{"id":70540,"date":"2013-04-06T09:29:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T14:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=70540"},"modified":"2013-04-06T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T14:29:49","slug":"the-finals-gandalf-vs-thorin-middle-earth-march-madness-2013-vote-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/04\/06\/70540-the-finals-gandalf-vs-thorin-middle-earth-march-madness-2013-vote-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Finals &#8211; Gandalf vs. Thorin &#8211; Middle-earth March Madness 2013 &#8211; Vote Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/memadness2013-thefinal.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-70541 alignright no-lazyload\" alt=\"memadness2013-thefinal\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/memadness2013-thefinal.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/memadness2013-thefinal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/memadness2013-thefinal-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/memadness2013-thefinal-600x340.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve come to it at last. The final match-up of the <em>2013 Middle-earth March Madness<\/em> is now set.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists are Gandalf the Grey vs. Thorin Oakenshield.<\/p>\n<p>Thorin&#8217;s story in this competition is one of significant achievement. He managed to handle some historic Middle-earth talent by off&#8217;ing Fingolfin, Beorn and Smaug. In the semi-finals, Thorin held off a Number 1 seed, Lady Galadriel, with 53% of the vote. He is now riding a wave of popularity into this final match-up with Gandalf.<\/p>\n<p>Gandalf had a bit of a cake-walk in the early rounds of the Angmar Division, easily taking care of Arwen and Merry. He didn&#8217;t escape unscathed however. He had a bit more compeition when he faced Gollum and ultimately The One Ring, but he bested both foes. The semi-final match-up with Elrond seemed to be a simple road bump, easily beating the Lord of Rivendell with 80% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Now we have a true &#8216;Hobbit&#8217; final. Who will win? 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