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Some SFF/pop/media website had a yearly tournament bracket feature where they pitted characters against each other and had someone (sometimes someone pretty good) narrate how it would have played out, at least for like the final four. Readers vote to advance their preferred opponent to the next round. The tournament featured all kinds of characters: I know Ged from Earthsea showed up one year, for example.

I cannot for the life of me recall where it was, and it's making me nuts. I *think* I saw Gideon Nav in it last year, and I'm re-reading Gideon the Ninth, which I had not read at the time. I have a vision of the little stylized image of her with her cropped red hair, shades, and big honkin' sword, from the site. So now I want to see who she was slated to fight and how it worked out.

Anybody recognize what I'm talking about? If so, can you point me to the site? I usually can find this stuff for myself, but I'm getting NOWHERE.

Date: 2020-08-04 01:35 am (UTC)
sovay: (Rotwang)
From: [personal profile] sovay
Anybody recognize what I'm talking about?

No, but I wish I did!

(Please tell me Ged had to fight his shadow.)

Date: 2020-08-04 02:29 am (UTC)
sovay: (Renfield)
From: [personal profile] sovay
The idea was to have characters who would never, ever encounter each other in canon end up in a bout together.

That's fair!

Date: 2020-08-04 02:01 am (UTC)
sholio: sun on winter trees (Default)
From: [personal profile] sholio
If you mean the one with little bits of fiction about the fights (often written by the actual authors) that was Suvudu Cage Match. Unfortunately as far as I can tell from some googling, it looks like Penguin Random House got the rights to it a couple of years ago and now all the links just go to 404s.

ETA: Although if you're remembering one with Gideon Nav in it, it looks like this hasn't run that recently, so either it's running somewhere else or it's a different one.
Edited Date: 2020-08-04 02:02 am (UTC)

Date: 2020-08-04 02:37 am (UTC)
hamsterwoman: (Default)
From: [personal profile] hamsterwoman
I was also thinking Suvudu... but if someone has taken up that mantle, I want to know who!

Date: 2020-08-04 06:51 am (UTC)
daegaer: (Default)
From: [personal profile] daegaer
Was it File770? They definitely do the brackets thing.

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