Bear Down Wildcats

Flippantly last night I thought up coming to an end of traditional Hot/Not votes and transitioning into a March Madness style either/or, head-to-head matchups.

I propose we do an expedited Hot/Not round to conclude voting, then the top-63 get automatic invites to the dance, with every other bubble Hottie over 50% battling in their own either/or tournament to create one Hottie to battle #64 in a play-in round to take on #1, Kate Upton.

I figure we do two matchups a week from there until the Sweet 16, then only one per week.

The inaugural winner will be enshrined in a forth-coming HOF thread.

Then going forward, we can identify challengers to the thrown, each facing off in similar mini-brackets with the winner facing off every end of year vs. Reigning #1.

The voting already tallied has generated seeds, so it can now be used to actually quantify our subjective assessment.

Please vote here with a "yes" to pass this proposal or "no" to fail it.

In one week I will finalize it's tally and conclusion.

We're still objectifying women, right?

I'm in.

Chicat wrote:We're still objectifying women, right?

I'm in.

Yep and doing it on a board that allows tits and ass. None of that PG13 bullshit.

Hold on, maybe there's something I'm not understanding. I like the tourney idea, but why would we have to put an end to the straight Hot or Not polls? I really like those. Couldn't we do both?

Longhorned wrote:Hold on, maybe there's something I'm not understanding. I like the tourney idea, but why would we have to put an end to the straight Hot or Not polls? I really like those. Couldn't we do both?

Use those results to seed the bracket.

Longhorned wrote:Hold on, maybe there's something I'm not understanding. I like the tourney idea, but why would we have to put an end to the straight Hot or Not polls? I really like those. Couldn't we do both?

Conclude for this round. Keep reading. I make the process a yearly thing with an outcome being a yearly challenger to the thrown.

We can allow previous Elite 8 contestants to be entered, then add new names yearly, determining whether (still) Hot/Not, etc, then move into mini brackets, the winner of which faces off with the reigning champ.

Longhorned wrote:Hold on, maybe there's something I'm not understanding. I like the tourney idea, but why would we have to put an end to the straight Hot or Not polls? I really like those. Couldn't we do both?

Same here. I voted 'no' since I don't want the regular "hot or not" to end.

As not a fan of TV or pop culture, I really don't know a lot of these people, and really enjoy exposing mys... I mean getting exposed to these people. That True Detective actress for one.

Okay, well that sounds great, then. I like new ideas that Take This Board in a Direction that No Board Has Gone Before.

Keep the original going. It allows for the best out of 52 (1 a week) to be used in the bracket each year.

Longhorned wrote:Okay, well that sounds great, then. I like new ideas that Take This Board in a Direction that No Board Has Gone Before.

Did some of the sewn-on decoration on the right wrist detach from the sleeve and they said, "Fuck it, it's just the 1960s, nobody will notice"?

The idea isn't to end the traditional, but bring to a conclusion this years round and love towards head-to-head.

So, let's just say:
Jan-July is traditional
August is Bubble
September-a October is 64-16
November-December is 16-Title Match

Make sense?

This is the inaugural. Any new names should be compiled and then voted on at the years beginning.

Due to is starting a bit late, that's why I have the poll to expedite remaining names, most of whom are obvious bubble candidates anyways, then expedite bubble round, then expedite tourney so we have a champ by New Years.

I had originally planned on doing something like that, but things got too busy

MrBug708 wrote:I had originally planned on doing something like that, but things got too busy

You should have prioritized Hot or Not over financial considerations and things like family and friends. Now we all know where boobs stand on your list of important things.

Longhorned wrote:

MrBug708 wrote:I had originally planned on doing something like that, but things got too busy

You should have prioritized Hot or Not over financial considerations and things like family and friends. Now we all know where boobs stand on your list of important things.

Along with his charity work which he gets nothing for.

Dammit Bones, we want boobs!

Let's do it, boobs!

If we use the top 64 seeded from the hot not hot threads the first round would look like this.

1) Kate Upton
64) Anna Kendrick

32) Penelope Cruz
33) Megan Fox

17) Cindy Crawford
48) Julianne Hough

16) Faith Hill
49) Zooey Deschanel

9) Daisy Fuentes
56) Jane Seymour

24) Jessica Biel
41) Raquel Welch

25) Alice Eve
40) Cobie Smulders

8) Alyssa Milano
57) Heather Locklear

4) Charlize Theron
61) Rachel McAdams

29) Ashley Judd
36) Brooke Burke

20) Jennifer Connelly
45) Keira Knightley

13) Eliza Dushku
52) January Jones

12) Jennifer Love Hewitt
53) Yvonne Strahovski

21) Scarlett Johansson
44) Jennifer Lopez

28) Halle Berry
37) Hayden Panettiere

5) Salma Hayek
60) Kate Hudson

6) Emmanuelle Chriqui
59) Emma Stone

27) Shania Twain
38) Lucy Liu

22) Mila Kunis
43) Marisa Tomei

11) Alison Brie
54) Maria Sharapova

14) Catherine Bell
51) Rashida Jones

19) Freida Pinto
46) Jennifer Aniston

30) Kristen Bell
35) Eva Mendes

3) Elisha Cuthbert
62) Kaley Cuoco

7) Kate Beckinsale
58) Jennifer Lawrence

26) Alexandra Daddario
39) Angelina Jolie

23) Catherine Zeta-Jones
42) Carmen Electra

10) Evangeline Lilly
55) Tiffani Thiessen

15) Liz Hurley
50) Natalie Portman

18) Olivia Wilde
47) Sophie Marceau

31) Beyoncé
34) Isla Fisher

2) Jessica Alba
63) Kate Mara

That's awesome. Let's wend our way forward.

24) Jessica Biel
41) Raquel Welch

That's just not fair. Hottest woman of 1970+ going against the hottest woman of 2000+?

Both have made top of the list for most kittens killed in their generation.

Should we save the the on deck crew for next year? It'll only be a few months?

Just go forward with my plan?

Looking at azgregs list, I'm intrigued. But we need to have the bubble round for the handful of 50% on up to Kendrick.

Let me figure that part out.

We don't do 4 "regionals" of 16 each?

The early results are boobanimous

JMarkJohns wrote:Should we save the the on deck crew for next year? It'll only be a few months?

Just go forward with my plan?

Looking at azgregs list, I'm intrigued. But we need to have the bubble round for the handful of 50% on up to Kendrick.

Let me figure that part out.

I was thinking about a play-in round, but after Kendrik there are only 7 at 50% or better.

Longhorned wrote:We don't do 4 "regionals" of 16 each?

No. Strict percentage-based, single bracket elimination.

Creating regions requires time and subjectivity in approach. This way it's clean, simple, straightforward.

We have these bubbles. A part of me thinks Kendrick should be here, with the 8 becoming #64.

Paulina Gretzky - 55.26% (Volume 109)
Susanna Hoffs - 55.00% (Volume 32)
Eva Longoria - 54.17% (Volume 9)
Jennie Finch - 53.42% (Volume 48)
Kate Winslet - 53.33% (Volume 51)
Sharon Stone - 50.91% (Volume 35)
Rosario Dawson - 50% (Volume 98)

Anna Kendrick
Rosario Dawson

Paulina Gretzky
Sharon Stone

Susanna Hoffs
Kate Winslet

Eva Longoria
Jennie Finch

JMarkJohns wrote:

Longhorned wrote:We don't do 4 "regionals" of 16 each?

No. Strict percentage-based, single bracket elimination.

Creating regions requires time and subjectivity in approach. This way it's clean, simple, straightforward.

We have these bubbles. A part of me thinks Kendrick should be here, with the 8 becoming #64.

Paulina Gretzky - 55.26% (Volume 109)
Susanna Hoffs - 55.00% (Volume 32)
Eva Longoria - 54.17% (Volume 9)
Jennie Finch - 53.42% (Volume 48)
Kate Winslet - 53.33% (Volume 51)
Sharon Stone - 50.91% (Volume 35)
Rosario Dawson - 50% (Volume 98)

Anna Kendrick
Rosario Dawson

Paulina Gretzky
Sharon Stone

Susanna Hoffs
Kate Winslet

Eva Longoria
Jennie Finch

Seems like a plan

Sharon Stone - 50.91% (Volume 35)

Has no one seen Basic Instinct?

I'm just glad we're taking this very seriously

Merkin wrote:Sharon Stone - 50.91% (Volume 35)

Has no one seen Basic Instinct?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the 35% of our board was born after 1992.

Alieberman wrote:I'm just glad we're taking this very seriously

Bye week.

My thinking is:

Master 1-64 bracket.

After each round, we look at who remains, reshuffle so remaining top seed always plays remaining bottom seed, and so forth. We have the master list of percentages. It'll be pretty easy.

If we start next week on the bubble bracket, the schedule will be:

Oct 1-7: Bubble Rounds 1
Oct 8-14: Bubble Rounds 2/Play-In game
Oct 15-21: 32/30/28/26/24/22/20/18
Oct 22-28: 16/14/12/10/8/6/4/2
O/29-N/4: 31/29/27/25/23/21/19/17
Nov 5-11: 15/13/11/9/7/5/3/1
Nov 12-18: bottom remaining 8
Nov 19-25: top remaining 8
N/26-D/2: bottom remaining 4
Dec 3-9: top remaining 4
Dec 10-16: bottom remaining 2
Dec 17-23: top remaining 2
Dec 24-30: Title

This looks like it works.

Alieberman wrote:I'm just glad we're taking this very seriously

I've already submitted my bracket and my $50. I'm riding Elisha Cuthbert all the way to the big money.

I'm voting Kendrick over Upton. Don't add in any BS play in games like the real tourney

I can't think of Upton now without seeing Verlander's dick pix. Might be an early exit.

Merkin wrote:I can't think of Upton now without seeing Verlander's dick pix. Might be an early exit.

Upton seems like the type who will have a rapidly closing window and she's only this high because the window isn't closed yet.

When she's 35, I doubt she pulls 40%.

Upton is the Kansas of #1 hotties.

My Final 4

Alexandra Daddario
Eliza Dushku
Alison Brie
Scarlett Johansson

Alieberman wrote:My Final 4

Alexandra Daddario
Eliza Dushku
Alison Brie
Scarlett Johansson

I'd be on board

Spaceman Spiff wrote:I'm voting Kendrick over Upton. Don't add in any BS play in games like the real tourney

But I have two weeks of bubble games on my schedule.

JMarkJohns wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:I'm voting Kendrick over Upton. Don't add in any BS play in games like the real tourney

But I have two weeks of bubble games on my schedule.

Will they be played in Dayton as well?

I was hoping they'd be played in my pants...

Longhorned wrote:Upton is the Kansas of #1 hotties.

More like Duke with that window closing.

Merkin wrote:Sharon Stone - 50.91% (Volume 35)

Has no one seen Basic Instinct?

We'll cross that leg when we get to it.

I feel like this is the year a 64 will beat a 1.

So, to confirm:

1. All those in waiting will be delayed until New Years
2. Next week starts Bubble Round (4 matches)
3. Following week is conclusion of Bubble Rounds (2+1 matches)
4. Real Tournament follows...

Ground rules:
1. No multiple votes
2. Can change a vote
3. One week per round
4. Any tie will be broken by the total of posted votes
5. If remained tied, original % dictates
6. If remained tied, best boobs wins
7. Visual content should largely be supplied by voters, not thread creator.

I would give Charlotte McKinney a look before you lock in your bracket. She might win the whole thing.

Put her on the list for next year.

Is there a specific time when the polls close? I mean, so we can observe any intriguing last-minute changes of vote.

Polls will be open for 1 week.

Where's Elke von Schletz?

JMarkJohns wrote:Polls will be open for 1 week.

I do not recall if it has been brought up before but I am sure that it has. Should votes be cast based on the women in their "prime", "today", or however the individual voter sees fit?