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The 2018 Name of the Year Tournament Has Begun
UnbrokenEva
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Welcome all, to the 2018 Name of the Year tournament. To quote the official website.
While the origins of the tournament are (perhaps deliberately) vague, it has continued throughout the decades, and in recent years has been taken up by Deadspin who enlist the internet's help in choosing the greatest name from a bracket of 64 finalists. Previous winners have included such standouts as Doby Chrotchtangle, Assumption Bulltron, Nimrod Weiselfish, Shamus Beaglehole (Dr. Loki Skylizard was robbed!), Amanda Miranda Panda and last year's champion, Boates Botes.
This year's bracket is an excellent one
Top seeds this year are Salami Blessing, La Royce Lobster-Gaines, Makenlove Petit-Fard, and Dr. Narwhals Mating.
Just to be clear - those are real names, of real people.
Round one voting is underway, with Bulltron Regional results already in. We saw Salami Blessing crush Bernard Bumpus, Jimbob Ghostkeeper defeated Travis Couture-Lovelady, and my personal favourite, the 13th seeded Miracle Crimes pulled off a stunning upset against #4 seed Early Charlemagne.
So check it out at http://www.nameoftheyear.com/ , vote for your favourites, read up on past champions, and most importantly, do it for Gandalf Hernandez.
Name of the Year was founded in 1983 on an Ivy League campus. Its mission has remained unchanged: to discover, verify, nominate, elect and disseminate great names. All names included here are, to the best of our knowledge, real. No malice is intended.
While the origins of the tournament are (perhaps deliberately) vague, it has continued throughout the decades, and in recent years has been taken up by Deadspin who enlist the internet's help in choosing the greatest name from a bracket of 64 finalists. Previous winners have included such standouts as Doby Chrotchtangle, Assumption Bulltron, Nimrod Weiselfish, Shamus Beaglehole (Dr. Loki Skylizard was robbed!), Amanda Miranda Panda and last year's champion, Boates Botes.
This year's bracket is an excellent one
Top seeds this year are Salami Blessing, La Royce Lobster-Gaines, Makenlove Petit-Fard, and Dr. Narwhals Mating.
Just to be clear - those are real names, of real people.
Round one voting is underway, with Bulltron Regional results already in. We saw Salami Blessing crush Bernard Bumpus, Jimbob Ghostkeeper defeated Travis Couture-Lovelady, and my personal favourite, the 13th seeded Miracle Crimes pulled off a stunning upset against #4 seed Early Charlemagne.
So check it out at http://www.nameoftheyear.com/ , vote for your favourites, read up on past champions, and most importantly, do it for Gandalf Hernandez.
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How the hell is Miracle Crimes a 13 seed?
On the right side of the bracket I'm all in on Quindarious Gooch
Closest match (at time of voting) is Lukas Chalupa -v- Gandalf Hernandez. Now, how is that even a contest?
https://www.ozarkradionews.com/local-news/msu-west-plains-chancellors-deans-list-honorees
Mahogkenny
Perhaps the best picks have this sort of synergy
My personal faves this year are Miracle Crimes, Jimbob Ghostkeeper, Dr. Megha Panda, and of course Dr. Narwhals Mating. Those last 2 are VERY strong.
Like, imagine informing someone that their loved one’s triple bypass surgery will be performed by “Dr. Loki Skylizard”
Please, "Mr. Diaper" is my father.
I have had a Doctor go by his first name (as in, say, Dr. Bob) instead of his last name because it was easier for his patients to pronounce.
It should win for mouth feel alone.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Probably a nice cuban.