Hello all! Once again, I am thrilled to tell you that you've broken another participation record. A total of 102 of you voted in this year's Final 4, a full dozen more than our previous record high. Additionally, since we broke the century mark, once again we get to aware double prizes. I am gobsmacked, but I really shouldn't be - you are all amazing. Here are the prize winners from our penultimate round:
Congrats to all of our winners! Our warehouse team will get your prizes out in the mail very soon. In the mean time, let's take a look at the results of last week's bonus poll. You were asked to rank the 4 cards eliminated last poll in order from 1st to 4th. Here are the results:
#1 Starbase 375 from DS9's "A Time to Stand"
#2 Treacherous Sisko from DS9's "In the Pale Moonlight"
#3 Kosst Amojan from DS9's "What You Leave Behind Part II"
#4 Acting Captain Beverly from TNG's "Descent Part II"
With the best score, Starbase 375 is the winning card and will be entering design soon. I have been fascinated to see which cards earn second chances during the competition. I love giving you all the opportunity to directly influence the future of the game with your choices. There is one more round of bonus in this week's poll, and then we'll go over all of the results in next week's wrap up. But before we get there, we need to see the results from last week's Final 4:
Final 4 Bracket
Lower Decks: Fleet Operations (3) puts an end to the impressive run of The Infamous Facepalm (13), knocking this underdog out of the game with a 52-50 victory.
Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards (8) trounces last year's runner-up, Transporter Duplication (6), with a 67-35 victory.
This means that our championship match is set: Lower Decks: Fleet Operations versus Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards. Let's look back at the original concepts for each of these finalist cards. Lower Decks: Fleet Operations from TNG's "Redemption Part II" came from a user submission. The finished card will likely be an event or an incident giving players a bonus for using all universal ships and personnel. Utopia Planetia Fleet Yard from VOY's "Relativity" also came from a user submission. The concept is that this will likely be an incident that allows access to ships of a variety of classes. It might also be a doorway or a facility, though it would have to be done in a way that would be available to more than just Federation players.
Lower Decks: Fleet Operations started against Primitive Worf, winning with a +40 margin. In the Round of 32, it defeated Doc Crusher in a much closer game with a +18 margin. In the Sweet 16, LD: FO squeaked by Group of Individuals by a single vote. The Elite 8 match was just as close, as this concept squeaked by Starbase 375. On the opposite corner of the bracket, Utopia Planetia Fleet Year knocked out The Dreamer and the Dream with a +18 win. Next, UP whammied Support Coup with a +26 margin. In the Sweet 16, it wiped the floor with Annorax, winning by +29 votes. In the Elite 8, UP took out Acting Captain Beverly with a margin of +23. But that's enough data crunching - here is the bracket for the 2023 Championship:
Vote in the Championship Match
We're at the end of the road for First Edition March Madness 2023 with a single round of voting remaining. Your votes and just your votes will determine the ultimate victor, and you get to decide which criteria you use to vote. Will it be the first ever TNG champion with Lower Decks: Fleet Operations? Or will Voyager get back-to-back wins with Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards. It's up to you. The ball is in your court, but remember if we get more than 100 participants we will once again double the prize pool. Voting will be open until NOON Pacific on Monday, April 17th. And don't forget to join the discussion on our Gameplay (1E) forum to speculate on which card will take the crown!
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