Queen of /v/ 2024

Queen of /v/ 2024

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Queen of /v/ 2024 is the sixth edition of the annual Queen of /v/ tournament. It started on November 8th, 2024.

The Elite Eight marked the return of three previous members in the form of former runner-ups, Tifa Lockhart (from 2020) and Madotsuki (from 2021), along with a third appearance by Shantae. Joining them were five newcomers: Baiken from Guilty Gear, the Hex Maniac trainer from Pokémon, Palutena from Kid Icarus, Ayla from Chrono Trigger, and Hatsune Miku. Initial reactions toward this line-up were generally mixed, with recurring complaints of it being either disappointing or simply boring. Some of this count potentially be attributed to upsets that occurred during the third and fourth rounds of the tournament, with some vocal favorites like the Princess from Slay the Princess, Cirno from Touhou Project, Felicia from Darkstalkers, or Pixie from Shin Megami Tensei all losing out. Out of the line-up, two particularly controversial additions were Miku and Hex: the former for not originally being a video game character by technicality (having been whitelisted to even participate) and the latter over general critique stemming from her original role as a generic NPC type in the Pokémon games. Hex had an especially active campaign that seemed to further split thread opinion on the candidate, with her active push helping to take her to 3rd place. This year's Elite Eight was particularly low-seeding, with only Shantae succeeding from the top 10 seeds and three girls being in the lower half of the year's seeds.

Despite the complaints around the tournament as a whole, the finals ended up being a surprisingly tame face-off between Madotsuki and Ayla. A lot of attention had been garnered around Ayla off her shockingly strong underdog run and generally fun campaigning in later rounds, but in the end Madotsuki still won the crown by a fair margin. She was quickly accepted as a good winner by most anons, though she did receive some lighter critiques on either being too standard or winning under a weaker tournament year. Madotsuki would very notably become the first former runner-up from one of the major four tournaments to later come back to win (after losing 2021 to Recette), and furthermore the first to do this in 4chan character tournament aside from Ms. /mlp/. Despite the winner's solid reception, the tournament itself was generally disregarded as a disappointment for Queen of /v/ in particular. The deteriorating thread quality was the primary culprit for this, with a disproportionately large amount of falseflagging and spite that arose throughout the tournament.

Rules

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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)
• 10 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.

2023 Elite Eight (Will be eligible next contest)
2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
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

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	2023
Samus Aran	Reimu Hakurei	Recette Lemongrass	Midna	Curly Brace
Metroid	Touhou Project	Recettear	The Legend of Zelda	Cave Story

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. Despite growing controversy around this decision, a vote was NOT yet held to eliminate or otherwise replace it. The following characters were both voted to be whitelisted and subsequently qualified for the bracket:

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

Qualifying round

Live nomination list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gXNOSYnVY64cbRM4pVxptkwFUeVbTEt-pr1iG14nKmw/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Qualifier Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_it7ZYOzxKbsws1k7eVusem2Iz8dLNHQcFVgHJpe4dk/edit?usp=sharing

Right around 1400 characters were successfully nominated for this tournament, a new record for Queen of /v/. A maximum of 3 girls per series can enter the bracket.

Advanced

Bold text indicates character who appears in the bracket for the first time.
While not explicitly said, this tournament seemed to quietly roll back the extra restrictions on both the previous year's Elite Eight series and the then-five champion series. Despite this, the rule did not need to be applied in practice for this tournament, most surprisingly in the case of Touhou Project (with only Cirno reaching the bar to qualify).

Advanced to Main Bracket (128)
#	Character Name	Franchise / Series	Votes
01	Maya Fey	Ace Attorney	203
02	Shantae	Shantae	201
03	Hat Kid	A Hat In Time	192
04	Alice	Black Souls	192
05	Rouge the Bat	Sonic the Hedgehog	182
06	Felicia	Darkstalkers	181
07	Blaze the Cat	Sonic the Hedgehog	181
08	Muffet	Undertale	179
09	Ashley	WarioWare	179
10	Isabelle	Animal Crossing	178
11	Hex Maniac	Pokemon	174
12	Susie	Deltarune	169
13	Amy Rose	Sonic the Hedgehog	168
14	2B	Nier Automata	167
15	Baba	Baba is You	164
16	Bazz	Concord	164
17	Ankha	Animal Crossing	163
18	GLaDOS	Portal	162
19	Ranni the Witch	Elden Ring	160
20	Essex	Azur Lane	156
21	Tron Bonne	Megaman Legends	156
22	Rosalina	Mario	155
23	Coco Bandicoot	Crash Bandicoot	153
24	Kazooie	Banjo Kazooie	152
25	Franziska von Karma	Ace Attorney	151
26	Miss Pauling	Team Fortress 2	150
27	Princess Daisy	Mario	147
28	Gardevoir	Pokemon	147
29	Roxanne Wolf	Five Nights at Freddy's	146
30	Palutena	Kid Icarus	145
31	Noelle Holiday	Deltarune	142
32	Etna	Disgaea	142
33	Monika	Doki Doki Literature Club	142
34	The Princess	Slay The Princess	140
35	Fang	Snoot Game	140
36	Jill Valentine	Resident Evil	138
37	Ashley Graves	The Coffin of Andy and Leyley	138
38	Marina	Splatoon	137
39	Zelda	The Legend of Zelda	137
40	Madotsuki	Yume Nikki	137
41	Sue Sakamoto	Cave Story	136
42	Krystal	Star Fox	135
43	Gruntilda	Banjo-Kazooie	134
44	Lady	Devil May Cry	134
45	Tifa Lockhart	Final Fantasy	134
46	Callie	Splatoon	134
47	Marie	Splatoon	134
48	Lilith	Darkstalkers	133
49	Risky Boots	Shantae	132
50	Adeleine	Kirby	130
51	Princess Peach	Mario	130
52	Misty	Pokemon	130
53	Renamon	Digimon	129
54	Morrigan	Darkstalkers	128
55	Android 21	Dragon Ball Fighter Z	128
56	Cirno	Touhou	128
57	Plain Doll	Bloodborne	127
58	Natsuki	Doki Doki Literature Club	125
59	Lucifer	Helltaker	125
60	YoRHa Type A No. 2	Nier Automata	122
61	Alice Liddell	American McGee's Alice	121
62	Aigis	Persona 3	121
63	Red Hood	Black Souls	120
64	Justice	Helltaker	120
65	Mari	OMORI	120
66	Rottytops	Shantae	120
67	Betila	Rayman	118
68	Lady Maria	Bloodborne	117
69	SHODAN	System Shock	117
70	Gwynevere	Dark Souls	116
71	Sybil	Pseudoregalia	116
72	Dark Samus	Metroid	115
73	Misery	Cave Story	114
74	Queen Ripple	Kirby	114
75	Mai Shiranui	Fatal Fury	113
76	Goombella	Paper Mario	112
77	Pixie	Shin Megami Tensei	112
78	Peacock	Skullgirls	112
79	Baiken	Guilty Gear	111
80	Ada Wong	Resident Evil	111
81	Chun-Li	Street Fighter	111
82	Lusty Argonian Maid	Elder Scrolls	110
83	Sunflower	Plants vs Zombies	110
84	Hornet	Hollow Knight	109
85	Don Quixote	Limbus Company	109
86	Hatsune Miku	Project Diva	109
87	Glamrock Chica	Five Nights at Freddy's	108
88	Alyx Vance	Half-Life	108
89	Alice (SMT)	Shin Megami Tensei	108
90	Dixie Kong	Donkey Kong Country	107
91	Rika Furude	Higurashi: When They Cry	107
92	Filia	Skullgirls	107
93	Renee Graves	The Coffin of Andy and Leyley	106
94	Cortana	Halo	106
95	Ib	IB	106
96	Kaine	NieR Replicant	106
97	Chell	Portal	106
98	Spooky	Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion	106
99	Scout's Mom	Team Fortress 2	106
100	Mabel Able	Animal Crossing	105
101	Leaf	Black Souls	104
102	Vicar Amelia	Bloodborne	104
103	Sorceress	Dragon's Crown	104
104	Saria	The Legend of Zelda	104
105	Carmelita Fox	Sly Cooper	103
106	Pyro	Team Fortress 2	103
107	Neco-Arc	Tsukihime/Melty Blood	103
108	Toy Chica	Five Nights at Freddy's	102
109	Lara Croft	Tomb Raider	102
110	Vibri	Vib-Ribbon	102
111	Kanna	Blaster Master Zero	101
112	Daisy	DOOM	101
113	Beelzebub	Helltaker	101
114	Juri Han	Street Fighter	101
115	Beatrice	Umineko	101
116	Mia Fey	Ace Attorney	100
117	Binah	Lobotomy Corporation	100
118	Cammy White	Street Fighter	100
119	Roll Caskett	Megaman Legends	99
120	Jill Stingray	VA-11 Hall-A	99
121	Malenia	Elden Ring	98
122	Lady Dimitrescu	Resident Evil	98
123	Saya	Saya no Uta	98
124	Lady Bow	Paper Mario	97
125	Ayla	Chrono Trigger	97
126	The Boss	Metal Gear	97
127	Tharja	Fire Emblem Awakening	97
128	Fire Keeper	Dark Souls 3	97

Bracket

The tournament bracket

128 characters, SINGLE ELIMINATION. This tournament used a randomized bracket using a seed generated by a randomizer program to verify its legitimate randomness; the seed used for this bracket is "20243". 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 then the higher seed wins the round.

Following an error in which two instances of Essex from Azur Lane (one nominated as "Essex" and the other under the meme name "Sex") were both qualified and placed in the bracket, the old randomized bracket had to be discarded and a new one created in its place. The old, unused randomized bracket layout can be found here.

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

• Bracket Link: Challonge
• Voter Turnout: 990 – 1,113 – 1,026 – 1,171 – 986 – 888 – 968

Thread Links

• Google Polls Results: Round 1 • Round 2 • Round 3 • Round 4 • Quarterfinals • Semi-finals • Finals
• Original Qualifiers Form

Navigation

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