So I've just posted two fights for the week for the first time, as opposed to the usual one. I figure I'll run one fight per week from every round that's currently in progress, and I'm predicting a total of 13 rounds. Think how many contenders that means there will be! Yeah, it's a LOT. Do the math.
Speaking of math, and you might wonder how this relates at first...I'm sure you've all noticed that the two current matches--Ares vs. Jefferson and Thanos vs. Chewbacca--seem more than a little bit lopsided. Well guess what? They ARE. If you disagree, by all means vote for the underdog. I'll be shocked if the underdog ends up winning, but chances are they won't. So why am I taking votes on these? It all relates to an idea imposed upon mathematicians-in-training by their teachers known as showing one's work. If any of us wants to claim that the ultimate victor in this tournament can beat all the other contenders, we need to be able to see how their victory was determined. If we discover that Spider-Man and Batman are perfectly even when matched against each other based on their wins and losses and what order those all occurred in, we can't just make up who they won and lost to. No, we have to be fair. We have to give them a chance and see how it all plays out.
So this week may seem like a waste of time to some of you. To others, it's a good example of how this tournament is ultimately meant to work. Stick it out for the long haul and you will see results. There's a rea
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