The History Of: Text Rookie Of The Year

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The Rookie Of The Year 2011

The Nominations

With the mess that was the 2010 ROTY still fresh in the sites memory, moderator Just C took the reins of the championship fully for 2011. Due to the documented issues that appeared in the previous year, Just C decided to host the ROTY for '11 in seasonal format, allowing those who registered in the late of 2010 to be eligible for consideration. Just C had opted for an official tournament, made up of sixteen rookies, with the winner being awarded the title. A series of threads and polls where created to decide which sixteen rookies would participate. The list was undisputed and the sixteen were randomly drawn to enter the elimination tournament which would crown the winner.

The Tournament

The tournament was contested under offical tournament rules, with single eliminations until the winner was crowned. This tournament in its entirety can be found here:

The Rookie Of The Year 2011 Tournament

The Result

The main favorites going into the tournament all landed on the bottom half of the brackets, leading to exZACHly upsetting many other favorites to make the final alongside Mr SPLAT. The final itself was somewhat one sided, with Mr SPLAT winning in convincing style to become the first Rookie Of The Year to be crowned in a elimination tournament.

[RULE]

The Rookie Of The Year 2011

The Nominations

With the mess that was the 2010 ROTY still fresh in the sites memory, moderator Just C took the reins of the championship fully for 2011. Due to the documented issues that appeared in the previous year, Just C decided to host the ROTY for '11 in seasonal format, allowing those who registered in the late of 2010 to be eligible for consideration. Just C had opted for an official tournament, made up of sixteen rookies, with the winner being awarded the title. A series of threads and polls where created to decide which sixteen rookies would participate. The list was undisputed and the sixteen were randomly drawn to enter the elimination tournament which would crown the winner.

The Tournament

The tournament was contested under offical tournament rules, with single eliminations until the winner was crowned. This tournament in its entirety can be found here:

The Rookie Of The Year 2011 Tournament

The Result

The main favorites going into the tournament all landed on the bottom half of the brackets, leading to exZACHly upsetting many other favorites to make the final alongside Mr SPLAT. The final itself was somewhat one sided, with Mr SPLAT winning in convincing style to become the first Rookie Of The Year to be crowned in a elimination tournament.