King for Another Day Tournament

The King for Another Day Tournament was a 2019 channel event and the sequel to 2018's King for a Day Tournament. It is the second and final tournament project in the King for a Day series.
Like its predecessor, it sees characters battling it out in an elimination bracket determined by the fanbase's votes, with the winner of the tournament receiving their own special day to take over the SiIvaGunner channel. The prize has also been expanded, with the final four contestants receiving collaborative projects.
== History ==
The event was first hinted at in this Tweet from Grinch Takeover. It was then properly revealed a few weeks later during the SiIvaGunner team's MAGFest 2019 panel. After the channel returned from termination, the rip "Reveal Trailer - SiIvaGunner: King for Another Day Tournament" was released, showing what was revealed at MAGFest.
Announcements related to the event were then sprinkled throughout the year. It was originally slated to take place in mid-July or August 2019 but was later delayed.SiIva Direct • SiIva Lighthouse Live | E3 2019. June 11, 2019. The event began on November 23, 2019.
Before the start of the tournament, only a limited amount of information was confirmed by the SiIvaGunner team (aside from confirmed characters):
*Thanos would not snap anyone out of existence during the tournament.
*The King for Another Day Tournament MOJO!! website would be used to share news, fighter information, music, and other relevant details.SiIva Direct 4.1.2019. April 1, 2019.
*Meowth would be interviewing characters on the MOJO!! during the competition.
*As with the previous tournament, the winner of each match-up would be decided by popular vote. However, this tournament would also have a losers' bracket.
*In addition to the winner receiving their own event day, the runner-up would receive a fusion collab.
The video "SiIvaGunner: King for Another Day Tournament Overview: CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER!" revealed most other relevant information. Near the end of the tournament, the runner-up's prize was expanded; all four finalists would receive a collaborative project. Whether this be a fusion collab, an album, a big video, or something else fitting for them.
==Contenders==
The tournament has a 32-member roster, mixing veterans from the previous tournament with a slew of new contenders. 13 contestants return from the previous tournament; Unregistered HyperCam 2 (the winner) and Etika are not competing, while the Dancing Alien Team was split up and paired with other veterans.
In addition, 19 new fighters enter the tournament, complete with Smash Bros.-esque reveal trailers, some of which are hidden within rips. Similar to the first tournament, half of the newcomers are fan-submitted characters.
 Veterans
Metal Ajit Pai	Metal Ajit Pai	Geno	Geno 	Off the Hook ft. Paruko	Off the Hook ft. Paruko	"Weird Al" Yankovic	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Pitbull and the Aliens	Pitbull and the Aliens	Nintendo Power	Nintendo Power	Men in Black 	Men in Black
ZUN 	ZUN 	ZUN 	Thanos	Thanos 	Wario Partners, LLP 	Wario Partners, LLP	King Dedede 	King Dedede 	Solid Snake 	Solid Snake 	DJ Professor K	DJ Professor K	DJ Professor K
 Newcomers
Quote 	Quote 	Quote 	Quote 	Quote 	Adam Levine	Adam Levine	Adam Levine	Adam Levine	Adam Levine	Johnny Bravo	Johnny Bravo	Johnny Bravo	Johnny Bravo	Johnny Bravo 	Mr. Krabs 	Mr. Krabs 	Mr. Krabs 	Mr. Krabs 	Mr. Krabs 	Mariya Takeuchi	Mariya Takeuchi	Mariya Takeuchi	Mariya Takeuchi	Mariya Takeuchi	Dr. Robotnik 	Dr. Robotnik 	Dr. Robotnik 	Dr. Robotnik 	Dr. Robotnik 	Daft Punk ft. Pharrell	Daft Punk ft. Pharrell	Daft Punk ft. Pharrell	Daft Punk ft. Pharrell	Daft Punk ft. Pharrell
Papyrus 	Papyrus 	Papyrus 	Papyrus 	Papyrus 	Jack & Elmo	Jack & Elmo	Jack & Elmo	Jack & Elmo	Jack & Elmo	Dr. Piccolo 	Dr. Piccolo 	Dr. Piccolo 	Dr. Piccolo 	Dr. Piccolo 	Jack Bros. 	Jack Bros. 	Jack Bros. 	Jack Bros. 	Jack Bros. 	HOBaRT 	HOBaRT 	HOBaRT 	HOBaRT 	HOBaRT 	Rhythm Masters	Rhythm Masters	Rhythm Masters	Rhythm Masters	Rhythm Masters	Nico Nico 	Nico Nico 	Nico Nico 	Nico Nico 	Nico Nico
Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	MissingNo. 	MissingNo. 	MissingNo. 	MissingNo. 	MissingNo. 	MissingNo. 	MissingNo. 	The Jazz Cats	The Jazz Cats	The Jazz Cats	The Jazz Cats	The Jazz Cats	The Jazz Cats	The Jazz Cats 	Eminem 	Eminem 	Eminem 	Eminem 	Eminem 	Eminem 	Eminem 	Law & Disorder	Law & Disorder	Law & Disorder 	Law & Disorder 	Law & Disorder 	Law & Disorder 	Law & Disorder
== Lore ==
As stated earlier, during the tourney the King for Another Day Tournament MOJO!! would post interviews, mainly conducted by Meowth and Unregistered HyperCam 2 to get to know the contestants, and flesh out their world more.
== Rips uploaded ==
The rips for this event were much in the same style as the original King for a Day Tournament, with completely original arrangements of music representing each character and their source list. New to this tournament were "dual arrangements", rips featuring two fighters' sources in a unique mashup arrangement, allowing for more unique rips.
Like before, all the rips were placed under a fake game, in this case. However, while the original tournament had around 100 arrangements, this amount quintupled with the King for Another Day Tournament having over 500 arrangements, making its playlist the largest one on the entire channel.
Rips for the tournament were uploaded nonstop through the whole bracket all the way up until Christmas 2019. A few more rips were uploaded after this event as well. On January 8, 2020, "Credits" premiered, officially ending the event.
== Schedule ==
There were 61 matches in total; this is more than quadruple the 15 matches of the 2018 tournament. The matches began at 12 am PST on November 23 and concluded on December 23, meaning the entire tournament lasted one whole month before the end was reached and a winner was announced.
The schedule is somewhat cyclical, with matches starting every six hours for the first two days of each five-day block from November 23 to December 3. (A few matches in winners' bracket round 1 were delayed due to production issues.) The results for each block have typically been announced all at the same time, after the conclusion of the last match. On the first two days of each block, new tracks have been uploaded to YouTube approximately every hour, with other days seeing one new track about every three hours. Some of the tournament's music was uploaded before the first match, with eight arrangements being uploaded on November 22 (as well as a small number before then).
:Times are in PST (UTC−08:00). Brackets are separated by side; click on each side to expand the bracket.
==== Winners' bracket ====
Left side
Right side
==== Losers' bracket ====
The round 1 contenders comprise the losers from winners' bracket round 1. In rounds 2, 4 and 6, half of the contenders comprise the losers from winners' bracket rounds 2, 3 ,and 4 respectively.
Rounds 1–3, left side
Rounds 1–3, right side
Rounds 4–6
==== Final Boss Battle ====
To the surprise of everyone, during the announcement video of the Grand Final, the Crown itself decided to make the tournament last for eternity and took over Unregistered HyperCam 2's body, turning him into a kaiju version of himself known as Unrestrained HyperCam 2. The viewers are then prompted by John Notwoodman to massively like the video to power up The MF Like Button as a way to fight back the Crown and save HyperCam. The boss battle ended a day later, with HyperCam saved and the crown defeated. The grand finals resumed shortly after.
==== Finals ====
The last match, the grand final, has the winner of the winners' bracket (DJ Professor K) facing the winner of the losers' bracket (Mariya Takeuchi). DJ Professor K took home the gold as the tournament winner, and his takeover started on June 30, 2020, and ended on July 7, 2020. One of the runners-up, Mariya Takeuchi, was awarded a fusion collab on December 31, 2020.
Finals
==Timeline==
=== Before tournament starts===
=== Winners' bracket Round 1 ===
=== Winners' bracket Round 2 / Losers' bracket Round 1 ===
=== Winners' bracket Round 3 / Losers' bracket Round 2 ===
=== Losers' bracket Round 3 ===
=== Losers' bracket Round 4 ===
=== Winners' bracket Round 4 / Losers' bracket Round 5 ===
=== Losers' bracket Round 6 ===
=== Semi-Finals ===
=== Final Boss Battle ===
=== Grand Finals ===
=== After Finals ===
=== April Fools' Day 2020 ===
=== DJ Professor K's Takeover ===
=== Post-DJ Professor K Takeover ===
=== Cancellation of remaining Final Four prizes ===
On June 9, 2022, the SiIvaGunner team announced on their Twitter account that the prizes for Law & Disorder and MissingNo. had been put on indefinite hold and are considered to be cancelled for the time being."Hello everyone. After a long period of deliberation, we've reached a decision on the two remaining King For Another Day Final Four prizes. We are sorry to announce that the Law & Disorder and MissingNo. projects are currently put on indefinite hold." - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. June 9, 2022."If we are to release a finished prize for either of them in the future, we will be very clear and transparent about it, but please consider them cancelled at this moment. We are publishing a selection of development assets from the MissingNo. project here:" - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. June 9, 2022. The team released a Google Drive folder containing a selection of assets that would have been used for MissingNo.'s prize, though these do not reflect what the final product would have been."These assets do not necessarily reflect what the finished work would have been. They all come from various iterations and stages of development. We apologize to everyone who was looking forward to these projects. Thank you for understanding. ~ The SiIvaGunner Team" - Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. Twitter. June 9, 2022.
== Gallery ==
King For Another Day Tournament announcement.jpg|A promotional illustration by LarryInc64 for the MAGFest 2019 panel announcement.Tweet by @LarryInc64. Twitter. January 10, 2019.
Stryleguide2 (SmokyThrill77).jpg|An example used for KFAD's artstyle featuring Red from the Angry Birds franchise, specifically The Angry Birds Movie.Tweet by @SmokyThrill77. Twitter. December 10, 2019.
== Trivia ==
*The main color scheme of pink and blue during the tournament is most likely based on Grand Dad.
*In addition to the extended Mr. Bean fakeout, the videos "Mariya Takeuchi In King For Another Day, Blue Album Out Today, Grand Dad Rip In April ∣ News Wave" and "Boss Battle Fusion Collab" ended with brief reveal trailer fakeouts for Spawn Wave and Sans, respectively.
*Both Loser-bracket finalists were newcomers who were knocked out during the first round of the competition.
*Some prominent video game composers have acknowledged the King for Another Day Tournament.
**Grant Kirkhope shared the "Bubblegloop Swamp" arrangement on his official Twitter.Tweet by @GrantKirkhope. Twitter. December 2, 2019.
**Hideki Naganuma tweeted a picture from "THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION IS..." after DJ Professor K. was confirmed to be the winner of the tournament.Tweet by @Hideki_Naganuma. Twitter. December 24, 2019. He later retweeted and tweeted anything related to the tournament and the character.
==References==
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