Discover: We shall be taking a brief break within the Cup after these polls finish. We are going to choose it again up on Sunday afternoon CST for spherical 2. Thanks on your persistence upfront.
Welcome to the ultimate set of polls for spherical 1. What a distinction a day makes. Whereas the primary 2 ballot units had an important turnout, the final polls didn’t generate a lot curiosity. In actual fact, the character with the least variety of votes on day 2 had extra votes than any complete ballot for day 3. The character with essentially the most votes on day 2 had over Three instances the votes for any complete ballot on day 3. Due to this fact, the chances are deceptive and I’m unsure what this implies for future voting. This can be the sleeper facet of the bracket so votes could maintain extra proportion weight right here. We’ll must see how at this time goes as we finish spherical 1. Characters advancing to spherical 2 are Matt Casey, Bellamy Blake, Olivia Benson, Bucky Barnes, Jake Peralta, Loki Laufeyson, and Jamie Frasier. Over within the prediction contest, Cyn Kin and BucsRaysBolts are within the lead with 17 factors however Tylen and no title are proper behind with 16 factors. Congrats to you all! For the primary time this Cup, my prediction bracket is doing higher than my want bracket. All which means is they’re each finished terribly. Higher luck to you all and don’t neglect that there shall be no polls on Saturday. Pleased voting!
To make sure that everyone has time, please learn the principles under. It is vital that everybody be sort and truthful to make this essentially the most enjoyable for everybody. There are additionally hyperlinks under to the record of character rankings/stats and the prediction contest leaderboard. Stats shall be up to date as polls shut. The each day TV Discuss Subject shall be discovered above the polls every time. Now we have a brand new TV Discuss Subject daily and all are inspired to take part. It is my favourite a part of the competition. I’ve additionally added the bracket outcomes under the polls.
For these of you with underdog characters, get the phrase out now as a result of spherical 1 is the place the most important change can occur. Typically there are fewer votes in spherical 1, so it’s far simpler for an upset. Good luck to all and pleased voting!
Spherical will finish at roughly 5:00 pm CST on Friday, July 9. Spherical 2 polls is not going to begin till Sunday afternoon CST.
1. Do not take it too severely! Have enjoyable. Focus on. Play good.
2. Cheaters suck! – Just one vote per particular person per ballot please. Whereas we’ll do our greatest to maintain this contest operating easily, it is as much as every particular person to comply with the principles. This Cup is only a enjoyable little piece of web fluff. It will not get anybody’s present renewed or un-cancelled. It has zero impact on scores. It will not be seen by anybody who has any energy within the TV trade, so there’s zero cause to cheat. All cheaters do is disrespect themselves, their fandom, their present, the actors, and this group. Simply do not.
3. Concentrate on characters, not individuals. Speaking about what you want and dislike a few character is inspired. Going after actors or followers just isn’t.
4. The aliens haven’t landed. There is not any conspiracy right here. I’ll do my absolute best to maintain the competition operating easily, however I do make errors. I apologize upfront for any technical difficulties, spelling errors, and basic absentmindedness. Let me know and I am going to repair it.
5. Feedback are life. As you anxiously await the return of your reveals, why not distract your self with just a little TV Discuss? Every day is a brand new subject so even when your favorites are out, you’ll be able to nonetheless focus on. Whereas this contest is only a foolish little distraction, the dialog right here dives deep, so soar on in.
6. Nuts and Bolts – All polls are lively for about 24 hours. The winners advance to the subsequent spherical. Within the case of a tie, each characters go to the subsequent spherical. New polls ought to go up daily and polls could generally overlap one another. Any questions? Ask away within the feedback.
Midseason characters generally get a nasty rap as being a last-ditch effort to save lots of a present (Cousin Oliver on The Brady Bunch). Nonetheless, there are a whole lot of nice midseason characters that fill the outlet of exiting characters, present a contemporary perspective, or turn out to be iconic on the present itself (see Religion on Buffy). What mid-series character additions had been your favorites? (Because of Begin Sporting Purple for the subject concept.)