((OOC: HOLY CRAP I am so deadtired right now, but ..... IT'S FINALLY FINISHED!!!! And because I'm very happy that it's all finished, I am posting the results right now instead of sleeping, and I am so looking forward to sleep! Please, give a big thanks to the judges who judged this match, and those who didn't judge, but either volunteered or were asked by me to judge. So, yeah. Enjoy, eat popcorn, make a sandwich, grab some kleenex, secure your punching bag, whatever. The result breakdowns will hopefully be posted sometime this weekend; I'm still working on finding which results got sent where and gathering them. But it's almost done! In the meantime, here's who won third place. Short, but to the point.))
The crowd was fairly typical: anxiously and eagerly awaiting the results of the match, hoping that their favorite fighter was chosen as the winner, placing last minute bets. There was a general hum of excitement within the arena and the stands.
Then, he appeared. The crowd stopped what theywere doing and sat in the breathless agony of waiting, hands poised to clap, throats braces to yell, muscles taut and ready to bounce. The announcer stood solemnly with his microphone in hand.
"And now..... this is the moment, ladies and gentlemen,..... the moment when.... you find out the winner of this AMAAAAZING match. Are you ready?!!" he looked around the stands, his face plastered to the giant TV screens. "So.... the winner of the match Karius vs. Yuri.... is......... the one, the only...... give it up for..... YUUURRRRIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The crowd erupted with even more excitement, which was mostly a salad of glee, astonishment, disappointment, happiness, depending on who you were and who you were cheering for.
((Woohoo. Takin' second's not bad for a newcomer, eh? Anyways, thank you as well to all the judges and the step-in judges that volunteered their time to get this entire tournament going as smooth as possible, even if it didn't always seem that way. And to Karius - an excellent match, my friend. It was a pleasure fighting you in the consolation round.
Now, if you don't mind me, I'm going to go get some of that popcorn. ~wanders off~))
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