it was a close match, with the loser in the lead for the majority of the time. the winner eventually managed to pull through, but not without a fight.

the winner of [r1m3] is...
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gaben.
50.8%-49.2%

[r1m3] results

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Buildup sources
Lisa the Joyful - Roll the Dice
Daft Punk - One More Time
Hail Mary Mallon - Whales
wazgul - Erectin' a River

[SQ v WC] Results

Track by @e-twoup
Art by @bruhset

Team Fortress 2 - Main Theme (Valve)
Taio Cruz - Dynamite (Explosives)
LMFAO ft. Lil Jon - Shots (Alcohol)
My Hero Academia - Odd Future (Time/Action-Based Anime)
JJBA - Sono Chi no Sadame (JJBA)
TF2 SFX

Victory - Sticky Queen

[zalbo]
track by @ Homermanfan#8290
art by @ EggBoite#9240
- horror/creepypasta/creepy moments/args
- comedians/vine
- pianos

Run Away with Me - Carly Rae Jepson (Vine)
Inner City Preasure - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)
Robots - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)
Bowie - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)
Business Time - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)
If You're Into it - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)
Hurt Feelings - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)
The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) - Flight of the Conchords (Comedy)

Take Flight With Me

[TRACK BY] - Bulnosaur
[TRACK ART] - trash_lad_art
[CHARACTERS] - WALUIGI

[SOURCES] -
Destruction Dance - DDR Mario Mix (Waluigi/Nintendo Spinoffs)
Wario Puzzle 2 - Mario’s Super Picross (Nintendo Spinoffs)
We Are Number One - Lazy Town (Wrongdoings)
Entropy (Sim Gretina Remix) - Awkward Marina (Wrongdoings)


Can't get into Smash? Never fear, Waluigi is here! The phys-i-call-y fit Waluigi is here to kick some tail! What? Music?! Yeah, whatever, he's just in it to WIN IT! Even if that means using some... Less than savory tactics.
Sources:
- Music about Waluigi
- Nintendo spinoff games/media
- Music relating to cheating and non-crime wrongdoings

Victory! Waluigi

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art by @ Maruin#1102
- valve/valve fan content/the chalkeaters/the stupendium
- first person shooters
- technology/programming/glitches

[sources]
aquacycle - there's nothing there [valve fan content]
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finger eleven - paralyzer [valve fan content]
3oh!3 - starstrukk [valve fan content]

T̶̞͝H̴̢́E̷̎ͅR̶͖͛E̸̲͑'̸̳̀S̸̓ͅ ̶̼͆N̸͇̏Ŏ̶̥T̴̫̑Ȟ̵̗I̷͉̿Ņ̶̅G̴͈͗ ̵̲̃T̶̻̈Ḧ̸̭́E̵̖͂R̷̠̀Ȅ̵͓

art and track by maruin
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[Multiple]
I Can't Fix You - The Living Tombstone [FNAF/Confusing Plots, Programming]
The Fright Before Christmas - The Stupendium [Stupendium, Christmas, FNAF/Confusing Plots]
Back Together - The Stupendium [Stupendium, Programming]
Glitchtrap - Rockit Gaming [FNAF, Glitches]
Light 'Em Up - Fall Out Boy [Lights]

[Lights On A Truck]
Dunkaccino Commercial [Advertisements]
All I Really Want for Christmas - Family Guy [Christmas]
Sweet Bod - Neil Cicerega [Songs about exposing the truth]
Sprite Cranberry Commercial [Christmas, Advertisements]

[Nite Bite]
Die in a Fire - The Living Tombstone [FNAF/Confusing Plots]
You & Me - Tally Hall [Tally Hall]

[Gaben]
Scatman - Scatman John [Valve Fan-content "Bro wake up its 2006"]

[r2m2 - transmission!] Greediest Time of the Year

@no-stakes-bracket-part-2
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[sources]
kirby planet robobot - the noble haltmann [capitalism, corruption]
the 88s - biggering [capitalism, corruption]
ren - money game part 2 [ ]
griffinilla - stay calm [fnaf]
fnaf sister location - watch your six [ ]
kylee henke - you can't fight the homestuck [confusing plots]

[no stakes transition - new account! @no-stakes-bracket-part-2]

Track by: @Reviloja
Art by: Enoderen

Imaginary GF 

- Songs related to girlfriends / boyfriends / other romantic partners
(Bad Girlfriend, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Boyfriend - Big Time Rush, Friday Night Funkin')
- Songs from romance media, especially that which parodies romantic tropes
(Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai, Doki Doki Literature Club, Katawa Shoujo, Beauty and the Beast)
- 2010s love Songs, and songs about unrequited love/heartbreak
(Just The Way You Are, Call Me Maybe, Damn Good Friends, Heartbeat Heartbreak - Persona 4, Bye Bye Bye)
- Songs about creativity, imagination and the mind
(Creativity Song - DHMIS, Imagination - Foster the People, Songs by Imagine Dragons, Memory Lane)
- Songs about perfection, as well as nothingness
(Perfect - Ed Sheeran, Dollhouse, Pretty Hurts, Perfect Two, everything means nothing)

ミラクルミュージカル - Dream Sweet In Sea Major (The Mind)
Toby Fox - Into the Mind (The Mind)
Passenger - Let Her Go (2010+ Love Songs, Heartbreak)
The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather (2010+ Love Songs)
Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye (2010+ Love Songs, Heartbreak)
Blue October - Into the Ocean (The Mind, Romantic Partners)
Coldplay - Paradise (Imagination)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - The Worm In The Apple (Creativity)

A Sweet Paradise in Mind

Track by @valoregal
Art by @rosello-xanthis & @totalusessc
Characters: Antimatter Neil, Mashup Week Neil, [BOSS!] Cipher Gang

100 gecs - hand crushed by a mallet (CG - Songs attributed to Bill Cipher)
Lemon Demon - Touch Tone Telephone (CG - Conspiracies)
Childish Gambino - Bonfire (MW - Soundclown, fire, Childish Gambino)
Gravity Falls - Intro Theme (CG - Disney XD/Channel)
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (MW/AM - Week, blindness)
Nuclear Throne - Where the Guns At (CG/MW - Songs attributed to Bill Cipher, Soundclown)
Lemon Demon - Cabinet Man (CG - Urban Legends)
Death Grips - Takyon (CG/MW - Songs attributed to Bill Cipher, Soundclown)
100 gecs - Money Machine (CG - Songs attributed to Bill Cipher)
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (CG - Mind)
Luniz - I Got 5 On It (CG - Doppelgangers)
Hopsin - No Words (AM - Incomprehensible lyrics)
AJR - Bang (AM - Explosions)
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (AM - Apocalypse) 

CIPHER GANG (Neil Cipher & Bill Cicierega)
- Songs related to Disney XD/Disney Channel media.
- Songs related to conspiracies, urban legends, and the mind.
- Sources directly attributed to any tournament incarnation of Bill Cipher. [NO SOURCE OVERLAP]
- Songs related to clones, doppelgangers, and sequels.

ANTIMATTER NEIL
- Songs related to eyes, sight/lack thereof, and facial features.
- Songs related to explosions and explosives. [NO DAN BULL CREEPA RAP]
- Songs related to the apocalypse, and post-apocalyptic media.
- Songs with notably incomprehensible/confusing lyrics.

MASHUP WEEK NEIL
- Songs commonly used in Soundclown mashups, and songs in Childish Gambino's discography.
- Songs related to the week, and parts of it.
- Songs related to fire, heat, and burning.
- Songs related to backgrounds, and the back.

[WFINALS - BOSS!] mind lost in the cipher

Track by: Maddy.
Art by: PolarOpposite44.


(TO BE UPDATED AT A LATER DATE, COME BACK LATER.)
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Tracks Used:
Kenët & REZ - Unreal Superhero 3 
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch 

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playlist art by @maruin-vevo

[r2m2 - transmission!] Greediest Time of the Year

[no stakes bracket] - [all kids out of the pool]

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