Amberwolf and Bobcat Contest

On an unassuming Friday in March 2017, Ever issued a challenge. The goal? "Try to make a sentence with as many SAMBer's nicknames as possible." Any SAMBer's name—past or present—was allowed. A paragraph including SAMBer's names would not be counted, but any length of sentence, as long as it only contained one full stop, was valid. This led to some pretty janky sentences, but as long as the names were creatively used, most anything would be accepted. That being said, just naming off a list did not count as a valid entry. Ever acted as the judge for the contest. 
Early sentences were short, but the competition heated up when Bobcat entered a sentence with 23 names. Soon after, Amberwolf retaliated with 31 names. Bobcat then submitted a sentence of 52, which was met with a 60 name sentence from Amberwolf. Other SAMBers would unseat these records, but this early battle between Bobcat and Amberwolf would give the competition its title.
The first round took place on March 7, but by March 8, Swiftstar was ready to cut in on the action. After two consecutive winning sentences, (63 and 79 name, respectively) Amberwolf defend to defend her title. She unseated Swiftstar with three extra names, bringing the winning total up to 82. Swiftstar matched this with her own 82 names. This stalemate continued until March 11, when Bobcat broke the 100 name barrier with a 144 name sentence. Later that day, Amberwolf responded with the 163 name sentence she had been working on for the past three days. Icicle challenged this with a 173 name sentence, was met by a sentence with 194 names by Amber, and then was decisively humbled by a 195 name sentence produced by a collaboration between Amberwolf and Luke two days later. Why the champion decided to collaborate for a sentence that only increased the standing total by 1 name is a mystery lost to time, but the pairing produced further cannon fodder for rabid Amuke shippers over the coming months.
The day after Luke and Amber's entry, Whirlpool flattened the playing field with an astounding 238 name entry. Bobcat, who had been unseated four days earlier, officially threw in the towel the next week. In a change of alliances, she encouraged her former arch nemesis to fight the good fight and avenge both of them. Two weeks later, Amberwolf produced a 327 name behemoth—her last entry in a bloody war that had spanned over a month.
The SAMB assumed that was the end of the matter, and the Amberwolf and Bobcat Contest slowly faded into obscurity. Over a month after Amber's supposed victory, however, Whirlpool surprised everyone with a 451 name entry that crushed even Amberwolf's fighting spirit. Despite entering the game late, Whirlpool was unanimously crowned the official champion of the match. Icicle would eventually top Whirlpool's entry by 7 names, but her sentence was submited on the wiki page for the event and was never offically recognized.
The Amberwolf and Bobcat Contest took place immediately after the WoFMB/SAMB Flame Wars. It was received positively on the SAMB, serving as a reminder that not all MB related competitions had to be negative ones. 
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