2016 APCT Fifth Round Discussion Thread: So it's come to this.

[Ubiq]

Another year, another Tournament enters its final stages.

I used a modified Doolittle system to determine the draw. I have an atlas (several really) but don't want to tear it or mark it up so I'm going to spin a globe, close my eyes, and put my finger on the globe when I hear it stop. The character whose name is closest to the location my finger is resting on when it stops moving is the pick. A place that is named C or D would be Carrot. A or B would be Bellemere. M, N, or O could be either Nekomamushi or Nami so I'll take the first two letters in that case. Per Doolittle rules, no visiting the same country twice and I went again if we landed in the ocean.

!

Spin, world, spin.

! First stop, Magdagachi, Russia. Next stop, Birjand, Iran.
! >! First match, Nami vs. Bellemere.
! Next spins, Teresina, Brazil. Jidda, Saudi Arabia.
! >! Second match, Sanji vs. Jinbe
! This was pretty rough on this poor globe by the way; it's older than most of the people on the forum. Probably by a good decade or more.
! Entirely too many ocean landings later, we finally hit Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Lagos, Nigeria.
! >! Third match, Carrot vs. Koala
! Last matchup was by default, but just for the sake of completing things, I went and finished things out: Cordova, Alaska and Maracaibo, Venezuela.
! >! Nekomamushi vs Ryuunosuke

[KageKageKing]

Those are a clean hell of a match, I tell you what.

[Yobiyopi]

The globe knew what was better for the world

[hosemisnuba]

Bellemere vs Nami

! FB character versus my least favorite strawhat (with the exception of Chopper, maybe….). Seeing how Bellemere has done nothing to make me dislike her makes this vote easier.

Sanji vs Jinbe

! This is stupid. I don't like either character that much, but a final between two would've been dandy (seeing how this arc has both front and center).
Carrot vs. Koala

! Out of these two cuties, Carrots more fun and less tertiary. Such is the curse of a secondary FB character.

Nekomamushi vs Ryuunosuke

! Gags and Meme >>>>>>> Awesome Character. AP needs to embrace the memes and have Ryuu climb to top.

[Long John Silvers Rayleigh]

Sanji vs Jinbe should have been the final

[Kubihige]

This is probably the best match that Carrot could have hoped for. crosses fingers and the only match I wouldn't vote Koala for :C

Bellemere and Jinbe are definite votes. Not sure about Ryuu vs. Neko.

[Big Emperor]

Nami vs. Bellemere
-Nami's been pretty awesome lately and Bellemere was never a favorite of mine.

Sanji vs. Jinbe
-No idea, really.

Carrot vs. Koala
-Nooooo, my two remaining favorites against each other. Still, Carrot's a better character overall and more likely to win it all than the marsupial.

Nekomamushi vs. Ryuunosuke -At this point only Carrot or Koala will stop me from helping Ryuunosuke climb to the top.

[andre]

Nami
Sanji
Nekomamushi.

Those are my three votes.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

The only ones I'm sure I'd vote for are Carrot and Nekomushi. Campaigns will havwe to sway me otherwise.

[MetaMario]

Nami vs. Bellemere.

Sorry Bellemere, I really like you, but Nami has to win.

Sanji vs. Jinbe

Carrot vs. Koala

Carrot has the present day advantage, plus I like her a little more.

Nekomamushi vs Ryuunosuke

Enough with the drawing meme.:ninja:

[Long John Silvers Rayleigh]

Im thinking whoever wins the jinbe sanji fight wins the whole thing

[MetaMario]

@Long:

Im thinking you ever wins the jinbe sanji fight wins the whole thing

I can roll with this. I also think that if Sanji/Jinbei doesn't win now….will they ever? Same applies for Nami.

Personally I think Sanji might take the whole tournament, but who knows~

[C_uggs]

Some great matches ahead.
[hide]Nami vs. Bellemere
When a loved one passes away, you have to keep their flame lit, voting for Nami.
Sanji vs. Jinbe
Really loving Jinbe's campaings, but "best couple of OP" has to win this tournament.

Carrot vs. Koala Koala had a great FB story, the only redeeming factor in the Fisher Tiger story.

Nekomamushi vs Ryuunosuke Dragon fly free, make people see, just make it your own way, leave the cat behind, follow the sign, together, we'll fly someday[/hide]

[Noqanky]

Koala forever. I never thought she'd actually make it this far, much less after taking on the likes of Bon-chan and Franky. And given Carrot hype has only led to her getting captured already, there's no reason for me to stop supporting Koala. I mean, koala has already had background and character given to her, Carrot is still just potential only. I'll be more eager to take Carrot to champion if she proves herself in coming years.

Hoping also the dragon meme is finally put to rest. The rest of the matches though will be rather difficult. Whoever wins between Sanji and Jinbe is my vote for champion.

[KaizokuJinbei]

Jinbei is always getting these tough match ups :|

[Kylor]

Nami vs. Bellemere - It's Best Daughter vs. Best Mom, which makes this just a bit painful, but though we've seen less overall development from Bellemere, I just can't forget her brilliant shining moment in the sun.

Sanji vs. Jinbe - Once again, I just really don't care who wins this one. Campaigns will tell me who to vote for.

Carrot vs. Koala - The bunny cannot be stopped. The bunny shall slay all that stand before it, and leave nothing but destruction in its path. One cannot fight the rabbit, one can only stand back and accept its wrath.

Nekomamushi vs. Ryuunosuke - Ryuunosuke's been faced with some pretty tough challenges, for sure, but he'll keep on going until he climbs to the top. CLIMB TO THE TOP!

[Kitsune Inferno]

Nami, Sanji, pity vote for Koala, and Nekomamushi for me.

Call me a killjoy, but really hoping Sanji/Jinbe lose their next round. I like it best when someone surprising wins the tournament. Last tournament was so incredibly boring because it was obviously Barto's to lose, and I kind of really liked when Noland came outta nowhere and won his year. So put me officially in the Carrot or Nami for champ camp.

[SquallL]

Nami vs. Bellemere.

Damn. Best Girl vs Best Mother of the Best Girl.

[Kaido King of the Beasts]

Out of all the competitors I wanted Sanji or Jinbe to win the most…so now we have this cruel twist of fate. :sad:

[The Tenth Strawhat]

Sanji vs. Jinbe

Already, huh. Year of Sanji vs. Year of Jinbei. Who's year matters more?

[Dixxy Mouri]

Nami, Sanji, Carrot, and Nekomamushi.

[Ruin]

Nami, Jinbe, Carrot, Ryuu

I was willing to back down on Ryuu in any other case
but I believe in him now
He can make it to the next round

[will-of-R]

@Ubiq:

Next spins, Teresina, Brazil. Jidda, Saudi Arabia.

! Second match, Sanji vs. Jinbe

Jidda was… the latest foreign city that I visit... on May this year.
The memory is strong,
The sea had a nice breeze on the Spring,
Fluttering my robe and send warmness as we do Wefie!

But I have to go and need to go with Teresina this year.

gogogo Brazil! It's Rio as well this year! XD

[uniaka ikuzakas]

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[Kishido]

Fuck against Jinbe…

Well maybe Sanji will still move on

[Huon]

Well, I'll find a way to enjoy this, but for now I'm thoroughly convinced that Satan lives inside Ubiq's globe, as these are the very worst match-ups that anyone could have possibly come up with with these eight characters.

Nami vs. Bellemere is just plain cruel, Sanji vs. Jinbe should have been the final match, Carrot vs. Koala is lame and something that I just really don't care about and the same goes for Nekomamushi vs. Ryuunosuke actually.

I think either Carrot or Nekomamushi will win the tournament, but I really hope I'm wrong.

@Captain:

Dragon fly free, make people see, just make it your own way, leave the cat behind, follow the sign, together, we'll fly someday

High five for an unexpected Helloween reference! :D

[MetaMario]

@Dixxy:

Nami, Sanji, Carrot, and Nekomamushi.

Talk about a blast from the past 0_0

[Atuin]

Nami vs. Bellemere
I like Nami but she's beaten every character I voted for over her. However… Bellemere sacrificed herself for her daughters and I would be heartless to deny her that sacrifice. So I'll be voting for Nami but really doing it for Bellemere

Sanji vs. Jinbe
Tough decision but it's Sanji's year and I have to vote for him.

Carrot vs. Koala
I like Carrot more then I do Koala. I adore kid Koala just still up in the air about adult her.

Nekomamushi vs. Ryuunosuke Neko is an awesome character but Ryuunosuke. CLIMB LITTLE DRAGON. Climb!!!!!!!!!!

[Don Quichotte De Flamingo]

@Atuin:

I like Nami but she's beaten every character I voted for over her. However… Bellemere sacrificed herself for her daughters and I would be heartless to deny her that sacrifice. So I'll be voting for Nami but really doing it for Bellemere

You should consider what Nami would want.

[firelord111]

I will vote bellemere for birjand (didnt find any other good reason )
Sanji because he uses fire
I also vote Carrot and neko

[Tanuki]

Sanji Vs. Jinbei…

...that's just evil.

Beautiful.

[.access timeco.]

@Ubiq:

First match, Nami vs. Bellemere.

MWAHAHAHAHA!!! BLEED, FANDOM! BLEED!!!

@Ubiq:

Second match, Sanji vs. Jinbe

BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!

@Ubiq:

Nekomamushi vs Ryuunosuke

nooooooooooooooooooo :cwy:

[C_uggs]

@Huon:

High five for an unexpected Helloween reference! :D

High five my fellow pumpkin fan.

[madriano]

Carrot vs Koala, waifu wars!!

[Kaido King of the Beasts]

Nami vs Bellemere - Surprised that Bellemere made it this far, but Nami's beaten some tough competition and has more staying power imo

Sanji vs Jinbe - This will probably be the closest match of the round, but overall I'm slighly more invested in Sanji's story than Jinbe's and this is his year ^-^

Carrot vs Koala - Also surprised that Koala is here, I usually voted for her opponent who was in the lead at the time but then she kept making comebacks :| But I think Carrot is too popular for Koala to overcome
Nekomamushi vs. Ryunosuke - Ryunosuke's ridiculous victory margins have been narrowing each round and now I think slightly more people will favor a genuine character over a meme.

[Dranza]

Can we not include meme characters in the future, or put them in a separate joke tournament so many have fallen to this joke of an inclusion :(

Anyway I can't believe Nami is in the tournament and not Robin for once, this is amazing I would love to see a Sanji vs Nami final because I feel that match up would have the craziest campaigns being pitted against one another.
It's tough because I want Sanji to win at least one tournament he's one of the best OP characters period but Carrot…she's just such a breath of fresh air everything she does turns to gold. I'm not the biggest jinbei fan and Nekomamushi is pretty awesome but if he can't put an end to that drawing then no one can.

[Enzeru]

You can laugh at him, you can hate him, you can call him names, you can despise him… but he shall not falter until he reaches the very top!

[Vinsare]

@Ubiq:

Next spins, Teresina, Brazil. Jidda, Saudi Arabia.

! Second match, Sanji vs. Jinbe

[Yobiyopi]

You may consider him just a joke or meme, but Ryuunosuke represents more than that. After a super serious sluggish saga, he brought back the humor that defined One Piece, and saved it from many readers ready to drop it.

[Noqanky]

@Yobiyopi:

You may consider him just a joke or meme, but Ryuunosuke represents more than that. After a super serious sluggish saga, he brought back the humor that defined One Piece, and saved it from many readers ready to drop it.

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No he didn't. Barto club's grandma was far more responsible for that.
In fact, I'd consider his chapter hands down one of the more sluggish moments in all of Zou.

[MetaMario]

@.access:

MWAHAHAHAHA!!! BLEED, FANDOM! BLEED!!!

BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!

Well someone's enjoying the matchups. 8)

@madriano:

Carrot vs Koala, waifu wars!!

This guy gets it.

@Dranza:

Can we not include meme characters in the future, or put them in a separate joke tournament so many have fallen to this joke of an inclusion :(

@Enzeru:

You can laugh at him, you can hate him, you can call him names, you can despise him… but he shall not falter until he reaches the very top!

@Yobiyopi:

You may consider him just a joke or meme, but Ryuunosuke represents more than that. After a super serious sluggish saga, he brought back the humor that defined One Piece, and saved it from many readers ready to drop it.

Ryu certainly isn't as meme-y as oh say….Pwngoat, and I generally liked his gags. I was just shocked? mystified? that a drawing of minor importance actually got this far. Props to him but he always felt like a prelims character.

It's still amazing/unbelievable that he crushed Doflamingo, of all characters.

[Long John Silvers Rayleigh]

@MetaMario:

Well someone's enjoying the matchups. 8)

This guy gets it.

Ryu certainly isn't as meme-y as oh say….Pwngoat, and I generally liked his gags. I was just shocked? mystified? that a drawing of minor importance actually got this far. Props to him but he always felt like a prelims character.

It's still amazing/unbelievable that he crushed Doflamingo, of all characters.

People getting sick of dressrosa got them sick of doflamingo, imagine if crocodile was around for 90 chapters, any tournament afterwards would have crocoboy fatigue

[MetaMario]

@Long:

People getting sick of dressrosa got them sick of doflamingo, imagine if crocodile was around for 90 chapters, any tournament afterwards would have crocoboy fatigue

Well still, he was a warlord that's been around since volume 25 with a fair amount of history and influence attached.

It's just as funny/unbelievable as Pwngoat beating the eventual final villain Blackbeard.

[le crystal]

Campaigns are the main reason I enjoy the Character Tournament, and obscure characters making it through
reminiscences about the Weatheria Wizards

Why can't side/joke characters get their time to shine? It will be boring if all matches are like Sanji vs Zoro or something. And it builds a sense of community in the forum… I think.

[will-of-R]

By any means it will start on Monday right… Right ? Right ?

[Darkestsith6]

Carrot will demolish Koala
Neko should win, but you never know with AP
Other two are a toss-up as to who wins. I know who I'm rooting for, but let's see how it plays it

[Dranza]

@Noqanky:

No he didn't. Barto club's grandma was far more responsible for that.
In fact, I'd consider his chapter hands down one of the more sluggish moments in all of Zou.

A lot of Barto's club helped in this regard. The going Luffy senpai, the wanted poster gallery on the ship, the huge chopper face on the rear, Bartolomeo and his antics. Classic One Piece comedy all before it even reached the elephant. It's cool though apparently the pig nosed dragon saved that one dude from dropping the series entirely, good for him lol.

@le:

Campaigns are the main reason I enjoy the Character Tournament, and obscure characters making it through
reminiscences about the Weatheria Wizards

Why can't side/joke characters get their time to shine? It will be boring if all matches are like Sanji vs Zoro or something. And it builds a sense of community in the forum… I think.
[qimg]http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/731/143/3e3.jpg[/qimg]

Nah even with the jokes aside you won't get boring match ups, but Zoro v Sanji does sound amazing. Take away Ryuu and you still have the likes of Nekomamushi, Carrot, Koala, Rosinante etc they're all side characters, they're all real characters and they're all viable. Including Ryuu is like including characters move sets, because that's essentially what he is a drawing made by Kanjuro. Yet Kanjuro's brilliant artistic mind gets his ass thrown out the tournament very early on, without him you don't have the gags so it's weird in a sense.
Although I liked weatheria wizards as a sole entry in the tournament I don't think it's fair to clump the Straw Hat fleet together, they're like 7 or so unique characters and the unpopular ones drag the really cool ones down and not to mention you still have the popular ones as separate entries, so they have twice the chance of getting further in a competition because they're in it twice. Just some thoughts on the tournament, I am well aware that tournaments of the past have gone clean as a whistle and have been very fun but somethings for me make it less enjoyable and that's only a personal thing, everyone else seems to be having a blast :)

(Oh and last I checked it's called called OP Character Tournament, not a Characters Tournament)

[uniaka ikuzakas]

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[BellisarioFaith]

Oh god, Sanji vs Jimbei? This tournament is determined to come up with every way possible to make me vote against Jimbei. I would have voted for him against any of the other six choices.:sad: For the other matches, fairly easy picks of Nami, Carrot, and Nekomamushi for me.

[hosemisnuba]

@Dranza:

Nah even with the jokes aside you won't get boring match ups, but Zoro v Sanji does sound amazing.

Bleck!!!! Super popular characters facing off sounds interesting to you? Next thing, you are gonna tell me Luffy vs Law is a great matchup.

Including Ryuu is like including characters move sets, because that's essentially what he is a drawing made by Kanjuro. Yet Kanjuro's brilliant artistic mind gets his ass thrown out the tournament very early on, without him you don't have the gags so it's weird in a sense.

This character tournament is a tournament of memes and gags. A gag character winning this whole thing embodies what this tournament stands for. Yeah, it probably won't happen because 'some' people take this tournament more seriously than they should, but meh.

(Oh and last I checked it's called called OP Character Tournament, not a Characters Tournament)

This bizarre pedantry is so stupid…..