2016 4chan Winter Cup

2016 4chan Winter Cup
Tournament details
Host board	/mlp/
Dates	February 19–21, 26–28; March 5–6
Teams	32
Final positions
Champion	/fit/
Runner-up	/u/
Third	/out/
Fourth	/mu/
Tournament statistics Matches 64 Goals scored 282 (4.41 per match) Top scorer(s) Homucifer (11 goals) Top assister(s) Smokey The Bear (7 assists) Golden Glove Merzbow (29 saves) Best player Homucifer (5 MoTM awards) Yellow cards 15 (0.23 per match) Red cards 0 (0 per match)
2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup
2016 4chan Winter Cup
2016 4chan Spring Babby Cup Qualifiers

The 2016 4chan Winter Cup was the eighteenth official 4chan Cup tournament, the fifth iteration of the Winter Cup series, and the first to use Pro Evolution Soccer 2016. It was played over three weekends in Winter 2016, specifically on February 19–21, 26–28, and March 5 and 6. Teams which advanced to the knockout stage of the 2015 4chan Summer Cup, as well as those which secured promotion from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, competed at the event.

This was the eleventh and final Cup under commissioner DrBorisG !!uWmnP2zIyZF, who hosted the competition. Having been victorious in the previous Elite Cup, the board of /mlp/ played host to this tournament.

Competitors

Thirty-two teams participated in this tournament, sixteen of which qualified by means of advancing to the knockout stage of the 2015 4chan Summer Cup, and sixteen by means of advancing from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup.

This Cup saw the Winter Cup and Elite Cup debut of /out/.

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2015 4chan Summer Cup:

•  /asp/ (8th)
•  /b/ (3rd)
•  /ck/ (9th)
•  /cm/ (26th)

•  /f/ (15th)
•  /g/ (2nd)
•  /gd/ (16th)
•  /mlp/ (1st)

•  /mu/ (7th)
•  /o/ (19th)
•  /s/ (13th)
•  /soc/ (30th)

•  /tg/ (4th)
•  /tv/ (6th)
•  /u/ (14th)
•  /vr/ (11th)

The following teams qualified by advancing from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup:

•  /a/ (33rd)
•  /an/ (23rd)
•  /d/ (34th)
•  /fit/ (17th)

•  /h/ (5th)
•  /int/ (22nd)
•  /k/ (44th)
•  /out/ (20th)

•  /pol/ (28th)
•  /r9k/ (37th)
•  /s4s/ (12th)
•  /sp/ (40th)

•  /vp/ (43rd)
•  /wg/ (24th)
•  /wsg/ (45th)

The following teams qualified as a replacement for a team that failed to sign up:

•  /n/ (21st)

Pots

Teams were placed in four different pots based on seeding. Seeding is determined by:

1. Finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2015 4chan Summer Cup in that tournament
2. Finishing position of the top 16 teams from the 2015 4chan Autumn Babby Cup in that tournament

All of the highest-seeded competitors (the top eight finishers from Summer) were placed in Pot 1, the next-highest in Pot 2, and so on until all four pots contained eight teams.

The group draw was held on February 13th.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
/mlp/  /g/  /b/  /mu/  /asp/  /u/  /f/  /tv/	/ck/  /vr/  /s/  /gd/  /o/  /soc/  /cm/  /tg/	/out/  /int/  /pol/  /an/  /s4s/  /wg/  /h/  /fit/	/sp/  /k/  /r9k/  /d/  /a/  /wsg/  /vp/  /n/

Group Stage

Group A

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/an/	3	2	1	0	9	7	2	7
/mlp/	3	1	2	0	7	5	2	5
/vp/	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
/o/	3	0	1	2	4	8	-4	1

19 February 2016	/mlp/	2–2	/an/
17:00	Biscuit  13' Princess Twilight  58'		37' Take It To The Vet  90+4' Scanned Snake	Attendance: 1305

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19 February 2016	/o/	0–3	/vp/
17:40			18', 51' Fug  59' Miror B	Attendance: 1313

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21 February 2016	/mlp/	2–2	/o/
17:00	Tracy  60' >rape  90+5'		4' VIN Check  33' Takumi	Attendance: 1489

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21 February 2016	/an/	4–3	/vp/
17:40	Canadian Goose  29' What Is This?  34' >Outdoor Cat  45+2' Take It To The Vet  82'		14' Bravest Bird  44' Fug  74' Miror B.	Attendance: 1512

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27 February 2016	/o/	2–3	/an/
17:00	Takumi  23' Miata  35'		19' Canadian Goose  27', 44' >Outdoor Cat	Attendance: 1420

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27 February 2016	/vp/	1–3	/mlp/
17:40	Bravest Bird  5'		28' Razzle Dazzle  37' >Rape  43' Best Pony	Attendance: 1846

Group B

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/u/	3	2	1	0	8	4	4	7
/pol/	3	1	1	1	7	5	2	4
/tg/	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
/sp/	3	0	1	2	5	10	-5	1

19 February 2016	/u/	3–1	/pol/
18:20	Homucifer  21', 40' Akkarin  26'		71' Stormfront	Attendance: 1475

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19 February 2016	/tg/	3–2	/sp/
19:00	Doomrider  18' Los Magos Del Tiempo  86' Creed  90+1'		28' Messi  65' USA USA USA	Attendance: 1541

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21 February 2016	/u/	3–1	/tg/
18:20	Homucifer  39', 79' Purest Form of Love  90+2'		70' Creed	Attendance: 1575

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21 February 2016	/pol/	5–1	/sp/
19:00	Donald Trump  20', 63', 90+5' Stormfront  67' Jews  90'		37' MESSI	Attendance: 1714

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27 February 2016	/tg/	1–1	/pol/
18:20	Doomrider  7'		74' Donald Trump	Attendance: 1884

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27 February 2016	/sp/	2–2	/u/
19:00	TSUUUUUUUUUUUUU  4' George Costanza  62'		8' Homucifer  90+3' Teru Time	Attendance: 1600

Group C

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/mu/	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
/d/	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
/cm/	3	1	0	2	7	9	-2	3
/wg/	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3

19 February 2016	/mu/	3–1	/wg/
19:40	Michael Gira  7' MC Ride  18', 37'		51' Descartes	Attendance: 1492

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19 February 2016	/cm/	4–2	/d/
20:20	Kaworu Nagisa  56', 68' Makoto Tachinaba  72' Kagami Taiga  77'		58', 64' Futa/Alternative	Attendance: 1320

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21 February 2016	/mu/	3–1	/cm/
19:40	Jeff Mangum  24', 27', 55'		85' Kaworu Nagisa	Attendance: 1494

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21 February 2016	/wg/	0–2	/d/
20:20			11' Faye Artemis  25' Futa/Alternative	Attendance: 1412

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27 February 2016	/cm/	2–4	/wg/
19:40	Kagami Taiga  17' Makoto Tachinaba  72'		27', 57' Ronald Raygun  32', 73' Cunt Destroyer	Attendance: 1434

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27 February 2016	/d/	0–0	/mu/
20:20				Attendance: 1407

Group D

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/asp/	3	2	1	0	9	2	7	7
/fit/	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	5
/soc/	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
/k/	3	0	1	2	0	7	-7	1

19 February 2016	/asp/	1–1	/fit/
21:00	Bruce Lee  79'		38' L O N D O N	Attendance: 1298

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19 February 2016	/soc/	1–0	/k/
21:40	Vocaroo  89'			Attendance: 1202

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21 February 2016	/asp/	2–1	/soc/
21:00	Bruce Lee  53' CENAWINSLOL  90+1'		33' Selfie	Attendance: 1303

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21 February 2016	/fit/	0–0	/k/
21:40				Attendance: 1212

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27 February 2016	/soc/	0–3	/fit/
21:00			49' L O N D O N  53', 71' Zyzz	Attendance: 1362

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27 February 2016	/k/	0–6	/asp/
21:40			5', 59' CENAWINSLOL  9', 15', 31' Box/MT/Kyo + Judo/BJJ/Wres  45+1' Bruce Lee	Attendance: 1350

Group E

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/tv/	3	2	0	1	9	4	5	6
/wsg/	3	2	0	1	6	7	-1	6
/vr/	3	1	1	1	9	9	0	4
/h/	3	0	1	2	7	11	-4	1

20 February 2016	/tv/	3–1	/h/
17:00	Brendan Fraser  39', 65' FOR YOU  41'		45+2' Asuka	Attendance: 1125

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20 February 2016	/vr/	4–0	/wsg/
17:40	CRT  12', 27' Zig  23' Doomguy  42'			Attendance: 1259

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26 February 2016	/tv/	5–1	/vr/
17:00	Real Human Being  18', 79' For You  53' Brendan Fraser  58', 87'		67' Doomguy	Attendance: 891

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26 February 2016	/h/	2–4	/wsg/
17:40	Kneesocks  62' Waifu Thread  90+1'		19', 28' Duane  49', 83' Dodger Leigh	Attendance: 956

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28 February 2016	/vr/	4–4	/h/
17:00	Doomguy  7', 18', 76', 88'		5', 23', 62' Titty Monster  38' Reika Kitami	Attendance: 1034

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28 February 2016	/wsg/	2–1	/tv/
17:40	Duane  4' Dodger Leigh  40'		31' Brendan Fraser	Attendance: 1167

Group F

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/s/	3	1	2	0	9	7	2	5
/f/	3	1	2	0	12	11	1	5
/n/	3	1	1	1	10	7	3	4
/int/	3	0	1	2	5	11	-6	1

20 February 2016	/f/	4–3	/int/
18:20	Lolicatgirls  5', 80' Van Darkholm  66' Daily Dose  88'		32' Spurdo Sparde  45' Putin  83' Remove Kebab	Attendance: 1304

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20 February 2016	/s/	3–1	/n/
19:00	Thunder Thighs  14', 41' Banned  76'		65' Hipster Fixie	Attendance: 1259

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26 February 2016	/f/	4–4	/s/
18:20	DA HOOD  6', 65', 79' Lolicatgirls  17'		18' Iron Man  24', 35' Banned  63' Thunder Thighs	Attendance: 1024

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26 February 2016	/int/	0–5	/n/
19:00			31', 41' Tite Gapz  35', 40' I Like Trains  71' Hipster Fixie	Attendance: 1140

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28 February 2016	/s/	2–2	/int/
18:20	Banned  26' ITT: Shit Taste  49'		64', 79' Putin	Attendance: 1212

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28 February 2016	/n/	4–4	/f/
19:00	Hipster Fixie  40' Tite Gapz  45+2', 82' Bepsi  86'		3', 73', 90+6' DA HOOD  53' Lolicatgirls	Attendance: 1322

Group G

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/gd/	3	3	0	0	8	2	6	9
/s4s/	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
/g/	3	1	0	2	5	9	-4	3
/r9k/	3	0	1	2	5	7	-2	1

20 February 2016	/g/	0–4	/s4s/
19:40			7', 73', 85' Patrick Bateman  29' [s4s]-tan	Attendance: 1273

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20 February 2016	/gd/	2–1	/r9k/
20:20	>>>/r/  40' >bumping /gd/  82'		52' Elliot Rodger	Attendance: 1271

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26 February 2016	/g/	1–2	/gd/
19:40	No Time For Love  31'		34' Kerning  42' Helvetica	Attendance: 1160

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26 February 2016	/s4s/	1–1	/r9k/
20:20	Patrick Bateman  25'		76' Robot9001	Attendance: 1226

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28 February 2016	/gd/	4–0	/s4s/
19:40	Kerning  7', 69' Helvetica  80', 84'			Attendance: 1328

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28 February 2016	/r9k/	3–4	/g/
20:20	Failed /g/ Project  28' >tfw no gf  42' Chad  81'		5', 64' Install Gentoo  59', 84' No Time For Love	Attendance: 1430

Group H

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
/out/	3	3	0	0	8	4	4	9
/ck/	3	2	0	1	7	6	1	6
/a/	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
/b/	3	0	0	3	4	7	-3	0

20 February 2016	/b/	2–3	/out/
21:00	Giga Puddi  8' Triforce  39'		30' Gransfors Bruks  48' Leave No Trace  87' Want Some Chips?	Attendance: 1332

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20 February 2016	/ck/	3–2	/a/
21:40	Perfect Coffee  19', 52' Pink Himalayan Salt  64'		43' Cowboy Bebop  67' Giorgio	Attendance: 1438

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26 February 2016	/b/	2–3	/ck/
21:00	REKT  19' Triforce  71'		31' Nachos  35', 56' Pink Himalayan Salt	Attendance: 1295

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26 February 2016	/out/	3–1	/a/
21:40	Smokey The Bear  3' Want Some Chips?  69', 86'		45+1' Bert is a Titan	Attendance: 1425

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28 February 2016	/ck/	1–2	/out/
21:00	Nachos  59'		29' Smokey The Bear  87' Want Some Chips?	Attendance: 1377

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28 February 2016	/a/	1–0	/b/
21:40	Bert Is A Titan  88'			Attendance: 1429

Knockout Stage

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

 /an/

4

 /ck/

3

 /u/

3

 /d/

2

 /mu/

3

 /f/

2

 /asp/

2(3)

 [s4s]

2(4)

 /tv/

0

 /fit/

2

 /s/

1

 /pol/

0

 /gd/

4

 /mlp/

2

 /out/

3(8)

 /wsg/

3(7)

Quarter-finals

 /an/

0

 /u/

1

 /mu/

3

 [s4s]

2

 /fit/

2(4)

 /s/

2(2)

 /gd/

3

 /out/

4

Semi-finals

 /u/

4

 /mu/

3

 /fit/

4

 /out/

2

Final

 /u/

3

 /fit/

4

Third Place Match

 /mu/

3

 /out/

4

Round of 16

5 March 2016	/an/	4–3	/ck/
17:00	>Outdoor Cat  3' Canadian Goose  8', 55' Take It To The Vet  81'		29' Cock Sauce  75', 89' Nachos	Attendance: 1300

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5 March 2016	/u/	3–2	/d/
17:45	Homucifer  25', 31' Feito-chan  67'		5', 65' Dmitrys	Attendance: 1351

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5 March 2016	/mu/	3–2	/f/
18:30	Jeff Mangum  5' Michael Gira  44' Vaporwave  113'		59' Lolicatgirls  61' Daily Dose	Attendance: 1535

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5 March 2016	/asp/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/s4s/
19:15	American Dragon  45+1' Box/MT/Kyo + Judo/BJJ/Wres  90+3'		41' Nice Grill  59' Patrick Bateman	Attendance: 1750
		Penalties
	Box/MT + Judo/BJJ American Dragon CENAWINSLOL Bruce Lee Eye Poke Jones Fuck This Company Not /asp/	3–4	Patrick Bateman [s4s]-tan Topkek Nice Grill Snek Court D A N K M E M E S swaglord

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5 March 2016	/tv/	0–2	/fit/
20:00			17', 51' L O N D O N	Attendance: 1787

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5 March 2016	/s/	1–0	/pol/
20:45	BANNED  74'			Attendance: 2188

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5 March 2016	/gd/	4–2 (a.e.t.)	/mlp/
21:30	Kerning  40', 72', 98' Fuck You Pay Me  120+1'		56' Princess Twilight  70' Best Pony	Attendance: 2187

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5 March 2016	/out/	3–3 (a.e.t.)	/wsg/
22:15	Want some Chips?  31', 90+1' Mora Batoning  101'		16', 109' Dodger Leigh  43' Duane	Attendance: 1462
		Penalties
	Smokey The Bear Want Some Chips Gransfors Bruks Mora Batoning Lord Baden-Powell >ultralight Everyday Carry Poorfag Geocache	8–7	Dodger Leigh Duane Shinobu Oshiro Raven of Azarath Shotgun Chicken Brent Rambo Thanks, Obama! Boston Dynamics Danny Mainus

Quarterfinals

6 March 2016	/an/	0–1	/u/
17:00			5' Homucifer	Attendance: 1333

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6 March 2016	/mu/	3–2	/s4s/
17:45	Jeff Mangum  28' Sufjan Stevens  54' David Bowie  74'		14' Topkek  45+3' Patrick Bateman	Attendance: 1448

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6 March 2016	/fit/	2–2 (a.e.t.)	/s/
18:30	Zyzz  24', 116'		62' Thunder Thighs  100' BANNED	Attendance: 1581
		Penalties
	Banned Thunder Thighs In The Crack You Love You Lose	4–2	Zyzz Scooby L O N D O N Rich Piana

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6 March 2016	/gd/	3–4 (a.e.t.)	/out/
19:15	Helvetica  35', 52' Kerning  72'		21' Want Some Chips?  41' Gransfors Bruks  78' Smokey The Bear  120' Mora Batoning	Attendance: 1711

Semifinals

6 March 2016	/u/	4–3	/mu/
20:00	Akkarin  9' Kuma Shock  35' Homucifer  38' Fingering For World Peace  63'		7' MC Ride  20' Michael Gira  69' Jeff Mangum	Attendance: 1954

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6 March 2016	/fit/	4–2	/out/
20:45	L O N D O N  18', 38' Scooby  33' Zyzz  69'		7' Want Some Chips?  13' Gransfors Bruks	Attendance: 2055

Third-place

6 March 2016	/mu/	3–4	/out/
21:30	David Bowie  16', 45+1' MC Ride  90+4'		38', 70' Want Some Chips?  52' Mora Batoning  76' Gransfors Bruks	Attendance: 1942

Final

6 March 2016	/fit/	4–3 (a.e.t.)	/u/
22:15	L O N D O N  23', 111' Scooby  59' Zyzz  118'		53', 105+3' Homucifer  68' Purest Form Of Love	Attendance: 2223

Statistics

Main article: 2016 4chan Winter Cup statistics

Team Awards

Award	Team
Team of the tournament	/fit/
Most improved team	/out/
Least improved team	/b/
Underdog/surprise of the tournament	/out/
At least you tried	/vp/
Best Kits	/gd/
Best Model	/gd/ and  /vr/ and  /pol/ - Kerning, Kirby, and Build Wall
Best manager	/fit/ JohnnyBravo
Worst manager	/sp/ >Bochumbru
Best Fans	/fit/
Worst Fans	/mlp/
Match of the tournament	/fit/  v  /u/
Most exciting team	/f/
Biggest upset	/gd/ 4-2  /mlp/
Goal of the tournament	/n/'s tactical genius header against  /f/
Biggest spaghetti moment	/an/ Biscuit's own goal to open the cup against  /mlp/
Player of the tournament	/u/ (Homucifer)
Best music	/out/ 500 Miles

Final Rankings

1.  /fit/
2.  /u/
3.  /out/
4.  /mu/
5.  /s/
6.  /gd/
7.  /s4s/
8.  /an/

9.  /wsg/
10.  /asp/
11.  /ck/
12.  /f/
12.  /d/
14.  /pol/
15.  /mlp/
16.  /tv/

17.  /n/
18.  /vr/
19.  /tg/
20.  /vp/
21.  /cm/
22.  /wg/
23.  /a/
24.  /soc/

25.  /g/
26.  /r9k/
27.  /h/
28.  /o/
29.  /sp/
30.  /int/
31.  /k/
32.  /b/