[williamssl]

Thanks to everybody who voted - we had 12 people submit so a pretty decent showing!

Here's what we have:



Hopefully no major surprises here at least in terms of who's in and the relative seeds.

Of note - the Thor/Superman showdown is happening in the first round.

I will post the actual votes in a separate thread so people can see how it all played out, who voted for who. Use this thread to talk about the matchups, use the other thread to talk about the voting and who voted for who (or didn't vote for someone).

I know I had said that the tourney would begin in a week - that was based on the assumption that there would be ties for seeding and/or entry and I would need to go back out with some tiebreaker polls. That's not needed as everything was clean and there were no ties.

As such, I will post the first 2 brackets for voting on Monday: Spiderman vs. Robin, and Batman vs. Punisher.

[Batman]

I also think that Batman v Punisher is a pretty cool 1st round match-up, as is Daredevil v GL (on account of the whole "fearlessness" thing).

Say, Retard, any chance of making "I'm with [Superhero you're rooting for]" sig images?

[Loki]

Just to make sure I understand this right - do I PM Texc with my selections? When is the deadline?

[williamssl]

For the bracket voting, there will be a poll created in the Superhero Showdown Guest House (where you are now) for each contest. You will be able to vote there. Do not PM me with your votes. The first two polls will be posted on Monday and you can vote there.

[The Canadian Content]

Fuck. I guess Thor's done in the first round. Buncha Super-suckers.

Some really good matchups there if this were a "who'd beat who" poll rather than a popularity contest.

I think the Hulk/WW, Flash/Iron Man, and GA/Wolverine would all make for really interesting fights.

[Loki]

They'd be fun to read, but if you've read any WW lately - the stuff that Greg Rucka has been writing - you'll believe she can beat anybody. Including Supes. Really, his stuff with her is great.

Hulk against her? Nah. She'd probably change him back to Banner and cure him to boot.

Flash / Iron Man? I'd say Flash. Sure, Tony's tech is good, but I'm not seeing him beat the Speedster.

GA / Wolvie? Wolvie in a landslide. And I enjoy GA's new adventures, too. Still, I imagine the scene where GA plls his boxing glove arrow on Wolverine, and Wolvie's reaction, would be priceless.

[OpTard]

i'd like to point out something to everyone...

the polls go up monday, but don't vote right away! you can only vote once, so if you're on the fence in anyway, hold off on the voting. the whole point of the game is the discusion about the matchups. that discusion is pretty much pointless if everyone votes right away.

hey texas, make sure you put the voting deadline in the poll threads (i guess a couple of days, maybe?) so people know how long they have to discuss before absolutely having to vote.

k. that's all i got for now. later

[Batman]

The "don't vote right away" thing hasn't worked very well, I don't think. It's kind of disheartening making a case for someone after several people have already voted.

What do you think about doing a thread for debating one day before posting the thread for voting?

[williamssl]

Good idea. Will start new threads in advance, and just launched the "up next" one for the next two matchups.

And exalt, sir.

[Loki]

That sounds good. Some/most of us are comic geeks, so we already know how we're going to vote and we'll vote as soon as it opens. And if someone else brings up something that we didn't know or hadn't thought of it'll be too late to change our vote.

So hear, hear. Debate thread first. then the next day we can do voting.

[williamssl]

After round 1, here is the updated bracket set reflecting all the winners going forward. With the exception of the Daredevil upset over Green Lantern, the top seeds have all advanced. I for one will be shocked if round 3 has anyone but the #1 and #2 seeds....which is where this will get interesting INDEED.

[Batman]

I don't know, I think Cap v Wolverine is going to be close. I agree, though, that the rest will be blowouts.

[Lucky]

Agreed. Cap/Wolvie could be a fight. Supes, Spidey, and Bats should make a run.

[The Canadian Content]

And in the end, it'll likely be Bats vs. Supes. I just don't see Spidey knocking Supes out next round. Oh well, here's hoping Bats gets the backing to go all the way.

[salmonjunkie]

It'll be Spidey vs Bats.

Hey, have they ever done a DC/Marvel crossover in which they did battle?

[williamssl]

After round 2, here's what we've got for the semifinals.



Are we gonna see the two #1's go head to head?