Voting was heavy for Round 2 with many fans hoping their favored comics would move on to Round 3. I am so tired right now from watching the results come in and trying to figure out Match 3 that I am not even going to spend the time to italicize the comic book names. Here are the breakdowns for Round 2 of the WonderWorldComics.com March Madness Contest:
Results after Round 2
Match 1: Superior Spider-Man vs. The Avengers
The Avengers 62% Winner
This was a hard-faught battle from the start with Superior Spider-Man taking an early lead. The fans of The Avengers came out in the last few hour of voting and overtook Doc Oc/Peter Parker. We can declare, with absolute certainty, Gwen Stacy will not be back in this competition.
Match 2: Thor vs. Iron Man
Iron Man 63% Winner
Thor 37% Loser
Iron Man led through most of the day until the final hours of voting when Thor fans drank some coffee and got their game faces on. Iron Man fans rallied back in the last half hour to take back the lead. [Edited because I gave the wrong results here – everything is right now]
Match 3: The Walking Dead vs. G.I. Joe
The Walking Dead ??%
G.I. Joe ??%
There were so many votes coming in over the last few minutes that I cannot tell who the winner of The Walking Dead vs. G.I. Joe is. The site began lagging as I was closing the polls and as the site was about to crash, the polling went into a loop so votes were counting as extra. There were so many votes coming in so fast that our system was having multiple issues in trying to process the information. I had to force the site to shut down just so that I could close out the polls. In the end, the looping caused The Walking Dead to gain a huge margin in the final seconds. The only fair thing to do was to create the three-way match pitting The Walking Dead vs. G.I. Joe vs. Transformers!
Most of the other polls were closed when this issue happened. I have to manually close the polls, but the other two polls which were still open during the crash were not impacted with loops since nobody was actively voting in those polls in the final few moments. We are working hard today to make sure the site does not face this type of issue in the future. We are very sorry for any confusion or stress this situation might have caused.
Match 4: Transformers vs. Hellboy in Hell
Transformers 61% Winner
Hellboy in Hell 39% Loser
It looked like Hellboy in Hell might take this until the last 20 minutes of voting when a few Transformers fans were able to rally the troops and give marching orders to our site. Hellboy has been sent to Hell while Transformers has been sent to the Sweet 16 Round.
Match 5: Batman vs. Green Lantern
Batman 76% Winner
Green Lantern 24% Loser
Ya, Green Lantern never had a chance in this one. Batman simply crushed him and moved on to the next round.
Match 6: Detective Comics Vs. Nightwing
Nightwing 59% Winner
Detective Comics 41% Loser
Detective Comics took an early lead, but could not hold on at the end. Nightwing fans came out and did their hero proud by voting him past the secondary Batman title.
Match 7: Red Hood vs. Batgirl
Batgirl 56% Winner
Red Hood 44% Loser
This was an interesting match. It ran close for hours until Red Hood pulled ahead in the early afternoon. Batgirl fans were riled up in the late afternoon and put a huge margin into effect. Red Hood fans tried, but were not successful in closing the gap.
Match 8: Adventure Time vs. Mega Man
Mega Man 54% Winner
Adventure Time 46% Loser
Adventure Time kept the lead throughout the day. In the last twenty minutes, Mega Man fans decided they wanted their character to move on and caught the Adventure Time fans napping. The forrest has been burned to the ground.
Match 9: Game of Thrones vs. Legend of OZ: Wicked West
Legend of OZ 93% Winner
Game of Thrones 7% Winner
I talking about a possible Cinderella story earlier with Legend of OZ, and it might be coming through. Big Dog Ink has done a great job in rallying their minions and releasing the hounds. Was Game of Thrones just another victim on the way to complete domination of the bracket? Legend of OZ already won the most contested match in during March Madness and has won its second round by the greatest margin. Reconrds are being set people!
Match 10: Sonic vs. Neonomicon
Neonomicon 56% Winner
Sonic 44% Loser
Speed means nothing when facing the true power of the Neonomicon!
Match 11: Savage Wolverine vs. Hawkeye
Savage Wolverine 59% Winner
Hawkeye 41% Loser
Hawkeye was leading throughout the day until the early evening when Savage Wolverine fans came out to play. Hawkeye fans battled back, but there was nothing they could do. I guess he is just a guy with a bow and arrows.
Match 12: Young Avengers vs. New Avengers
Young Avengers 59% Winner
New Avengers 41% Loser
The up-and-comers vs. The Illuminati. In this matchup, youth won over experience. With many young voters in these games, maybe they went with the characters they could relate to. Either way, Young Avengers moves on and New Avengers goes away.
Match 13: Saga vs. Star Wars
Star Wars 64% Winner
Saga 36% Loser
Anything…and I mean anything, can happen in the WWC March Madness Contest. Saga, which is one of the highest-earning 5%er titles was defeated by Star Wars. The underdog created one of the bigger upsets of the bracket so far.
Match 14: Dr. Who vs. Chew
Chew 70% Winner
Dr. Who 30% Loser
Where did all the Whovians go? Chew trounced Dr. Who and has moved on to take on Star Wars. What will be the outcome in that matchup? Could we have a reversal of fortune?
Match 15: Justice League vs. Batman The Dark Knight
Justice League 59% Winner
Batman The Dark Knight 41% Loser
Another Batman Family title falls in the Second Round as Justice League Defeated Batman The Dark Knight. Batfans never woke up in this one and Justice League won an easy victory.
Match 16: Masks vs. Harbinger
Harbinger 71% Winner
Masks 29% Loser
I am not even going to try to speak this one up. Harbinger won. Now it faces the Neonomicon in the bottom section of the Sweet 16 East.
All winners receive a 15% discount in the store today. Have you voted in the Sweet 16 yet?
