Thank you for indulging me and fighting about cloth bags with hands in them for two weeks. There were 171 nominees, 128 of whom made it into the bracket, seven rounds of voting (eight if you count the two halves … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Results
Surprising pretty much no one, the Semifinals narrowed the top four seeds down to the top two seeds. Gonzo the Great defeated Statler & Waldorf, 57-42, and Kermit the Frog defeated Cookie Monster, 53-46. To determine a definitive top-four ranking, … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Final Round
The votes in the Quarterfinals were all very similar. Winners received between 62 and 73 votes, losers received between 31 and 42 votes. Nothing was remotely close, but nobody was clobbered, either. Anyway, the voters of the Avocado revealed their … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Semifinals
For two rounds, I was watching and anticipating the great showdown between Yoda and Kermit the Frog. Then Round 4 happened, and the unstoppable froggernaut completely demolished the Jedi Master, 68-9. IPR Yoda. The real gut-wrenching battle, the one I … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Quarterfinals
It gets uglier and uglier every round. Another 16 beloved characters have fallen. There are now no characters from Fraggle Rock, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, or any other Jim Henson movie or series. All players left now are from the Muppet … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 4
The Muppet Show‘s core cast and the longest-lived Sesame Street characters continue to dominate. The top 8 blowouts were all by margins of over 50 votes. Powerhouses gonna powerhouse. The widest margin was 64-4, in which Gonzo the Great knocked … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 3
Round 1 is complete, and a second batch of Muppets nobody loves enough have been thrown into the dustbin of history, never to be spoken of again. Two matches were decided by a one-vote margin. Camilla the Chicken eked out … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 2
The first half of nominees have had their say, with very few surprises. There were some strong opinions offered about Miss Piggy, but almost all the top-seeded contenders trounced their opposition. The only top-seeded loser was Bobo the Bear, who … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 1, Part 2
There were a lot of good nominations in Friday’s thread. Enough that I didn’t want to cut anybody. So, I narrowed it down to 128 nominees, with 7 rounds of eliminations (8 if you count Round 1 as two rounds). … Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Round 1, Part 1
It goes without saying that Muppets are amazing, but which one is the amazingest? With this tournament, we will find the definitive, indisputable answer. Continue reading The Great Muppet Tournament – Nominations
Sister Goat was a loyal servant to the abbey, so beloved by the Sisters that she was considered by most of them an honorary nun. She spent her entire life here, keeping the Sisters safe as best she could, and … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 6
Day Five – How Do You Solve a Problem Lycanthropy (Reprise) “What can we say about Sister Sanga?” asked Mother Superior rhetorically. “She was a nun,” she continued, answering her own question, “Very strong and capable. Burly, even. I’m honestly … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 5
Day Four – Brother, Can You Spare a Life? The sisters reconvened for breakfast. In two straight lines they broke their bread, brushed their teeth and made their beds. In two straight lines they… wait. These lines aren’t even. “Who’s … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 4
Day Three – The Young Nope Pope Jude Law XXIII–named in perplexing honor of the disgraced antipope who had died centuries earlier in the Italian Monastery Massacre–sat on his private balcony, enjoying a cigarette. As an honored guest of the … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 3
Day Two – Nun Like It Hot This was supposed to be a safe place to hide from the mob, but here they were she was, hounded by werewolves. The novices had done some good work that first day, but nothing … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 2
Day One – How Do You Solve a Problem Lycanthropy? “I beg your pardon!” The mother superior cleared her throat, “Excuse me. I said ‘What is it you cannot face?’” “Oh,” said the younger nun, “There were two deaths last … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Day 1
Welcome to Werewolves for Novices. This game is geared toward newer players, so players who are new here will have priority over more experienced players. Please let me know your experience level when signing up so I can sort you … Continue reading Werewolf 61 – Werewolves for Novices – Signups
Steven Mello had been in this timeline long enough. It was time to get back home. It turned out this place and time doesn’t even have money to scam off of them, turns out they just kill you for no … Continue reading Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Six
The Colonel had reason to feel good that night. He had helped bring a witch to justice. There were still two more out there, he knew, but two had been taken down, along with the Devil himself. Even so, he … Continue reading Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Five
Zephania Video, a captain of the King’s navy, and Goody Admirax, a lowly scullery maid, were in love. Having the whole town know took a lot of the pressure off, but for the sake of propriety, they felt they should … Continue reading Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Four
Goody Whiteadder retired to her bedchambers for the evening, anxious to consult with her Scripture. She was feeling mightily poorly, having been terribly thrown by the horrifying offerings at that night’s meal. What had her slave been thinking, serving mashed … Continue reading Werewolves 43: Witch Trials – Day Three
