Here is my proposal of a Buffy episode tournament that can be arranged if there is enough interest. In short, the idea is that episodes compete against one another, the winners and losers are decided by your votes, and the tournament table is calculated and announced after each round.

Now the same idea in more detail.

1. First we have to decide in which category episodes will compete. The best, the most favorite, the most funny, the most dramatic etc are possible candidates. My initial proposal is the most favorite (most likely to rewatch) category. It is very subjective, which makes the whole tournament more unpredictable, thus more fun.

2. Once the category is decided, each of us can nominate a number (say, 12-15) episodes for competition. Ideally, we should come up with 30-40 episodes that will participate in the tournament.

3. The competition will consist of a number of rounds, in which episodes will compete against one another in pairs. For each pair, the winner will be decided by your votes. For example, you can vote W(win), if the first episode is better for you, L(lose), if the second episode is better, or D(draw), if they equally good or you cannot decide. After a few days of voting, I will collect the votes, announce the winners, and update the tournament table. The winners will get 2 points each, while a draw will give each of episodes 1 point. I propose that a winner episode should get at least 2 winning votes more that a loser episode. Otherwise, a draw is declared.

4. Playing all (30-40) episodes against each other will make the whole tournament way too long. Instead, I propose that the tournament will have only 10 rounds. To make the results of such a shortened tournament fair, I suggest using so called Swiss system, which describes how episode pairings of each round are decided. Basically, it is two simple rules: one episode is paired with another, if 1) they have not met before, 2) they are as close as possible in the tournament table (ie they have approximately the same number of points). So, if an episode wins, it climbs higher in the tournament table and thus gets a "stronger" episode to compete in the next round. Similarly, losing means dropping in the table and getting a "weaker" episode and thus opportunity to rebound in the next round. After 10 rounds, the final results are announced.

So, anyone ineterested?

This sounds like great fun, lince, provided everybody plays nice

I did something like this on my LJ (but I used all the episodes and pitted one against the other--It took awhile--but came out with some fun results)

(In my best imitation of Luke's voice) What? No volunteers?!

Ah, lince, I’m awful at any of these games (naming episodes, choosing between them or characters). My favorite always seems to be the one I’m watching at the moment, that’s why I can never pick a for sure favorite scene or episode. I’ll try later though, when I have more time.

There is a scene game here right now but I’m afraid to join in because if you guess the right one then you are obligated to do the next one and I would have to make a choice. *sings, Under Pressure*
Anna

So, should we choose a category and get started?

My category suggestion: the most favorite (ie most likely to rewatch) episodes. Any other suggestions?

I nominate OMWF for that one.

How about most depressing episode? Best written all the way through? (all characters) about sexiest episode? or hee-- best SMG outfits (whole episode)? (that is an important one)

Okay, I propose we start out with "Eps I watch most often" these are not necessarily the episodes you think are the best, but for any number of reasons you find yourself going back to over & over.

That's exactly what I meant by the favorite episodes. I consider, for example, "The Body" one of the best episodes, but definitely not the one I rewatch often. So I second the Premiere's proposal.

Okay then, I'll start it off

10 eps I love to watch:

A New Man
Amends
BB&B
Beauty & the Beasts
Conversations With Dead People
Fool For Love
Helpless
Pangs
Prophecy Girl
When She Was Bad

So, we just add some?

OMWF
Tabula Rasa
Pangs
Something Blue
Intervention
Fool For love
CWDP
Dead Things. (I Know, but that episode is so well acted and deep)
Smashed
Afterlife
Sleeper
The Gift
Crush
A New man
Chosen

My nominations:

The Witch
Prophecy Girl
Halloween
Becoming
Earshot
Helpless
The Prom
Pangs
Blood Ties
Spiral
The Gift
OMWF
Normal Again
Selfless
Chosen

It is OK if your nominations overlap with somebody else's. If there are too many episodes nominated (there will be maximum 40 participants in the tournament), the number of nominations will matter. To make things simple, every episode that is nominated twice or more, will definitely participate in the tournament.

Yep, just keep adding . Up to 15 episodes.

Ok so I hope I understand the rules (doubt it ), but for now we're just supposed to pick 10 episodes we like/watch the most? Ok...hmmm, mine would be:

01. The Gift
02. Chosen
03. The Body
04. Once More With Feeling
05. Conversations With Dead People
06. When She Was Bad
07. Lie To Me
08. Wrecked
09. Hush
10. This Year's Girl

added more episodes

11. Afterlife
12. Tabula Rasa
13. Normal Again
14. Dead Things
15. Forever

15 Eps I love watching...

When She was Bad
Passion
Helpless
Angel
Revelations
Halloween
BB&B
Who Are You
Beauty and the Beasts
Yoko Factor
Checkpoint
Amends
The Witch
Fear Itself
Forever


ETA...I added some more

Hmm...I'm 'game'.

Angel
Halloween
Surprise
Passion
I Only Have Eyes for You
Band Candy
Amends
Dopplegangland
Fear Itself
Checkpoint

-Luc

Up to 15 episodes. In no particular order. So just keep adding.

1. OMWF
2. The Gift
3. FFL
4. Goodbye Iowa
5. Smashed
6. The Yoko Factor
7. Into The Woods
8. Tabula Rasa
9. Helpless
10. Becoming 2

15? I thought someone said we could add up to 40...so confused

My fault You can nominate up to 15 episodes. Once nomination is finished, maximum 40 episodes from those nominated will participate in the tournament, where they play against one another.

The episode's I watch most often

The Gift
Passion
I only have eyes for you
Prophecy Girl
Wild at Heart
Restless
Bargaining 1&2
Graduation Day 1&2
Amends
Anne

My fifteen:

The Witch
Never Kill A Boy On The Fisrt Date
Inca Mummy Girl
I Only Have Eyes For You
Dead Man's Party
Helpless
The Freshman
Restless
Forever
Spiral
Afterlife
Dead Things
Beneath You
Get It Done
Empty Places

Oh, this is going to be tough but i'll give it a try.

Here are my 15 (in no particular order)

1. Surprise
2. innocence
3. Becoming Part I
4. Becoming Part II
5. Selfless
6. Conversations With Dead People
7. Once More With Feeling
8. Fool for love
9. The Gift
10. Prophecy Girl
11. The Prom
12. Grad Day Part I
13. Grad Day Part II
14 Hush
15. Restless

I know I left so many out, but these are my 15 (for now ) Also, I wasn't sure if we could put the two parter episodes together as one episode, so I just made them seperate.

Okay, I can add 5 more

Dead Things
A New Man
Bring On The Night
Tabula Rasa
Chosen

My last 5:

The Prom
Dead Things
Spiral
Chosen
Never Leave Me

Ohh...5 more. Woo Hoo!

Prophesy Girl
The Prom
Graduation Day 1/2 (does that count as 2?)
Hush
OMWF

-Luc

This looks like fun...
My 15

1. Becoming
2. Graduation Day
3. Amends
4. Angel
5. WTTH
6. The Harvest
7. The Yoko Factor
8. Passion
9. Fool for love
10. The Prom
11. Beauty and The Beasts
12. Enemies
13. The Wish
14. The Gift
15. Forever

Ok, nomination process is finished now. Altogether, 66 episodes were nominated. The indication of our different tastes and quality of Buffy as the series. However, to keep the tournament manageable, I had painfully to cut the number of episodes to 40. As I earlier promised, the episodes that were nominated at least twice are automatically included into the competition. There are 37 such episodes. To make a nice round number, I added 3 more episodes (which I am not going to reveal ) from those that were nominated once. So here it is the final list:

Conversations_With_Dead_People
Welcome_To_The_Hellmouth
Fool_For_Love
Helpless
Pangs
Prophecy_Girl
Once_More_With_Feeling
The_Gift
Chosen
When_She_Was_Bad
Halloween
Bewitched,Bothered_And_Bewildered
Beauty_and_the_Beasts
Amends
The_Witch
Angel
Passion
Fear_Itself
Checkpoint
Smashed
The_Yoko_Factor
Freshman
Tabula_Rasa
Becoming
I_Only_Have_Eyes_For_You
Normal_Again
Intervention
Dead_Things
Never_Kill_A_Boy_On_The_First_Date
Forever
Restless
Spiral
Afterlife
A_New_Man
Surprise
Selfless
The_Prom
Graduation_Day
Hush
Earshot

In a couple of hours I will annnounce the episode pairings for the first round. Your voting can continue until Monday. So, no rush Monday morning (European time) I will announce the results and calculate the tournament table.

Let us start the episode tournament! Everybody is welcome to vote. Here are the episode pairs for the first round:

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch []
Halloween : Becoming []
Amends : Dead_Things []
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again []
Smashed : CWDP []
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa []
The_Gift : Checkpoint []
Beauty&Beasts : Restless []
WSWB : Afterlife []
Angel : BB&B []
Helpless : IOHEFY []
Spiral : Fear_Itself []
Passion : Forever []
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love []
OMWF : Pangs []
Surprise : Hush []
Freshman : NKBOTFD []
Intervention : Earshot []
The_Prom : WTTH []
Selfless : Graduation_Day []

Please copy these pairings (without changing their order, please) into your post. Then, for each pair, put your vote between square brackets. The vote can be W (for 'win'), if you are more likely to rewatch the first episode, L (for 'loss'), if you are more likely to rewatch the second episode, or D (for 'draw'), if they are equally rewatchable or you cannot decide. Since a lot of episodes are very difficult (if not impossible) to compare in this way, draw is a completely respectable vote

Voting will continue until Monday morning (8am GMT, 3am ET). So, take your time. If during this time you want to change some your votes, please do it by editing your old post.

Let the fun start!

My votes for the first round:

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [D]
Halloween : Becoming [D]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [D]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [W]
Passion : Forever [D]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [D]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [L]
Intervention : Earshot [D]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [D]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [D]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [W]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [L]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [L]
Passion : Forever [W]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [W]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [D]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [D]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [D]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [L]
Passion : Forever [D]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [W]
OMWF : Pangs [D]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [L]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

And do we do this like the episode ranking? Vote once a day?

-Luc

No, you vote just once a round. So for this round your voting is done (unless you want to change some your votes by editing your old post).

I give time (until Monday morning, 8am GMT, 3am ET) for different people to vote in this round, then I will summarize the voting results and announce the winners for each pair of episodes. The winner episodes will get 2 points each. In case of a draw, each episode will get 1 point. On Monday morning the tournament table will be calculated, and episode pairings for a new round announced. Then you can vote again.

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [W]
Amends : Dead_Things [L]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [W]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [D]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [D]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [L]
Angel : BB&B [L]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [W]
Passion : Forever [D]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [L]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [W]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [W]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [D]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [W]
WSWB : Afterlife [D]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [D]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [W]
Passion : Forever [L]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [L]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [W]

[quote name='lince' date='Jan 11 2007, 09:55 AM' post='455420']
Let us start the episode tournament! Everybody is welcome to vote. Here are the episode pairs for the first round:

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [D]
Amends : Dead_Things [L]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [W]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [L]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [L]
Angel : BB&B [L]
Helpless : IOHEFY [L]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [D]
Passion : Forever [D]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [D]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [W]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [W]

Prophecy Girl : The Witch [D]
Halloween : Becoming [W]
Amends : Dead Things [L]
The Yoko Factor : Normal Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [W]
Chosen : Tabula Rasa [L]
The Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [D]
WSWB : Afterlife [D]
Angel : BB&B [L]
Helpless : IOHEFY [D]
Spiral : Fear Itself [D]
Passion : Forever [L]
A New Man : Fool For Love [D]
OMWF : Pangs [D]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [D]
The Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation Day [W]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [D]
Halloween : Becoming [W]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [L]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [W]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [D]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [L]
Passion : Forever [W]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [W]
OMWF : Pangs [L]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [D]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [D]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [D]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [D]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [D]
Passion : Forever [W]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [D]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [L]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [L]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [D]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [D]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [L]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [L]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [L]
Passion : Forever [W]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [L]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [W]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [L]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [L]
Passion : Forever [W]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [D]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [D]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [W]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [L]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [L]
Passion : Forever [L]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [L]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [L]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

Prophecy Girl : The Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead Things [L]
The Yoko Factor : Normal Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [W)
Chosen : Tabula Rasa [D]
The Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [D]
Angel : BB&B [L]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear Itself [W]
Passion : Forever [W]
A New Man : Fool For Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [L]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [W]
The Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation Day [W]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [L]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [W]
WSWB : Afterlife [L]
Angel : BB&B [W]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [W]
Passion : Forever [L]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [L]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [W]
Intervention : Earshot [W]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]


*hope I did it right *

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [D]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [L]
Passion : Forever [D]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [D]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [D]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [D]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [W]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [L]
WSWB : Afterlife [W]
Angel : BB&B [L]
Helpless : IOHEFY [W]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [W]
Passion : Forever [W]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [L]
OMWF : Pangs [L]
Surprise : Hush [D]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [W]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [W]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

16 votes already! Grrreat!

Sorry for making all you wait until Monday for the results. I just do not want to start a new round this close to a weekend. I promise that the next week the tournament will pick up the pace - I am planning 3 rounds.

Besides, I have to properly test a computer program that will calculate the tournament table and the episode pairings for a new round. Otherwise, my Mac might use any leeway to make Intervention the tournament champion. It seems it is in love with Buffybot

The aspect of being able to draw makes this easier for me to become involved. Sorry for all the draws, though.

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [D]
Halloween : Becoming [D]
Amends : Dead_Things [L]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [W]
Smashed : CWDP [D]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [L]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [D]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [W]
WSWB : Afterlife [L]
Angel : BB&B [D]
Helpless : IOHEFY [L]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [D]
Passion : Forever [D]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [D]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [L]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [W]
Intervention : Earshot [W]
The_Prom : WTTH [D]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [W]

Prophecy_Girl : The_Witch [W]
Halloween : Becoming [L]
Amends : Dead_Things [D]
The_Yoko_Factor : Normal_Again [L]
Smashed : CWDP [L]
Chosen : Tabula_Rasa [W]
The_Gift : Checkpoint [W]
Beauty&Beasts : Restless [D]
WSWB : Afterlife [D]
Angel : BB&B [D]
Helpless : IOHEFY [L]
Spiral : Fear_Itself [W]
Passion : Forever [W]
A_New_Man : Fool_For_Love [D]
OMWF : Pangs [W]
Surprise : Hush [W]
Freshman : NKBOTFD [W]
Intervention : Earshot [L]
The_Prom : WTTH [L]
Selfless : Graduation_Day [L]

The round 1 is officially finished now. After calculating 18 (yay!) votes, I got the following results:

Prophecy_Girl - The_Witch WIN +13 (win by 13 votes)
Halloween - Becoming LOSS -8
Amends - Dead_Things WIN +4
The_Yoko_Factor - Normal_Again DRAW -1
Smashed - CWDP LOSS -9
Chosen - Tabula_Rasa WIN +8
The_Gift - Checkpoint WIN +13
Beauty&Beasts - Restless LOSS -3
WSWB - Afterlife WIN +4
Angel - BB&B DRAW 0
Helpless - IOHEFY WIN +2
Spiral - Fear_Itself DRAW 0
Passion - Forever WIN +4
A_New_Man - Fool_For_Love LOSS -9
OMWF - Pangs WIN +10
Surprise - Hush WIN +2
Freshman - NKBOTFD WIN +2
Intervention - Earshot LOSS -6
The_Prom - WTTH WIN +11
Selfless - Graduation_Day LOSS -2

A short reminder of the tournament rules: one episode wins against another if it got at least 2 winning votes (W) more than losing votes (L). So, the advantage by a single vote is still considered as a draw (see The_Yoko_Factor - Normal_Again).


TOURNAMENT TABLE (AFTER ROUND 1)

1- Prophecy_Girl 2 +13
1- The_Gift 2 +13
3. The_Prom 2 +11
4. OMWF 2 +10
5- CWDP 2 +9
5- Fool_For_Love 2 +9
7- Becoming 2 +8
7- Chosen 2 +8
9. Earshot 2 +6
10- Amends 2 +4
10- WSWB 2 +4
10- Passion 2 +4
13. Restless 2 +3
14- Helpless 2 +2
14- Surprise 2 +2
14- Freshman 2 +2
14- Graduation_Day 2 +2
18. Normal_Again 1 +1
19- Angel 1 +0
19- BB&B 1 +0
19- Spiral 1 +0
19- Fear_Itself 1 +0
23. The_Yoko_Factor 1 -1
24- IOHEFY 0 -2
24- Hush 0 -2
24- NKBOTFD 0 -2
24- Selfless 0 -2
28. Beauty&Beasts 0 -3
29- Dead_Things 0 -4
29- Afterlife 0 -4
29- Forever 0 -4
32. Intervention 0 -6
33- Halloween 0 -8
33- Tabula_Rasa 0 -8
35- Smashed 0 -9
35- A_New_Man 0 -9
37. Pangs 0 -10
38. WTTH 0 -11
39- The_Witch 0 -13
39- Checkpoint 0 -13


For the round 1 the episode pairings were completely arbitrary. Starting from the round 2 episodes will be paired with their closest neighbours in the tournament table, provided they haven't played before. As a result, in the round 2 we get "clash" of the two big first round winners - Prophecy Girl and The Gift !

The episode pairings for the round 2:

Prophecy_Girl : The_Gift []
The_Prom : OMWF []
CWDP : Fool_For_Love []
Becoming : Chosen []
Earshot : Amends []
WSWB : Passion []
Restless : Helpless []
Surprise : Freshman []
Graduation_Day : Normal_Again []
Angel : Spiral []
BB&B : Fear_Itself []
The_Yoko_Factor : IOHEFY []
Hush : NKBOTFD []
Selfless : Beauty&Beasts []
Dead_Things : Afterlife []
Forever : Intervention []
Halloween : Tabula_Rasa []
Smashed : A_New_Man []
Pangs : WTTH []
The_Witch : Checkpoint []


Voting for the round 2 starts now and will continue until Wednesday early morning (8am GMT, 3am ET). Let's vote!