Fall '08 Screen Name Competition [We have ourselves a WINNER!]

[Ouch!]

Okay, so I’m about two months off the mark with this “every six months” thing, but whatever. There’s been a load of events on EoFF as of late, and now that the election is done, it’s time to slip this one in before Ciddies season starts. With the timely comments out of the way, we can now move to my good friend copy/paste (minor edits included; I'm not that lazy).

For those of you unfamiliar with the competition, 128 screen names vie for the grand title of greatest screen name ever—or at least the best on EoFF. Competitors are divided into eight brackets of sixteen screen names, in which they’re divided into eight different match-ups. You (ideally) select one name from each match-up. The screen name with the majority of votes wins the match-up and moves ahead to the next round. I actually tried to SeeD... er... seed (that's for you, PG) competitors based on prior performance, so hopefully that'll make things pretty interest this time around! For a more detailed history, check the wiki. It’s slightly out of date. Maybe someone will take this as a cue to update it. You never know.

There will be seven rounds in this tournament, and so as to not prolong this too much, I’m gonna go ahead and make each round last about two days (so the tournament as a whole lasts two weeks). Ties will be broken by a randomly selected member (specifically someone who is online while I'm counting the votes and preferably on my AIM or MSN buddy list) who has not already voted. With all that aside, let’s throw down the rules.

The Rules
1. Don’t post your votes.
2. PM your votes to Ouch!.
3. Vote for one name in each match-up in each bracket (you should have eight names left in each bracket).
4. If you do not wish to vote for a specific match-up, just omit it from your votes.
5. Please vote for a majority of the match-ups.
6. Title PMs accordingly for easy recognition.
7. If you wish to change your votes, title the PM “Vote Changes” and list only the votes you wish to change.

A handful of people had trouble with the bracket-style voting last time around, so I made this nifty tutorial which cleared things up!

If the sample bracket looks like this:

Bracket 01
1. Frank
1. John
2. Melinda
2. Bill
3. Beth
3. Lauren
4. Jessica
4. Alex

Then your vote would look like this:

Bracket 01
1. Frank
2. Bill
3. Lauren
4. Jessica

This means that you should have eight people in each bracket, not one. Each match-up is listed with the same number to the left of their names. Pick one of the two in each bracket, not just one person per bracket. Hop to it, people!

All right, ladies and gentleman. Let’s get this ball rollin’.

To start off, let’s take a look at the previous winners of this competition. Hint, this is the most up-to-date list which is far more accurate than the one on the wiki.

The UnOfficial Screen Name Hall of Fame
Big Ogre Umaro
Rydia of Mist
Chickencha
Kawaii Ryûkishi
Mikztsu
Aexoden
Crunchy Beverage
Melted Snowman
mystic ice cube
o_O
Mo-Nercy
edczxcvbnm
Meat Puppet
boris no no
I'm my own MILF
Supergyration!
Death by Moogles

And now, as they say, on with the show!

Title Bracket
1. Flying Mullet
1. Renmiri
2. scrumpleberry
2. DK
3. Chemical
3. Miriel
4. bipper
4. Ko Ko
5. rubah
5. Linus
6. Xalioniaf
6. PuPu
7. Rantzien
7. Cim
8. Goldenboko
8. smittenkitten

Message Bracket
1. Behold the Void
1. Tavrobel
2. Del Murder
2. Crossblades
3. Demon Dude
3. The Unknown Guru
4. Kes
4. Jiro
5. Rengori
5. SammieBabe
6. Yaridovich
6. Vikeve
7. Avarice-ness
7. TyphoonThaReapa
8. Jojee
8. Levian

Post Icons Bracket
1. Disco Potato
1. Breine
2. Hambone
2. Aerith’s Knight
3. Mirage
3. Bolivar
4. Fuzakeru
4. Montoya
5. The Shoeless Hobo
5. Spatvark
6. Larahl
6. Cz
7. Captain Maxx Power
7. Bert
8. Misfit
8. Omecle

Miscellaneous Options Bracket
1. 41-Inches-Wide
1. Wolf Kanno
2. Whiffles
2. Tsukasa
3. Zeldy
3. Heath
4. Laddy
4. Rocket Edge
5. Bunny
5. Blue Harvest
6. Ryth
6. fire_of_avalon
7. Loony BoB
7. Dr. Acula
8. Denmark
8. Skyblade

Attach Files Bracket
1. Cookie
1. Rye
2. I Don’t Need a Name
2. BG-57
3. Big D
3. Dolentrean
4. ShlupQuack
4. zorander
5. Christmas
5. Fate Fatale
6. Ki Ki
6. Araciel
7. Vyk
7. Kentarou
8. Azar
8. Clawsze

Thread Subscription Bracket
1. Necronopticous
1. Mercen-X
2. Quin
2. Reload Psi
3. Jessweeee♪
3. Akaria
4. The Last Oath
4. Dignified Pauper
5. God
5. Ouch!
6. Depression Moon
6. Chaos Is the Key
7. Marshall banana
7. Moon Rabbits
8. Iceglow
8. Nominus Experse

Post a Poll Bracket
1. Noctiluca
1. Jess
2. Sergeant Hartman
2. Hsu
3. Psychotic
3. Shiny
4. Xaven
4. Earthworm Jim
5. Dreddz
5. Burtsplurt
6. Resha
6. Raebus
7. NeoCracker
7. Polaris
8. nik0tine
8. Hazzard

Trackback Bracket
1. Old Manus
1. leader of mortals
2. Yamaneko
2. Evastio
3. Roogle
3. Lekana
4. Übel
4. qwertyxsora
5. Rainecloud
5. Rase
6. Clouded Sky
6. Momiji
7. Pureghetto
7. Agrias
8. Baloki
8. theundeadhero

Voting will close Friday at 12:00 AM EST. Margin of error is +/- 3 hours. I say +/- because I’m not really sure which one means I’ll be as much as three hours late. That one is more likely. at noon Saturday, EST due to extended downtime last night.

[Bunny]

Where the hell is my name? >:|

[rubah]

it's right there *points*

[Ouch!]

For those wondering about how names are selected. They are from a list of members active since the last competition (so the last eight months in this case) with more than 50 posts.

[Ouch!]

I have posted more than 50 times is the past eight months?

Oh god where is my life going I must escape

50 times in your entire time at EoFF. At least one post in the past eight months.

[Bunny]

Okay, there we go.

You may proceed.

[Mittopotahis]

=O I'm not there? Obviously I need to be a bit more active.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK TO COME UP WITH MY NAME? OUTRAGE!!etc.

PS. It was like half a minute fyi.
PPS. I don't actually care.
PPPS. I voted.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Damn my apathetic inactivity.

[Momiji]

I have posted more than 50 times is the past eight months?

Oh god where is my life going I must escape

50 times in your entire time at EoFF. At least one post in the past eight months.

Well, I guess the fact that I usually make 50 posts every three days or so doesn't help this, then.

Then again, I don't expect to go anywhere with this; my screen name isn't exactly the most imaginative name, after all.

[Rantz]

LunarWeaver is called Noctiluca these days.

Anyway, totally rooting for Lauren and Melinda.

[Denmark]

The winner will be from this list, Denmark's guarantee:

Disco Potato
The Shoeless Hobo
I Don't Need A Name
Moon Rabbits

I'll vote sometime when it's not 1:38 AM. Meaning after I've had some sleep, you know.

[Værn]

Where the hell is my name? >

[Ouch!]

LunarWeaver is called Noctiluca these days.

Anyway, totally rooting for Lauren and Melinda.

Bah, I thought I'd caught all those changes. >_< Hmm. Well, this will have to be changed. I'll notify those who have already submitted votes.

[Clouded Sky]

Momiji? Up against Momiji? It's like cutest male all over again. Though I can't say my name is overly exciting - at least you've got a tree and a rabbit hidden in there somewhere.

[Aerith's Knight]

Im in the toughest group