Manga Tournament 1: Master Thread.

[Basic_human]

Three of my pick get to second round

Holy shit

 

[DavidianMillerian]

Three of my pick get to second round

Holy shit

you know what's even crazier?

somehow, all four of @Lowfyie's submissions made it to round two

 

[Basic_human]

you know what's even crazier?

somehow, all four of @Lowfyie's submissions made it to round two

eh... predicted that

the scale is bent toward yurism.

 

[Lowfyie]

you know what's even crazier?

somehow, all four of @Lowfyie's submissions made it to round two

Oh yes. 💪

 

[Manko-sensei]

This thread (still) contains every single thread related to the Manga Tournament.
As promised, have some cute gifs:

Spoiler: Cute gifs

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Rules, Format and Discussion
October 8, 2025

Submissions
October 17, 2025

Round 1
November 5, 2025 - December 5, 2025
Group Apoplexy
Group Bioluminescence
Group Circumnavigation
Group Discombobulation
Group Electromagnetism
Group Fundamentalism

Round 2
December 6, 2025 - December 21, 2025
Group Arboretum
Group Breckenridge
Group Carbonation

Round 3
Date Undecided
TBA

Round 4: The Ultimate Showdown (Of Ultimate Destiny)
Date Undecided
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Award Ceremony
Date Undecided
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Best of luck to those who participated, and to those who didn't, I hope you all at least read some good oneshots.​

Look @Angry_Panda @BakedBanana @Blocky_Mudkip @Robinisback everyone is there!

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Voting done.
It becomes easier after you already made your judgement on which you like and which you don't. Might result in some stagnation on the results, though?
One of mine managed, at least

 

[athayanezant]

One of mine managed, at least

which one is that, senpai?

 

[DavidianMillerian]

which one is that, senpai?

The Dinosaur Angel

 

[Edo4169]

Not even one

My taste is too niche for you commoners.

edit: 69

 

[Basic_human]

Not even one

My taste is too niche for you commoners.

edit: 69

Should've put witch riv preserialization meriri

 

[Edo4169]

Should've put witch riv preserialization meriri

I don't want to include any serialization oneshot, it's against my policies.

I thought the return of four heroes is a banger, what a bump

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

which one is that, senpai?

What Davidian wrote.

Dunno, maybe it would've been better to turn the chapters that got through into choices for the next round?

 

[Angry_Panda]

SO.

A number (the square root of negative one) of you may be wondering "what's going to become of this contest now that David has gone on a vacation?"

NOT TO WORRY.

We have a crack addled team with a wealth of experience rigging running tournaments ready to step on into this contest.

"But Panda," you may say, "didn't David leave explicit instructions that none of you should be allowed anywhere near -"

HA HA HA! That jokester. I can almost smell hear him now.

Seriously, @bigtiddyoneesan and I (and @sterven, because we're dragging him into this somehow) will be prepared to take over in case David hasn't come back by the time this second round ends. We'll get the third round set up and underway, and promise to probably not go past a fourth round in case we need to run that as well, barring force majeure or acts of God or Deus Vult or some shit like that.

Reminder of the prizes (and the schedule and plan for the tournament, I guess):
Third place prize is a $20 Domino's gift cart, courtesy of @MinecraftStoryModeLover
Second place is a free art commission by @BakedBanana
First place is... nominally both of the above (? - is this okay, guys?), plus a recording of yours truly reading just about anything you want within reason.

Round 2 closes voting on December 21st, something like mid-morning UTC. Be sure and vote for your favorite songs one-shots before then!

 

[MinecraftStoryModeLover]

SO.

A number (the square root of negative one) of you may be wondering "what's going to become of this contest now that David has gone on a vacation?"

NOT TO WORRY.

We have a crack addled team with a wealth of experience rigging running tournaments ready to step on into this contest.

"But Panda," you may say, "didn't David leave explicit instructions that none of you should be allowed anywhere near -"

HA HA HA! That jokester. I can almost smell hear him now.

Seriously, @bigtiddyoneesan and I (and @sterven, because we're dragging him into this somehow) will be prepared to take over in case David hasn't come back by the time this second round ends. We'll get the third round set up and underway, and promise to probably not go past a fourth round in case we need to run that as well, barring force majeure or acts of God or Deus Vult or some shit like that.

Reminder of the prizes (and the schedule and plan for the tournament, I guess):
Third place prize is a $20 Domino's gift cart, courtesy of @MinecraftStoryModeLover
Second place is a free art commission by @BakedBanana
First place is... nominally both of the above (? - is this okay, guys?), plus a recording of yours truly reading just about anything you want within reason.

Round 2 closes voting on December 21st, something like mid-morning UTC. Be sure and vote for your favorite songs one-shots before then!

winner gets a free blowiejoey from yours truly ontop of other prizes

 

[Basic_human]

SO.

A number (the square root of negative one) of you may be wondering "what's going to become of this contest now that David has gone on a vacation?"

NOT TO WORRY.

We have a crack addled team with a wealth of experience rigging running tournaments ready to step on into this contest.

"But Panda," you may say, "didn't David leave explicit instructions that none of you should be allowed anywhere near -"

HA HA HA! That jokester. I can almost smell hear him now.

Seriously, @bigtiddyoneesan and I (and @sterven, because we're dragging him into this somehow) will be prepared to take over in case David hasn't come back by the time this second round ends. We'll get the third round set up and underway, and promise to probably not go past a fourth round in case we need to run that as well, barring force majeure or acts of God or Deus Vult or some shit like that.

Reminder of the prizes (and the schedule and plan for the tournament, I guess):
Third place prize is a $20 Domino's gift cart, courtesy of @MinecraftStoryModeLover
Second place is a free art commission by @BakedBanana
First place is... nominally both of the above (? - is this okay, guys?), plus a recording of yours truly reading just about anything you want within reason.

Round 2 closes voting on December 21st, something like mid-morning UTC. Be sure and vote for your favorite songs one-shots before then!

if any of the new caretaker win we'll call it rigg

also!!! ripping od MSML for $40 is nice!!! domino huh.... been a while since i had one.

 

[Edo4169]

I don't care anymore. None of my picked oneshots past round 2.

 

[BakedBanana]

SO.

A number (the square root of negative one) of you may be wondering "what's going to become of this contest now that David has gone on a vacation?"

NOT TO WORRY.

We have a crack addled team with a wealth of experience rigging running tournaments ready to step on into this contest.

"But Panda," you may say, "didn't David leave explicit instructions that none of you should be allowed anywhere near -"

HA HA HA! That jokester. I can almost smell hear him now.

Seriously, @bigtiddyoneesan and I (and @sterven, because we're dragging him into this somehow) will be prepared to take over in case David hasn't come back by the time this second round ends. We'll get the third round set up and underway, and promise to probably not go past a fourth round in case we need to run that as well, barring force majeure or acts of God or Deus Vult or some shit like that.

Reminder of the prizes (and the schedule and plan for the tournament, I guess):
Third place prize is a $20 Domino's gift cart, courtesy of @MinecraftStoryModeLover
Second place is a free art commission by @BakedBanana
First place is... nominally both of the above (? - is this okay, guys?), plus a recording of yours truly reading just about anything you want within reason.

Round 2 closes voting on December 21st, something like mid-morning UTC. Be sure and vote for your favorite songs one-shots before then!

Yeah I still don't know how I became a prize. Don't expect anything good, unless you really like stick figures.

 

[bigtiddyoneesan]

Seriously, @bigtiddyoneesan and I (and @sterven, because we're dragging him into this somehow) will be prepared to take over in case David hasn't come back by the time this second round ends. We'll get the third round set up and underway, and promise to probably not go past a fourth round in case we need to run that as well, barring force majeure or acts of God or Deus Vult or some shit like that.

Reminder of the prizes (and the schedule and plan for the tournament, I guess):
Third place prize is a $20 Domino's gift cart, courtesy of @MinecraftStoryModeLover
Second place is a free art commission by @BakedBanana
First place is... nominally both of the above (? - is this okay, guys?), plus a recording of yours truly reading just about anything you want within reason.

Round 2 closes voting on December 21st, something like mid-morning UTC. Be sure and vote for your favorite songs one-shots before then!

wonderful. this period of uncertainty is the second sweetest, right behind the actual payoff

but to all contestants with any misgivings: don't fret, we're really not gonna rig this one. the $20 ($40?) Domino's gift cards are tempting, but we already got our bag (custom titles). and we'd totally never collude to get Angry_Panda to narrate the entirety of sterv and my epic novella.

 

[Basic_human]

$20 ($40?)

$40

$20 for third place and $20 for first place

 

[Basic_human]

Yeah I still don't know how I became a prize. Don't expect anything good, unless you really like stick figures.

Careful what you said

If I win I want stick figure be made like this