2007 Non-Prolific FAQ Writers' Tournament - compiled by Trace Jackson and Yami Shuryou

Many thanks go to Devin Morgan for allowing me to use his bracket. Because I was too lazy. Actually, believe it or not, the reason I'm doing this is to try to establish a sense of parallelism between the two tournaments. Really.

Many thanks also go to Yami Shuryou for his outstanding help.

• The bracket was done through nominations. People nominated anyone who were not in the prolific writers category (which is Devin's tournament). As for seeding, the more nominations a person got, the higher they were in the seeding.
• There are 32 people on this bracket, as you can see. They are split into 4 divisions of 8 people in each. We'll go through each division, one at a time. Each division starts with 8 people; after round 1, 4 will be left. After round 2, there will be 2, and then there is a division finals match. Then we'll move on to the next division and run through those rounds. Eventually we will end up with 4 people (one winner for each division; 2 matchups). There will then be 2 left over. A finals match will ensue, leaving us our champion.
• Each round will last 24 hours. I'll post the round at about 12:00 AM EST. Failing that, if I don't post it, I'd like two have two backups to post it at 12:30 and 1:00 (so there's a backup for a backup), but I don't have these people yet (hint hint). Either way, any votes made in the previous round that come in after the new round is posted are void.
• No vote stuffing or double voting. Don't go around begging people to vote for you/your nominee, and don't vote with multiple accounts. Or else (dun dun dun).
• No voting for yourself. Come on, guys. Now, if you think that your opponent is better than you, and you have the guts to express that, you can certainly vote against yourself.
• In order to vote, you have to have a CRP (Contributor Recognition Page, for those who don't know). It would be nice if what is on the CRP is more substantial than just a code or a review. It gives more validity to your votes.
• Reasons. Honestly, I've found that, when reasons are required, I tend to say something like "I like this author's format/content better." It really gets redundant. Therefore, reasons are not required. However, when we did the first non-prolific tourney -- and even those times that I got put in as a wild card in the prolific ones -- I discovered that the reasons for my opponent/against me helped me to improve my writing a lot. So constructive criticism is definitely encouraged. It helps. If, however, you post a reason, and it's absolutely horrible (e.g. "I don't like him."), that vote will probably be nullified. Unless it's someone who we all really hate. In that situation...(no, that vote would still be nullified).
• If you just can decide between two writers, feel free to abstain from voting for either.
• Just to be a *****, I reserve the right to nullify any votes that disagree with the way I vote. Actually, this goes along with rule number one, but if anyone looks kinda out of place (i.e. I have never seen them before, ever), and if it creates sufficient suspicion, I can nullify. But that won't happen until my crack panel of judges (i.e. my neighbor and this piece of pocket lent) look over it. Also, to eliminate suspicion, these guys won't even come into play until I or someone else has a legitimate suspicion about something, so don't worry.
• Please please please look at an author's work before voting for/against them. Try to be fair. This tournament is based upon a writer's writing ability alone. In an ideal world, we wouldn't have bias. So just try to keep, for example, a person's past plagiarism, bad morality, etc. out of your mind while voting.
• On that note, vote on the guides. Maps shouldn't be considered (this rule comes from the uber map maker himself, too [StarFighters76]).
• Try to keep the names of the contributors the same in your vote as they are in the bracket. That makes it easier for me to figure out who you're voting for. If you refer to SsJgOHANXXXI239_ROX_DBZPKMNLOVEBABY4EVA2009 as "Chris," I'll have no clue who you're talking about. So I'll just ignore your vote. Then again, I'll ignore any votes for someone with a name like that anyway. (just kidding)
• What ends up happening, if this isn't regulated, is that some genius will decide to post a vote tally in the topic. That might seem harmless, but seeing a vote tally might predispose some voters to one writer or another. So no vote tallying in the topic. Do it in your head for all I care.
• Phoenix 1911 was removed from this tournament because he won last year's tournament. At the end of this tournament, the winner will go up against Phoenix in a clash of the titans sort of thing.
  
  Well, that should take care of it.
  
  

Thanks for reading, and good luck to all in this tourney!

NOTE: A slash in a match denotes a tie (e.g. 21 - Bob - 3/5 - the 3 means he had a 3-3 tie in his first match, and in the rematch, he got five votes).

Division 1				2 - PeTeRL50 - 7	8 - AstroBlue
1 - Super Slash - 11 32 - Inferno - 0	1 - Super Slash - 7	1 - Super Slash - 5	20 - A Darkstar Ripclaw< - 9/5/TD>
5 - snkupo - 10 28 - SPV999 - 1	5 - snkupo - 3
9 - A.K.A. - 7 24- Mogg 13-42 - 3	9 - A.K.A. - 2	20 - A Darkstar Ripclaw - 6
13 - Brokaliv - 3 20 - A Darkstar Ripclaw - 8	20 - A Darkstar Ripclaw - 7
Division 2
2 - PeTeRL50 - 6 31 - Deflux - 2	2 - PeTeRL50 - 7	2 - PeTeRL50 - 7	2 - PeTeRL50 - 9/9
6 - Koritheman - 9 27 - SloDeth - 1	6 - Koritheman - 2
10 - TripleJump - 6 23 - Aerostar - 2	10 - TripleJump - 4	14 - Dalez - 4
14 - Dalez - 7 19 - Rhyxx - 3	14 - Dalez - 8
Division 3				8 - AstroBlue - 9
3 - GheddonLN - 8 30 - fabian_ - 0	3 - GheddonLN - 4	7 - Da Hui - 9	7 - Da Hui
7 - Da Hui - 7 26 - JaggedJim - 1	7 - Da Hui - 11
11 - Relle - 8 22 - Warhawk - 0	11 - Relle - 14	11 - Relle - 0
15 - WWalker - 3 18 - StarFighters76 - 5	18 - StarFighters76 - 1
Division 4
4 - Merca - 7 29 - Kratos_42 - 3	4 - Merca - 4	8 - AstroBlue - 9	8 - AstroBlue
8 - AstroBlue - 9 25 - LethalLink99 - 1	8 - AstroBlue - 8
12 - WLau - 6 21 - Cloud VS Sephiroth - 3	12 - WLau - 7	12 - WLau
16 - BostonFuse - 8 17 - NichWhiz1 - 3	16 - BostonFuse - 6