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Welcome Soff
Yeah, the whole season has been good so far. I'm ready for another arc though, as much as I enjoyed the Bad Batch.
We're not cancelled though! I've been practicing social distancing for over 30 years! Reading a book works well with that.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled march madness thread, already in progress.
Tassie Dave wrote: "Try living in a country that has 5 time zones ;-)"I have customers spread accross pretty much every time zone. Although the majority are east coast US who are always confused/upset when the day ends 4-5 hours earlier than they think it should because all date times are stored in UTC.
But yeah, that map makes my head hurt..
Trike wrote: "Rob wrote: "TBH, I don't care."This is why the clockists win."
I'm a programmer. If I had my way I'd not only end DST, but everyone in the world would use UTC. Converting date/times is one of my least favorite things to do.
I've read 2 of them. I'm a little iffy on the others. I'll still read whatever wins though.
TBH, I don't care.
Round 3 is a go: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Breakdown of round 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Checkout the full BracketRound 3 will be March 11th-17th 11:59PM EST
Sword Bracket
Sword Semifinal:
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
vs.
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Vote Here
Laser Bracket
Laser Semifinal:
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
vs.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Vote Here
Results from Round 2:View the full bracket here
Tournament Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 3,702
Average Votes Cast: 304
Book With Most Votes: The City of Brass (256 Votes) (Round 1)
Match-up With Most Votes: The Neverending Story vs. The Bear and the Nightingale (327 Votes) (Round 1)
Largest Win: The City of Brass (201 Votes) (Round 1)
Smallest Win: This Is How You Lose the Time War (3 Votes) (Round 2)
Average Win: 70 votes
Round 2 Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 1,168
Average Votes Cast: 292
Book With Most Votes: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (164 Votes)
Match-up With Most Votes: This Is How You Lose the Time War vs. All Systems Red (301 Votes)
Largest Win: Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (36 Votes)
Smallest Win: This Is How You Lose the Time War (3 Votes)
Average Win: 24
Round 1 Statistics
Total Votes Cast: 2,534
Average Votes Cast: 317
Book With Most Votes: The City of Brass (256 Votes)
Match-up With Most Votes: The Neverending Story vs. The Bear and the Nightingale (327 Votes)
Largest Win: The City of Brass (201 Votes)
Smallest Win: The Bear and the Nightingale (53 Votes)
Average Win: 117 votes
Sword Bracket
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Sword Match 1:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (128 Votes)
vs.
Rivers of London / Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch (164 Votes)
Winner: Rivers of London / Midnight Riot
Total Votes: 292
Margin of Victory: 36
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Sword Match 2:
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (160 Votes)
vs.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (129 Votes)
Winner: The City of Brass
Total Votes: 289
Margin of Victory: 31
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Laser Match 1:
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (130 Votes)
vs.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (156 Votes)
Winner: Children of Time
Total Votes: 286
Margin of Victory: 26
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Laser Match 2:
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (152 Votes)
vs.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (149 Votes)
Winner: This Is How You Lose the Time War
Total Votes: 301
Margin of Victory: 3
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I went 1-3 in this round >.<Still working on stats, work is being inconvenient this morning.
Reminder that voting ends in about 18 hours or so.
John (Nevets) wrote: "Hey Rob, a possible suggestion for next years FAQ thread. Maybe put a sentence or two in there about why the tournament is what it is, and why the voting is the way it is. This seems to be a subjec..."Yeah that's probably a good idea. Assuming I remember it next year. I just always copy/paste from the previous year's FAQ.
Maybe I should add something now so it's there next year.
I think at this point we've spent more time talking about sports than about round 1 of our book tournament...
Whereas, I love the way this works. The painful decisions are upsets are what makes it fun for me.
Polls for round 2 are now live. The links for the polls in the original post of the round 2 thread have been updated.
The links for the polls in the original post have been updated.
As Tassie Dave has pointed out before, several March Madness losers have ended up group reads later on.Although since Tom & Veronica want to do the Hugo picks this year, that probably won't help Callahan's chances. But you never know.
if/when it comes down to Children of Time vs. All Systems Red I'm not sure which I'll choose. I liked both. Probably All Systems Red though.
At this point I'm rooting for The Bear and the Nightingale because it's on my owned and unread pile.
Of the remaining 8 books, I've already read 3 of them, and plan to vote for
Round 2 thread is live, but the polls haven't been posted yet. For the matchup breakdown check here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...I'll post in both threads again when the polls are live.
