We did it! The #FontBracket is over, and the medalists' podium looks like this:
🥇 Garamond
🥈 Verdana
🥉 Cooper
💐 Papyrus
Bracketeers donated USD$2,262 to great charities, and pledged to give $765 to the causes chosen by top-scoring bracketeers.
Let's see the scores: 🧵
THE TOP 39 #FONTBRACKET BRACKETEERS (out of 39)
In 39th place, with 17 points out of a possible 222, is:
Matt "Comic Sans" Sutterer @mjsutterer, who gave to https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong
In 34th place, with 28 points,:
Dr. Anne "Modern Love Grunge" Carpenter @DrAnneCarpenter, who gave to the National Museum of African American History and Culture https://nmaahc.si.edu/
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In 32nd place, with 33 points:
"Helvetica" yay-dee @jayd, who donated to https://www.rfsl.se/
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Tied for 29th place with 35 points:
Eric "Avenir" Scott @LeafyEricScott, who gave to https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
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Tied for 29th place with 35 points:
Kerry "Proxima Nova" T @kerrytani, who donated to Maui Just Recovery Fund https://secure.actblue.com/donate/maui-community-power-recovery-fund
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Tied for 29th place with 35 points:
Dr. Kat "Pacifico" Napaaqtuk @napaaqtuk.bsky.social, who donated to https://www.memberplanet.com/campaign/cnhamembers/kakoomaui
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The thread of #fontbracket heroes continues!
In 28th place with 38 points:
Chris "Futura" Herdt @cherdt, who gave to the International Institute of Minnesota https://iimn.org/
In 27th place with 40 points:
"Papyrus" Carolyn @cjradcliff.bsky.social, who donated to One of a Kind Pet Rescue https://www.oneofakindpets.com/site/
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Tied for 25th place with 41 points:
Scoot "Cooper" Barolo @sbarolo's "heart bracket" — I donated to 'Āina Momona https://www.kaainamomona.org/
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Tied for 25th place with 41 points:
Nichole "Avenir" Broderick @nabroderick, who gave to the Maryland Food Bank https://mdfoodbank.org/
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In 24th place with 42 points:
K "Myriad Pro" Anderson @kanderson, who gave to the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project https://www.nwirp.org/
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Tied for 22nd place with 43 points:
"Helvetica" Lily @argufier.bsky.social, who donated to the Hawai'i People's Fund https://www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org/
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Tied for 22nd place with 43 points:
"Gill Sans" Una @sciolato, who gave to Médecins Sans Frontières https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/
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In 21st place with 44 points:
Maria "Optima" Langer @mlanger, who gave to World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/
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#FONTBRACKET TOP 20 BRACKETEERS
In 20th place with 45 points: "Brizel" Leelu5
Tied for 17th place with 47 points:
Mariam "Myriad Pro" Aly @mariam, who gave to https://projectsouth.org/
Tied for 17th place with 47 points:
Jessica "Helvetica" Tollkuhn @tollkuhn, who donated to 'Āina Momona https://www.kaainamomona.org/
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In 16th place with 51 points:
Steve "Futura" Shea @neuroshea.bsky.social, who gave to Parkinson's Foundation https://www.parkinson.org/
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In 15th place with 53 points:
"Palatino" Mullinski @choroidlab.bsky.social, who donated to https://www.newlifekahuku.com (listed on Barrack's web page)
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In 14th place with 54 points:
Sue "Optima" Wainscott @EriogonumDarwin, who gave to https://www.donorschoose.org/project/hands-on-learning/7354422/
Sue is tied for the most matches predicted correctly (36/64)!
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In 13th place with 57 points:
Shiloh "Inconsolata" Drake @snd1101, who gave to Hawaii Community Foundation - Maui Strong: https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong
In 12th place with 58 points: Joe "Helvetica" Mulvaney @thats
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next up: THE TOP TEN #FONTBRACKET BRACKETEERS
If you pledged to donate to one of the top-scoring bracketeers' chosen charities: here we go!
Mastodonian pledgers include:
@nabroderick
@kanderson
@mariam
@LauraMcKnight
@LK_Sass
@sciolato
@mjsutterer
@WestSeattleBill
@mlanger
@DrFerrous
@tollkuhn
@stevegis_ssg
@thats
@sbarolo
@writerethink
@belehaa
@ajaxbits
@cherdt
Tied for 10th place with 59 points:
Andrew "Helvetica" Harned, who donated to https://www.gofundme.com/f/sarkomtour-2023
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Tied for 10th place with 59 points:
Laura "Bookerly" McKnight @LauraMcKnight, who donated to Planned Parenthood https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
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In 9th place with 62 points:
Susan "Tahoma" Holmes @sherlockpholmes.bsky.social, who donated to World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/
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In 8th place with 63 points:
Dr Becca "Futura" @docbecca.bsky.social, who donated to https://www.donorschoose.org/project/donate-supplies-to-my-23-24-classroom/7609693/?givingCartId=19074397
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In 7th place with 68 points:
"Century Gothic" writerethink @writerethink, who donated to https://foodlinkny.org/
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In 6th place with 72 points:
Brittany "Avenir" Sutherland @sutherlandbl.bsky.social, who donated to ‘Āina Momona - Emergency Aid to Maui Families, https://secure.actblue.com/donate/helpmauifamilies
Brittany is the highest-scoring #fontbracket bracketeer to not predict the champion.
THE TOP FIVE BRACKETS
In 5th place with 90 points:
Beth "Garamond" Haas @belehaa, who donated to Johnson Park Center https://www.johnsonparkcenter.org/make-a-donation/
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In 4th place with 94 points:
"Garamond" Alex @ajaxbits, who donated to Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland https://www.lightfoundchi.org/
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THE #FONTBRACKET MEDALISTS' PODIUM
In third place, with 95 points:
🥉 My "brain bracket" @sbarolo — I donated to the Equal Justice Initiative https://eji.org/
THE #FONTBRACKET MEDALISTS' PODIUM
In second place, with 96 points:
@shrewshrew, who beat me by 1 point juuuuuust to bug me. Shrew donated to Hawai'i Food Bank https://hawaiifoodbank.org/ and Aloha United Way https://www.auw.org/
THE #FONTBRACKET MEDALISTS' PODIUM
And the winner, in first place with 106 points, 10 more than anybody else:
Lisa "Garamond" Sass @LK_Sass, who donated to Camp Kita https://www.thekitacenter.org/.
Congratulations Lisa, and thanks for playing, everyone! 💐
For the curious, I've listed which font was preferred by Mastodonians vs. Blueskies, in every #fontbracket match where they differed.
Great game everyone! What kind of bracket should we do next time?
@sbarolo This is a futile atempt at making things a lot more simple than they really are.
We will meet again.
Scott Barolo
Michael Munnik
Torbjörn Björkman
B Haas
Ben de Bivort
Terry Money