Difference between revisions of "Toroidal/Season 16"

Previous Season	◀◀ Season 15
Next Season	▶▶ Season 17

Start	2021-09-09
End	2021-09-12

Toroidal Cup Season 16
	; Toroidal Cup Season 16
Season Dates
Start	2021-09-09
End	2021-09-12
Timeline
Previous Season	◀◀ Season 15
Next Season	▶▶ Season 17
Championship
Toroidal Champion	Sacramento Boot Lickers
Pennants
Cold League	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners
Hot League	Sacramento Boot Lickers
Cold League Seeds
Seed 1	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners
Seed 2	Long Beach Flightless Birds
Seed 3	Tucson Butchers
Seed 4	Elko Astronauts
Hot League Seeds
Seed 1	Milwaukee Flamingos
Seed 2	Orlando Business Majors
Seed 3	Sacramento Boot Lickers
Seed 4	Detroit Grape Chews
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Latest revision as of 16:08, 3 November 2025

Season

Wins

Season 16 games above .500

Points

Season 16 point differentials

Final Standings

Rank	Team	League	W-L	Points Scored	Points Allowed
1	Milwaukee Flamingos	Hot	8-1	1,864	1,119
2	Orlando Business Majors	Hot	7-2	1,473	1,410
3	Ft. Worth Piano Tuners	Cold	6-3	1,656	1,075
4	Sacramento Boot Lickers	Hot	6-3	1,475	1,135
5	Long Beach Flightless Birds	Cold	6-3	1,382	1,296
6	Detroit Grape Chews	Hot	5-4	1,577	1,551
7	Tucson Butchers	Cold	5-4	1,556	1,212
8	Elko Astronauts	Cold	5-4	1,497	1,342
9	Seattle Sneakers	Cold	5-4	1,487	1,322
10	Boylston Boogers	Hot	5-4	1,472	1,421
11	Jersey OSHA Violations	Cold	4-5	1,510	1,396
12	Alewife Arsonists	Hot	4-5	1,496	1,205
13	Phoenix Freshrolls	Cold	4-5	1,349	1,576
14	Baltimore Texas	Cold	4-5	1,269	1,567
15	San Diego Balloon Animals	Cold	4-5	1,191	1,647
16	Albuquerque Solarpunks	Hot	3-6	1,506	1,599
17	Sugar Grove Eavesdroppers	Hot	3-6	1,346	1,495
18	Delaware Corporate Shells	Hot	3-6	1,289	1,660
19	Salt Lake Turbulence	Cold	2-7	1,222	1,686
20	San Francisco Boat Shoes	Hot	1-8	875	1,778

Postseason

Main: Toroidal/Season 16/Postseason

League Division Series

League Championship Series

Toroidal Cup

#1

Ft. Worth Piano Tuners

3

#4

Elko Astronauts

1

#1

Ft. Worth Piano Tuners

3

Cold League

#2

Long Beach Flightless Birds

1

#2

Long Beach Flightless Birds

3

#3

Tucson Butchers

2

Ft. Worth Piano Tuners

2

Sacramento Boot Lickers

4

#1

Milwaukee Flamingos

3

#4

Detroit Grape Chews

1

#1

Milwaukee Flamingos

1

Hot League

#3

Sacramento Boot Lickers

3

#2

Orlando Business Majors

0

#3

Sacramento Boot Lickers

3

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 ==Season==
-==Wins==
+===Wins===
-[[Image:ToroidalSeason16_GA500.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Season 16 games above .500]]
+[[Image:ToroidalSeason16_GA500.png|thumb|none|500px|Season 16 games above .500]]
-==Runs==
+===Points===
-[[Image:ToroidalSeason16_RunsDiff.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Season 16 run differentials]]
+[[Image:ToroidalSeason16_RunsDiff.png|thumb|none|500px|Season 16 point differentials]]
+===Final Standings===
-==Postseason==
+{{ToroidalRankings Season 16}}
-{{8TeamBracket
-| RD1 = League Division Series
-| RD2 = League Championship Series
-| RD3 = Toroidal Cup
-| group1 = Cold League
+==Postseason==
-| group2 = Hot League
-<!-- Cold League Division Series 1 -->
-| RD1-seed1=1
-| RD1-team1={{CTeam|FWPT}}
-| RD1-score1=3
-| RD1-seed2=4
-| RD1-team2={{CTeam|EA}}
-| RD1-score2=1
-<!-- Cold League Division Series 2 -->
-| RD1-seed3=2
-| RD1-team3={{CTeam|LBFB}}
-| RD1-score3=3
-| RD1-seed4=3
-| RD1-team4={{CTeam|TB}}
-| RD1-score4=2
-<!-- Hot League Division Series 1 -->
-| RD1-seed5=1
-| RD1-team5={{CTeam|MILF}}
-| RD1-score5=3
-| RD1-seed6=4
-| RD1-team6={{CTeam|DET}}
-| RD1-score6=1
-<!-- Hot League Division Series 2 -->
-| RD1-seed7=2
-| RD1-team7={{CTeam|ORL}}
-| RD1-score7=0
-| RD1-seed8=3
-| RD1-team8={{CTeam|SAC}}
-| RD1-score8=3
-<!-- Cold League Championship Series -->
-| RD2-seed1=1
-| RD2-team1={{CTeam|FWPT}}
-| RD2-score1=3
-| RD2-seed2=2
-| RD2-team2={{CTeam|LBFB}}
-| RD2-score2=1
-<!-- Hot League Championship Series -->
-| RD2-seed3=1
-| RD2-team3={{CTeam|MILF}}
-| RD2-score3=1
-| RD2-seed4=3
-| RD2-team4={{CTeam|SAC}}
-| RD2-score4=3
-<!-- Toroidal Cup -->
-| RD3-team1={{CTeam|FWPT}}
-| RD3-score1=2
-| RD3-team2={{CTeam|SAC}}
-| RD3-score2=4
-}}
-===Taste of Texas Series Rematch===
-The [[Toroidal/Season 15]] series had been nicknamed the "Taste of Texas Series," and the nickname was used for the rematch as well.
-===Ft. Worth Piano Tuners Hacking Scandal===
-[[Image:Fair_Random_Number_Generator.png|thumb|right|400px|Screenshot showing one of the random number generators procured to Golly's E Division by the Piano Tuners' shell company. (Source: XKCD webcomic https://xkcd.com/221)]]
-While the [[Toroidal/Season 16]] postseason was still ongoing, the Piano Tuners became embroiled in a hacking scandal. Leaked documents showed that the Ft. Worth Piano Tuners had formed a secret partnership with the {{CTeam|DECO}} with the purpose of creating shell companies to sell backdoored random number generators to Golly's [[E Division]] (Engineering division, responsible for all Golly simulations). This had enabled the Piano Tuners to manipulate the outcome of both [[Toroidal/Season 15]], in which the Piano Tuners emerged as champions, and Season 16.
-One of the most unexpected consequences of tampering with the random number generators was that it led the {{CTeam|SAC}} to undergo a drastic personality change. Over the course of Season 16 the normally-obsequious {{CTeam|SAC}} became nasty, ruthlessly crushing their opponents and steamrolling their way to a playoffs spot. When news broke of the hacking scandal, and the Boot Lickers realized they had lost to cheaters, they set out on a bloody path for revenge against the Piano Tuners.
-Season 16 was a rematch of the Taste of Texas Series, with the Tuners managing to cheat their way to the championship series, and the Boot Lickers reaching the championship game by crushing their opponents with a singular focus.
-Unbeknownst to the Piano Tuners (who were completely unable unable to win matches without cheating), the [[Commissioners Office|Commissioner's Office]] had ordered [[E Division]] to deploy patched random number generators. The generators had been found in a dusty warehouse, and they made a tremendous racket, but they would allow [[E Division]] to simulate matches without relying on the Piano Tuners' backdoored random number generators.
-The {{CTeam|FWPT}} were nearly eviscerated by the eventual champions, the {{CTeam|SAC}}.
-===Consequences of Hacking Scandal===
-The hacking scandal was the biggest scandal in Golly since the [[Season 3/Fixing Scandal|Season 3 Fixing Scandal]] in [[Season 3]] of the [[Hellmouth Cup]]. It had several important consequences for Golly:
-* Creation of an [[E Division]] department to investigate using entropy crystals to channel more randomness from entropy vortex portals
-* Formation of [[S Division]] (to handle security) and [[A Division]] (to handle audits) before the start of [[Toroidal/Season 17]]; in the seasons following the hacking scandal, [[S Division]] quickly grew to become a powerful, mysterious force in the Golly bureaucracy, permanently changing the organization.
-* Planting the seed of the [[Cancel Texas Memo]]; four seasons after the hacking scandal took place, the [[Cancel Texas Memo]] would announce the cancellation of Texas in Golly, the incineration of the Baltimore Texas, and the ultimate humiliation of the Piano Tuners, moving them to Baltimore and rebranding them as the Baltimore Piano Tuners.
-==Promotional Poster==
-[[Image:ToroidalSeason16_Poster.png|600px]]
-==Navboxes==
+{{Template:ToroidalPostseasonBracket Season 16}}
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History of the Toroidal Cup
Toroidal Cup History	Toroidal/Season 1	Season 1 Summary • Postseason 1 Summary Curse of the Silly Goat Donut Sickness
	Toroidal/Season 2	Season 2 Summary • Postseason 2 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 3	Season 3 Summary • Postseason 3 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 4	Season 4 Summary • Postseason 4 Summary Choke Artists Double Choke
	Toroidal/Season 5	Season 5 Summary • Postseason 5 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 6	Season 6 Summary • Postseason 6 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 7	Season 7 Summary • Postseason 7 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 8	Season 8 Summary • Postseason 8 Summary Butchers vs. Arsonists: Redrum Series
	Toroidal/Season 9	Season 9 Summary • Postseason 9 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 10	Season 10 Summary • Postseason 10 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 11	Season 11 Summary • Postseason 11 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 12	Season 12 Summary • Postseason 12 Summary Shotgun Wedding
	Toroidal/Season 13	Season 13 Summary • Postseason 13 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 14	Season 14 Summary • Postseason 14 Summary Long Beach Flightless Birds Double Pennant Revenge Reversal
	Toroidal/Season 15	Season 15 Summary • Postseason 15 Summary The 159-158 Game Taste of Texas Series
	Toroidal/Season 16	Season 16 Summary • Postseason 16 Summary Piano Tuners Hacking Scandal Taste of Texas Series Revenge Reversal
	Toroidal/Season 17	Season 17 Summary • Postseason 17 Summary Choke Artists Double Choke Dynasty Detroit Built Grape Chews Blow Their Last Chance Milwaukee Flamingos: Flawless Dynasty
	Toroidal/Season 18	Season 18 Summary • Postseason 18 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 19	Season 19 Summary • Postseason 19 Summary Choke Artists Double Choke
	Toroidal/Season 20	Season 20 Summary • Postseason 20 Summary Cancel Texas Memo
	Toroidal/Season 21	Season 21 Summary • Postseason 21 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 22	Season 22 Summary • Postseason 22 Summary
	Toroidal/Season 23	Season 23 Summary • Postseason 23 Summary Albuquerque Solarpunks: Flawless Dynasty
	Toroidal/Season 24	Season 24 Summary • Postseason 24 Summary
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