The second round of the People’s Champion Tournament is underway, and only 24 of the original 64 contestants are still in play. The current heat is Round 2 for Divisions 3 and 4, which will decide the second half of the 16 contestants that will be competing in Round 3, and it will be running until Saturday May 31st. Current scores can be found here, and standings for all completed heats can be found at the “big board”.
Right now, the closest contests are:
- J. Robinson Wheeler’s First Things First vs. Andrew Plotkin’s Hunter, in Darkness (one point difference!)
- Dee Cooke’s Things That Happened in Houghtonbridge vs. Emily Short’s Metamorphoses
- Ian Finley’s Babel vs. Dan Schmidt’s For a Change
- Wynter’s Thin Walls vs. Daniel Stelzer’s Scroll Thief
In this friendly “competition”, results are driven by your votes, which means you can make the difference in these matches. It takes just minutes to register at the PCT Fans group page after reviewing the honor code for players/fans.
Once this heat is finished, the pace of the tournament will pick up considerably, with Rounds 3 and 4 covering all divisions at once, and each round taking only a single week. After that, there will be a week for the semi-finals (Round 5) and then another week for the championship match (Round 6). The winner will be determined on June 28.