Chop to the Top OCT

Summary
Chop to the Top is a cooking/chef based OCT, originally conceptualized by CornOfTheBreads. Construction for the OCT started late 2015 and then opened auditions in mid 2017. It was a non-elimination tournament that allowed any participate to continue their story under the condition that stories were completed before the deadline of each round.

Premise
Chop to the Top takes place in the Fictional world of Tantaba, A super continent of a food loving culinary people who worship the five gods based of Savory, Sour, spice, bitter and sweet. According to Lore, the five deities were once at war with eachother, before their conflict could destroy the world a master chef appeased them with a legendary dish. Every year since then the Master chef must present a dish to the gods to keep the peace. Once the the master chef grew too old to carry on the task, they passed down the responsibility to their apprentice, starting a tradition lasting innumerable generations.

The Tournament takes place after the recent master passed away without having a proper apprentice to become the next master chef. A competition was made to test the best and brightest chefs of the land to see who would be worthy to feed the gods before their delayed war begins again. The competitors would have to travel to the different regions of Tantaba where they will be required to overcome a given trail of the region.

The Regions and their relative trials are as follows: Brine Barrens, where the contestant must extract fermented meat from the teeth of a mystical beast. Shimobu Gardens: Contestants must collect a barrel of spirits from the spirit infested caverns. Opebe keys, where a special pepper is extracted from the bottom of a Volcano. The Quinlin Wastes, contestants must scale the heights of a large mushroom to collect the delicacies from on top. And the Chohoni Grasslands, where contestants collect sugar stars that fall from the night sky.

Judges

 * Yedren Alyosha by CornOfTheBreads
 * Mara by Ixtaek
 * Solomon By Sckookum
 * Basille by The-Magical-Ma
 * Noriko by Kirrw

Competitors and Competitor Characters

 * Competitor Username - Character Name

Round 1
Jul 22nd, 2017 - Oct 7th, 2017

Matchups
Millie and Baxely vs. Hellades Bagwis vs. Bill Scoot vs. Licorice Moss vs. Kalla and Azabroth Jerry and USP vs. Ranoca and Eliza Raine vs. Wok Takoyaki vs. Ja'Nitchi and Ghroc Vance vs. Andi Inky vs. Cook E Meikhal vs. Patricia Oz vs. Miund and Mal Sarah vs. Wendy and Nova Ms. Binks vs. Cha

Round 2
Oct 16th, 2017 - Jan 1st, 2018 3 teams per matchup this round.

Matchups
Cha vs. Andy vs. Bagwis Scoot vs. Ja'Nitchi and Ghroc vs. Vance Cook E vs. Kalla and Azabroth vs. Sarah Meikhal vs. Millie and Baxley vs. Inky Jerry and USP vs. Oz vs. Takoyaki

Round 3
Jan 16th, 2018 - Apr 4th, 2018 Matchups were given names this Round

Matchups
Calamari Sushi Kalla and Azabroth vs. Takoyaki Dragon Birds Vance vs. Bagwis SweetBreads Sarah vs. Millie and Baxley Animal Crackers Scoot vs. Cook E No Strangers to Dangers Oz vs. Cha Written Beyond the Stars Andy vs. Jerry and USP Spirit Cleaver Ja'Nitchi and Ghroc vs. Meikhal

Round 4
Apr 14th, 2018 - Jun 25th, 2018

Matchups
Sarah vs. Takoyaki Andi vs. Scoot Millie and Baxley vs. Bagwis Jerry and USP vs. Cha Kalla and Azabroth vs. Oz vs. Vance

Round 5
Jul 5th, 2018 - Oct 11th, 2018.

This round was a Free for all with the Following Competitors: Oz, Kalla and Azabroth Bagwis Millie and Baxley Scoot Vance

Impact
This Tournament was one of the first Non-Elimination OCTs that also used videos to announce matchups for every round. This OCT was also one of the first to start using Discord as a chat room for Contestants.

Trivia

 * The lore and art style of the OCT was originally meant to be based off the cartoon series "Wakfu".
 * Despite CornOfTheBreads making the original concept, the OCT eventually came under the management of Ixtaek and Sckookum.
 * CornOfTheBreads gave the thumbsup for a sequel OCT to be made with Britzmark as the new host.
 * After Chop, Ixtaek became the host of 3 additional successful OCTs including Enccore(Cascade Caberet OCT 2), Azlantec OCT and Mystery on the OCT express.