3.11 "The Crossroads of Dawn"

[The Creator]

Top Ten Rankings (cont.)

3rd place:

ALFRED! Alfred has always finished in the Final Five, and he stands a potentially good chance of doing so again in his third season. The victor of Season 1, Alfred is now a member of "The A-Team" with his then-biggest nemesis Acsc. The pair can go far if they work together, but like Acsc, Alfred is a big threat, and that makes him a big target. Alfred has skimmed by so far, but he can wind up in The Challenge all too easily in his moments of weakness. He is a very skilled, adept player, one of the longest lasting, and one with a large amount of experience. His dominance in the game is often, and his skill is rivaled only by a select few. He is truly a behemoth of a player, but while all of that sounds good, it could ultimately lead to an untimely downfall. Here are his seasonal statistics:

Week 1: 88.31%

Week 2: 57.69%

Week 3: 69.63%

Week 4: 89.63%

Week 5: 90.94%

Week 6: 96.05%

Week 7: 77.37%

Week 8:

Week 9: -30 (8th)

Week 10: 81.37%

avg: 81.37%

2nd place:

RICZHANG! Riczhang has already triumphed over his performance last season. Then, as now, he was a remarkable and highly competitive player, and one of the biggest and baddest of them all. But this season, he has already gone much farther than he did last season. He has made it to the Top Ten, an achievement he just missed out on last season. What's more, he remains a very prominent player on a weekly basis and has one of the highest aggregate scores of the season. In fact, he has the second highest (although if Totem didn't have two strikes against him, his would have trumped them all). But focusing on Riczhang, we celebrate his characteristic skill and cunning ability. This season he has been surprisingly laid back; he hasn't lashed out much and caused the eliminations of many players, something he did last season with Totem. But he has still performed well, and one could argue that he is poised, waiting to strike, and given the opportunity...he will strike. Here are his seasonal statistics:

1: 85.52%

2: 61.90%

3: 75.03%

4: 75.02%

5: 92.93%

6: 91.17%

7: 90.43%

8:

9: +11 (3rd)

10: 87.06%

avg: 82.38%

Which means, our current frontrunner is...

1st place:

GOFFE! The last of his line, Goffe now must fight not only for his name, but that of his now fallen partner Totem. As a champion of "The Overlords", Goffe has racked up a lot of points (in fact, it is a record number of points), and so he may be good and safe for a while. But he has never been a member of the Final Five Championship, so when points are disbanded, he may not survive as easily. However, he reprises his status as a Top Ten finalist, and this time, he looks to be going further than he did last season. He has worked much harder and is more openly and vividly present in the game than he was last season. He seems to know that he's doing best out of all the players, and that is why he stands out so much. Last season, he was a humble, mostly overlooked player until his unexpected elimination, but now he is on fire. He may just rise to claim his crown. Here are his impressive seasonal statistics:

W1: 82.86%

W2: 84.53%

W3: 76.33%

W4: 82.46%

W5: 77.15%

W6: 71.55%

W7: 93.05%

W8:

W9: +12 (2nd)

W10: 99.76%

avgf: 83.46%

[The Creator]

 

Team	Player	Points
The Overlords	Goffe	+104	+104
The Elites	DoctorWho	+19	+83
	riczhang	+64
The Predators	Baumer	+31	+71
	JackO	+66
	ChD	-26
The A-Team	Acsc1312	0	+25
	Alfred	+25
Updated as of Game 3.11

[acsc1312]

How do I still have 0 points?

[The Creator]

At least you're finally out of the negative.

[ChD]

I was so happy about my win that I totally forgot I was at -26 points... -.-

[baumer]

I'm just honoured to have made the top ten this year since it is my first game. Now the fun begins.

[The Creator]

"The Challenge - Week 11"

"The Predators" won, so those three were safe. The other five players were in danger, though, and it was "The Predators'" decision this week. Immunities were cashed in at 20 points a piece, and the players who bought immunities were Goffe (who bought 2), Riczhang (who bought 2), and Alfred (who bought 1). Acsc was the first player thrown into The Challenge (unfortunately, this is his third time in a row). Who will be joining him? Well DoctorWho could not afford an immunity via points...however, he still retains his free immunity that he won earlier in the season. DoctorWho finally cashed that immunity in, so tragically, the player joining Acsc in The Challenge is his very own partner Alfred. This is an ironic twist of fate as the two competitors versed each other in the Season One Finale, and now they go head-to-head in a Challenge. One will lose, and as both players have made it to the Final Five of each season before, that one player will finally not make it there this time around. Two very accomplished players...one very tragic Challenge.

Your Challenge questions:

DEADLINE THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 AT 6:00 A.M. CENTRAL (7:00 A.M. EASTERN)

1. Predict Django Unchained's Wednesday per theater average

2. Predict Texas Chainsaw's Wednesday gross

3. Predict Les Miserable's total through Wednesday

[The Dark Alfred]

Damn.

[acsc1312]

Le sigh.

[acsc1312]

I have a feeling I'll be going home tomorrow. Not feeling good about my challenge predictions.

[The Creator]

The Challenge - Week 11

Another legend shall fall. Alfred and Acsc have a long history in this game. Both players competed in the Season One Finale. After a grueling season, Alfred pulled an upset against his nemesis, and thus forced Acsc to bow out of the season in second place. While Alfred won that season, in Season 2, Alfred was annihilated early on by Totem's wrath, but was however resurrected many weeks later and made it to the semi-final, where he was eliminated by Acsc, who went on to finish second of that season as well. They have been consistently neck-in-neck for the three seasons they've competed in. What's more, they are two of the biggest stars of the show. Alfred has been present in 34 episodes. Acsc, meanwhile, has been present in all 42 episodes of the game, the only player to have appeared in all episodes. He has outlived the other biggest stars of the series, CEDAR (who has 40 episodes), XenoZodiac (who has 34 episodes), and Totem (who has 35 episodes).

But the real question is, who will win in this third competition. This is the second time Acsc and Alfred go head to head against each other, but the third time they have competed. In the last competition, Acsc won with the help of his partner CEDAR. However, in their only head-to-head confrontation, Alfred won by a slight amount. There are very few players who are almost as identical in skill as Alfred and Acsc, so this is a showdown to the death. A shame that one of these fine contestants will be going home so soon, when both players have always made it as far as the semi-final, if not farther, in both seasons prior to this one.

And this is a really, really close Challenge, one of the closest I have seen. Let's take it on a question-by-question basis.

Question 1: At first, it appears Alfred has the lead. He scored 93.44% on this question. Acsc was almost 8% behind with a score of 85.76%. Alfred has the early upper hand, but can he keep it?

Question 2: This one went the other way. Alfred placed second with a score of 87.38%. Meanwhile, Acsc scored first with a 91.95% score. It's a very close match so far, so it's up to Question 3 to determine the winner of this grueling Challenge.

Question 3: This was a surprise. Both players predicted an equal distance from the actual, resulting in a tie. Both players scored 99.96% on this question, but gave two different answers. Chilling how some things turn out.

Overall:

I never like to say farewell to a champion, especially not one of this caliber. Alfred scored an overall 93.59% score. Acsc scored an overall 92.56% score. Alfred wins The Challenge (in a near mirror image of his victory in the Season One Finale, oddly) and Acsc is eliminated just prior to the Final Five Championship. This is a truly tragic episode of Box Office Alliance. Acsc has been the biggest star of Box Office Alliance, even if he has never won a season. He has the highest aggregate ranking of the three seasons, so his elimination before the Final Five is a big upset. The caliber of this player is stunning, and while he's not always the best predictor, he is the most experienced in the game and always packs a punch. It will be a hollow Alliance game without his presence, a player that has been here for every episode...gone, in the blink of an eye.

Season 3...the season where legends die.

[acsc1312]

I knew question one would kill me. Congrats, Alfred. I wasn't as devoted this season as I had hoped to be, but I'll be back next season for sure! Thanks for another great game, creator! Best of luck, Alfred.

[The Dark Alfred]

I really though that I bottled it with Q2. What a true shocker that it had to be like that, I always get people in the challenge I wouldn't like to see eliminate. Hope to form a team again next season!

[The Creator]

Well obviously all this build-up is leading to my big reveal for next season. We have been recruiting. We are forming the Avengers of Box Office Alliance. One mega alliance...CEDAR, Acsc, Alfred, Totem, Xeno, the main stars of seasons 1-3, with new additions being added on based off of Season 2 and 3 results. Primary potential new Avengers are Goffe, Doc, and JackO.

[baumer]

I'll be in for sure next season. I love this game.

[JackO]

Holy crap! That challenge was epic!