March Madness: Favorite ASOIAF Character. We Have A Winner!

[Nox Irradiata]

North Regional Round

Match 17

#1 Ned Stark vs. #16 Jaqen H'Ghar

Match 18
#2 Sandor "The Hound" Clegane vs. #15 Strong Belwas

Match 19
#3 Jaime Lannister vs. #14 Wyman Manderly


Match 20

#4 Barristan Selmy vs. #13 Renly Baratheon


Match 21

#5 Stannis Baratheon vs. #12 Euron Greyjoy


Match 22

#6 Bronn vs. #11 Samwell Tarly



Match 23

#7 Jorah Mormont vs. #10 Tywin Lannister

Match 24

#8 Theon Greyjoy vs. #9 Robb Stark


South Regional Round


Match 25
#1 Tyrion Lannister vs. #16 Arthur Dayne


Match 26

#2 Jon Snow vs. #15 Podrick Payne

Match 27
#3 Davos Seaworth vs. #14 Jeor Mormont

Match 28

#4 Varys vs. #13 Thoros Of Myr

Match 29
#5 Oberyn Martell vs. #12 Tormund Giantsbane


Match 30

#6 Mance Rayder vs. #11 Syrio Forel


Match 31
#7 King Robert Baratheon vs. #10 Petyr Baelish

Match 32
#8 Bran Stark vs. #9 Gendry

[honeyed chicken]

I started putting together a proper bracket for this game - one that you can print out and fill in. Going to take me a while. Also while the goal is for it to be printable for those that wish - not sure how best to get it from my spreadsheet to westeros.

[Ramsay B.]

Round 1 Women

West Regional Round

Match 1

#1 Arya Stark- No 16 seed has ever beaten a one and it won't happen here.

Match 2

#2 Asha Greyjoy

Match 3

#14 Lyanna Stark- An ironic matchup but Cat's coldness to Jon is her downfall.

Match 4

#4 Ygritte- Easy win for the wildling.

Match 5

#12 Nymeria Sand- My favorite sandsnake in the little time we have seen them.

Match 6

#11 Alys Karstark- Alys wins just for my hatred of Cersei.

Match 7

#7 Margaery Tyrell- Got to respect her cunning ways.

Match 8

#8 Osha- Her loyalty to the little Starks won me over.

East Regional Round

Match 9

#1 Daenerys "Stormborn" Targaryen- Dragons

Match 10

#2 Brienne Of Tarth

Match 11

#3 Olenna (Redwyne) Tyrell- Who would go against her in verbal warfare?

Match 12

#4 Sansa Stark- She's a Stark.

Match 13

#5 Wylla Manderly- She became a legend in just a few short paragraphs.

Match 14

#6 Melisandre- I like redheads.

Match 15

#10 Val- She keeps it real.

Match 16

#8 Mya Stone

[Ramsay B.]

Round 1 Men

North "Regional"

match 17

#1. Ned Stark- Poor Jaqen

match 18

#2. Sandor Clegane- Belwas called him Ser and Sandor showed him who the real terror was.

match 19

#3. Jaime Lannister- The Merman can never judge the Lion.

match 20

#4. Barristan Selmy- An easy win for Ser Grandfather.

match 21

#12. Euron Greyjoy- A very tough one as I like both but I guess my darker side wins out...and he's a pirate.

match 22

#6. Bronn- He would probably make Sam cry within 5 minutes of meeting.

match 23

#7. Jorah Mormont- The sad, desperately in love exiled warrior faces off with an asshole(an interesting asshole, sure, but still...). I'll go with the former.

match 24

#9. Robb Stark

South "Regional"

match 25

#1. Tyrion Lannister- Those latter chapters in ADWD tested my patience with Tyrion but he still prevails.

match 26

#2. Jon Snow- Pod voted for Jon.

match 27

#3. Davos Seaworth- You are still my friend, my friend.

match 28

#4. Varys- My eunuch crush will never end.

match 29

#5. Oberyn Martell- He's just got the "It" factor.

match 30

#6. Mance Rayder- He united all the wildlings, what can't he do?

match 31

#7. Robert Baratheon- Bob does what Brandon should've done.

match 32

#8. Bran Stark

[Leonardo]

JORAH WON OVER TYWIN!?!?!?

BLASPHEMY lol

Otherwise everything went exactly as I'd voted, except Renly over Barristan.

This is good fun, should have a great resolution!

[honeyed chicken]

JORAH WON OVER TYWIN!?!?!?

BLASPHEMY lol

Otherwise everything went exactly as I'd voted, except Renly over Barristan.

This is good fun, should have a great resolution!

Glad you like it. :)

Jorah hasn't won anything yet. Tywin has till Friday night to get enough votes to pass the Bear Islander. Maybe he'll write the Freys - they have enough family members to put him over the top, I should think. ;)

I hadn't counted yet. Renly's leading Barristan?!! THAT would be a major upset.

[honeyed chicken]

whoops!

That was a complete and total mess! :D

Just tried copying straight from excel into a message box to see what would happen . . . bit of a train wreck, actually. I've deleted it it of course. Didn't want to frighten the kids. ;)

[Arya kiddin']

I saw that post HC, and it gave me shivers. Your formatting is only partly to blame. I got a glimpse of the results which made me very sad. :(

[The BlackBear]

Generally the forum doesn't cope well when you copy and paste from Excel, even when you use the special pasting functions.

[honeyed chicken]

I saw that post HC, and it gave me shivers. Your formatting is only partly to blame. I got a glimpse of the results which made me very sad. :(

AK, there weren't any results there yet. Eventually I'll get the votes added as they come in but nothing is final at the moment anyway. So even if one of your favorites is losing, that could change by Thursday night (women) or Friday night (men). Are you going to vote and help your favorites win & advance?

AK, you're the person to ask! You once posted a link to a spreadsheet for some game - forget what? One of the guessing games that time you hosted perhaps? But you cached (if that's even the right word) the spreadsheet on line somewhere in the cloud or whatever and anybody who clicked on the link could go see it and copy it. Do you know what I'm talking about? If you could tell me how to do that, it's one way I could share the bracket I'm making.

I also tried copying the spreadsheet into Word, but that's not going so smoothly either.

OR

I could email it to anyone who wants it. If you want the bracket spreadsheet, pm me and I'll send you my email address and then if you email me, I'll reply with the spreadsheet as an attachment or in the body of the email - whichever you prefer.

[The Once and Future King]

West

Arya over gilly

Barbrey over Asha

Lyanna over Catelyn

Ygritte over Genna

Shireen over Nymeria

Alys over Cersi

Missandei over Margery

Arianna over Osha

EAST

Tyenne over Dany

Dacey over Brienne

Olenna over MMD

Maege over Sansa

Wylla over Old Nan

Ashara over Melisandre

Val over Meera

Mya over Ellaria

[honeyed chicken]

West

Arya over gilly

Barbrey over Asha

Lyanna over Catelyn

Ygritte over Genna

Shireen over Nymeria

Alys over Cersi

Missandei over Margery

Arianna over Osha

EAST

Tyenne over Dany

Dacey over Brienne

Olenna over MMD

Maege over Sansa

Wylla over Old Nan

Ashara over Melisandre

Val over Meera

Mya over Ellaria

Don't forget to vote the men's side of the bracket too. :)

[The Once and Future King]

North

Ned over Jaqen

Sandor over Belwas

Wyman over Jamie

Barristan over Renly *

Stannis over Euron

Bronn over Samwell

Jorah over Tywin

Robb over Theon

South

Tyrion over Arthur

Pod over Jon

Davos over Jeor

Thoros over Varys

Oberyn over Tormund

Syrio over Mance

Robert over Petyr

Bran over Gendry

*They were Introduced Together

[lil' ghost]

North "Regional"

match 17 - #16. Jaqen H’ghar

match 18 #15. Strong Belwas

match 19 – #3. Jamie Lannister (“There are no men like me. There's only me”)

match 20 – #4. Barristan Selmy

match 21 - #5. Stannis Baratheon

match 22 – #6. Bronn

match 23 #10. Tywin Lannister

match 24 – #9. Robb Stark

South "Regional"

match 25 #16. Arthur Dayne

match 26 - #2. Jon Snow

match 27 #14. Jeor Mormont

match 28 – #4. Varys

match 29 – #12. Tormund Giantsbane

match 30 – #11. Syrio Forel

match 31 – #7. Robert Baratheon

match 32 – #9. Gendry

that was tough.

[Lord Sapna]

1. Arya

2. Asha

3. Catelyn

4. Genna

5. Shireen

6. Cersei

7. Margery

8. Osha

9. Dany (Can barely remember who Tyene is.)

10. Dacey (I've gone off Brienne ever since she became the main character in book 4)

11. Olenna Tyrell

12. Sansa

13. Old Nan

14. Melisandre.

15. Meera Reed (Honestly never got the popularity of Val)

16. Ellaria Sand (Just)

[Lord Sapna]

17. Ned

18. Sandor Clegane (Though you're right HC this would be one hell of a fight)

19. Jaime (Yeah! Jaime wins, lets all give him a round of appl..... oh wait.)

20. Renly (Never was too sure on Barristan kingswitcher)

21. Stannis (This was the hardest decision, King vs King. Still Stannis has been around longer)

22. Bronn

23. Tywin

24. Theon

25. Tyrion

26. Jon Snow

27. Davos (Another difficult one. I can't think of anyone who dislikes Jeor or Davos, but Davos is both alive and a POV)

28. Thoros of Myr. (I like Varys but Thoros can resurrect.)

29. Tormund Giantsbane

30. Mance

31. Robert

32. Bran

[Annara Snow]

10. Dacey (I've gone off Brienne ever since she became the main character in book 4)

Funny how different readers' reactions are, my love for Brienne grew tenfold since she became a POV. I like her fine enough before, but it's only after getting into her head that she became one of my favorites.

Plus, I loved her AFFC chapters (shocking!). I had no idea people found them boring until coming to the forums. It's like a Don Quixote-like novel (a very depressing one, but that's the kind I love the most) about the state of the post-war Riverlands, and the fates of people like Sandor Clegane (my favorite), the Brotherhood without Banners (also among my favorites) and LS, and the remaining Bloody Mummers (some of the most hated, terrible people in the series). What's not to love? We knew she wouldn't find Sansa? Yes, so what?

[Arya kiddin']

AK, there weren't any results there yet. Eventually I'll get the votes added as they come in but nothing is final at the moment anyway. So even if one of your favorites is losing, that could change by Thursday night (women) or Friday night (men). Are you going to vote and help your favorites win & advance?

AK, you're the person to ask! You once posted a link to a spreadsheet for some game - forget what? One of the guessing games that time you hosted perhaps? But you cached (if that's even the right word) the spreadsheet on line somewhere in the cloud or whatever and anybody who clicked on the link could go see it and copy it. Do you know what I'm talking about? If you could tell me how to do that, it's one way I could share the bracket I'm making.

I also tried copying the spreadsheet into Word, but that's not going so smoothly either.

OR

I could email it to anyone who wants it. If you want the bracket spreadsheet, pm me and I'll send you my email address and then if you email me, I'll reply with the spreadsheet as an attachment or in the body of the email - whichever you prefer.

So it can change, thank god for that. :)

HC the one I made was for guessing game. It was an excel spreadsheet. I uploaded it to my google drive. Then I made it public - meaning anyone with the link to the spreadsheet can view or modify it. You can just share the link and everyone can see/modify it.

[rocksniffer]

Women

Match 1 – Arya Stark

Match 2 – Asha Greyjoy

Match 3 – Cat Stark

Match 4 – Ygritte

Match 5 – Nymeria Sand

Match 6 – Cersei

Match 7 – Margery Tyrell

Match 8 – Arianne Martell

Match 9 – Daeneys Stormborn

Match 10 – Brienne of Tarth

Match 11 – Olenna Tyrell

Match 12 – Maege Mormont

Match 13 – Old Nan

Match 14 – Ashara Dayne

Match 15 – Meera Reed

Match 16 – Ellaria Sand

Men

Match 17 – Jaqen H’ghar

Match 18 – The Hound

Match 19 – Jamie Lannister

Match 20 – Barristan Selmy

Match 21 – Euron Greyjoy – another coin toss

Match 22 – Bronn

Match 23 – Jorah Mormont

Match 24 – Theon Greyjoy – though I swear I just had to flip a coin

Match 25 – Tyrion Lannister

Match 26 – POD, by gods

Match 27 – Davos Seaworth

Match 28 – Varys

Match 29 – Tormond’s Member

Match 30 – Syrio Forel

Match 31 – Littlefinger Baelish

Match 32 – Gendry

hey sorry friends i am late..HC i PM'd

...sorry for the lack of wit this round...but have NO fear, friends, the 'sniffer abides... :smoking:

[honeyed chicken]

Here are the in progress scores for the East & West "Regional" with 24 hours yet to play/vote. As you can see, 12 players have voted so far. More welcome!!!

You may, of course, change your votes if you have already voted, but please repost rather than edit in the changes. Thanks!! :)

As you'll see the big upset brewing is in the sister-in-law matchup. Lyanna is giving Cat a hard time for being so mean to her son. ;)

Another Stark woman, Sansa is having a very hard time with Maege Mormont - they're currently tied.

match

Round 1

West Regional

1

1 - Arya Stark

12

16 - Gilly

0

8

8 - Osha

4

9 - Arianne Martell

8

5

5 - Shireen Baratheon

7

12 - Nymeria Sand

5

4

4 - Ygritte

9

13 -Genna (Lannister) Frey

3

6

6 - Cersei (Lannister) Baratheon

8

11 - Alys Karstark

4

3

3 - Catelyn (Tully) Stark

4

14 - Lyanna Stark

8

7

7 - Margaery Tyrell

7

10 - Missandei

5

2

2 - Asha Greyjoy

10

15 - Barbrey Dustin

2

East Regional

9

1 - Daenerys Targaryen

10

16 - Tyenne Sand

2

16

8 - Mya Stone

7

9 - Ellaria Sand

5

13

5 - Wylla Manderly

9

12 - Old Nan

3

12

4 - Sansa Stark

6

13 - Maege Mormont

6

14

6 - Melisandre

7

11 - Ashara Dayne

5

11

3 - Olenna (Redwyne) Tyrell

11

14 - Mirri Maz Duur

1

15

7 -Meera Reed

7

10 - Val

5

10

2 - Brienne of Tarth

10

15 - Dacey Mormont

2