Cellar field of 64
 

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/blank64.php

General idea: a "tournament" of "stuff"

Concept: we nominate 64 "teams" in a category. Then they are entered into the brackets, according to someone's seeding (we can refine that later). Each "game" is played as one of us deciding the winner, possibly listing a reason. The championship goes up to a vote of some sort.

Example: say the category is "breakfast cereals". We nominate them until we have 64. We seed them into the brackets. The top seeds are Cheerios, Raisin Bran, Corn Flakes, and in a seeding oddity, Capn Crunch. Cheerios, as a first seed, goes up against Kellogg's All-Bran as a 16th seed.

Then there is a first round of games. Either you go and visit the page, and your selection is made, or someone "operates" the game as a thread, and posts "Cheerios versus Kellogg's All Bran." Beestie, the next to visit the thread, posts "Cheerios" and then a single line of why: "The basic O, goes with anything. In fact I'm giving my O-face right now." Then I return and post "Frosted Flakes (2) vs Cookie Crisp (15)" and Russotto comes in and posts "Cookie Crisp" and "I don't eat either of them, but I'd rather have cookies than flakes."

The brackets are updated, then there is a second round and so forth.

I was thinking it would work better automated, but maybe someone has a better idea? Does any of this make sense?

I'd like to see a Cellar awards. "Funniest", "Most Obnoxious", "Most Inflammatory", "Smartest", "Most Sensual", "Craziest", "Most Longwinded", etc.

We can call it "The Toadies".

soundsinteresting. i like rich's ideas for contests.

The local newspaper did something very similar awhile back. They did it with movies, books and recordings. It was kind of fun.

Let's try it then. This is going to be a little US-centric, but anyway... nominate breakfast cereals.

Cheerios
Frosted Flakes
Kellogg's All-Bran
Capn Crunch
Corn Flakes
Cookie Crisp
Raisin Bran
Raisin Nut Bran
Grape-Nuts

do honey nut cheerios fall under the Cheerios umbrella?
and honeycombs

The old Steve & Mike Show on WIP used to do this.. was always entertaining on a slow day.

I would have to nominate Cap'n Crunch Crunchberries (definitely not the same as the plain Cap'n Crunch).

Also Frosted Mini-Wheats, Rice Krispies, and Fruity Pebbles.

(I would move that any cereal containing marshmallow bits should be put to the torch rather than nominated, but I'm sure somebody will stand up to defend them.)

Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Marshmallow Mateys (Generic brand, at least twice as many marshmallows as Lucky Charms)

mmmmmm, dehydrated marshmallows. I used to eat up all the crunchy (boring) bits of cereal just as fast as I could, so that I could eat all the marshmallows at once. If I was juuuust gluttonous enough, they would still be a little Styrofoam-esque by then. :D

I'm gonna nominate Corn Pops and Fruity Pebbles since they're the only gluten-free ones I can ever find that don't cost astronomical amounts of money for a smaller-than-standard-sized box, and therefore are always in my house.

Grapenuts
Quisp
Banana Nut Crunch

Oatmeal, preferably slow cooked and made with steel cut oats. The Best!

SD, where do you think I got the ide--- I mean, I simply had no idea! :)

Reese's Puffs (they taste better than you think they might)
Quaker 100% Natural

there also used to be this stuff called Almond Delight that I can't find anymore, but was dern good.

I would also like to nominate Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs. They're "crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and they don't have a single natural ingredient or essential vitamin to get in the way of that rich, fudgy taste." I miss C&H.

Crispix and Kix!!

C3PO's!