TSM Poster Tournament 2008: The Round of 64

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

VX ran it last year, and said it's best to keep things moving right along after the nominations are finished, so here we go. We're gonna do the first round of the TSM 2008 Poster of the Year tournament. 64 people are in, and we shall get it down to 1 champion eventually, but for now we're just picking our favorite 32.

 

Now last year, we had the specific regions like Sports, Elite Jerks, NHB Vets, and Miscellaneous, but because not everyone seemed to like that, I've come up with four totally random, equal, and semantically nonsensical regions, which are Indiana Basin Silt, Help I'm a Rock, Culture Beat, and Powderfinger. They imply nothing, they're just names.

 

To review the voting guidelines from the first thread, no gimmicks, no inactives, and no abstaining from more than one match. Explain votes when you can. Ridiculously simple. Without further ado, here are the brackets for the tournament, featuring the matchups for the first round.

 

[Maztinho 0]

KOAB got his 5 seed in Help, I'm a Rock. Nice... I'm disappointed that Ripper is in the same Bracket as Juggernaut Milky since he was my darkhorse winner, but now I don't know... I'm calling for the upset of Cowboy# over Bob, and BL should dominate Powderfinger.

[Kinetic 0]

Who is DoCock?

[Dandy 0]

I would like to point out to all of my fans that EHME's Torn Condom = El Dandy.

[Kinetic 0]

INDIANA BASIN SILT REGION

 

Milky

Man in Blak

Ripper

Agent

Venkman

Canadian Guitarist

Cena's Writer

KKK

 

HELP, I'M A ROCK REGION

 

Kamala

Canadian Chris

Sideburnious

KOAB

Slayer

Socksquatch

Cyber Mark

Treble

 

CULTURE BEAT REGION

 

Czech

Alfdogg

Kinetic

Pbone

Vitamin X

Gary Floyd

El Dandy

Cowboy#s

 

POWDERFINGER REGION

 

Black Lushus

Kreese

Spaceman Spiff

Edwin

Pimp Daddy Al

Cheech

DoCock

Marvin

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

INDIANA BASIN SILT

 

1. Milky. Kinda easy.

 

8. Man in Blak. Luke-o likes TNA, and can't spell. No votes for him.

 

4. Ripper. I like arguing with the guy, so that should get him past the first round. His avatar is great too.

 

12. Bigolshitty. He's one of very few liberals who can get off their points without attacking everyone else, and plus, I like the guy.

 

2. Venkman. He's a great poster, not only that, but I don't want to vote for any Boston sports fans.

 

7. Canadian Guitarist. Hey, he mentioned me during his nomination process, although he didn't actually nominate me. And he likes the Habs. Who doesn't like the Habs?

 

14. Cena's Writer. I may have coined the term Matt Youngin' it, but that doesn't mean I'm going to vote for the guy, yet, anyway. Cena's Writer is a good poster, and one of few tolerable Yankee fans.

 

11. CWM. Poor guy, with that low seed. But still, I like voting for people I've argued with in the past, although our differences certainly aren't the same now. I like KKK a lot, so this was a difficult choice.

 

 

HELP, I'M A ROCK

 

1. King Kamala Classic. I nominated Carlito Brigante as a joke. He's an extremely shitty poster, and one of the worst 5 on the site. I'd vote for almost anyone instead of him.

 

9. I have to go with CanadianChris. NYU was unable to reconnect with his base. Plus, he started a vote for me thread. Automatic loss.

 

4. King. Why the fuck wouldn't I vote for myself? Side is good, though, and I'd probably vote for him over a good-sized portion of the field.

 

5. MrRant. I don't want a difficult second round.

 

2. Slayer, more like gayer. Duh.

 

10. Who the fuck is Socksquatch.

 

14. Mole. That British guy is an awful poster. Mole got a lucky draw, here.

 

6. Treble. BECAUSE HE DOESN'T TALK.

 

 

CULTURE BEAT

 

1. Czech. Another easy vote.

 

8. Nobody votes for Alf, but I will anyway. I predict a loss for the kid from Indiana.

 

4. Kinetic. No Boston fans. His avatar is better, anyway. Seeing as he didn't vote for me, I don't know why I'm voting for him. But that's neither here nor there. You know what, fuck that.

 

13. KingPK.

 

12. Snuffbox is better than pbone, and he likes boxing. It's a relatively easy vote.

 

2. VX wins. Even though he's not a Laker fan anymore, and I don't like the Packers. He's still more articulate than almost anyone on this site.

 

7. Gary Floyd. I like his blog.

 

14. I kinda have to go with Porter here. This was the hardest vote, thus far. He goes to bat for me when I need support in a debate, and he's a USC fan. I vote for USC fans.

 

6. bob barron. It's really hard to vote for someone that likes the Cowboys. But then you say you like the Colts too? Aw, fuck that.

 

 

POWDERFINGER

 

1. BL. The easiest vote in the entire tournament.

 

8. Kreese founded TSMPedia. Bored does a great college football contest. Kreese wins, by a slight margin. Not only that, but his avatar makes me laugh on those days when I stay up until 3 in the morning.

 

13. Spiff wins by default. Inc had a picture of two dudes FUCKING in an avatar, a while back. At the risk of sounding homophobic, well, that's kinda weird. And I can't vote for him as a result.

 

5. Edwin. He's not voting for Obama because Obama likes the Wire.

 

2. Al mods the sports folder well, and comments on my blog. If you comment on my blog, you'll be supported well into this tournament.

 

7. Cheech is another good "sports" poster. Seeing as I hardly read the video game folder, needless to say, I can't say much about Andrew.

 

3. Smues. Again, he comments on my blog. And I like him, which is more than I can say for DoCock. DoCock doesn't post enough for me to judge whether or not I like him.

 

6. Why would I vote for Marvin? Just delete that douchebag's posts when he comes in here and whines.

 

FWIW, there's nothing personal against anyone I didn't vote for unless I made it sound like it.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

IBS Region

 

Milky (I'm not even sure who RedJed is)

MiB (One of the sneaky great posters. I always forget about him but then he'll blow me away with some aweseome post)

Ripper (Ginger sucks, I think)

Bigolsmitty (The classic #12 over #5. I am still disappointed in smitty being neither big nor ol' though)

Venkman (My breakout poster of the year for 2007)

Nightwing (An emerging talent)

CW (Homer for the Yanks and Knicks, but I still find him endearing. No easy task)

KKK (Fry Mumia)

 

Help... Region

 

KKC (This is like when Duke plays Buttfuck U in the 1/16 matchup and wins by 60)

CanadianChris (A personal favorite)

King (LA > NY)

Mr. Rant (A vote for a fellow NWer.)

Slayer (Could JN News be the Sean Taylor of TSM?)

Socksquatch (A tour de force the likes of which we haven't seen before)

Cyber Mark (Champion of the teenager division)

Treble (Jingus likes wrestling too much)

 

Beat Region

 

Czech (Possibly the geatest poster of all time)

AlfDogg (Love that Pacers pride)

Kinetic (Took me by storm with his transcendent posts in '07)

SnuffBox (Pbone started strong with durgz and never regained his form)

VX (Good poster and lives in Portland. A stellar combo)

Gary Floyd (Good poster, bad taste in pictures)

El Dandy (Mostly for adopting the Torn Condom alias)

Cowboy#s (I like Bob but he's been under the radar this year)

 

Finger Region

 

BL (Taiga never stood a chance. Better luck next year)

Bored (Underrated sports contributor)

Inc (In a close call)

Edwin (Not a big bulb fan)

Pimp Daddy Al (With a VORP of 35.2)

Cheech (Mostly because my contributions are in sports and ATS in video games)

Smues (Our greatest Alaskan poster)

Marvin (I don't know why...)

[Gary Floyd 0]

Indiana Basin Salt Region

 

Milky

Man In Blak

Ripper

Agent (Gotta support a fellow J.G. Thirlwell fan)

Venkman (I like him)

Nightwing (New guy, but I kinda like him. One of the more reasonable, less annoying voices in CE)

Matt Young (At least he doesn't cream himself over Hugo Chavez)

kkktookmybabyaway

 

Help, I'm a Rock Region

 

King Kamala Classic (Good guy. Plus, there is no way I'm voting for Carlito Brigante)

NYU

King

KOAB (Because I miss his "We don't walk, we step!" avatar)

Slayer

Carnival

Cyber Mark

Treble (no way I'm voting for Jingus)

 

Culture Beat Region

 

Czech

alfdogg

Kinetic

snuffbox

Vitamin X

gary floyd (since I'm in, what the hell)

El Dandy

Bob Barron

 

Powderfinger Region

 

Lushus (Good guy. TaigaStar annoys me.)

S.J. Kreese

Inc (He may hate me, but oh well)

Edwin (Fellow Shield fan. His threads are the best)

Alkeiper

Cheech

Smues

Scroby

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Milky - Who the hell is RedJed?

Luke-o

Ripper

Smitty - Once called me a drunken hippie, probably not as an insult. I certainly didn't take it as one.

Venkman - He's from Canada. Represent.

CanadianGutarist - Sorry, Nightwing. Also, you're welcome Czech; I don't usually refer to myself as CG, but thought this would be easier if you're using a spreadsheet still.

Matt Young - I like Matt.

KKK (in a very close one)

 

KingKamala - I don't dislike Carlito, but I'm a big fan of KKC.

CanadianChris - Sorry, Nyu.

King - Good hockey poster.

Rant - By a nose. See my lamentation last night about KOAB being the more prominent drunken poster. His Charles Barkley sig kept it very very very close.

Slayer

Carnival

Mole - Squeaks by.

Treble - Good sport about the Leafs' struggles, especially when we go head-to-head. Also enlightened me to the comedy that is the Holiday Inn guy.

 

Timmy - I'll likely vote for Czech throughout, but he left me high and dry as the only Habs fan entrant, probably out of spite due to their victory over the Hawks Tuesday. Timmy gets the opening round nod.

Alf

Kinetic

Vitamin X - My boy.

YNA sneaks by Gary Floyd

El Dandy

Bob Barron - because he's a Canuck.

 

BL

Sensei

Incandenza

Edwin

Chave - For now, just because it'll take some getting used to Pimp Daddy Al.

Andrew

Smues

Marvin - I can't think of anything Scroty's done, and Marvin's been considerable help in the HD thread.

[King Kamala 0]

Indiana Basin Silt

1. Milky. RedJed seems like a decent enough chap but Milky is a legend. This is a Vader circa '93 level squash here.

9. luke-0. Close one for me. I picked luke-o because we're somewhat chummy in the Poster Above You thread and I like the guy. I don't know why but I just do. Probably he's British. Rarely have I met or seen a British person that I don't like.

4. Ripper. Always entertaining- especially when making ludicrous arguments for the sake of making ludicrous arguments. I'm not sure if I know who Ginger Snaps is. Is she a chick?

5. Agent. Again bigolsmitty is a pretty good poster but Agent is a legend around here.

2. Dr. Venkman. My 3rd favorite poster here behind Milky and Kinetic. Just an all around swell guy and Cartman kind of sucks. Easy one here.

10. Nightwing. Another really close one for me. CandianGuitarist is good but Nightwing is one of the best under the radar posters here.

3. Matt Young. Another poster that I can't explain why I like them. I just do. I can see why people hate the guy but I don't.

6. kkk. I liked CWM back in the day but this is a case of "What have you done for me lately?" He hasn't done much memorable in a while. kkk is an affable old curmudgeon.

 

Help Me, I'm A Rock

1. King Kamala Classic. Well who am I going to vote for one of the few posters I really dislike here or myself? Hmmmmmm....I'm picking me!

9. CanadianChris. I'm not entirely familiar with the works of either posters but Chris gets the nod for not starting a campaign thread for himself.

4. King. King's a cool dude. That's all I really have to say about him.

5. KOAB. Don't really have an explanation here. KOAB is cool with me.

2. Slayer. I half jokingly wanted to pick JN News and maybe I would if he weren't against a great affable chap like Slayer.

7. Socksquatch. FART

3. Cyber Mark. I love British posters. What a nice group of kids they are.

6. Treble. Jingus is alright but some of his posts annoy the fuck out of me.

 

Culture Beat

1. Czech. Timmy is a poster to watch but Czech is a legend

8. Alfdogg. Don't know much about Devo so I'm putting my vote for Alfdogg.

4. Kinetic. 2nd favorite poster here behind Milky. I really like the guy. KingPk is a cool dude though but it's no real contest

5.pbone. The TSM rookie of the year

2. Vitamin X. Cool dude, though a bit preachy at times. Don't know much at all about TheFranchise

7. Gary Floyd. Always says hi to me during the rare occasions I go into RAW or PPV chats. Cool dude.

3. El Dandy. Porter still posts here?

6. Bob Barron. I really like the guy and his SNL reports so sue me.

 

Powderfinger region

1. Black Lushus by a country mile.

8. Sensei John Kreese

4. Incadenza. I thought he was a condescending, albeit often entertaining jerk until I found out about our mutal love for Todd Rundgren.

5. Edwin MacPhisto. A close one. Edwin wins on experience.

2. Alkeiper

7. Cheech

3. Smues. Who's DoCock?

6. Scroby. I don't hate Marvin like most but he can get grating at times. Scroby just seems like a swell guy.

 

 

 

[Twisted Intestine 0]

Milky

Luke-O

Ginger Snaps

Agent

Dr. Venkman

Cndn Gtrst

Matt Young

KKK

K Kamala

NYU

Sideburnious

Mr. Rant

JN News

Carnival

Mole

Jingus

Czech

Alfdogg

Kinetic

Pbone

Vitamin X

Gary Floyd

El Dandy

Bob Barron

Black Lushus

SJ Kreese

Incandenza

Bryan, Bulb

Chave

Andrewts

Smues

Marvin

[Ginger Snaps 0]

4. Ripper. Always entertaining- especially when making ludicrous arguments for the sake of making ludicrous arguments. I'm not sure if I know who Ginger Snaps is. Is she a chick? [/size][/size]

 

Yes.

 

I didn't realize I was part of this tournament. Or facing a negro gentleman.

[Guest My Pal, the Tortoise]

canadian guitarist Did you intentionally abstain from pbone/snuffy or did you just miss it? I GOTTA KNOW THIS SHIT

4. Ripper. Always entertaining- especially when making ludicrous arguments for the sake of making ludicrous arguments. I'm not sure if I know who Ginger Snaps is. Is she a chick? [/size][/size]

 

Yes.

 

I didn't realize I was part of this tournament. Or facing a negro gentleman.

I think Kinetic listed you, and then I decided that you were not as awful as Enigma.

[Smartly Pretty 0]

INDIANA BASIN SILT

Milky. Milky is pretty much the raddest guy in this whole place. also, red jed, wtf

Man in Blak, cause, uh, idunno, why the fuck not

Ginger Snaps, cause the Jamie Lynn Spears thread lost Ripper major points. I smell an early upset!

Agent, cause, uh, I don't know. Because he's the higher seed?

Venkman, for having the best username/avatar/signature combo on the site

Nightwing, even though I love reading the abbreviation "cndn gtrst" dwn wth vwls

I'm Matt Youngin' it

KKK, cause he's cool and stuff

 

HELP, I'M A ROCK (IS THIS A SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE REFERENCE?)

Kamala has excellent taste in music

NYU, because I'm not voting for any of the GaryBettmanAvatarMakesMeIndistinguishable group

King is a Jaguars fan, which I think is funny because he also roots for LA teams. It's like he's getting a head start.

Rant. Rant got robbed seeding wise.

Slayer cause i don't know who JN News is

Socksquatch, but only because the series of posts about him in the Rychenia Sobaka thread is amazing.

Cyber Mark, because he's the only person even reasonably close to me in age.

Jingus is cool

 

CULTURE BEAT

Czech's name is a place. That's like being named Wyoming, or Jerusalem. Vote for that.

Devo, mets fans unite

Kinetic, even though I frequently confuse him with Matt Young

Pbone! Rookie of the Year!

VX because The Franchise has a generic username

Gary Floyd, because, uh,

El Dandy, cause he used to mark out 4 chris daniels but he became too well known

Cowboy#s, cause he's totally stuck with this nickname now.

 

POWDERFINGER

Is TaigaStar really in this and not me? I either have to become more well liked, or less well liked if I want to get in this thing next year. You know what? fuck it, I'm voting for TaigaStar, but I'm pronouncing it the way it's supposed to be.

Bored. We got to know him a while back.

Toughest matchup of the first round. I'll take Inc I guess

MacPhisto is amazing

Alkeiper owns the sports folder

Cheech, because I'm not totally sure who AndrewTS is

Smues. Also, DoCock isn't really that funny of a nickname.

Marvin. He should win.

 

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

This is better than the first day of the NCAA tournament.

 

Okay, not really, but it's good.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

IBS

 

Milky

MiB

Ripper

Agent

Dr. Venkman

Nightwing

Cena's Writer

KKK

 

Help, I'm a Rock

 

Carlito Brigante

NYU

King

KOAB

Slayer

Socksquatch

Mole

Treble

 

Culture Beat

 

Czech

alfdog

Kinetic

snuffbox

YNA

El Dandy

Cowboy#

 

Powderfinger

 

Black Lushus

SJK

Incandenza

Edwin (this was some cold-hearted seeding. )

alkeiper

Cheech

DoCock

Scroty

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

canadian guitarist Did you intentionally abstain from pbone/snuffy or did you just miss it? I GOTTA KNOW THIS SHIT

 

One word; A noted lack of punctuation and proper capitalization, Czech? Yeesh.

 

Pbone.

[Brett Favre 0]

IBS Reigion

 

Milky - Really entertaining.

Man in Black - His posts are really long sometimes but he always backs up his arguments well.

Ripper - Probably the best guy to talk basketball with, and I usually agree with him.

Agent - Tough one.

Dr. Venkman - Cartman seems like a good guy but he's too TSMassachusetts for me.

Nightwing - Just started posting recently I think and seems like a good poster.

Cena's Writer - That's me.

KKK - Runs a good pick'em contest, and has given me some advice on journalism. Cool guy.

 

HIAR Region

 

Carlito - He's alright.

NYU - Tough one so I went with the New Yorker.

King - Good poster.

Mr. Rant - Tough decision, but I went with Rant cause he answered some stuff about XBox for me. Appreciated.

Slayer - Funny guy.

Carnival

Mole - Cause he likes Harry Potter

Treble

 

CB Region

 

Czech - Funny guy.

Alfdogg - Tough one.

Kinetic - Should keep pursing perfection. Don't know if he quit.

Snuffbox - He's alright.

Vitamin X - Good poster.

Youth N Asia

Porter - My homey.

Bob Barron

 

PF Region

 

Black Lushus - Cool guy, Knick fan.

Kreese - Tough one, but his avatar is the best.

Incandenza

E. MacPhisto - Likes Wu-Tang.

Al - Great poster.

Cheech - Brings good arguments all the time. Still not sure who he roots for in the NBA and NFL.

Smues - Good poster.

Marvin

[nl5xsk1 0]

To review the voting guidelines from the first thread, no gimmicks, no inactives, and no abstaining from more than one match. Explain votes when you can. Ridiculously simple. Without further ado, here are the brackets for the tournament, featuring the matchups for the first round.

Define "inactive". I've been here every week, participating in the kkk bowl; am I active enough to vote?

[alfdogg 0]

Czech (Possibly the geatest poster of all time)

haha

[King Kamala 0]

If Carlito beats me, you guys will never ever hear the end of it from me! Fortunately, the chance of this happening is a longshot.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

Czech (Possibly the geatest poster of all time)

haha

 

What's more elitist? Making a joke that 99% of people won't get, or using said joke to make another joke that only 3 or 4 people will get?

[Dandy 0]

Leena's viewing the thread. "My Pal, Neifi Perez."

[CanadianChris 0]

Ouch, I get the 8-9 matchup. I might still have a winnable contest in the second round if I get that far, who knows.

 

For anyone having trouble voting in my matchup, remember that I run the TSM Death Pool, and NYU started a vote for me thread. That's all.

 

Indiana Basin Silt Region

 

Milky - Duh.

Man in Blak - He usually has pretty intelligent posts.

Ripper - I don't agree with him a lot of the time, but he knows his stuff.

bigolsmitty - Because I wanted to vote for a massive underdog somewhere.

Dr. Venkman - Because he earned my respect by beating me last year.

CG - This was tough, because Nightwing's one of the 2 or 3 best new posters, but I have to go with fellow Canucks.

Cena's Writer - Even though he didn't vote for me.

kkk - For running the kkk Bowl, even though I sucked ass this year.

 

Help, I'm a Rock Region

 

King Kamala Classic - The exception to the fellow Canucks rule.

CanadianChris - Vote for me, I did.

King - Good hockey poster, and a fellow Laker fan.

KOAB - Why not.

Slayer - He's good people.

Carnival - Because I hate following the herd.

Cyber Mark Madden

treble - I like him as a Jays fan more than I hate him as a Leafs fan.

 

Culture Beat Region

 

Czech - Is Timmy the one with the Borat avatar?

Alfdogg

KingPK - Because of his signature.

snuffbox - I don't know much about either of them, so I went with the upset.

Vitamin X - Good football poster.

Youth N Asia

El Dandy

Bob Barron - Where'd he go, anyway?

 

Powderfinger Region

 

Black Lushus - Obvious. My pick to win it all, or flame out spectacularly in the second round.

Bored - For giving me a crack at his money every year.

Spaceman Spiff - For being my personal punching bag in the BoredCS for so many years.

Edwin - One of my favourite posters.

alkeiper - PIMP DADDY~!

Cheech - Never disappoints.

Smues - I like Alaskans.

Scroby - I like him better than Marvin, who's actually not a bad poster when he's not posting about the Ravens.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

I would like to write in a vote for My Pal, Neifi Perez.

[Dandy 0]

I took the time to rewrite each name and region, bold all of my picks, and make witty remarks about every single poster. Sadly, the space I was typing in here disappeared for some unknown reason, and there was nothing I could do. I'll repost shortly.

 

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

I'm quitting the board with disgust at being ranked 15.

 

Fuck y'all.

[alfdogg 0]

My votes.

 

Milky

MiB

Ripper

Agent

Venkman

C. Guitarist

Cena's Writer

CWM

 

KKC

NYU (lol)

King

KOAB (even though he's been talkin shit this week. Rivers gonna get it in the ass, son)

Slayer (JN News was robbed)

Carnival

Mole

treble

 

Czech

Me

PK

snuffbox (surprisingly low seed)

VX

gary floyd

Dandy

barron

 

Lushus (Knicks suck, lol)

Kreese

Spiff

Edwin

Keiper

Cheech

Smues

Marvin

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

IBSR:

Milky

MiB

Ginger Snaps - Ripper's great & all, but GS is an up-and-comer.

Agent - tough call, I like both guys. Agent & I traded music a while back, so he gets the win.

Venkman - Tuxedo Mask! Plus, the other guy is a Pats fan.

CanGuitar

Cena's Writer

KKK - another tough call, but I'm doing well in KKK's football pick-em, so I'll throw him some love.

 

H,IARR:

KKC

NYU - tough call, but NYU always voted for me in past tournaments. This really could've gone either way.

King - voted for me above.

Rant

Slayer

Carnival

Mole

Treble

 

CBR:

Czech - always entertaining.

Alf - I couldn't pick Devo out of an e-lineup.

Kinetic - KingPK is another Pats fan, right? Plus, Kinetic is awesome.

Snuffbox - pbone tries too hard.

VX

Gary Floyd

El Dandy - he's come on strong as of late.

Bob Barron - dilznoofus.

 

PR:

Lushus - this should really be a shutout.

Kreese - tough call. I sucked in Bored's college football pick-em, so I'll take out my anger here.

Spiff - hey, that's me! I'd vote for Inc if he wasn't facing me.

Edwin - Bulb is cool, too. Edwin has seniority, though.

Alkeiper - fellow Phillies fan.

Cheech - but both guys are a bit too nerdy about their posting passions (video games / baseball)

Smues

Scroby - haha, "scroty". Marvin hasn't had a good year.

[devo 0]

Wow, I actually made it on to one of these things. 'Course, I've already lost, but still!