Griff, covering for warch, who's in the box.

Heh, so much for Almond Delights powerplay.

First round East is complete. Clearly the games have to be automated. I'm thinking about it.

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/cereal.php

Wheaties, or Peanutbutter Bumpers?

Wheaties. Breakfast of champions.

Never even heard of Peanutbutter Bumpers.

Here UT, watch me automate it:

Corn Pops, or Waffle-O's?

Corn Pops!!

...next...

Well THAT works! Thank you!

shredded wheat or reeses puffs?

Shredded Wheat!

Frosted miniwheats or whole foods oat flakes

Frosted miniwheats.

In a blowout.

They fit just right on the spoon, after all!

(wow. this is more exciting than it seems. I'm quite interested to see what happens in the much talked about corn chex/rice chex matchup. They have been long time rivals and there's a lot of bragging rights riding on that game!)

I will be most interested to see how this turns out - whether candy cereals (Fruit Loops, etc.) beat out healthy fiber-rich, whole grain varieties (Wheatena, Ralston, Oatmeal, etc.) I see Wheatena and Fruit Loops as a match. Anyone interested in suggesting odds?

Automated? Pfft. Just outsource it to somewhere in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Nobody play any more games until I fix the seeding, which I messed up. This is why this is a beta test.

Ok, it's fixed. I didn't have it set up properly... the first seed is supposed to meet the second seed at the end of the bracket, not the second round...

Next game is Cinnamon Toast Crunch vs Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter.

I too await the battle of the Chexes. This was an unintentional matching on behalf of the tournament committee.

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/cereal.php

Cinnamon Toast Crunch!

Rice Krispies v. Multigrain Cheerios

Rice Krispies

The automation didn't take.

Cap'n Crunch CrunchBerries, or Cookie Crisp?

Crunchberries.

Crunchberries by a landslide! (cookie crisp is just plain wrong!)

Corn Chex v. Rice Chex

The Corn Chex are definitely scrappers, hold their milk well and have been training hard all season. Both contenders have shown their versatility by taking part in the Chex Mix in interleague play and well display their ability to stand up to Worcestershire Sauce. But how much of this is actually due to the critical addition of the Wheat Chex??

Ahhhh ... the tension is just too high! The decision must be made!!

rice chex

Froot Loops, or Wheatena?

rice chex

froot loops

The South ends its round one with only one upset, the resoundly-winning rice chex.

I keep posting the URL partly because it's convenient and partly because I'm proud of how I worked out how to set up the tables to create dynamic brackets. Automating this is not as simple a matter as it seems at first.

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/cereal.php

We have to figure out how to do the final four, because it wouldn't be right just to have one person decide those games.

Kellogg's All-Bran, or Kashi Go-Lean?

All-Bran, with extra colon scrubbing power.

Apple Jacks, or Oh's ?

apple jacks

mini shredded wheat!!!

Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, or Ralston?

Ralston!!

I have never heard of Ralston. Quite a dark horse.

Total, or Rice Krispie Treats?

Total!

Crispix, or Quisp?

uhhh, Crispix. Never even heard of Quisp.

No playing twice in a row, that's not fair.

Ralston is a cooked ceral - made from wheat - very tasty. It's like a tastier wheatena if you have ever had that.

Quisp!

Doesn't Ralston also make Purina dog food? :yelsick:

Lucky Charms, or Sugar Puffs?

Lucky Charms, Baybee!!!

The East is done... first round is eight games from over.

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/cereal.php

Frosted Flakes, or Boo Berry?

Holy hyperactive-hyperglycemic-8-year-old, Batman!

Vegas has caught wind of our little contest and posted Lucky Charms as a 5:6 favorite! How long before Big Dom and Rocco the Knife take a steel bar to Tony's knees to uh.. [Robert DeNiro]even things out a li'l bit.[/DeNiro]

Tony the Tiger, that is. nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

:biggrinje

Frosted Flakes!

Grape-Nuts, or Golden Grahams?

Grape-Nuts!

Hickory Nuts can be delicious! (I met Euell Gibbons many years ago, during a class trip, probably 6th grade, to Annapolis, Maryland. He was quite gracious about signing autographs for a bunch of 12 year olds while he was on vacation.)

Golden Grahams are just yucky. Too damn sweet. Actually I usually love sweet cereals, so maybe their problem is that they premiered after I was too old to accept new sugary cereals into my life

Banana Nut Crunch, or Count Chocula?

Count Chocula!

Cap'n Crunch, or Honey Bunches of Oats w/Almonds?

the count, of course

Captain Crunch!

Honey Smacks, or Cinnamon Life?

cinnamon life

Corn Flakes, or Cream of Wheat chocolate?

Corn Flakes!

Cream of Wheat Chocolate is just wrong

Cream of Wheat, or Honey Nut Chex?

tough, but i have to go with HNChex, for the portability factor...

Raisin Bran, or Marshmallow Mateys?

raisin bran. gotta love having 2 scoops in every box.

Huzzah! Round one is done, which also means over half the games have been played.

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/cereal.php

The biggest upset was upstart Honey Nut Cornflakes (14) beating Kix (3). Kix was mentioned more than once during the nominations, and seemed to have a spirit behind it, but you never know what the field of 64 will expose. Sometimes there are weaknesses in the highly ranked teams.

I was pleased to see my personal underdog fav, Raisin Nut Bran (12), make it to the second round. It's underrated! But we all have our favorites. On to the second round then.

Cheerios, or Oatmeal?

Cheerios!

(Oatmeal may be better for you, but Cheerios are the Perfect Food™.)

Raisin Nut Bran, or Life?