Hello friends and colleagues! Resident disc jockey and potted plant djkaktus here, to announce an exciting new contest for any interested particip-

Writing contest? What? No. Why would we do a writing contest?

No, what I'm announcing is the

First Annual SCP Foundation March Madness Deathmatch Bracket Challenge!

Sponsored by the KaktusKast

Intrigued? Good, I would hope so. I'm sure you have questions, which is also good, so let me break down how this works.

STEP ONE: Nominate SCPs

If we're going to host a deathmatch, we first need the unwilling willing participants. If you would like to nominate an SCP, please do so in this thread; don't hesitate, because we'd like to get a full 64. You can nominate as many as you'd like, and myself and my crack team of deathmatch organizers will sift through the nominations and make the final decisions on which SCPs to enter into the tournament.

Some notes about nominations - due to the nature of certain SCPs, there are some that would pretty easily break the contest. To that end, a couple of rules are necessary:

No SCPs that are completely invulnerable.

No SCPs that are immortal.

No SCPs that are concepts or locations.

No SCPs that are super massive (thing Hateful Star, the Leviathan, etc.)

-J's are totally fine.

STEP TWO: Organize Entries

All entries into the contest will first be organized and arranged so as to fit the format (for example, SCP-610 would not be the entire anomaly, but more likely an afflicted entity of some kind). Then, the aforementioned crack team of deathmatch organizational staff will review each of the entries, and give each entry a set of offensive and defensive stats. During the deathmatch, these stats will be fed into a ~~super sekrit combat simulator~~ which will determine the outcome of the match.

STEP THREE: Place Yer Bets

Once the field is set and the stats are in place, I'll link in here to a tournament bracket where you can review the matchups and make your predictions. All users will be able to create a maximum of 3 brackets.

STEP FOUR: BATTLE ROYALE

Then the contest starts! Each round will be completed within a single day, with a few days in-between before the next round. In a perfect world, I would've come up with this sooner so as to get the ball rolling earlier in March, but if the NCAA can do this so can we. Winners of each match will be announced in this thread and on the tournament bracket website, and a special event will be held for the championship round.

STEP FIVE: Claim yer booty

Once the tournament has concluded, the organizers will review the user-submitted bracket predictions. The overall winner of the bracket challenge will be the user(s) with the most overall points in their bracket. Additional details as to how the scoring system works will be announced once the field is prepared and the bracket is opened.

That all being said, if you have any other questions, please feel free to ask below. I'll try to get to as many as I can, and if there are any good questions I'll edit them into this post.

I hope to get as many users as possible onboard this hype train, so start nominating SCPs and get ready for that sweet, sweet March Madness!

FAQ

Would we know the parameters of each fighter and how the battles would go about?

Yes, in a sense. The simulator has a number of parameters that you can add values for, and those will be listed when the list of participants comes up. That said, how the battle is actually calculated is, even to me, a mystery. It isn't my simulator, I didn't design it, I just found it and thought it would fit the bill. The details that I have, you'll have, and that should help with your final picks.

Competition Arenas

Tournament Commissioner: Dir. Karlyle Aktus

Round of 64, Round of 32

Region 1: Site 19 R-Wing

Host: Dir. Jack Bright

Region 2: Site 17 Herriman Ward

Host: Dr. C. Gears

Region 3: Site 13 D-Wing

Host: Dir. Sophia Light

Region 4: Site 81 Cold Storage

Host: Dr. Agatha Rights

Sweet Sixteen, Elite 8

Region 1: GOC Termination Center, Munich

Host: Gen. Alan Mays

Region 2: AT&T Stadium, TX

Host: UIU Director Avery

Final Four, Championship Match

Region 1: Site-001

Host: Overseer Council

Show Seeding – hide block Seeding 1 Seeds SCP-058 - Heart of Darkness

SCP-2006 - Too Spooky

SCP-2800 - Cactusman

SCP-082 - Fernand the Cannibal 2 Seeds SCP-1545 - Larry the Loving Llama

SCP-5308-J - Jerry

SCP-666-J - Dr. Gerald's Driving Skills

SCP-1500 - Zachary Callahan 3 Seeds SCP-1000 - Bigfoot

SCP-075 - Corrosive Snail

SCP-2686 - Moon Wizard

SCP-2424 - Hostile Walrus Cyborg 4 Seeds SCP-1848 - [ACCESS DENIED]

SCP-666½-J - The Roaring Flames of Hell

SCP-993 - Bobble the Clown

SCP-348 - A Gift From Dad 5 Seeds SCP-1193 - Buried Giant

SCP-2001-J - Laser Butt Disease

SCP-2008 - Ramjet Cows

SCP-1048 - Builder Bear 6 Seeds SCP-2117 - An Oxidist

SCP-2085 - The Black Rabbit Company

SCP-2000-J - Dunky the Funky Werecat 2000

SCP-2058 - Smith Jim 7 Seeds SCP-701 - The Hanged King

SCP-1867 - A Gentleman (Lord Blackwood)

SCP-2300 - Periodic Golems

SCP-173 - The Sculpture 8 Seeds SCP-1295 - Meg's Diner

SCP-1370 - Pesterbot

SCP-044 - WWII Era Molecular Fission Cannon

SCP-1799 - Mr. Laugh 9 Seeds SCP-1917 - The Armour Maker

SCP-2041-J - Tankapult

SCP-408 - Illusory Butterflies

SCP-2091 - A Bear and His Granddaughter 10 Seeds SCP-536-J - It's on the back of your head

SCP-105 - Iris

SCP-2501 - The Claw

SCP-953 - Polymorphic Humanoid 11 Seeds SCP-920-EX - Evil Workgroup Printer

SCP-2992 - Everything Flows Towards Cadence

SCP-4357-J - Cooperative Demon

SCP-2273 - Major Alexei Belitrov 12 Seeds SCP-1293 - Squeedle Deedle Dee!

SCP-1333-J - The Screaming Man

SCP-524 - Walter the Omnivorous Rabbit

SCP-846 - Robo-Dude 13 Seeds SCP-428 - The Crowd

SCP-2015 - Anart Mechas

SCP-040 - Evolution's Child

SCP-160 - Predator Drone 14 Seeds SCP-1264 - Resurrected Wreckage

SCP-066 - Eric's Toy

SCP-1063 - Freiherr von Schwarzwald

SCP-1279 - People Dogs 15 Seeds SCP-939 - With Many Voices

SCP-1234-J - An SCP

SCP-2099 - Brain in a Jar

SCP-2636 - The Last Daughter of Thsassashan'aa 16 Seeds SCP-1364 - Ultra Vulnerable Mammal

SCP-999 - The Tickle Monster

SCP-789-J - the butt ghost!

SCP-10101-J - Not a Self Insert At All

BRACKET IS CLOSED!

Status Updates

Nominations are currently: CLOSED

The field is currently: CLOSED

The bracket is currently: CLOSED

Predictions are currently: CLOSED

The Tournament is currently: CLOSED