{"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? Will Thorin continue to defy the odds and best yet another great of Middle-earth? Will Gandalf finally put an end to Thorin&#8217;s streak? Will the Richard Armitage fans out-vote the Ian McKellen fans? So many questions &#8211; who will win?!<\/p>\n<p>Voting for the Finals will end on Monday April 8th at 10pm ET. \u00a0Vote now!<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-middleearthmadness-bracket-finals.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\">Download Final Four Bracket<\/a>] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/04\/02\/70444-weve-reached-the-final-four-vote-now-middle-earth-march-madness-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Final Four Results<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/26\/70277-middle-earth-march-madness-2013-round-3-vote-now\/\">]<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/29\/70370-vote-now-in-the-round-4-elite-eight-match-ups-middle-earth-march-madness-2013\/\">Elite Eight Results<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/03\/26\/70277-middle-earth-march-madness-2013-round-3-vote-now\/\">]<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/7018743.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/7018743\/\">Thorin Oakenshield vs. Gandalf the Grey<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve come to it at last. 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