Battle Royal, Day 59.

I'm impressed. The lack of love for Ganondorf surprised me, actually. It won't be Zelda or Ganondorf making it to the Second Chance Final. It'll be Dante, winning by 6 votes over Ganondorf. He will face Tifa, who knocked KOS-MOS out in a near shut-out. We'll see how this affects the leaderboard, but in the meantime, go check out the current one that I posted earlier today. It may look different in 30 minutes when I punch all this all into Excel. In the meantime, enjoy the next set of Semifinals, the Third Quest Semifinals.

Third Quest Semifinals, Battle 1 (1) Sora (13) Balthier    Free polls from Pollhost.com

Third Quest Semifinals, Battle 2 (6) Fran (2) Crono    Free polls from Pollhost.com

FW Poll 1 (Sora vs. Balthier): http://poll.pollcode.com/vfFw
FW Poll 2 (Fran vs. Crono): http://poll.pollcode.com/Vhq0

Tomorrow's battles: FOURTH DIMENSION SEMIFINALS: (1) Sora vs. (5) Sub-Zero; (3) Robotnik vs. (7) Altair.

Battle Royal: Week 8 Leaderboard.

So, if you listened to my podcast a couple days ago, you listened to the leaderboard and all the sordid details about the craziness that was the Quarterfinals. So last night, the first set of Semifinals ended, in which it's now possible to earn 500 points a day (250 per battle). Wait till you see this leaderboard. I mentioned how it took 8 days for EyesOfATragedy to crawl from 5th to 1st, to tie Saya at the top. Well, it took 1 night for her to fall right back to 5th. Two people got the full 500 last night. With that, here's the results and leaderboard, covering everything up to the battles that ended last night. The results pick up from where last Saturday's left off.

NOTE ABOUT THE LEADERBOARD: In the "Battles Behind" column, you'll see that most numbers have been replaced by a less than followed by a number. Simply put, <1 means that you're less than 1 battle behind the person in 1st (which for the Semifinals means that you're less than 250 points behind 1st); <2 means you're less than 2 battles behind BUT more than 1 (meaning that you're more than 250 points behind 1st, but less than 500). Just a lone number means you're EXACTLY that number of battles behind 1st.

Second Chance Quarterfinals:

Zelda 11
DANTE 12 (6 correct, 21 for Zelda, 1 for Taki, 1 for Lucas Kane, 1 for Amaterasu)

Ivy 7
GANONDORF 17 (12 correct, 10 for Ivy, 6 for Pac-Man, 1 for chaos, 1 for Pious Augustus)

KOS-MOS 15 (20 correct, 8 for Phoenix, 1 for Edward, 1 for T-elos)
Phoenix Wright 6

Ada Wong 3
TIFA 19 (25 correct, 1 for Ada, 2 for Morrigan, 1 for Gray Fox, 1 for TaruTaru)

Semifinal Matchups:

Dante vs. Ganondorf
KOS-MOS vs. Tifa

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Third Quest Quarterfinals:

SORA 19 (20 correct, 3 for Prince of Persia, 5 for Kefka, 1 for Navi, 1 for Sparx)
Prince of Persia 5

Kratos 8
BALTHIER 16 (7 correct, 10 for Kratos, 5 for Namine, 4 for Earthworm Jim, 3 for Fei, 1 for Rebecca)

Roxas 13
FRAN 14 (TIEBREAKER, 8 correct, 13 for Roxas, 5 for Ridley, 2 for Marth, 1 for Bill Rizer, 1 for Lash)

Magus 6
CRONO 18 (21 correct, 4 for Magus, 2 for Haseo, 1 for Mai, 1 for Sakura, 1 for Rayman)

Semifinal Matchups:

Sora vs. Balthier
Fran vs. Crono

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Fourth Dimension Quarterfinals:

SONIC 18 (20 correct, 6 for Master Chief, 2 for HK47, 1 for LocoRoco, 1 for Space Invader)
Master Chief 6

SUB-ZERO 13 (9 correct, 3 for Wander, 6 for Big Daddy, 7 for Joanna Dark, 3 for Sam Fisher, 2 for Excitebiker)
Wander 10

ROBOTNIK 13 (9 correct, 3 for Marcus, 14 for Lara, 3 for Alucard, 1 for Nina)
Marcus Fenix 11

ALTAIR 13 (4 correct, 19 for Knuckles, 4 for Andross, 1 for Suezo, 1 for Judy Nails, 1 for Cortana)
Knuckles 10

Semifinal Matchups:

Sonic vs. Sub-Zero
Robotnik vs. Altair

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First Donuts Semifinals:

MARIO 18 (23 correct, 3 for Red XIII, 1 for Daisy, 1 for Mega Man, 1 for Rayden, 1 for Falcon)
Red XIII 4

YOSHI 12 (TIEBREAKER, 9 correct, 7 for Luigi, 4 for Simon, 3 for Kirby, 2 for Meta Knight, 2 for DK, 2 for T-Block, 1 for Wario)
Luigi 11

Division Final: Mario vs. Yoshi



In terms of records, only one has changed: the consecutive battles lost now belongs to Biccy, who lost 15 in a row. Also, 6 characters who were predicted champions have been eliminated from the contest. And that's really it. Next podcast is Friday, the 14th. Also, an important note: when battles end on March 14 (which will be when the Division Finals end), Battle Royal will take a weekend break, as I won't be anywhere in town. Battles are scheduled to resume Sunday night, the 16th, when it resumes with the opening 2 battles of the Tournament Final.

Till then, KEEP VOTING!