2013 MLP Forums March Madness - NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,695]

Babs, Chrysalis, Rarity and Lyra have my votes. Celestia has issues, Shining is cool but not Chrysalis cool, Rarity's hotter than Spitfire IMO and Rainbow is my 3rd favorite pony ever but Lyra is my first, so sorry Rainbow. I still love you.

[Lightning Dasher 149]

Princess Celestia is a boss and would own a pip squeak like Babs Seed in any kind of competition.

 

Queen Chrysalis is a shape shifter and powerful enough to take down Celestia. So even if it were a physical competition, she could just shape shift into whoever she needed to be at the time and gets the tactical advantage vs. Shining Armor.

 

Usually, the Captain of any sports team is often the best player, or has some quality that makes them who they are. So Spitfire being the Captain of the Wonderbolts gives her my vote in this matchup. Rarity doesn't "do" sports, as it were.

 

Rainbow Dash is the best flyer, and one of the best athletes in all of Equestria. She's got the mad skillz to take on just about anypony, even the Captain of the Wonderbolts if it came down to it. That one I might be torn on. I don't see Lyra having the skill set to take on RD.

[Inactive01 5,299]

Cmon! We need some upsets in this tournament! (just like how Harvard whooped New Mexico at the expense of my bracket last night...)

[Stellafera 3,836]

Hold on, Spitfire, who was practically a background pony before Wonderbolts Academy and now is a minor side character, is getting anywhere near as many votes as Rarity? 

 

[Doctor XFizzle 8,669]

Here come the heavyweight battles! Princess Celestia vs. Queen Chrysalis in a Season 2 finale rematch next round and also a Mane Six Showdown Rarity vs. Rainbow Dash!

[duidamasterXD 9,627]

Fwahaha! Revenge belongs to Dashie! For this round I voted Sparky, Nightmare Moon, Applejack and Derpy. This is shaping up to be pretty interesting

[Scootalove 10,689]

I voted for:

1. Twilight Sparkle

2. Nightmare Moon

3. Applejack

4. Derpy Hooves ( Sorry Octavia)

 

This tournament is already shaping up to be tooth and nail to win.

[Sonicrules831 520]

Voted for Twilight, Applebloom, Applejack, and Octavia (sorry Derpy). Bummer that Shining Armor lost. I'm still voting Celestia over Chryssy lol.

[Clarity 3,094]

Voted for Twilight Sparkle, Apple Bloom, Applejack, and Octavia. Good to see Derpy is losing, something I haven't been expecting at all. :U

[TwiliciousAlkoi 369]

I hope Fluttershy can make it into the final four this year but she has to deal with opponents that could be a turning point to her playoff run! I voted Twilight , apple bloom, cheerilee, and DERPY!

[Dark Qiviut 22,388]

Votes from me:

 

1. Twilight Sparkle

 

 

Why: adorkable, hardworking, earnest, anxious, and breaks down. Easily a relatable character!

 

 

2. Nightmare Moon

 

 

Why: A villain grown from Luna's jealousy and desire to have her night treated as equally as Celestia's day. She's very well-written.

 

 

 

3. Applejack.

 

 

Why: Hardworking and honest. The most complete and levelheaded of the Mane Six.

 

 

 

4. Derpy

 

 

Why: Adorable, a klutz, aloof, and someone who'll do the best she can to make things right. This muffin-loving mailmare is legitimately best pony.

 

Edited March 23, 2013 by Dark Qiviut

[Batbrony 16,053]

TO ARMS, DERP BRIGADE, TO ARMS!!!  The Battle of the Background Ponies has commenced and Derpy must emerge triumphant!!!  Vote, vote I say, VOTE!!!!!!!!! 

 

 

You see, Derpy is riding a raptor with a rocket launcher... all other arguments are invalid.    SO VOTE FOR HER!!!!!!! 

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,695]

Voted Twilight, Bloom and AJ because they're all cuter and more important to me than their opponents. A sad farewell to Nightmare Moon.

 

As for the last matchup, I never saw much in Derpy. She just doesn't have the visual or conceptual appeal of Octavia. It's time our favorite cellist took her true place as one of the best non-Lyra background ponies.

 

And since Lyra and Silver Spoon are both out (BS), let's get behind Rainbow Dash and Daring Do! Cause they're just way too awesome to not advance.

 

Edited March 23, 2013 by TailsIsNotAlone

[Batbrony 16,053]

As for the last matchup, I never saw much in Derpy. She just doesn't have the visual or conceptual appeal of Octavia. It's time our favorite cellist took her true place as one of the best non-Lyra background ponies.

 

 

You have betrayed me Tails, and you have betrayed Derpy.   THIS MEANS WAR BETWEEN OUR HOUSES!!!    You better brace yourself, cause a s@itstorm is coming!!!

 

D'oh, just kidding Tails, I love ya buddy!   I do understand also what you're saying about Derpy, but I mostly think it's that a lot of her potential hasn't been explored.  If you want, you should check out my fanfic Batmare Begins at FimFic, where I'm trying to explore what I think is some of the potential that Derpy has for being a very in-depth and well developed character.  

 

Edited March 23, 2013 by Batbrony

[-Nobody- 519]

Twilight over Granny (How did she even make it this far?), Nightmare Moon over Applebloom, Applejack instead of Cheerilee, and Derpy instead of Octavia, because she scares me.

 

 

How is NMM losing to a filly?

[Hawk Moth 390]

Twilight. No question.

 

Applebloom. She has a much larger role, and NMM wasn't a great villain in my opinion.

 

Applejack. Again, larger role.

 

Derpy because nopony beats Derpy!

[Doctor XFizzle 8,669]

Even though it's early, I would love to see Scootaloo make it past TG&P Trixie. Go Scootaloo! Cutie Mark Crusaders reign supreme.

[Scootalove 10,689]

1. Discord

2. I won't say it because, Firebolt will kill me.

3. Fluttershy

4. Sorry Daring Do, but Luna wins this one.

 

So I won't reveal who I voted for #2.

Edited March 24, 2013 by ~Chaotic Lightning~

[Hawk Moth 390]

Discord because he rocks so much harder than that lame, Wonderbolt wannabe. 

 

Trixie for obviously being more great and powerful. Sorry Scoots...

 

Fluttershy because she's more active and more entertaining than Zecora.

 

And Luna because Luna is best pony.

[Batbrony 16,053]

Wow!  Last round was exciting, I tell ya what!  Great job to everypony out there representing for Derpy Hooves; it wasn't easy, but we managed to pull it off.  Now the march to ultimate victory continues, and we must prepare for Derpy's hardest opponent yet in the Sweet 16: Applejack!    It's going to be tough, but I'm confident that with a concerted effort we can buck AJ from the competition! 

 

To all the Octavia fans out there, I want to congratulate and laud you for putting up such a great challenge.  That was truly a titanic battle of the background ponies, and I honestly didn't originally anticipate that Tavi would put up that much of a fight; so, well done on a fantastic effort! 

 

 

It was epic!!!  Simply EPIC!!!!!!! 

 

As for this current round, aside from Scootaloo vs. Trixie, it doesn't look like there'll be too many close match-ups.  Still, ya never know, some dark horse candidate might come out of nowhere and upset somepony else.  Best of luck to everypony!!! 

[Stellafera 3,836]

Wow!  Last round was exciting, I tell ya what!  Great job to everypony out there representing for Derpy Hooves; it wasn't easy, but we managed to pull it off.  Now the march to ultimate victory continues, and we must prepare for Derpy's hardest opponent yet in the Sweet 16: Applejack!    It's going to be tough, but I'm confident that with a concerted effort we can buck AJ from the competition! 

 

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM.

NO BACKGROUND PONY IS BEATING APPLEJACK ON MY WATCH.

 

Thankfully, that's not this round, so yeah. 

 

I am saddened but not surprised that Discord is beating Lighting Dust. The thing is... Discord is JUST the god of chaos. He's a good character, but I prefer Lightning Dust for both being an interesting and realistic villain and for serving a more clever narrative purpose than Discord. Namely, being a very good foil for Rainbow Dash.

 

She's industrious, RD is lazy.

She focuses on performance, RD gets jealous of not being a wing pony. 

She displays no care for other ponies, RD is fiercely loyal.

 

 

[Sugar Cube 4,843]

Don't these character tournaments always end with the same character winning every time? It's like those GameFaqs character polls where you know Link from Legend of Zelda is always going to win, or at least make it to the finals.

 

Oh well. I may as well throw in my two bits.

 

Discord over Lightning Dust. I like both of them, but Discord is just too amusing of a character.

 

Scootaloo over Trixie. She might be Great and Powerful, but that's not enough to beat Scoots.

 

Fluttershy over Zecora. I love Zecora, but Mane Six always take priority.

 

Princess Luna over Daring Do. Five bucks says Luna wins the tournament.

Edited March 24, 2013 by Sugar Cube

[Batbrony 16,053]

STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM.

NO BACKGROUND PONY IS BEATING APPLEJACK ON MY WATCH.

 

Thankfully, that's not this round, so yeah. 

 

 

 

Challenge accepted Stella!  Seeing as Spazzy and Clari are now gone, I suppose that makes you the defacto head of the Applejack forces on MLP Forums.  Very well then; assemble your forces, and we shall fight to the death come the Sweet 16!  IT SHALL BE A GLORIOUS BATTLE SUNG OF BY THE BARDS FOR AGES!!!!!!!!! 

[Sonicrules831 520]

Go Luna!! I wuv her. Anyway I voted for Discord, Fluttershy, and Trixie as well. I think it could be Twilight, Luna, Pinkie, and Celestia or Ranbow Dash in the Final Four.

[Doctor XFizzle 8,669]

I re-uploaded last year's bracket for comparison.

 

Interesting, Derpy Hooves vs. Octavia just yesterday was a rematch from last year's Elite 8 for the reoccurring character region (basically background ponies with huge fan following). 

 

Twilight vs. Granny Smith was a rematch too.

 

Fluttershy and Princess Luna could be on track for a rematch next round.

 

oh and Fluttershy vs. Zecora now is a rematch.

Edited March 24, 2013 by Doctor XFizzle