Fandom's Favorite Fursuit Fracas 2012

The sixth installment of Fandom's Favorite Fursuit Fracas was organized by Stevie Maxwell with volunteer assistance. As in the previous two years, the 2012 tournament was a multi-stage tournament. However, the event started off this year with a pictorial "Showcase of Nominees". The showcase saluted all fursuits who received at least one nomination to FFFF 2012, and allowed fursuits to be appreciated by the FFFF community without competition.

Fursuits who registered for the actual competition entered a double elimination first stage to trim the field down to fill the ever-familiar single elimination bracket. Groups in the double-elimination portion were simply referred to by letter. Qualifiers from the Double-Elimination Portion were seeded into the 16 regions of the Single-Elimination Bracket, named after the 16 teams in the playoffs of the Furry Basketball Association.

Much like prior editions, the tournament had its share of trials and tribulations. The event was suspended for one week pending the resolution of an incident that involved Dakkota Wolf once again withdrawing from the tournament, this time by request.

Top-seeded Barley was defeated in the Quarterfinals by Howee Husky in a comeback victory, while Clementine made it to the Semifinals for the third year in a row, with perennial veterans Beef Jerky and Duke rounding out the final four.

=The Final 18=

=Regional Bracket (Single-Elimination)= The top 16 winners of the Winners Bracket Qualifying Round matchups were assigned the top slots of each of the regions, with Barley having earned a "bye" into the Regional Semifinals by having the highest average earned vote percentage over three rounds. The remaining slots were then assigned as randomly as possible while preventing re-matches between fursuits until The Final 16.

Taproots Region
=Double Elimination Bracket= While 271 nominees were featured in the pictorial Showcase, only 186 fursuits were registered for the Tournament, and were randomly assigned to the following 23 groups.

Group C
Play-in Match: (April 16-17) Kalahari 161 def. Dancewear Toofs the Sabertooth 51

Feeder Match: (May 04-05) Dancewear Toofs the Sabertooth 91 def. Arashiin 69

Group T
Play-in Match: (April 27-28) Scout 169 def. Fay Otter 82

Feeder Match: (May 14-15) Fay Otter 129 vs. Diz 106

Group W
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