Thursday, March 20, 2014

God bracket!

Its a little late, but I had this idea this morning and wanted to run with it!!!

March Madness: Divine Mandate!

Comment below with who you think would win each contest.
As an example, in the top left we have odin vs dionysus. They each become patron of the basketball team...and those teams fight it out. Maybe odin gives his team berzerking...and dionysus gives his team drunken playing skills.

Pick your favorite, or pick who would win, or whichever you like.
(for those who arent familiar, there will be college basketball teams playing this weekend, and its a pretty big thing for a lot of people).


This first round each correct guess is worth 1 point. Points will go up each round. Im gonna ignore the actual "teams" for my bracket....but i guess if you wanted to win you could figure out who plays basketball the best in the real world....if you're a lame-o :P

So I hope this is a fun thing. Some games will be over by tonight....just try not to cheat. And you cant get points if the game is over before you post. There will be more points in later rounds, so missing one or two early wont matter too much. Cut off will be 8pm tonight for this round. I'll post an updated list and a running score tally a little after. Vote quickly! Manannan vs Hecate has already started!

Also, there might be some VERY small prize for 1st through 3rd depending on how many people play. We'll figure something out.



Points:
John 20
Thomas 20
Other Tom 19
Alex 18
Griffin 18
Samudra 19
Mat 18
Dave 15
Anne 14
Miraal 14
Mathias 14
Purple Snit 12
Jacob 4




First day is all done :) Tomorrow will be an adventure. Thanks to everyone for playing

54 comments:

  1. Odin, Athena, Svarozhich, Hades, Manannan, Loki, Cernunnos, Zeus, Huitz, Nanuk, Ba'al, Ares, Freyr, Sedna, Pele, Tezcat, Shiva, Kali, Indra, Ryujin, Nergal, Sun Wukong, Vishnu, Marduk, Set, Vayu, Ra, Tishtrya, Sekhmet, Vahram, Eshu, Shango

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  2. Okay, here are my picks!

    1) Odin, giving these people all the basketball berserking
    2) Athena, master strategizer
    3) Freyja, leading them to victory on their kind of battlefield
    4) Hades, probably stealing the other team's gear invisibly
    5) Manannan mac Lir, giving out magic jockstraps and water bottles
    6) The Morrigan, motivating through abject fear
    7) Veles, impersonating half the team himself
    8) Zeus, commanding like nobody else commands
    9) Huitzilopochtli, leading his people to victory as usual
    10) Tornarssuk, because not getting eaten by bears is inspiring
    11) Baal, lord of winning at everything
    12) Hero Twins, because hello, this is basketball
    13) Freyr, because everyone loves Freyr and wants him to be happy
    14) Quetzalcoatl, shenanigansing his way around his opponent
    15) Nanabozho, because he will cheat all goddamn day
    16) Ma'ii, but it's goddamn close and I'm scared to watch this one
    17) Inari, granting good fortune to all his players
    18) Tengri, mostly by default because Kali is not a team player
    19) Indra, master of sportsing
    20) Ereshkigal, better at inspiring people than a bad-tempered dragon
    21) Hachiman, leader of samurai and ball-players alike
    22) Amaterasu, inspiration to all who refuses to brook failure
    23) Vishnu, cheating as usual but making it look good
    24) Ganesha, removing all defense from his players' paths
    25) Set, because Oshosi is probably going to screw it up for himself
    26) Vayu, because air is key for three-point shots
    27) Anansi, giving everyone spidery agility and cunning
    28) Mithra, from whose eyes no fouls can be hidden
    29) Oya, whirlwinding to victory
    30) Vahram, who is like the king of sports
    31) Horus, but he'll probably regret it later
    32) Anahita, because granting boons of victory is her thing

    Go, teams, go! Prove me right based on my arbitrary knowledge of mythology and total lack of knowledge about basketball!

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    1. Annes comment is WAY better then mine. I hope she wins.

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    2. Someone below had a comment so funny and fitting I snorted Pepsi all over myself.

      "Sun Wukong. He is the entire team. And all of the fans. Of either side."

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    1. No she isnt you are a liar!!!!!

      I edited it but you probably had it open already

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  4. Ok, let's do this:

    1. Odin, because Magic + War + Manipulation equals bad day for Dionysus' team.
    2. Athena, because really, we're talking goddess of battle strategy vs. Ms. Pining for Bishonen.
    3. Freya, cuz Svarozhich is probably too busy breaking his own laws.
    4. Hades, because he's got experience running organizations that Thor doesn't.
    5. Manannan, because he sure knows how to pick em.
    6. Loki, because I just don't trust this guy.
    7. Veles, because he'll magic something up.
    8. Zeus, because everybody plays on Zeus' team.
    9. Huitzilopochtli, because we all know what's gonna happen to the losing team.
    10. Nanuk, because Tlazolteotl will probably smite half her own team before the game even begins.
    11. Ba'al, because his wives will not let him hear the end of it.
    12. Hero Twins, because come on, these guys fucking invented basketball!
    13. Freyr, because...reasons.
    14. Quetzalcoatl, who knows how to get past even the strictest of defences.
    15. Pele, because what better cheerleader could a team ask for?
    16. Tezcatlipoca, because I have no idea who Ma'ii is.
    17. Inari, because Shiva will be too stoned out of his skull.
    18. Kali, because she's Kali. Full stop.
    19. Indra, cuz Ishtar will probably have already killed her team off in an orgy.
    20. Erteshkigal, because beating peoples bones to pulp is not the best way to treat players.
    21. Hachiman, cause Nergal is a big meanie.
    22. Sun Wukong, because Amaterasu will be too busy screaming at his table manners to actually help her team.
    23. Vishnu, because 'What do you mean it's cheating, it's for the greater good!'
    24. Ganesha, because no one should underestimate the elephant god. Look at Skanda.
    25. Set...cause the guy knows his defense.
    26. Vayu, cuz he did throw the top of a mountain for a perfect three point shot once.
    27. Anansi, cuz I still don't trust tricksters.
    28. Mithra, who knows all about team spirit.
    29. Oya, cause Sekhmet will be too drunk.
    30. Sobek does know a thing or two about nets, so I'll go with him on this one.
    31. Eshu, because no one beats Eshu.
    32. Anahita, cause she's awesome, and Shango will probably try to hang himself halfway through the game anyway.

    Go Teams Go!!!

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    1. Sorry, Ma'ii is the Navajo coyote god. :)

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    2. Holy shit, samudra calls sobek with a great explanation! biggest upset of the tournament!

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  5. Welcome to the Scion Jam. Going to capitalize my winners. Only going to do the ones I'm sure of right now, as I'm on lunch break. I'll finish in another post later (if that's okay.)

    ODIN vs. Dionysus - Dionysus' players will get super smashed before the game and show up with hangovers and will basically get pushed over by Odin's team (who will all be giant.) Dionysus will consider this a victory.
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    ATHENA vs. Chors - Athena is the Goddess of Strategic Warfare...the Chors team will have the best cheerleader ever, so they will play their absolute best, but Athena's team will always be one step ahead of them.
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    Svarozhich vs. FREYA - I imagine Svarozhich won't put his all into it because he views breaking his own mandate to interfere with a mortal basketball game to be extremely humiliating, while Freya's team will (also) all be giants and will be inspired to acts of immense courage and skill.
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    Thor vs. HADES - Thor's team will all be giants and inspired to acts of immense courage and skill, but it doesn't matter because they won't show up to the game. No one will ever know where they disappeared to, but they are unfortunately disqualified.
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    ZEUS vs. Perun - Perun's team will try valiantly but I'll be damned if Zeus' team doesn't make it to the final four at least. The King of the Theoi is only going to pick the most excellent and disciplined athletes for his team, and quality's going to take him a long way.
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    HUITZILOPOCHTLI vs. Hera - Hera never gets her way, whereas Huitzilopochtli has freaking Sun Eagle Warriors. I'm sorry I don't have a better argument than that.
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    Ares vs. HERO TWINS - Hero Twins are going to be the best sports coaches ever, and Ares' team is just going to run in and play extremely dirty, and get penalized very two minutes. The Referee is going to get punched out at some point. Eventually the other Gods have to step in and award the victory to the Hero Twins because Ares' team can't play fair.

    (that's all for now. I'll come back and do the rest later.)

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    1. I laughed out loud at "Dionysus will consider this a victory".

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    2. Totally ok to finish later

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    3. I'm passed the cut off point now...and I've seen who has won half of them, so I'll have to wait until round 2.

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  6. Odin, Athena, Svarozhich, Hades, Manannan, Morrigan (Most emotionally difficult choice of this entire challenge), Cernunnos, Zeus, Huitzilopochtli, Tlazolteotl, Viracocha, Hero Twins, Pauahtun, Sedna. Pele, Tezcatlipoca, Shiva, Kali, Ishtar, Ereshkigal, Nergal, Sun Wukong, Vishnu, Marduk, Set, Vayu, Ra, Mithra, Oya, Vahram, Eshu, Shango.

    I am assuming basketball was just the hypothetical example and not the actual contest. I based my choices upon them fighting / outwitting / seducing / whatever'ing their opponent.

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    1. Yeah, the gods themselves are not playing basketball, they're just the patrons of humans who are. :) These are awesome picks, I am so excited to see who turns out winning!

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    2. The results are based off the teams in the NCAA tournament....so kinda playing basketball? But also doesnt need to be thought of as basketball.

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    3. I thought for sure you had me after this last pass but we made the exact same guesses

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  7. 1) Odin, great ability to mess with the contest with Manipulation and Magic.
    2) Athena, better strategy.
    3) Freyja, able to bring victory and use Magic to mess with the outcome.
    4) Hades, invisible shenanigans, and bribing the other team with his vast wealth.
    5) Manannan, he has some sort of relevant Relic laying around somewhere.
    6) The Morrigan, no one wants to beat The Morrigan at something, that's how you die.
    7) Cernunnos, beating up Fate until it agrees with him.
    8) Zeus, Arete (Command) all over the place.
    9) Huitzilopochtli, winning is his thing.
    10) Tornarssuk, because I want to see a bear coach basketball.
    11) Ba'al, he is the best at winning and God forbid you disagree.
    12) Hero Twins, they do sports best. And there are two of them.
    13) Pauahtun, if Freyr can lose his super-important sword, he can lose a basketball game.
    14) Quetzalcoatl, because there is no end of cheating and mucking about.
    15) Nanabozho, tricksters have an unfair advantage in this. Also Lava doesn't particularly /help/.
    16) Tezcatlipoca, if he loses he will break the world again, and no one wants that.
    17) Inari, control of luck is great in this situation.
    18) Tengri, Kali doesn't really coach.
    19) Ishtar, the Anunna can't afford to let her lose.
    20) Ereshkigal, Ryujin's stumpy arms limit his basketball abilities.
    21) Negal, the other team has contracted almost every sickness known to man. And there are lions in their change room.
    22) Sun Wukong, he is the entire team. And all of the fans. Of either side.
    23) Vishnu, Samutra says he is brilliant at cheating.
    24) Marduk, wrote it on the Tablet of Destinies.
    25) Set, Oshosi isn't really great at doing things successfully.
    26) Vayu, Ogun winning would make Shango grumpy, and that's just annoying for everyone.
    27) Anansi, so much cheating even Ra may have a hard time noticing it all.
    28) Mithra, surprisingly, no cheating in this one.
    29) Sekhmet, combining Odin's Beserking and Dionysus' drunk-ness. And more lions in the change room.
    30) Vahram, crocodiles are not known for their great dunking skills.
    31) Eshu, the moment Horus inevitably cheats, more Justice then you can shake a stick at is dropped on him.
    32) Anahita, Shango's not particularly strategic, at least intentionally.

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    1. Lions in the dressing room definitely cramp even the most focused team's style.

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  8. 1) Dionysus
    2) Athena
    3) Svarozhich
    4) Hades
    5) Mannanan mac Lir
    6) Loki
    7) Cernunnos
    8) Zeus
    9) Hera
    10) Nanuk
    11) Ba'al
    12) Ares
    13) Pauahtun
    14) Sedna
    15) Pele
    16) Tezkatlipoca
    17) Shiva
    18) Kali
    19) Ishtar
    20) Ereshkigal
    21) Nergal
    22) Sun Wukong
    23) Vishnu
    24) Marduk
    25) Set
    26) Ogoun
    27) Anansi
    28) Mithra
    29) Oya
    30) Sobek
    31) Eshu
    32) Shango

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  9. I am pointedly NOT reading Anne's comment to not bias me, but my choices are as follows:

    Odin
    Athena
    Freya
    Hades
    Mannan mac Lir
    The Morrigan
    Veles
    Zeus
    Hera
    Tornassuk
    Viracocha
    Hero Twins
    Freyr
    Quetzalcoatl
    Nanabozho
    Tezcatlipoca
    Shiva
    Kali
    Ishtar
    Ereshkigal
    Hachiman
    Amaterasu
    Vishnu
    Marduk
    Oshosi
    Vayu
    Anansi
    Mithra
    Oya (though really, everyone loses this one)
    Sobek
    Eshu
    Anahita

    No funny comments, but ask for clarification of my votes and I'll give 'em

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    1. Though now that I've read a few, I wish I'd said "Freyr, cause Pauhatun is penalized for holding... up the sky"

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    2. Also, Baal is kicking ass in the votes, but it's hard to win when your team's been turned to stone, the stadium has been flooded, and the sky's filled with fire! Team Viracocha!

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    3. That game is happening right now! Vira is up by 2!

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    4. Yeah, Vala's twitter says there were shenanigans

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  10. Odin Shiva
    Athena Kali
    Freya Ishtar
    Thor Ereshkigal
    Manannan Nergal
    Morrigan Sun WuKong
    Cernunnos Vishnu
    Zeus Marduk
    Huitz Set
    Tlazolteotl Vayu
    Ba’al Anasi
    Ares Mithra
    Freyr Sekhmet
    Quetz Vahram
    Nanbozho Eshu
    Tezcatlipoca Shango

    These are a mix of who I thought would win/who I would like to win/who I would like to see go up against each other in the next round.

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    1. This was formatted when I typed it!!

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    2. It looks formatted to me. is it not? did you format it even better?
      You also got two right whose games already ended :(

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  11. Alright so I'm kinda late in, but hopefully the games that haven't been resolved can count.

    Odin
    Athena
    Freya has magicy stuff, so I'm going with her
    Thor was definitely the guy that took highschool gym too seriously, he beats Hades
    The Morrigan
    I'm tempted to go with Cernunnos, but I'm feeling Veles tricksiness is a better choice
    Perun
    Huitzilopochtli
    Tlazolteotl's players definitely aren't having any scandals and are probably very game focused
    Viracocha
    Hero Twins, obviously
    Pauahtun
    Sedna
    Pele
    Tezcatlipoca
    Shiva
    Kali
    Ishtar
    Ereshkigal (I want the Sumer Sisters go against each other real bad)
    Hachiman
    Amaterasu
    Vishnu
    Oshosi
    Vayu
    Anansi
    Mithra
    Sekhmet
    Vahram
    If there was ever someone tricksy enough to rig a ballgame, it's Eshu
    Shango

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    1. Your choices that havnt been completed yet will totally count. And I also want the sumer sisters to go at it!

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  12. 1. Odin.
    2. Athena.
    3. Svarozhich
    4. Hades
    5. Manannan
    6. Loki
    7.Cernunnos
    8. Zeus. All the Zeus.
    9 Hera
    10. Tornassuk
    11. Ba'al
    12. Ares
    13. Freyr
    14. Sedna
    16. Pele
    17 Tezcat
    18. Shiva
    19. Kali
    20. Ishtar
    21. Ereshkigal
    22 Nergal
    23 Amaterasu
    24. Vishnu
    25 Marduk
    26 Set
    27 Ogoun
    28 Ra
    29 Mithra
    30 Sekhmet
    31 Vahram
    32 Eshu
    33. Shango

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  13. You really need to update the chart. I get that Vishnu won, but who's the other winner?

    Also, as someone from another time zone, I need to know when the 2nd round of voting is going to start so I can be here for it.

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    1. Sorry, i updated it, but i didnt save it so it didnt....actually update. Those are the standings currently. Lots of games still happening tonight though. Next round doesnt take place til next thursday-ish. So ill do a post for it and people will have several days to vote

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    2. He updated the chart at the same time as the blog - maybe you have a cached copy? Try refreshing?

      Your other winner was Loki!

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    3. And, of course, it updates literally two seconds after I post this.

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    4. This is surprisingly fun...I've never been into sports, but Gods make everything better.

      And if it's next thursday it's fine...I was worried stuff might happen while I was asleep.

      @Anne: Marduk vs. Vishnu. I would pay to see that in real life.

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    5. Yeah, this is amazing. I havnt cared this much about sports since i played them

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    6. Marduk will beat vishnu
      Sun wukong will beat ametarasu
      Also, Ishtar is a crazy crazy woman, so she'll win.

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  14. Odin
    Svarozhich
    Thor
    Cernunnos
    Zeus

    Huitzilopochtli
    Tlazolteotl (I don't imagine Tlazolteotl being a fantastic coach, but on the other hand I kinda see Tornassuk injuring half his team before the game is on. You know, friendly coaching from the god of polar bears.)
    The Hero Twins
    Freyr
    Quetzalcoatl
    Pele
    Tezcatlipoca
    Shiva
    Tengri
    Ishtar
    ... With Ryujin Versus Ereshkigal, I'm gonna go ahead and guess that everyone loses.
    Hachiman
    Amaterasu
    Set
    Vayu
    Anansi
    Mithra
    Sekhmet
    Vahram
    Eshu
    Shango

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  15. I would pay to watch Loki Vs. Mananan Mac Lir!!! please, someone make this reality!

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  16. I really hope that both Sedna and Pele advances. That would be the greatest match-up ever in my opinion. Those goddesses really have some attitude!

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    1. Awesome. Now I just need Sedna to find some weird way to best Quetzalcoatl at teaching stuff...

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  17. By the way, i believe sports are about picking a team and sticking with them in thick and thin... Shame Hermes is not there...
    Go team Loki!!!

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  18. Okay - here goes!
    Freya - Magic gives her the edge.
    Thor - Has the winningest slam-dunk out there!
    Cernunnos - Now known as "The Hooves with the Moves!"
    Zeus - He's a dick, but he's Zeus.
    Hera - Brains over brawn.
    Tlazolteotl - She always knows who's cheating, and wins just on the guilt factor.
    Freyr - He has the moves, and the charm - and the cheerleaders root for him just a little more.
    Quetzalcoatl - Sedna won't come out to play.
    Tezcatlipoca - He always wins. Everyone else loses.
    Shiva - He gets the last word. Always...
    Kali - ...Except when Kali plays. Then she does.
    Ryujin - Hey - Dragon!
    Nergal - Mean wins out.
    Amaterasu - Oh-so-proper, but she's a killer queen.
    Set - Game, Set, Match!
    Ogoun - His opponent has an unfortunate accident, leaving him to triumph.
    Mithra - The God of Law wins by a technicality.
    Sekhmet - Oya comes down with a touch of plague, and drops out...
    Vahram - God of Victory - 'Nuff said.
    Horus - Because he's the Chosen Son.

    Onward!

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  19. Poor Ryujin... He put up with a match against Ereshkigal, and his reward is being matched against her equally horrible twin sister, Ishtar.

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  20. Not wanting to lose points by being late again so I am posting some second round picks now and will update again when all teams have advanced.

    Odin beats Chors

    Loki beats Mannanan

    Ares beats Viracocha

    Tezcat beats Pele

    Ishtar beats Ryujin

    Vishnu beats Marduk

    Ra beats Mithra

    Horus beats Shango

    And as much as I hate it but I'm gonna call it and say that the All-Father takes the whole thing.

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