Welcome to the Sixth Fandom Steel Cage Match March Madness — and the first under new management. Exciting, right? No? Still? Well, fair enough, but to make this year interesting, we do got some news for ya. You, the players, will be able to choose what fandoms will be participating in the brackets. Okay, important disclaimer: not all of them. We must maintain some level of stability here, so two per genre, eight in total. Consider this pre-pre-campaigning? A campaign before the campaign? The NBA All-Star Game of Fandom March Madness? Is the effectiveness of using professional ball analogies there when this game based around a college tournament? We just don't know.
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Rules/Directions
1. Vote for UP TO THREE fandoms in each poll. The top two will make it on this year's bracket.
1b. VOTE BY USING THE FANDOM'S FULL NAME. This is write-in ballot system. Make it easier for us. Your votes will be discarded otherwise. Swear to God, we are not joking.
2. YOUR CHOICES MUST FOLLOW THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. Yeah, that's right, we're getting mad NCAA on your asses. Scroll a bit further, and you find them before your polls. Got questions? Ask them before you vote. We got a section for that down in the comments.
3. VOTING WILL CLOSED ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN USUAL.. Due to the nature of the chosen ballot system, we definitely will needing an extra hour to sort the votes, so please get your votes by 12PM EST!
4. SHUT YOUR WHINING. We don't want to hear any complaints about how this game is being run wrong, what shows are represented in the bracket, etc and so forth. Given the level of morning and night activity, we guarantee the greater, vocal majority are grown-ass adults. Act like you got some sense. (Also we are giving you a chance to vote in things. If you don't like what we have cut or added, that's cool. We don't care. Save your complaints and vote.)
5. 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. It's not that serious.
6. A schedule of the tournament can be found HERE. (Please note that US Daylight Savings Time starts on March 10, 2013 at 2AM EST. Check here for time zones.)
| COMEDY 1. 30 Rock 2. Archer 3. Ben & Kate 4. Community 5. Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23 6. Girls 7. Happy Endings 8. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 9. The Mindy Project 10. Miranda 11. New Girl 12. The Office (US) 13. Parks and Recreation 14. Psych 15. Community Choice 16. Community Choice |
TEEN 1. Avatar: The Last Airbender / Legend of Korra (TV) 2. The Carrie Diaries 3. Glee 4. Gossip Girl (TV) 5. The Hunger Games (Book / Film) 6. My Mad Fat Diary 7. Pretty Little Liars (TV) 8. Some Girls 9. Suburgatory 10. Teen Wolf (TV) 11. Underemployed 12. The Vampire Diaries (TV) 13. Victorious 14. Young Justice (TV) 15. Community Choice 16. Community Choice |
SCI-FI/FANTASY 1. American Horror Story / Asylum 2. Being Human (UK) 3. Beauty and the Beast (2012) 4. Doctor Who (2005) / Torchwood / Sarah Jane Adventures 5. Fringe 6. Game of Thrones (TV) 7. Haven (TV) 8. Misfits 9. Nikita (2010 TV) 10. Once Upon A Time 11. Supernatural 12. True Blood (TV) 13. The Walking Dead (TV) 14. Warehouse 13 15. Community Choice 16. Community Choice |
DRAMA 1. Breaking Bad 2. Castle 3. Downton Abbey 4. Elementary 5. The Good Wife 6. Homeland 7. House of Cards (US) 8. The Hour 9. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (Winner's Choice) 10. Luther 11. Revenge 12. Scandal 13. Shameless (US) 14. Sherlock 15. Community Choice 16. Community Choice |
Fandoms eligible for the competition are TELEVISION SHOWS which aired their last episode within TWO YEARS PRIOR to the competition or FILM FRANCHISES where the last film in the franchise was released within TWO YEARS to the competition. The cut-off year is essentially 2011.
Examples:
- The Big Bang Theory, The Avengers (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 Film) and The Secret Circle are eligible.
- X-Files, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel, Veronica Mars, and Homestuck are ineligible.
(Polls close Thursday, March 7, 12-2PM EST)
DON'T NOMINATE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BRACKET.
COMEDY
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's COMEDY bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
STOP
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.), DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results.
TEEN
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's TEEN bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
STOP
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.), DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results.
SCI-FI / FANTASY
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's SCI-FI / FANTASY bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
STOP
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.), DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results.
DRAMA
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's DRAMA bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
STOP
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.), DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results.
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