{"id":70370,"date":"2013-03-29T07:08:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T12:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=70370"},"modified":"2013-03-29T07:53:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T12:53:57","slug":"vote-now-in-the-round-4-elite-eight-match-ups-middle-earth-march-madness-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/29\/70370-vote-now-in-the-round-4-elite-eight-match-ups-middle-earth-march-madness-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote Now in the Round 4 Elite Eight Match-ups &#8211; Middle-earth March Madness 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/middleearthmarchmadness13-vertical.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-69987 no-lazyload\" alt=\"middleearthmarchmadness13-vertical\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/middleearthmarchmadness13-vertical-273x300.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/middleearthmarchmadness13-vertical-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/middleearthmarchmadness13-vertical.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve reached the <em>Elite 8<\/em> line-up for <em>Middle-earth March Madness<\/em> 2013! 68,000 votes were cast in our last round which eliminated some big names in Middle-earth: Sauron, Gollum, Gwaihir, Beorn, Pippin and more! Our list of eight remaining combatants contain three members of the white council, two unlikely romantics, an inanimate object, and two of the main characters from The Hobbit.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your Elite Eight Match-ups&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shire Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So after all is said and done in The Shire, the battle comes down to (1) Galadriel vs. (6) Luthien. While Galadriel may be the more popularly known character, Luthien will give her a run for her money. This is a match-up of some of Middle-earth&#8217;s most powerful female characters!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Erebor Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luthien&#8217;s lover (4) Beren, a mortal man, has his hands full facing battle-tested (6) Elrond. Elrond is hot off a significant victory over another star-crossed elf lover, Aragorn. But can Beren pull out the victory to give us one of the most memorable semi-finals of all time?!?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mordor Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That gold hungry worm, (1) Smaug, managed to defeat the Dark Lord Sauron and will now face the flawed stubbornness of (3) Thorin Oakenshield. As this played out in &#8216;The Hobbit,&#8217; Smaug handled the dwarves with ease, but will it happen again?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Angmar Division<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As this reporter predicted, the number one seed (1) The One Ring has made it to the divisional final with a resounding victory. This inanimate object however has its hands full (wait, it has no hands&#8230;) as it faces off against one of Middle-earth&#8217;s most popular characters, (2) Gandalf the Grey. In this round we&#8217;ll finally see just who would conquer whom in this epic battle.<\/p>\n<p>Voting starts right now and will run until April 1 at 10pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-middleearthmadness-bracket-round4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Download Division 4 Bracket<\/a>]\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/26\/70277-middle-earth-march-madness-2013-round-3-vote-now\/\">Round 3 Results]<\/a>\u00a0[<a title=\"Middle-earth March Madness 2013 \u2013 Round 2 \u2013 Vote Now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/22\/70095-middle-earth-march-madness-2013-round-2-vote-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round 2 Results<\/a>][<a title=\"Middle-earth March Madness 2013 \u2013 Round 1 \u2013 Voting Begins!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/19\/69995-middle-earth-march-madness-2013-round-1-voting-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round 1 Results<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shire &#8211; Round 4<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>March 29th &#8211; April 1 2013<\/em><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/7000763.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/7000763\/\">(1) Galadriel vs. (6) Luthien<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Erebor &#8211; Round 4<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>March 29th &#8211; April 1 2013<\/em><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/7000761.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/7000761\/\">(4) Beren vs. (6) Elrond<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mordor &#8211; Round 4<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>March 29th &#8211; April 1 2013<\/em><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/7000762.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/7000762\/\">(1) Smaug vs. (3) Thorin Oakenshield<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Angmar &#8211; Round 4<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>March 29th &#8211; April 1 2013<\/em><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/7000760.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/7000760\/\">(1) The One Ring vs. (2) Gandalf<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With our Middle-earth Madness being so popular, we were considering creating a t-shirt to commemorate the experience. Would you be interested in purchasing a t-shirt? <\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/7000835.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/7000835\/\">Would you purchase an official &#8216;Middle-earth March Madness&#8217; T-Shirt?<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve reached the Elite 8 line-up for Middle-earth March Madness 2013! 68,000 votes were cast in our last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":69987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Middle-earth March Madness 2013 - Round 1 - Let the voting begin! http:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-icX","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,197,22,4,35,5,91,148,149,156,159,152],"tags":[1649],"class_list":["post-70370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-fans","category-headlines","category-hobbit-movie","category-lotr-books","category-lotr-movies","category-events-other","category-hobbit","category-lotr","category-torn-announcements","category-torn-community","category-tolkien","tag-middle-earth-madness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/middleearthmarchmadness13-vertical.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-ij0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70370"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70374,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70370\/revisions\/70374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}