Boardsies Decide - Game of Thrones Greatest Character

TheValeyard

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I Will Fight You Pete!

Just name the time and place and I will destroy you for dissing my Queen!

Queen of the North! Queen of the North! Queen of the North!

Fight fight fight fight fight fight!!!

Necro

Just two hours left to send your nominations for the second chance Showdowns, and your wildcard.

On the wildcard battle royale, I will reveal the participants of that match at 11am.

Necro

So far I have

14 entries for Match 1

14 entries for Match 2

13 entries for Match 3

And 9 wildcard nominations.

Still time to get your nominations in, some of the matches are incredibly close so every vote counts!!

Necro

Ok folks, nominations are now closed.

Say hello to your wildcard nominations:

Olenna Tyrell




VS

Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett





VS


The Night King





VS


Ros





VS

Oberyn Martell




VS


Ellaria Sand





VS


Missandei





VS


Mance Rayder




VS


Alliser Thorne





VS


Lyanna Mormont

NB: Send your top 7 picks from the above characters ala the Second Chance Showdowns to me by 2pm this afternoon. The character with the most overall points will advance to Round 2.

Necro

Ok I'll be kicking off the Second Chance Showdown reveals shortly.

I've decided to do these in a specific order, so we will be starting with Match 31, involving our largest amount of contestants.

They are:

The Waif
Grey Worm
Meryn Trant
Gregor Clegane aka The Mountain
Euron Greyjoy
Syrio Forel
Tywin Lannister
Roose Bolton
Theon Greyjoy
Grand Maester Pycelle

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Wildcard Battle Royale Rankings In!

Necro

Kicking off our nominations, let's get our single voters out of the way first.


The Valeyard steps up to the plate first, nailing his colours firmly in camp Mountain:

Gregor Clegane - 8 points


Moving on to our next person we have davetherave who backs the head of the Lannister family:

Tywin Lannister - 8 points

Definitely an intriguing start to the proceedings...


Next up is quickbeam who gives us a full list:

Roose Bolton - 1 point
Grey Worm - 2 points
Syrio Forel - 3 points
Euron Greyjoy - 4 points
Tywin Lannister - 5 points
The Mountain - 6 points

But it's the young Greyjoy who earns her maximum:


Theon Greyjoy - 8 points



Points totals coming at the end of this edition, but we now move onto Alfred Borden

Alfred's points distribution goes as follows:

The Mountain - 1 point
Meryn Trant - 2 points
Syrio Forel - 3 points
Euron Greyjoy - 4 points
Grand Maester Pycelle - 5 points
Roose Bolton - 6 points

But a second maximum heads to the patriarch of the Lannisters:

Tywin Lannister - 8 points


Is there a trend developing? Let's find out as we move onto seligehgit who also gives us their top 7:

The Waif - 1 point
Syrio Forel - 2 points
The Mountain - 3 points
Grand Maester Pycelle - 4 points
Roose Bolton - 5 points
Theon Greyjoy - 6 points

And a third maximum heads to House Lannister

Tywin Lannister - 8 points


So after 5 sets of votes, how does our table look?

Character Name Score
Tywin Lannister 29
Gregor Clegane aka The Mountain 18
Theon Greyjoy 14
Roose Bolton 11
Euron Greyjoy 8
Syrio Forel 8
Grand Maester Pycelle 4
Grey Worm 2
Meryn Trant 2
The Waif 1

Tywin has a commanding 11 point lead, but there is still a ways to go in this one..

salmocab

I’m lost on how to vote at this stage but I have to say Tywin was one of the most important characters in the show and was well acted to go along with some great lines.

Necro

On to Part 2.


Next up we have LeVar who kindly hands me 7 selections:

Grand Maester Pycelle - 1 point
The Mountain - 2 points
Meryn Trant - 3 points
Euron Greyjoy - 4 points
Roose Bolton - 5 points
Tywin Lannister - 6 points

Bucking the Tywin trend (but not by much), LeVar backs the Greyjoy lad with his maximum.

Theon Greyjoy - 8 points

We then move on to Collie D who again hands us 7 selections:

Grey Worm - 1 point
Syrio Forel - 2 points
Grand Maester Pycelle - 3 points
Theon Greyjoy - 4 points
The Mountain - 5 points
Roose Bolton - 6 points

And another maximum for

Tywin Lannister - 8 points

This is starting to look like a procession...


Moving on to PsychoPete - who hands us just 4 selections:

Grand Maester Pycelle - 4 points
Roose Bolton - 5 points
Euron Greyjoy - 6 points

And yet another maximum for

Tywin Lannister - 8 points

And they think it's all over....

Character Name Score
Tywin Lannister 51
Roose Bolton 27
Theon Greyjoy 26
Gregor Clegane aka The Mountain 25
Euron Greyjoy 18
Grand Maester Pycelle 12
Syrio Forel 10
Meryn Trant 5
Grey Worm 3
The Waif 1

Tywin leads by 24 points now and this one looks done.

Did I vote wrong. For example in set three I voted

Theon 1
Greyworm 2

That's all I put. But I mean theon as my no. 1 to get full points and greyworm as my number 2. I wasn't bothered voting for seven characters.

Necro

Next we move to Zaph...


Maximums are only going one way at the moment and this one again goes to Tywin Lannister, here's his full points distribution:

Tywin Lannister 8
Grand Maester Pycelle 6
Euron Greyjoy 5
Roose Bolton 4
Theon Greyjoy 3
Gregor Clegane aka The Mountain 2
Syrio Forel 1

Niska is next and the Tywin train is ploughing ahead full steam, with another maximum going to him.

Tywin Lannister 8
Grand Maester Pycelle 6
Roose Bolton 5
Theon Greyjoy 4
Euron Greyjoy 3
Syrio Forel 2
The Waif 1

This one is done, stick in a cork in it but next up is duffman13 with 3 selections, and another maximum heading to Tywin the Conqueror

Tywin 8
Theon 6
Pycelle 5

So after that, the lead is simply unassailable. The run of maximums is very impressive for Tywin though.

Character Name Score
Tywin Lannister 75
Theon Greyjoy 39
Roose Bolton 36
Grand Maester Pycelle 29
Gregor Clegane aka The Mountain 27
Euron Greyjoy 26
Syrio Forel 13
Meryn Trant 5
Grey Worm 3
The Waif 2

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Deleted User wrote: »

Did I vote wrong. For example in set three I voted

Theon 1
Greyworm 2

That's all I put. But I mean theon as my no. 1 to get full points and greyworm as my number 2. I wasn't bothered voting for seven characters.

Yes, Necro, will know that that means they're your first and second preference, but announcing what you've voted in the thread before he's revealed your points, kind of defeats the purpose... :rolleyes:

Don't think it matters much on this one but...

Necro

Four entries left and up next is Sawduck

Sawduck only gives me two selections but one is the man in the lead:

Tywin Lannister 8
Theon Greyjoy 6

Deleted User is up next and her votes stop the Tywin train but it's like trying to plug a burst dam with some toilet paper at this stage:

Theon Greyjoy takes top points from Buile, with Grey Worm grasping second place like a man almost dying of thirst:

Theon 8
Greyworm 6

downtheroad joins us next with their votes, and we're back to form with Tywin topping the table:

Tywin 8
Roose 6
Pycelle 5
Syrio 4
Theon 3
Euron 2
Greyworm 1

Finally we move to Ficheall who came in with last minute votes. They won't make much difference here, but who knows with our other two matches.

The Braavosi water dancer takes his top spot but Tywin still features in his three selections:

Syrio 8
Tywin 6
Greyworm 5

And after ALL of that - our final table looks like this:

Character Name Score
Tywin Lannister 97
Theon Greyjoy 56
Roose Bolton 42
Grand Maester Pycelle 34
Euron Greyjoy 28
Gregor Clegane aka The Mountain 27
Syrio Forel 25
Grey Worm 15
Meryn Trant 5
The Waif 2

Which means that the winner, by an uber-impressive 41 points and rejoining us in round 2....

Tywin Lannister

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Yes, Necro, will know that that means they're your first and second preference, but announcing what you've voted in the thread before he's revealed your points, kind of defeats the purpose... :rolleyes:

Don't think it matters much on this one but...

Ooops sorry!

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Deleted User wrote: »

Ooops sorry!

Necro

Match 29 will be the second match up. Couple of reasons, one of them admittedly to keep LeVar waiting on his beloved in the other match.

Our contestants for the next match are:

Lysa Arryn
Meera Reed
Grenn
Ser Barristan Selmy
Khal Drogo
Catelyn Stark
Bran Stark
King Robert Baratheon
Varys the Spider

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Necro wrote: »

Match 29 will be the second match up. Couple of reasons, one of them admittedly to keep LeVar waiting on his beloved in the other match.

PsychoPete

When Sansa gets knocked out

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PsychoPete wrote: »

When Sansa gets knocked out

I know you're really Ramsay Bolton, PsychoPete!

Necro

Same format again.

Single voters TheValeyard and davetherave give me their choices:

TheValeyard gives 8 points to Khal Drogo

davetherave gives 8 points to Catelyn Stark

quickbeam is next and her top points go to:

Catelyn Stark - 8 points

The rest of her distribution is nicely spread though:

Varys the Spider 6
King Robert Baratheon 5
Khal Drogo 4
Lysa Arryn 3
Ser Barristan Selmy 2
Bran Stark 1

Alfred Borden then steps up and hands me his number one which goes to

Robert Baratheon - 8 points

And the rest of his points go to:

2. Ser Barristan Selmy 6
3. Varys the Spider 5
4. Catelyn Stark 4
5. Lysa Arryn 3
6. Khal Drogo 2
7. Grenn 1

Very varied, very very interesting spread so far. What happens when

seligehgit joins the fray?

Well straight off the bat they hand their maximum to the Eunuch:

Varys The Spider - 8 points!

And the remainder is broken down as follows:

Bran Stark 6
Catelyn Stark 5
King Robert Baratheon 4
Ser Barristan Selmy 3
Khal Drogo 2
Lysa Arryn 1

Meaning that after 5 entries, our table looks like this:

Character Name Score
Catelyn Stark 25
Varys the Spider 19
King Robert Baratheon 17
Khal Drogo 16
Ser Barristan Selmy 11
Lysa Arryn 7
Bran Stark 7
Grenn 1

Catelyn Stark holds a 6 point lead at the top of the leader board, but it's quite close elsewhere between Varys, Robert Baratheon and Khal Drogo.

Meera Reed is yet to score any points at all in this battle.

I vote Varys. He had some great moments and was both clever and kind.

Necro

Next up to give their votes is


Necrina and she just gives us two names:

Her maximum goes to

Varys - 8 points

Whilst she also hands 6 points to Khal Drogo.


Next up is


LeVar

And he keeps up the trend of handing the spider top marks:

Varys - 8 points

Whilst the remainder of his go as per below:

2. Grenn 6
3. Robert Baratheon 5
4. Ser Barristan Selmy 4
5. Lysa Arryn 3
6. Meera Reed 2
7. Khal Drogo 1

(Some points on the board for Meera Reed finally)


Next up in this edition is


Collie D

And there may have been a dispute about a certain red headed Stark, but he and LeVar are perfectly in sync with their top marks here:

Varys - 8 points

Whilst the rest of the points go to

2. Ser Barristan Selmy 6
3. King Robert Baratheon 5
4. Catelyn Stark 4
5. Khal Drogo 3
6. Grenn 2
7. Lysa Arryn 1

And after that flurry of activity for the Eunuch - here's our scoreboard:

Character Name Score
Varys the Spider 43
Catelyn Stark 29
King Robert Baratheon 27
Khal Drogo 26
Ser Barristan Selmy 21
Lysa Arryn 11
Grenn 9
Bran Stark 7
Meera Reed 2

Varys has opened up a 14 point lead after a poor round from Catelyn.

Necro

Deleted User wrote: »

I vote Varys. He had some great moments and was both clever and kind.

Well you can't because you didn't PM your nominations in time so

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Necro wrote: »

Varys has opened up a 14 point lead after a poor round from Catelyn.

Haha, f**k you Catelyn!

TheValeyard

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Haha, f**k you Catelyn!

- quote King Joffrey

Necro

Next up we have


RobbingBandit. And like the previous match it looks like another train is about to leave the station, with Varys again getting top marks:

Varys 8
King Robert Baratheon 6
Ser Barristan Selmy 5
Catelyn Stark 4
Lysa Arryn 3
Khal Drogo 2
Bran Stark 1

Our next set of entries comes from


PsychoPete He only gives me 4 nominations but top spot (again) goes to our favourite Eunuch

Varys the Spider 8
Catelyn Stark 6
Khal Drogo 5
King Robert Baratheon 4

Zaph has his say next and once again the Spider climbs to the top of the web

Varys the Spider 8
Khal Drogo 6
King Robert Baratheon 5
Ser Barristan Selmy 4
Bran Stark 3
Catelyn Stark 2
Grenn 1

And with that, the dam has burst and there ain't no beavers to repair it:

Character Name Score
Varys the Spider 67
King Robert Baratheon 42
Catelyn Stark 41
Khal Drogo 31
Ser Barristan Selmy 31
Lysa Arryn 14
Bran Stark 11
Grenn 10
Meera Reed 2

I will continue this now as our next two players

Niska & duffman13 also continue this Varys trend:

Niska's votes:

Varys the Spider 8
Ser Barristan Selmy 6
King Robert Baratheon 5
Lysa Arryn 4
Catelyn Stark 3
Bran Stark 2
Meera Reed 1


duffman's votes:


Varys 8
Catelyn Stark 6
Barriston Selmy 5

Sawduck next steps up and breaks the Varys streak of maximums, but the horse has long since bolted:

Barristan Selmy 8
Khal Drogo 6
Cat stark 5
Varys 4

downtheroad once again backs Varys though as per below:

Varys 8
Selmy 6
King Robert 5
Drogo 4
Catelyn 3
Grenn 2
Bran 1

And on the buzzer Ficheall completes the procession with another maximum for Varys:

Varys 8
Catelyn 6

It's another slaughter I'm afraid folks, as our final table suggests:

Character Name Score
Varys the Spider 103
Catelyn Stark 64
Ser Barristan Selmy 55
King Robert Baratheon 52
Khal Drogo 41
Lysa Arryn 18
Bran Stark 14
Grenn 12
Meera Reed 3

And once again another impressive showing and winner by 39 points, and rejoining the competition proper in Round 2....

Varys the Spider

duffman13

Varys well deserved that

Barristan Selmy is chronically underused in the show but nice to see him score well in that

Necro

Now next up is our final Second Chance Showdown, Match 30. And this one could be saucy.

A reminder of our competitors:

Sansa Stark
Samwell Tarly
Ygritte
Danerys Targaryen
Gendry
Janos Slynt
Jaqen H'Ghar
Beric Dondarrion
Shae

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F**k Yeah! G'wan Varys ya ledgebag!!!

Necro

Again, we shall begin with our single voters:


TheValeyard puts all his weight behind his one choice

Samwell Tarly - 8 points

A nice start, but davetherave says we can't be having that and backs the fiery wildling with his maximum:

Ygritte - 8 points

Interesting start.


Quickbeam is next and her points go as follows:

Sansa Stark - 8 points

With the rest of her distribution as follows:

Danerys Targaryen 6
Gendry 5
Beric Dondarrion 4
Jaqen H'Ghar 3
Ygritte 2
Samwell Tarly 1

Alfred Borden decides that the true-born heir deserves his backing:

Gendry - 8 points

The rest of his points go as follows:

2. Samwell Tarly 6
3. Beric Dondarrion 5
4. Danerys Targaryen 4
5. Janos Slynt 3
6. Jaqen H'Ghar 2
7. Ygritte 1

Then up steps seligehgit who puts full weight behind the Mother of Dragons:

Danerys Targaryen - 8 points

And backs others with the rest of their points

Sansa Stark 6
Beric Dondorrian 5
Jaqen H'aghar 4
Ygritte 3
Samwell Tarly 2
Gendry 1

Which means that at this early stage, our table takes on this look:

Character Name Score
Danerys Targaryen 18
Samwell Tarl 17
Sansa Stark 14
Gendry 14
Beric Dondarrion 14
Ygritte 14
Jaqen H'Ghar 9
Janos Slynt 3

Absolutely everything to play for at the moment.