1st of all i know a lot of people have said this but like genuinely thank you so much for hosting this tournament, between the general amount of work it takes to organize competitions on tumblr and the people in your notes saying abhorrently stupid things it’s really impressive how much you’ve done to make this happen!!! second of all (super deep serious voice) i don’t think mcyt is a super popular fandom with the people participating in the tourney considering i think all of the mcyt women got knocked out first round so i’m going to bat for KATIEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mainly her qsmp character but also just. the cc herself even though she is a real person. i did not personally notice this myself but the reason i know it happened is because the actual cc katieb addressed this on stream and (correctly) chalked it up to misogyny, but so many of her “"fans”“ after she would finish a qsmp stream would like, criticize her character for being mean to other characters, not sorting out in-character disagreements, stuff like that. there was also a lot of discourse around her being "male centered” despite being a lesbian (whatever the hell that means) because she 1. is a lesbian and playing a straight(bisexual? idk) character on qsmp and 2. she interacts with a lot of men on the qsmp. the second point is hardly a good criticism of her (even if “male centered” was justified in the first place, which it’s not) because it’s not katieb’s fault that there are like 6 other women on the server in total and only 1 or 2 others are regularly active 😭 and the first point is just ridiculous because none of these same people care when their favorite straight boys are larping as gay people even though i would argue that a straight guy acting out being gay for content is worse than a lesbian playing a straight character. obviously it’s more nuanced than just “for content” and these storylines can be meaningful and respectful, but guys… your misogyny is showing… 😬 free katieb she’s awesome and she’s very funny

you're welcome! i'm glad you're enjoying the tournament! katieb mcyt propaganda!