The minor annoyances of daily life. Uncomfortable situations you silently power through. No matter who you are, your world is filled with people, things, and circumstances that can be summed up with one simple word: BAD.
In the spirit of March Madness, eight captains have painfully sifted through steaming piles of life's unpleasantries and submitted their regions. The result: a single-elimination bracket of 68 entries making up the Tournament of Bad!
Over 30,000 votes have been cast by visitors from over 25 different countries as the Tournament of Bad arrives at its final stages. The results are in from the quarterfinal matchups, and we have our Final Four. Which entries have what it takes to move on and compete on the tournament's biggest stage? Every vote counts! The full bracket can be seen here:
Voting is now open for the Final Four! The winners of these two matchups will go on to compete in the Championship of the 2025 Tournament of Bad. The two polls for this round can be found below.
Remember - vote however you like. Some people always vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally.
All results are in for the Regional Finals! Each of the eight regional captains has just one entry remaining in the tournament.
Among the entries saying farewell in today's slo-mo montage are "Having to take a flight of stairs for the bathroom," "People who won't repeat themselves and just say 'never mind,'" and "Chicago foodie influencers and their 'hidden gems' that everyone knows about," all of which fought valiantly, but ultimately came up short.
The regional champion entries now go head-to-head to determine our Final Four of the Tournament of Bad!
The updated full bracket can be seen here:
Voting is now open for the Quarterfinals! These matchups will determine our Final Four of the 2025 Tournament of Bad. The four polls for this round can be found below.
Remember - vote however you like. Some people always vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally.
Over 20,000 votes have been cast by visitors from over 30 different countries as we reach the Shitty Sixteen! Among the defeated last round were "Non-default font work emails," "Rubber duck Jeep culture," "When people call to talk only because they want to be entertained while driving," and "Flies," all inspired entries which now have nothing to do but watch from home, and reflect on what might have been.
Here's the updated bracket:
And now the Regional Finals are upon us. This round will determine the winning entry of each captain's region. All eight polls can be found below.
Remember - vote however you like. Some people always vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally.
All results are in for The Opening Round! Three of the winning entries from our First Four have moved on again, each taking down their 1-seed opponent. Will we see a return of the magic from six years ago, when Kate R.'s First Four entry "Seductive maternity photo shoots" battled all the way through to be our 2019 Champion?
We again mourn the demise of some truly inspired entries to the tournament. Fans and analysts worldwide were sad to see "Arguing with someone who isn't educated on the subject," "Getting in an Uber, waking up in the hospital," "Baby boomers adopting and thus slowing down TSA PreCheck," and "Walking past the cum trees in April" all pack their bags, after all received tough first-round draws. I was personally pulling for "Whatever maniac decided that gyoza should have 5 to an order," an entry that epitomizes the bizarre minutiae of the world that our fair tournament is all about.
Here's a link to the latest bracket:
It's time to see which entries will make the Shitty Sixteen! Voting is OPEN for the second round. All 16 polls can be found below.
Remember - vote however you like. Some people always vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally.
The results are in for the First Four and the first half of our Opening Round, and the winning entries have moved on. There was some tough competition in this year's First Four. Fan-favorite "Watching someone fail who's giving maximum effort" put up a good fight, but ultimately faded down the stretch. Fans who came out early were delighted by the hard-fought First Four matchup between "Gray laminate wood flooring" and "More than two questions at the gas pump" with the latter taking a 78% victory to advance.
Tournament-goers were shocked by the early passings of "Workplace photo montages set to the song 'Takin' Care of Business'", "Chronically late significant others," "People who reply 'this'", and "Cummerbunds," all fan favorites that came to this year's tournament with high hopes. But the court of public opinion has spoken, and so these entries see their March dreams shattered in the Opening Round.
The updated bracket:
And now we move on to the other half of the bracket, featuring highly anticipated regions authored by Kate, Shayla, Brad, and Jonathan. Voting is NOW open for Part II of the Opening Round. All 16 polls can be found below.
Remember - vote however you like. Some people always vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally.
Over the next couple weeks, your online votes will decide the winner of each head-to-head matchup, gradually narrowing down the field to one final champion of the 2025 Tournament of Bad! The bracket is set, and can be viewed here (click to enlarge):
This round will cover half of the opening matchups, as well as our First Four play-in matchups.
It all starts here. Voting is NOW open for the First Four, and the opening round for half of the bracket. All 20 polls for this round can be found below.
Vote however you like. Some people vote for the entry they find the funniest. Some always vote for the entry that most annoys them personally. Let the badness begin.
