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Congratulations /k/! |
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| Winners of the 2024 4chan Autumn Babby Cup |
/b/ History
Even though this was one of the more hated teams in the cup, the fact remains that 
/b/ is a must-have team for the cup, as it represents the biggest board on 4chan.
2011 4chan Summer Cup
/b/ was an unwanted entry in the original 4chan Cup. As much as everyone hates the board, you can't have a 4chan cup without /b/. In the first tournament and the first 4chan Cup match ever, /x/ proved to be 2SPOOKY4/b/ as they won 2-1, sending them to the Losers' Bracket. /fa/ would eliminate /b/ here in a match that ended 1-0 with Cufflink being the man of the match.
2012 4chan Winter Cup
Though /b/ didn't get too far into the competition, this was a very memorable performance from the team. In the first round, /b/ would send the defending champions /a/ to the Losers' Bracket due to /a/ scoring an idiotic own goal, and Chocolate Rain scoring for /b/ at the last minute. Next, /x/ would once again scare the shit out of /b/, who couldn't win despite a Chocolate Rain hat trick as /x/ won the match 4-3. In the Losers' Bracket, /b/ won against underdogs /o/ 2-0, with /o/'s fanbase being remarkably calm about this loss as they went out of the competition without scoring goals. /b/'s run would end in the next round as /tg/ beat them 3-0.
2012 4chan Summer Cup
With the new format and teams from the Spring Babby cup joining the fun, /b/ was hoping to have a performance similar to the Winter cup. Actually, that's not true since /b/ doesn't care about the competition and it's best if it stays that way. /b/ was drawn into Group E with /sp/, /o/, and /d/. After /sp/ made a very memorable comeback against /d/, /b/ cooled the crowd off with a dull 1-1 draw with /o/ with their queen Boxxy scoring. Next, /sp/'s single goal from Messi gave them all they needed in a rather calm match against /b/ that ended with the score being 1-0. /b/ needed a win to have a chance to go through to the next stage, but instead they were greeted with a 5-3 loss to /d/ and were sent to the babbies along with /o/ due to the low amount of points both teams had.
2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
Before the cup even began, /b/ had a memorable 4-3 win against /v/ in their preparation friendlies. Apart from that, they had a 0-0 draw with /c/ and a 2-2 draw with /soc/ to think about as they went into the competition. Their cancerous cousins /r9k/ would join them in Group H along with /vg/ and /u/. Because Germanbro forgot to make certain changes to the ratings of some /b/ players, the team had to be rigged with said players being placed out of position. While it seemed like /vg/ would win the first match of the group, /b/ would draw level with a goal from Triforce, much to Germanbro's butthurt. Next, up-and-coming /r9k/ would win against /b/ with Japanese Lettuce Hardcore drowning /b/ with feels. With /vg/ losing to /r9k/, this left them with 4 points, meaning that if /b/ could win their next match against /u/ by 2 goals, they would qualify for the next Winter Cup. Despite conditioning being against /u/ in comparison to /b/, the match ended in a 0-0 draw, keeping /b/ in the babbies.
2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup
After the previous babby cup, Cosa Nostra had taken a lengthy hiatus from 4chan cup activity. Said hiatus went on for so long that /b/'s first group stage match was already played by the time Cosa Nostra came back. /c/ enjoyed a 4-1 win over an unmanaged /b/, with Triforce scoring the consolation goal. Though /co/ had just lost to /fa/, a team that hadn't won since the Wardrobe Malfunction incident, they were still considered favorites against /b/. Despite Cosa Nostra's absence, /b/ was able to surprise everyone by winning 1-0 with Anonymous proving he is, in fact, LEEJUN. Cosa Nostra returned soon after this match and it was time for him to do or die: Even winning might not have been enough if /c/ won against /co/ by enough goals. Despite this, /b/ got another surprising 1-0 win with Triforce scoring the winner against /fa/. Because /co/ beat /c/ in the match that followed, /b/ returned to the Summer Cup. /b/'s troll-tastic streak of wins was cut short by /soc/ in the Round of 16 after a tough 2-0 loss.
2013 4chan Summer Cup
/b/ went into maximum overdrive with their troll football: /b/ was not only one of the tallest teams in the cup, which led to more butthurt about height abuse, they also had a historic run to 3rd place. Their run started with a 2-0 win over the hyped /d/. Triforce danced all over /d/'s defense, and James Holmes finished the match off at the 80th minute. /lit/'s horrific debut to a major cup continued with a 4-1 loss to /b/, with Triforce scoring 4 goals. The cancer derby (or Popularity Derby as it's known on this page) with /v/ was up next and it disappointed. /b/ lost 1-0 in a dull match where Gaben's goal was the only bit of excitement.
In the round of 16, the >/m/ council came up with rather strange tactics that made their defense very leaky. /m/'s offense was still something to look out for, and by the end of the first half, /b/ was winning 3-2. A killer shot from James Holmes gave /b/ their 4th goal, which was enough to eliminate /m/ in a 4-3 win. The quarterfinals brought /b/ a great struggle with /trv/, but they got past it in true /b/ style. Despite /trv/ having twice the shots, /b/ won 1-0.
/mu/ ended /b/'s dreams to win the whole cup in a tense 1-0 loss in the semifinals. However, /b/ still managed to get somewhat of a happy ending: /v/ also got sent to the third place playoff, so /b/ got a rematch for the previous 1-0 loss. Triforce got /b/ ahead first, and then No Fun Allowed scored a ridiculous own goal. Though SANIC tried to make /b/'s players go deaf with his goalhorn, Triforce put the match away with a goal of his own, giving /b/ an originally unexpected third place finish.
After that, the team also won 4 Team Awards: Most Improved, Underdog of the Tournament, Surprise of the Tournament, and Best Anthem for Staple Tape Worms On My Penis.
2014 4chan Winter Cup
After such a great run in the last summer, /b/ had to prove themselves worthy of that third place finish. Instead of getting third place in the cup, /b/ got third place in their group, relegating them once again. The once great James Holmes had such an atrocious run in the cup that a video was made out of his horrible decision making. In the final group stage fixture, /soc/ had a 4-2 win over /hr/. /b/ only needed a draw against /an/ to survive, but instead lost 1-0 with a massive blunder in /b/'s final push for a goal that led to /b/ trolling themselves out of the cup.
2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup
The Babby Cup had a new format with 8 groups of 5 teams, and /b/ was drawn in what some would call a gay group since /fa/, /hm/, and /lgbt/ were there along with /b/ and /out/. At the start, /b/ looked strong in a 3-1 win over /out/, but then drew against a rigged /fa/ that had 3 silver players and only one gold as a punishment. Disaster stuck when /lgbt/ crushed /b/ 4-1. The combination of results from /lgbt/ vs /hm/ and /fa/ vs /out/ made it mathematically impossible for /b/ to get promoted back to the 2014 4chan Summer Cup. /b/ unleashed their rage at this on /hm/ with a 5-2 win that originally meant nothing for either team.
A twist of events happened just before the Summer Cup: /fa/'s management had been suspended, and their team was disqualified from the Summer Cup. Their spot was taken by the highest ranked team that did not qualify from the Spring Babbies and that team was /b/.
2014 4chan Summer Cup
/b/'s first two matches in this cup (as well as much of this cup, really) can be quickly summarized with this image:
The grand beauty of these 0-0 thrillers was that they left /b/ in a position where they could avoid relegation if they could just beat /f/, a team that also failed to score any goals in the cup at the time.
They didn't. Trolled 2 Death scored /b/'s only goal of the cup in their 2-1 loss to /f/.
2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
Back in a babby cup once more, /b/ got off to a poor start with a 1-0 loss to the debuting /t/. The 0-0 draw to /k/ made it seem like /b/ did not improve from their poor Summer Cup run at all. Fortunately, the team woke up against /d/, defeating them 3-2 with a Triforce hat trick.
At this point, /b/ had to win against /3/ to qualify for the 2015 4chan Winter Cup. An early goal from Trolled 2 Death gave /b/ all they needed in a 1-0 win over /3/ that got them back in a major 4chan cup. In the round of 16, /b/ fought hard against /lit/, and in the additional minutes of the second half, /b/ got the winning goal from The Fappening.
In the other side of the bracket, /vp/ had finally given their fans some joy with wins over /sp/ and /ck/ to reach the quarterfinals. /b/ had the seemingly tough task of facing them, but instead they ended up getting a shockingly easy 4-1 win over /vp/.
As the match against /vp/ began, a cup thread was made on /b/. The attendance for the stream steadily increased as /b/'s semifinal game with /n/ approached, and /b/ did not choke in the spotlight. Facing another team who was finally catching their break, /b/ did not have an easy time, but they got a 2-1 win in the end that sent the /b/-tards to the cup final.
Though /e/ tried so hard to put on a good show, in the end, it didn't even matter as /b/ had little trouble beating them in a massive 2-1 win. For the first time ever, /b/ won a cup. Though it was a babby cup, /b/ look to prove that they are worthy of being called champions in the upcoming Winter Cup.
/b/ gets quads in their thread for the cup final
A screencap of /e/'s catalog taken shortly after /b/ won the cup.
2015 4chan Winter Cup
Once more, /b/ had a reputation to defend in a major 4chan Cup, and their run got started off on the right foot with a 2-0 win over /hr/, the runner-up team from the 2014 4chan Summer Cup. In their second match, /b/ seemed to be off to a good start once again with Triforce giving them the 1-0 lead. However, a late penalty kick for /ck/ sent the /b/-tards into turmoil and at the last minute, /ck/ got a 2-1 win with their legendary Nachos taking precious points away from /b/. Not all hope was lost just yet - /b/'s final opponent in this group would be /po/, who had just lost their two previous matches and was already eliminated from the cup. Shockingly, /po/ took a 2-0 lead against /b/ in the first half, and #REKT's goal in the second half was too little, too late. Just like that, /b/'s Winter Cup run ended up being a massive disappointment.
2015 4chan Spring Babby Cup
It was time for /b/ to redeem themselves yet again, and the group stage draw got them in a very tough and hyped group that had /a/ and /sp/ in it. Initially, the /b/tards looked fierce as they REKT /c/ 4-1 in the first match, but then they'd suffer a 4-1 loss of their own against /sp/. Despite a scary loss like that, /b/ bounced back from it in style, blowing /a/ the fuck out in a 6-1 win, the biggest official win in /b/'s history at the time. For the next matchday, /b/ had a bye, and the results led to some interesting developments.
With /sp/ and /c/ eliminated, many expected /a/ to win against /c/, making it so /b/ would need a win against a strong managerless /cgl/. Instead, /a/ lost to /c/ and would be depending on /b/ saving them with a win against the Seagulls. In true troll fashion, /b/ lost 3-2 to /cgl/, and a loss of such a small margin meant that /b/ still qualified for the Summer Cup, and /a/ was left behind in 3rd place due to the goal difference, and goals scored. From then on, /b/'s form never quite recovered and they were eliminated in the round of 16 by /co/.
2015 4chan Summer Cup
Following an embarrassing exit from the last Babby Cup, /b/ had to step up in order to survive the group stage in this cup. Though /i/ had a reputation for being giant killers after their wins over /sp/ and /mu/, their tactics were shockingly bad in this cup. /b/ showed no mercy and destroyed them in a 6-0 win. After this, OP tried so hard to prove he was not a faggot, but failed in the end - /b/ conceded 3 goals to /o/ in a 3-3 draw, with /o/'s third goal being scored in the last minutes of the match. Due to the goal difference, the /b/-tards could afford a loss in the match against /lit/, as long as it wasn't by a large margin. This is why some people posted "/b/ WINS 0-1" in the chat as /b/ lost 1-0 to /lit/, but advanced to the round of 16 despite the loss.
From here on, /b/ went on to have a memorable run to win the coveted >Third Place trophy. The /b/-tards defeated /ck/ 4-3, and then won 3-1 in the quarterfinals against /u/, becoming the first team to break the /ck/ curse. In the semifinals, /g/ surprised many viewers by defeating /b/ 1-0, leaving some fans to feel robbed of a possible /b/ vs /mlp/ cup final. The third place playoff saw /b/ win 5-4 against /mu/ in a crazy match, and this left /b/ with a total of 20 goals in this cup, an all-time record for the team.