Best Fictional Organization Contest
This will be a bracket-voting contest held on Bracketmaker or Challonge or whatever the cool kids are doing nowadays.
I know you can see the big wall of text below. Relax. The requirements are pretty simple. If it's a fictional organization, you can nominate it. But, if you're considering nominating something, and there is any doubt in your mind as to whether it qualifies as "a fictional organization" - please do consult the rules below.
The usual rules apply as well:
- You have unlimited nominations
- You can not personally nominate the same thing more than once (and you cannot abuse this rule using alts)
How many entries will be in the bracket? I don't know - how many are you nominating? I'll take the top 64, or the top 128, or the top 256 if I really have to. Hoping for lower numbers though - 64 or 128, pending popularity.
One last thing: PLEASE indicate where the fictional group you're nominating is from. If I can't figure it out myself, I will have to throw out the nomination.
The complete unabridged requirements for nominations are:
- They must be fictional organizations from any myth, legend or media source. Nominations may not be for groups appearing in real life.
Good Example: Torchwood (Doctor Who)
Bad Example: United States Marine Corps (USA)
- This is an organizations contest, not a teams contest. If the group you're nominating was never a cohesive, formal unit but only happened to work together and did not really comprise a true "organization", then they probably do not qualify.
Good Example: The Angels (Charlie's Angels)
Bad Example: Carter and Lee (Rush Hour)
- As a followup to the above comment, as a general rule, an "organization" is larger and more formal than a "team" - this means, for example, that as far as pro wrestling is concerned, a Stable is fine, but a Tag Team is not.
Good Examples: nWo, Hart Foundation (Pro Wrestling)
Bad Examples: Edge and Christian, Hardy Boyz (Pro Wrestling)
- I will NOT accept organizations/groups/leagues from any real organized religion, as this is offensive, disputed, and not in the spirit of the contest. Fictional religions are fine.
Good Example: Church of Glabados (Final Fantasy Tactics)
Bad Example: Holy Trinity (New Testament)
- As a general rule, if a group was invented in fiction, but it ended up gaining popularity and becoming a group in real life, then the nomination is allowed, but it is to be understood that it represents only the fictional version of that group.
Good Example: Jedi Order (Star Wars)
Bad Example: Jedi Knights (Grassroots Movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_phenomenon )
- As another general rule, if a group exists/existed in real life, but it was depicted in fiction, then the nomination is NOT allowed unless the fictional group is fundamentally different in very significant ways from the real group it was based on (more so than just being run by a particularly corrupt individual).
Good Example: The Church (Priest)
Bad Example: The Catholic Church (as depicted in the Da Vinci Code)
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