Boardsies Decide - Game of Thrones Greatest Character

PsychoPete

Necro

Right. Thanks for all the nominations for the Wildcard Battle Royale. I'll be producing the reveal very shortly...

Necro

A reminder of the competitors first though

Olenna Tyrell
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett
The Night King
Ros
Oberyn Martell
Ellaria Sand
Missandei
Mance Rayder
Alliser Thorne

Necro

Right I'm ready to rock.

Our first player to submit their entries was


quickbeam

And she immediately hands the max score to the King Beyond the Wall

Mance Rayder - 8 points!

Her other votes were distributed as follows:

Oberyn Martell 6
Olenna Tyrell 5
The Night King 4
Alliser Thorne 3
Ellaria Sand 2
Lyanna Mormont 1

Next up steps


Lady Haywire - just the two entries here:

Olenna Tyrell - 8 points!!
Oberyn Martell - 6 points

LeVar is third to submit and struggling with the loss of Sansa he hands his 8 points to

Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett - 8 points!

And sends out his other votes the following ways:

2. Oberyn Martell 6
3. Ros 5
4. Ellaria Sand 4
5. Olenna Tyrell 3
6. Lyanna Mormont 2
7. Missandei 1

Oberyn Martell trucking along nicely here picking up 3 second places.

Let's see how our leaderboard is at the moment:

Character Name Score
Oberyn Martell 18
Olenna Tyrell 16
Mance Rayder 8
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 8
Ellaria Sand 6
Ros 5
The Night King 4
Alliser Thorne 3
Lyanna Mormont 3
Missandei 1

A slender two point lead for Oberyn as this early stage has this a two horse race.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Dolorous Edd is the unsung hero of Thrones and the show never gave him as much to do as the book did, but when it did give him something Ben Crompton stole every scene he was in, with some great facial reactions and sarcastic quips.

Necro

Next up is


Collie D

And Collie picks evil incarnate as his number 1

The Night King - 8 points!!

And distributes the rest of his votes as below:

2. Oberyn Martell 6
3. Mance Rayder 5
4. Lyanna Mormont 4
5. Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 3
6. Alliser Thorne 2
7. Olenna Tyrell 1

A fourth consecutive second place for Oberyn Martell has him push some daylight between himself and Olenna, who only picks up a solitary point here.


downtheroad steps up next though and the Queen of Thorns is their number 1 choice.... though it's 5 in a row for Oberyn, is he the GOT version of the Dubs?

Olenna Tyrell - 8 points!!

Oberyn 6
Lyanna Mormont 5
Alliser Thorne 4
Mance 3
Ed 2
Missandei 1

And those scores have our table looking like this now:

Character Name Score
Oberyn Martell 30
Olenna Tyrell 25
Mance Rayder 16
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 13
The Night King 12
Lyanna Mormont 12
Alliser Thorne 9
Ellaria Sand 6
Ros 5
Missandei 2

Oberyn now leads Olenna by 5 points.

PsychoPete

Ugh, another Burton love affair

Also Starring LeVar Burton

PsychoPete wrote: »

Ugh, another Burton love affair

Necro

PsychoPete has his say next, and opts for

Olenna Tyrell - 8 points!!

The streak for Martell is over though and the gap very much narrowed.

Night King 6
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 5
Oberyn Martell 4
Mance Rayder 3
Lyanna Mormont 2
Alliser Thorne 1

Ficheall enters the fray next, not leaving it till the last minute this time around
His top spot goes to

Ros - 8 points!!!

And the rest of his allocation goes as below:

Lyanna Mormont 6
Missandei 5
Alliser Thorne 4
Olenna 3
Oberyn Martell 2

Things are very tight indeed at the top so who is next to throw down their nominations?


Tis only

Trigger who only has three he is interested in:

Lyanna Mormont - 8 points!!!

His other points go to

2.Oberyn Martell 6
3. Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 5

After that scuffle, our leaderboard now looks like this:

Character Name Score
Oberyn Martell 42
Olenna Tyrell 36
Lyanna Mormont 28
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 23
Mance Rayder 19
The Night King 18
Alliser Thorne 14
Ros 13
Ellaria Sand 6
Missandei 2

And it's Martell still in front, by 6 points now. But still a ways to go yet....

TheValeyard

Piff the Night King. All that build up, all those seasons, all those menacing looks, all that speculation..... And then.....

Necro

Zaph regales us with his choices next, and forsakes his own nomination to hand

Olenna Tyrell - 8 points!!!

He doesn't completely forget Ros though, she comes in 2nd:

Ros 6
Lyanna Mormont 5
The Night King 4
Oberyn Martell 3
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 2
Mance Rayder 1

A slip for Martell, but he still clings to the lead.


seligehgit has a different idea about who they want to win this battle, but their allocation could be crucial:

The Night King - 8 points!!

Olenna Tyrell 6
Eddison Tollett 5
Aliser Thorne 4
Mance Ryder 3
Oberyn Martell 2
Missandei 1

Which brings us to


Aceandstuff

And they only have one person on their mind for top spot

Olenna Tyrell - 8 points!!

The other points go elsewhere, but more noteably Oberyn misses out entirely. Could this be the break Olenna needs?

2. Lyanna Mormont 6
3. Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 5
4. Missandei 4
5. Mance Rayder 3
6. Ros 2
7. Ellaria Sand 1

And let's take a final look at the scoreboard before the last few entries are revealed....

Character Name Score
Olenna Tyrell 58
Oberyn Martell 47
Lyanna Mormont 39
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 35
The Night King 30
Mance Rayder 26
Ros 21
Alliser Thorne 18
Missandei 7
Ellaria Sand 7

Olenna has hit the front now by 11 points. Two players stand in her way though....

Necro

Niska has their say next. And this could make things interesting....

Oberyn Martell - 8 points!!!

Though the allocation to Olenna means that Oberyn will only gain ground of 2 points to reduce the deficit to 9....

Olenna Tyrell 6
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 5
Alliser Thorne 4
Mance Rayder 3
The Night King 2
Lyanna Mormont 1

And that means that it's over and our winner is safe, but not before

Deleted User has their say.

Missandei - 8 points!!

Allocated votes for Olenna mean she extends her lead at the death as well...

The Night King 6
3. Olenna Tyrell 5
4. Eddison Tollett 4
5. Mance Rayder 3
6. Lyanna Mormont 2

Meaning our final table takes this look:

Character Name Score
Olenna Tyrell 69
Oberyn Martell 55
Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett 44
Lyanna Mormont 42
The Night King 38
Mance Rayder 32
Alliser Thorne 22
Ros 21
Missandei 15
Ellaria Sand 7

Meaning the winner of the WildCard Battle Royale, and entering the contest in Round 2....

The Queen of Thorns - Olenna Tyrell

Necro

And with that, say hello to our final 32 contestants...

Cersei Lannister
The High Sparrow
Joffrey Baratheon
Bronn of the Blackwater
Lord Commander Jeor Mormont
Viserys Targaryen
Sandor Clegane AKA The Hound
The Onion Knight, Ser Davos Seaworth
Hodor
Tyrion Lannister
Ramsay Bolton
Tormund Giantsbane
Jaime Lannister
Eddard Stark
Jorah Mormont
Melisandre
Walder Frey
Asha/Yara Greyjoy
Qyburn
Petyr Baelish aka Littlefinger
Stannis Baratheon
Osha
Margaery Tyrell
Jon Snow
Podric Payne
Arya Stark
Robb Stark
Brienne of Tarth
Varys the Spider
Danerys Targaryen
Tywin Lannister
Olenna Tyrell

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Very decent Wildcard - either herself or Oberyn were destined to win that one in fairness

Delighted to see the brilliant Eddison "Dolorous Edd" Tollett getting 3rd in that one though - was never expecting him to win when I nominated him as my Wildcard, so 3rd place ain't bad at all

PsychoPete

Never doubted my Queen of Thorns for a second

Necro

I'm going to start up Round 2 in about 30 minutes but will take a break for a little bit first.

Straight shoot out from here on in folks.

Necro

Ok, we'll keep it at first to 6 votes in this round.

First to 6 valid votes (with reasoning) or the character with most votes after 45 mins.

In the event of a tie I will cast the deciding vote


Match 1:


Let's see how the Sparrow man fares against the Holder of Doors....

The High Sparrow





VS



Hodor

Ficheall

Can I use the Hodor Hodor Hodor reason again?

If not, then Hodor hodor hodor hodor.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Hodor because he is beloved, and because High Sparrow got a lucky draw in Round 1, but definitely one of the weaker characters remaining.

Necro

Ficheall wrote: »

Can I use the Hodor Hodor Hodor reason again?

If not, then Hodor hodor hodor hodor.

The high sparrow was just an irritating character.

Hodor gets my vote, he was a gentle giant!

PsychoPete

High Sparrow, always felt he was up to something sneaky

seligehgit

High Sparrow with all that religious fundamentalism.

The walk of shame.

Jonathon Pryce is a wonderful actor to boot.

Loved Hodor ( Hold the door! ) but...

High Sparrow for me.

Necro

Hodor leads the High Sparrow 3-2, the time limit expires at 16.12 for this match

Niska

Hodor.
Hodor, hodor hodor hodor. Plus he held the door.

Zaph

High Sparrow. Let's face it, Hodor was a bit one-dimensional.

Alfred Borden

High Sparrow mainly due to the brilliance of Jonathon Pryce!

seligehgit

Getting tight,photo finish!:D

Collie D

Hodor - deserves to stay in a little longer after having his life messed up by the little **** he ends up carrying around for the entire series.

Lady Haywire

Hodor because I always felt sorry for him, big burly simple man .