Polo shirts are possibly the most ubiquitous clothing item of the 21st century, undergoing a long journey from aspirational 1930s sportswear to becoming the default smart-casual option for millions of men. We’ve researched and tested 14 of the best polo shirts and think that the best polo is the Sunspel Riviera with its great fit, unique fabric and strong range of over twenty colours. If you’re looking for an elevated take on the polo then the John Smedley Adrian Polo is incredibly soft and will smarten up your wardrobe. Finally, if you’re on a budget the H&M Cotton Polo Shirt is a good quality take on the classic item at an affordable price point.
The original garment as we know it was based on a design worn by French tennis star René Lacoste aka ​“the Crocodile” in the 1930s as a practical, flexible, comfortable sports shirt. Unfortunately, from the 1980s onwards, creeping ​“casual Friday” dress codes made the polo shirt with badly fitting chinos an American business-standard. Later, it was the uniform of golfers and delivery drivers, security guards, and coffee chain staff not to mention the sometime uniform of the American far-right, in almost a parody of conformity.
What saves the polo shirt from fashion irrelevance is its potential for reinvention. Its been reclaimed by subcultures ranging from punks to skinheads and mods. As the tie disappears and the suit becomes increasingly relaxed, the polo shirt has become a place to experiment with shirting alternatives and continues its long tradition of reinvention, molding itself to the zeitgeist. For our review we tried to cover this range, from semi-activewear to knit-fabric classics to find the best polo shirt overall, looking as always at specialists who’ve produced these styles year after year in an attempt to find an ideal.

Best overall

Sunspel Riviera Polo
With a smart fit, retro-inspired basket weave fabric, and a huge range of tasteful colours, the Riviera is on its way to becoming a contemporary classic.
$105

The Riveria was introduced by Sunspel in 2006 after a design by Linda Hemmings for the James Bond film Casino Royale. The Riviera became something of an instant classic for a brand which up until then had been known largely for its undergarments. The references here (as the name suggests) are much more Talented Mr.Ripley than contemporary sportswear but it doesn’t feel like a period piece either. There has been some clever thought put into taking the best of that golden era and updating it.
The fabric has a looser, wider weave than most piqué polos, and a nice spongy texture with none of the coarseness that some piqué can have. After researching I found that the brand created the fabric with a vintage lace making machine in Sunspel’s HQ in Nottingham, and none of the competition I tried have a similar quality.
The fit is trim but not overly slim. The sleeves fall flatteringly halfway down the bicep, the length is standard and it has the classic split tail. The sleeves didn’t pull up into my armpits and I still had movement through the body. The collar is a fairly small point collar that sits well when buttoned up but also folds down easily into a camp collar shape when undone which allowed it to be worn cleanly both ways. The buttons are a discreet tonal plastic and the placket is a simple 2‑button design. I’m a fan of the pocket design though in a practical sense it’s not good for much and makes the shirt much more of a casual style.
Colours are another area where Sunspel gets it just right. They always have a strong seasonal palette which this year covers 20 options including a deep chocolate brown (seen above) an intense Yves Klein blue and a great brick red. Compared to their competitor’s depressingly basic ranges of pastels and neons, this quiet tastefulness is refreshing and it means that season to season it will be easy to update your wardrobe with some new additions.
Through washing and wearing over a number of weeks, I noticed no noticeable shrinkage or discolouring and the fabric kept its softness (which wasn’t always the case, especially if a garment has been chemically softened). I also kept an eye out for loose threads and buttons but found no faults.
Which brings us to the final question of value. Polo shirts are an interesting category in this sense as they are so tied up to a certain idea of aspirational dressing — and priced accordingly. Our testing found that the general quality and feel of a £10 polo from H&M didn’t massively improve when compared to its £80 Lacoste equivalent. But that’s to ignore the fact that you are paying for what that £80 polo says about you, what it represents in our culture, and the semiotics of that logo — a francophile or a football causal, a preppy or a punk. That said, if you’re like me and the branded polos aren’t your niche but you want something that feels premium, then, for the cost, you will have a beautifully fabricated, European-made polo shirt of notably better quality than its competitors in the same price bracket and that’s enough for us to award it the top spot.

Downsides

The downsides for the Riviera really come down to preference. I could imagine if you want a more classic fitting polo you may find it too slim or if you want one without a pocket that could turn you off. But as for the construction of the shirt itself or its fabric I couldn’t find any faults. Even the plastic buttons which might in other brands seem like a cost-saving measure feels more like a thoughtful design choice. It’s also more sportswear-adjacent than actual sportswear, but that feels like a quibble and true of any of the major polo brands at this point.

Also good

John Smedley Adrian Polo
Made from incredibly soft sea island cotton, this knitted polo is perfect if you want a softer, more formal style of polo.
$298

The Adrian Polo from John Smedley comes a close second to the Sunspel Riviera. The main attraction is the sea island cotton fabric which is incredibly soft with the best hand feel of any polo I reviewed. The placket length and knitted collar means it feels much more like the elegant mid-century polo shirt than something that would be mistaken for a 21st-century corporate uniform, albeit with some nice updates that make it feel more contemporary than other knitted polos.
Smedley is to fine knitwear what Burberry is to trench coats, or John Lobb is to shoes and considered to be the best in the world in the category (it’s where the Queen gets her knitwear). The Adrian genuinely felt like a luxury. Everything from the feel of the fabric to the way it fitted just right with substantial ribbing on the waist and sleeves (near the bottom of the bicep) with just the right amount of tension spoke to the care and attention that had gone into making it. It’s also versatile, working just as well under the lapels of my suit when I got married a few weeks ago as it did in our 35 degree London heatwave when worn with a pair of shorts although, it is a bit too formal to work with tracksuit bottoms. Out of all the styles I reviewed it felt much more like a smart option.
What the Adrian definitely isn’t on the other hand is a piece of grab-and-go sportswear that can be washed and thrown on like a t‑shirt or folded up at the bottom of your bag for destination holiday. I found myself hand-washing the delicate fabric to avoid rips and the collar, though it stands well, needs shaping with an iron after washing. Like a lot of luxury items, it’s delicate and requires a bit more care and attention than most and at £145 it’s not quite affordable enough to be a staple. That’s not saying it’s bad value necessarily, you can see the care and attention that was put into it and it’s UK manufactured but it’s probably not what most people are looking for when it comes to an everyday polo shirt, and those not quite the all-rounder that could hold the top spot. If you’re more likely to wear smart trousers than jeans and prefer a knit jumper to a hoodie then this is the polo for you.

Budget pick

H&M Cotton Polo Shirt
A great price paired with good fabrication and quality, the H&M polo offers the best value for money with their straightforward take on the classic polo shirt.
$12.99

If you’re unconcerned with logos and just want a classic polo shirt as a wardrobe staple you could do a lot worse than the H&M Cotton Polo Shirt. The piqué is soft and drapes well, the fit is classic, and straight (though as is often the case with H&M group, a bit long for me). In a blind test, I’m not sure I could tell the difference easily between this polo and the Lacoste L.12 which it’s clearly based it’s detailing on. And at £9.99 it’s extremely good value. Ethical clothing site Good on You’s review gives the brand an ​“It’s a start” rating for it’s environmental and ethical credentials noting that it’s environmental record is consistently improving while some issues with it’s supply chain labor remain.

What to look for

Range of colours: More than most sportswear, polo shirts are about colour, and we wanted our staple pick to have a good range of quality seasonal colours.
Flexibility: We wanted a Polo that looked good with a range of clothing from the formal to the ultra-casual (a pair of shorts or sweats)
Fabric: Has to work well in the heat, for most people a polo is a summer item and anything too heavy or coarse wasn’t going to cut it for us, we tried a range of synthetics and cottons of different qualities.
Fit: Piqué and knitted cotton are unforgiving fabrics so having a good fit is key to making a polo shirt work.
Collar: Does it stand up well, does it look okay when unbuttoned? is it easy to fold down or does it look sloppy.
Length: Long enough to wear tucked in but not long enough to look sloppy on its own.
Sleeves: We wanted the sleeve length to flatter the bicep but not ride up too high into the armpits, we also wanted easy movement as you’d expect from sportswear.
Easy Care: The best polos, like all good sportswear, should be easy to wash and care for.
Aesthetics: We wanted a polo that was more than a billboard for logo’s or an anonymous boxy t‑shirt alternative, the best would have a strong aesthetic quality.

The competition

The Fred Perry M12 & M3's are the most solidly constructed of all the branded polos I tried, and I was particularly keen on the thick ribbing on the sleeves and collar and the wide, reinforced placket. The collar had a slightly wider spread than most and which I found more flattering. The fit is trimmer than Lacoste and the hem is square so overall it has a neater, less sporty look. It's also nice that it's been continuously made in the UK since its introduction in the 1950s. The M12's aesthetic with its twin tips on the collar and sleeves have deep roots in the mod, Britpop, punk and skinhead subcultures in the UK and it can be a bit overpowering if you're looking for something more casual, but I love the simplicity of the M3's laurel crest and it has the same fit. Our favourite if you're looking for a logo.
We ordered from Lacoste as they're the originators of the style. The Lacoste L.12.12 is their staple and comes in a huge range of colours. It's hard to judge it fairly as it seems to be the most duped of all polo styles—the Ralph Lauren polo is said to be a copy of their pre-60s model after the designer was disappointed with the synthetic blend polos they produced in the 70s. It has a straight fit, flattering sleeve and fairly flat collar. The fabric is softer than most piques and the split tail is nice but there is nothing particularly stand out, though the mother of pearl buttons are a nice touch. In terms of transparency, they were probably the most disappointing of the branded styles as there was absolutely no place of origin for manufacture, not even a "made in" on their label (though I believe they are produced in Peru).
The Lacoste Paris Polo Shirt is their more contemporary update to the classic style and it features a slightly smaller collar, a bit of elastane in the fabric (6%) and a longer, narrower hidden placket and tonal crocodile patch. It's an interesting update, but if you're going for something so subtle I'm not sure why you wouldn't go for something completely unbranded.
The Ralph Lauren Classic Fit Mesh Polo Shirt was an interesting variant. Its piqué was solid and soft feeling, It had a really thick placket and nice mother of pearl buttons, but it was largely indistinguishable from the Lacoste L.12 and its dupe status makes sense. It has a slightly lower stepped hem and a surpassingly slim fit for a "classic" style. It comes in a huge range of colours (some pretty dubious) and is the most expensive of the branded options we tried, coming in at £85. It's also shorter than most of the polos we tried so could be a good option for smaller guys.
Kent Wang is one of menswear's best-kept secrets and we're a big fan of the Kent Want polo shirt. It splits the difference nicely between the more casual sportswear elements and smarter styles like the Adrian with thick quality pique, mother of pearl buttons and a high spread collar designed to look good under a suit jacket or jumper. If you want something with the formality of the Smedley and the easy-care of a classic polo then this is probably your best option and it has some of the most tasteful colours of any brand we reviewed (as well as a wide range of long sleeve options). It should be noted that the fit is quite slim and it's worth sizing up.
The Uniqlo Airism Jersey Polo is sleek and technical without seeming dorky. It kept me from sticking to the sofa when the heat in London got to a high of 35°C (95°F). It would be the ideal choice for a warm-weather tech enthusiast and looked pretty cool and sleek worn with my black running shorts.
The other Uniqlo style I tried was the Uniqlo DRY PIQUE polo, which I was less of a fan of. It was fine but not particularly interesting fit wise and has a slightly coarse plastic-y feel to the fabric.
I tried ASKET's Pique Polo and while it has the brands great fit range (you can choose the length from small to large) was a disappointment overall. The piqué was soft and mercerized but also the most transparent of all the ones we tested which meant nipples showed through. The collar was strangely floppy and unstructured so looked messy when buttoned up but also had trouble sitting flat when opened and the placket looked visually off centre. As usual with the brand, the environmental and social tracing is excellent and I hope they can perfect the style.
Finally, I also gave the H&M COOLMAX Polo a try and while I might appreciate it if I lived in a much warmer country, the texture just suffered in comparison to the pure cotton pique of their standard polo.
This is a new guide from Typical Contents, the “wirecutter for clothes”. It’s by the team behind Epochs, a now defunct menswear blog.
*We’re reviewing categories of clothing in hopes of finding the best item(s) in that category. All items tested in this guide were purchased with our own money. This post does not contain affiliate links.
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I have been living in the Seattle area since 1979. Having said that, your first rule of thumb when living in Seattle is to lie about how long you have lived here.
There you are - you're established. Now you need some obscure lingo to drive the point home that you are a native. Here's some buzz words and names: Duwamish, The Wheedle on the Needle, Wayne Cody, Downtown Freddie Brown, etc. You can find a plethora of lost Seattle names, terms, etc. at any Lynnwood Garage Sale.
Terms to avoid: Dick's, Beth's, Olympia or Rainier beer, and any espresso company. These are dead give aways that you are trying too hard. Stick with the old lumber - like Jafco, Payless, and Wigwam.
Example: I moved here in 1982. I can remember seeing Wayne Cody in Payless buying adult diapers and a case of beer.
Once you craft a good story you can avoid the abuse of "native" Seattlites. There's like five.
Moving right along, you'll want to familiarize yourself with the Puget Sound area. Looks like it's Olympia to Everettish and Bremertonish to Redmondish. That's a big area. We don't really have the time to go town to town, but we'll hit the bigger areas.
Olympia: this is a great place to stop and get breakfast on your way home from Ocean Shores or Oregon. This is the only reason to go to Olympia. Oh, and a liberal arts college. Those are the two things Olympia is good for. Oh, and being in a girl band. Apparently there's some governmental apparatus down there, but I didn't finish the brochure in the Denny's.
Between Olympia and Tacoma: This is the area where there is nothing. Back in the 1800s, people built Olympia and then said "the hell with building any more liberal arts colleges" and moved North skipping most of the swamps and the bogs on the way until they got bored and built one of the biggest military bases in the country. So, you can just shut your eyes from Olympia to Tacoma. You won't miss anything.
Tacoma: BUZZ WORD ALERT: Tacoma aroma. This will get you mad street cred as well. A hub of (another buzz word) PULP AND PAPER, Tacoma boasts a smell somewhere between that patch of 405 near Renton and that weird hops and coffee smell near the old Rainier building. They also have a glass museum that one guy opened....has a patch, smells like Tacoma, beats kittens....that one guy.
Fife: Imagine Blade Runner with no technology - just dilapidated warehouses and smoke. Add meth users and casinos.
Federal Way: Home of the Green River Killer. Federal Way boasts a mall, the ruins of Weyerhaeuser, and a ton of small lakes. BUZZ WORD: PJ Pockets: a pool hall you could really get shot in.
Auburn: Auburn is Seattle's answer to Mama's Family. Let's say you love the rural south, but pine for Native American culture: look no further than Auburn. INSIDER TIP: Cheap entertainment can be had by going to the burn pit at the firework stand on the reservation. It's like a new installment of Jackass.
Kent: Kent has been the whipping boy for South Seattle for many years. Sure there's more AA meetings than people and sure even the Mormons in Kent are on meth, but make no mistake...I forgot what I was going to say. BUZZWORD: Caveman BBQ.
Renton: Imagine a Vape store. Now imagine people living in that Vape store. Then put a small shopping center in there and a pro sports team's training facility. Now imagine everyone is shoplifting. That's Renton.
Sea Tac: The only reason to go to Sea Tac is 13 Coins. The food has gone down hill a bit, but the ambiance is still there. Oh, wait. The airport is in Sea Tac. TIP: They have rejuvenation rooms in the C terminal to get the smell of Sea Tac off of you before you leave. Also, Sea Tac boasts 20 hand job parlors for every man in Auburn.
Algona: Only exists on maps. Right under the dragon and the legend.
Pacific: The closest body of water to "Pacific" is the 32 ounce coke you can buy at the Arco.
Sumner: My buddy's dad had a Chinese restaurant out here. That's all I know about Sumner.
Des Moines: Close your eyes, hold your nose and run as fast as you can to Redondo.
Covington: Once you go Covington you never go back: Covington boasts the epicenter of casual dining (Red Robin, etc.) and complications from diabetes and heart disease will leave you stationary.
Maple Valley: This is a swell place to raise a family...with the other 23 million people raising families in this area. Honestly, this town would make a chicken farm blush. I had a friend who lived here and his porch was his neighbor's bedroom.
Kennydale: You know that place where you can stand in four or five states at the same time? Well, you can stand in 20 tax brackets in Kennydale.
Factoria: Goldberg's is good. There's a DMV. You can also see hookers in their natural environment at Nordstrom Rack.
Issaquah: Issaquah is Seattle's playground. You get the same pretentiousness coupled with an REI, a trail network, a lake, and GASTROPUBS! GASTROPUBS! GASTROPUBS! TRIVIA: Ted Bundy killed a bunch of people here.
Newcastle: For one reason or another I know that New Castle has the largest population of South Africans. Hey, remember that Lethal Weapon with the bad guy South Africans? Um...oh, I know! One of the best views is at Newcastle golf course. You can see all the way to Seattle. First best? Top of Issaquah Highlands. I should have mentioned that in the Issaquah part. Anyway, that was an awesome Lethal Weapon.
Redmond: Home of Microsoft and three months of The Steve Miller Band playing at Marymoor. There's also a Wholefoods.
Woodinville: One big D.U.I.
Bellevue: There's a mall.
Mercer Island: Rich people and (BUZZWORD) ROANOKE INN. I think Steve Jobs lived here. Oh, wait. No, it's Paul Allen. Or is it?
Seattle: There's a space needle.
Kirkland: Um...
Everett: Exactly like Fife if everyone in Fife thought it was 1982 and had never left the city to find out otherwise.
Bothel: also goes by the name Burien.
Those are some of Puget Sound's hot spots. But how can you live in this area?
First! Have money. The average studio apartment in Seattle runs one coca a month. That's the net worth of one cocaine plantation. As you move South and North the price goes down, but East and West you'll be dealing with much the same market.
Bring a tent! It's no secret that you can live for free in Seattle with the use of a tent. Just pitch your tent wherever and BUILD BUILD BUILD! That's one thing Amazon and the homeless have in common!
Know the language: I've supplied you with a few buzz words to get you by, but only you can sell it. I recommend watching Alice in Chains or Nirvana Unplugged and edit out the music. That nasal drip voice speaks volumes when you use it to order tea or heroin at your favorite coffee shop.
The Locks. I don't remember what The Locks are, I don't know what they do, and I don't want to know. However, once you tell out of towners to visit them and hear about how boring they are, you are officially a Seattlite.
The Space Needle: 20 dollars for THIS?
Five Point: Trendy? Probably. Worth it? Most definitely.
The Monorail: How long does it take to get from the Space Needle to WE'RE HERE Westlake on the monorail?
EMP: Oompa Loompa Ooompala Dee see Paul Allen's garage for a nominal fee!
The Flight Museum: This is the best museum ever. I can't tell you how amazing this...I've never been there.
Eddie Vedder: Lives in West Seattle. He's out playing drums in front of Duke's on Tuesdays.
Kurt Cobain: Check out his old house and exchange totally embarrassed looks with other 40 year olds that still live with their parents.
Jimmy Hendrix: You have to go to Renton. See RENTON.
Politics: if you can hold it in your hand it can be composted.
Well, that's a rough guide for the novice. Thanks and Keep Clam!
P.S. You can buy pot!

Disclaimer:I am getting these time stamps off ITunes -At 0:00:48-Van Halen’s 1984 song Jump begins to play in the introduction to The “Stacks”.
At 0:1:18-A BLACK ALIEN INVADER STICKER FROM SPACE INVADERS IS ON WADE’S BACKPACK
At 0:01:44 one of the residents of “The Stacks” is receiving a delivery from a Pizza Hut drone.
At 0:02:13-Mrs. Gilmore is wearing a shirt featuring The Police album Synchronicity
At 0:02:45 Two Garbage Pail Kids stickers are visible on the wall one I can make out one which is Bony Tony
Also 0:02:45-A Garfield sticker is also on the van’s wall
At 0:02:46-Hanging from the wall is a damaged IPod Classic
At 0:02:47-Wade retrieves his OASIS retinal scanner off a a Commodore 64 joystick.
Also at 0:02:46-A 1980’s Batman sticker is stuck to the wall where Wade’s retinal scanner is.
At 0:02:47-a Nintendo NES Zapper is taped to the wall of the van.
Also at 0:02:47- a 1972-Doritos packet is tucked behind a drawer in the van.
Also at 0:02:47-a sticker of the pyramid from Q*Bert is stuck to a shelf in Wade’s Van.
At 0:02:57-Wade sets his glasses on a 1982 Masters Of The Universe lunchbox. A Masters Of The Universe Thermos is further along the drawer.
Also at 0:02:57-A POP ROCKS! Blue Razz packet is also lying upon the MOTU lunchbox.
At 0:02:57-beside the lunchbox is a 1980’s Coke can
Also at 0:02:57 A Carl’s Jr. fries packet is lying beside the lunchbox
At 0:03:16-Wade pulls his OASIS visor out of a 1981 Defenders T-Shirt.
At 0:03:18-A 1982 JOUST sticker is placed on the visor
Also at 0:03:18-A Space Invaders logo decal is on the visor
Also at 0:03:18-A Mattel Scratch N’ Sniff sticker is next to the Space Invaders sticker
At 0:03:24-A 1980’s Batman Symbol sticker is visible on the visor
At 0:03:40-we enter the OASIS to visit Minecraft World nice attention to detail with the blocks forming and creeper-face logo.
At 0:03:42-In Minecraft World a village below features Steve Alex and Minecraft pigs and sheep avatars (maybe NPCs?)
At 0:03:47-on the sports world a golf player does the Gilmore swing from Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore.
At 0:03:55-In a Sports World mini-game named Hurricane Hang-Gliding a small house flies through the wreckage referencing the Gale House from The Wizard Of Oz (well in the 1939 movie it was a Tornado but still a reference)
At 0:04:04-a group of OASIS sector portals are seen-some of these include Minecraft World and LUDUS school districts from the book.
At 0:04:17-get ready for some Batman references While in the Vacation Planet Wade explains that you could do multiple activities including climbing MT. Everest with Batman
The variation of the Batman show here is Micheal Keaton’s portrayal from the 1989 Tim Burton film.
Batman climbing MT. Everest is a reference to him and Robin climbing tall buildings in the 1966 Adam West tv series.
Also at 0:04:17-what’s interesting here is the climber below Batman. He definitely looks like Link from Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda series but I’ve heard Warner Bros. Couldn’t get the license so maybe a Robin Hood Avatar?
At 0:04:21-Wade says you can go to a planet-size space Casino this is taken directly from one of the episodes from the Anime Cowboy Bepbop.
At 0:04:30-we can hear a School bell ring as ships pass the planet Ludus which is of course the school Wade attends in the novel.
At 0:04:40-As Wade introduces the types of Avatars users can choose in the OASIS the Cyclops from the 1958 fantasy film The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad stomps out of the entry point.
At 0:04:41-Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolf-Man (1941) from their classic Universal horror movies emerge from the OASIS entry point as Thr Wolf-Man howls and Frankenstein’s Monster swings his arms around wrapped in chains.
0:04:42-A female Avatar switches her avatar to Injustice 2’s version of The Flash.
At 0:04:43-Zitz and Rash from the 1991 NES game Battletoads emerge from the entry point.
At 0:04:43-Alex Murphy A.K.A Robocop from Paul Verhoven’s 1987 original Robocop film emerges from the entry point.
At 0:04:46-Wade says your avatar can be a Cartoon character as Marvin the Martin from the Looney Tunes cartoon series runs out of the entry point (he looks so cute and cool)
At 0:04:47-a group of OASIS users using Orrendi from the 2016 video game BattleBorn emerge from the entry point.
At 0:04:48-behind Wade Shayne and Auroxx (might’ve misspelled the character’s name) from Battleborn emerge from the entry point.
At 0:04:49-An Orc from World of Warcraft walks besides Wade when Wade is introducing his Avatar Parzival.
At 0:04:56-above on a walkway a younger version of Beetlejuice from Tim Burton’s 1988 movie is visible.
Also at 0:4:56-it appears Raiden from the Mortal Kombat video game series is interacting with another player.
At 0:04:56-Tracer from the video game Overwatch cuts in line for an OASIS portal.
At 0:04:57-Sonic from Sega’s video game series Sonic The Hedgehog taps his foot impatiently waiting for a line.
Also at 0:04:57-Catwoman is also in the line (it appears it is Michelle Pfeiffer’s Batman Returns variation.
At 0:04:58-John Bender from John Hughe’s 1985 teen film The Breakfast Club is seen entering a portal.
At 0:04:58-Night-Wing is seen entering a portal alongside John Bender (it appears it is the Arkham variation.
At 0:04:58-now take this with a grain of salt but I think can make out Sektor and cyborg from Mortal Kombat in one of the portal lines.
At 0:05:00 (under the walkway Wade is one is Commander John Shepard from the EA video game Mass Effect.
At 0:05:02-on the walkway is Attikus from Battleborn stomping past Wade.
At 0:05:04-while Wade is explaining the possibilities of the OASIS Hello Kitty Badtz-Maru and Keroppi from Sanrio skips beside him.
At 0:05:05-A Protoss Zealot from Starcraft II is on the walkway behind Wade.
At 0:05:05-Wade’s avatar Parzival wears a belt and holster worn by Han Solo in Star Wars:Episode IV-A New Hope
Also at 0:05:05-The Buckle on Parzival’s belt is the Tiger emblem from Thundercats (1985 cartoon series)
Also at 0:05:05-Parzival wears Converse’s Chuck-Taylor All stars (golden-winged(
At 0:05:07-Wade pulls up a holographic OASIS sector map that is in the same shape as a Rubik’s Cube
At 0:05:11-Wade finds out Aech is currently participating in a PVP match on Planet Doom a location in the 1984 anime Voltron.
At 0:05:20-On Planet Doom Mechanised scorpions from the 1993 computer game Ultrabots swarm the battlefield.
Also at 0:05:20-The scorpions go up against Knights and Ostriches from the 1982 arcade game Joust (in a deleted scene in the SDCC trailer Napoleon rides on a scorpion as he kills ostriches which lay green eggs like in the game.
At 0:05:22-Aech kills a beserker from Gears of War.
At 0:05:28-Aech eliminates a PVP tournament player taking the form of Robert England’s Freddy Kruger
Also at 0:05:28-Aech uses an MA5B assault rifle from Halo 3 to eliminate players.
At 0:05:29-When Freddy gets killed Kreig’s Buzz-Axe from Borderlands comes bursting out of his inventory
At 0:05:31-Aech kills Kitana from Mortal Kombat as a fan comes out of her inventory
At 0:05:31-Man-Bat from Batman:Arkham Knight swoops down at Aech only to be eliminated
At 0:05:37-Despite being an Assault rifle from Halo the SFX of the rifle is the Pulse Rifle from Terminator 2:Judgement Day
At 0:05:41-Duke Nukem from the video game series of the same name fires multiple rockets at Aech only to be eliminated by him.
At 0:05:44-(this is the weirdest thing in the movie) A player taking the form of an Emoji person attempts to kill Aech.
At 0:05:46-A Zerg from Starcraft is shot by Aech.
At 0:05:47-Aech picks up a EM1-Railgun from the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Eraser.
At 0:05:53-Daito’s Avatar is actually based of legendary Japanese film actor Toshiro Mifune (specially from his 1953 film Throne of Blood)
At 0:05:56-Aech kills Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat.
At 0:05:57-Scorpion from Mortal Kombat is fighting Daito and Sho before being shot by Aech.
Also at 0:05:57-The weapon Scorpion is using is a buzz-Axe from Borderlands.
At 0:05:58-Aech shoots Deadshot (it is his Injustice 2 variation)
At 0:06:14-E. Honda from Street fighter is on the mountain pushing other people off with his belly.
At 0:06:18-Chun-Li from Street fighter can be seen dodging traps before being burned by a fire trap.
At 0:06:26-we all saw this cameo. Jim Raynor from Starcraft II and shooting every player in sight.
At 0:06:27-yet another 1972-packaged Doritos Tortilla Chips behind Rick on the coffee table (I believe you see it in the film four times)
0:06:36-When we cut to a mother playing the PVP tournament the Guitar from Guitar Hero is sitting On the armchair.
At 0:06:48-when Daito slays a PVP player and his loot bursts out an O.G 1986 W.O.W Laser Tag pistol can be seen in the pile.
At 0:06:50-we cut to a girl screaming since losing in the PVP match. A poster for The Bangle’s 1984 album All Over The Place is on the girl’s bedroom wall.
Also at 0:06:50 - A Bedtime Bear plush toy from Care Bears is on the girl’s bed.
At 0:06:51-A Donkey Kong Jr. poster is on the bedroom wall.
Also at 0:06:51-On a shelf in the girl’s bedroom Care Bear figurines are visible.
At 0:06:54-Daito and Sho fight and shortly kills Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th horror series.
Also at 0:06:54-When Jason is slain various things comes out of his inventory (lots of guns) I could only make out another 1986 W.O.W Laser Tag pistol.
At 0:07:06-Tear For Fear’s song Everybody Wants To Rule The World plays.
At 0:07:06-Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 Michael Bay film) passes Wade when Wade is talking to Aech.
Also at 0:07:06-Blue Beetle from Injustice 2 passes Wade.
At 0:07:07-behind Wade you can see Benedict from Battleborn
At 0:07:08-Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (again 2014) passes wade while wade is talking to Aech.
At 0:07:12-Doc Brown from Back To The Future in his Part II outfit passes Wade on the walkway.
At 0:07:42-A framed poster of the video game Gradius appears on the wall in the Gregarious Games showcase room.
Also at 0:07:42-A Framed poster of Castlevaynia appears on the opposite wall in the GG showcase room.
At 0:08:01-Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor shortly plays over the start of Halliday’s last message video.
Also at 0:08:01-The quarters over Halliday’s eyes read:God We Trust 1972. 1972 was the year Ernest cline was born AND when Atari was founded.
At 0:08:05-At the funeral parlour there are various flower arrangements of the Starfleet logo and the U.S.S Enterprise ship along with a glass painting of the Starfleet logo from the sci-fi franchise Star Trek.
Also at 0:08:05-The coffin Halliday is lying in is Spock’s Mark VI torpedo in Star Trek II:The Wrath Of Khan.
At 0:08:10-Halliday rises out of the coffin of how Count Dracula would in various Dracula horror movies.
At 0:08:16-Halliday places a TOMY hand-held Pac-Man game on the coffin.
At 0:08:17-Halliday is wearing a Joust shirt.
At 0:08:21-On Halliday’s lapel he is wearing a SIMON pin.
Also at 0:08:21-A little harder to see but Halliday is also wearing a D20 pin from Dungeons and Dragons.
At 0:08:48-On the right side of the screen A High School student watching Halliday’s last message is wearing a Marvin The Martian shirt from The Looney Tunes.
At 0:08:51-Another High school student pulling out a screen is wearing a Pac-Man shirt.
At 0:10:04: Joan Jets and the Blackheart’s 1988 song I Hate myself For Loving you plays.
At 0:10:15-El Dragon from Battleborn passes Wade on the walkway.
At 0:10:27-On the copper key starting line Wade walks through aisles of IOI cars to pass The V8 Interceptor from Mad Max.
At 0:10:34-The Batmobile from the 1966 Adam West tv series Batman is visible throughout the race (love the safety siren flashing)
At 0:10:34-however the driver is not Adam West’s Batman and instead is the Batman from the Arkham games(you can see him moving around in the cockipit)
At 0:10:34:Ryu from Street Fighter is passing down the aisle of cars.
At 0:10:34-A modernised version of the Mach 5 from Speed Racer appears at the starting line next to Ryu.
At 0:10:59-Wade passes a red F1 racing car from the 1982 Atari game Pole Position.
Also at 0:10:59-Mr. T.’s GMC Van from the A-team appears at the starting line.
Also at 0:10:59-the 1968 possessed Plymouth Fury from Christine appears at the starting line of the copper key race.
Also at 0:10:59-Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider game series is having a conversation with Dizzy Wallin from Gears of War II before the race starts.
At 0:11:04-In the Oology department a Scholar is watching the Twin Pines Mall scene from Back to the future on a monitor.
At 0:11:06-A Halliday scholar is holding a sealed copy of DC Comics Presents:Superman and Superboy
At 0:11:09-A Halliday scholar is watching the Goodbye scene in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial on a monitor.
Also at 0:11:09-A Wonder Woman comic panel poster is being studied by scholars.
At 0:11:10-It looks as if on a whiteboard scholars are studying The Glaive from Krull.
At 0:11:13-A group of Ooligists are studying Fruit Loops on a IOI monitor.
Also at 0:11:13-A Cap N’ Crunch cereal box appears on a scholar’s monitor.
Also at 0:11:13-in the Oology department a liberty island version of the map from Escape From New York appears on the TV screen.
At 0:11:28-while walking up to Aech at the racetrack Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat walks past him.
At 0:11:29-Aech’s form of vehicle for the race is the Bigfoot Monster Truck which started the monster truck business and has appeared in multiple Hot Wheels sets.
At 0:11:48-Aech teases wade about not having enough money for fuel but can get a Something About Mary hairdo referencing the 1998 comedy There’s something about Mary.
At 0:12:09-Wade spawns in The DeLorean Time Machine from Back to the future.
Alright so Ernest Cline said during the New York race you can find Ghostbusters HQ and the apartment building from Batteries Not Included I haven’t found them yet.
At 0:12:29-When the horn for the start of the race blows out of Liberty’s torch the Domino Sugar factory appears behind the statue.
At 0:12:49-A blue F1 racing car from Pole Position gets rammed by an IOI vehicle.
At 0:12:52-Art3mis drives by on Shotaro Kaneda’s bike from Akira.
At 0:13:31-A sticker for the skateboarding brand Thraser appears on Artemis’s bike.
Also at 0:13:31-Two Scratch N’ Sniff stickers appear on Art3mis’s bike specifically a pear and Tomato great job stickers.
At 0:13:37- the K.I.T.T bar from Knight Rider is under the grill of Wade’s DeLorean.
At 0:13:45-When speaking about Art3mis to Aech Wade mentions he has seen all of her Twitch Streams.
At 0:13:53-when going over a ramp wade makes the DeLorean do the Corkscrew Junp from the 1967 James Bond movie The Man With The golden Gun.
At 0:14:03-The Pork Chop Express from the 1986 Kurt Russell film Big Trouble In Little China blocks the road for players.
At 0:14:05-Art3mis’s bike has an Atari decal on it.
At 0:14:08-on the street beside the pork chop express a diner appears named Ratners it was an old dinedeli that opened in New York in 1902.
At 0:14:14-Wade switches the DeLorean to Hover mode from Back To The Future:Part II when he gets a collision warning during the race.
0:14:16-when an IOI racer crashes and wade picks up has coins he’s using an Arcade coin slot machine to do so.
At 0:14:35-An IOI racer crashes in front of the national video centre (it is a place in New York basically a museum for technology like televisions and computers)
At 0:14:40-A Ms. Pac-Man decal appears on Art3mis’s bike.
Also at 0:14:40-The superhero logo from The Greatest American Hero appears on Art3mis’s bike.
At 0:14:41-very hard to see but at the bottom of Art3mis’s bike is a decal for skateboarding brand JFA.
Also at 0:14:41-Art3mis and an IOI racer pass a Movie theatre marquee that reads:Schwarzenegger Jack Slater III referencing the 1993 film-in a film Last Action Hero.
At 0:14:51 Rexy The T-Rex from the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movies munches on vehicles in Chinatown (for those saying it’s just a random T-Rex it does the same roar as in the movies and has the same scars and marks on it’s face)
At 0:14:58-The final and hardest obstacle of all:King Kong. Like in all of the Kong movies he’s hanging off the Empire State Building circled by 1930’s bi-planes.
At 0:15:12-we get a shot of King Kong destroying rail roads in front of the Silvercups Studios building where the final battle in Highlander took place as well as an actual movie studio.
0:15:16-as Aech skids to a halt in Bigfoot the Batmobile gets knocked off the road right after skidding to the sound of the 1966 Batman tv series theme.
At 0:15:20-A 1975 Wonder Woman decal appears on Art3mis’s bike.
At 0:15:25-behind Aech in the scene where Art3mis jumps over the gap with her bike a Delta City billboard from Robocop appears.
At 0:16:29-When Art3mis brushes herself off from Wade’s rescue The Ace Chemical’s building from Batman appears behind her.
0:16:23-when Art3mis insepects her damaged bike an old advertising billboard called Come to the Caribbean appears behind her.
At 0:16:57-when Wade Aech and Art3mis enter Aech’s workshop Prince’s song I wanna be your lover plays.
Also at 0:16:57-leaning against the wall near the entry is Pee-wee Herman’s bike from Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.
0:17:08-We all know this one:Aech is working on building an Iron Giant from the animated 1999 film of the same name.
At 0:17:13-A Cylon Raider ship from Battlestar Galactia is hanging on the wall.
At 0:17:22-Aech owns a Fraggle Rock-themed lunchbox to store all his miniature sci-fi ships.
0:17:23-When Wade opens the lunchbox we see various sci-fi ships these conclude of:The Galactia from Battlestar Galactia The Valley Forge From the 1972 sci-fi film Silent Running a colonial Viper from Battlestar Galactia and the Sulaco from Aliens.
At 0:17:24-a miniature model of the Swordfish II from Cowboy Bepbop is on the Aech’s worktable.
At 0:17:31-Wade mentions Aech owning a miniature Harkonnen Drop-ship from Dune and says it could get to Arrakis in seconds (while Arrakis was in the 1965 novel the drop-ship was created for the 1985 movie).
At 0:17:46-A faded mini-poster of Pole Position appears on the pole behind Aech.
At 0:17:47-on another pole below Aech is a poster for the Colecovision video game Gorf.
At 0:17:51-The TARDIS police box from Doctor Who appears behind Aech Wade and Art3mis when talking about repairing the Akira bike.
Also at 0:17:51-hanging from the roof is The Eagle 5 from the 1987 Star Wars parody film Spaceballs.
At 0:17:52-a life-size Swordfish II from Cowboy Bepbop appears in Aech’s workshop waiting for repair.
At 0:17:53-parked in Aech’s workshop is the 1969 250 GT California Ferrari from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Also at 0:17:53-hanging off the roof of Aech’s workshop is The EVA Pod from the 1968 Kubrick sci-fi classic 2001:A Space Odyssey.
Also at 0:17:53-a life-size Colonial Viper from Battlestar Galactia is hanging off the roof of the workshop.
Also at 0:17:53-The Thunderfighter from Buck Rogers in the 25th century is hanging off the roof of the workshop.
Also at 0:17:53-in the corner of the workshop is the enforcement droid ED-209 from Robocop.
At 0:18:18-Art3mis asks Wade what was Halliday’s favourite first-person shooter game. Wade replies by saying 007 Goldeneye based of the James Bond movie of the same name. His favourite character was Oddjob the villain. And his favourite player mode was slappers only where players could only slap to kill.
At 0:18:30-Art3mis asks what Halliday’s favourite racer game which was the 1981 SEGA game Turbo.
O:18:32-Wade says Halliday’s favourite food was Hot Pockets a microwaveable pizza snack.
Also at 0:18:32-while Wade and Art3mis are talking playing softly in the background is Just my imagination (running away with me) by The Temptation.
At 0:13:33-Wade says Halliday’s favourite restaurant was Chuck E. Cheese which is an Arcade and pizza restaurant. The restaurant’s founder Nolan Bushnell also happened to founded Atari.
At 0:18:35-Wade says Halliday’s favourite song was Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles which happens to be the first song to air on MTV in 1980.
At 0:18:37–Wade says Halliday’s favourite music video was A-Ha’s 1985 hit song Take On Me.
At 0:18:42-Wade and Art3mis complete a quote together which was Halliday’s favourite of Gene Hackman’s portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman:The Movie:Some people can read war and peace and come away thinking it’s a simple adventure story. Others can read the back of a chewing gum paper and unlock the secrets of the universe.
At 0:19:06-before Art3mis and Wade walk away a Castlevaynia poster is on the wall.
At 0:19:98- A Robotron 2084 poster appears on the wall of Aech’s workshop.
Also at 0:19:08-A Joust banner appears on the wall of Aech’s Workshop.
Also at 0:19:08-A GORF banner appears on the wall of Aech’s Workshop.
Also at 0:19:08-A poster for the 1985 Tengen arcade game Gauntlet appears on the wall of Aech’s workshop.
Also at 0:19:08-a poster for Galaga (1983 version) appears on the wall of Aech’s workshop.
At 0:19:54-The PO-024 repair E-Frame from the 90’s cartoon series Exosqaud appears in Aech’s workshop.
At 0:20:01:Art3mis nicknames Wade McFly referencing Marty McFly Back To The Future series.
At 0:20:39-You’ll need to turn the brightness up but when Rick holds up one of Wade’s gloves a Batman and SEGA sticker are on it.
At 0:21:54-Wade explains that his name Wade Watts was supposed to sound like a superhero’s alter-ego and examples Bruce Banner A.K.A The Hulk and Peter Parker A.K.A Spider-Man from Marvel Comics.
At 0:22:39-When Wade grabs out his OASIS visor a Street Fighter decal is on the side of it.
Also at 0:22:39A Midway games decal (a company who manufactured mainly all 80’s and 90’s arcade games) is on the top of Wade’s visor.
At 0:22:41-George Michael’s 1985 song Faith plays when Wade enters the Halliday Journals.
At 0:22:48-The interior design of the Halliday Journals is taking directly from the Shermer High library from The Breakfast Club.
At 0:22:50-Hello Kitty is sitting down at one of the journal’s tables interacting with another player.
At 0:22:52-A Ms. Pac-Man arcade cabinet is behind The Curator’s desk.
Also at 0:22:52:-A Dig Dug arcade cabinet is behind The Curator’s desk.
Also at 0:22:52-A Tempest arcade cabinet is behind The Curator’s desk.
At 0:22:56-The Curator’s design is based off Jeeves from the 1990 search engine Ask Jeeves.com
At 0:23:06-an Asteroids arcade cabinet is behind The Curator’s desk.
At 0:23:06-A Pong arcade cabinet is behind The Curator’s desk.
At 0:23:06-A Pole Position arcade cabinet is behind The Curator’s desk.
At 0:23:19-In one of Halliday’s recreated memories Halliday is playing in an Arcade with games like Joust Asteroids and Tempest.
At 0:23:20-A Revenge Of The Nerds poster is up on the wall in the recreated memory Wade and The Curator walk by.
At 0:23:23-Alright buckle up becuase there are a lot of stuff to cover: In Halliday’s cluttered room there are things such as an Astro Boy mask a vintage packet of Lays Potato Chips a Ladyhawke poster a speak and spell some Madballs a copy of Schindler’s Ark and a Raiders Of The Lost Ark poster.
At 0:23:39-Wade and The Curator walk past a memory labelled:Halliday playing his Atari 2600 with a carving of an Atari 2600 at the bottom.
Also at 0:23:39-The game Halliday is playing on his Atari 2600 is Defender.
Also at 0:23:39-Various toys and collectibles are scattered throughout Halliday’s room concluding of:A Marvin The Martian toy A Gizmo plush from Gremlins a toy model of The A-Team Van A Batman statue posters for Wargames and Rush 2112 Connect Four A SIMON toy an Etch-E-Sketch and a Castle Greyskrull play-set from Masters Of The Universe with He-Man and Skeletor action figures
At 0:23:41-A Framed poster for Black Tiger appears on the wall of The Gregarious Games breakroom.
Also at 0:23:41:In The Gregarious Games breakroom a framed poster for Legend Of Zelda:A Link To The Past is on the wall.
Also at 0:23:41-Further down the hall of the breakroom is a framed poster for Mortal Kombat.
At 0:23:51-Halliday and Ogden Morrow have a conversation about living in an Asteroids Arcade cabinet.
At 0:23:56-Halliday in the memory is wearing a Space Invaders shirt.
At 0:24:16-A framed poster for Galaga (1986 version) appears behind Morrow in the breakroom.
At 0:25:25-Halliday references Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure when talking about going backwards.
At 0:26:01-A Hello Kitty decal appears on Art3mis’s bike.
At 0:26:22-While it’s never said in the movie the Suxors is graffitied on the pedestal of Liberty (it was a nickname for the Sixers in the novel)
At 0:26:59-When Wade gets to King Kong’s stage Max Steiner’s 1933 original theme for King Kong plays.
At 0:27:44-Anorak says to Wade nice racing Padawan referencing the Jedi Apprentices in the Star Wars franchise
At 0:29:12-Ripley’s cargo-Holder from Alien appears on Planet Doom in Nolan Sorrento’s presentation.
At 0:29:23-In Sorrento’s OASIS IOI ad presentation Man-Bat from Batman:Arkham Knight appears on planet doom getting shot at.
At 0:29:24-In Nolan Sorrento’s presentation a pop-up ad for the EM-1 railgun from Eraser appears.
At 0:29:38-Bruce Springsteen’s song Stand On It begins to play.
At 0:29:40-Wade and Aech go to a mall called Avatar Outfitters referencing the store Urban Outfitters.
Also at 0:29:40-The Logo for Avatar Outfitters has the same calligraphic A as in the title for James Cameron’s film Avatar.
At 0:29:43-A Street Fighter booth at Avatar outfitters are selling combat moves as a holographic RYU does an uppercut move.
At 0:29:54-Blue Beetle from Injustice 2 is walking around the store.
At 0:29:54-An Overwatch booth at Avatar Outfitters is selling Pulse Pistols as a holographic Tracer does her spin.
Also at 0:29:54-A Dungeons And Dragons booth is selling magic spells.
At 0:29:59- booth in Avatar outfitters is selling weapons with a holographic Claptrap (a character in the game)
A4 0:29:59-Halo booth is selling assault rifles with holographic images of Master Chief.
At 0:29:59-in the far back left of the booths A Looney Tunes booth with a holographic Marvin The Martian appears.
At 0:29:59-In the far back right an Injustice booth appears (I can’t identify the hologram though). (Zoom In required).
At 0:29:59-A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles booth appears in the far back with a hologram of Raphael (zoom-in required)
At 0:30:02-One of the items available for purchase in the iconic items booth is The Holy Hand Grenade from the 1975 Monty python film Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
At 0:30:07-while I can’t identify the actual item because it goes too fast but Wade runs past an item in the iconic item section with the Blizzard Entertainment logo printed underneath it.
At 0:30:07-Wade Runs past Dust-Brain from the Madballs toy line in the iconic items section.
At 0:30:08-Wade runs past The Peltzer Peeler Juicer from Gremlins in the iconic times section.
Also at 0:30:08-Wade runs by A Chucky doll from Child’s Play (which is where Aech presumably got the one used on Planet Doom) in the iconic times section.
At 0:30:09-Wade runs past a Plasma Pistol from Halo in the iconic items section.
At 0:30:11-Wade walks up and buys a magical item The Zemeckis Cube which is of course a Rubik’s Cube named after Back To The Future Director Robert Zemeckis that has the ability to slow and turn back time.
At 0:30:13-A hologram of The Wolf-Man appears next to The Zemeckis Cube booth.
At 0:31:05:When Nolan Sorrento enters the OASIS he is transported to the wreckage of a Tripod fighting machine from War Of The Worlds (1953 George Pal version)
At 0:31:29-Sorrento’s avatar Bossman59 features a Clark Kent hair curl from Superman.
At 0:31:52-I-ROK flicks away Perseus’s Shield from the 1981 version of Clash Of The Titans (sigh)(I-ROK has no respect for classics)
Also at 0:31:52-Indiana Jone’s whip from the Indiana Jones franchise is laying besides the shield.
At 0:31:58-I-ROK picks up the head of an eliminated player The Steampunk Pirate King and does a misquoted reference to William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. I-ROK says I knew him well Sorrento parodying the line to Yorick:Alas Yorrick!! I knew him Horatio.
At 0:32:18-In the pile of weapons are tow Boomshot guns from Gears of Wars.
Also at 0:32:18-The Colonial Blaster from Battlestar Galactia appears in the pile of weapons.
Also at 0:23:18-Two Batarangs from Batman are scatted around the weapons pile.
At 0:32:22-The M1911 Colt pistol from Duke Nukem is also in the weapons pile.
Also at 0:32:22-The box containing The Orb Of Osuvox is the Mogwai box that Gizmo was kept in at the start of Gremlins
At 0:32:29-The inside of the orb is a polyhedral D20 dice used in Dungeons and Dragons.
At 0:33:11-When talking about the price of Parzival’s elimination from The Scoreboard I-ROK references a Tootsie Pop commercial with Mr. Owl biting to the chocolaty centre.
At 0:33:51-The vehicle Daito uses to get to the finish line is The Mach 5 from Speed Racer.
At 0:33:54-Sho pulls up to the finish line in a Smokey (literally) 1977 Trans Am Pontiac used in Smokey and The Bandit.
At 0:34:22-When Wade is reciting the Jade Key clue excerpt in his notebook he has linked the last two words in the clue: At Last” could be a possible reference to the song of the same now (doesn’t specify which one though)
At 0:34:29- On a piece of paper taped to the wall Wade has written down locations you can visit in the OASIS these conclude off-
The Star Wars Galaxy The Star Trek Universe Middle-Earth from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings/Hobbit. Vulcan from Star Trek Pern from Dragonriders of Pern Arrakis from Dune Magrathea from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Discworld from the book series of the same name Ring-world from the book series of the same name River-world from the book series of the same name.
From 0:34:30 to 0:34:31-taped to the wall is a list of John Hughes movies these conclude of-
National Lampoon’s Vacation Sixteen Candles Weird Science Breakfast Club Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Pretty In Pink Some Kind Of Wonderful Planes Trains and Automobiles Uncle Buck Home Alone Home Alone 2:Lost In New York
At 0:34:32-Taped to the wall is Wade’s analysis of the funeral scene in Halliday’s Last Message video. It is a breakdown of all the Star Trek Easter eggs in the scene including the Starfleet logo U.S.S. Enterprise and the photo torpedo
At 0:34:33-At the bottom of a Newspaper article taped to the wall of Wade’s Van it reads:OASIS Coin the next Dollar? A sly reference to Bit-Coin video game currency.
At 0:34:40-On a piece of paper taped to the wall Wade has written down the rules of The OASIS just like the book and it mentions Everquest the MMORPG Game.
At 0:35:30-On the right besides Kira and Morrow’s picture is a list of movies labelled: Set In New York
These conclude of-Ghostbusters. Big (1988 Tom Hanks) has been crossed out on the list. Mad Max (it was in Australia though?) The cannonball Run. King Kong . Escape From New York is highlighted on the list. See No Evil (1971 horror movie). And another misplaced title Back To The Future despite being set in California
At 0:35:19-Wade has written down instructions of how to get to the secret room in Adventure foreshadowing the climax.
At 0:35:21-When Wade goes back to the Halliday Journals Blondie’s song One Way Or Another plays.
At 0:35:27-The Arkham Knight passes Wade when he is exiting The Halliday Journals (he later returns inside)
At 0:35:28-A younger version of Beetlejuice spots Wade when Wade enters The Journals.
At 0:35:29-Supergirl from Injustice 2 jumps out of her seat to greet Wade.
At 0:35:31-Raiden from Mortal Kombat is sitting down at one of the Journal’s tables.
At 0:35:34-Dizzy Wallin from Gears Of Wars 2 runs up to the crowd that mobs Wade.
At 0:35:37-Blue Beetle from Injustice 2 is one of the fans in the crowd.
Also at 0:35:37-Ambra from Battleborn is one of the fans in the crowd.
At 0:35:38-Batgirl from Batman is one of the fans in the crowd.
At 0:35:47-Goro from Mortal Kombat pulls Wade away from his fans.
At 0:35:48-Lara Croft from Tomb Raider is one of the fans in the crowd.
At 0:36:02-When being led into a secret room Wade gets pranked by a Chestburster from Alien popping out of Goro’s chest revealed to be a puppet by Art3mis.
At 0:36:36-Art3mis pulls out Clark Kent Glasses from Superman and puts them on Wade for a disguise while roaming The Journals.
At 0:35:46-While Wade with his Clark Kent disguise goes into the archives Miko from Battleborn is behind him.
At 0:36:49-Benedict from Battleborn is behind Wade when Wade enters The Archives.
At 0:36:51-When Wade and Art3mis are entering The Archives an avatar behind them is wearing a pink Michael Jackson jacket.
At 0:37:00-In the memory outside of Halliday and Morrow’s office is a framed Metroid Japanese printed poster (original 1986 game)
At 0:37:03-Behind Art3mis Wade and The Curator is another memory which is set in The Happytime pizzeria from the novel.
At 0:37:17-There are some action figures on Morrow’s desk. One I can make out his Triceraton from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).
At 0:37:32-When Halliday is talking to Sorrento you can see he is designing the Room 237 Bathroom from The Shining on his computer.
Also at 0:37:32-The Billy Idol album Don’t Stop is on Halliday’s desk.
At 0:37:44-A copy of Dungeon Magazine is lying on Halliday’s desk (I could not identify which issue though)
At 0:37:49-In a blink and you miss it moment when The Curator is fast-forwarding the Memory a framed Pole Position poster is outside the office.
At 0:37:53-On the shelf behind the desk is Def Leppard’s 1983 album Pyromania (zoom-in required)
At 0:38:02-While having a conversation with Morrow about the date with Karen Halliday says she prefers to be called Kira after the character in Jim Henson’s 1982 film The Dark Crystal.
At 0:38:39-As mentioned above the memory behind the three is of Halliday hanging out at The Happytime Pizzeria but in this frame you can see he is playing Joust.
At 0:39:48-Wade figures out that Kira is the centre of the 2nd clue and calls her Halliday’s Rosebud referencing the lost sled Rosebud in Citizen Kane.
At 0:40:02-When Art3mis flips the quarter The Curator gives to Wade it makes the sound effect of a 1-up from the Super Mario Bros. Games.
At 0:40:17-Earth Wind and Fire’s 1975 song Can’t find love plays when Art3mis asks Wade on a date.
Alright in Aech’s 80’s basement recreation there is soo much Easter eggs and memorabilia so forgive me if I miss any.
At 0:40:46-posted on the wall is a Save Ferris poster from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off another Metroid poster and white Space Invader decals.
At 0:40:46-hanging from the wall is the neon sign for the dream bar Cocktails and Dreams in the 1988 Tom cruise film Cocktail.
At 0:40:46-below the sign is a Dark Crystal poster.
At 0:40:46-Ripping through the floor is the nuclear rocket from Weird Science.
At 0:40:46-A Pac-Man bin lies besides a Pac-Man arcade cocktail cabinet.
At 0:40:46-an Airplane! VHS tape is on top of boxes.
At 0:40:46-multiple VHS tapes for the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth are scattered around the floor of the hangout.
At 0:40:06-Retro packets for Potato Chips brands Lays and Ruffles lay against the coffee table.
At 0:40:06-Incredibly hard to see but under a pile of VHS tapes is a VHS tape of Caddyshack (zoom-in required)
At 0:40:46-Marty Mcfly Jr.’s rainbow cap from Back To The Future:Part II lies besides an vinyl record player.
At 0:40:06-Lying against the wall is an Emulator II keyboard used in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
At 0:40:46-on the wall besides the couch are three mini-posters stuck on it:A Donkey Kong arcade poster A Pole Position II poster and a 1983 Galaga poster.
At 0:40:06-A Kermit The Frog plush from The Muppets is lying against a shelf besides a Hot Wheels play-set.
At 0:40:06-An ALF plush from the 1986 sitcom ALF is sitting on top of the television
At 0:40:06-A Speak &Spell used in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial is lying on the shelf.
At 0:40:50-A Beastmaster poster is next to the mirror.
At 0:40:50-A Star Trek:The Motion Picture poster is in the corner of the room above The Emulator II Keyboard (you need to turn brightness full up to see)
At 0:40:50-A copy Analog Computing magazine #10 is leaning against the crate below Wade’s feet.
At 0:40:50-above the mirror is a Mayor Goldie Wilson election poster from Back To The Future. A Wil Wheaton election poster is across from Wilson’s one (if you recall Wheaton was the Vice President of the OASIS in the novel)
At 0:40:50-In a blue crate below Wade’s feet is Run D.M.C’s 1986 album Tougher Than Lever.
At 0:40:50-A Wargames poster is on the wall besides the mirror.
At 0:40:50- the first issue for Nintendo Power featuring Super Mario Bros. is located on a stack of magazines in Aech’s hang-out
At 0:40:50-A Big Trouble In Little China poster is located behind a chair in Aech’s hang-out.
At 0:40:50-A cutout of Tom Selleck’s face from Magnum P.I. Is posted on the wall in Aech’s hang-out.
At 0:40:50-A Cookie Monster cookie jar from Sesame Street is on the the bench in the hang-out
At 0:40:50-A poster for Labyrinth is next to the Tom Selleck cutout
At 0:40:50-A Cap N’ Crunch cereal box is laying on the counter next to an overturned Fruit Loops cereal box.
At 0:40:50-at the very far back of the counter is The Peltzer Peeler Juicer from Gremlins
At 0:40:51-Wade selects Prince’s Purple Rain outfit for a possible outfit for his date.
At 0:40:54-In the reflection of the mirror a Breakfast Club poster is seen.
At 0:40:57-Wade switches his outfit to Michael Jackson’s Thriller costume and even does the dance (one of my favourite artists along Queen who are unfortunately not referenced in the film)
At 0:40:57-Next to the mirror is the original poster for Mad Max.
At 0:40:58 White decals for Space Invaders are scattered on the pillar next to Aech.
At 0:40:58 The Pink Mattel Hoverboard from Back To The Future Part II is leaning against the wall.
At 0:40:58-On the coffee table are retro cans for Coca-Cola Pepsi and Tab (along with some D20 from D&D)
At 0:40:58-Below the coffee table is a E.T. The Extra Terrestrial VHS tape
At 0:40:58-The sword of omens from Thundercats is leaning against the wall next to the couch.
At 0:40:58-on the table next to the hula-girl lamp is the Golden Idol from Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
At 0:41:00-A Mad Max 2 poster is behind Wade when trying out outfits.
At 0:41:00-A Legend Of Zelda:A Link To The Past mini-poster is behind Wade.
At 0:41:02-Hanging from the ceiling is a miniature Thunderfighter from Buck Rogers In The 25th Century.
At 0:41:02-A Banner for 1980 video game Missile Command is on the wall behind Aech.
At 0:41:04-On the back of Wade’s punk outfit is the logo for 80’s rock band The Dead Kennedy’s
At 0:41:05-Wade switches to a Nick Rhodes outfit from the band Duran Duran.
At 0:41:07-David’s computer speaker from WarGames is on top of the cocktail cabinet.
At 0:41:07-in a pile of VHS tapes is a VHS tape for Breakin’ (or Breakdance) is on the floor.

The Results are in for match 13! The winner is…
 
Anna Rose, with a score of 65 to Ken Nard’s 61!

Category	Winner	Point Totals	Comments
Popularity	TIED	20-20	A perfectly even 5-5.
Quality	Anna	{23-22}	Reasoning.
JoJolity	Anna	{22-19}	Reasoning.

I can’t really think of much to say about this one’s results, folks. Voters were evenly split on whether raw basketball skill or a particularly hard to counter cheat would win out, while the judge panel ended up leaning in favor of Anna and Toto. Poor Ken got beaten out in both judge categories, not that any of them were particularly massive differences in points. Every team is now officially on the board with at least one victory, and all but Jade and Pearl teams have lost at least one. Will Pearl continue their winning streak here, or will Ruby team’s turnaround from their impressive M10 stomp keep up? Will Topaz’ track runner or Amethyst’s laser chicken come out on top in M14’s deadly race? In the latter case, you still have a couple days to help decide if you haven’t voted already!
(credit to u/Logic_Sandwich for the match concept)
Scenario:
Manny was feeling generous today, and decided that he wanted to get his teammate a gift. Considering his last attempt at gifts, living furniture, wasn’t received too well by half the team (Donatello Blackwell was quoted as saying “what the fuck is wrong with you”), he decided to go to the mall instead with one trusty companion, MAKS_13, specifically in his mobile terminal.
The two were browsing the comic store when MAKS walked up to Manny and declared a few prompts on his screen.
{Requesting-obj.Comicbook.AdventuresOfSuperman500}
{Requesting-obj.ComicBook.Avengers55}
{Requesting-obj.ComicBook.TerminatorOmnibus}
Manny thought for a second. “Huh...I see nothing wrong with this”, he said, grabbing the comics, “but let me visit that taxidermist we passed by on the way after we’re done in here. Seeing him in action and looking at a few of these comic book covers gave me some… Ideas, let’s say!”
Officer Crispin Freeman was harassing a bakery clerk that he suspected to have shortchanged an old woman three cents. The moment he saw how teenaged the young man was, he just knew there was something off about him, and now he’s taking advantage of a respectable person!
“I was just opening up a roll of pennies! I swear!” The teenager, being held by his work apron, waved his hands frantically, only to be knocked back into the counter as Crispin threw him away.
"You're lucky I'm letting you live, punk!" he yelled.
His fellow gun enthusiast and Crimson Chief, the much calmer Bond Jovi, simply rolled his eyes and walked over to his partner. “You’re making a scene, Officer.”
“Are you trying to obstruct justice, Bond?! Because I won’t hesitate to do what I must to enforce it! Even to a partner!”
Bond snickers, for only a moment. “You’re a hunting hobbyist. I’m a trained sniper. You wouldn’t be able to lift your-”
Shots rang out, suddenly, in the jewelry store and pawn shop close to where the Crimson Chiefs and Bikini Bottomites happened to be, and two store clerks dropped dead as heavily-armored gunmen began to ransack the place.
“Damn, if they killed our guy we’d have free comics,” Manny remarked. MAKS’ terminal simply turned to face him almost judgmentally, and nobody else was around to find his joke absolutely hilarious.
One of the men also burst inside the bakery and comic book store, respectively taking aim at the frightened, dubiously shortchanged old woman and MAKS’ Receiver, only for Crispin to draw his gun, firing a round square into the head of the attacker, while MAKS hopped into a portable game console the gunman had stolen and quickly shocked him to death from there, causing him to drop the device and MAKS to quickly return to its terminal before it broke on the ground. As they dropped, they began to fade away… These are stands!
“Uhuhuh, good day, shoppers. As leader of the ‘21 Guns,’ I’ve decided to host a bit of a going-out-of-business sale for this here mall! And that’s-” An obnoxious straw-slurping sound can be heard through the loudspeaker microphone, and the smacking of lips. “And that’s ‘going outta business’ because it’s gonna be going up in flames real soon, thanks to this bomb we’ve planted! So give up everything you’ve got, shoppers and store owners, and maybe, just maybe, my men won’t gun you all down when you try to run! And don’t even try to look for the bomb, ‘cuz it’s nowhere anyone would ever think to look! You’ve all got maybe 15 minutes before this place is blown to kingdom come, and anyone who tries to play a hero is gettin’ shot up too!” There’s another moment of radio silence, before he can be heard smacking his lips again and grumbling, “out already? Gonna have to grab a refill real quick before I burn up…”
As suddenly as things began to escalate all throughout the mall, bystanders running in terror and some even being gunned down by the armored fighters. The inoffensive pop music playing over the loudspeakers suddenly fizzled out, and the four stand users present heard a plea from over them moments later, the voice to which must have been familiar to them all.
"Wh-ao! Hey there partners! This is uh, this is kinda bad for us here at Stand Proud, this whole Mall thing. This lunatic is givin' a bad name to proud upstanding citizens everywhere! And uh... T, what do I say here...? Yeah, okay! We need you to take this damn fool out for us! We got a bead on about 5 Stand users in the area, including that lowlife bomb-planter, so one of you four - Get to it! Signin off- Oh yeah! Thank you, T. Whoever gets that bomb outta here, we've got a little info we dug up to give ya'll. Think of it as an incentive to work your hardest on this one, ya' hear? Okay, I think that's all I got to say! Stay safe folks, I gotta fly! Stand Proud - And stop that low-life bomber!"
Joe Armstrong was just returning to the security office when he heard the Stand Proud announcement, sucking down another massive soft drink and attempting to use the intercom to order his men to find its source and gun it down. Unfortunately for him, the intercom seemed not to be working. To make matters worse, four people in particular seemed to be mobilizing against him. “Grh, dammit… Guess I’m gonna have to hold my own here until my ride shows up… No matter! These don’t look like the cooperating types, and my 21 Guns can just rip through them all! And with those panels I’ve acquired, no way in hell they can find me anyway!”
Location: A 2 Story mall complex not dissimilar to this mall, with a more detailed map pictured here: This is floor 1, this floor 2. Each square is 3 meters x 3 meters, since this caused some confusion the last time we had a grid-based map. Civilians are running around all over the place, except for being paralyzed in fear if they get within 10 meters of a 21 Guns member, but the mall is spacious enough that the living ones shouldn’t get in your way. Every place shown has what one would expect of a modest-sized establishment of that variety to stock, though the pawn shop, wildcard that it might be otherwise, has just finished being cleared out and the 21 guns situated there are on the way out. There is also a security office, not pictured on the map, but maybe there was a hint to its relative location somewhere?
Goal: Be the team to successfully find and disarm the bomb hidden somewhere in the mall! There’s only one, but it’s more than powerful enough to level this place. Think about where members of [21 Guns] are located, and what the bomber said over the intercom. You have 15 minutes, and the locations of Joe’s hideout and the bomb he planted will be revealed when strategies go live.
Members of the opposite team will not trust each other, assuming at best that they’re going to hog the information from Stand Proud and at worst that they’re just there as bodyguards to the user of [21 Guns], trying not to seem suspicious. Regardless, working together with anyone but your partner won’t work out, and you will be competing to be the one to stop the bomb.
Additional Information:

Stand User: Joe Armstrong
Appearance: An blond, obese, slightly tanned middle-aged white man in an American flag headband, sunglasses, light stubble along his chin, a black, sleeveless leather jacket, and a red t-shirt.
Stats: 2 in Speed, 2 in Strength, 3 in Durability, 2 in Tactics, 5 in American History.
Stand Name: [21 Guns]
Stand Type: Swarm/Automatic
Stand Appearance: Each member of [21 Guns] appears to be clad in full police-issue body armor, wearing a face mask with a completely blacked-out visor and no visible facial features. They carry what appear to be assault rifles. Down their sleeves, [21 Guns] is written in a black, block font. [21 Guns] can be seen by non Stand-users.
Stand Ability: Whenever a member of [21 Guns] is summoned or given an order, the user develops a small fever. The members of the Stand are mostly automatic; the User gives them a simple order, and they carry it out to the best of their ability (Rob this shop, stand guard, etc.) They are incapable of higher thought, instead relying on instinct; if they perceive something as a threat to them or their goal, they will open fire with little regard for anything else. The User can give each member individual orders, but the more micro-managing he gets, the worse of a fever he develops from using the ability. Up to 50 members of [21 Guns] can be summoned at once, although once again having many more than 21 will cause the user’s fever to escalate. Beyond this, the Stand only has firearms, and no other abilities.
Stand Stats:
Destructive Power: A (Guns are more powerful than an average assault rifle; individual members are only as strong as an average person.)
Speed: D (Average human reaction time and movement speed. Comparable to a 2.5 if they sprint. Bullets fire at the speed of… Bullets, and continuous fire can be maintained for 3 seconds before requiring a cooldown of another 3)
Durability: D (Despite appearing to be clad in body-armor, they each go down in a few solid hits. Even normal, physical strikes can do the trick, though obviously this’ll be harder to do than give ‘em a good old stand attack. When destroyed, they fade away)
Range: A (Over 200 meters)
Precision: C (The equivalent of a 2.5 in aiming, and individual’s senses leave much to be desired. User can not see through the Stand.)
User’s tactics: Joe Armstrong has found a security office not marked on the map, holed up in there with plenty of cold soft drinks to attempt to keep his fevers in check, and begun to watch the match on a security camera live feed as he awaits a getaway driver. After Stand Proud’s announcement, he stopped being able to use the intercom for any purposes, so he will be unable to change his stands’ individual orders on the fly. If a member of [21 Guns] is destroyed, he will simply manifest a new one to take its place, having it run off in the direction of where its brother was defeated with the specific intent of taking on whoever did it, spawning just outside the security room and heading in the ordered direction. The walls and door of the room have been thinly padded with DPSD-769 panels, which he has also done to the bomb, preventing MAKS from simply using his stand to travel through the mall’s electronics directly into the objectives, as well as preventing Bond from simply seeing them with his stand. The entrance to the security office and bombs will appear not to be there to ‘Bad Name.’ The panels, while not that much of a physical buff even make the door heavily resistant to even very powerful stand attacks… But lucky for you, Joe forgot to lock it.
Should the time approach for the bomb to go off, he will summon as many of 21 Guns as possible, simply eating the fever as he orders them to huddle, shield him, get him away from there to his getaway vehicle, and massacre anything that gets within five meters of them, with all but the 21 Guns members guarding the bomb also running away with their stolen hauls. At this point, it will be very difficult to get him, and waiting until he comes out to try and fulfill the “take him out” jojolities mentioned below will likely reflect poorly on your scores in that category anyway. If his hideout is found, he will immediately summon two more 21 Guns inside the office, with orders to fire at the door at once when it opens. Should he manage to be killed or incapacitated, any remaining 21 Guns will persist until defeated, behavior unchanged.

Team	Combatant	JoJolity
Crimson Chiefs	Bond Jovi	“You said one can kill if he is humiliated? You're right. It's important indeed. After all, you've insulted that old man's life.” - You may not be able to use your stand to see where he is, but that doesn’t mean you’re about to give up on finding your target. Hunt down the user of 21 Guns where he hides and neutralize him.
Crimson Chiefs	Crispin Freeman	“In this situation there is only one way. Let’s beat them all up!” - Stand constructs or not, these are criminal scum, and you won’t stand for it! Make a point to take down as many of 21 Guns as possible!
Bikini Bottom	MAKS_13	“But, even a bastard like me... can spot true evil when he sees it! True evil...are those who use the weak for their own gain, then crush them underfoot when they're through!” - Simply destroying these constructs will not satisfy you. Hunt down the user of 21 Guns where he hides and neutralize him.
Bikini Bottom	Manny Elflad	“My stand will be the judge!” - This guy isn’t the only one who can make his own minions with his stand. Make a point to take down as many of 21 Guns as possible!

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Link to Player Spreadsheet.

Match Number	Player Count	Objective/Deathmatch	PlayeTeam 1	PlayeTeam 2	Stage Description	Date
Match 1	1v1	Deathmatch	Clarence Creedwater	Felix Arrowsmith	Just make sure the ice doesn’t crack beneath you…	Jan. 4th
Match 2	1v1	Objective	Lucil Caravan	Buffalo Soldier	There’s a fox on the run… And you’ve got to catch it!	Jan. 6th
Match 3	2v2	Deathmatch	Blake Falstaff, Mr. Moon, and Bas Haze	Marco F. Caine and Geoff Wetton	Visibility is low, and it’s cold as hell… This is the tundra, I guess.	Jan. 8th
Match 4	1v1	Objective	Blue Monday	‘Crowbar’ Jackson	$500, three hours, and an underground casino. Get as rich as you can!	Jan. 10th
Match 5	1v1	Deathmatch	‘Lazarus’	Judas Saxon	This coaster is pretty rickety… Hopefully it’ll last the fight!	Jan. 12th
Match 6	2v2	Objective	Simon ‘Jack’ Rodgers and Basilio Goltero Santos	Sarah ‘Stratovarius’ Williams and Kent Jerrod Moore	You have to stop your train from crashing! Wait, there are robbers too?!	Jan. 14th
Match 7	1v1	Deathmatch	Dragomir Mrovich	Stephen ‘Steppy’ Morris	Bumper cars are lonely with two people… But they’re perfect with just one!	Jan. 16th
Match 8	2v1	Boss Match	Tsao Xu	Dr. Jekyll	A homeless army, and their loathsome king...	Jan. 18th
Match 9	2v2	Deathmatch	Nick Mason and Eleanor Rigby	‘Mute’ (River Eiselidge) and Baron Mordechai	A nice pleasant cruise… Except for two small problems…!	Jan. 20th
Match 10	1v1	Deathmatch	‘Monster’	Seido Shuto	There should be a base up in these mountains… But there shouldn’t be another climber! Time to fix that.	Jan. 22nd
Match 11	1v1	Objective	Rory Raccoon	Grace Vincent	Two intruders, waging a quiet war in a top secret base.	Jan. 24th
Match 12	2v2	Deathmatch	Stu Steel E. and Fabian Gibson	John ‘Jaco’ Pastorius and Michael McClane	Hopefully there’ll be something to find on this island… Besides the shipwreck survivors, I mean.	Jan. 26th
Match 13	1v1	Objective	Anna Rose	Ken Nard	… It’s time to slam now!	Jan. 28th
Match 14	1v1	Deathmatch	Bremen	Mary Ann	You don’t have to be faster than the swarm… You only have to be faster than the other guy!	Jan. 30th
Match 15	2v2	Objective	MAKS_13 and Manny Elflad	Bond Jovi and Crispin Freeman	A Stand-Using robber has set a bomb in the mall! Make sure it doesn’t go off.	Feb. 1st
Match 16	2v1	Boss Match	Gregor Yuvecksky	Lance	Fight for your life in an abandoned cathedral!	Feb. 3rd
Match 17	1v1	Deathmatch	Henry Jenkins	Akiyoshi ‘Aki’ Yamamato	The ground far beneath you, the wind in your hair… There’s nothing quite like bungee jumping.	Feb. 5th
Match 18	2v2	Objective	Thela Hun Ginjeet and Soichi Utsumi)	Roger Waters and Donatello Blackwell	‘Row’ as in ‘rowboats’, obviously. What did you think I meant?	Feb. 7th
Match 19	1v1	Objective	Damon Aurel	Ivan Abaduboi	A rural English town hit with a nasty… Rainstorm?!	Feb. 9th
Match 20	1v1	Deathmatch	Jim Ledbetter	Johnny Leever	Two truck drivers racing down the highway, while the stowaways have a battle of their own!	Feb. 11th
Match 21	2v2	Objective	Miras Atrium and Henry Walshman	Amaki Castillo and Ortaz Ivanov	An erupting volcano, and a straight path down… Time to run!	Feb. 13th
Match 22	1v1	Deathmatch	Furo Raida	Daniel Cali	Two foes duke it out on a fishing boat, assaulted by the weather!	Feb. 15th
Match 23	1v1	Objective	Tyler Bonnie	Chloe Jay, Chloe Kay, and Chloe Elle	Don’t worry, buddy. Prisoners stick together. I’ll protect you, no matter what!	Feb. 17th
Match 24	2v2	Deathmatch	Russ Teneo and Jules Langlias	Henry Muller and Qiao Si Zhou	Four Stand Users, two cars, and an empty highway...	Feb. 19th

The Results are in for match 18! The winner is…
 
Babylon by Bus, with a score of 58 to Bikini Bottom’s 53!

Category	Winner	Point Totals	Comments
Popularity	Bikini Bottom	15-20	Though, technically, both teams received a full four votes, one Babylon by Bus vote had to sadly be discounted and couldn’t be recounted before the deadline, pushing the match back into the “low voter turnout” point clause.
Quality	Babylon by Bus	23-19	Reasoning
JoJolity	Babylon by Bus	20-14	Reasoning.

Another really solid match with a frustratingly low turnout. Once again, JoJolity makes all the difference here. While in the end Pearl Team had a slight edge on popularity, the difference was light enough that it was still anyone’s game. As of this point, every team has lost at least one match.
While you wait for this match’s strategies to go live, go check out the battle over a briefcase in a lava storm! That match still needs votes, and as of posting this has plenty of time left!
Scenario:
Jim Ledbetter laid on his back atop a moving truck, whispering sweet nothings to his beloved Shelly, stealing a kiss against the side of her barrel. Jim was relaxed; he had been careful to avoid detection while the truck he was hitching a ride on was in residential areas, but now that he was on the open highway, he had no fears about detection.
Some member of the Ultraviolet Underground, Saxon probably, though Jim hardly cared, had apparently said that this truck was heading towards a point of interest for the investigation into the Artifacts.
He had expected to find opposition as he was hitching a ride, but thankfully all had gone smoothly. He heard a slight rumbling behind him; probably a car passing by. He sighed and rolled further to the side of his truck to hide, frustrated that his alone time was interrupted. He stole a glance to the side, and saw…
Another man, in much the same position as him, standing at the top of a nearly identical truck to his own. He had a Stand summoned, and then yelled:
“Ah ha ha! It be I, the mighty Cappin’ Leever! My wonderful new vessel sails towards treasure on the little-known 8th Sea: Land! Yar har ho!”
Jim looked confusingly in his direction.
“Ey!” The strange man by the name of Johnny Leever, “Ye worthless land dog! If ye be after the artifacts, I advise yeh to shove off and take yer little pea-shooter with ya!”
Jim rose with extreme quickness.
“How dare you call my love a peashooter! Don’t listen to him honey, he’s just angry because he’s lonely.”
“Wait, what did you just say?” Leever responded confused, completely dropping any accent he had previously.
“I said that my dear Shelly should ignore your dumbass voice, but the implication was-”
Jim was interrupted as ridiculously loud rock music began blasting out of the two trucks they were riding atop. The trucks began to accelerate madly into the space between two mountains. The stowaways held on for dear life.
Seeing his advantage in the chaos, Jim pulled his gun upwards and fired at Captain Leever, the noise masked by the blasting rock music. It was in vain, though; Johnny had seen the shot coming, and his Stand, [Drunken Sailor], swiped his sword at the bullet, ricocheting it into the mountain behind him.
He wasn’t sure he could ever pull that off again, but it seemed to momentarily catch the all-too-serious assassin off-guard, and he even needed to take a moment to recompose himself.
“Tch,” Jim said, barely able to hear himself over the rock music, “Lucky bastard… I wasn’t able to aim enough. Your luck has just run out though, asshole. The next shot will kill you dead.”
“Hah! The rougher the seas, the smoother we sail, laddie! That’s the pirate way! Try to best me. See where it gets ya!”
Location: On the top of two trucks, from the very on-the-nose ‘Two Trucks’ shipping company, racing down the asphalt at 75 MPH. Each player starts on top of a different truck, Jim on the left, Johnny on the right. The road is in the middle of a valley, and so there are mountains on either side of the arena. The trucks will always be about neck and neck, and while one may pull ahead slightly, they’ll be completely tied before long.The road has some slight curves, but nothing extreme.
The dimensions of the truck are 14 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 4 meters high. They are 4 meters apart when parallel to each other, which someone with average strength and agility would be capable of clearing if they timed a jump right.
The backs of the trucks both start off opened up just enough for a person to squeeze through. Inside of the left truck is a bunch of assorted wooden furniture. Desks, closets, drawers, cabinets, nightstands, a bed frame, two halves of a table, all nice stuff. Inside the right truck is so, so much ground beef, chopped vegetables, burger buns, American cheese slices, chicken nuggets, and fish sandwich patties.
Goal: RETIRE your opponent, but don’t let either of the truckers know that people are hitching a ride! They’re focused entirely on their race, and are blasting their music at a ridiculous volume, but if something starts seriously messing with their steering, or suspicious and bizarre things start happening in their field of view, you might be in some real trouble. If either truck driver is killed outright, the other will finish his delivery route, but then, in his friend’s honor, cede the victory of their street race to him. This will reflect poorly on JoJolity.

Team	Combatant	JoJolity
Bikini Bottom	Johnny Leever	“The World’s speed and power are far superior to your Star Platinum’s.” Ya may not be the one controllin’ it, but for now this here vessel is still your ship, and like hell it’s losing a race under your watch. Make sure your starting truck is ahead of its rival for as much of the match as you can manage!
Ultraviolet Underground	Jim Ledbetter	"My speed is on an entirely different level. You're way too slow to get a bingo!" The truck you chose to stow away on has some nice things for you and Shelly’s home. Obviously that means its driver deserves to win this little truck race, so make sure that your starting truck is ahead of its rival for as much of the match as you can manage!

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Link to Player Sheet

Match Number	Player Count	Objective/Deathmatch	PlayeTeam 1	PlayeTeam 2	Stage Description	Date
Match 1	1v1	Deathmatch	Clarence Creedwater	Felix Arrowsmith	Just make sure the ice doesn’t crack beneath you…	Jan. 4th
Match 2	1v1	Objective	Lucil Caravan	Buffalo Soldier	There’s a fox on the run… And you’ve got to catch it!	Jan. 6th
Match 3	2v2	Deathmatch	Blake Falstaff, Mr. Moon, and Bas Haze	Marco F. Caine and Geoff Wetton	Visibility is low, and it’s cold as hell… This is the tundra, I guess.	Jan. 8th
Match 4	1v1	Objective	Blue Monday	‘Crowbar’ Jackson	$500, three hours, and an underground casino. Get as rich as you can!	Jan. 10th
Match 5	1v1	Deathmatch	‘Lazarus’	Judas Saxon	This coaster is pretty rickety… Hopefully it’ll last the fight!	Jan. 12th
Match 6	2v2	Objective	Simon ‘Jack’ Rodgers and Basilio Goltero Santos	Sarah ‘Stratovarius’ Williams and Kent Jerrod Moore	You have to stop your train from crashing! Wait, there are robbers too?!	Jan. 14th
Match 7	1v1	Deathmatch	Dragomir Mrovich	Stephen ‘Steppy’ Morris	Bumper cars are lonely with two people… But they’re perfect with just one!	Jan. 16th
Match 8	2v1	Boss Match	Tsao Xu	Dr. Jekyll	A homeless army, and their loathsome king...	Jan. 18th
Match 9	2v2	Deathmatch	Nick Mason and Eleanor Rigby	‘Mute’ (River Eiselidge) and Baron Mordechai	A nice pleasant cruise… Except for two small problems…!	Jan. 20th
Match 10	1v1	Deathmatch	‘Monster’	Seido Shuto	There should be a base up in these mountains… But there shouldn’t be another climber! Time to fix that.	Jan. 22nd
Match 11	1v1	Objective	Rory Raccoon	Grace Vincent	Two intruders, waging a quiet war in a top secret base.	Jan. 24th
Match 12	2v2	Deathmatch	Stu Steel E. and Fabian Gibson	John ‘Jaco’ Pastorius and Michael McClane	Hopefully there’ll be something to find on this island… Besides the shipwreck survivors, I mean.	Jan. 26th
Match 13	1v1	Objective	Anna Rose	Ken Nard	… It’s time to slam now!	Jan. 28th
Match 14	1v1	Deathmatch	Bremen	Mary Ann	You don’t have to be faster than the swarm… You only have to be faster than the other guy!	Jan. 30th
Match 15	2v2	Objective	MAKS_13 and Manny Elflad	Bond Jovi and Crispin Freeman	A Stand-Using robber has set a bomb in the mall! Make sure it doesn’t go off.	Feb. 1st
Match 16	2v1	Boss Match	Gregor Yuvecksky	Lance	Fight for your life in an abandoned cathedral!	Feb. 3rd
Match 17	1v1	Deathmatch	Henry Jenkins	Akiyoshi ‘Aki’ Yamamato	The ground far beneath you, the wind in your hair… There’s nothing quite like bungee jumping.	Feb. 5th
Match 18	2v2	Objective	Thela Hun Ginjeet and Soichi Utsumi)	Roger Waters and Donatello Blackwell	‘Row’ as in ‘rowboats’, obviously. What did you think I meant?	Feb. 7th
Match 19	1v1	Objective	Damon Aurel	Ivan Abaduboi	A rural English town hit with a nasty… Rainstorm?!	Feb. 9th
Match 20	1v1	Deathmatch	Jim Ledbetter	Johnny Leever	Two truck drivers racing down the highway, while the stowaways have a battle of their own!	Feb. 11th
Match 21	2v2	Objective	Miras Atrium and Henry Walshman	Amaki Castillo and Ortaz Ivanov	An erupting volcano, and a straight path down… Time to run!	Feb. 13th
Match 22	1v1	Deathmatch	Furo Raida	Daniel Cali	Two foes duke it out on a fishing boat, assaulted by the weather!	Feb. 15th
Match 23	1v1	Objective	Tyler Bonnie	Chloe Jay, Chloe Kay, and Chloe Elle	Don’t worry, buddy. Prisoners stick together. I’ll protect you, no matter what!	Feb. 17th
Match 24	2v2	Deathmatch	Russ Teneo and Jules Langlias	Henry Muller and Qiao Si Zhou	Four Stand Users, two cars, and an empty highway...	Feb. 19th