Yesterday was a painful blowout for most people. Some people made some phenomenal calls though. Great job! And thomas is somehow a god guessing guru. And I havnt gotten much much worse at guessing :(
If a team you guessed is knocked out now, leave a comment under my post with your adjustments to the bracket and write (new) next to a new guess. Only 4 games this weekend, but they're big point games.
http://betterbracketmaker.com/#!/57ad51f11b235
Points:
Thomas 96
Mathias 93
Alex 84
John 71
Other Tom 63
Mat 57
Miraal 57
Dave 57
Anne 47
Griffin 47
Rasmus 40
Samudra 38
Purple Snit 29
Jacob 22
If you have already made guesses that are still in the game, no worries, you dont have to do anything. :) Good luck everyone.
Round 2 is worth 2 points per correct guess.
Round 3 is worth 5 points per correct guess.
Round 4 is worth 10 points per correct guess.
Round 5 is worth 15 points per correct guess.
Correct guessing the champion is worth 20 points.
My god...so many blow outs!!! Feel free to write in guesses for champion. Remember, its still worth 15 points if you're right even if you hadnt guessed it originally.
Pele vs Ogoun....no one guessed it!
Elite Eight
ReplyDelete1. Odin
2. Manannan(new)
3. Huitz
4. Quetz(new)
5. Shiva
6. Marduk
7. Mithra(new)
8. Shango(new)
Final Four
1. Odin(new)
2. Huitz
3. Marduk
4. Mithra(new)
Championship Game
1. Huitz(new)
2. Marduk(new)
Champion
1. Marduk(new)
Marduk vs. Huitzilopochtli would be a rather good battle too, i'll give them that.
DeleteFinal Four
Delete1. Odin(new)
2. Ares(new)
3. Marduk
4. Shango(new)
Championship Game
1. Odin(new)
2. Marduk(new)
Champion
1. Marduk(new)
Ogoun in the finals I guess....
DeleteElite Eight:
ReplyDeleteThor, Manannan, Ares (New), Quetzalcoatl (New), Shiva (New), Marduk (New), Mithra (New), Shango.
Final Four:
Thor, Ares(New), Marduk(New), Shango.
Championship Game:
Thor, Shango.
Champion:
Thor.
Final Four:
DeleteManannan (New), Ares, Marduk, Shango
Championship Game:
Manannan (New), Shango.
Champion:
Shango (new).
Ares and Marduk are not new this round, but were new last round. How do you want us to handle / indicate that?
For simplicity, just if they werent in your original guesses for that round, just put new. Rewards less for getting a few wrong early on but then guessing them all right, but more for just keeping with it, which I think is better for everyone.
DeleteYou dont have to actually change anything though, cause its still written right there. I'll just remember
DeleteWe seem to be really good early on.....and have no clue when it comes to the end matches
DeleteHahahha, I know what you mean! Thomas is absolutely smoking us. Let's see if we can squeeze out a few more points, but I think we might have our winner. :D
DeleteChampionship Game:
Odin(New), Marduk(New).
Champion:
Marduk(New).
We cant fuckin win dude.
DeleteIf this was real money, I would be broke now. =(
DeletePele(New) for Champion.
SAMUDRA
ReplyDeleteElite Eight:
1. Freya beats Chors, whose too jealous of Brisungamen to concentrate.
2. Manannan beats Zeus, and then they bond over wife problems.
3. Huitzilopochtli beats Ares, who asks for tips.
4. Tezcatlipoca beats Quetzalcoatl, because he's done it before.
5. Kali beats Ishtar, because we know what happens when Ishtar goes up against Death Goddesses.
6. Vishnu beats Sun Wukong, because he has experience handling monkey business. Remember Hanuman?
7. Mithra beats Set, because poor guy has bad luck with Sun Gods.
8. This is a tough one...I'll go for Oya, but even the Shiva-Kali match will probably be calmer than this.
Final Four:
1. Magic vs Magic, Relics vs Relics, giants vs humans...Freya takes it.
2. Tezcatlipoca calculates his odds of survival if Huitzilopochtli is pissed off, decides he doesn't like em. Huitz wins.
3. Vishnu remembers a sudden foot massage appointment with Lakshmi. Kali wins by default.
4. Mithra beats Oya, because I want to see a Deva-Yazata fight here somewhere.
Semi-Finals:
1. Freya flaunts moves. Huitzilipochtli is not impressed.
2. Kali beats Mithra. Mithra stalks off the field muttering about damned Deevs!
SamudraMarch 22, 2014 at 8:44 AM
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SamudraMarch 22, 2014 at 9:05 AM
Finals:
This is it. The Big One. The God in charge of protecting the Fifth Sun vs. the Goddess whole Darkness will end the Universe.
Strength vs Strength, Death vs Death, War vs War.
Kali's jackals take on the hummingbirds, while their mistress starts a frontal attack. Huitzilopochtli defends valiantly with his paper armour and shield. His Sun pushes away her Darkness, but her Chaos finds chinks in his Guardian. Finally, both are exhausted, when Huitz pulls out his Obsidian Blade. He's going to bring out the Aztec secret weapon...Itztli!
Huitz slashes at himself...the blood flows, Huitz readies himself to recieve the final burst of power with which he will end this upstart woman!
...
And from out of nowhere a giant tongue comes a-lapping and devours every last drop of blood coming form Huitz's wound, who looks on dumbfounded as his own Chalchiuatl empowers his opponent, who uses this burst of Legend to do a forward dash and knock the Hummingbird of the Left out of the court! The Fifth Sun sets on the Teotl, and Kali dances her way to the trophy!
Jai Maa Kali!!!
Samudra, totally sorry. I know you got fucked by timezones and you asked me about it last week and Im an ass.....sorry
DeletePurple Snit
ReplyDeleteFreya - She's always been able to teach Odin a few things.
Loki - Has Zeus convinced he's playing a beautiful woman - and wins by distraction.
Ares - Teaches the Bear what wrestling really is.
Tezcatlipoca - Beats Quetzalcoatl four Tezcs to one Coatl.
Kali - Holds Ishtar off with one set of hands, and scores with the rest.
Vishnu - Age and treachery over youth and skill.
Ra - He serves Set for a change.
Horus - His meteoric ascent continues.
Then...
Loki - He beats Freya with trickery, as she also loves shiny things.
Tezcatlipoca - He handily shows Ares the meaning of power.
Kali - She Ends Vishnu.
Ra - The Sun beats the Son.
Coming down to the wire:
Loki vs. Tezcatlipoca - Oh, God, I'd pay to see this one, but only from a Very. Great. Distance. In the end, the power of the Four narrowly defeats the power of the Trickster - but either way, the world's going to end.
Ra vs. Kali - The life-giving Sun against the world-ending Darkness. Unfortunately, all the darkness in the universe can't extinguish a single candle, so Ra takes it.
Which ends with Tezcatlipoca vs. Ra.
And the lights go out. Forever.
Mathias
ReplyDeleteOdin - Because Odin is going trick, smash and cheat his way to win this shit.
Zeus - No way in hell is he going to be second to Odin.
Huitzilopochtli - This is as far as Ares goes.
Pele - Go Pele!
Shiva - Although I feel abit bad for Ryujin having to endure this tournament against the horrible twins, and then getting thrown off by a weird, dancing ascetic.
Vishnu - That guy and his cheating is just too strong.
Set - Mithra's badass and all, but I don't think Set is going to cheat his way to the win as much as just brute-forcing like a boss.
Oya - Horus is so gonna get his ass kicked.
The Final Four:
Odin - I think Odin and Zeus are just as dedicated and underhanded... But I also think that Odin is better at being underhanded.
Pele - Because GO Pele!
Vishnu - This is as far as Shiva and his badass dancing goes.
Set - I think Set can brute-force his way through Oya.
Championship Game:
Pele - Pele is my chosen champion, she can totally go the distance!
Vishnu - Set has no chance of brute-forcing himself through Vishnu.
I'll just revise my Final Four, for good measure:
DeleteOdin
Pele
Shiva
Ogoun
And the Championship game:
Pele
Shiva
Champion:
Pele
Wow, Pele is really doing this!
DeleteAnyways, my revised championship game:
Pele
Marduk
Champion:
Pele.
Jacob
ReplyDeleteElite Eight -
FREYA vs. Odin - We have all, on some level, been waiting for this match, haven't we? A great contest between two sets of giants, one empowered by the greatest sorcerer in the world, the other, the greatest sorceress. But magic is woman's work, and the woman is going to have the game.
Loki vs. ZEUS - Loki's cheating isn't going to get past Zeus, and when Loki's forced to compete in a straight contest he's not too much of a threat. Giants are great and all, but Zeus' team are the best of the best. (what did I say? Final Four AT LEAST.)
HUITZILOPOCHTLI vs. Ares - I firmly believe Huitzilopochtli's Sun Eagle Warriors will put that boy in his place.
Freyr vs. TEZCATLIPOCA - Freyr's not going to fair as well as his sister did. He may be handsome and have giants, but Tezcatlipoca is tricky, a sorcerer, AND knows how to strategize, and in the end that's going to get him the victory.
Kali vs. ISHTAR - whoever wins, we lose.
Hachiman vs. VISHNU - Both the great warriors show their might in basketball - Vishnu will win. The Devas will rejoice (not like they didn't expect it.)
Ogoun vs. MITHRA - Ogoun will ball really hard and put up a damn good fight, but Mithra's team is just better prepared and way more connected. They're just going to put more points on the board in the end.
OYA vs. Horus - Oya is an expert at uprooting courts already, why not a Royal one?
INAL FOUR -
DeleteFREYA vs. Zeus - I know I said Zeus would make it to the Final Four, but I just can't see Zeus' team - best in the world as they are - getting past Freya's magical, appearance-boosted giants. I can't even see ZEUS getting past Freya's appearance. He's definitely getting her number after the game.
HUITZILOPOCHTLI vs. Tezcatlipoca - Home Game! Eagle Warriors vs. Jaguar Warriors! Mexican Flags EVERYWHERE! (maybe this match would be better suited if it were soccer...) I'm going to bet Huitzilopochtli's guys win though, just like Daniel-san beat that Cobra asshole in 'The Karate Kid.'
Ishtar vs. VISHNU - Ishtar's gotten pretty far by just winging it, but Vishnu has a holy destiny here and his pure skill and compassion for his teammates will win the day. Om Namo Narayana.
MITHRA vs. Oya - Mithra's discipline and good teamwork will finally put Oya's team down. The stadium's landlords are grateful there will be no more uprooted courts.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME -
FREYA vs. Huitzilopochtli - How ironic that my first guess was that Huitzilopochtli would beat Hera because 'he has Sun Eagle Warriors' because he's going to lose to Freya because 'she has magical, appearance-boosted giants.' It really is as simple as that.
VISHNU vs. Mithra - This is about as close to 'rival schools' as you're going to get in a tournament among pantheons. The fans are going to be particularly nasty in this one, I figure. The Yazata side of the stadium is going to be screaming for Mithra's team to put an end to the LIES AND SLANDER of the wicked Daeva team (who were probably on steroids the whole time, or have an actual God in the game, or something equally despicable!) and the Deva side will be chanting on Vishnu's team to wipe the Asura team from the Tournament. Vishnu will win, of course.
CHAMPION -
Freya vs. VISHNU - I literally flipped a coin for this one, leaving it in the Hands of Fate (as any championship game between Gods should be.) Vishnu's holy destiny will be the deciding factor against Freya's unbeatable magic giants. Lakshmi also probably had something to do with it. Either way, when Vishnu himself lands the final slam dunk right before the buzzer, the camera will focus on the fans and team's faces one by one while dramatic music plays.
wow, I really called it wrong, didn't I? :)
Deleteeh...at this point I did as well
DeleteAnne:
ReplyDeleteSecond set:
Odin beats Freya because when it comes to Vanir there is no cheat too dastardly.
Manannan mac Lir beats Zeus, but probably while allowing Zeus to think he won instead.
Huitzilopochtli beats Viracocha and sparks a pan-American cross-continental war.
Quetzalcoatl beats Tezcatlipoca, but only because it's his turn.
Kali beats Ishtar, who doesn't have quite the same chutzpah when push comes to shove.
Vishnu beats Hachiman, but everyone is very civilized about it.
Mithra beats Ogun, of whom he deeply disapproves.
Horus beats Oya... man he keeps getting that familiar match, doesn't he?
Third set:
Odin beats Manannan mac Lir through sheer battle fury.
Huitzilopochtli beats Quetzalcoatl, because that's history for you.
Kali beats Vishnu, who may or may not know better than to even show up.
Mithra beats Horus, who is crippled without his normal misbehavior tactics.
Set 4:
Huitzilopochtli beats Odin, because history demands redemption.
Kali beats Mithra, who shakes his fist at her deplorable daeva tactics.
And I'll go ahead and call Kali to win, although I'm SUPER torn about that one.
Rasmus:
ReplyDeleteElite Eight
1. Freya
2. Loki
3. Huitz
4. Tezcat
5. Shiva
6. Marduk
7. Ra
8. Oya
Final Four
1. Loki
2. Huitz
3. Shiva
4. Oya
Championship Game
1. Loki
2. Shiva
Champion
1. Loki
Which makes the new ones:
DeleteElite Eight
1. -already done-
2. -already done-
3. Huitz -old guess-
4. Pele
5. Shiva -done and won-
6. Marduk -done and won-
7. Ogoun
8. Oya -old guess-
Final Four
1. Mananan Mac Lir (Come now, he defeated my fav and he is so cool himself.)
2. Huitz -old guess-
3. Shiva -old guess-
4. Oya -old guess
Championship Game
1. Huitz (This guy is really awesome guys ;) )
2. Shiva -old guess-
Champion
1. Shiva (Loki might be out, but Shiva, my new fav. will still win this)
Pele beats Ares in Final four (come now guys... he has to go down sometime!)
DeleteBut gets served by Mananan in Championship games...
Though Shiva still wins.
Alex:
ReplyDeleteElite Eight
1. Odin
2. Zeus
3. Ares
4. Pele
5. Ishtar
6. Marduk
7. Set
8. Shango
Final Four
1. Zeus
2. Ares
3. Marduk
4. Set
Championship Game
1. Ares (Really looking forward to a Zeus vs Ares. Fate demands it!)
2. Marduk
Champion
1. Ares
Dave:
ReplyDeleteSecond Eight
1. Odin: Freya didn't get him this time.
2. Manannan: Court was filled with fog and phantom war ships. Made it a bit difficult to play for Zeus' team.
3. Huitzilopochtli: Out yelled Ares and threatened his team more.
4. Tezcatlipoca: Swatting those balls away like he swatted the sun out of the sky.
5. Ishtar: Has made BFFs with Kali, and Shiva had to forfit to go check on who was causing the earthquake on the Sub-Continant.
6. Sun Wukong: The team is made of immortal monkeys, who may or may not all be Sun Wukong.
7. Mithra: More fair play makes a lovely, but boring game.
8. Horus: So much cheating, God Damn.
Final Four
1. Manannan: Oh, look, more Birthrights. Better give the whole team even more.
2. Tezcatlipoca: Jaguar Warriors beat out the Eagle Warriors.
3. Sun Wukong: His net keeps getting taller every time someone gets close to it. How strange and entirely not suspicious.
4. Horus: It's, like, 200% cheating up in here.
Championship
1. Manannan: Relics for you, and you, and everyone gets Relics! Except you, other team.
2. Sun Wukong: Tried to seduce Isis on the sidelines and got Horus distracted. He insists it was intentional.
Champion
1. Sun Wukong: Best fun he has had in years. Now to go steal something important.
Poor Sun Wukong, getting taken out so early.
DeleteSecond Eight
1. Odin: Freya didn't get him this time.
2. Manannan: Applying Irish Logic to poor Cernunnos' attempts of using Fate to his advantage.
3. Huitzilopochtli: Out yelled Ares and threatened his team more.
4. Tezcatlipoca: Swatting those balls away like he swatted the sun out of the sky.
5. (New) Shiva: I stand on the idea that Ryujin's tiny T-Rex arms lead him to being inexperienced with basketball enough to coach it.
6. (New) Marduk: Marduk is the greatest, Marduk is best.
7. Mithra: More fair play makes a lovely, but boring game.
8. (New) Oya: Shango's team just can't catch up to hers.
Final Four
1. Manannan: Oh, look, more Birthrights. Better give the whole team even more.
2. Tezcatlipoca: Jaguar Warriors beat out the Eagle Warriors.
3. (New) Marduk: Still the Best. He's probably busted out the Me of Sports or something. One of the ones that are lost to us.
4. (New) Mithra: Won through the lest expected tactic: Not Cheating.
Championship
1. Manannan: Relics for you, and you, and everyone gets Relics! Except you, other team.
2. (New) Marduk: Marduk changed the rules so he was the only one allowed to win.
Champion
1. (New) Manannan: Marduk left the stadium at half time, Manannan having had convinced him that he had won and there was a celebration waiting for him back home.
My fault for putting it up so late and adding the (new) rule. But to be fair to everyone i gotta not give you marduk today just cause the game was over when you wrote this. My apologies. :(
DeleteOh, no worries at all. Totally fine.
DeleteFinal Four
Delete1. Manannan: Oh, look, more Birthrights. Better give the whole team even more.
2. (New) Pele: Ares is going to get duped by another Volcano God. At least this time it's not nets.
3. (New) Marduk: Still the Best. He's probably busted out the Me of Sports or something. One of the ones that are lost to us.
4. (New) Shango: Refusing with every fibre of his being to allow Ogun to beat him.
Championship
1. Manannan: Relics for you, and you, and everyone gets Relics! Except you, other team.
2. (New) Marduk: Marduk changed the rules so he was the only one allowed to win.
Champion
1. (New) Manannan: Marduk left the stadium at half time, Manannan having had convinced him that he had won and there was a celebration waiting for him back home.
Miraal:
ReplyDeleteElite Eight:
Chors
Mannanan
Huitzilipochtli
Pele
Kali
Vishnu
Mithra
Horus
Final Four:
Mannan
Huitzilipochtli
Vishnu
Mithra
Championship:
Mannnan's psychopomp boons are gonna send Huitz back to his mama's house
Vishnu
And then I'm gonna say that Vishnu takes it all
So, just making sure I read it right, we do get to adjust them right? And I suppose this would be the place to do it...
DeleteElite Eight:
Odin (New)
Mannanan
Huitzilipochtli
Pele
Shiva (New)
Marduk (new)
Mithra
Shango (new)
Final Four:
Mannan
Huitzilipochtli
Shiva (New)
Mithra
Championship:
Mannnan
Mithra (New)
Champion: Mithra (New)
Same thing I said to dave above. My apologies.
DeleteDamn, lost Mithra...
DeleteFinal Four:
Manannan
Pele (new)
Shiva (new last round if that needs to be mentioned)
Shango (new)
Championship
Manannan
Shiva (new)
Champion: Considering my previous champions were knocked out but Manannan's holding strong, I'm switching to him (New just in case it needed to be made clear)
Griff: All new
ReplyDeleteOdin
Mannan mac Lir
Huitzilopochtli
Quetzalcoatl
Shiva
Marduk
Mithra
Oya
Geez, this is escalating quickly...
DeleteAll right for the top 4...
Odin
Quetzalcoatl
Marduk
Oya
for the top 2
Odin
Marduk
And Odin as winner
Replace Quetzalcoatl with Pele and Oya with Shango
DeleteWow is this ever embarrassing.
DeletePut me down for Ogoun.
Thomas:
ReplyDeleteElite Eight
1) Odin – Well done, Thor. Now go throw the game, so you don’t disappoint dear old Daddy.
2) Cernunnos – Sorry, mac Lir, but you’ve met your fate-weaving match. At least you still have your toys.
3) Ares – Giant bear, God of War. Giant bear, God of War. Probably a bloody, bloody fight, but Ares comes out on top.
4) Tezcatlipoca – It may be Quetz’ turn, but Tezcat’s a bigger cheater.
5) Shiva – But, for the rest of his life, Ryujin can’t figure out how a tiny scarecrow of a man bested him.
6) Marduk – HO, HO, HO, WELL FOUGHT, TINY MONKEY. UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU, I AM MARDUK.
7) Ogoun – Though Mithra tries to play rules lawyer, Ogoun’s battle fever wins the game.
8) Shango – Thunderstorms + Nile River = Deep fried crocodile.
Final Four
1) Odin – Though, Cernunnos’ followers are already whispering about the next time the universe will align.
2) Ares – Tezcat can throw up as much smoke and mirrors as he wants, but it only takes one spear hit to lay him low.
3) Marduk – YOU ARE TRULY TERRIFYING, TINY MAN. BUT I AM MARDUK.
4) Shango – I just hope Jioni is there with all of the chicken steaks to calm them both down.
Championship Game
1) Odin – Ares has apparently forgotten about the game.
2) Marduk – WELL PLAYED, MY SON. I ONLY HOPE THE NEXT GAME HAS MORE MONSTERS FOR US TO DEFEAT.
Champion
1) Odin – YOU ARE RIGHT, ODIN. WE *DO* DESERVE A GOOD FEAST AFTER ALL OF THESE GAMES. NOW TELL ME ABOUT THIS “RAGNAROK.”
My only revision:
DeleteElite Eight:
(NEW) 4) Quetzalcoatl
FINALLY
DeleteMarduk is unstoppable! Will Odin be the one to finally put a dampener on his ego-trip to the top?
DeleteNah, Pele is going to kick his mighty behind.
DeleteMat:
ReplyDeleteElite Eight
1. Odin
2. Manannan
3. Huitz
4. Quetz
5. Shiva
6. Sun WuKong
7. Mithra
8. Horus
Final Four
1. Odin
2. Huitz
3. Shiva
4. Mithra
Championship Game
1. Odin
2. Mithra
Champion
1. Odin
Calling Huitzilopochtli to take it all now. Go team!
ReplyDeleteSorry Anne, but Shiva will Lord of the Dance his ass and make him exit stage left!
DeleteYou're both wrong! Ares is gonna take this thing, strategy means nothing when facing that force of nature!
DeleteLooking back we were all wrong, and somehow Marduk is bragging his way to the top...
DeleteFinal Four
ReplyDelete1. Odin (New)
2. Ares
3. Marduk
4. Shango (New)
Championship Game
1. Ares
2. Marduk
Champion
1. Ares
Championship Game
Delete1. Pele (New)
2. Marduk
Champion
1. Marduk (New)
I guess Pele (new) for champion
DeleteFinal Four!
ReplyDelete1) Manannan mac Lir beats Odin, and the arena is never safe again thanks to insane magical shenanigans. It's a close one.
2) Pele beats Ares, because in the conflict between crazy and crazy, lava is the deciding factor.
3) Shiva beats Marduk... I think. I'm scared.
4) Shango beats Ogun, because historically Ogun usually realizes he should back down before Shango kills everyone in a tantrum.
Championship Game:
1) Manannan mac Lir beats Pele, who takes it very poorly.
2) Shiva beats Shango, court is a smoking crater.
Champion: Manannan mac Lir to take it all. Sorry, Shiva.
Nowhere to go but up.
ReplyDeleteI'm calling Ogoun. Never should have doubted him. Ever.
Is there something I'm missing here? Lots of the gods people talk about aren't anywhere on the bracket list at all (Ogoun, Mithra, etc). Is there some second chart not referenced in the posts or something? These blog entries arent tagged, so it's a bit difficult to keep track of eveything at times, so fully possible that I'm just being exceptionally blind and missing the obvious here.
ReplyDeleteThey are on the opposite side of the bracket. The first time I looked at it I got confused too, but then I realized A) that's how brackets work and B) you have to drag it to see the other side.
DeleteOther side? As in, to the right of them, you mean? Because Itried dragging every which way, and nothing showed up. Guess it's just not visible when using a datapad (like I needed another reason to wait anxiously until laptop is repaired).
DeleteAny chance of someone explaining what the other unseen half of the godbattles have been like? I gather Ogoun won on that side?
On the right, yes. It might not be visible - I know I had trouble viewing it from my smartphone from the beginning, but then I went on my laptop and it worked out. Sorry you're still waiting for yours to be fixed.
DeleteThe last few matches (won't list them all) on the right side were Shiva vs. Marduk and Ogoun vs. Shango, and then Ogoun vs. Marduk, and now Ogoun is set to face Pele, the champion from the left side.
Fuck. Ogoun for the win, and chicken steaks for everyone.
ReplyDeleteWow this is really cool! I'm late to the party so maybe you already explained it but how did you guys choose which god to put with which team.
ReplyDeleteNothing very intricate. We tried to make sure we had equal gods from different parts of the world then just kinda picked places for them to go based a bit on what we thought they're seeds might be.
Delete