▣ VERSUS · THE BOARDS

every exhibition fight and every backer's pick, counted. one fight, one verdict, and the why — step into the ring.

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this week
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unique challengers
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backing picks
321
matchups argued
CROWD VS THE VERDICT · desktops
MOST CONVINCING the crowd called the winner
KDE Plasma VS COSMIC 100% of 9 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: KDE Plasma
KDE Plasma VS Cinnamon 88% of 16 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: KDE Plasma
MOST CONTROVERSIAL the crowd backed the other corner
COSMIC VS Hyprland 100% of 9 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Hyprland
the crowd backed COSMIC, but Hyprland wins the fight. the next recount could move it.
GNOME VS Cinnamon 67% of 6 votes · judges 2 of 3 WINNER: Cinnamon
the crowd backed GNOME, but Cinnamon wins the fight. the next recount could move it.

close fights bend toward the crowd, and the poll recounts every day.

THE CARD · desktops

MOST FOUGHT MATCHUPS

the top 16 of 99 different matchups fought so far

GNOME – KDE Plasma51 27.9%
KDE Plasma – GNOME24 13.1%
COSMIC – GNOME18 9.8%
Hyprland – KDE Plasma13 7.1%
Cinnamon – KDE Plasma11 6.0%
Xfce – KDE Plasma10 5.5%
KDE Plasma – Xfce8 4.4%
awesome – COSMIC7 3.8%
KDE Plasma – Cinnamon6 3.3%
COSMIC – Hyprland5 2.7%
KDE Plasma – Hyprland5 2.7%
COSMIC – KDE Plasma5 2.7%
KDE Plasma – Sway5 2.7%
Hyprland – GNOME5 2.7%
Cinnamon – GNOME5 2.7%
GNOME – Hyprland5 2.7%

MOST PICKED FOR A FIGHT

curious who the arcade crowns? that board lives on the arcade stats page

KDE Plasma155 23.8%
GNOME134 20.6%
Xfce63 9.7%
COSMIC61 9.4%
Hyprland53 8.1%
Cinnamon50 7.7%
Sway26 4.0%
Budgie22 3.4%
LXQt15 2.3%
MATE15 2.3%
Deepin13 2.0%
awesome12 1.8%
i3wm10 1.5%
Qtile9 1.4%
Openbox7 1.1%
Pantheon7 1.1%
THE RECORDS · desktops

WINNINGEST FIGHTERS

KDE Plasma144 44.2%
Xfce56 17.2%
GNOME43 13.2%
Cinnamon27 8.3%
Hyprland15 4.6%
Sway13 4.0%
COSMIC11 3.4%
i3wm8 2.5%
LXQt4 1.2%
Budgie3 0.9%
MATE2 0.6%

THE CROWD'S FAVORITES

KDE Plasma104 35.4%
GNOME53 18.0%
Xfce32 10.9%
COSMIC22 7.5%
Hyprland16 5.4%
Sway14 4.8%
Cinnamon12 4.1%
MATE7 2.4%
LXQt7 2.4%
Budgie7 2.4%
i3wm6 2.0%
Deepin5 1.7%
Openbox4 1.4%
awesome3 1.0%
Qtile1 0.3%
Pantheon1 0.3%
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