon	133
14	Ankha	Animal Crossing	130
15	Angela	Lobotomy Corporation	129
16	Isabelle	Animal Crossing	128
17	Gardevoir	Pokémon	127
18	Roxanne Wolf	Five Nights at Freddy's	125
19	Rosa	Pokémon	124
20	Miss Pauling	Team Fortress	124
21	Hatsune Miku	VOCALOID	123
22	Gebura	Lobotomy Corporation	121
23	SHODAN	System Shock	120
24	Zelda	The Legend of Zelda	120
25	Cheshire Cat	Black Souls	119
26	Felicia	Darkstalkers	119
27	Susie	Deltarune	119
28	Gruntilda	Banjo Kazooie	118
29	Fio Germi	Metal Slug	116
30	Rouge the Bat	Sonic	116
31	Crossbreed Priscilla	Dark Souls	115
32	Rosalina	Mario	114
33	Monika	Doki Doki Literature Club	113
34	Muffet	Undertale	113
35	Franziska von Karma	Ace Attorney	112
36	Coco Bandicoot	Crash Bandicoot	111
37	Binah	Lobotomy Corporation	110
38	Cirno	Touhou Project	110
39	Blaze the Cat	Sonic	109
40	Mia Fey	Ace Attorney	108
41	Malon	The Legend of Zelda	108
42	Kazooie	Banjo Kazooie	107
43	Red Hood	Black Souls	106
44	Lady	Devil May Cry	106
45	Chell	Portal	106
46	Lucifer	Helltaker	105
47	Ashley Graves	The Coffin of Andy and Leyley	105
48	Zoey	Left 4 Dead	104
49	AK-12	Girls Frontline	102
50	Kat	Gravity Rush	102
51	Palutena	Kid Icarus	102
52	Toy Chica	Five Nights at Freddy's	101
53	Tifa Lockhart	Final Fantasy	100
54	Tron Bonne	Mega Man Legends	100
55	Jill Valentine	Resident Evil	100
56	Lady Maria	Bloodborne	98
57	YoRHa Type A No. 2	Nier	98
58	Plain Doll	Bloodborne	97
59	Fire Keeper	Dark Souls	97
60	Noelle Holiday	Deltarune	97
61	Beatrice	Umineko no Naku Koro ni	97
62	Jill Stingray	VA 11 Hall A	97
63	Amy Rose	Sonic	96
64	Neco-Arc	TsukihimeMelty Blood	96
65	Justice	Helltaker	95
66	Princess Peach	Mario	95
67	Sunflower	Plants vs Zombies	95
68	Roll	Mega Man	94
69	Chun-Li	Street Fighter	93
70	Etna	Disgaea	92
71	Alice (SMT)	Shin Megami Tensei	92
72	Essex	Azur Lane	91
73	Alyx Vance	Half Life	91
74	Temmie	Undertale	91
75	JPEG Dog	Ace Combat 7	90
76	Ib	Ib	90
77	Adeleine	Kirby	90
78	The Boss	Metal Gear Solid	90
79	Cacodemon	DOOM	89
80	Risky Boots	Shantae	89
81	Alice Margatroid	Touhou Project	89
82	Beelzebub	Helltaker	88
83	Marina	Splatoon	88
84	The Grandma	Cookie Clicker	87
85	Krystal	Star Fox	87
86	Gwynevere	Dark Souls	86
87	Plague Doctor	Darkest Dungeon	86
88	Roll Caskett	Mega Man Legends	86
89	Ashley Graham	Resident Evil	86
90	Cala Maria	Cuphead	85
91	Lilith	Darkstalkers	85
92	Natsuki	Doki Doki Literature Club	85
93	Paula	Earthbound	85
94	Dark Samus	Metroid	85
95	Ada Wong	Resident Evil	85
96	Marie	Splatoon	85
97	Queen	Deltarune	84
98	Vibri	Vib Ribbon	84
99	Junko Enoshima	Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc	83
100	Queen Ripple	Kirby	83
101	Amaterasu	Okami	83
102	Cammy White	Street Fighter	83
103	Taokaka	Blazblue	82
104	Yuri	Doki Doki Literature Club	82
105	Glamrock Chica	Five Nights at Freddy's	82
106	Jack-O' Valentine	Guilty Gear	82
107	Rottytops	Shantae	82
108	Filia	Skullgirls	82
109	5-Volt	WarioWare	82
110	Nobeta	Little Witch Nobeta	81
111	Kumatora	Mother	81
112	Goombella	Paper Mario	81
113	Aigis	Persona	81
114	Betilla	Rayman	81
115	Pixie	Shin Megami Tensei	81
116	808	Hi Fi Rush	80
117	Peacock	Skullgirls	80
118	Callie	Splatoon	80
119	Scout's Mom	Team Fortress	80
120	Lusty Argonian Maid	The Elder Scrolls	80
121	Melina	Elden Ring	79
122	Vault Girl	Fallout	79
123	Rika Furude	Higurashi no naku koro ni	79
124	Buddy	Lisa	78
125	Mari	Omori	78
126	Baiken	Guilty Gear	77
127	Illya	Fate	77
128	Mama	Cooking Mama	77

Due to the current restriction for former champions' series, Metroid, Touhou Project, Recettear, and The Legend of Zelda are only allowed 2 girls in future tournaments. Per this, Koishi Komeiji from Touhou Project and Purah from The Legend of Zelda were left out of the main bracket.

Did not qualify

Excluded by Series Limit

The following characters had enough votes to qualify for the main bracket, but were excluded due to the 3 characters per series rule.

Characters Excluded by Series Limit
#	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
38	Dawn	Pokémon	110
44	Cynthia	Pokémon	107
70	Hilda	Pokémon	95
71	Leaf	Black Souls	94
83	Template:Corpse Dragon Jabberwock	Black Souls	89
87	Template:Mabel BS	Black Souls	88
91	Koishi Komeiji	Touhou Project	88
89	Don Quixote	Limbus Company	88
93	Template:Queen of Hatred	Lobotomy Corporation	87
99	Template:Prickett	Black Souls	85
111	Template:Malkuth	Lobotomy Corporation	83
113	Misty	Pokémon	83
114	Template:Rika	Pokémon	83
116	Purah	The Legend of Zelda	81
121	Sayori	Doki Doki Literature Club	79

Terrible Twelve

Did not qualify? Try again next year.
#	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
129	Baiken	Guilty Gear	77
130	Modeus	Helltaker	77
131	Lilly Satou	Katawa Shoujo	77
132	May	Pokémon	77
133	Illya	Fate	77
134	Marisa Kirisame	Touhou Project	77
135	Clownpiece	Touhou Project	77
136	Vanessa	Five Nights at Freddy's	76
137	Cortana	Halo	76
138	Viridi	Kid Icarus	76
139	Lopunny	Pokémon	76
140	Spooky	Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion	76

Bracket

The main bracket

128 characters, double elimination. The bracket is seeded according to qualifier votes; if multiple characters have the same amount of qualifier votes, the higher seed goes to whoever is nominated properly first. 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 higher seed wins the title.

The losers' bracket ended up using four-way matches aside from its first and final two rounds due to limited time for the tournament to occur. It was uncertain how exactly it might apply to the Elite Eight, but in the end it was voted for the tournament to simply acknowledge the Top 8 from the main bracket.

• Quarter-final losers will play each other in a four-way match.
• Semi-final losers will play each other for 3rd place.

All rounds begin and end at Eastern Time evening hours (UTC-04:00, around 20:00~22:00).

• Bracket Link: Challonge
• Voter Turnout: TBD

Side Tournaments

Two side tournaments were hosted: Barred from Queen of /v/ by Bill Clinton and Queen of /v/ Bottom 128 by BottomAnon.

Controversies

Muffet Votes

During the middle of quarter-finals, Samaritanon gave the surprise revelation that Muffet was ahead in the final results for Round 4 and should have made it into Elite Eight over Ashley Graham. The cause of this was apparently NightShiftAnon pushing earlier round results between the two instead of the results from when the results were supposed to be called. They clarified that none of the other winners would have changed, and implored anons to not dogpile on NightShift. Despite this warning, many in the thread would soon be riled up and begin to express their frustration at NightShift for costing Muffet the coveted spot. While people felt her spot was dubious as a result, there was barely any actual backlash thrown at Ashley herself nor her supporters. In fact, both girls' supporters seemed to find solace in their mutual disappointment toward the hosts. One anon was inspired to make a Shazam copypasta mocking the whole situation along with others.

As presumably some form of compensation for her missing Elite Eight, the hosts quietly added Muffet to one of the losers' bracket matches during semi-finals. She ended up losing to SHODAN in the end, but after the losers' bracket was voted to be separate from the final results she would be given an honorary 10th place. Due to not being in the Elite Eight itself, Muffet is eligible for 2024.

Finals Results

After the finals came to an end, there was an odd amount of time for the next thread to begin. In the new thread, Balls would post a form for the results to be shared, only for it to be redacted a few minutes later. Many were left confused waiting for the results. Due to confusion between the hosts over the reveal of the results (3rd/4th was to be kept under wraps), he would instead go on to post the losers' bracket finals form instead. This meant that people in the thread first learned of Curly winning finals from this form, a fact that upset many anons in the thread who felt it had soured her moment. To add further to this drama, Balls made the mistake of referring to the 3rd place vote as "results not to reveal", which confused a lot of anons watching the thread.

The backlash to this was extremely harsh. While Balls did apologize for the incident, many still expressed vocal disappointment at him and the other hosts. The start of losers' finals also brought further questioning towards the implementation of the losers' bracket as a whole. In the eventual grand finals, anons voted to rightfully decanonize the losers' bracket results from the Elite Eight.

External Links

• New Booru: Booruplus (DEFUNCT)
• Google Polls Results: Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Round 5 • Round 6 (404) • Round 7 (404) • Round 8 (404)

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