Free IF Playoffs 2024

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Free IF Playoffs 2024
Other event
Frequency
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Part of series
Website [http:// ]
Organiser otistdog
IFDB event page Event
IFDB series page Series
Total entries
Event dates
Event begins 8 Jun 2024
Event ends 10 Aug 2024
Results
Champion Counterfeit Monkey
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The Free IF Playoffs (FIFP) 2024 was a light-hearted March-Madness-style tournament between 64 of the then-top-rated, free-to-play works on IFDB. The voters (IntFiction forum members) were expected to have at least tried the works to some extent, and were also encouraged to explain their preferences (in positive terms). The event also included sports-like commentary, statistics, fan predictions, and author interviews. It was organised by otistdog and ran from 8 June through 10 August 2024, with up to 8 matches running concurrently each week.

The overall winner was Counterfeit Monkey.

Forum threads

The tournament

Legend:

  • Winner of each match in bold
  • #number: "seed" (relative IFDB ranking among tournament entries at the start) - for information only, did not affect the tournament structure
  • "Voting": Fan commentary and voting thread
  • "Results": Fan registration and final results thread (later threads include running commentary from the organiser on vote progress)
Round 1
4×7 days
Round 2
2×7 days
Round 3
7 days
Round 4
7 days
Round 5
3.5 days
Round 6
3.5 days
Division 1

Voting Results Recap

Div 1/2

Voting Results Recap

Voting Results Recap

Voting Results Recap

Voting Results Recap

Voting Results Recap

Lost Pig (#11)

17–14
Suveh Nux (#62)

Lost Pig

8–13
Superluminal Vagrant Twin

Superluminal Vagrant Twin

8–7
The Impossible Bottle

Superluminal Vagrant Twin

12–10
The Wizard Sniffer

Superluminal Vagrant Twin

9–12
Counterfeit Monkey

Counterfeit Monkey

13–12
Anchorhead

Superluminal Vagrant Twin (#3)

9–3
Excalibur (#54)

A Long Way to the Nearest Star (#20)

4–7
The Impossible Bottle (#13)

The Impossible Bottle

8–6
Junior Arithmancer

Cryptozookeeper (#43)

5–6
Junior Arithmancer (#15)

Dr Ludwig and the Devil (#30)

7–7
Midnight. Swordfight. (#34)

Midnight. Swordfight.

8–9
The Wizard Sniffer

The Wizard Sniffer

14–6
And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One

City of Secrets (#36)

6–8
The Wizard Sniffer (#5)

Birdland (#29)

5–8
Of Their Shadows Deep (#55)
(winner interview)

Of Their Shadows Deep

8–9
And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One

Zozzled (#38)

6–12
And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (#40)

Division 2

Voting Results Recap

Absence of Law (#26)

7–10
The Gostak (#19)

The Gostak

8–9
Coloratura

Coloratura

7–8
Worldsmith

Worldsmith

4–12
Counterfeit Monkey

Coloratura (#17)

14–4
The Shadow in the Cathedral (#63)

Chlorophyll (#50)

4–6
Worldsmith (#4)

Worldsmith

6–5
According to Cain

According to Cain (#39)

9–4
A Beauty Cold and Austere (#10)
(winner interview)

Beautiful Dreamer (#61)

3–7
Turandot (#42)

Turandot

5–8
Eat Me

Eat Me

5–11
Counterfeit Monkey

Weird City Interloper (#41)

5–9
Eat Me (#8)

Counterfeit Monkey (#1)

15–2
The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening (#58)

Counterfeit Monkey

12–6
Blue Lacuna

Foo Foo (#46)

1–12
Blue Lacuna (#22)

Division 3

Voting Results Recap

Div 3/4

Voting Results Recap

Inside the Facility (#51)

8–7
Spy Intrigue (#25)
(winner interview)

Inside the Facility

4–19
Spider and Web

Spider and Web

11–9
Toby's Nose

Spider and Web

13–11
Repeat the Ending

Spider and Web

10–13
Anchorhead

Spider and Web (#27)

20–5
Violet (#24)

Stay? (#18)

5–7
Toby's Nose (#9)

Toby's Nose

8–5
The Weight of a Soul

The Weight of a Soul (#59)

7–6
With Those We Love Alive (#56)

Slouching Towards Bedlam (#52)

7–4
Will Not Let Me Go (#7)
(winner interview)

Slouching Towards Bedlam

9–7
The Spectators

Slouching Towards Bedlam

9–10
Repeat the Ending

The Spectators (#60)

5–2
The Axolotl Project (#45)
(winner interview)

Repeat the Ending (#28)

9–1
Magical Makeover (#57)

Repeat the Ending

8–6
Cannery Vale

Cannery Vale (#32)

5–2
Sub Rosa (#48)

Division 4

FC FR recap

4x4 Archipelago (#44)

7–9
The Impossible Stairs (#53)
(winner interview)

The Impossible Stairs

8–8
The Mulldoon Legacy

The Mulldoon Legacy

5–8
Savoir-Faire

Savoir-Faire

9–13
Anchorhead

The Mulldoon Legacy (#35)

7–6
Endless, Nameless (#31)

Harmonia (#47)

4–11
Savoir-Faire (#12)

Savoir-Faire

18–3
Bronze

Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom (#23)

9–9
Bronze (#37)

Anchorhead (#2)

12–3
Known Unknowns (#21)

Anchorhead

14–6
Alias 'The Magpie'

Anchorhead

8–5
Worlds Apart

Alias 'The Magpie' (#16)

10–4
Cragne Manor (#6)
(winner interview)

Make It Good (#33)

3–5
Worlds Apart (#14)

Worlds Apart

8–7
Photopia

Photopia (#49)

12–8
Digital: A Love Story (#64)