2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd4We have our Elite Eight!

There are some big names in these four match-ups that will determine each division winner.

Who is more beautiful? (3) Galadriel or (9) Varda?! How can one choose. This reporter believes Galadriel will pull out the favored victory based on name recognition alone…but is it right?

In the Brains division we have two popular characters head to head…(2) Gandalf vs. (8) Elrond. Seems like a match-up that could go either way.

The Brawn divison as the two top seeds facing off for bragging right. (1) Beorn vs. (2) Eowyn.

And last, but not least, the Baddies division has the top seed, (1) Morgoth, facing fan-favorite (3) Smaug. Should be a match-up for the ages!

Voting is now open and will remain open until April 2nd at 10pm ET. We will calculate the winners at that point and post the next round on April 3rd. Follow after the break for a complete bracket image (download it), and to vote on all of our Round 4 match-ups! [Elite Eight Bracket] [Sweet Sixteen Bracket] [Round 2 Bracket] [Round 1 Bracket]



Beauties – Round 4
March 31st – April 2nd 2016

 


Brains – Round 4
March 31st – April 2nd 2016

 


Brawn – Round 4
March 31st – April 2nd 2016

 


Baddies – Round 4
March 31st – April 2nd 2016

 




A note on how the bracket combatants were determined. TheOneRing.net created a document containing all combatants, sub divided into divisions. We asked staff to cast sixteen votes per division, with the votes having a weight of 1-4. Each staffer cast four 4 votes, four 3 votes, four 2 votes and four 1 votes in each division. We then totaled all the votes from each division to determine their rank, and ultimately placed those into our bracket for seeding.