2012 FANDOM STEEL CAGE MATCH MARCH MADNESS PRELIMS!
It's that time of year again, where I cruelly make you choose between beloved characters in a bloody, no holds barred, single elimination tournament. And this being the Fifth (!) Fandom Steel Cage Match March Madness, it's QUARTER QUELL - bigger, badder, bolder. Tears will be shed, capslocks will be abused, flists will be torn apart. Let's do this.
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Rules/Directions
1. Vote for your FAVORITE character in each poll.
2. SHUT YOUR WHINING. I don't want to hear any complaints about how this game is being run wrong - why wasn't this fandom included? why isn't this character in the polls? There's no possible way I can include every single character from every single fandom to please every single person participating in this game, so SHUT IT DOWN.
3. NO FAKE JOURNALS and NO OUTSIDE PLATFORMS (DREAMWIDTH, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ETC.). Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, fake Livejournals created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be counted in the results. You're free to participate in the comments with them, but don't vote. Don't think I won't take the time to stop the game and count them all myself. I did it last year, I'll do it again. I'M BUYING ALL THE HOT DOGS AND GIVING THEM TO THE GOOD PEOPLE. ETA: PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY IGNORING THIS RULE, DESPITE IT BEING ALL OVER THE FUCKING PAGE, SO NOW I AM JUST BANNING YOUR ASSES.
4. A schedule of the tournament can be found HERE. (Please note that US Daylight Saving Time starts on March 11, 2012 at 2AM EST. Check here for time zones.)
BRACKET LIST
COMEDY
1. 30 Rock
2. Archer
3. Arrested Development
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Community
6. Cougar Town
7. Happy Endings
8. How I Met Your Mother
9. The IT Crowd
10. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
11. Miranda
12. Modern Family
13. New Girl
14. The Office (US)
15. Parks and Recreation
16. Psych
TEEN
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV)
2. Awkward.
3. Friday Night Lights (TV)
4. Gilmore Girls
5. Glee
6. Gossip Girl (TV)
7. Harry Potter (books/movies)
8. The Hunger Games (books/movies)
9. The O.C.
10. Pretty Little Liars (TV)
11. Skins (UK)
12. Teen Wolf (TV)
13. Twilight (books/movies)
14. The Vampire Diaries (TV)
15. Veronica Mars
16. Young Justice (TV)
SCI-FI/FANTASY
1. American Horror Story
2. Battlestar Galactica (2004) / Caprica
3. Being Human (UK)
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) / Angel
5. Doctor Who (2005) / Torchwood / The Sarah Jane Adventures
6. Firefly
7. Fringe
8. Game of Thrones (TV)
9. Haven (TV)
10. Misfits
11. Once Upon a Time
12. Supernatural
13. The Avengers (movies)
14. True Blood (TV)
15. The Walking Dead (TV)
16. The X-Files / The Lone Gunmen
DRAMA
1. Boardwalk Empire
2. Bones (TV)
3. The Borgias
4. Breaking Bad
5. Castle
6. Downton Abbey
7. The Good Wife
8. Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
9. Leverage vs. Homeland (US) (WILD CARD ROUND)
10. Luther
11. Mad Men
12. Revenge
13. Shameless (US)
14. Sherlock (TV)
15. The West Wing
16. The Wire
PRELIMINARIES: CLOSED
(Polls closed as of Thursday, March 8, 1:15PM EST)
COMEDY
Poll COMEDYSTOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), you're free to participate in the comments, but DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results. ETA: PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY IGNORING THIS RULE, DESPITE IT BEING ALL OVER THE FUCKING PAGE, SO NOW I AM JUST BANNING YOUR ASSES.
TEEN
Poll TEENSTOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), you're free to participate in the comments, but DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results. ETA: PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY IGNORING THIS RULE, DESPITE IT BEING ALL OVER THE FUCKING PAGE, SO NOW I AM JUST BANNING YOUR ASSES.
SCI-FI / FANTASY
Poll SCI-FI/FANTASYSTOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), you're free to participate in the comments, but DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results. ETA: PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY IGNORING THIS RULE, DESPITE IT BEING ALL OVER THE FUCKING PAGE, SO NOW I AM JUST BANNING YOUR ASSES.
DRAMA
Poll DRAMASTOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), you're free to participate in the comments, but DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results. ETA: PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY IGNORING THIS RULE, DESPITE IT BEING ALL OVER THE FUCKING PAGE, SO NOW I AM JUST BANNING YOUR ASSES.
DRAMA: WILD CARD ROUND!
The prize for winning the Fandom Office Pool is a wild card round in next year's preliminaries: the winner chooses one fandom not in the game and challenges any other fandom (in the appropriate bracket) to a runoff vote. The character with the most votes from the fandom with the most votes will move onto the next round. Last year's Fandom Office Pool winner, starryeyedmagic, chose Homeland to challenge Leverage!
Poll DRAMA: WILD CARD ROUNDSTOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), you're free to participate in the comments, but DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results. ETA: PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY IGNORING THIS RULE, DESPITE IT BEING ALL OVER THE FUCKING PAGE, SO NOW I AM JUST BANNING YOUR ASSES.