Double Down Pool: 60 Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride) 57 The Janitor (Scrubs) 57 Butters Stotch (South Park) 56 Deadpool (Marvel Comics) 52 Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) 48 Amaterasu (Okami) 46 Dracula (Dracula) 43 Voldemort (Harry Potter) 38 Link (Zelda) 38 Tarzan (Tarzan)
Triple Double Stuff Pool: 78 Bowser (Super Mario Bros.) 76 Dr. Emmet Brown (Back to the Future) 72 Sonic (Sonic The Hedgehog) 66 Phoenix Wright (Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney) 60 Donatello (TMNT) 54 Kain Highwind (Final Fantasy IV) 52 Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island) 50 Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn) 50 Professor Layton (Professor Layton and the Curious Village) 47 Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo, Where Are You?)
Biggest Surprises: I can’t see one surprise other than Barret Wallace making it. I personally thought the Triple double stuff pool was stacked, but the results were expected imo.
Biggest Letdowns: There are some letdowns though. Ammy going so soon sucks. Voldemort gets knocked out leaving Hermione, Snape, and Albus as the final wizards. Link got little to no support.
Biggest Surprises: Aang bounces back from a subpar first round. Stone Cold manages a tiebreak. The Doctor moves on by one.
Biggest Letdowns: Archie misses the cut by one. Maleficient fall by not much more than that, the same goes for Spike. We lose another turtle and Morpheus.
WTF @ Zoidberg getting cut. I thought this board was Futurama central!
Mostly good results here, though. We lost the best character of the day (Gloria), but Darkwing Duck won his pool, Beowulf almost won his, and Ted advanced. Nicely done, B8!
-- CRAZY DAVE (PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES) Your Character Battle IX champion.
Rock Band Pool: 102 Fox McCloud (Starfox) 84 Solid Snake (Metal Gear) 80 Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics) 78 Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation) 70 Mufasa (Lion King) 66 Kaylee Fry (Firefly) 63 Bill S. Preston, Esquire (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) 59 Omar Little (The Wire) 57 Michael Scott (The Office) 55 Hiro Nakamura (Heroes)
Band Aid Pool: 93 Agent Smith (Matrix) 84 James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 83 Dexter Morgan (Dexter) 74 Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) 73 Hulk (Marvel Comics) 72 Seto Kaiba (Yugi-oh) 63 Brick Tamland (Anchorman) 61 Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia) 57 Ayanami Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion) 55 Benjamin Linus (Lost)
Rubber Band Pool 90 Hector Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean) 89 Mario (Super Mario Bros.) 86 Pikachu (Pokemon RBY) 85 Genie (Aladdin) 81 David Xanatos (Gargoyles) 77 Rapheal (TMNT) 76 Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes) 70 Rawk Hawk (Paper Mario: TTYD) 62 Kronk (Emperor's New Groove) 54 Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
And finally, here are your top 170 characters Board 8! All are in order based on how they did in the second round:
134 Merlin (Mythology) 134 Magneto (Marvel Comics) 132 Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) 127 Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) 126 Spiderman (Marvel Comics) 124 Yoda (Star Wars) 121 Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) 121 The Brain (Pinky and the Brain) 121 Scar (Lion King) 120 Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) 120 Phillip J. Fry (Futurama) 117 Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones) 115 Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) 114 Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) 114 Darth Vader (Star Wars) 114 Severus Snape (Harry Potter) 113 Han Solo (Star Wars) 112 Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 111 Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes) 111 Andy Dufresne (Shawshank Redemption) 110 Charizard (Pokemon RBY) 110 Bender (Futurama) 109 Hades (Hercules) 109 Wall-E (Wall-E) 106 Bart Simpson (The Simpsons) 105 Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds (Firefly) 105 Aragorn (The Lord of the Rings) 104 Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings) 104 John McClane (Die Hard) 104 Zapp Brannigan (Futurama) 104 Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII) 104 Piccolo (Dragon Ball) 103 Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) 102 Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) 102 Fox McCloud (Starfox) 102 Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) 102 Mega Man (Mega Man) 102 Dr. Perry Cox (Scrubs) 102 Iron Man (Marvel Comics) 101 Dr. Robotnik (Sonic) 100 Farfetch'd (Pokemon) 99 The Rock (Pro Wrestling) 99 Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) 98 Jack Torrence (The Shining) 97 James Bond (James Bond) 97 The Dread Pirate Roberts Wesley (The Princess Bride) 97 Squall Leonhart (Final Fantasy VIII) 95 Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) 95 Darkwing Duck (Darkwing Duck) 94 Miles 'Tails' Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) 94 Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII) 94 Charlie Brown (Peanuts) 93 Agent Smith (Matrix) 92 King Arthur (Mythology) 91 Dexter (Dexter's Lab) 90 Robin Hood (Mythology) 90 Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?) 90 Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit) 90 Hector Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean) 90 George Castanza (Seinfeld) 89 Mario (Super Mario Bros.) 88 Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter) 88 Belle (Beauty and the Beast) 88 Batman (DC Comics) 87 Tony the Tiger (Frosted Flakes) 87 Joker (DC Comics) 87 Dr. Gregory House (House, M.D.) 86 Captain Ahab (Moby Dick) 86 Simba (Lion King) 86 Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) 86 Professor Oak (Pokemon) 86 Pikachu (Pokemon RBY) 85 Genie (Aladdin) 84 Solid Snake (Metal Gear) 84 James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 83 Dexter Morgan (Dexter) 85 Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) 83 Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget) 83 Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh) 82 Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) 81 Yoshi (Mario) 81 David Xanatos (Gargoyles) 81 Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) 81 Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) 81 Ness (Mother Series) 81 Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII) 84 Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong) 84 Auron (Final Fantasy X) 84 The Terminator (The Terminator) 84 Donald Duck (Disney) 80 Elmer Fudd (Looney Tunes) 80 Beowulf (Mythology)
So ends Round 2! Now there are only 170 fictional characters left!
First we will honor the highest scores not to make it to the next round. Maybe in a different pool these characters might have done a lot better:
98 Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street) 94 Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid) 94 Fred Flintstone (The Flinstones) 91 Popeye (Thimble Theatre) 91 Big Boss (Metal Gear) 91 Launchpad McQuack (Ducktales) 89 The Iron Giant (The Iron Giant) 87 Green Lantern (DC Comics) 87 The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) 86 Pumba (The Lion King) 86 Scorpion (Mortal Kombat) 85 McLovin' (Superbad)
So what's the next format going to be? Pool's too big to be a round robin, you said you were going to do unique methods so a traditional bracket is out, and the Top 100 Pokemon thing is using Swiss, so that's not really fresh right now.
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Ok. The good news is the third round will start tom afternoon!
Bad news, although I have all other subsequent rounds planned out as far as structure, I'm still honestly trying to decide how to operate the third round. It's still a lot of characters. Too many for a swiss style. Too many for a lot of styles (unless an unconstrained large amount of time is used).
Any suggestions for how to do the third round would be appreciated.
In the end, barring a better suggestion, there might be one more round of pools with a different twist to the rules that will eliminate half the contestants to reach a number of 85, where the tournament will blossom out from its pools system into other tourney styles.
Cherry Bomb Pool 65 Merlin (Mythology) 53 Ness (Mother Series) 38 Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
30 Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld) 30 Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters)
5 The Rock (Pro Wrestling) 4 Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) -5 Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Roman Candle Pool 77 Magneto (Marvel Comics) 52 Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) 51 The Doctor (Doctor Who) 46 Farfetch'd (Pokemon) 7 Jack Torrence (The Shining) 7 Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII) 6 Neo (Matrix) -16 Garfield (Garfield and Friends)
Biggest Surprises: Peter Venkman was one of the last characters I entered into this competition and honestly did not expect much out of him. Whoa was I wrong. Magneto and Merlin win another pool. Farfetch’d and Ness continue their unprecedented marches. Vash secures a position late. Vegeta does his part. The good Doctor made a late run. The second pool overall was clear cut as to who the majority wanted to move on.
Biggest Letdowns: Forrest Gump is running on empty. The People’s Champ finally loses, leaving pro wrestling with nothing left. Neo is gone, leaving Agent Smith alone. Jack and Zack can’t cut it.
Also I'm with Pokewars, this is a great format. I get to just ignore the characters I don't really care about and if there are only a couple of people you like you can really support them.
-- (Maniac64 at work) [Browncoat] ~Board 570901~ All the proteins, vitamins, and carbs of your grandma's best turkey dinner, plus 15% alcohol.
Cumulus Pool 79 Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) 36 Dr. Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog) 33 James Bond (James Bond) 29 David Xanatos (Gargoyles) 26 Zaphod Beeblebrox (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 16 Mufasa (Lion King) 12 Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong) -41 Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Stratus Pool 75 Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) 66 Yoshi (Mario) 39 The Dread Pirate Roberts Wesley (The Princess Bride)
19 Hubert J. Farnsworth (Futurama) 19 Black Mage (8-bit Theatre)
-3 Auron (Final Fantasy X) -5 Iron Man (Marvel Comics) -20 Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs the World)
Biggest Surprises: Luigi and Sherlock win more pools. David Xanatos edges out Zaphod. Dr. Robotnik is stronger than first thought. Another tie!
Biggest Letdowns: Iron Man flops big time. Scott Pilgrim and Aang prove their no match this late in the game. Donkey Kong can’t cut it. Mufasa slipped off the mountain.
I had no idea Gargoyles has such a following. I actually did like the show as a kid, but I always thought it was one of the more obscure Disney cartoons (like Bonkers or something).
-- CRAZY DAVE (PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES) Your Character Battle IX champion.
7Deuce86 posted... Not sure how you can make it to round 3 only to get negative voted to -41.
Lack of fodder/fellow antivoting targets.
Speaking of antivotes, I am very surprised by what's going down in the Kentaurus and Barnard's Pools. Well, maybe the Barnard's Pool results aren't that surprising because live-action stuff has been s*** in this contest, but seriously, the Kentaurus Pool looks so messed up.
Actually, seeing how s***ty live-action stuff has been doing and then seeing Hannibal Lecter and Perry Cox comfortably leading their pools is pretty surprising as well. Lecter, at least, is in the usual position, where anything can change rapidly on the whim of a few votes, but Cox has such a dominating lead that it would take four votes to kick him out of the round (with at least 46 of the 80 positive points going to the current 2-5 if you wanted to avoid tiebreakers, and that's only with all 40 negatives going to Cox), and at least two votes just to eject him from first place!
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Ulti (in one of his Post-Contest Analyses): God of War turned a 5 hour deadlock into a total laugher Anagram: Oh God, Tidus and Yuna were involved?
Centauri Pool 87 Dr. Perry Cox (Scrubs) 40 Santa Claus (Christmas) 39 Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh) 32 Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) 25 Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) 19 Spiderman (Marvel Comics) 0 Rocky Balboa (Rocky) -12 Squall Leonhart (Final Fantasy VIII)
Kentaurus Pool 65 Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs) 52 Donald Duck (Disney) 38 Baloo (Jungle Book) 33 Jafar (Aladdin) 32 The Terminator (The Terminator) 7 Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) 7 Mega Man (Mega Man) 6 Yoda (Star Wars)
Barnard’s Pool 86 Phoenix Wright (Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney) 74 Darkwing Duck (Darkwing Duck) 34 Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget) 26 Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog) 14 Elmer Fudd (Looney Tunes) 11 Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) 0 Vito Corleone (The Godfather) -15 Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII)
Bunyan Pool 69 The Brain (Pinky and the Brain) 51 J.D. Dorian (Scrubs) 43 Miles 'Tails' Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) 38 Beowulf (Mythology) 24 Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) 17 Miles Edgeworth (Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney) 5 Fox McCloud (Starfox) -27 Shredder (TMNT)
Appleseed Pool 76 Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) 50 Scar (Lion King) 50 Ariel (Little Mermaid) 24 Dexter Morgan (Dexter) 15 Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII) 12 Norville “Shaggy” Rogers (Scooby-Doo Where Are You?) 1 Cookie Monster (Sesame Street) -8 Thor (Marvel Comics)
Pecos Pool 78 Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) 76 Charlie Brown (Peanuts) 49 Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics) 19 Jasmine (Aladdin) 4 James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 3 Uncle Phil (Fresh Prince of Bel Air) 1 Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) 0 Rorschach (Watchmen)
Jack Knife Pool 69 Piccolo (Dragon Ball) 49 Agent Smith (Matrix) 45 Solid Snake (Metal Gear) 25 Carlton Banks (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) 24 Captain Ahab (Moby Dick) 9 Phillip J. Fry (Futurama) -6 Tidus (Final Fantasy X) -15 "Ted" Theodore Logan (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
Cannonball Pool 68 Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones) 53 Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII) 37 Captain Hook (Peter Pan) 36 Genie (Aladdin) 18 Dexter (Dexter's Lab) 0 Woody (Toy Story) -1 Butters Stotch (South Park) -21 Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Flying Squirrel Pool 87 King Arthur (Mythology) 75 The Janitor (Scrubs) 38 Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) 12 Pikachu (Pokemon RBY) 10 Zero (Megaman X) 1 Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) -6 Zapp Brannigan (Futurama) -7 Mike Wasowski (Monster’s Inc.)
Biggest Surprises: Piccolo winning a pool. Aerith is a surprise in her own rights to get this far when so many Final Fantasy characters have been getting the axe. The Spirit Detective moving on is the biggest surprise. I thought for sure Zapp, Willy, or Zero would beat him out.
Biggest Letdowns: Fry gets got. There will officially be no South Park character advancing past the third round in this competition. Nor will there be a Toy Story character.
Pools 14, 15, & 16 Results: See Saw Pool 67 Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) 65 Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) 41 Simba (Lion King) 30 John McClane (Die Hard) 12 Ellis "Red" Redding (Shawshank Redemptrion) -5 Robin Hood (Mythology) -16 Alice (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) -34 Hamlet (Hamlet)
Carousel Pool 72 Kirby (Kirby) 64 Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) 39 Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) 30 Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh) 3 Darth Vader (Star Wars) 0 Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?) -20 Mr. Spock (Star Trek) -28 Pinky (Pinky and the Brain)
Monkey Bar Pool 73 Severus Snape (Harry Potter) 42 Professor Oak (Pokemon) 21 Goofy (Disney) 15 Snoopy (Peanuts) 11 Aladdin (Aladdin) -4 Samus Aran (Metroid) -5 Aragorn (The Lord of the Rings) -7 Hector Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Star Wars is getting crushed lately. Obi made it through though.