That's right. It's back.

With the release of Mega Man 11 [about a month ago], and with it being 18 months since the 3rd one, I think it's time for a 4th PMMCT.

What's a "PMMCT"? Well, the Prototype Mega Man Character Tournament is something I've done once a year since 2015; it lets you, the people of Prototype, decide who the greatestestestestest official MM character off all time is [at least for now].

How does it work? Simple. Through a series of 24-hour voting poll matchups, you, the people of prototype decide which characters advance, and which ones fall to the wayside. The last one standing is the greatest for forever and all time [at least for now]!

However, we first need the characters that will be in the tournament to start with, and you all have a hand in that, too. How do you nominate? Simple:

You nominate up to 40 characters [You don't HAVE to nominate 40, but, you can nominate UP TO 40]. These can be LITERALLY ANY CHARACTER IN THE MEGA MAN UNIVERSE, so long as they've appeared in at least one official Capcom-made Mega Man video game; fangames don't count. The video game doesn't even have to have been released in North America to count; All official games are recognized as long as they're non-crossover, Capcom-licensed Mega Man video games.

This year, I'm adding a twist, though. Your list of 40 Characters are allowed to contain DOUBLES! That is, 2 of the SAME CHARACTER [but, ONLY two]! You can even have 20 double nominations if you want to!

The [64/96/128] characters that get the most nominations will make it into the tournament! If there's a tie for the bottom that creates too much of an excess of characters, You'll get to break that tie before the Tournament starts.

If you need help on even remembering or naming 40 Characters, feel free to look at these links showing how the 1st 3 PMMCT's went. You might be able to get inspirations for characters, there.

The 1st PMMCT:
The nominations thread.
The PMMCT thread.
The final results.

The 2nd PMMCT:
The nominations thread.
The PMMCT thread.
The final results.

The 3rd PMMCT:
The nominations thread.
The PMMCT thread.
The final results.

You can post your nominations here in this thread or you can PM them to me, either here on Discord. You're allowed to edit your list of nominations as many times as you want, before the final nominations deadline is reached. The deadline in question will be on Friday, November 23 at 11:59 PM, Eastern Standard Time.

If there's any questions, post them here, or find me on the MMRPG Discord. I have the same name there as I do, here.