NAFE

**NAFE**, or *National Animal Fight Event*, is the premier and only national animal wrestling tournament for AnimalLand, first hosted in 2019.

## Rules

As of May 24, 2022

1. No biting.
2. No kissing.
3. No sleeping.
4. No pinching.
5. No scratching.
6. No fake crying.
7. No fighting before the match starts.
8. If a wrestler is in the Out of Bounce (OOB) area for more than 2 seconds, they lose.
9. Failure to obey rules after one warning will result in a disqualification.
10. A match ends when a wrestler gives up because they are pinned or too weak to continue.
11. No leaving the ring (no matter its shape) unless otherwise instructed.
12. You cannot force the President, Vice President, or Chief of Parliament to fight if they don't want to.
13. When the referee ends the match or calls a break, fighting will not continue unless another match starts or the break is over.
14. The Parliament and President decide the rules. If they can't agree, then nothing is changed.

## Tournaments

### First

The first Fighting Event took place on June 3, 2019 (was for not doing one in 2018), took place 2 days after Monkey won the June 2019 election. This event was the smallest and first fighting edition, with only 8 participants. The competition was between Dean, John, Anna, Andrew, Firespeed, Jacob, Dave, and George. (I guess you could say Dean automatically won third place because there is no way Dave can beat him.) More info about the tournament here.

It was projected that Dean would win. Dean beat John, Anna beat Andrew, Firespeed beat Jacob, and Dave beat George. Andrew beat Dean and Firespeed beat Dave. And so, Andrew and Firespeed went on to the finals, with **Andrew** winning!

### Second

The second Fighting Event took place on October 10, 2019, which was 129 days after the previous one and 9 days after Michael won the October 2019 election. This event was bigger and more popular than the previous once, with 12 participants. The competition was between Mozey, Tiger, Anna, Sleepy, Dean, Jacob, Andrew, John, Monkey, Firespeed, George, and Dave. (It's hard to say who could have won third place since Firespeed and George ended up not facing each other and it could have been a close match). More info about the tournament here.

The prize for semi-finalists was $1, the prize for finalists was $2, and the prize for the winner of the bout was $3 (keep in mind, money was really scarce sometimes and kept on changing so $1 could have been 1 to 10 grand). Mozey beat Tiger, Sleepy beat Tiger, Dean beat Jacob, Andrew beat John, Firespeed beat Monkey, and George beat Dave. Mozey beat Sleepy, Dean beat Andrew, and Firespeed (with George) were disqualified. And so Mozey and Dean went on to the finals, with **Mozey** winning!

### Third

The third Fighting Event took place on December 24 and December 28, 2020, which was 441 days after the previous one and 23 days after Firespeed won the December 2020 Presidential election. With 21 participants, this was the biggest and most popular fighting event to date. The competition was between all of the standing current citizens of Animal Land that lived there for one month, leaving out Pete and Philip (for pretty obvious reasons). This was the only match where basically everyone was forced to participate (well, Timothy dropped out). (It's fair to say Michael got third place with how the tournament format back then took place). More info about the tournament here.

To win in this tournament, your opponent must forfeit or lose (knocked out or off the fighting ring) to you. The Semifinals and Finals would take place on December 28, 2020 (4 days later). And so, eventually, Andrew and Mozey went on to the finals. By a close call, the winner was ... **Mozey**!

### Fourth

The fourth Fighting Event took place on October 5, 2022, which was 646 days after the previous one and 4 days after Danny won the October 2022 Presidential election. With 24 participants, this event beats the previous fight as the biggest fighting event. The competition was between all of the current citizens of Animal Land except for Danny, Leo, and Caleb (since they decided not to participate). The fourth NAFE was supposed to happen in 2021 and Olaf scheduled it for August 28, 2021, but for some reason it never happened.

This was the first competition where the tournament type was a Two Stage Tournament (where groups compete separately and winners proceed to a final stage like in the World Cup), instead of the traditional One Stage Tournament where it was Single Elimination. It's agreed that this is much more fairer than the 100% Single Elimination system or even any alphabetical order (although four animals would have to advance to Round 2). The Group Stage was Round Robin style, with all the participants randomized into 6 groups and everyone in the group faces each other once. 4 participants compete in each group and 2 participants advance from each group. The final stage is a single elimination which includes a match for third place. More info about the tournament here. This competition was Philip's debut.

A list of official rules was finally set in place by the time this event started. In an interview, Mozey agreed that his golden years were over, and he wasn't as strong, but he would still play in the matches for the love of it. The animals who made it to Round 1 were: Sparky, Michael, Dean, Andrew, Mookie, John, Mrs. Claus, and Anna. The animals who made it to Round 2 were: Benjamin, Sparky (Michael dropped out), Firespeed, Dean, Philip, John (Mookie dropped out), Mozey, and Mrs. Claus. The animals who made it to the Semifinals were: Benjamin, Dean, Philip, and Mozey. Bronze Match (battle for third place, finally an official thing in NAFE) happened between Benjamin and Mozey. Benjamin was too injured to fight but Mozey dropped out to let him get the Bronze trophy (aww). Finally, the Finale was between Dean (Benjamin got injured) and Philip, with the winner being ... **Philip**!

### Fifth

The fifth (most recent) Fighting Event took place on June 2 and June 6, 2023, which was 240 days after the previous one and 1 day after Dave was reappointed President by the Parliament for June. With 28 participants, this event beats the previous fight as the biggest fighting event. The competition was between all of the current citizens of Animal Land (at the time). The fifth NAFE was scheduled for June 3, 2023, in honor of when the first NAFE happened. It was almost rescheduled for Late May although ended up commencing June 2 and finishing June 6, 2023.

This was the second competition where the tournament type was a Two Stage Tournament (exactly like the previous competition). Since there were 28 participants, it was efficient to go with 7 groups of 4 participants (and top 2 advance to Knock Out Stage). At one point, it was proposed that the animals should be more paired by size so the big animals wouldn't dominate every single group. That ended up not happening, so instead the participants were sorted alphabetically and then shuffled 3 times (like the fourth NAFE) — which is fairer. More info about the tournament here. This competition was Almanzo's debut.

A few rules were updated on May 24, 2023. The Group Stage happened June 2 and the Final Knock Out Stage happened June 6. The animals who made it to Round 1 were: John, Sparky, Mozey, Mrs. Claus, Dean, Almanzo, Benjamin, Michael, Andrew, Leo, Dave, and Monkey. The animals who made it to the Quarterfinals were: Mr. Snowy (automatically advanced), Sparky, Mozey, Dean, Philip (automatically advanced), Benjamin, Andrew, and Monkey. The animals who made it to the Semifinals were: Sparky, Dean, Philip, and Andrew. Bronze Match (battle for third place) happened between Sparky (which surprised many) and Andrew, with Andrew winning. And at last, the Finale: Dean vs Philip (just like last year’s), with the winner being ... **Dean**!

### Sixth

The sixth Fighting Event will take some time in 2024. With 30 participants available, this event is projected to be bigger than the previous one (but by the smallest difference between any two of the tournaments). The competition will likely be between all of citizens of Animal Land (also called Stuffy Land now).

This will be the third competition where the tournament type is a Two Stage Tournament, like the previous two. Hopefully we can get 32 so there won't be any byes (automatic advances). The other thing that's different this time is hopefully the groups divided into 3 parts: one for the Bigs, one for the Mediums, and one for the Smalls. More info about the tournament here. This competition was Almanzo's, Mr. Pricklepant's, and Gregory's debut.

No rules were updated yet. The Group Stage will happen on TBD and the Final Knock Out Stage will happen TBD. The animal who made it to Round 1 were: TBD. The animal who made it to the Quarterfinals were: TBD. The animal who made it to the Semifinals were: TBD. And finally, the Finale: TBD vs TBD, with the winner being ... **TBD**!

## Results

### Participants by tournament

 Second NAFE
 Third NAFE
 Fourth NAFE
 Fifth NAFE
 Sixth NAFE

## Quiz

*This page was made into a 65-question quiz (yikes)! Check it out, if interested.*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 It was a touch match in 2022 for third place between Benjamin and Mozey. Benjamin got too injured to fight and so Mozey dropped out so Benjamin can get the Bronze trophy.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 For some reason, Firespeed and George were disqualified before they can face in 2019A. Even if they did face, Firespeed might have won but who knows.