D&D General March Madness (D&D Classes) 2024 - Scores and Discussion

[CleverNickName]

out of curiosity, is there any specific reason why the caster and martial quarter and semi-finals are split into separate polls? i could see the benefit to separating these first two polls due to the sheer number of options but after that it just seems like it'd bloat the time to complete the tourney?

also yay, all correct on the caster poll, i wonder if my luck will hold for the martial bracket...

Tradition, mostly: it's just the way the NCAA Tournament bracket works. There's always an Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference team in the finals, so there will always be a Martials vs. Casters team in this final. Otherwise we could end up with two casters in the final.

EDIT: Wait, I totally misunderstood your question, @CreamCloud0 . Let me try again...

If I put the two quarter-finals together (4 casters vs 4 martials), it would be possible for people to work the voting around having to vote for any Martial or Casters. "I get 4 votes, so I'm going to put them all on the four Casters and not vote for a single Martial." And while that's not a terrible idea, it adds even more 'swing' to a very 'swingy' game. This is really the only way to keep Martials and Casters from competing against each other until the final round.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Martials: https://www.enworld.org/threads/march-madness-2024-round-2-martials.703102/
go vote if you haven't already, poll closes March 16

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Hey @CleverNickName where did you get those cool cartoony icons next to the "Casters" and "Martials" headings? I like them a bunch

 

[CleverNickName]

Hey @CleverNickName where did you get those cool cartoony icons next to the "Casters" and "Martials" headings? I like them a bunch

They're free icons from FlatIcon.com. I'll post a link.

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[Cadence]

Only the Fighter OR the Swordmage will advance to the next round, not both, regardless of how the voting goes.

I figured my lack of vote for either couldn't prevent both from advancing... but it still felt good!

 

[Yaarel]

Heh, I voted with my heart. I had no intention of "winning". But I got 3 points? Not bad. That is surprising.

 

[CleverNickName]

Heh, I voted with my heart. I had no intention of "winning". But I got 3 points? Not bad. That is surprising.

 

[CreamCloud0]

If I put the two quarter-finals together (4 casters vs 4 martials), it would be possible for people to work the voting around having to vote for any Martial or Casters. "I get 4 votes, so I'm going to put them all on the four Casters and not vote for a single Martial." And while that's not a terrible idea, it adds even more 'swing' to a very 'swingy' game. This is really the only way to keep Martials and Casters from competing against each other until the final round.

oh i wasn't suggesting you change the existing brackets, just that they got put on the same thread poll once the number of starting entries is halved, wizard vs bard, druid vs cleric, and whatever results plays out from the initial martial polls, and like you said: voting for multiple participants in the same VS bracket (voting both druid and cleric for example) would make both votes redundant.

 

[CleverNickName]

Round 2 is over, and Round 3 has begun. I'm putting the next one together right now, should be up shortly. Here's the updated bracket!
(Emphasis on 'shortly.' I'm pressed for time today, so it'll be a bit lean on the details...)

 

[CleverNickName]

If you're a fan of the Core Four, you might want to have a look at the latest bracket. The #6 Druid just defeated the #2 Cleric.