2015 FANDOM STEEL CAGE MATCH MARCH MADNESS FANDOM NOMINATIONS
Welcome to the Eighth Fandom Steel Cage Match March Madness. No witticisms this year. I'm still retired.
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Rules/Directions
1. Vote for UP TO THREE fandoms in each poll. The top two will make it on this year's bracket.
1b. VOTE BY USING THE FANDOM'S FULL NAME. This is write-in ballot system. Make it easier for us. Otherwise Your votes will be discarded. Not joking.
2. YOUR CHOICES MUST FOLLOW THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. Enough said.
3. VOTING WILL CLOSED ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN USUAL.. Due to the nature of the chosen ballet system, we definitely will needing an extra hour to sort the votes, so get your votes by 12PM EST.
4. SHUT YOUR WHINING. It's not a good look.
5. NO FAKE JOURNALS and NO OUTSIDE PLATFORMS (DREAMWIDTH, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ETC.). Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, fake Livejournals created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be counted in the results. It's not that serious.
6. A schedule of the tournament can be found HERE. (Please note that US Daylight Savings Time starts on March 8, 2014 at 2AM EST. Check here for time zones.)
BRACKET LIST
COMEDY
1. Archer
2. Bob's Burgers
3. Broad City
4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
5. Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23
6. Fresh Off the Boat
7. Happy Endings
8. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
9. The Mindy Project
10. Miranda
11. New Girl
12. Parks and Recreation
13. Selfie
14. Veep (Winner's Choice)
15. Community Choice
16. Community Choice
TEEN
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender / Legend of Korra
2. Faking It
3. Glee
4. Gossip Girl
5. The Hunger Games
6. Jane the Virgin
7. My Mad Fat Diary
8. Reign
9. Pretty Little Liars
10. Some Girls
11. Teen Wolf
12. The Vampire Diaries / The Originals
13. Young Justice
14. The 100
15. Community Choice
16. Community Choice
SCI-FI/FANTASY
1. Almost Human
2. American Horror Story / Asylum / Coven / Freak Show
3. Arrow
4. Doctor Who / Torchwood / Sarah Jane Adventures
5. The Flash
6. Game of Thrones
7. Gotham
8. Marvel Cinematic Universe
9. Nikita
10. Once Upon A Time / Once Upon A Time In Wonderland
11. Orphan Black
12. Sleepy Hollow
13. Supernatural
14. The Walking Dead
15. Community Choice
16. Community Choice
DRAMA
1. The Americans
2. Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul
3. Downton Abbey
4. Elementary
5. The Good Wife
6. Homeland
7. House of Cards (US)
8. How to Get Away with Murder
9. Mad Men
10. Orange Is the New Black
11. Revenge
12. Scandal
13. Shameless (US)
14. Sherlock
15. Community Choice
16. Community Choice
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Fandoms eligible for the competition are TELEVISION SHOWS which aired their last episode within TWO YEARS PRIOR to the competition or FILM FRANCHISES where the last film in the franchise was released within TWO YEARS PRIOR to the competition. (The cut-off year is essentially 2013.)
After much discussion, WEB SERIES and MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC / CHILDREN'S TELEVISION PROGRAMS are ineligible. Spare your arguments. We don't care.
Examples:
- The Big Bang Theory, The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 Film) and The Secret Circle are all eligible.
- X-Files, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel, Veronica Mars, and Harry Potter are all ineligible.
SHOW NOMINATIONS
(Polls closed Wednesday, March 4, 12PM EST)
DON'T NOMINATE SHOWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BRACKET.
COMEDY
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's COMEDY bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
Poll COMEDY
STOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results.
TEEN
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's TEEN bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
Poll TEEN
STOP
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SCI-FI / FANTASY
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's SCI-FI / FANTASY bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
Poll SCI-FI / FANTASY
STOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results.
DRAMA
List UP TO THREE fandoms you'd like to see on this year's DRAMA bracket. DO NOT ABBREVIATE.
Poll DRAMA
STOP
If you're using a Livejournal created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), DON'T VOTE. Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, these votes will not be counted in the results.