Gehenna Custom Remix Tournament I

"Gehenna Custom Remix Tournament I" (just called the Custom Remix Tournament at the time) was a bracket tourney hosted by Turtike, and was the first ever remix tournament in the server. Participants compete by making Rhythm Heaven custom remixes and receiving votes from other participants and a panel of judges.
The event began on March 21st, 2021, when Karate Joe Mama Turtike announced the tournament. 
The event ended on June 22th, 2021, when Huebird was announced as the winner. 
See the tournament brackets here! 
https://challonge.com/remixtourney
Check out all the rounds' remixes here!
Round 1 
Round 2 + Loser's Round 1
Loser's Round 2 + Bonus Round 1
Round 3 + Loser's Round 3
Loser's Round 4 + Bonus Round 2
Round 4 + Loser's Round 5
Loser's Round 6 + Bonus Round 3
Winner's Semifinals + Loser's Round 7 + Bonus Round 3.5
Loser's Semifinals + Bonus Round 4
Winner's Finals + Loser's Finals + Bonus Round 5
Grand Finals
==Tourney Rules==
===The Basics===
The main rules of the tournament is that every round, multiple participants will make a custom remix of a chosen song from #song-suggestions or by a tourney judge, that song will be given to a pair of participants each and whichever participant gets the most votes in that match wins. 
What song each pair receives is public knowledge and can be freely discussed at any point in the tourney. However, the remixes are presented anonymously, using code names that relate to the title (ex. the song Driftveil City from Pokemon Black & White had remixes code named Black Remix and White Remix). Participants are prohibited from giving any details that would reveal which remix belongs to them. Once the round's results are made public, participants can freely discuss their remixes.
The tournament has 2 brackets, one for winners and for losers. If someone loses a match in the Winners' Bracket, they are sent to the Losers' Bracket where they can compete against others who have also lost. If a participant loses within this bracket, they are then out of the tourney.
===Special Challenges===
In addition to the basic rules, each round has a special challenge that the participants MUST complete, otherwise their remix is disqualified. The challenges are stated at the beginning of each new round.
===Voting===
Participants can vote for each other's remixes once they are made available. Voting isn't required by participants, but it's highly encouraged they do so. The percentage of audience votes a remix receives comprises 50% of their final score.
The other 50% is from the panel of judges, who are obligated to vote (with the exception of matches where one player fails to submit for whatever reason).
The judges include:
#Turtike
#MF5K
#GENERIC
#Chrislo27
#lvl100Feraligatr
Much like the participants, they won't know which remix belongs to who. The only exception is Turtike, as they accept the submissions and organize the remixes for voting. They will each give a vote to whichever remix they liked best in every match, and may also give feedback to help participants improve. The judge votes and feedback are anonymous.
If a participant's opponent fails to submit or withdraws from the tournament, they automatically win. Their remix is added into the "extra" group, where other participants can listen to it and vote for their favorite extra remix. These votes don't affect anyone's standing and are just for fun.
==Rounds==
===Round 1===
Special Challenge: Use exactly 4 games
====Match-ups====
All the match-ups will be shown with a percentage on both participants to show the cumulative score of the audience and judge votes. If a participant failed to submit, they will be marked with "F". If they withdrew from the tourney, they will be marked with "W". All participants who have won due to their opponent withdrawing or failing to submit will be labelled with "Auto".
Results: 
====Winners' Bracket====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Kievit (72%) 	Doggo (28%)
Kasuke (9%) 	Barbitos (91%)
Citrus_Creature (78%) 	DJ (22%)
Kirk Greninja Linguini (33.5%)	Ssure2 (66.5%)
Nate2 (Auto) 	Mr. Bit (F)
Giga Juan (W) 	Fabidrowned (Auto)
Ultlang (W) 	Mr. Borealis (Auto)
Pixlblade (96.5%) 	TheRealCyan (3.5%)
Gosh (4.5%) 	Tall Tapper (95.5%)
Elp (Auto) 	Radigan77 (F)
Astimageon (27%) 	Smirkhuman (73%)
TheHuebirdofHappiness (4.5%) 	Luke no (95.5%)
Super Mario (F) 	meuol (Auto)
Really cool blue bird (12.5%) 	Circutree (87.5%)
Saltyeg (68%) 	ControlFrosty (32%)
David Doing Stuff (23.5%) 	Dismissor (76.5%)
Outofthepool (F) 	Chloe (Auto)
Izumi (W) 	FieryGh0st (Auto)
Golfing Monkey (98.5%) 	Jay ig (1.5%)
Nikaulive3 (W) 	Bhc (Auto)
Alien (W) 	Horn (Auto)
Colorplease (73%) 	Swagman (27%)
Bigyihsuan (31.5%) 	DeltaDrew (68.5%)
Merch_andise (18.5%) 	Minna (81.5%)
Enat (W) 	Baconneggs (W)
Larissa (41%) 	YSB (59.5%)
Crop Farmer (98.5%) 	Jestem (1.5%)
Moyai (2%) 	Rahka (98%)
Huebird (84.5%) 	MatusGuy (15.5%)
Tari (F) 	Eno (Auto)
====Losers' Bracket====
Considering nobody lost before the tourney started, the Losers' Bracket was not in effect.
===Round 2 + Loser's Round 1===
Special Challenge: Use only DS games (DS games in Megamix and Rhythm Toys are also accepted)
Results:
====Winners' Bracket====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Smasher_whacker (7.5%)	Kievit (92.5%)
Barbitos (77%) 	Citrus_Creature (23%)
Ssure2 (82.5%) 	Nate2 (17.5%)
Fabidrowned (75%) 	Mr. Borealis (25%)
Pixlblade (Auto) 	Tall Tapper (F)
Elp (19.5%) 	Smirkhuman (80.5%)
Luke no (13.5%) 	meuol (86.5%)
Circutree (70%) 	Saltyeg (30%)
The Eggo55 (78.5%) 	Dismissor (21.5%)
Chloe (80.5%) 	Fiery Gh0st (19.5%)
Golfing Monkey (27.5%)	Bhc (72.5%)
Horn (29.5%) 	Swagman (70.5%)
DeltaDrew (23.5%) 	Minna (76.5%)
Enat (W) 	YSB (Auto)
Crop Farmer (76.5%) 	Rakha (23.5%)
Huebird (74.5%) 	Eno (25.5%)
====Losers' Bracket====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Kasuke (10%) 	DJ (90%)
Kirk Greninja Linguini (Auto)	Mr. Bit (F)
Giga Juan (W) 	Ultlang (W)
TheRealCyan (17.5%) 	Gosh (82.5%)
Radigan777 (F) 	Astimageon (Auto)
TheHueBirdOfHappiness (33%) 	Super Mario (67%)
Really cool blue bird (27.5%)	ControlFrosty (72.5%)
Outofthepool (F) 	Izumi (W)
Jay ig (Auto) 	Nikaulive3 (W)
Alien (W) 	Colorplease (Auto)
Bigyihusan (92%) 	Merch_andise (8%)
BaconnEggs (W) 	Larissa (Auto)
Jestem (F) 	Moyai (Auto)
MatusGuy (Auto) 	Tari (F)
===Losers' Round 2 + Bonus Round 1===
Special Challenge: Use AT LEAST one of the following once or more: Polyrhythm, Built To Scale (DS), or Built To Scale (Wii).
Special Challenge (Bonus Round): Use AT LEAST one game that requires pitching.
Results:
====Winners' Bracket====
Due to this round being exclusive to losers, winners were not obligated to submit a remix this round.
====Losers' Bracket====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Eno (63.5%) 	Doggo (36.5%)
Rakha (23%) 	DJ (77%)
Enat (W) 	Kirk Greninja Linguini (Auto)
DeltaDrew (Auto) 	Giga Juan (W)
Horn (8%) 	Gosh (92%)
Golfing Monkey (52%) 	Astimageon (48%)
Fiery Ghost (Auto) 	Super Mario (F)
Dismissor (18.5%) 	ControlFrosty (81.5%)
Saltyeg (74%) 	David Doing Stuff (26%)
Luke No (Auto) 	OutOfThePool (F)
Elp (Auto) 	Jay Ig (F)
Tall Lazy Epic Cool Tapper (51%)	Colorplease (49%)
Mr. Borealis (21%) 	Bigyihsuan (79%)
Nate2 (87.5%) 	Larissa>:) (12.5%)
Citrus_Creature (86%) 	Moyai (14%)
Smasher_Whacker (8%) 	MatusGuy (92%)
===Round 3 + Loser's Round 3===
Special Challenge: Use at least two Repeat games.
Results:
====Winners' Bracket====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Kievit (51.5%) 	Barbitos (48.5%)
SSure2 (Auto) 	fabridrowned (F)
Pixlblade (37.5%) 	Smirkhuman (62.5%)
meuol (77.5%) 	circutree (22.5%)
The Eggo55 (32.5%)	Chloe (67.5%)
Bhc (92.5%) 	Swagman (7.5%)
Minna (Auto) 	YSB (F)
Crop Farmer (Auto)	Huebird (F)
====Losers' Bracket====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Eno (32.5%) 	DJ (67.5%)
Kirk Greninja Linguini (Auto)	DeltaDrew (F)
Gosh (47.5%) 	Golfing Monkey (52.5%)
Fiery Gh0st (16%) 	ControlFrosty (84%)
saltyeg (84%) 	Luke no (16%)
elp (7.5%) 	Tall Lazy Epic Cool Tapper (92.5%)
bigyihsuan (55%) 	Nate2 (45%)
Citrus_Creature (72.5%) 	MatusGuy (27.5%)
=== Loser's Round 4 + Bonus Round 2 ===
Special challenge: No games with vocals.
Special challenge (Bonus Round): use Wario De Mambo! at least once!
Results:
==== Losers' Bracket ====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Circutree (15.5%) 	DJ (84.5%)
Pixlblade (67.5%) 	Kirk Greninja Linguini (33.5%)
Fabridrowned (F) 	Golfing Monkey (Auto)
Barbitos (21%) 	ControlFrosty (79%)
Crop Farmer (11.5%)	Saltyeg (81.5%)
YSB (F) 	Tall Lazy Epic Cool Tapper (Auto)
Swagman (87.5%) 	Bigyihsuan (12.5%)
The Eggo 55 (27%) 	Citrus_Creature (73%)
=== Round 4 + Losers' Round 5 ===
Special challenge: 
Winners' Bracket- Make a remix using a slow song (~100-115 BPM)
Losers' Bracket- Make a remix using a fast song. (~208-260 BPM)
Results:
====Winners' Bracket====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Kievit (97.5%) 	Ssure2 (2.5%)
Smirkhuman (52.5%)	meuol (47.5%)
Chloe (45%) 	Bhc (55%)
Minna (25%) 	Huebird (75%)
==== Losers' Bracket ====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
DJ (57.5%) 	pixlblade (42.5%)
Golfing Monkey (F)	ControlFrosty (Auto)
saltyeg (42.5%) 	Tall Lazy Epic Cool Tapper (57.5%)
Swagman (32.5%) 	Citrus_Creature (67.5%)
=== Losers' Round 6 + Bonus Round 3 ===
Special Challenge: Use a side game at least once.
Special Challenge (Bonus Round): Make your remix not suck fat balls.
Results:
==== Losers' Bracket ====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Chloe (29.5%) 	DJ (70.5%)
Minna (51%) 	ControlFrosty (49.5%)
Ssure2 (11.5%)	Tall Lazy Epic Cool Tapper (88.5%)
meuol (57.5%) 	Citrus_Creature (42.5%)
=== Winners' Semifinals + Losers' Round 7 + Bonus Round 3.5 ===
Special Challenge: Use Wizard's Waltz or Blue Bear at least once.
Special Challenge (Bonus Round): Remix Merry Go Round of Life with the same challenge as above.
Results:
==== Winners' Bracket ====
Participant 1	Participant 2
Kievet (75%) 	Smirkhuman (25%)
Bhc (46.5%) 	Huebird (53.5%)
==== Losers' Bracket ====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Tall Lazy Epic Cool Tapper (4.5%)	meuol (95.5%)
DJ (64.5%) 	Minna (35.5%)
=== Losers' Semifinals + Bonus Round 4 ===
Special Challenge: Use at least one game from both of the following lists:
Special Challenge (Bonus Round): Don't use games that have sequels.
Results:
==== Losers' Bracket ====
Participant 1	Participant 2
meuol (74.0%)	Bhc (26.0%)
DJ (29.0%) 	Smirkhuman (71.0%)
=== Winners' Finals + Losers' Finals + Bonus Round 5 ===
Special Challenge: Use 7-9 games.
Special Challenge (Bonus Round): Use at least one game from a hidden list of ten minigames. One of these minigames will cause you to instantly win.
Results:
==== Winners' Bracket ====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Huebird (73.5%)	Kievet (26.5%)
==== Losers' Bracket ====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Smirkhuman (63.5%)	meuol (36.5%)
=== The Grand Finale ===
Special Challenge: Win The Tourney!
Results:
==== Final Bracket ====
Participant 1 	Participant 2
Huebird (85.5%)	Smirkhuman (14.5%)
==Notable Incidents==
===Round 1===
====Mario Remix Vs. Luigi Remix Controversy====
In Round 1, Minna and Merch_Andise had to make a remix using the song "Tough Guy Alert!" from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. 
Minna submitted a typical remix for this match; Merch_Andise, however had made something completely different. The remix that Merch_Andise made, Mario Remix, was not considered legal due to its unpredictability and how it stacked games and inputs. 
Some participants argued that Mario Remix deserved to win due to its creativity, while others countered that due to its severe illegality, it shouldn't. 
The judges ended up completely disliking Mario Remix, which ended with Mario Remix losing 100% of the vote from the judges. Merch_Andise went down to the Losers' Bracket while Minna won with 81.5% of the cumulative vote.
====ControlFrosty's Remix Leak====
Golfing Monkey, a tourney participant, made a joke about how if only one of the Key Challenge Remixes has Catchy Tune, then it's guaranteed to be ControlFrosty's Remix. Little did he know, one of the remixes actually did have Catchy Tune- and it was also ControlFrosty's. Really Cool Blue Bird decided to leak the remix in #tourney-chat as revenge, since ControlFrosty gave him a bad score in his reviews. The post got immediately deleted after ControlFrosty remembered he was a mod, though.
====MF5K vs. The RHRE Users====
MF5K, one of the judges, has sometimes given feedback to some participants about their use of RHRE (Rhythm Heaven Remix Editor) audio due to the fact that he does not like the audio quality of RHRE. Despite the fact that judge votes and feedback are both anonymous, he is immediately recognized through his distaste of the program.
This angered some participants, as a majority of them are RHRE users. They felt it was not exactly fair to "punish" participants for RHRE's audio quality, given that it's the most accessible option and they cannot control the SFXDB (Sound Effects Database).
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===Round 2 + Loser's Round 1===
====The Fillbots Takeover====
For some "inexplicable" reason, a large number of the participants used Fillbots in their Round 2 submissions. "It is unclear why this is the case", aside from it being one of the easiest DS games to use for a remix. Regardless of that fact, some participants have managed to use it illegally. 
====The DJ Effect====
DJ, a tourney participant, has gained some slight notoriety for using DJ School in his remixes, despite being a beginner custom remixer. Although he had only made a single remix before the tourney, other participants were counting on him using DJ School in his remix. 
Due to this, in Round 1, participants were expecting to be able to easily clock which remix was DJ's. However, his opponent, Citrus_Creature, had also used DJ School in her remix. Moreover, the parts where they used DJ School were nearly identical. What's more puzzling is that the song they were given, A Dance of Fire and Ice: 8-X "Jungle City", ran at 200 BPM, which is considered much too fast to effectively use the game.
In Round 2, DJ was paired against kasuke in the Losers' Bracket. The participants once again expected to be able to easily figure out which remix was DJ's and were on the lookout for the one that used DJ School. But once again, both remixes contained DJ School- occasionally in the same parts of the song. Another tourney participant, Doggo, assumed he could figure out DJ's remix by looking for another game he uses often: Rhythm Rally. However, his efforts were in vain, as both DJ and kasuke used Rhythm Rally. In fact, their remixes shared 4 games in total- DJ School, Rhythm Rally, Karate Man, and Munchy Monk.
This has lead some to believe he has magical properties to make his opponents use DJ School in their remixes, regardless of how well the game fits.
====Bruh Moment====
Two participants, ControlFrosty and Really Cool Blue Bird, made a custom remix of the Wii Chess Title Theme. At one point, Really Cool Blue Bird thought it would be funny if he put Bruh Sound Effect #2 at the end of his remix, and told his opponent about it. ControlFrosty thought it was funny as well, and decided to do the same for his remix so Really Cool Blue Bird would not get punished with a lower score.
This lead to Tournament Host Turtike getting confused as to why the SFX was there after it was pointed out by other participants during the voting period. Turtike assumed that it was his own fault, figuring the audio file he sent to the participants must have had the effect in the first place
====Weather Forecast====
The channel was birthed after participant Doggo made a statement about how the losers' bracket's weather is great. This caused a chain reaction of people discussing about weather and temperature in #tourney-chat. Due to the discussion being completely unrelated to the tourney or custom remixes, Tournament Host Turtike finally decided to make a channel in the remix tourney category exclusively for discussing weather. This only ended with people discussing off-topic things in #weather-forecast instead though. The channel has since been transformed into a catch-all channel for any discussions unrelated to the tournament, being renamed according to the subject of the discussion.
=== Loser's Round 2 ===
====Coolest Remix====
During Losers' Round 2, a Bonus Round was offered to those who wanted to participate for fun, with the challenge to use a game that requires pitching at least once. The intent was to give those in the Winners' Bracket or those who were eliminated something to do to pass the time. These remixes received audience votes and were scored by the judges using a #/10 scale, though the judge's scores were not factored into the final standings. A total of 7 remixes were submitted in this category, yet one stood out: Coolest Remix. The remix, submitted by Crop Farmer, starts off out of sync and badly pitched- which wasn't an uncommon sight in this round. However, around 30 seconds into the remix, it goes off the rails by introducing games rapidly, illegally, and in complete disharmony with the song before abruptly cutting off. The remix received 21.4% of the audience votes and an 11/10 (invalid) from the judges, who wrote a very honest comment: "Lol."
====Sky Remix - MF5K Cut [ONLY FOR MF5K]====
Additionally, another remix in the Bonus Round got attention for having two different versions- the regular Sky Remix and Sky Remix - MF5K Cut. Submitted by Smirkhuman, the latter remix was tailored to appeal to the tourney judge MF5K, who is notorious for his dislike for the "Three, four" cue and will slam remixes in his comments for using the cue. Sky Remix - MF5K Cut took this into account and replaced all "Three, four" cues with Flockstep cues to spare the judge's ears.
===Round 3 + Loser's Round 3===
====The Kirk Effect====
Kirk Greninja Linguini, a tourney participant, has had a notable presence in the tourney, and not because of his long name. Since the beginning of Round 2, Kirk has won each of his match-ups due to his opponents either failing to submit or forfeiting, leading to 3/4 of his rounds being won by default. This has lead some to believe he has magical properties to make you forget to submit your remix.
====Ready? Fight.====
DJ and eno, who are notable "rivals", were matched up against one another in the Losers' Bracket for Round 3. This alone has generated some humorous moments, such as a video made by eno showing a screenshot of the bracket matchup featuring himself and DJ, complete with the visual of the cheering crowd from the Jackbox game Champ'd Up in the background while a song from the same game plays. The clownery further continued when the remixes became available for voting, as both of their remixes included the "Ready? Fight" cue from Rhythm Fighter before the song starts.
Once the results were out, one of the judges commented on both remixes, "Don't use cues from games you do not use next (Rhythm Fighter, for example) as it is distracting." This lead to some finding humor in the phrase, and others to question what exactly the cue was distracting them from.
====The Citrus Effect====
Citrus_Creature, a moderator and tourney participant, has had two remixes unfairly scored by ControlFrosty, in which core parts of her remix have gone completely undetected to his ears. In Round 1 against DJ, she had used Animal Acrobat in a few parts of her remix. In ControlFrosty's unofficial feedback, in which he provides his own comments and scores each remix out of 100 points, he took points off of Citrus_Creature's remix, citing that, "No leap for Animal Acrobat is illegal." However, Citrus_Creature had the leap present in her remix, evidenced when she both pointed it out to ControlFrosty and provided a screenshot of RHRE once the round was over. During Round 3, points were yet again taken off of Citrus_Creature's remix by ControlFrosty, this time citing, "You forgot the Moai Doo-Wop switches." However, once again, Citrus_Creature proved the Moai Doo-Wop switch cues were present. This has lead some to believe she has magical properties that make ControlFrosty unable to hear essential cues in her remixes.
===Loser's Round 4===
====Judge Participation====
Roughly a day before the voting for Loser's Round 4 was released, Turtike mentioned that one of the five judges was participating in the optional Bonus Round. This was immediately worrying to others who had submitted for the Bonus Round, since the judges are all very well-respected remixers, especially in comparison to the many submittors who had already been eliminated from the tournament. 
Before results were released, many people believed the judge in question was most likely to be MF5K, as he had been seen uncharacteristically using RHRE. (see MF5K vs. RHRE users) Turtike later denied this, however, claiming that he himself was the judge in question. Turtike's remix - Curse Remix - performed much worse than expected, coming in 7th out of the 10 submissions in the audience vote, but getting a respectable 6/10 from GENERIC, the only judge who voted.
====Life Remix====
Life Remix was submitted during Losers' Round 4, in which the challenge was to not use any voice lines in your remix. The remix did follow the challenge's guidelines- however, it was more a case of malicious compliance. The remix exclusively used games with essential vocal cues, such as Lockstep, Marching Orders, and Moai Doo-Wop, yet the sounds using the actual voices were completely muted. This lead to some humorous moments in the remix, such as only hearing the stone grinding for the Moai Doo-Wop switch cues.
===Round 4 + Loser's Round 5===
====Chloe vs. Slow Remixes====
The challenge for Round 4 was to make a remix with a BPM of under 115 for the Winner's Bracket, and a remix with a BPM of over 200 for the Loser's Bracket. Slow remixes are notoriously obnoxious to make due to the difficulty of matching the song with games that were designed for much higher tempos, but no participant hated making slow remixes more than Chloe. Almost every day of the remixing phase the tourney chat would see Chloe expressing their struggles with making a slow remix, even after their song was changed by request.
====AMONG US!====
Keeping with the trend set by the Bruh Moment remixes, Chloe and BHC both put an Among Us kill sound effect in the middle of their remixes. One judge described it as "Bruh remix again except it's the cringiest meme of the decade this time;" another simply appended "AMONG US!" to both of their comments for the two remixes.
===Loser's Round 6===
====Mope Mope====
The challenge of the bonus round for Loser's Round 6 was simply to "make your remix not suck fat balls," which sounds easy enough. However, the song that was provided was a song called Mope Mope. Mope Mope is very simple and childish at first, but quickly goes off the deep end, introducing ear-grating hypertone noises and horribly dissonant chords. As a result, almost none of the submissions actually tried to make a competent remix, instead opting to make their remix funny. The remix that won the audience vote featued Love Rap and Tap Troupe (the two games that never work with swing) with swing, as well as DJ Yellow begging the player to stop.
====Garden Remix====
Garden Remix was a submission for the bonus round submitted by GENERIC. The remix is purposefully mediocre, as GENERIC used it as a baseline for which remixes "sucked fat balls," thus failing the challenge; any remix they deemed worse than Garden Remix received a score of "sucks fat balls/10." GENERIC ended up using that score as a replacement for any remix that would otherwise score lower than 5/10, implying that Garden Remix would be given a score of 5/10 by GENERIC. As fate would have it, the audience score for Garden Remix was also, with no decimal places, 5/10.
===Round 5 + Losers' Round 7 ===
====BPM is 130====
Two tourney participants that had been eliminated, Merch_Andise and Ssure2, decided to both submit to the mixed round using the same song, Merry-Go-Round of Life. Turtike decided this called for the creation of an improv bonus round with the same song. The song is in 3/4 with multiple tempo changes and time signature changes, but when Merch initially sent the audio file to Ssure, he falsely stated that the BPM was 130. Several people began jokingly treating this mistake as fact, leaving many confused as to what the actual BPM of the song was.
====Doggo Bolded the Entire Page====
After editing the tourney page to include recent events, eliminated tourney participant Doggo made the entire page's text bold. It is unknown why or how he did this.
==== Mannequin Factory Curse ====
Two eliminated participants, Minna and ControlFrosty, both lost their rounds after using the side game Mannequin Factory in their remixes. The nature of their elimination is also odd; ControlFrosty lost despite having a significant majority of the audience vote and was voted as the best remix of Losers' Round 6. In the subsequent round, Minna also lost despite her remix being considered better, as people discussed during the voting round- but it seems Mannequin Factory was a breaking point for the judges, as most of their comments on the remix focused on her usage of the game and how they weren't particularly fond of it. Her opponent, DJ, won despite heavy criticism from the judges and audience.
=== Losers' Round 8 ===
==== "Fuck Your Fish" ====
DJ, a tourney participant, has openly talked about his misophonia and what sounds in Rhythm Heaven are likely to trigger it. Inspired by ControlFrosty's judging and scoring system, he started giving Misophonic Judge reviews, which rate remixes on a 0-10 scale based on how badly they trigger his misophonia, with a lower score meaning it set him off more. The reviews aren't indicative of who he will actually vote for, as they are mainly intended to be humorous and not judge the actual quality of the remix.
For these reviews, a small handful of somewhat rarely used minigames are considered unforgivable when used and will significantly tank the score of the remix. These games include: Love Lab, Catch of the Day, Shrimp Shuffle, Tongue Lashing, Tangotronic, and, considered the worst of all, Munchy Monk (Wii).
Unfortunately for DJ, every Bonus Round 5 remix had extensively utilized at least one of these games. This lead to every remix earning a score of 0/10, with each subsequent remix earning increasingly scathing remarks and the last one being told, "Fuck your fish," for using Catch of the Day. DJ was unable to listen through any bonus round song in its entirety as he reviewed them- though perhaps it was for the better, as one submission, Signature Remix, seems to intentionally utilize most of the games of the ones listed above.
==== Round 1 Loser Extinction ====
On May 28th 2021, the last player who had lost on the very first round and had to fight for his life for the rest of the tourney, DJ, has finally been defeated. The Round 1 Loser Species is now deemed extinct. Despite this saddening event, DJ’s initial reaction was one of joy, as he was fucking sick and tired of making remixes. Personally, for me, he probably had to go out for now, that's what you get for shitting on my bonus round remix DJ....
I shat on everyone's remixes, bro, they sucked.
=== Winners' Finals + Losers' Finals ===
==== The GENERIC Takeover ====
After the tourney host Turtike disappeared under mysterious circumstances, tourney judge GENERIC saw to it that the event continued as scheduled. However, it seems as though GENERIC became drunk on power, as they assigned cruel songs for the main round and an equally sadistic challenge for the bonus round. In a very long announcement that reads like a villain's monologue, GENERIC stated that they would be taking over the role of host and may have implied they killed Turtike. Tourney participants are fearing for their lives. Send help. It was however, revealed that Turtike never actually left and was still up and running ,and that Generic was forced to host against his will. Turtike had sent GENERIC was he supposedly perceived as a cryptic message, which was revealed to be a failed link. Of course, this link was a rickroll. Always a rickroll.
==== The Final Bonus Round ====
Because Generic was allowed to host for that given time, Generic was able to control the limitations and challenges both the final and bonus round would have. The finals were given a custom song by theirs truly and was challenged to use around 7-9 games. While notably challenging, both sides were able to adapt and ended up putting up a competent remix. The bonus round, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. The challenge for the bonus was to find at least one of ten games that would fit with the song that the host chose, if they didn't they would fail instantly. There would also be one specific game that would be an instant win condition. Of course, while it doesn't sound too bad, it is unfortunate that the song chosen for the round was this,and the bonus round fell to chaos.
The final result of the bonus round, was, to put it bluntly, quite a mess. People went above and beyond to make insane remix after insane remix. Notable examples are DJ Remix, which somehow qualified despite using only one game, Tweezers Remix, which went out of it's way to include everything and the kitchen sink including things like Rhythm Soumen and Wario de Mambo, Lockstep Remix, who was created by the founder of the infamous "Mario Remix" back in round one (he failed thankfully) Tap Remix, which was atrocious, (It fucking passed for some reason) Contact Remix, which decided to use Wake-Up Caller as well as Rockers remix, which decided to use Charging Chicken (Both of these guys ALSO passed) and Polyrhythm Remix, which was a video instead of an audio file, used to promote the development of Polyrhythm Mania. (Best of luck!) The biggest twist however, was that Generic, the host was secretly infiltrating the bonus round and was responsible for the development of Lizards Remix, which was in my opinion was while legal, quite boring. Like seriously bro did you- NO STOP DON'T TAKE ME AWAY I STILL WANNA EDIT THIS WIKI PLEASE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
====Generic Owns Controlfrosty like a boss====
Controlfrosty, who called Generic's secret submission in the bonus round shit, notably peeved Generic off and retaliated with a call-out post in the Tournament announcements, saying that Frosty's remix was the one with Wake-Up-Caller. Frosty reacted accordingly by saying "Your fucking welcome". Hilarity ensues 
==== Spinbot Headshop ====
One night, DJ had a strange dream in which the minigame Mannequin Factory was named Spinbot Headshop. He shared the events of this dream in the tourney chat, leading to some humorously referring to Mannequin Factory as Spinbot Headshop. DJ fears that one day he will call it that unironically.
=== The Grand Finale ===
==== The Conclusion ====
On June 22th, 2021, Turtike was finally ready to announce the results. Due to obvious reasons, everyone was really excited to see who will take be the champion of the tournament. Turtike's announcement started with a quick thanks to all participants and the four judges that have helped him on this journey, and a special thanks to GENERIC for helping Turtike organizing the tournament. He then finally announces the winner after a comically long pause...
Huebird has won the tourney!
Huebird obtains the "Tournament Champion" role and a choice between a $25 Steam giftcard or 3 months of Discord Nitro Classic instead of the intended 1 month of Discord Nitro Classic thanks to DJ, Huebird went with the Steam Giftcard. In 2nd place, Smirkhuman gets 1 month of Discord Nitro Classic, the intended reward for 1st place, and the "Tournament 2nd Place" role. Kievit, the 3rd place winner, and Meuol, the 4th place winner, both get the "Tournament 3rd Place" and "Tournament 4th Place" role respectively.
It seems like the tourney has finally ended in a high note, all the judges finally get to rest in peace after all the voting and judging, all the participants get to take a well deserved break from custom remixing, and all the mods get to spam #tourney-announcements with zero consequences. Most are sad that the tournament is over, but remember: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"...