#brackets

[todays-xkcd]

’"‘”’" means "I edited this text on both my phone and my laptop before sending it"

Bracket Symbols [Explained]

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Bracket Symbols and what they mean ( ) Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside [ ] Square brackets (more secure) { } This stuff is expensive so be careful with it " " Someone is talking ' ' Someone British is talking ‹ › An Animorph is talking « » A French Animorph is talking | | I'm scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me * * _ _ / / I have a favorite monospaced font ~ ~ I'm being sarcastic and I had a Tumblr account in 2014 [ ( [ { ( ) } ] , ) ] These Python functions are not getting along ⌊ ⌋ Help, I'm a mathematician trying to work with actual numbers and they're scary ʃ ʅ Why are you trying to read my violin? | ⟩ Don't stop here--this is quantum country

[victusinveritas]

XKCD today decided to go for animorphs reference!

Mouseover: ’"‘”’" means "I edited this text on both my phone and my laptop before sending it"

Source: https://m.xkcd.com/2954/

[flagwars]

Lesbian Fusion Flag Wars: Round 2

1. Kost ar C’hoed, France vs. Sámi

2. Valencia, Spain vs. Columbia, South Carolina

3. Kyoto Prefecture, Japan vs. Volgograd Oblast, Russia

4. Tino Rangatiratanga vs. Lautaro flag

[prokopetz]

I guess the problem with trying to put together an "obscure webcomics" bracket that's actually true to its name is that by the last few rounds it would have no meaningful polling audience. Like, how are you going to get useful data out out a poll where the matchup is Catball & Clown Girl versus The Lil World of Meekerz?

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

xkcd comic 2954 (Bracket Symbols) mentions Animorphs, which made me think of you

Link

Hell. Yes. That is amazing, and the struggle about pointy brackets also being hypertext symbols is so real.

[usnatarchives]

🏀 The 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament tips off soon as 68 teams compete for the championship. As the brackets take shape, the National Archives has a slam dunk of its own—historical basketball records!

Huddle up and get your game plan ready to view our Basketball special topics page for patents, posters, team photos, and Presidential pick-up games. There are enough records in our Catalog that you might have to plan for overtime.

Learn more: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/basketball

📸: Patent drawing for a basketball goal, January 13, 1925. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/262492081

[thebestestwinner]

See pinned post for the full bracket!

[tournament-announcer]

Do you also have the problem that you only come across fun tournaments once they've reached the semi-finals or worse? Or that you have the perfect candidate to submit but the submission period closed 3 months ago? I made this blog to try and fix that problem.

The idea is that tournament runners only have to tag this blog, so that I can reblog their announcement post, to gain traction and that tournament enjoyers only have to follow this blog to see all the new tournament announcements.

If you have a tournament idea and want to know if it has been done yet, or if you want to find tournaments that have started longer ago, @tournamentdirectory is the better place for you.

If you want to promote your non-tournament poll-blog or are looking for non-tournament poll-blogs check out @nontournamentpolladvertiser

[just-some-guy-joust]

Just Some Guy Joust - Contestants List

Note: This is NOT the order of the brackets. Like with the last tournament, the order of the brackets will be a surprise. This list was randomized from the brackets I set up and does not represent who each character will be up against. The only thing you know for sure which side of the bracket they're on. When the polls go up, they'll be posted in order based on the list here, NOT based on where their brackets actually are!

Round 1 of Side A is over! Round 1 of Side B is CURRENTLY UP!

(Full list of characters in text format is under the cut)

Side A

Sasha James (The Magnus Archives)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100) - died round 1

Joy (Underworld Office/Charlie in Underworld) - died round 1

Junpei (Zero Escape)

Horse (Centaurworld)

Phone Guy (FNAF) - died round 1

Gordon Freeman (HLVRAI)

Joshua Gillespie (The Magnus Archives) - died round 1

Namari (Dungeon Meshi)

Shez (Fire Emblem: Three Hopes) - died round 1

Henry Stickmin (Henry Stickmin)

Stanley (The Stanley Parable)

Whole (Chonny Jash's Charming Chaos Compendium) - died round 1

Larry (Pokemon)

Luke Carder (Inscryption) - died round 1

Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter) - died round 1

Barry the Quokka (The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog)

Tommy (HLVRAI) - died round 1

Ulala Serizawa (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment) - died round 1

April O'Neil (TMNT - All versions)

Tsuzuru Minagi (Act! Addict! Actors!) - died round 1

Matt (Woe.Begone)

Gilear Faeth (Fantasy High - Dimension 20)

Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney)

Emmet Brickowski (The LEGO Movie) - died round 1

Stahl (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Doug Eiffel (Wolf 359) - died round 1

Jack Townsend (Tales from the Gas Station) - died round 1

Frisk (Undertale) - died round 1

Brian Pasternack (Yuppie Psycho)

Trevor Hills (American Arcadia)

Barry Bluejeans (The Adventure Zone: Balance) - died round 1

Side B

Carol Kohl (Carol and The End of The World)

Jaehee Kang (Mystic Messenger) - died round 1

Paul Matthews (The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals)

Emma Perkins (The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals) - died round 1

Su Moting (God Troubles Me) - died round 1

Satou Hiroshi (Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)

Chilchuck Tims (Dungeon Meshi) - died round 1

Michelle Nguyen (Welcome to Night Vale)

Tad Strange (Gravity Falls)

Colin Robinson (What We Do in the Shadows) - died round 1

The Bard (Wandersong)

Usopp (One Piece) - died round 1

Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby)

Link (Ocarina of Time) - died round 1

Kazooie (In a Manor of Speaking) - died round 1

Connecticut Clark (FlorkofCows)

Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

Hitomi Shizuki (Madoka Magica)

Junpei Iori (Persona 3)

Han Solo (Star Wars) - died round 1

Tomoya Mashiro (Ensemble Stars!) - died round 1

Peter Sqloint (Just Roll With It: Apotheosis)

Cabbage Merchant (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Marta Cabrera (Knives Out) - died round 1

Greg Universe (Steven Universe)

Yuuki Mishima (Persona 5) - died round 1

Gingerbrave (Cookie Run) - died round 1

Arthur Dent (Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy) - died round 1

Elsen (OFF)

Mob (Mob Psycho 100)

Tadano Hitohito (Komi Can't Communicate) - died round 1

Rung (Transformers - IDW Continuity) - died round 1

[bestdeadbeatmilf]

Know of a character who is an absolute failure of a mother but still kind of hot?

Submit her here!

Rules:

Characters must be adults (hopefully a given)

They MUST be mothers of some kind, but if it's an unconventional sort of situation you can argue for it

Ideally submissions will include an image and a description of why you've submitted the character

must be a fictional character, no real people

I can refuse any character I want for any reason because this is a dictatorship <3

I've never ran a poll bracket before so.... be nice to me

[tmntseparatedaucompetition]

Bracket

Part 1

A Turtle Like Me vs. 2012 Sep AU

Shadow of a Turtle vs. Give Peace a Chance

Mystic Prodigy Series vs. Dance of the Super Turtles

Magic and Masks vs. Stardust AU

Warriors Heart vs. Mama's Boys

Our Other Halves vs. What Was Lost

Joint Custody vs. Sundered by Time

Aay'han vs. Shades of Purple

Part 2

Prodigy AU vs. The Little Prince

Snapdragon AU vs. True Colors AU

Never Better vs. Same as It Never Will Be

Through Your Hollow Bones vs. Even More of a Disaster

Little Subjects vs. Little Brother AU

Leon Me Alone! vs. Ninja Club AU

Mikey Sep AU vs. Chosen Amoung Four

Code Name: Violet Skies vs. Scrap Metal

When Will You Return? vs. Lost and Found

[heraldryandemblemwars]

Finland City Heraldry Wars: Round 4, Semifinals

1. Kangasala vs. Somero

2. Orimattila vs. Inari

[i-lived-bitch-beatdown]

With no reason to delay,

'I Lived, Bitch' Beatdown: The Sequel!

A tumblr bracket for character who were believed to be dead but, surprise bitch, no they're not! Guidelines, if you need a little more info on what we mean.

Character Suggestions Now Open! Get your suggestion in now, and not during the semifinals when you wonder why your fav never got a chance to duke it out!

[flagwars]

Congratulations to Pyhäjoki for winning the Finland City Flag Wars!

It seems that my followers can’t get enough of the goose on Pyhäjoki, North Ostrobothnia’s flag! It defeated Raseborg with 55.6 percent of the vote. If your favorite Finnish city didn’t make it into the competition, they might get a chance with the Finland City Heraldry Wars, a tournament I will eventually hold. I will announce my next tournament soon, but I will be taking a bit of a break from tournaments before then and continue holding bonus polls in the meantime. Let me know if you think Pyhäjoki deserved the win and what flag or heraldry tournaments you would like to see in the future!

[its-to-the-death]

Battle of the Gingers Finals

Are you guys ready? We only have two gingers left standing!

The final matchup will be Ms. Frizzle (The Magic School Bus) vs Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)

There will also be a match for third place: Beaker (The Muppets) vs Daphne Blake (Scooby Doo)

While the finals are happening, I will also be running a poll to decide what the next tournament will be.

All these polls will go up on Sunday, February 16 and last for a week. Be nice and have fun!

[chaos-good-life]

ROUND 1: Julian Bashir's March Fashion Madness!

Are you ready to decide which of Julian Bashir's outfits in 7 seasons of Star Trek Deep Space Nine was the best? The first two polls drop today.

Bracket reminder for everyone:

Now, here are your polls for Day One! POLL NO. 1:

The first outfit needs no introduction: The racquetball suit from the season two episode "Rivals." vs. The brown paisley shirt and brown trousers combo as seen in "Your are Cordially Invited" and "Badda Bang Badda Bing.

The racquetball outfit has won round one! More polls being released. Keep watching!