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UPDATE: Voting for this segment ended Saturday June 22. Final scores are below, and current standings for this and other divisions are posted here. The next segment, Division 3’s Round 1, is happening now and will end Saturday June 29.
Final scores at the end of the match:
As the clock passes the first quarter mark, top seed Counterfeit Monkey has so far dominated opponent The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening, achieving a 10-point lead in a show of strength by the tournament’s 800-pound gorilla.
In another runaway scoring streak, Coloratura has opened up an 8-point advantage over formerly commercial entry The Shadow in the Cathedral.
In match 09, challenger Absence of Law is keeping strong pressure on venerable stalwart The Gostak, currently trailing by two in the closest match of the segment.
Meanwhile, A Beauty Cold and Austere is trailing by three against According to Cain, with a steady trickle of votes that, if it continues, may repeat the tortoise-and-hare pattern which delivered a victory to sister game Junior Arithmancer in Division 1.
In the far court, Foo Foo vs. Blue Lacuna has developed into the most lopsided match in the tournament to date, with a score of 8-0 in favor of the #22 seed.
With the clock now just after the half time mark, and with just over 100 votes tabulated, battle lines have shifted only slightly in most matches compared to the scramble of the segment’s opening hours.
In Absence of Law vs. The Gostak, the mad science-themed challenger has kept up the pressure on the Carroll-like defender and, after drawing to within one point of its opponent yesterday, has now slipped to three behind in a match that’s heating up as both sides continue to score.
Counterfeit Monkey and Coloratura remain far in the lead of their respective challengers, though there has been some motion in the latter’s match, where defender Coloratura has increased its lead despite *The Shadow in the Cathedral having doubled its point count.
Chlorophyll has picked up two more points, significantly reducing the once-substantial margin held by its titanic opponent, 4th-seeded Worldsmith.
In According to Cain vs. A Beauty Cold and Austere, the Biblically-themed challenger landed another point at the tail end of what had been a scoreless quarter for both sides, and now seems well-positioned to win an upset victory if it can keep up its defense.
Weird City Interloper has gained three points while preventing Eat Me from scoring, but it still lags by two. The pair of highly-polished and evocative works featuring severely restricted parsers and fantastic settings now have the closest scores of any match in the segment.
In the relatively slow contest between Beautiful Dreamer and Turandot, the latter also gained a point just before the quarter ended, and the match now stands at 5-2.
In match 16, Foo Foo has finally landed a point against Blue Lacuna, preventing a shutout and possibly signaling a change of fortune going into the second half, though Blue Lacuna has extended its lead to nine points.
With hours to go until the end of the third quarter, the majority of games are unchanged since halftime.
In Beautiful Dreamer vs. Turandot, both sides have scored once, and the Puccini-inspired contestant’s lead remains at three points ahead.
Counterfeit Monkey has made another goal in its match vs. The Lurking Horror II: the Lurkening, stretching its lead to twelve points.
Although the action has slowed, the matches aren’t over yet, and a strong final quarter could still make the difference for underdogs Absence of Law, Chlorophyll, Beautiful Dreamer and Weird City Interloper.
Also: Fan registration for Division 3’s Round 1 is now open at Free IF Playoffs: Round 1, Division 3 (Fan Registration). Matchups will be announced Saturday, so stay tuned…
