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Was with an entire family of Pies fans so it would have been more awkward for them

1989 Elimination Final - my first game Round 2, 1998 - the year I got back into footy after a couple of years of teenage sooking. We went about 45 points up, North got back within a goal, we held on to win and I was back in love with footy 2000 Semi Final with the wild last quarter comeback against the Blues R18, 2004 when we hit the top of the ladder after beating Hawthorn. It was a rubbish performance that should have pointed to the rubbish that followed over the next five weeks but the glee on our fans when the ladder was shown with us on top was beautiful. The Essendon win in 2012 when I was so tense I couldn't walk down the stairs of the Ponsford for about 20 minutes Most of the wins 2012 - 2017 Part one and two of the 2018 finals series

Even though I missed it by not getting into footy until '88 I still feel traumatised by the 87 PF. But for games I actually saw: Round 6, 1992 - the last quarter capitulation against Essendon that has meant untold stress about leads under 50 1998 Prelim - With no scientific basis I thought we were going to knock over North and win the Grand Final 186 is an obvious one, but it was so out of the blue that at the time I thought we were just going to neck the coach and get back on with being comfortably mid-table Round 1, 2013 - when I allowed myself to realise that Neeld was a nuffy and that we were going to be pox for years to come. 2018 prelim over so quickly it doesn't even come close to qualifying, and in retrospect winning the '04 EF might have set us up for a run through an open finals series.

The Demonbracket Grand Final result is in... And by a score of 122-112 your winner AND NEW CHAMPION is Clayton Oliver. Congratulations to Neville Jetta for making his second consecutive final. Thanks for your support in this inaugural season on Demonland and see you next year for Demonbracket IX Further reaction on this thread later, and on the @Demonland Podcast.

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Your #demonbracket semi final votes are in: 1. Neville Jetta d. 6. Tom McDonald 114-62 3. Clayton Oliver d. 2. Max Gawn 96-80. The Grand Final is set. Please exercise your democratic right by 19:00 AEDST tomorrow on who you prefer out of: 1. Neville Jetta vs 3. Clayton Oliver Good luck voters.

#demonbracket Quarter Final results are in. 1. Neville Jetta d. 8. Jake Melksham 144-16 6. Tom McDonald d. 4. James Harmes 114-46 3. Clayton Oliver d. Jack Viney 110-50 2. Max Gawn d. 7. Angus Brayshaw 115-45 Semi Final day(s) open until 19:00 Monday night: 1. Neville Jetta vs 6. Tom McDonald 3. Clayton Oliver vs 2. Max Gawn Happy voting.

Final Day 9 #demonbracket results are in: 4. James Harmes d. Jayden Hunt 119-28 3. Clayton Oliver d. Bayley Fritsch 138-9 2. Max Gawn d. Michael Hibberd 127-20 7. Angus Brayshaw d. Christian Salem 116-31 Quarter Final Day ends at 19:00 on Friday: 1. Neville Jetta vs 5. Jake Melksham 6. Tom McDonald vs 4. James Harmes 3. Clayton Oliver vs Jack Viney 2. Max Gawn vs 8. Angus Brayshaw With apologies to the unlucky Nathan Jones, great year to be seeded.

Your classified Day 8 #demonbracket results are in: 1. Neville Jetta d. Jordan Lewis 135-4 8. Jake Melksham d. Alex Neal-Bullen 95-44 Jack Viney d. Charlie Spargo 127-12 6. Tom McDonald d. Billy Stretch 134-5 Your remaining Round 3 games, to be voted on until 19:00 Thursday night: Jayden Hunt vs 4. James Harmes 3. Clayton Oliver vs Bayley Fritsch 2. Max Gawn vs Michael Hibberd Christian Salem vs 7. Angus Brayshaw

This was the Round 3 draw. All straight knockout stuff from here so you can work out who's likely to play who if the bookies are correct: 1. Neville Jetta vs Jordan Lewis Alex Neal-Bullen vs 8. Jake Melksham| Tom McDonald vs Billy Stretch Jayden Hunt vs 4. James Harmes 3. Clayton Oliver vs Bayley Fritsch Charlie Spargo vs Jack Viney 2. Max Gawn vs Michael Hibberd Christian Salem vs 7. Angus Brayshaw (Note to all: Don't vote on tomorrow's games yet. Ballot box opens when the results are posted tonight).

The last #demonbracket results of Round 2 are in: Alex Neal-Bullen d. Oscar McDonald 84-59 Bayley Fritsch d. Aaron vandenBerg 94-49 7. Angus Brayshaw d. Sam Weideman 122-21 Day 8 matches commence play in Round 3. Vote by 19:00 Wednesday on: 1. Neville Jetta vs Jordan Lewis Alex Neal-Bullen vs 8. Jake Melksham Charlie Spargo vs Jack Viney 6. Tom McDonald vs Billy Stretch

Classified Day 6 #demonbracket results: Jack Viney d. 5. Nathan Jones 97-46 Charlie Spargo d. Sam Frost 82-61 4. James Harmes d. Jake Lever 98-45 Christian Salem d. Joel Smith 133-10 Your Day 7 matches, open until 19:00 Tuesday night: Oscar McDonald v Alex Neal-Bullen Bayley Fritsch vs Aaron vandenBerg Sam Weideman vs 7. Angus Brayshaw

Day 5 #demonbracket results are in: 6. Tom McDonald d. Mitch Hannan 131-6 Billy Stretch d. Jeff Garlett 84-53 Jayden Hunt d. Braydon Preuss 105-32 Your Day 6 matches are open until 19:00 Monday night: Jack Viney vs 5. Nathan Jones Sam Frost vs Charlie Spargo Jake Lever vs 4. James Harmes Joel Smith vs Christian Salem

#demonbracket Day 4 results 8. Jake Melksham d. Christian Petracca 79-67 Jordan Lewis d. Tim Smith 104-42 Michael Hibberd d. Josh Wagner 139-7 Your Day 5 matchups, open to voting until 19:00 tomorrow night are: 6. Tom McDonald vs Mitch Hannan Jeff Garlett vs Billy Stretch Braydon Preuss vs Jayden Hunt

Classified Day 3 #demonbracket results: Aaron vandenBerg d. Kade Kolodjashnij 100-35 Tim Smith d. James Jordon 100-35 Braydon Preuss d. Tom Sparrow 84-51 Jake Lever d. Toby Bedford 130-5 Sam Weideman d. Corey Wagner 133-2 Round 2 commences now, with the following matches open for voting until 19:00 Thursday: Christian Petracca vs 8. Jake Melksham Tim Smith vs Jordan Lewis Michael Hibberd vs Josh Wagner

Demonbracket Day 2 matches have closed, and your results are: Mitch Hannan d. Jay Kennedy-Harris 121-12 C. Wagner d. Bradtke 87-46 Jordon d. Chandler 82-51 Bedford d. Nietschke 84-49 Spargo d. Keilty 127-6 Day 3 voting is open until 19:00 AEDT Wednesday evening as we wrap up the Preliminary Round and Round 1: Aaron vandenBerg vs Kade Kolodjashnij James Jordon vs Tim Smith Braydon Preuss vs Tom Sparrow Toby Bedford vs Jake Lever Corey Wagner vs Sam Weideman

Day 1 #demonbracket results: Joel Smith d. Corey Maynard 100-28 Bayley Fritsch d. Oskar Baker 120-8 Josh Wagner d. Harrison Petty 79-49 Tom Sparrow d. Marty Hore and Guy Walker 77-45-6 Day 2 matches - open for voting until 19:00 Tuesday night: Mitch Hannan vs Jay Kennedy-Harris Corey Wagner vs Austin Bradtke James Jordon vs Kade Chandler Toby Bedford vs Aaron Nietschke Charlie Spargo vs Declan Keilty Good luck voters.

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.

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.

More than one mention in this thread about how this could lead to big things internationally. What is the actual strategy for this to happen, is it going to be broadcast anywhere where any decent sized international audience will see it? When Port play in China we hear about how the game is being shown locally but are the same people going to broadcast this, or is the idea to create a razzle dazzle highlights package that internationals will accidentally stumble on via social media and YouTube and decide they want to play the game? International expansion is a noble goal, but let's be honest people have been dreaming about the rest of the world taking up the game for decades and because the rest of the world is perfectly happy with the sports they already have the best we get out of it is a handful of interested people and as near to irrelevant international participation figures. If it hits big and suddenly money starts flowing into the game from everywhere you can slap my [censored] and call me Charlie, but given that we can barely get parts of Australia to get interested in Australian Rules Football you're kidding yourself if you think China, India etc.. are going to fall for it just because it's played on a rectangular ground.

No need, I enjoy manual tabulation. Also like counting votes.

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

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.

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.

Great restraint to pick a nickname other than the obvious.