{"id":87611,"date":"2014-03-17T10:42:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=87611"},"modified":"2014-03-17T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:42:04","slug":"voting-begins-now-middle-earth-madness-2014-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/03\/17\/87611-voting-begins-now-middle-earth-madness-2014-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting Begins Now &#8211; Middle-earth Madness 2014 Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Bracket.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-87607 no-lazyload\" alt=\"2014Bracket\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Bracket-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Bracket-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Bracket-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Bracket-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014Bracket.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>MORIA \u2014 As we reported <a title=\"Middle-earth Madness 2014 Unleashed!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/03\/17\/87603-middle-earth-madness-2014-unleashed\/\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday<\/a>, the bracket is finalized and the match-ups are set. Our annual <strong>Middle-earth March Madness<\/strong> is now underway!<\/p>\n<p><em>A note on voting<\/em>: This is a tongue-in-cheek attempt to &#8216;crown&#8217; a victor of Middle-earth. Each one of you will participate in your own manner. Some may take it very seriously and do your homework to try and scholarly determine who would actual win the battles. Some of you will simply vote based on popularity. Heck, some of you will vote randomly! However you participate, we encourage you to have fun with it. \u00a0We encourage you to make your case for a certain combatant in the comments, our forums, Facebook or twitter.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you confused by some of the names, educate yourself by simply googling the name. We found that Wikipedia has a plethora of information on each character\/object.<\/p>\n<p>Voting ends at 10pm ET on the final day of the round. In this case, voting for the first round match-ups will end on March 20th. We will then calculate the winners, and post a new bracket on March 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Need a bigger version of the bracket? 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