Round 2 bracket, chat and predictions.
 

I think we had a very successful first round, though it was dominated by shutout victories. And now we enter Round 2 with a field that actually improved from what we started with, thanks to the additions of Hall of Famers Pent uP and Orc as well as veteran writers Cormier and Frank coming in as reserves.

We're still at 10 lines for this round, with next round being 12, then 14 for the semifinals and 16 for the championship.

Round 2 topics are taken from Stephen King's extensive bibliography. Here are the matchups, for your prediction needs:

R. Frank vs. 8. trap | Night Shift
5. kannon vs. 13. jilti | Blood and Smoke
3. Split vs. R. Cormier | Firestarter
R. Orc vs. 2. Darth Yoda | It

1. El Pancake vs. 9. Mike Wrecka | Just After Sunset
5. Eŋg vs. 4. Pinot Grij | Sleepwalkers
R. Pent uP vs. 6. Soulstice | Different Seasons
7. Diode vs. 2. oats | A Face in the Crowd

Every Round 2 thread posted two minutes after Round 1 ended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQIEGFKsRw

jesus christ. you planned this, right?

oats, then pent, then cake if no upsets

Lol not to mention "upsets" would mean soulstice, eng, pinot, etc.

I'll do my best to make sure you won't have to worry about it though ;)

i was just going off seeds

R. Frank vs. 8. trap | Night Shift
5. kannon vs. 13. jilti | Blood and Smoke
3. split vs. R. Cormier | Firestarter
R. Orc vs. 2. Darth Yoda | It

1. El Pancake vs. 9. Mike Wrecka | Just After Sunset
5. Eŋg vs. 4. Pinot Grij | Sleepwalkers
R. Pent uP vs. 6. Soulstice | Different Seasons


Multiple BOTW candidates, stacked week

I just got in...ill throw my feedback up in this thread unless u guys want me to write for the mag or something maybe?

@Diode, it doesn't get any better for anyone. :/

Vote on the Alias finals, at the least. Thanks.

i'd say surefire odds of an orc ns, likely cormier ns, and frank is always a wild card

The bottom half of the bracket looked strong prior to the start of the tournament and with NYC being upset and some of the substitutions that was only enhanced. Not complaining. We SEC now.

R. Frank vs. 8. trap | Night Shift
5. kannon vs. 13. jilti | Blood and Smoke
3. Siplt vs. R. Cormier | Firestarter
R. Orc vs. 2. Darth Yoda | It

1. El Pancake vs. 9. Mike Wrecka | Just After Sunset (tehe)
5. Eŋg vs. 4. Pinot Grij | Sleepwalkers
R. Pent uP vs. 6. Soulstice | Different Seasons
7. Diode vs. 2. oats | A Face in the Crowd

Chalk baby. I'm sure there'll be an upset, though. The most likey would be Eng (only barely), Diode (his need to be viewed as Topical Diode fuels him), and trap.

Wait.

If I can't see the upset....I'M THE FUCKING UPSET!

1. El Pancake vs. 9. Mike Wrecka | Just After Sunset

Fuck.

You guys are all superstars.

Anyone want to do a friendly battle?

You guys are all faggots

Leave, then.

Why you so sensitive

I'm not. Why would you stay if you feel that way? And why would you feel that way because you lost to a clearly superior verse? Apparently going up 3-0 gave you an undeserved sense of superiority.

Certain swooped in and saved Franks ass in that battle



Actually apathy catastrophe daiquiris

You pretty much always side with the more simplistic verse. I get it. I don't have a problem with it.

Quite the opposite tbh. U are confused

No, I'm not.

And I'm really only posting to see my avy



Lars wife is actually kind of cute in that, she is so ugly u never have to worry about other guys checking her out kind of way

Certain I know that shit was rigged everyone does. But if him and you care enough to go through that you can have it. I really don't care. I only said you're all faggots to strike a convo besides I didn't have to say it was rigged because apparently it was blatant if other people are saying it for me lol

She's a safe pick

MKG, you aren't built for this.

It's ok three people thought I beat a top dude I can live with that. Thanks for your input tho bud

Mike Wrecka does not think this tournament was rigged. He's joking. He thinks what he does is trolling.

You're an idiot. And you did say it was rigged. I can see edit histories.

And I took it off because I don't wanna deal with a bunch of bullshit for something I really don't care about. I wrote my verse an hour before and still got good feedback on it. I'll live with that. Dude didn't even post links on the link thread and posted past midnight

He voted on battles. That's the requirement. And he did post past midnight ... because the deadline was 3 a.m. ET.

You're being petty. You could learn quite a bit if you realized your weaknesses. Your verse was not impressive, but it had potential and was not bad by any stretch.

Deadline was originally Friday midnight pretty dumb to push it 27 hours. And I appreciated all the feedback at the same I have no interest in being a topical head so it's pointless to implement it in something I'm not interested in. But yours was more like sway. Why would you write oh thought your verse was dope but apparently others didn't since it cost you three votes lol

The deadline for all battles was always 11:59 p.m. PT. You have no idea what you're talking about.

I pointed out the stylistic element driving away voters because it's a part of the format change. I also pointed it out in my vote on jilti-NYCSPITZ and probably in others.

Disregard the voting part lol and you might be right about the posting dead man was originally looking at our battle well after 12 I got them
Mixed up

Look, I'm happy to have you here if you're willing to understand that this is all about improvement. If you don't want to be a topical writer, that's fine, though the skills translate much better into real-world writing than battling does. However, if you're going to accuse me of swaying or rigging the tournament, you're out of line.

I'm not accusing you of cheating I just think you're a pussy for writing that his verse cost him three votes. Why would you even mention other votes? What does that have to do with anything? If you think he won that's fine but don't discredit me or other people. This is all about personal preference if people enjoyed my verse more respect it don't point it out as if it's a mistake.

lol this guy's butt is hurt tho

I'm not butt hurt. I was the 16th seed I didn't expect to win vs a 1 seed.

I'm here for the meltdown

Grab ya popcorn

Was that the only battle certain voted on?

Seriously? Go look yourself.

sheesh