Inaugural Waifu Tournament

The first tournament began on November 11, 2020 and ran until December 12, 2020 with the final winner being Keqing, beating Xiao by only two votes. The final round was incredibly tense, with Keqing fans and Xiao fans alike butting heads in an attempt to turn tides into their favor.

In fact, this final match was so tense that members conspired to tie the votes, so in the shadows, Broseph campaigned to change the tide of the votes, and ever so slightly, cement Keqing into her place as the first official winner of the Waifu Tournament.

The final round was the second closest match-up, only following the 9th match, Ningguang vs Beidou, with a mere single vote difference. However, as one would imagine, Keqing vs Xiao had much higher stakes and just about triple the amount of overall voters. Despite the staff's unbiased digression on how the votes were called, they were not afraid to share their opinions on the tournament as it progressed. On certain matches, one or more staff members would post a small campaign for their waifu of choice in the tournament channel itself. Of course, the reactions humorously reflected some of the views of the rest of the server as well.

Predictions


The overall winner of the first tournament was Ato, a prominent and active member of the server, and an undying Keqing simp from beginning to end. As reward, he received a month of the $10 Nitro subscription.

The second place winner was Zhongli (not the moderator), and as such, they received a month of Nitro Classic.

Controversy
There was some controversy during this tournament regarding Broseph's "campaigning" for Keqing towards the end, as well as in earlier matches when Jean was still in the tournament.

Whenever Jean was in a match-up, Broseph secretly gave out a role called "Dandelion Tights" to those who voted for Jean. Once members caught on, Broseph was treading on thin ice regarding whether or not that would give Jean an unfair advantage in the rest of the tournament.

During the last match with Keqing and Xiao, the vote stayed remarkably tied from the beginning of the voting period, to the bitter end. In a last minute ditch effort to break the tie, Broseph told some of his own friends from a Destiny server to vote Keqing. It seemed illegal at first, but these friends were technically in Dawn Winery as well, even before being told to vote Keqing. The ethicality of the situation is still up in the air.