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I just finished Billy Summers and really enjoyed it. Next I'll be starting our March Madness winner since I was able to get it from the library but have to return it in 2 weeks.
You're welcome. I always enjoy the tournament, which makes all the extra work worth doing.
Tom hasn't updated the bracket yet, but I think Joyce won: https://challonge.com/tournaments/108... despite the pessimism of her bracket title.I could be wrong though. Since she correctly got the winner I think she'll move to first with 22 points.
And whoever did this Untitled bracket: https://challonge.com/tournaments/108... would be in second with 21.
Our previous leader (https://challonge.com/tournaments/108...) who predicted the finals correctly has fallen to 3 having selected Children of Time instead..
After 3,955 in 15 polls the winner of our 7th annual March Madness tournament is A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark.Tournament Finals Breakdown
After 3,955 in 15 polls the winner of our 7th annual March Madness tournament is A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark.Tournament Finals Breakdown
Let us know what you think about the pick.
Results from the finals:View the full bracket: https://challonge.com/swordandlaser2022
Tournament Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 3,955
Average Votes Cast: 260
Book With Most Votes:The Library at Mount Char - (195 Votes) (Round 1)
Match-up With Most Votes:A Psalm for the Wild-Built vs. - Children of Time (292 Votes) (Round 3)
Largest Win: The Library at Mount Char (122 Votes) (Round 1)
Smallest Win:Way Station - (4 Votes) (Round 1)
Average Win: 41 votes
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(5) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark - 134 Votes
vs.
(6) Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 92 Votes
Winner: A Master of Djinn
Total Votes: 226
Margin of Victory: 42
So in other words, adding additional restrictions will be welcome by some by not by others. Some people may want to repeated books. Others no repeated authors.Regardless of what happens each year, I always enjoy March Madness the most. Personally I'm not bothered by repeating entries until they win/become a dictatorial pick.
Something to note though is if T&V decide to add additional "criteria" to selecting the final bracket, I'd want to make the well known/apparent in the Nominations FAQ.For example. last year there was a miscommunication about doing 8 sword and 8 laser books and because of a lot of the guest picks being laser they decided to do a full sword tournament. It's not a huge deal, but everyone who nominated a laser pick could have nominated a sword book instead.
Same thing here, if they decide they won't pick (or are less likely to pick) past entrants, while I wouldn't enforce that in the nominations, I'd at least want to make a note of it like I have with repeat authors.
As this tournament shows, they will sometimes use repeat authors, but in general most picks are new ones.
It's hard enough for me to do nominations as it is, I personally don't want deal with more complicated rules.As it is, it's Tom & Veronica's choice. They can make a book from a past tournament a pick in another month. They can decide if they want to put a book from a past tournament in the next tournament.
There is no need for complicated rules because the bracket isn't being set simply based on the nominations in the first place.
Congratulations to whoever made this bracket: https://challonge.com/tournaments/108...They have correctly predicted the finals.
However there are a few other brackets who could move ahead if their finals prediction is wrong.
* https://challonge.com/tournaments/108...
* https://challonge.com/tournaments/108...
* https://challonge.com/tournaments/108...
Results from Round 3:View the full bracket: https://challonge.com/swordandlaser2022
Tournament Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 3,729
Average Votes Cast: 271
Book With Most Votes:The Library at Mount Char - (195 Votes) (Round 1)
Match-up With Most Votes:A Psalm for the Wild-Built vs. - Children of Time (292 Votes) (Round 3)
Largest Win: The Library at Mount Char (122 Votes) (Round 1)
Smallest Win:Way Station - (4 Votes) (Round 1)
Average Win: 41 votes
Round 3 Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 583
Average Votes Cast: 292
Book With Most Votes: A Master of Djinn - (153 Votes)
Match-up With Most Votes: A Psalm for the Wild-Built vs. - Children of Time (292 Votes)
Largest Win: A Master of Djinn - (15 Votes)
Smallest Win: Children of Time - (10 Votes)
Average Win: 13 votes
Sword Bracket
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(1) Rivers of London / Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch - 138 Votes
vs.
(5) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark - 153 Votes
Winner: A Master of Djinn
Total Votes: 291
Margin of Victory: 15
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Laser Bracket
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(2) A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers - 141 Votes
vs.
(6) Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 151 Votes
Winner: Children of Time
Total Votes: 292
Margin of Victory: 10
I thought Rivers would at least make the final before losing. Bummer.I hope Veronica will finally have pity on Rivers and make it a dictatorial pick later this year.
Round 3 is over. You can check out the results hereBracket: https://challonge.com/swordandlaser2022
The finals will be March 16th-22nd 11:59PM ET
(5) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
vs.
(6) Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Vote Here
I think there is just under 14 hours left to vote for round 3!
I think there is just under 14 hours left to vote for round 3!
I was debating if I was going to watch Picard week to week or wait and binge. I binged season 1 because I was watching it at a friend's house who had paramount+ (or maybe it was still CBS all access back then).In general I prefer to binge most shows these days, but I kept seeing (slight ep 2 spoiler)(view spoiler) on twitter, and was worried if I didn't start watching week to week the twitter "suggested tweets" algorithm was going to spoil the show for me.
Not SFF, but I'm about halfway through Billy Summers and really enjoying it. I don't read all of King's stuff, but most of the recent stuff by him I've read has been more mystery/thriller than horror or fantasy.
