TailsIsNotAlone

TailsAlone for NFL commissioner!

 

In all seriousness though, good solution.

Go Rarity.

If the matchups in the PFC go like I think they will, Rarity may be in for even tougher competition than she overcame last year: Princess Celestia herself. But I don't know if even Sunbutt mania can withstand the Whine of Doom! 

Meanwhile, if the Countess wins, she'll have to take on none other than her old friend Applejack. 

I think the real question as we continue is whether anyone in the PFC can beat Rarity, or anyone in the EFC can beat Luna for that matter. Last year they both went to the Magic Bowl in convincing fashion.

I was very disappointed about the Cardinals and Patriots both losing the conference championships. I'm not even sure if I'm going to watch. Either the Panthers will kill Denver and surprise nobody, or Denver will get lucky for the 1,000th time this season.  -_-

That will be scary, so if I have voted should I refrain from doing so again? Not that it can be stopped like you say, but if it helps I can leave it be. Hopefully the results will stay the same except for Celestia pulling to the top instead(Either way it will be close anyway) though.

Nah, I say knock yourself out. I'm pretty sure everybody else will. As the boss of the tourney, I give you all my blessing. The fates of all our favorite ponies are at stake!

IT'S ON

So just to be clear the previous votes still count, correct? 

Yes. The previous votes still count, and when the round is over they will be added to the current votes to determine our winners. Voting again is allowed (since there's nothing I can do to prevent it anyway) and whatever happens, happens!

Is there a drink that tastes like a cupcake with hot sauce? Because if there is, that's Pinkie. What the heck, I'll just stick a cupcake and some hot sauce in the blender and gulp it down!

On second thought, maybe not. 

Oh come on! Trixie is not more attractive then Princess Celestia. She can't win this! -annoyed-

I'm not sure about that. Celestia's ethereal beauty is impressive, true, and yet Trixie has a certain something about her that can't be denied. Without a doubt one of the most inspired designs of Season 1. I knew they would make for a fun matchup because their looks and characters are almost polar opposites. 

...I searched for a good picture of them together but the best I could do was this. xD

...And in the closing stages of the Wild Card, Lyra Heartstrings has come back against Coco Pommel and Trixie has taken a lead over Princess Celestia! Wow!  If these were actual football games, they would be classics. But as polls they're pretty damn good too, despite relatively low scoring on both sides. Just 80 minutes remain in the round...

Both Octavia and Trixie are just one vote behind with a day to go in the round! Can they manage to pull it off? 

For new entrants, Coco and Coloratura have been very successful here. I wonder how far they can go.

C'mon guys; give the Great and Powerful Trixie some love please.

It's strange. Ever since I joined this forum in 2012 I've seen people talking about how awesome and beautiful she is, and I agree that she is attractive....and yet all those people have never voted Trixie to a single playoff victory in this tourney. She had first-round losses to Vinyl in 2013, then Cadence in 2015, and now she's falling behind in this one too. Where's the beef?  

Coco vs. Lyra is as close as I expected. Sweet and talented pony who designs clothes for runways...

vs. vivacious, eccentric pony who would have the most memorable runway stance ever. 

the blondes the blondes the blondes are coming plastic battle AAAARRRRGH why do I bother when the plaids will never come, two matching plaids are a crime don't you know and there's red licorice to be concerned with. Nashville nights and Tina's angry, looking for revenge on the ones, the twos, the severals but it all goes up in flames in the end.

HOOOOEEEEY hot diggity that is a nice cummerbund. Who is your horse's best friend? Garbage cans talk to each other and oh the secrets they tell. Virgin crumbsucker catalogues. Coors. Twinsies. Vocal fry membership cards for all. I once dreamed I was chased by a polar bear.

Lyra is best pony.

I'm surprised Octavia is holding up so well against Luna. Then again, she is a much-loved background pony with a very unique look and she's gone far in this tournament before.

Picking up the commentary discussion from earlier, I'd like to mention Tony Schiavone of NWA and WCW as one of my favorite commentators. He gets a lot of heat for things he said at Eric Bischoff's behest and not caring anymore towards the end of WCW, but I always liked him. Great voice, good sense of humor, very few stumbles or verbal gaffes. He knew exactly what he was doing out there. I could close my eyes and visualize what was going on in a match purely through his announcing. Put him together with Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay, who called a lot of shows together in 1998 and '99, and you have my favorite broadcast team.

WWE has had no real voice of the company on their broadcasts since they let Jim Ross go (again). He single-handedly elevated their television product and was a big factor behind the scenes as well. His absence exposes just how weak they've actually been on commentary in the last several years. After the Monsoon/Heenan/Ventura era, J.R. and Paul Heyman were the only WWE commentary team I ever really liked. They were equally great in their roles, complete opposites on and off TV, and when they bickered (which was inevitable) it sounded completely natural.

Hmmm. I'm not sure about that one. If we lived in a world where it was actually an option, that'd be something else. But since I don't, everything here is really pure speculation.

I might give it a shot if they were the ponies from the show, but I'm not 100% sure. 

I've got to get me one of those vinyl figures! 

The show changes, new ponies come along, but Lyra is still the prettiest thing on four hooves. Or on two hooves. Or in a giant bowl of bathwater.

Twilight's fanbase seems to have organized in a big way; she now holds a decisive 10-vote lead in her division! Fluttershy, Sunset Shimmer, and Coco Pommel are now in a 3-way tie (33 votes each) for the final playoff spot in the EFC. 

They hate us cuz they ain't us.

I am one of "us" myself, but I can't vote...

PFC South would actually be the toughest choice for me. Having to choose between Maud and Applejack?!   

Fluttershy fights back and steals a wildcard berth from under Sunset Shimmer AND Coco Pommel's noses! Wow! If not for Lyra's 2013 performance, Flutters would be the John Elway of this tournament easily. She just keeps coming back.   Time to update those standings...

Is it just me, or is this year's contest not so explosive?

I hope people aren't losing interest in it

Lower turnout so far, but the playoffs haven't started yet. We'll see how it goes. 

I'll admit, I was tempted to throw Big Mac in there as a joke. 

Just four days left until the regular season ends and the wild card matches begin! I can't wait.

It happened! Coco Pommel has tied Sunset Shimmer at 27 votes for 6th seed in the EFC! 

Non-Rarity fashion pone just won't give up.

Pocahontas didn't quite hold my attention when I saw it as a kid, nor did it teach me anything I didn't already know (even at age 10) about colonial history. There just wasn't a whole lot of depth to it. Disney was overreaching itself, commenting on a huge historical issue with nothing but a cliched plot and flat characters. I guess they thought it would still be seen as profound because "hey, we're Disney!" You can hardly blame them; everything they touched since The Little Mermaid had turned to gold, but that was because all those late 80s-early 90s classics were memorable and driven by not just amazing visuals, but strong characters with interesting places to go. They forgot to do that with Pocahontas. So it was a good movie on the whole, just not great. (The historical inaccuracies and the raccoon sidekick don't help much either.)

IF Twilight and Octavia met in the playoffs, that might be the best contest.

You're right. Or Octavia and Lyra! They've never played each other either. It almost happened in the first tournament, but Octy lost to Fluttershy.

Sunset and Fluttershy continue to battle it out for 2nd place in the EFC North while Starlight continues to chase Princess Celestia, possibly across time and space.   Lyra continues to impress in a competitive division and Octavia and Twilight are still neck and neck! This has been great so far.

Just like that, Twilight retakes the lead in the EFC East and Trixie is closing in on Countess Coloratura. I love this tourney! Even before the head-to-head matches start, there's plenty of suspense. 

The division standings have been updated! Check the first page to see which 12 ponies would advance to the playoffs if the season ended today. (Of course, it doesn't end 'til the 24th, and that's still a lot of time for strong players to fall behind--or weak ones to mount a comeback!)

Why in the MULTIVERSE is Marble Pie not in the list anywhere???!!! O.o

I was bound to forget somepony from Season 5. Tell you what, we'll pencil her in for next time.