{"id":97433,"date":"2015-03-14T07:48:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T12:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=97433"},"modified":"2015-03-14T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T17:27:37","slug":"oh-yes-middle-earth-march-madness-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2015\/03\/14\/97433-oh-yes-middle-earth-march-madness-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh yes – Middle-earth March Madness is Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yes folks, Middle-earth March Madness<\/strong>\u00a0is back for 2015! If you are new to TheOneRing.net, Middle-earth March Madness is our adaptation\u00a0on the popular NCAA Basketball tournament that takes place every March\/April in the United State. It is our chance to have some fun matching up middle-earth power players against each other. Past winners include Samwise Gamgee,<\/a> Gandalf<\/a>, Thranduil<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Based on feedback from our past years, we are switching things up a bit to include the entirety of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. So in reality, this could be called J.R.R. Tolkien March Madness!<\/p>\n

This year, our four divisions will be representative of a book (or series of books):<\/p>\n

The Hobbit
\nThe Lord of the Rings
\nThe Silmarillion
\nOther Works (Lost Tales, Father Christmas, Children of Hurin, etc)<\/p>\n

This allows each division to crown a champion for each book, and then they all face off against each other in the final four!<\/p>\n

Our staff are sorting out the field of 64 combatants now, and we’ll be posting the first bracket and polls very soon. Stay tuned to the front-page of TORn for the announcement to start voting, and follow along on Twitter and FB with #middleearthmarchmadness @theoneringnet<\/p>\n

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