2020 sucked. We can all agree on that due to *once again gestures to outside world* all this shit. You name it, it probably sucked.

You know what didn’t suck? You fine people at bringing the funny, the clever, and the severely fucked up. And very often, a combination of the three.

Yes, it’s that time again for our annual Smarch, uh, Smadness? It’s a word now, fuck it. Though we had trials and tribulations, what we also have are 52 banners (including the ones Balls put on his Balls Thoughts post when he noted that the banner had been down for awhile and here are the quotes that should have been on the banner during that time) from the past calendar year vying for your vote to be the best one. Sure, 52 doesn’t play right into a bracket format and as a result there had to be some byes because I’ve no idea how to build a working bot to trawl for the most +1’d posts over the last year, but I’m sure it’ll all get sorted out in the wash.

(Byes per region were determined via random.org picking three numbers from 1-8 and rerolling if there were numbers that would lead to a second-round matchup already being set; ie., 2 and 3 being in separate round of 32 matchups were okay, but 1 and 2, being in the same potential round of 32 matchup was not.)

The brackets are once again BLEERGH, SHAN’KHOR, GAMBLOR, and DOINK, because we haven’t added any more deities in a while. Let’s start this bad boy off right!

(Brackets made via an integer set on random.org from 1-52, then going down the line, making space for byes when applicable. Numbers are in chronological order for organizational purposes.)

BLEERGH Region, 1st Round:
51. “Haha, the interesting thing is now every commenter has hobo blood lust and will have to fulfill it on their own.” vs. -BYE-

38. “Rudy will be asking the Supreme Court to overturn the results of his COVID test.” vs. 44. “Thoughts and prayers for COVID-19 as it has tested positive for Stephen Miller.”

16. “Jesus just popped a bottle [of] champagne to celebrate that he still has the only undefeated life in history.” vs. -BYE-

52. “‘Ben trying to slam it in there.’ Is he watching the game or reading a deposition?” vs. 36. “THIS DREW BREES, I CALL HIM KATRINA BECAUSE HE’S SINGLE HANDEDLY RUINING NEW ORLEANS”

24. “Peter King talking about accountability is like the pot calling the kettle Favre.” vs. 6. “What do Kobe and democracy have in common? They both died this past week.”

1. “Josh Allen just went on Wheel of Fish and took What’s in the Box.” vs. 21. “Joe Biden is so senile he thought his Aunt Jemima bottle was a trophy from the NAACP.”

31. “Think Dallas has to change their name to Houston after getting scored on this much.” vs. 48. “They warned me that if Biden was elected, Tennessee would be overrun by The Browns, and they were right!”

23. “Australia is Willy Wonka’s Factory as an entire continent.” vs. -BYE-

So that’s the full quadrant. Five polls in total, and you can vote below! They’ll be up for 24 hours (when the next one goes up).

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So here are the polls, and vote accordingly. Oh! Before I forget: The winner will actually get a thing this year! I don’t know what else, but they will get a bottle of hot sauce from (company TBD).

So with that… let the tournament begin!