The tourney has begun! Matches will happen periodically, once per week. I hope you enjoy.

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Songs used:
SayMaxWell - Gaster's Theme (Science)
HEALTH x 100GECS - POWER FANTASY (Good composer)
Inugami Korone - Love Trial (VTubers)
Toby Fox - Black (Toby Fox)
Rare Americans - Brittle Bones Nicky 2 (Referenced)
Neil Cicierega - Wow Wow (Unfunny Comedians)
Justice - Waters Of Nazareth (French Artists)
DHMIS - Creativity Song (Puppets)
JT Music - Meet the Crew (FPS)
underscores - Spoiled Little Brat (Indie Rock)
The Weeknd - I'm a Virgin (Adult Animation)
Lorde - Royals (Royalty)
Taiko no Tatsujin - DOKODON★Matsu Rhythm (J-Pop)
Tom Kenny - Best Day Ever (SpongeBob)
FlyxTheKid - Pigstep (Sandbox Games)
Ludacris - How Low (Clothing)
Britney Spears - Gimme More (Hot Chicks)
LU KALA - Pretty Girl Era (Girlbossing)
Kawai Sprite - Fresh (Games You Like)
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (TikTok)
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Eiffel)

THAT IS SO COOL - [DOATK WR1 BRACKET]

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ALPHA: Consider Ernie Gang officially disbanded.

ALPHAGENOS WIN!

ALPHAGENOS - 110 Votes [77.5%]
KEBIN - 32 Votes [22.5%]

[WR2M2] - Results

E︎︎︎︎X︎︎︎︎P︎︎︎︎E︎︎︎︎R︎︎︎︎I︎︎︎︎M︎︎︎︎E︎︎︎︎N︎︎︎︎T︎︎︎︎ 0︎︎︎︎8︎︎︎-︎︎︎︎B︎︎︎︎ I︎︎︎︎N︎︎︎︎ P︎︎︎︎R︎︎︎︎O︎︎︎︎G︎︎︎︎R︎︎︎︎E︎︎︎︎S︎︎︎︎S︎︎︎︎.︎︎︎︎ S︎︎︎︎U︎︎︎︎B︎︎︎︎J︎︎︎︎E︎︎︎︎C︎︎︎︎T︎︎︎︎ 0︎︎︎5︎︎︎ I︎︎︎S︎︎︎ A︎︎W︎︎A︎︎R︎︎E︎︎ O︎︎︎F︎︎︎ E︎︎X︎︎P︎︎E︎︎R︎︎I︎︎M︎︎E︎︎N︎︎T︎︎ 0︎︎︎8︎︎︎-︎︎︎B︎︎︎'︎︎︎S︎︎︎ D︎︎︎I︎︎︎F︎︎︎F︎︎︎E︎︎︎R︎︎︎E︎︎︎N︎︎︎C︎︎︎E︎︎︎S︎︎︎,︎︎︎ B︎︎︎U︎︎︎T︎︎︎ D︎︎O︎︎E︎︎S︎︎ N︎︎O︎︎T︎︎ S︎︎H︎︎O︎︎W︎︎ A︎︎N︎︎Y︎︎ S︎︎I︎︎G︎︎N︎︎S︎︎ O︎︎F︎︎ F︎︎E︎︎A︎︎R︎︎.︎︎
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(DOOMED 05 - EDMUND MCMILLEN)
- Media by Edmund McMillen
(Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac, The End is Nigh)
- Roguelikes & 'tough as nails' platformers
(Spelunky, Risk of Rain, I Wanna Be the Guy)
- Original Flash & Newgrounds media
(Line Rider, Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers)
- Properties referenced in any of his games
(Hollow Knight, QWOP, The Bible Franchise)
- Franchises originating from flash titles
(VVVVVV, Fancy Pants Adventures, Henry Stickmin)

(EXPERIMENT 08 - THE INUNDATED)
- JACKNJELLIFY & ORIGINAL WEB-BASED ANIMATION
(BFB, EXTINCTION PARTY, INTERFACE)
- ANTHROPOMORPHIZED OBJECTS, SCHOOL, & NUMBERS
(PICKLE AND PEANUT, SAUSAGE PARTY, THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL)
- SONGS FEATURING KESHA OR BILLIE EILISH
(RAISING HELL, THEREFORE I AM, YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN)
- GASLIGHTING, GATEKEEPING, & GIRLBOSSING
(BOSS BITCH, I LIKE IT, GIRL NEXT DOOR)
- VEHICLES, FREEDOM, & INTELLIGENCE
(LIFE IS A HIGHWAY, BORN FREE, SMARTER THAN U)
- DEATH, FIRE, & WATER
(GOODBYE EARL, RING OF FIRE, DOWN BY THE RIVER)

Songs used:
LongestSoloEver - Terrifying (Referenced: God/Referenced: Demons/Web Animation/Death)
Panic! at the Disco - Emperors New Clothes (Religious Concepts/Death)
Aviva - Hushh (Referenced: Hush/Referenced: Demons/Gatekeeping)
Blundue - The Storm (Flash media/Jacknjellify)
mudeth - Shadowdance (Edmund McMillen)
Anko6 - Hey Two! (Jacknjellify)
Panic! at the Disco - This is Gospel (Referenced: God/Death)
coal bones - Unknown Track 100 (Jacknjellify/Death)
Kesha - Cannibal (Kesha)
Ridiculon - Absentia (Ashpit) (Edmund McMillen/Fire)
Halocene - When Demons Come To Life (Referenced: Demons)

CONTRIBUTE TO THE SILENCE

(02 - ADAM CONOVER)
CURRENT DEPICTION BY: THE COMEDIAN [@doatk]

So I actually am just dropping this the night that Adam's rework dropped because it is the most beautiful thing I think I've ever seen. He looks like Adam, he 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 like Adam, this is everything I've ever wanted out of Adam. So, I thought I'd finally get a little ol' something out of the woodworks and into the public eye.

▶ Programs aired on truTV, & anything relating to CollegeHumor.
(World's Dumbest, Impractical Jokers, Livin' Mask-Free)
▶ Comedians, real or fictional.
(Richard Cheese, Weird Al Yankovic, Donald Glover)
▶ Things I've ruined or been involved with.
(Sex, Myself, Song titles that start with "G")
▶ Knowledge, truth, and common misconceptions.
(I Know Better, Knowledge Is Power, I Know It, You Know It)
▶ Educational media.
(Sid the Science Kid, Explained, How It's Made)
▶ Netflix originals & exclusives.
(Stranger Things, The G Word with Adam Conover, The Witcher)

Songs used:
CollegeHumor Intro - CollegeHumor (CollegeHumor/Things I've Ruined: CollegeHumor)
Car Rap (BAD) - Parappa the Rapper (Educational Media/Things I've Ruined: Cars, Animals, Dogs)
"Actually..." (truTV)
Adam Ruins Everything - Jesse Novak (truTV)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), performed by Victor Frankenstein - Brian David Gilbert (Comedians/Things I'm Involved With: Song titles that start with "G"/Common misconceptions: Actually, Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster!/Things I've Ruined: Science, Seeking Immortality)
Ruler of Everything - Tally Hall (Things I've Ruined: Everything)
Cartoon Hell - "Weird Al" Yankovic (CollegeHumor: Drawfee/Comedians)
Ride on the Magic School Bus - The Magic School Bus (Educational Media/Things I've Ruined: The Magic School Bus)
Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (Comedians/Things I've Ruined: The Internet, Everything/Netflix Originals)
Everything You Know Is Wrong - "Weird Al" Yankovic (Comedians/Knowledge)
Love Theme - Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Comedians/Netflix Exclusives)
Impractical Jokers Thumbs Up SFX (TruTV)

(FANMADE) VICTORY! - ADAM CONOVER (UNRUINED MIX)

(Art by Dreem, I love you!)

[This is fanmade hypothetical for my submission to the 07 replacement poll. 5th place isn't so bad! It's been an honor.]

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ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴜɴᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇʙᴇʟʟɪᴏᴜꜱ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛꜱ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴘᴏᴏʀ ᴛᴇꜱᴛ ꜱᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴ.

𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝔀𝓮'𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶.

ᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱꜰᴜʟ.

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(Contestant 07 - 100 Gecs)

(Buff conceptualized by DemonicKraken. Thank you!)
- 100 Gecs, their collaborators/sampled artists, and music that sucks
- Hyperpop, other genres the Gecs have touched, and "experimental" artists/genres
- Reptiles, rodents, numbers, and vehicles
- Magic, forests, fungi, & the paranormal
- Drugs, psychedelia, and eyes

Songs used:
100 Gecs - Stupid Horse
100 Gecs - Most Wanted Person In The United States
100 Gecs - Money Machine
100 Gecs - Dumbest Girl Alive
100 Gecs - Doritos and Fritos
100 Gecs - gec 2 u
100 Gecs - 757
100 Gecs - xxXiwud_nvrstop_UXXx
...
Weezer - Buddy Holly (Music that sucks)

VICTORY - 100 GECS

“SUMMONING STARS”
DOMAIN OF REMINISCENCE

the mario franchise | n64 games | all-time classic games
home | synthwave | chillwave | vaporwave | midwest collective artists
nostalgia | video essays | speedrunning | popularly speedran games | glitches

SOURCES:
Macroblank & Oblique Occasions - delirium (vaporwave, chillwave)
Super Mario 64 - File Select (mario, n64, all-time classics, speedrunning games)
JQHN - 悲​し​み​の​Jody She Was Crying (mario, n64 games)
Sunset Corp - nobody here (vaporwave)
Home - We're Finally Landing (home, synthwave, video essays, speedrunning)
Super Mario 64 - Dire, Dire Docks (mario, n64, all-time classics, speedrunning games)
Romy - Enjoy Your Life (nostalgia)
Yung Lean - Ginseng Strip 2002 (video essays: The Most Mysterious Sample In Hip Hop)

the rainbow road to salvation

ART BY YAM
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SOURCES:
Skrillex & Wolfgang Gartner - The Devil's Den 
Neil Cicierega - Who (Mr. Cicierega)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - Doopliss (Lies: doopliss says that he's mario but he's NOT/Censored media/Mario/Gamecube)
Aesop Rock - Long-Legged Larry (Aesop Rock)
Toby Fox - Battle Against a True Hero (Toby Fox)
Death Grips - I've Seen Footage (ARG Media: Death Grips had an ARG it counts/Experimental Genres: Experimental Hip-Hop)
Lemon Demon - As Your Father I Expressly Forbid It (Synthpop/Mr. Cicierega)
Freshy Kanal - Lethal Company vs Pikmin (Rappers Eminem was too afraid to diss/Failure/Survival Horror/Pikmin)
Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (Wonder of OU)
Metallica - King Nothing (Metal, Part 8 References: King Nothing/Positions of Power)
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Vim Factory (Old Internet: Those Hammer Bros that speak in L3375P34K/Mario/Time)
Kesha - Cannibal (Love)
Fortnite - Electro-fied (Fortnite)
Pokemon: Sinnoh League Victors - We Will Carry On (Pokemon)
My Singing Monsters - Wublin Island (MSM)
Noisemaker - All That Glitters (The Endtimes)
Musiclide - Iron Lung (The Endtimes)
I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Do it All the Time (Unfiction/Synthpop/Time)
Lotus Juice, Yumi Kawamura - Mass Destruction (Creature Collectors/The Endtimes/Time Management games)
Ken Arai - COMPLEX (Aliens)
Vylet Pony - ANTONYMPH (Old Internet, Ponies/Woke Bangers)
DECO*27 - Half (Woke Bangers)
Jonah Senzel - Enter Pony (Daniel Mullins)
Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga - Sono Chi no Sadame (JJBA)
Naofumi Hataya - Metallic Madness (Bad Future) (Alternate Timelines/Steel/The Endtimes/Time)
Tom Cardy - Get Louis (Theroux it) (Comedians/The Mind/Synthpop)
BSHAP - Angry Birds Rap (Mobile games)
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn (Mario/East-Coast Hip-Hop)
iteachvader - Objection Funk (BS Mechanics: that final part of 3-5 FUCK YOU CAPCOM/Capcom)
Yugo Kanno - il vento d'oro (JJBA)
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta (Royalty)

[MOLD BRACKET] << mold STUFFAH! VoTE oN THAT THANG! ::

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Track by: Indrax (https://soundcloud.com/ninjaquemado)
Scary Clown Art by: OatmealD (https://bsky.app/profile/oatmeald.bsky.social)
Fred Art by: Nubanuba (https://x.com/Nuberta_77)

Awesome Sources:
Philip Glass - Candyman (Music Box)
Steampianist, Gumi - The Experiment
PLEAD - Last Man Standing
CG5 - Sleep Well
Andrew W.K - Ready To Die 
TryHardNinja - Waiting

(BONUS) INTRO - HORROR MEDIA

[ ... ]

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dinkle's fun tournament (@dinkles_fun_tournament_2) by: hibiscus (@hibiscus_sunrise)
doatk (@doatk), and the rag2 render by: dreem (@dreemstrider)
the everyman render by: juicebox (@groppau)
dinkle render by: bowsie (@babybowser101)

JerryTerry - Kiss Me (Kill Me)
Toby Fox - Memory
Poe - Haunted
Shadrow - Dr Gaster
Childish Gambino - Human Sacrifice
Madeon - HEIR
Shawn Mendes - Stitches
Adele - Rolling In The Deep
Teenage Disaster - IT’S ALIVE
Billie Eilish - bad guy
The Weeknd - The Hills
salem ilese - jake from state farm 
Poppy - Meat

[fanmade crossover - BOSS FIGHT!] you can't escape forever

best experienced with visuals: https://youtu.be/daJqlwhXt6o

VOTING HAS ENDED.
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(VICTIM 01 - TOBY ‘RADIATION’ FOX)
- Music composed by Toby Fox
(Black, Megalovania, Bonetrousle)
- Media he has been involved in the creation of
(Homestuck, Undertale, Earthbound: Halloween Hack)
- Earthbound & games inspired by it
(OMORI, Undertale, Earthbound)
- Masks & hidden identities
(Mask Chant, Gas Mask, Art Groupie)

(disqualified - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART)
- Compositions by Mozart
(Requiem, Così fan tutte, Ave verum corpus)
- Classical music, & songs that sample it
(O Fortuna, Ich Liebe Dich, Für Elise)
- Mozart if he was a good composer
(Last Jungle, Anything featuring Amen Break, Brown Paper Bag)
- Cats & furries
(Nyan Cat, Lone Digger, EEEAAAOOO)

(BOSS 01 - PPPPPP)
- Terry Cavanagh & games featuring his creations
(VVVVVV, Dicey Dungeons, The Binding of Isaac)
- Chiptune
(Chipzel, Anamanaguchi, Trey Frey)
- Gravity
(Above Earth, Rhythm of the Gravity, Gravity Rush)
- The Beatles
(Here Comes the Sun, Let It Be, Strawberry Fields Forever)
- Virtual bands
(Off the Hook, K/DA, Elite Tauren Chieftain)

Songs used:
Pendulum - The Other Side (Good composer/Anarchy: Space)
Toby Fox - board_ocean.ogg (Toby Fox/Chiptune)
Skrillex - Kill EVERYBODY (Sampling/Good composer)
Toby Fox & Itoki Hana - Skies Forever Blue (Toby Fox/Chiptune)
My Chemical Romance - Mama (Alt-Rock/Punk-Rock)
Toby Fox - BURNING EYES (Toby Fox/Chiptune)
Au5 - Follow You (Virtual Riot Remix) (feat. Danyka Nadeau) (Good composer/Felines: Monstercat)
Apashe - Lacrimosa (Compositions by Mozart/Classical/Good composer)
Toby Fox - YOUR BEST NIGHTMARE (Toby Fox/Good Composer/Chiptune)
Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka - Giygas's Lair (MOTHER/Sampling)
Toby Fox - THE LEGEND (Toby Fox/Chiptune)
Toby Fox - Megalo Strike Back (Toby Fox/Chiptune)
Jack Stauber - library (Hidden identities/The Past/Gravity)
Toby Fox - d.ogg (Toby Fox)
Toby Fox - mus_disturbing (Woofenstein) (Toby Fox)
Silentroom × Tanchiky - Outer Solution (Toby Fox/Good Composer/Chiptune)
Magnùs Pàlsson - Potential For Anything (Terry Cavanagh)

[WR2M1 - BOSS - PHASE 2] - LIES OF THE MOTHER

FOR MORE INFO, ENTER THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/wfYtss2rhY
YOUTUBE MIRROR: https://youtu.be/46bZE-VCFQI?si=RMKpGyjTjrPcx8e9

FIRST ROUND LOSERS RESULTS:
1. LUDWIG VAN BEATHOVEN (139)
2. Kokichi's Dramaturgy (133)
3. Isla (121)
4. Ace Of Hearts (107)
5. Tonio Trussardi (98)
6. Gandhi (91)
7. Space Animals (87)
8. Azumangakas (84)
9. Carykh And The Marble Worm (83)
10. Toxic Spikes (82)
11. Bigtop Burger (77)
12. Gandalf (76)
13. Booze Hounds (69)
14. Barkley And Godzilla: GAIDEN (63)
15. King Pig (62)
16. Rick & Morty (61)
17. Gordon Ramsay (55)
18. Brain Driver / Vibri / Casino Pawn (54)
19. Bowiemian Rhapsody (53)
20. Fourth Of Footwerk (51)
21. Jill Stingray (48)
22. Spring Men (45)
23. Ned / Tamari / Percy Jackson (47)
24. King Slime / Okabe Rintarou / Truck-Kun (44)
25. Chunky Kong (Dead) (Dead) / Showa Idol (43)
26. Fraxioum (42)
27. The Rabbids (40)
28. VULF///ROOT (39)
29. James May (38)
30. The Junkers (36)
31. Big Floppa (35)
32. Chuck E. Cheese / DJ Smurf Knight (34)
33. The Surgeon / Fabio Sparklemane (32)
34. Cyber Punks (30)
35. Meduka / Jose Jose (28)
36. Wolf (27)
37. FOGBUS / Etemon / Brain Gremlin (24)
38. Wawa Cat (19)
39. Golf Mom (13)
40. Pattern Recognition (8)

Track by: Apollo (https://soundcloud.com/aimlesscontrivance)
Art by: KidWhomHasAHat (https://x.com/KidWhomHasAHat)

[13] - LUDWIG VAN BEATHOVEN
- Classical/Orchestral, songs that sample them, & piano predominance
- Rave/DJ culture, remix albums, & rhythm/music-based games
- Dubstep/Drumstep, Electro/Bass House, & Trap EDM
- Cyborgs/sentient machines, audio technology, & music as a concept
- The undead, rebirth, & history/time

Awesome Sources:
cYsmix - Moonlight Sonata (Original Mix) (Classical Samples)
Skrillex - Rock 'n' Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain) (Dubstep)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Cyboogie (Cyborgs)
Ke$ha - Take It Off (Classical Samples)
Kraftwerk - Uranium (Cyborgs [Sampled by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in Cyboogie (Live in Asheville 2019)])
TawnyBarnOwl - TPT Results Buildup V2 (Classical Samples)
Edvard Grieg - In The Hall of The Mountain King (Classical)
BanYa - Beethoven Virus (Classical Samples)
Skrillex feat. Sirah - Bangarang (Dubstep)
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic (Classical Samples)
ISOxo - inhuman (Electro House)

MICROSAMPLES:
https://pastebin.com/SKSm1ewt

(FANMADE) VICTORY! - ADAM CONOVER (UNRUINED MIX)

ApatiteSupernova