180 entries!
45 groups of 4
5 groups per day for 9 days.
Then the knock-out phase begins.

• Every group determined by random number generator.
• The first 5 groups run from right now until midnight on Tuesday.
• Embrace the insanity.
• If you nominated something, you get a group named for you.

Day #1's contestants - VOTE NOW!

rebag00's Group
The Dinner Party episode of The Office
Santana's Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock
The Aggie dance scene in The Best Little *****house in Texas
Frank Costanza going off on George Steinbrenner for trading Jay Buhner

The Dirty Sock's Group
Sean Spencer and Burton Guster doing anything on Psych
When you first see the brachiosaurus in Jurassic Park
Astronauts walking to the rocket ship in The Right Stuff
Vincent Van Gogh visits an art museum on what I assume is an episode of Dr. Who

Bruce Almighty's Group
William Wallace's Freedom Speech in Braveheart
Henry V Speech -Eve of Saint Crispin's Day
Gifs of Kate Upton doing basically anything
Scarlett Johanssen - Hottest Marvel chick

CajunAg97's Group
George Costanza's answering machine message
You just figured out who Keyser Soze is
Charlie as Night Man on IASIP
Hell or High Water

Cactus Jack's Group
Arthur's last ride song - That's the way it is - Daniel Lanois - Red Dead Redemption 2
James Brown doing Living in America in Rocky IV
D&D - which rhutton didn't explain, so I'm declaring that he means Dungeons & Dragons
Michael Jackson's moon walk at Motown 25

Voted!

Will be waiting patiently for my "I voted" sticker to arrive in the mail.

Poll sucks. Your mom isn't listed

Duncan Idaho said:

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Poll sucks. Your mom isn't listed

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Everyone voted for her so hard she got a first-round bye.

45 groups = 45 automatic bids
Probably do 19 wild card in addition depending on how deep the %s go.
Usually try to have a field where the "worst" seeds got at least 25% of the vote in the group phase.

The current highwater mark is The Dinner Party episode of The Office with 68% of its group vote.

PS - Can't wait to see what I nominated that got left out of this poll.

I'll complain. Book it.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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PS - Can't wait to see what I nominated that got left out of this poll.

I'll complain. Book it.

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I put you on ignore years ago.

apparently not

Your randomizer hates me.

Three of the groups I for the most part don't care if any advance. The other two, I'd like all to advance.

Well there are 40 groups to go, I imagine you'll have a winner in there somewhere.

That Bruce Almighty Group though

That is what I'm talking about.

I have spent most of the day forcing myself not to randomize the next 5 groups. That might be the most fun part. Reminds me Conan O'Brien dialing up clips from Walker, Texas Ranger

Group Day #1 Winners:

rebag00 Group - The Dinner Party episode of The Office

The Dirty Sock Group - When you first see the brachiosaurus in Jurassic Park

Bruce Almighty's Group - William Wallace's Freedom Speech in Braveheart

CajunAg97's Group - You just figured out who Keyser Soze is

Cactus Jack's Group - Michael Jackson's moon walk at Motown 25

All 5 winners earn automatic bids to the knockout round!

Group Day #2 coming shortly!

Group Day #2 - let the teeth gnashing begin!

VOTE HERE!

Cool Laser Falcon's Group
The time Mr. T was on Different Strokes
The return of Han Solo and Chewbacca in The Force Awakens
The Legend of Zelda
When Sam Jackson is eaten by the shark in Deep Blue Sea

Brian Earl Spilner's Group
Rutger Hauer's "Tears in the Rain" monologue from Blade Runner
Knights of the Old Republic
The Justice League episode where Superman shows Darkseid just how powerful he really is.
Chris Farley vs. Patrick Swayze for Chippendales / SNL

Shai-Hulud's Group
Heart's version of Stairway to Heaven
Turk dancing to Bell Biv Devoe's Poison on Scrubs
Opening battle of Gladiator
Flying the Millennium Falcon at Galaxy's Edge in Disney World/Disney Land

Tanya 93's Group
Pam Beasley - Hottest The Office chick
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Queen's set at Live Aid 1985 at Wembley Stadium
Opening battle of Saving Private Ryan

Rhutton125's Group
Grand Theft Auto
The Last Supper scene in History of the World Part I
Jim Gaffigan
Animal House

morning bump - fierce competition so far. God bless everyone who voted for KOTOR.

Starting tonight, I'll post the current top 4 seeds for the tournament royale as well. Whatever I can do to work as little as possible while appearing busy.

Fat Bib Fortuna said:

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I have spent most of the day forcing myself not to randomize the next 5 groups. That might be the most fun part. Reminds me Conan O'Brien dialing up clips from Walker, Texas Ranger

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Speaking of Conan's WTR clips, we should have included that or maybe his "in the year 2000"

The Dog Lord said:

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Fat Bib Fortuna said:

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I have spent most of the day forcing myself not to randomize the next 5 groups. That might be the most fun part. Reminds me Conan O'Brien dialing up clips from Walker, Texas Ranger

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Speaking of Conan's WTR clips, we should have included that or maybe his "in the year 2000"

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True, although we could have this competition every 2 weeks and never include everything.

Group Day #2 has concluded.

Your group winners:

Cool Laser Falcon's Group: The return of Han Solo and Chewbacca in The Force Awakens

Brian Earl Spilner's Group: Chris Farley vs. Patrick Swayze for Chippendales / SNL

Shai-Hulud's Group: Opening battle of Gladiator

Tanya 93's Group: Opening battle of Saving Private Ryan

Rhutton125's Group: Animal House

The current Top 4 seeds in the Knockout Round are:

1. When you first see the brachiosaurus in Jurassic Park
2. The Dinner Party episode of The Office
3. Chris Farley vs. Patrick Swayze for Chippendales / SNL
4. William Wallace's Freedom Speech in Braveheart

Group Day #3 coming shortly!

Group Day #3 Assemble!


VOTE HERE


cbr's group
The fact that Samuel L. Jackson is Mace Windu, Nick Fury, and Frozone
Eowyn slaying the Lord of the Nazgul in Return of the King
Andy Dufrense escapes Shawshank Prison
The Voltron crossover cartoon from the 1980s

jkag89's group
Russell Crowe's "My Name is Maximus Decimus Meridius" speech in Gladiator
Christopher Walken's speaking cadence
All Along the Watch Tower - Battlestar Galactica 2004
When Billy Dee Williams was on Scrubs

hunter2012's group
To Kill a Mockingbird's courtroom scene
Felicity Jones - Hottest Star Wars chick
Captain America lifting Thor's hammer in Endgame
Super Mario Brothers

DallasTeleAg's group
Neil Peart's drum solo - Rush Live in Frankfurt
Luke telling Palpatine "I am a Jedi, like my father before me."
Samuel L. Jackson's wallet in Pulp Fiction
Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street

snowdog90's group
Frank Costanza
Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct
Troy McClure from the Simpsons
When Dirk Benedict sees the Cylon at Universal Studios in the opening credits of the A-Team

"I am a Jedi, like my father before me."

Dallas TeleAg's group may be the best one yet

I had to think way too hard about To Kill A Mockingbird vs. Super Mario Bros. I think that battle somehow has me knowing myself better.

Frank Costanza vs Troy McClure is brutal.

In a sentence I never thought I'd write, Naomi Lapaglia is currently taking it to Luke Skywalker.

Fat Bib Fortuna said:

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In a sentence I never thought I'd write, Naomi Lapaglia is currently taking it to Luke Skywalker.

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Rule #1

Group Day #3 Results

cbr's group - Andy Drufense escapes Shawshank Prison


jkag89's group - Russell Crowe's "My name is Maximus" speech in Gladiator

hunter 2012's group - Captain America lifting Thor's hammer in Endgame


DallasTeleAg's group - Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall
Street

snowdog90's group - Frank Costanza

Current Top 4 Seeds

1. When you first see the brachiosaurus in Jurassic Park
2. The Dinner Party episode of The Office
3. Andy Dufrense escapes Shawshank Prison
4. Chris Farley vs. Patrick Swayze for Chippendales / SNL

Group Day #4 coming in the next hour

Group Day #4 - VOTE HERE

tk for tu juan's group
Legolas doing the 1-handed horse mount in The Two Towers
The soundtrack to Star Wars
Salma Hayek dancing in "From Dusk Til Dawn"
Barristan Selmy quits like a boss on GoT

gggmann's group
Blame Canada from South Park
Led Zepplin IV
Shipping up to Boston from The Departed
The Red Wedding on GoT

BenTheGoodAg's group
You've got the Touch by Stan Bush from Transformers: The Movie
imy2 Cover of Blinding LIghts by the Weekend
When the elevator doors open up and Hans and the boys see the note that says "Now I have a machine gun" in Die Hard
Ronnie James Dio

Quad Dog's group
The X-Wing
President Thomas J. Whitmore from Independence Day
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Jessica Alba in Sin City

Racer X's group
Darth Vader saves Luke, tosses Palpatine in Return of the Jedi
Joffrey dies on GoT
Crash's speech about what he believes in during Bull Durham
The terrible recorder version of My Heart Will Go On

Fun tourney. I missed the first 3 but got in on this 4th wave of voting.