{"id":100620,"date":"2016-04-05T08:22:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=100620"},"modified":"2016-04-05T08:22:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:22:28","slug":"middle-earth-march-madness-final-morgoth-vs-galadriel-choose-the-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2016\/04\/05\/100620-middle-earth-march-madness-final-morgoth-vs-galadriel-choose-the-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-earth March Madness Final &#8211; Morgoth vs. Galadriel! Choose the champ!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd6.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/memadness2016-thefinal-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"memadness2016-thefinal\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-100621 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/memadness2016-thefinal-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/memadness2016-thefinal-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/memadness2016-thefinal.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Congrats to the Villanova Wildcats as they won the &#8216;real&#8217; March Madness last night. But while that was possibly the most dramatic ending in college basketball history, it pales in comparison to our final of Middle-earth March Madness 2016! <\/p>\n<p><em>(Drumroll&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Galadriel vs. Morgoth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Could there be a more epic battle? Beauty and Brains facing the ultimate Baddie with Brawn. <\/p>\n<p>Voting was close for the winners of the Beauty and Brains divisions. Galadriel pulled out of the victory over last year&#8217;s Champ by only 50 votes! Unfortunately for Beorn, the other match-up was not quite as close. Morgoth blew-out Beorn, garnering 60% of the votes. <\/p>\n<p>So it all comes down to this. Will we have our first female character champion? Will an ultimate baddie win for the first time? Only time, and your votes, will tell! <\/p>\n<p>Voting is now open below. Voting will remain open until tomorrow night (April 6) at 10pm ET.  <\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Finals Bracket<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Final Four Bracket<\/a>]  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Elite Eight Bracket<\/a>]  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Sweet Sixteen Bracket<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Round 2 Bracket<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-middleearthmadness-bracket-rd1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Round 1 Bracket<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><strong>The Final<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>April 5th &#8211; 6th 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><a id=\"pd_a_9375109\"><\/a><div class=\"CSS_Poll PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container9375109\" style=\"\"><\/div><div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/polldaddy.com\/p\/9375109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take Our Poll<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\n<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\n<em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to the Villanova Wildcats as they won the &#8216;real&#8217; March Madness last night. 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