For anyone wanting to keep track of this endless, endless (but beautiful) knockout tournament, here's what's hapened so far in Round 2...
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Well fair play to you. That's brilliant.
I really like the visual and appreciate the effort Alex!
Yeah just brilliant. Scanning those already gives clear indication of the quality we are moving to. Round 3 (and beyond) is going to be a stinker!
Is Round 3 a random draw again? Or are we now following a pattern where e.g. Max Normal will take on Blackhawk?
I'm hoping for more radnomness myself...
(apologies if you have already explained this)
Quote from: AlexF on 01 February, 2022, 09:25:48 AM
Is Round 3 a random draw again? Or are we now following a pattern where e.g. Max Normal will take on Blackhawk?
I'm hoping for more radnomness myself...
(apologies if you have already explained this)
Fear not each round will be an entirely random draw a la the FA cup. Keeps it all the more interesting in my mind.
The random draw does make it more interesting indeed so Skip Tracer might have a clear path to the grand finale.
Latest results from Round 2!
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I really enjoy this thanks AlexF
Well aside from the horrific reminder that Zombo went out and the graphic representation of Devlin W taking a beating these are wonderful.
It really bring home how things are going to start to get very tough even in Round 3, let alone the later round!
I'll add my thanks Alex, these are great visuals to accompany the contest!
Quote from: broodblik on 01 February, 2022, 09:48:57 AM
The random draw does make it more interesting indeed so Skip Tracer might have a clear path to the grand finale.
Lol GO SKIP!!!
Who lives? Who dies? More results here...
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I will never tired of these, nor saying how GREAT they are.
As you scroll down you get a real sense of dread about how tough Round 3 will be, let alone Round 4 and beyo...
what DRY RUN!!!!
how do that happen!
I love the random draw element.
Apologies to Zombie Army, who didn't deserve to get through to Round 3 - but DID at least deserve to get a picture!
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More victors! More losers! More Tourney!
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Round 2 is finally over! The final batch of winners and losers...
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Some of your panel selection and crops are just brilliant AlexF!
Thanks again for doing this, really brings things to life.
Yes this is awesome as always AlexF
Not gonna stop now, what with having a folder full of panels from, I guess, every single 2000AD/Megazine series ever.
I've also been doing na bit of stats trawling, some interesting things to note going into Round 3...
Of 2000AD's most polific writers,
Grennie takes the lead with 15 thrills still in play (and 7 lost)
Wagner has 13 left, with 8 knocked out
Mills has 12 left, 7 gone
Grant also 12 left, 5 gone (NB including many of the same serieses as Wagner)
Abnett's on 10, with 4 knocked out
Smith is on 9, 6 lost
Edginton looking strong with 8 in, only 2 lost
Milligan's on 7 with 3 lost
Finley-Day punching above hbis weight, arguably, with 6 still in play and just 1 gone
While finalist contender Alan Moore has 5 thrills still in play, only 1 knocked out so far.
Pity poor Arthur Wyatt and Hilary Robinson, all their solo series now gone, but still in play, in the giant roster of Future Shock writers.
Modern favourite Al Ewing somehow has just 1 thrill left in play (outside of Future Shocks), and it's his not-especially-beloved Damnation Station.
At the opposite end, Alan Hebden has to feel pretty happy about his showing, with four of his solo-scripted series + his one-off efforts all still in contention.
(All stats listed above are based on Round 2 only, not looking at things that fell in Round 1. Also I might have counted wrong)
Bit trickier to count up the artists accurately as so many series have used mutiple artists, but by my reckoning, top of the Tourney entering Round 3 are...
Massimo Belardinelli, with 8 entrants
Henry Flint and D'Israeli with 7
Dave Gibbons, Kevin O'Neill, Simon Davis and Ian Gibson all on 6
Carlos Ezquerra and Colin McNeil both on 5
-Just imagine a Prog with all those names attached! What a belter that would be.
Prog 2000 featured four of those - Ezquerra, Gibbons, O'Neill and Davis on art duties - plus Bolland, Fraser, McMahon, Walker, Kennedy, Staples and Harrison. Not a bad attempt!
loving these stats. thank you. and hoping for goal difference and averages to be sorted out soon ...
unbelievable that wagner has lost such a big proportion of his creations, tho. maybe it shouldn't have been a "not wagner" tournament, back in the day, after all? and trusting that we'll have an exhibition match of dredd going up against the winner of this epic, just for the craic.
Quote from: The Mind of Wolfie Smith on 11 May, 2022, 08:07:29 PM
loving these stats. thank you. and hoping for goal difference and averages to be sorted out soon ...
There's a spread sheet if anyone fancies!