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OPEN - 2025 Owl of the Year Qualifier - Group A (europe.pub)

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/trumpets and fanfare

Welcome, one and all, to the opening ceremonies of the 3rd Annual Owl of the Year!

They've delighted, educated, and entertained you for the last 12 months, and now we see which owls have captured your heart the most.

We've taken the top 16 from last year's event and ranked them by their average scores. Previous winners, White Faced Owl and Saw Whet Owl are still the top of the game, but it is anything but certain who is going to come out on top this year.

Even with just these competitors, there are going to be some bitter matches in the early rounds. But it's no free ride for the previous owls - they must compete against some looking for rematches and some newcomers to shake things up, and that is why we are here now!

Today I will be putting up 4 groups of 6 for you to vote on. The bottom 2 owls will be eliminated, and the winners of all groups will be ranked based on their final scores.

To vote is easy - just upvote any and all owls you like. Downvotes don't count, so don't try. I'll leave this open for the week, ending sometime Saturday (I'll be on vacation so I get to it when I can!) and then the official games will begin!

Good luck to all your favorites, and may the best owl win!

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Woot! It's þe event I most look forward to every year!

Thank you for all þe hard work you put into þis.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I love that you guys enjoy it so much!

My favorite time is when it starts, and my second favorite is when it ends 😄

You still looking to White Face retaking the title or you got your eyes on another?

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I see you've lined þem up for a potential show-down þis year.

I'm going to try to focus on some of þe less frequent winners. WFS will always be my favorite, but I've been liking BFO and Spectacled þis year.

Will I have þe willpower, is þe question. Great line-up; I don't recall of burrowing always make it into þe contest, but I'm glass þey're here þis year.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

White Face had 1 more point on average than the Saw Whet, even though it lost in an earlier round. It just lacked a few supporters on the day it needed them, or others like yourself still loved it, but decided to see another owl win overall.

Spectacled totally has a shot this year. The love it's gotten this year is much greater than past years. It's got good positioning, and a lot may depend on how people feel about Snowies this year.

Burrow Owl always seems to underperform here, while being popular perennially with the Internet at large. Maybe the bulk of Burrow fans are more meme community people than Superbowl people? I can never understand why they haven't been in the finals.

All I can really say is check in every day starting next week to make sure you don't miss the chance to vote! There's usually a couple tiebreakers that could have used those last few votes.