>What the heck is this?The 2026 4chan Winter Cup will be the fifty-seventh official 4chan Cup tournament and the fourteenth iteration of the Winter Cup series. Teams that advance to the knockout stage of the 2025 4chan Summer Cup, and those which secure promotion from the 2025 4chan Autumn Babby Cup, will compete at the event.>When does /mlp/ play?Spring>When's the next FAG?Tentative dates right now are March 14-15 and 21-22, card subject to change>Match Schedule>today/trv/ - /cm/ 17:00UTC/m/ - /aco/ 17:40UTC/v/ - /pw/ 18:20UTC/h/ - /mu/ 19:00UTC/r9k/ - /vg/ 19:40UTC/jp/ - /vr/ 20:20UTC/vm/ - /tv/ 21:00UTC/toy/ - /n/ 21:40UTC>saturday/vt/ - /a/ 17:00UTC/bant/ - /his/ 17:40UTC/pol/ - /an/ 18:20UTC/sci/ - /b/ 19:00UTC/wsg/ - /i/ 19:40UTC/wg/ - /sp/ 20:20UTC/fit/ - /d/ 21:00UTC/gd/ - /tg/ 21:40UTC>sunday/pw/ - /h/ 17:00UTC/mu/ - /v/ 17:40UTC/vg/ - /jp/ 18:20UTC/vr/ - /r9k/ 19:00UTC/tv/ - /toy/ 19:40UTC/n/ - /vm/ 20:20UTC/cm/ - /m/ 21:00UTC/aco/ - /trv/ 21:40UTC>Where to watch?https://isthisliv.com/4cc/stream.html>More info?https://implyingrigged.info/wiki/2026_4chan_Winter_Cup
CUP IS COMING ON
>Sou streaming an elite dayKINO inbound
>WEEDMAN WILL STREAM TOMORROW TOO
>semen slurping for long enough that the other team is too distracted to defendgenius
>blatant offboarder trying to backseat janny>has to use pedoproxy because all his offtopic threads get him bannedzero self awareness, deep in the autism spectrum, twitterfag incarnate
Dear /m/, YOU'RE FUCKING SHIT etc etc.
>>42995558OOOOH, IT'S THIS WHAT YOU RELEGATED /VST/ FOR? OH SO GOOD
>THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF /V/ - THE VIDYA
>>42995549>Jannynigger being too busy sweeping up messages to care about offtopic threads/mlp/ isn't playing, why the fuck does /mlp/ have a cup thread?
>>42995662/mlp/ participates in the audience
This year is gonna be /pnk/'s year.
>>42995704>tfw can't make /pnk/ will never win until they add her sisters posts anymoreI guess I could switch to her parents, but it's just not the same.
>second draw of the cupMan at least there were some goals this time.
>lost a 2-0 lead against 10 man abuseoh /vg/...
>>42995379Is Bors off so he can finally get that life-saving hair transplant?
>>42995713/pnk/ will never win until they add Pinkie's noncanon brother from Pony Life into the roster
>>42995846He's stuck in the wack ass ice prison
>>42995846He's was trapped by a storm of frozen semen, quite like the one reported on the creation of /mlp/
>/vr/ choking againWhy do I keep supporting them.
>>42995971Because they're the definition of lovable loser, and one day the stars will align just on the right spot for a miracle run, and it will be a historical moment for everyone alive to experience it
>>42995971Presumably because you like old vidya
>>42995662Because the Jannies don't want the extra effort of removing Ponies posted for relation to other , so they have never enforced that shit in the decade+ the theads have been active.The containment keeps being contained and everyone is happy.
>>42995971It's OK, they'll advance on Sunday, they just threw today to kill /vg/ in revenge for that one babby final loss.I'm coping.
>>42996007I'll choose to believe you man
>Yes /tv/, yes, you are in the lead... HOWEVER
>>42996043However?
>>42996044however
>moot and boris in the epstein files
/toy/?
>went to make food before the start of /vm/, /tv/>miss a fucken own goalWhen was the last time there was an own goal?
>>42996150Last Spring, I think.
>it was 3-0
>lose by 3>get back by 3>red the gold woodyGod sou PC brings the best games.
These last two matches man
>Two red cards todayWhat a day.
>>42996248I guess this is what I get for being a tremendous Discordfag.Chaos.Post some cute Discord pics IDK. I need something.
>>42996355I'll offer you an Eris in these trying times, because she's cute.
>>42996355have my only other discord image
>>42996122The surprising part isn't that, the surprise is that Lear isn't on it>>42996355Best I can do for ya is this, hope /tv/ still advances
>>42996546They merely have to not lose to an auto down a gold.
>>42996556Yes, what could possibly go wrong.
rolling for /tg/ tomorrow.
>>42996355Ganbatte, my brother in Chaosfaggotry. I missed the match, but I was hit by chaos too last night and and likewise went "Well, I AM a Discordfag, so..."I'll be watching your next match.
Shame they're already dead, but I would've rooted for /vt/.I don't particularly like them, but lack of /mlp/ just needs that bad guy aspect for the rest of the cup, and /vt/, vtubers in general, are just as obnoxious and annoying as ponies.Chaos from their victory would've at least been entertaining in regards to reactions to it.
>>42997744They're too dysfunctional, both the board and the team, that could make them some primo quality comedy heels but they will never be a threat, if you want a real villain, someone with rabid fans and competent people behind that could push them into a star, you already have /sp/
>>42998128Eh, /sp/ is kinda too dull to be a fun villain. And judging by the low attendance and lack of /sp/ colors in the chat this cup, they're not a big market anymore either.
day 5 liv
>we're having Sou momentos from the get goGood sign for things to come
>Finally catch the match day hyp>It's just a copy, paste hyp vidI don't want to hear anyone complain about /mlp/ hyps again. /sp/ is supposed to be "big market" and they couldn't do anything special.
>>42998434>the team that's just regular soccer players in the soccer game with wacky ass teams did something boringholy fug
>/vt/ won't play on the pepto abysmal arena
>>42996355you're facing a /toy/ auto without their captain gold strikerSURELY you can't lose that, right?>>42998451Tune in foir garbage day.
>>42998472>SURELY you can't lose that, right?Anon, this is begging for Suule to get PES'd. We don't do that.
>>42998480I mean, if it does it'd also be pretty funny. You should embrace that as a discordfag.
>>42996122>epstein had /gif/ in his bookmarks and fapped to sfm FNAF futa porn
>>42998521And was a y/u/rifag
>>42997744>ponies are obnoxious and annoyingDie, fake fan.
>>42998548/u/ was just email, /gif/ had him sharing threads with his little friends and having it bookmarked/gif/ should make him their player desu
>>42998562You're on a containment board for a reason.
>>42998565Another player for the /gif/ rebuild alongside AMBATUKAM, Sauce Jr. and Bogs Bonny
>>42998568Yeah 'cause pathetic retards kept having mental breakdowns when they saw cute mares.
>get up to get another beer>the only goal of the match happens>nothing else happens in the whole matchI see how it is
My sides
>>42998709>it keeps happening
>>42998745/mlpol/ lost
there's a good chance Epstein browsed /mlp/ thinking it was a board for little girls
>>42998786Was /mlp/ mentioned in the files at all?
>>42998810No, so far only /gif/, /s/, /u/ and /pol/
>>42998812/x/ also
>/pol/ now need /sic/ to 9 point the groupI can't wait for /b/ to draw the game.
>>429988140-0 THRILLER
>>42998814>/pol/ is gonna get trolled to death
>>42998814/b/ abides to meme magic rule. But who's meme-ing who?
This is why you can never leave PES. No matter what you think about game mechanics, meme magic will always emerge triumphant.
Welp, see you in Spring, /pol/. Try not to get drawn into the same group as /mlp/ for the hundredth time.
>>42998920They'll be grouped with their new best friend /u/
>>42998922>/u/ playing against their greatest posterkino
Welcome to spring /pol/, you might be with your old friend /mlp/ or your new friend /u/.
Congrats /wsg/, good effort /i/. See you in Spring.
Now that all important matches has happen I'm going to sleep. later faggots.
>both /i/ and /wsg/ managers are horsefuckersIt's sad that both couldn't advance
That last match made me sad. I wanted both teams in
>>42998810nah, MLP is associated to some business acronym. Same for pony, found nothingIf you search "my little pony" there's a single reference, and it's someone talking about the G2 cartoon lmao.
>>42999096yeahI want /wsg/ to get a second star now.
>>42999096This group made me so happy but it also hurt so bad. /sp/ is another one of my home boards, I like /i/ because of the art that I do (plus one of the people involved with that team is a top lad), and /wg/ is just straight kino. All of these teams having success would have made me happy. GG to /i/, a great board and team, I hope they are able to make it back to the elites so we can all have some more fun once more. Here's the gif art for them
>>42999096/i/ and /wsg/ are shit though, why would anyone vouch for themfeels like the two sole good boards on this site are /diy/ and /mlp/, yet /diy/ doesn't even play in the fucking cup. >>42999132>offboarder tourist posting non-ponies while saying he misses horsefuckersnigger why are you like this?
>>42999160trip on Gio
>>42999160BEE for /diy/
>>42999160>yet /diy/ doesn't even play in the fucking cupDo it yourself.
>>42999177lmao
>>42999160>offboarder touristYou really are clueless, you have no idea who he is/i/ is nice and comfy/wsg/ is one of my main boards cause I like watching videos on it
>>42999177no because /diy/ is dead and the 4cc admins will just rape me since they hate ponyfags to death.>but muh based horsefuckerslet me know when /mlp/'s current team manager retard is ousted, since he singlehandedly resulted in our disqualification for this cup by>playing uma slop instead of daniel ingram kino in the opening ceremonies>organizing our players like shit>actively acting retarded when asked why he led us to shit ("lol not my problem")>>42999163>>42999171do they speak WHAT in your country?TELL ME SOME GODDAMN ENGLISH
>>42999202BEE is a corruption of be, which is short for be the change you want to see in the world
>>42999194>you have no idea who he isbecause I don't care for shitty namefags who are "based" for >running da things!every single time I've asked "weedman" to post ponies on the pony board, he just throws a tantrum and screams about hating /mlp/, befitting name for a faggot who's life is consumed by drugs.
>>42999202O GIO
>>42999210That's what I mean, he is not just a manager, he is a prolific MLP artist.
>>42999202>>42999210Just stay away from my copper, nigga.
>>42999218>prolific /mlp/ artist>doesn't post /mlp/ artnot batsy, not hatsy, not ja08ck, a literalwho.probably doesn't even post in /bale/ or /create/, or /draw/.
>>42999202>the tourist is back>claim /admin/ love to hate pony with a passionHow do you go on with life when you're showing you don't take any risks at all.
> one of the /sp/ managers will be retiring due to the half time hyp being AI
>>42999295I stopped watching. What was the hyp?
>>42999284>you're showing you don't take any risks at all.I'm not wasting my time just for some assmad cupmin to nuke me, it should be obvious but I guess its "bad" to not want to risk everything trying to organize a dead board into the cup.
>>42999132>dash flagis that gonna be your cosplay this year?You're coming right?
Your 2025 summer elite cup 3rd place is now leading the spoon race
>>42999096>>42999132Cultural victory with pic related being an emote>>42999202Hello Half keep posting your grievances
>>42999585>>42999132>visit /i/>it's just /a/ 2.0, like half of this websiteremind me why they're grouped next to /ic/, is it just /a/ but drawfag edition?
>>42997119boop
>>42998434I was expecting them to rip off NFL on NBC intros or something, the wet fart of an intro is pretty disappointing.
>>42999657the sports announcer knock-off thing is fun, but yeah, its just the same 3d logo thing yet a-fuckin-gain
/admin/ is doing a little Q&A on the 4ccg
>>42999897Can't be arsed to watch. Post any juicy bits please and thank you.
>>42999897how long ago did they start?
>>4299996430 minutes ago, they're on the 3rd or 4th question
>>42999968danke anon
Man, you guys need to bring back >belong on /v/ and remove numget.
>>42999901>/admin/ is considering a new PES, wants to remain on pre fox PESes for now>Sou took a 90 minute shit this morning>5 medals for spring and beyond>return to 3 subs>some absolute madman is trying to revive /ic/>some dude wants to create a /vip/ team>unified height bracket in the future
>>43000325Care to tell us more about epstein, Boris?
>>43000333>5 medals for spring and beyondGSSBB? Who deserves the gold and why is it Derpy?
>>43000363Derpy gold and promoted to Captain, Larson and Faust silver, Twilight and Dash bronze wing forwards.
>>43000333Checked.>some absolute madman is trying to revive /ic/Sheer madness. But I'd like to see him try.
>>43000363Hi Anon!I heard there was an open medal position!
>>42999210the only reason Sou posts here on occasion is because by some unimaginable metric /vg/ and /sp/ manage to be even gayer than us
>>43000977Ponkfags EXPOSED.
Boop
>>43001075Just like everything else in Nevada, ponkfags just like it for the huge tax incentives
>>43001496That's why I like Applejack
>>43000977Less that, more so commissioner obligation since if there is one accusation about /admin/ I hate it's that we dont use 4chan. It's also the personal belief that I have that the commissioner should be front and center when it comes to interacting with the boards. Especially on the big three that can actually discuss the cup without repercussion. I can't get a good pulse for things as a whole by just being in /4ccg/. Except the /trash/ thread because the /trash/ thread doesn't real.
>>43001653There's a /trash/ thread? What the fuck do they even talk in there?
>>43001663It appears to just be porn posting.
>>43001663My best educated guess are the following items:Porn, ERP, and the lamentations that /admin/ wont let /trash/ play.
>>43001653Thanks commissionernow as a humble requestmake me a sandwich
>>43001682n0h
>>43001672>>43001678I don't know what I was expecting from a /trash/ thread. I guess I half expected them to discuss that failed attempt into making a board league, well, I do hope that the standard cup policy remains *sick bassline* for the remaining of the league's duration
>>43001653Oh yeah while you're here I forgot to ask, if the cup is returning to 3 subs does that mean that the extra sub for eggsdra time will return as well?
>>43001708*sick bassline* has been policy since 2016 and will remain policy as long as im in the big chair. Whether or not if the next guy under me if there even will be a next man down decides to do away with that or not will only be revealed by time
>>43001653Is there a way to fix the excessive backpassing in 15?
>>43001717Yes, to even out not having 4 subs for full time +1 sub for Extra Time in the knockouts will be the standard for the five medal system, yes. With four subs for full time and four subs that makes things fairly brainless.
>>43001723Yes, it's called having the balls to run Langball + All out defense
>>43001725Alright, with this and the unified height bracket things look promising for the next few cups Those niggas are too comfortable calling good PESes shit, they need a grim reminder, time to dust off PES14 and experience true dogshit
>>43001663>>43001672>>43001678/trash4ccg/ was mostly started because /4ccg/ is full of VGL talk (and discord drama) even in the middle of 4cc days. It was focused on actual discussion of the cup. Also, being a red board, being able to post actual NSFW stuff relevant to the match is nice, instead of having to tiptoe around jannies every time.Sadly it has turned into a lot of porn, futa and ERP. Regardless, sometimes it turns into a pretty nice thread.You can check it out here: >>>/trash/80890971
>>43001739https://youtu.be/yI9UIzbxArQ
>>43001736The Unified Height Bracket is far from done yet as I still need to crunch the numbers and to see whats possible while setting reasonable enough limits where niggas aren't spamming tall bois or manlets for stats while having a reasonable enough total height limit for managers to work with.>>43001723I've been thinking of buffing the green and blue positions to try and help the pressing a bit. A point I came up with was the Final Boss match from autumn. But I feel like the tactical matchup matters a bit more in PES 15 than it does in the others when it comes to AI vs AI stuff. But if were able to nerf defenders enough in PES 18 to make it palatable then there's no reason to believe the same cannot be achieved in 15. Stat autism probably wont do away with back passing completely but the goal is to make defenders realize they can pressure for the ball a little more often than they currently do.
>>43001745Yeah, yeah, we get it. Any time /trash/ is mentioned, just disregard everything about it and play le funny clip. A question was asked and I answered honestly.
>>43001745Old Man Lear would give /mlp/ the same treatment if he thought he could get away with it.
>>43001763I forfeited that potential about a decade ago in favor of keeping the cup going.
>>43001747I do question how much of that could be attributed to tactics being slower compared to PES 17's langball fest, but either way that's something that could be fixed with the right rules, or maybe even with the forbidden italian arts of patching. Despite hating PES 15 for the fuckass UI I can see it having some mileage on the cup
>>43001653>the big three that can actually discuss the cup without repercussionwhich boards are the other two lol. /mlp/ seems to be the biggest fans of the cup. We're not even playing yet we've had threads up this whole cup
>>43001901/vg/ and /sp/
>>43001901Officially, /sp/ and /vg/. But I've seen cup threads on other boards stay up, so it seems to be down to mood.
>>43001903>>43001906Board unity is dead everywhere else, huh? I remember the /mlp/ vs /v/ final last year had us reach bump limit on multiple threads while /v/'s thread barely broke 80 replies
>>43001906/wsg/ threads don't get taken down, because it's not really against any rules.
>>43001906Some boards are really anal about cup threads (see: 80% of all ded teams, with special mention for /ck/ for being extremely anal, and /po/ for having mods patrolling 24/7 to avoid an accidental /pol/ invasion) while some other boards are way more lenient (/m/ comes to mind regarding that stuff, also /pw/ has some really nice turnout last time I've looked into their cup threads)
>>43001915no its because of jannies deleting threads on other boards. please lurk a little, thanks
Good job wining your game /vg/ however /vr/ decided they wanted to be in the elites.
/vg/'s enjoying the /mlp/ special.Get four points, depend on another team to win the next match in order to make it out of the group, only for that team to then completely shit the bed.
>/vg/ dead
Time to supercharge /tv/'s blueprints.
>/jp/ and /vr/ throughbest ending
Imagine playing on the babby you're already hosting lmao couldn't be me haha
>>43002095
I wanna see /vr/ succeed man, the lil nigga that suffered for years and had everything click on place to succeed in the big stage
I dont really get how there's ghostbusters can be a crossover with /toy/ of all boards, but maybe there's a meme in there somewhere I'm not aware of
>>43002133Ghostbusters toys, probably. I had a Venkman and Granny Gross when I was a kid.Also /tv/ is absolutely raping /toy/.
>>43002156is Woody that important? or was Madoka just that necessary for the midfield?
Uh oh. Is it happening?
>>43002188Woody is the centerpiece of /toy/, he's part of the 100 club (128 goals), and overall the most competent of their medals with both Madoka and Optimus being known chokers and OT Chainsaw being more of a support kind of guy
Sometimes I feel bad for /toy/, they were once one of the best teams in the 4cc, should have won a star if CHEATERS didn't get in the way, and now they're going down again. Either way, congrats /tv/, when I saw the thing I recognize on the screen I clapped
Come on /vm/ win and top the group.
>>43002197ITS _not_ HAPPENING
There goes /n/, the Washington Football Team of the 4cc
You better win a star, /tv/.
Go em!
>this group has the chance for the 6660 thriller.
>>43002446And also a 9-3-3-3 miracle
>>43002449>>43002446Good job jinxing it you fuckers.
CAN WE NOT TALK ABOUT ANTS
>>43002629ANTS ANTS ANTS!
>>43002629
Alright you faggots.Now that the group stage is over, who do you want to win this cup?I want /bant/, /vm/ and /wsg/.
>>43002661/bant/, /wsg/, /fit/, /vm/, /vr/ or /b/My absolute favorites would be /wsg/ or /vr/
>>43002661I'm going all in on lil nigga /vr/, /wsg/ would be the only acceptable 2nd star team
>>43002661/tv/, /vr/, or /d/
>>43002661/vr/, /vm/, /aco/, /d/ or /bant/You know what, maybe /wsg/ as well, I kinda wanna see how they promote their star with Ricardo and/or LTG.Primarily the first five teams though.
>>43002661/vr//d//jp//tv//bant//b//vm//h//aco//a//sci//fit//trv//wsg//pw//sp/Now watch this be the inverse of the top 16.
/wsg/, /sp/, /vr/, /a/, /pw/, /fit/ would be nice as winners, though maybe a little less so for the current 2 star teams in that category for obvious reasons
Boris looks like he aged 20 years in the last year.
>>43001747PES 18 idea: -5 on all defender stats -8 if we are doing height brackets
>>43002661/jp/, /b/, /a/, /sci/, /vm/, /vr/, /d/, /aco/, /wsg/, /h/somewhat in that order of excitementhonestly a pretty stacked final weekend
>Double season Garbage Day in the worksSo does this mean /mlp/ is >[\spoiler]playing on Friday?
>>43003023Yes.Unless they play on Thursday and get eliminated then.
>>43003023HYPE
>>43003023Probably wednesday, not sure yet. Im trying to figure out the bracket at the moment. My main solution when I dont do garbage day for one season is to run one bracket on Wednesday, another on Thursday and then what usually is the /trash/ match + the final four from both brackets in a round of eight for Friday with the wrasslin' It'll probably be this barring any other solution. Because there's 18 teams from Autumn to play, plus the relegated 16 from winter. I'll have the whole thing definitive by the time im done eating here.>>43002892If we are to go back to 18 I wanna do a cup cycle on the late 18 rule set back before we jumped off of it because I didn't think it to be too horrid but then again I didn't mind the whole run on 18 in the first place because it wasn't nearly as bad as 1.12 I do not remember what defender nerfs were made at the time to make it more palatable because I'm too focused on the current upcoming cycle so we'll burn that bridge when get there.
>>43002767dont we all
so did /mlp/ win or what
>>43004182/mlp/ won their fifth star and you missed it.
>>43004182So you don't know?
>>43004182Anon, I...
ponies won my heart and that's what matters
>>43001723I should sync this to Benny Hill music
>>43005395I feel it would be better to the jeopardy music once the speedup starts
>>43003182I wagie Wednesday and Thursday. Guess I'll have to pull for /mlp/ to "advance".
As far as I can ascertain Sou's meal has lasted over 24 hours now
>>43006729He's bulking up, dude needs all the energy he can get to get into raping form
>>43006729I forgor.https://challonge.com/GimmeDaGorbageSee you Wednesday at 18:00 UTC (And potentially friday if /mlp/ goes that deep.) I want the extra hour to make a decent breakfast. There's a bracket for the winter teams too but I know what you bastards watch for. Have the link anyways though.https://challonge.com/IWantDatGorbage
>>43006805Nice bracket, can't wait to lose a million rigbux on the 4cc prediction markets.>/mlp/ vs. /lit/Twilight stat buff, so much for Friday
Bump for tomorrow's "game"