Supermercado 2,806 Posted January 21, 2019 Posted January 21, 2019 Firstly thanks to @Demonland for accepting our invitation to be a co-presenting partner of the eighth edition of Demonbracket. Those of you who have played before won't need any further instructions, but for everyone else the Bracket can be summed up as your opportunity to make an arbitrary choice about which Melbourne player you prefer based on whatever criteria you like. It's a knockout tournament with some byes due to seeding and seniority (more intricate preview post here), where we work down to the one most preferred player on the list. Previous finals: 2012 - James Frawley d. Nathan Jones 2013 - Tom McDonald d. Mitch Clark 2014 - Nathan Jones d. Jack Watts 2015 - Nathan Jones d. Dom Tyson 2016 - Jack Viney d. Nathan Jones 2017 - Max Gawn d. Jack Viney 2018 - Neville Jetta d. Clayton Oliver The draw will be conducted live on Twitter @demonblog from 19:00 on Friday 25 January, with matches commencing 07:00 Monday 28 January. After that the tournament tree will be updated in this post, and daily matches posted for your voting enjoyment. You can either cast your vote in this thread, via Twitter, Facebook, email ([email protected]) or in the interests of bringing all the people together the BigFooty Demonbracket thread. Only one vote per person per matchup please. Other important rules for first time players: The voting criteria for each match-up is your personal business. It need not have anything to do with football if you don't want it to, but if does then the best of British luck to you. We won't ask questions, and nor should anyone else. Vote shamers will be denounced. Voting will be conducted between 0700 and 1900 AEDST unless otherwise noted You must cast a valid vote for every match that day or none of your votes on that day's matches will count (I'll try and remind you where possible by there are no guarantees). You must pick a winner in every match up. No half votes, no "I can't split them". Yes you can, and you must. In the event of a tie both players will advance to the next round, except in the case of the Grand Final where a replay will be held the following day. If a match features three or more players and two or more tie for the most votes they will advance with all other players eliminated. We reserve the right to refuse an excessive number of multiple votes from the same person using multiple accounts This thread will be updated with the list of preliminary and first Round matches on Friday night, and the first match-ups to vote on will be posted Sunday night. Until then, have at your speculation about potential winners. With five former champions on the list and at least five other realistic championship contenders this promises to be the biggest Bracket yet, and we're thrilled to have the Demonland community join in. 5 1 Quote
Chelly 859 Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 Terrific move to have this included on the Demonland agenda during the pre-season, especially since the club has been unfairly prevented from defending its AFLX crown from 2018 by the Marvel Comix comp which we can all ignore in favour of this initiative (Andy, this deserves a podcast on its own). Interested to know if Sportsbet is running a market on this and surprised that TMac has been in the wilderness since his shock victory over Mitch Clark in 2013. 2 Quote
Whispering_Jack 31,368 Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 Could we see Max Gawn and Braydon Preuss pitted against each other early in the piece? 1 Quote
Deemania since 56 6,809 Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 10 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said: Could we see Max Gawn and Braydon Preuss pitted against each other early in the piece? Amazed at just how much attention and early respect Preuss is gathering from Demon fans ... if someone regularly going to training sessions has the inclination, could we please have a sustained and very well considered report on his strengths and weaknesses as these are interpreted from observations and other sources, and write a post to these effects on DL across the next few weeks? It would be very interesting for all, taking an individual player in for some scrutiny. Quote
Demonland 74,431 Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 17 hours ago, Chelly said: Terrific move to have this included on the Demonland agenda during the pre-season, especially since the club has been unfairly prevented from defending its AFLX crown from 2018 by the Marvel Comix comp which we can all ignore in favour of this initiative (Andy, this deserves a podcast on its own). Interested to know if Sportsbet is running a market on this and surprised that TMac has been in the wilderness since his shock victory over Mitch Clark in 2013. I'm happy to do a podcast about this if @Supermercado has the time. 1 Quote
Supermercado 2,806 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 18 hours ago, Demonland said: I'm happy to do a podcast about this if @Supermercado has the time. Let's get past some of the sludgy prelim round games and into the big stuff then go for it. Friends, a reminder that the draw will be conducted live on Twitter @demonblog from 18:00 tonight. The full schedule will be on demonblog.com at 19:00, and posted on here shortly after. The organising committee will then determine what Monday's opening games will be. 1 Quote
Demonland 74,431 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Supermercado said: Let's get past some of the sludgy prelim round games and into the big stuff then go for it. Friends, a reminder that the draw will be conducted live on Twitter @demonblog from 18:00 tonight. The full schedule will be on demonblog.com at 19:00, and posted on here shortly after. The organising committee will then determine what Monday's opening games will be. I was thinking of having an election night style full coverage of the entire event. Quote
Skuit 10,031 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Tell me when I can finally vote these lame duck rookies out of contention. Quote
Supermercado 2,806 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 The draw has been completed. No votes will be accepted until the post goes up Sunday night offering forum exclusive early voting on the first day of games. The tournament Monday 28 January - Preliminary Round/Round 1, part 1 Tuesday 29 January - Preliminary Round/Round 1, part 2 Wednesday 30 January - Round 1, part 3 Thursday 31 January - Round 2, part 1 Friday 1 February - Round 2, part 2 Monday 4 February - Round 2, part 3 Tuesday 5 February - Round 2, part 4 Wednesday 6 February - Round 3, part 1 Thursday 7 February - Round 3, part 2 Friday 8 February - Quarter Final day Monday 11 February - Semi Final day Tuesday 12 February - Grand Final day Preliminary Round James Jordon vs Kade Chandler Toby Bedford vs Aaron Nietschke Corey Wagner vs Austin Bradtke Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Round 1 James Jordon/Kade Chandler vs Tim Smith Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Mitch Hannan vs Jay Kennedy-Harris Aaron vandenBerg vs Kade Kolodjashnij Braydon Preuss vs Tom Sparrow/Marty Hore/Guy Walker Charlie Spargo vs Declan Keilty Corey Wagner/Austin Bradtke vs Sam Weideman Toby Bedford/Aaron Nietschke vs Jake Lever Round 2 James Jordon/Kade Chandler/Tim Smith vs Jordan Lewis Oscar McDonald vs Alex Neal-Bullen Christian Petracca vs 8. Jake Melksham 6. Tom McDonald vs Hannan/Kennedy-Harris Jeff Garlett vs Billy Stretch Braydon Preuss/Tom Sparrow/Marty Hore/Guy Walker vs Hunt Toby Bradford/Aaron Nietschke vs 4. James Harmes Bayley Fritsch/Oskar Baker vs Aaron vandenberg/Kade Kolodjashnij Sam Frost vs Spargo/Keilty Jack Viney vs 5. Nathan Jones Michael Hibberd vs Josh Wagner/Harrison Petty Corey Maynard/Joel. Smith vs Christian Salem Corey Wagner/Austin Bradtke/Sam Weideman vs 7. Angus Brayshaw Round 3 1. Neville Jetta vs Jordon/Chandler/T. Smith/Lewis O. McDonald/Neal-Bullen vs Petracca/Melksham T. McDonald/Hannan/Kennedy-Harris vs Garlett/Stretch Preuss/Sparrow/Hore/Walker/Hunt vs Bradford/Nietschke/Harmes 3. Clayton Oliver vs Fritsch/Baker/vandenberg/Kolodjashnij Frost/Spargo/Keilty vs Viney/Jones 2. Max Gawn vs Hibberd/J.Wagner/Petty Maynard/J.Smith/Salem vs C. Wagner/Bradtke/Weideman/Brayshaw 1 Quote
Demonland 74,431 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 @Supermercado Would the vote counting be easier for you if I can create a poll? * * not sure I can do that many separate polls in one. I know you can have multiple polls just but sure if there is a limit. If possible would that help? Quote
Supermercado 2,806 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Demonland said: @Supermercado Would the vote counting be easier for you if I can create a poll? * * not sure I can do that many separate polls in one. I know you can have multiple polls just but sure if there is a limit. If possible would that help? No need, I enjoy manual tabulation. Also like counting votes. 1 Quote
The Great Pretender 480 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 So we kick off with Jordon v Chandler. Decisions, decisions... Quote
Supermercado 2,806 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Posted January 27, 2019 Congratulations, your Day 1 #demonbracket matches have arrived. Vote by 19:00 AEDT Monday 28 January on who you prefer out of: Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Winners of the first three games advance to Round 2, and the triple threat preliminary round match will feed into a later Round 1 game. Happy voting sports fans. 1 Quote
Chook 15,069 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 How do I vote? What do I do? Just tell me how I can ensure that Tom McDonald wins as he should. Quote
Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,681 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 J Smith Fritta Petty Hore Quote
Dee Zephyr 19,311 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Edited January 27, 2019 by Dee Zephyr Quote
Supermercado 2,806 Posted January 27, 2019 Author Posted January 27, 2019 28 minutes ago, Chook said: How do I vote? What do I do? Just tell me how I can ensure that Tom McDonald wins as he should. Write the name of your preferred candidate and/or copy + paste then bold their name. McSizzle will be entering the tournament later in the week. 2 1 Quote
Demonland 74,431 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Quote
The Great Pretender 480 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Quote
CBDees 3,167 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 SCorey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Quote
Meggs 598 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Quote
Males 578 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch Josh Wagner Tom Sparrow Quote
raDeelaide 256 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker 1 Quote
Deeminion 412 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Corey Maynard vs Joel Smith Bayley Fritsch vs Oskar Baker Josh Wagner vs Harrison Petty Tom Sparrow vs Marty Hore vs Guy Walker Quote
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