Thanks, @SteveWhite. It was fun. Good luck next year.
Now . . . I’m rooting for @Doctor_Who to win his match. The last thing I need going into the final four is having a reputation of being a puppy-kicker. Not that this would stop me from kicking whomever I’m going to play next.
Me too
(I figured with all the teams being eliminated in those other March Madness tournaments we should see how many were eliminated here as well.)
When we last left our tournament, the situation was:
We now have updates for each of those matches:
First we had Echo up 3-1 on Doctor_Who.
Did Echo finish the job?
Nope - Doctor_Who used the power of Paper to defeat Echo’s Rock and stay alive.
Meanhwhile The_Notorious_LINUS was up 3-2 on Kid_Rock.
Did Kid_Rock become the third Regional titleholder to lose their match?
Um, this is Kid_Rock we’re talking about - Kid_Rock thrives on being behind…
… at least that was the case last year…
… and we’ll find out if it’s the case this year, as we now have a Winner-Take-All Game 7!!
Finally, skysn93 was up 3-2 on soyleche.
Could soyleche hand on to force a 
Game 7?
Well, soyleche did throw Rock, same as the losers of the above two games. 
Now the question is did skysn93 manage to also throw Paper, like the two winners above?
Paper was the throw, which means we’ve got an
this update after all, and more importantly skysn93 advances to the Elite Eight!!
We’ve also officially had the kick-off of our first Elite Eight match, with a seat to the Final Four on the line. We started off with a 2-throw game, but methinks that’s not the last time we’ll see one of those here!
Stay tuned and keep sending in those throws!! 
Doctor_Who defeats Echo in Game 5, Echo leads (3-2)
R Echo
P Doctor_Who
Echo ---- Echo 3
(BYE)
MtnHawk 3
Doctor_Who 4 ---- Doctor_Who 2
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SteveWhite 4 ---- SteveWhite 1
AbstractAct 1
VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds
IPD 2Klaymen ---- Klaymen 1
(BYE)
EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 0
WishBear 2
-----------------------------------
1695814 ---- 1695814 2
(BYE)
ALivelySed 1
Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 0Kid_Rock defeats ThNtrsLINUS in Game 6, series tied (3-3)
P Kid_Rock
R ThNtrsLINUS
skysn93 defeats soyleche in Game 6, skysn93 wins (4-2)
P skysn93
R soyleche
Kid_Rock ---- Kid_Rock 3
(BYE)
BruteForce 3
ThNtrsLINUS 4 ---- ThNtrsLINUS 3
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NmrclNeurot 3
skysn93 4 ---- skysn93 4 ---- skysn93
soyleche 4 ---- soyleche 2
twig93 3JFG defeats OldTimer in Game 1, JFG leads (1-0)
S-P OldTimer
S-S JFG
OutdoorAct ---- OutdoorAct 3
(BYE)
Actuary321 2
OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 0
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JFG ---- JFG 4 ---- JFG 1
(BYE)
StevGrondin 4 ---- StevGrondin 2
meep 3Key: * indicates throws submitted; # indicates throws need to be turned in or you will be booted
Good game sky. I couldn’t make it back from behind this time.
GG OldTimer. I thought I was going to done in 4 total throws. At least I made it interesting
Lol. Had a moment of shock realizing I was out of town last week and hadn’t been submitting throws…only to realize I already lost. 
Quick Summary:
Well, someone’s about to have a case of the Mondays… but who? We had a match and a match in process, so the only person who was safe was Echo - all the other Sweet Sixteen players were but a throw away from being eliminated.
So… who was eliminated?
Yes, that’s right - Who was eliminated! (Yes, had use that line while I still could…)
Doctor_Who is out, and our defending champ moves on to the Elite Eight!
And now we’re just left with the match - who will snag the last Elite Eight spot??
Meanwhile, JFG is halfway to the Final Four… but that’s just the easy half. It’s that second half that’s the hard part (and I wouldn’t count out that rookie just yet!).
So we’re down to 1 spot available in the Elite Eight - stay tuned to find out who gets it (and keep sending in those throws!).
(Note: Brackets below hidden to avoid spoiling the drama above)
Echo defeats Doctor_Who in Game 6, Echo wins (4-2)
S Echo
P Doctor_Who
Echo ---- Echo 4 ---- Echo 0
(BYE)
MtnHawk 3
Doctor_Who 4 ---- Doctor_Who 2
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SteveWhite 4 ---- SteveWhite 1
AbstractAct 1
VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 0
IPD 2Klaymen ---- Klaymen 1
(BYE)
EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 0
WishBear 2
-----------------------------------
1695814 ---- 1695814 2
(BYE)
ALivelySed 1
Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 0Kid_Rock ---- Kid_Rock 3
(BYE)
BruteForce 3
ThNtrsLINUS 4 ---- ThNtrsLINUS*3
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NmrclNeurot 3
skysn93 4 ---- skysn93 4 ---- skysn93
soyleche 4 ---- soyleche 2
twig93 3JFG defeats OldTimer in Game 2, JFG leads (2-0)
R OldTimer
P JFG
OutdoorAct ---- OutdoorAct 3
(BYE)
Actuary321 2
OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 0
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JFG ---- JFG 4 ---- JFG 2
(BYE)
StevGrondin 4 ---- StevGrondin 2
meep 3Key: * indicates throws submitted; # indicates throws need to be turned in or you will be booted
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Well . . . @Doctor_Who was a disappointment . . .
I have been in class all day. Picks in
Not when Echo wins the whole thing, then I can at least say it took the champ to take me down!
Go @Echo
@UltimateAnyone thanks again for modding.
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In our last episode, we were left with this:
for the last seat in the Elite Eight. It has been a back-and-forth match between the Regional Titleholder Kid_Rock and The_Notorious_LINUS. Last year Kid_Rock (almost) made it through the entire tournament making comebacks and taking Game 7. Was 2023 just an odd year for Kid_Rock, or does the streak continue?
Apparently Kid_Rock can’t even… The_Notorious_LINUS advances to the Elite Eight!!
But wait - what’s this on the horizon…
That’s right folks, JFG is just a single throw away from advancing the Final Four! 
With all this drama, how can you not stay tuned??
(And keep sending in those throws! )
VorianAtrds defeats Echo in Game 1, VorianAtrds leads (1-0)
P-P Echo
P-S VorianAtrds
Echo ---- Echo 4 ---- Echo 0
(BYE)
MtnHawk 3
Doctor_Who 4 ---- Doctor_Who 2
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SteveWhite 4 ---- SteveWhite 1
AbstractAct 1
VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 1
IPD 2Klaymen ---- Klaymen 1
(BYE)
EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 0
WishBear 2
-----------------------------------
1695814 ---- 1695814 2
(BYE)
ALivelySed 1
Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey* 0ThNtrsLINUS defeats Kid_Rock in Game 7, ThNtrsLINUS wins (4-3)
P Kid_Rock
S ThNtrsLINUS
Kid_Rock ---- Kid_Rock 3
(BYE)
BruteForce 3
ThNtrsLINUS 4 ---- ThNtrsLINUS 4 ---- ThNtrsLINUS 0
-----------------------------------
NmrclNeurot 3
skysn93 4 ---- skysn93 4 ---- skysn93 0
soyleche 4 ---- soyleche 2
twig93 3JFG defeats OldTimer in Game 3, JFG leads (3-0)
P OldTimer
S JFG
OutdoorAct ---- OutdoorAct 3
(BYE)
Actuary321 2
OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 0
-----------------------------------
JFG ---- JFG 4 ---- JFG 3
(BYE)
StevGrondin 4 ---- StevGrondin 2
meep 3Key: * indicates throws submitted; # indicates throws need to be turned in or you will be booted
And with that, March Sadness may commence.
t_update ~ Poisson(λ)
λ ~ uniform(0,5)
gg, Kid Rock!
You blinked first!
Lolol
Better late than never, right? Right?
Oh well 
Y’all still get a late update anyways!
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In our last update, we had appear for OldTimer, who was down 3-0 to JFG.
Did the Acme 
Comapny finally make a sale this tournament?
It took a couple of throws, but OldTimer shooed away that salesman - OldTimer is still alive!
Meanwhile, the other matches for a seat in the Final Four have kicked off, and Echo already scared away the salesman, evening up the match with VA.
I’m thinking we’ll learn our Final Four this week, so stay tuned (and keep sending in those throws!)
Echo defeats VorianAtrds in Game 2, series tied (1-1)
R-P Echo
R-R VorianAtrds
Echo ---- Echo 4 ---- Echo 1
(BYE)
MtnHawk 3
Doctor_Who 4 ---- Doctor_Who 2
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SteveWhite 4 ---- SteveWhite 1
AbstractAct 1
VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 4 ---- VorianAtrds 1
IPD 2EzeklCumber defeats Whiskey in Game 1, EzeklCumber leads (1-0)
P EzeklCumber
R Whiskey
Klaymen ---- Klaymen 1
(BYE)
EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 4 ---- EzeklCumber 1
WishBear 2
-----------------------------------
1695814 ---- 1695814 2
(BYE)
ALivelySed 1
Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 4 ---- Whiskey 0skysn93 defeats ThNtrsLINUS in Game 1, skysn93 leads (1-0)
S ThNtrsLINUS
R skysn93
Kid_Rock ---- Kid_Rock 3
(BYE)
BruteForce 3
ThNtrsLINUS 4 ---- ThNtrsLINUS 4 ---- ThNtrsLINUS 0
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NmrclNeurot 3
skysn93 4 ---- skysn93 4 ---- skysn93 1
soyleche 4 ---- soyleche 2
twig93 3OldTimer defeats JFG in Game 4, JFG leads (3-1)
R-P OldTimer
R-R JFG
OutdoorAct ---- OutdoorAct 3
(BYE)
Actuary321 2
OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 4 ---- OldTimer 1
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JFG ---- JFG 4 ---- JFG 3
(BYE)
StevGrondin 4 ---- StevGrondin 2
meep 3Key: * indicates throws submitted; # indicates throws need to be turned in or you will be booted