2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup

2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup
Tournament details
Host board	TBD
Dates	March 23 – April 1 (5 days)
Teams	22
Final positions
Champion	/m/
Runner-up	/3/
Third	/sci/
Fourth	/d/
Tournament statistics Matches 42 Goals scored 149 (3.55 per match) Top scorer(s) Gundam RX-78-2 Dramu (10 goals) Top assister(s) Gundam RX-78-2 Melon Fuck Richard Feynman (4 assists) Golden Glove N/A Best player Gundam RX-78-2 Yellow cards 15 (0.36 per match) Red cards 0 (0 per match)
2012 4chan Winter Cup
2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup
2012 4chan Summer Cup

The 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup was the third official 4chan Cup competition, and the inaugural Babby Cup, designed to act as a lower-tier qualification stage to major tournaments due to the increasing number of participating boards. It was held on the weekends of 23 - 25 March 2012 and 31 March - 1 April 2012.

The cup consisted of all the teams that wished to take part in the 2012 4chan Summer Cup that were not present in the previous cup. Teams performing in an official tournament for the first time were /3/, /an/, /cgl/, /cm/, /d/, /f/, /gif/, /lit/, /m/, /mlp/, /n/, /pol/, /r9k/, /sci/, /toy/, /vp/ and /y/. Teams replaced by the Second Founding would be reformed to participate in this cup.

This was the first official tournament to be run using new gold/silver/bronze regulations. See the format page for more information. This was also the first tournament to use a group stage, rather than a double-elimination bracket. There were 8 positions free in the Summer Cup, meaning that the top 8 teams of the 4chan Babby Cup advanced to the 2012 4chan Summer Cup. These were, in order of qualification: /m/, /3/, /sci/, /d/, /int/, /n/, /toy/ and /pol/.

The cup was won by /m/ in one of the most dominant cup displays in 4chan Cup history, after defeating /3/ in the final 4-2. /sci/ came third after defeating /d/ in the third place play-off. The Golden Boot was shared between /m/'s Gundam RX-78-2, /cgl/'s Dramu and /d/'s Haigure, who each scored ten goals each.

Conditions

These were the following conditions for all Babby Cup games:

• 10 minutes per half
• All teams started with good condition, however fatigue accumulated *throughout the tournament.
• Card accumulation
• Extra time and Penalties in the knockout phase, not in the group stage
• Superstar player level

Participating Teams

The following 20 teams were scheduled to participate in the tournament:

•  /3/
•  /adv/†
•  /cgl/
•  /cm/
•  /d/

•  /f/
•  /gif/
•  /int/
•  /lit/
•  /m/

•  /mlp/
•  /n/
•  /pol/
•  /r9k/
•  /s/

•  /sci/
•  /soc/
•  /toy/
•  /vp/
•  /y/

† /adv/ were disqualified from the competition for not completing their squad on time, and were to be replaced by the winners of the Preliminary Round.

As such, two teams were pre-qualification entries, with a play-off held to determine the single entrant:

•  /an/
•  /po/

Draw

The draw for the cup took place at an unknown time, however the "Babby Cup.xls" file where the seeds were discovered was last updated on March 17, 2012 at 19:09 GMT. Rankings determined the placement of competitors in four seeding pots, with the highest-ranked teams being placed in Pot 1, the next-highest in Pot 2 and so on until all pots were filled. The seeds were determined by performance in the 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup Friendlies, /pol/ was top seed as a result of having 2 wins and 1 draw, topping the 20 team chart with 7 points out of 3 games. Due to the disqualification of /adv/, it is assumed /toy/ were moved up to Pot 3 in their place and Preliminary Round winners /an/ were made the bottom seed.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/pol/  /n/  /s/  /m/  /f/	/vp/  /mlp/  /3/  /soc/  /gif/	/sci/  /cm/  /d/  /y/  /toy/	/r9k/  /lit/  /int/  /cgl/  /an/

Starting with Pot 4, working up to Pot 1, teams were drawn into the groups such that each group contained a competitor from each pot, forming five groups of four teams each.

Squads

2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup squads

Preliminary Round

17 March 2012	/an/	5–2	/po/
Preliminary Round First Leg	Spacebat  1', 49', 64', 74' Mantis King  83'		22' X-Acto  89' Big Head Mode

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17 March 2012	/po/	1–1	/an/
Preliminary Round Second Leg	X-Acto  75'		12' Spacebat

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/cgl/	3	2	1	0	7	3	4	7
/toy/	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
/s/	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
/vp/	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

23 March 2012	/vp/	0–2	/toy/
			14' Woody  73' Optimus Prime

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23 March 2012	/s/	1–2	/cgl/
	BANNED  58'		78', 84' Dramu

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24 March 2012	/vp/	1–1	/s/
	Miror B  90+3'		70' Shorthair

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24 March 2012	/toy/	1–1	/cgl/
	Woody  16'		10' Dramu

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25 March 2012	/s/	0–1	/toy/
			33' Woody

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25 March 2012	/cgl/	4–1	/vp/
	Dramu  45+1', 73', 78' NIGGAMOON  51'		28' Miror B

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/pol/	3	2	0	1	8	4	4	6
/sci/	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	5
/r9k/	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
/mlp/	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

23 March 2012	/pol/	4–2	/mlp/
	Stormfront  25', 31', 51', 55'		65', 90+2' >Rape

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23 March 2012	/r9k/	1–1	/sci/
	Japanese Lettuce Hardcore  90+2'		66' Bill Nye

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24 March 2012	/pol/	3–0	/r9k/
	Stormfront  39', 52' DOOMPAUL  83'

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24 March 2012	/mlp/	1–1	/sci/
	>Rape  22'		88' Bill Nye

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25 March 2012	/r9k/	2–0	/mlp/
	Kissless Virgin  54' Robot9001  80'

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25 March 2012	/sci/	2–1	/pol/
	Richard Feynman  58' Richard Dawkins  76'		19' Jews

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/m/	3	2	1	0	6	4	2	7
/int/	3	1	1	1	5	3	2	4
/y/	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
/soc/	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

23 March 2012	/m/	2–1	/soc/
	Alteisen  23' Getter Robo 44'		88' TITS OR GTFO

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23 March 2012	/int/	1–1	/y/
	Putin  73'		23' DELETE YOUR MISSFIRES

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24 March 2012	/m/	2–1	/int/
	Alteisen  63' Gundam RX-78-2  67'		45' >Argentina >White

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24 March 2012	/soc/	1–1	/y/
	Time Line  44'		29' DELETE YOUR MISSFIRES

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25 March 2012	/int/	3–0	/soc/
	Putin  69', 88' '86 Maradona  76'

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25 March 2012	/y/	2–2	/m/
	Link  54' DELETE YOUR MISSFIRES  79'		29' Alteisen  76' Gundam RX-78-2

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/gif/	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
/n/	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
/cm/	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
/lit/	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3	1

23 March 2012	/n/	0–3	/gif/
			4' Sauce  47' Jigglybutts  82' >GOREANDRAPE

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24 March 2012	/lit/	2–2	/cm/
	David Foster Wallace  45' Ayn Rand  50'		66' Dio Brando  83' Ichijou

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24 March 2012	/n/	3–1	/lit/
	SLAM THE STEM  57' I LIKE TRAINS  61' Old Steel 10-Speed  83'		89' Ayn Rand

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24 March 2012	/gif/	1–1	/cm/
	SAUCE  62'		45+2' Soldier Blue

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25 March 2012	/lit/	1–2	/gif/
	Albert Camus  45+2'		75', 90+3' Source

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25 March 2012	/cm/	1–2	/n/
	Griffith  2'		14', 39' DAT Framework

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/d/	3	2	1	0	8	3	5	7
/3/	3	2	0	1	5	6	-1	6
/f/	3	0	2	1	5	7	-2	2
/an/	3	0	1	2	4	6	-2	1

24 March 2012	/3/	0–4	/d/
			15' NO WESTERN  73', 79', 90+3' Haigure

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24 March 2012	/f/	2–2	/an/
	DA HOOD  10' ZONE  39'		16' Mantis King  65' Spacebat

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24 March 2012	/3/	3–1	/f/
	Super Deep Throat  2' 3DS Max  21' Maya  51'		61' YES YES

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25 March 2012	/d/	2–1	/an/
	Haigure  69', 90+2'		86' Tibetan Fox

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25 March 2012	/f/	2–2	/d/
	DA HOOD  25', 61'		12' Haigure  69' HSITMPBAMCWTPOP

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25 March 2012	/an/	1–2	/3/
	Lightwave  69'		4' Maya  45+1' INDUSTRY STANDARDS

Summer Cup Final Seed Qualifiers

The PES tournament format was such that, with a non-divisible number of teams qualifying for the knockout stages, a preliminary round was formed. Two matches, one on each side of the draw, would be played for the right to progress to the quarter finals and the 2012 4chan Summer Cup.

The selection of teams for the preliminaries and the draw did not take into account any performance or final standing in the group stages, and was made on a totally random basis. The teams to participate in the qualifiers were /cgl/, /toy/, /sci/ and /gif/.

31 March 2012	/cgl/	4–4 (a.e.t.)	/toy/
Summer Cup Finals Qualifier 1	Dramu  5', 23', 54', 105'		34' (pen.), 47', 95' Woody  67' Matty
		Penalties
	?? ?? ?? ?? ??  ??	4–5	?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Madoka Titus

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31 March 2012	/sci/	1–0	/gif/
Summer Cup Finals Qualifier 2	Bill Nye  23'

Knockout Stage

Quarter-finals

 /pol/

0

 /m/

5

 /toy/

0

 /d/

4

 /3/

5

 /int/

4

 /sci/

3

 /n/

0

Semi-finals

 /m/

4

 /d/

2

 /3/

2

 /sci/

1

Final

 /m/

4

 /3/

2

Third Place Match

 /d/

2(3)

 /sci/

2(4)

Quarter Finals

31 March 2012	/pol/	0–5	/m/
			4', 21' Gundam RX-78-2  29', 42', 82' Alteisen

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31 March 2012	/toy/	0–4	/d/
			37' Dracula Penis  49', 79' Haigure  90+0' Melon Fuck

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31 March 2012	/3/	5–4 (a.e.t.)	/int/
	3DS MAX  21', 26' Modo  56' Maya  62', 120+3'		29', 47' Putin  87' Yuropoor  90+3' >Argentina >White

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31 March 2012	/sci/	3–0	/n/
	Bill Nye  14', 67' >Biology >Hard Science  75'

Semi Finals

31 March 2012	/m/	4–2	/d/
	Gundam RX-78-2  5', 11', 70' XXXX Corruptions  35' (o.g.)		18', 77' Melon Fuck

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31 March 2012	/3/	2–1	/sci/
	3DS MAX  30' >Blender  40'		75' Bill Nye

Third Place Match

31 March 2012	/d/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/sci/
	Haigure  34', 83'		50', 90' Richard Feynman
		Penalties
		3–4

Final

1 April 2012	/m/	4–2	/3/
	Gundam RX-78-2  5', 71', 85' Alteisen  17'		31' Maya  38' 3DS MAX

Exhibition Match

A match was played between the winners of the Summer Cup and Babby Cup, /a/ vs /m/ for exhibition purposes

1 April 2012	/a/	1–2	/m/
Exhibition

Impact of Dragongate

Main Article: Dragongate

/cm/, /n/ and /y/ were retroactively disqualified from this competition for being significantly influenced by Dragonfag. Their results in this tournament were judged to be void and their opponents were awarded wins. The aforementioned teams received no ranking points for their participation in this tournament.

Statistics

Main article: 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup statistics

/an/ striker Spacebat was the first player to score a goal (and hat-trick) in the competition, in their 5-2 win against /po/ in the Preliminary Round. /toy/'s Woody scored the first goal of the tournament proper in a 2-0 win over /vp/. The first hat-trick of the tournament proper was scored by Stormfront in a 4-2 win for /pol/ against /mlp/. /f/ midfielder Super Deep Throat was credited with the first own goal of the tournament, in his side's 3-1 defeat at the hands of /3/. The three top scorers in the tournament had ten goals each. The Golden Boot was shared between the three players (Haigure of /d/, Gundam RX-78-2 of /m/ and Dramu of /cgl/); as no accurate records of assists were kept it is impossible to know who is the outright winner from the tiebreaker. 149 goals were scored at the 2012 4chan Spring Babby Cup, an average of 3.55 goals per game.

Final Ranking

1.  /m/
2.  /3/
3.  /sci/
4.  /d/
5.  /int/
6.  /toy/
7.  /pol/

8.  /cgl/
9.  /gif/
10.  /r9k/
11.  /f/
12.  /an/
13.  /s/
14.  /lit/

15.  /mlp/
16.  /soc/
17.  /vp/
18.  /po/
0.  /cm/
0.  /n/
0.  /y/

Matches significantly influenced by Dragonfag were rendered illegitimate in light of rulings stemming from Dragongate. Dragonfag-managed teams are exempt from classification in post-tournament rankings.