The dust has settled and the initial round of the SolarWinds Sci-Fi
Bracket Battle has come to a close, with each match-up crowning a clear victor.
More than 3,800 votes were cast as galvanized fan bases rabidly defended their
chosen icons... but the battle is only beginning, as Fleet 16 voting is now open
in SolarWinds' thwack
community!
Before
moving onto a fresh slate of brawls, let us remember some of the fallen from
Sector I:
-
Captain
James Tiberius, defeated at the hands of Captain Jean-Luc
Picard
-
Sarah
Conner, smacked down by Firefly's
River Tam
-
Darth
Vader, erased from the space-time continuum by the fickle will of Star
Trek: The Next Generation's Q
Though
jettisoned into geosynchronous orbit around Planet Fail, their brave sacrifices
should not be forgotten... though they probably will be, as blood-hungry fans
look ahead to some of the titillating match-ups set for Fleet 16. But the rules
have changed for the second round, as the surviving icons will each be allowed
one of their (in)famous items, be it a tool, weapon, vehicle or
skill.
One
step closer to the crowning of the Bracket Battle's Intergalactic Champion, Fleet
16 features several key bouts between illustrious, now
armed-and-dangerous, combatants, including:
So who
will take the next step towards the crown and whose corpse/carcass/corrupted
data will fuel the ever-hungry engines of the SolarWinds
battlefleet?
As
always, you decide -- read, debate and vote on thwack,
with the polls open now until 12 PM Central Daylight Time on March
20, 2013. Back your champion on thwack and take the debate to Twitter and
Facebook with #SWISciFiBattle -- let the world know that your champion
will reign supreme!
The
Details:
-
Fleet
16 voting starts now on thwack
-
Voting
will remain open until12
PM Central Daylight Time on March
20, 2013
-
Fleet
16 results will be announced and Super-8 voting will kick off on12
AM Central Daylight Time on March
21, 2013