Ciddies kick off! Preliminary tournament - Winner revealed!

Greetings! As most of you know, every six months Eyes on Final Fantasy hosts an event where members nominate and vote each other for various awards. This event is called the Ciddies and is usually hosted by Award Guy. As you can see, I am not Award Guy. I am Award Qu, Award Guy's distant cousin. I run things a little bit differently, so expect a Ciddies unlike one you've ever seen.

To start things off, we're going to hold a little tournament to determine two of the awards. These are usually refered to as the 'paired' awards in the Most Likely to Be category. For example, last June's Ciddies had the awards:

Most Likely to Be Papa Smurf (winner: Del Murder)
Most Likely to Be Gargamel (winner: Raistlin)

This tournament will determine the two awards for this December's Ciddies.

Rules

• Vote for one pair of names in each lettered 'battle'. Vote by posting in this thread. For example, say the battle for group A was:
  A. Mario & Luigi
  A. Quina & Vivi
  You would vote by replying to this thread with:
  A. Quina & Vivi (obvious choice)
• Please use spoiler tags to hide your votes.
• Each round will last 1-2 days.

Round 1

A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
A. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
B. Bella Swan & Edward Cullen
C. Woody & Buzz Lightyear
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
D. Cave Johnson & GLaDOS
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
E. Donald Duck & Goofy
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
F. Charlie Sheen & Ashton Kutcher
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
G. Nathan Drake & Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
H. Rydia & Solid Snake

(SPOILER)A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)
A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Cave Johnson & GLaDOS
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Charlie Sheen & Ashton Kutcher
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)
A. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Woody & Buzz Lightyear
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Charlie Sheen & Ashton Kutcher
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Woody & Buzz Lightyear
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Donald Duck & Goofy
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Rydia & Solid Snake

pikachuuuuuuA. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Nathan Drake & Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
H. Rydia & Solid Snake

Objection!
A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Cave Johnson & GLaDOS
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Charlie Sheen & Ashton Kutcher
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Rydia & Solid Snake

(SPOILER)A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)
A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Bella Swan & Edward Cullen
C. Woody & Buzz Lightyear
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Charlie Sheen & Ashton Kutcher
G. Nathan Drake & Victor 'Sully' Sullivan
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)
Round 1

A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Woody & Buzz Lightyear
D. Cave Johnson & GLaDOS
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson[/QUOTE]

(SPOILER)A. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Woody & Buzz Lightyear
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

misty and pikachu

bibbity
A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Batman & The Joker
D. Cave Johnson & GLaDOS
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
H. Rydia & Solid Snake


Did you really just put kirk and spock up against :barf: and :barf:ette?

Round 1 Results

A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson - 10
A. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie - 2
B. Captain Kirk & Spock - 11
B. Bella Swan & Edward Cullen - 1
C. Woody & Buzz Lightyear - 5
C. Batman & The Joker - 7
D. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger - 8
D. Cave Johnson & GLaDOS - 4
E. Han Solo & Princess Leia - 11
E. Donald Duck & Goofy - 1
F. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee - 8
F. Charlie Sheen & Ashton Kutcher - 4
G. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert - 10
G. Nathan Drake & Victor 'Sully' Sullivan - 2
H. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson - 8
H. Rydia & Solid Snake - 4

Sad to see a personal favorite of mine (Cave Johnson & GLaDOS) go, but I guess you would have had to play Portal 2 all the way through to really appreciate that one. Or maybe there's just a lot of Harry Potter fans here. On to Round 2!

Round 2

A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)
A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia

(SPOILER)
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia

How did you guys not vote Sheen & Kutcher :nonono: Though I guess the hobbits ain't so bad either. I GUESS.

(SPOILER)
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia

Don't you just love how the text just appears after you click it
A. Batman & The Joker (Because incest is gross i.e. Simpsons)
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee (Because they're clearly gay)
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson (The sequel is coming out soon I SO EXCITE)

I wanted Bella and Edward to win so nobody would want to win them :( Kutcher and Sheen was my next favourite :(

ALSO those aren't even the coolest Hobbits :( Merry and Pippin 4 lyfe :(

(SPOILER)
Round 2
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

Is it just me or did we do something weird with spoilers again?

(SPOILER)A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

h3rmione granger and HC all the way. Harry potter is dead.

bobbity
A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia


I refuse to vote for B. That's just not fair.

(SPOILER)A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia

(SPOILER)A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia

smurf you for making me choose between some of these sets of pairsA. Batman & The Joker
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson

(SPOILER)A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
C. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia

mlt be arrested for soliciting a minor to buy them beer.

go ahead and put my vote on hermione for the whole tourney

Gutted, missed the first round! That's what I get for playing Skyrim.

Round 2A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
B. Captain Kirk & Spock
C. Hairy Snotter & Hermoine Grainger (I don't know who the other ones are)
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia

With commentary
A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson
A. Batman & The Joker
I am not sure if we even have a rapscallion who needs stopping by a knight errant, but it is better than Dumb Brother and Smart Sister.

B. Captain Kirk & Spock
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
Frodo is a whiner with hallucinations and Sam is dear dependable punching-bag Sam, which is a way cooler dynamic than Stupid Brave and Smart Deadpan.

C. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert
Not too keen on Harry Potter for the Ciddies, but what is the alternative? Funny and Almost as Funny?

D. Han Solo & Princess Leia
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
Because they are the cutest gay bickering couple ever. I think all Han and Leia say to each other is "smurf you".

Round 2 Results

A. Bart Simpson & Lisa Simpson - 4
A. Batman & The Joker - 10
B. Captain Kirk & Spock - 5
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee - 8
C. Harry Potter & Hermoine Granger - 5
C. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert - 9
D. Han Solo & Princess Leia - 7 (tie broken by Miriel)
D. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson - 7

Semifinals

A. Batman & The Joker
A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

(SPOILER)A. Batman & The Joker
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

All my favourites have gone now. :( Still don't even know who the last pairing are.
(SPOILER)A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

EDIT: Why are Lynx's and my votes merged in the previous round? O_o

(SPOILER)
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

(SPOILER)
A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

one vote for the hobbits plz.

(SPOILER)
A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

(SPOILER)A. Batman & The Joker
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

(SPOILER)
A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

I am offended how outmoded the progressing pairings are. The next Sherlock movie is coming out soon, Snake and Rydia are General Gaming relevant, Sheen's and Kutcher's dramas are way more recent than last The Lord of the Rings movie, and (I hate to say it) Breaking Dawn came out and gives Bella and Edward reason to (sadly) exist. Whomever came up with the initial list, please remove the film of dust from your hipness; it is starting to look bad.

BAM
A. Batman & The Joker
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

Can't believe I just found this thread now :mad:

My turnA. Batman & The Joker
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

All my favourites have gone now. :( Still don't even know who the last pairing are.
(SPOILER)A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

EDIT: Why are Lynx's and my votes merged in the previous round? O_o

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I know Stewart and Colbert are two very American cultural icons, and outside of the US (and possibly Hungary) people would have no reason to care about these two, but it still makes me sad that you don't know them. They are amazing.

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Originally Posted by Miriel

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

All my favourites have gone now. :( Still don't even know who the last pairing are.
(SPOILER)A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee

EDIT: Why are Lynx's and my votes merged in the previous round? O_o

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I know Stewart and Colbert are two very American cultural icons, and outside of the US (and possibly Hungary) people would have no reason to care about these two, but it still makes me sad that you don't know them. They are amazing.

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Ive heard of colbert, but he isnt an icon, just a guy.

(SPOILER)A. Batman & The Joker
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

(SPOILER)
A. Han Solo & Princess Leia
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Loony BoB

EDIT: Why are Lynx's and my votes merged in the previous round? O_o

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A Cid's Knight merged your post with Lynx's for some odd reason (hint: he was 1/3 of Award Cerberus). It's too bad, too, because had your votes counted you would have decided the Han & Leia vs. Holmes & Watson match the other way. As a consolation, I will count your vote as double for this round.

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Originally Posted by Genius Lynx

I am offended how outmoded the progressing pairings are. The next Sherlock movie is coming out soon, Snake and Rydia are General Gaming relevant, Sheen's and Kutcher's dramas are way more recent than last The Lord of the Rings movie, and (I hate to say it) Breaking Dawn came out and gives Bella and Edward reason to (sadly) exist. Whomever came up with the initial list, please remove the film of dust from your hipness; it is starting to look bad.

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You try to come up with 16 relevant pairings that most people would know about and have personalities that differ to the extent that it would make sense as MLT awards. I think the Events Committee and I did pretty well with most of them. Don't blame me if the voting prefers more 'classic' pairings.

This round is hotly contested so I will leave it open for a couple more hours to try and get some spacing between the matches.

(SPOILER)A. Batman & The Joker
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

I just realized you haven't included the pony pairing in this tournament. :(

Sorry for the delay. I was waiting for the ties to be broken and then I got busy.

Semifinals Results

A. Batman & The Joker - 7
A. Han Solo & Princess Leia - 6
B. Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee - 7
B. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert - 7 (tie broken by Miriel)

I'm a bit disappointed that Batman & The Joker has made it so far, mainly because it's not a very clever pairing and we've already had a MLT be Batman award in the past (although I can't deny their awesome). They may win, as the lack of international support for Stewart & Colbert may do them in. Or maybe the cult following of Comedy Central's award-winning news duo will be enough.

The Finals!

A. Batman & The Joker
A. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert

I have added a poll to the thread. Please vote for the winner by voting in the poll.

While I do share your sentiment regarding Batman/Joker, I have no idea on who the others are and that has forced my hand. Sorry!

A. Batman & The Joker

Don't tell me you have never heard of these guys before.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...06-Posters.jpg

Why would someone vote for Jon and Stephen? We already have a Funniest Member category and both halves of the pair are funny. We need not three Funniest Member awards, people. Batman is trying to commit Joker to a loony bin and Joker is trying to blow everyone up. The level of difference between dynamics is pretty clear.

They look like Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright in that picture.

While Batman and Joker are classic, I feel that Stewart and Colbert will provide for more amusing winners. They are both funny, but they do have very different personalities. Plus they are more comtemporary.

good timing on my part.

as usual, I agree with Del Murder. :shifty:

Yay!

... hc VOTES for BATMAN

50/50
Oh the suspense is killing me

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Originally Posted by Del Murder

They are both funny, but they do have very different personalities.

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I think only North Americans are going to know the difference though.

Not that I'm all that concerned or anything, I'm just boosting my post exposure before ciddies (hi eestlinc)

I feel like I'm a tie breaker right now. And I don't know how to use this power. The instruction manual was missing. Whoooo to vote for!

Ive only heard of Colbert.










(SPOILER) hc for sexiest male

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Originally Posted by Freya

I feel like I'm a tie breaker right now. And I don't know how to use this power. The instruction manual was missing. Whoooo to vote for!

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And now to counter that vote. :monster:

Hate to say this, but we have to remember that BoB's vote counts twice according to Award Qu.

They're both pretty great smileys:
:colbert:
:penciltrick:

I don't know who to vote for. Or rather, I don't know who to vote against. On the one hand, I want to vote against Loony BoB, but on the other, I want to vote against EoFF's Americans.

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Originally Posted by Agent Proto

Hate to say this, but we have to remember that BoB's vote counts twice according to Award Qu.

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I forgot about that. It's still tied now though.

Time to call it, yeah? colbert/stewart a clear win

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Originally Posted by chionos

Time to call it, yeah? colbert/stewart a clear win

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There are 11 votes for Batman/Joker.

I love Stewart/Colbert, but I don't understand how their awards could be at all entertaining. What is the dynamic that is supposed to make the awards funny? It doesn't make any sense to me.

Batman/Joker doesn't exactly thrill me, either, but, as Lynx pointed out, there is at least a dynamic between the two that allows us to make fun of nominees.

I think it would be a more appropriate award if it was viera vs seeq.

I think you're the only one with that viera fetish.

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Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGod

I think you're the only one with that viera fetish.

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nope.

Yuck.

Well we have a winner! It was super close too.

Batman & The Joker - 10
Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert - 11

(FYI, Loony BoB's vote ounly counted twice for the previous round)

Look for MLT Be Jon Stewart and MLT Be Stephen Colbert in the December 2011 Ciddies! Start thinking about your nominations. Nominations should start sometime this week!

:colbert:

You've just forced me to read their wiki pages