And the champion of Machine Madness 2010 is…

Well, obviously, the winner is the guy in the above picture: SOUNDWAVE! 56 votes came in for the final round, and Soundwave walked away with 73% of them. Ratchet came surprisingly far in the tournament, but he couldn’t win this one. So, congrats to all you Soundwave fans! I’d congratulate Soundwave himself, but he’s not actually real.

I don’t know if I’ll even be running this blog a year from now, but if I am, I’d like to do this again. I’ll probably be making some significant changes to it, but I thought this was kind of fun, and you guys seemed to enjoy it. So, I guess we’ll do it again. Anyway, enough of that.

Thanks to those of you who participated, and a special thanks to those who reblogged these posts and helped spread the word. Big hugs to those of you who like big hugs!

RATCHET vs. SOUNDWAVE
Round 06 » Machine Madness Championship

Finally! The results are in, and while both the Autobot and Decepticon finals were very close races, it was Ratchet and Soundwave who were victorious over Grimlock and Starscream. According to the masses (or, at least, the masses who look at this blog) they are the number one Autobot and Decepticon in the universe!

I had Soundwave pegged early on to be one of the top Decepticons, but Ratchet has been a real dark horse in this tournament. While Soundwave is easily one of the best-known and -loved Transformers, after seeing Ratchet take out characters like Optimus Prime, Prowl, Jetfire, and Grimlock, I don’t think it’s wise to count him out just yet.

The poll will be open until the end of Sunday, around midnight Eastern time. The results will be announced on Monday afternoon/evening. Onward! Roll out and stuff!

GO HERE TO VOTE! ONE LAST TIME!

You can check out the previous polls here.

NOTE: Vote for whom you’d want to win, not who ‘realistically’ would.

SOUNDWAVE vs. THUNDERCRACKER
Round 04 » Match 04 » Decepticon Bracket

The hard choices continue. Now, Soundwave is the only non-seeker remaining in the Decepticon bracket. The seekers are pretty cool, but I never realized they were as popular as they seem to be here. Last round, Soundwave received 67% of the votes versus Waspinator, while Thundercracker got 77% against Unicron.

In order to give people more time to vote in the Decepticon polls, I’ve decided to once again take a break until next Monday. On Monday and Tuesday we’ll have the Autobot and Decepticon championship polls, then on Thursday I’ll post the final match-up of the tournament. Cool? Cool.

GO HERE TO VOTE

You can check out the previous polls here.

NOTE: Vote for whom you’d want to win, not who ‘realistically’ would.

SOUNDWAVE vs. WASPINATOR
Round 03 » Match 07» Decepticon Bracket

Last round, Soundwave made short work of Beast Wars’ Megatron, beating him 72%-28%. I’m actually surprised that there are around eight people who prefer BW Megatron to Soundwave. Waspinator also managed to defeat Ratbat by the exact same margin. But now I think it’s time to say goodbye to Waspinator. Yeah. Sorry, buddy.

GO HERE TO VOTE

You can check out the previous polls here.

NOTE: Vote for whom you’d want to win, not who ‘realistically’ would.

SOUNDWAVE vs. MEGATRON (BW)
Round 02 » Match 13 » Decepticon Bracket

Once again, LOL. I really hate how predictable this tournament is probably going to end up being. I mean, to a large degree, there haven’t been many big surprises. The big-name characters are just too popular to really allow for many upstarts, at least not with only 20-30 people voting on each poll. Maybe with a bigger, more varied audience. Eh. If anyone has any ideas about how to shake things up in the future, let me know.

GO HERE TO VOTE

You can check out the previous polls here.

NOTE: Vote for whom you’d want to win, not who ‘realistically’ would.

SOUNDWAVE vs. RUMBLE
Round 01 » Match 25 » Decepticon Bracket

FATHER VS. SON! OH NOES! Again, I swear, I didn’t plan this. And I chose Rumble because, between him and Frenzy, I feel like Rumble is the better-known cassette-dude. But still, there are no pre-movie G1 Decepticons cooler than Soundwave, IMO. Well, except maybe Shockwave. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE -WAVES, BABY. Either way, there’s also no more-solid, more-supportive ally than Soundwave, even without his cassette minions. Love you, boo.

GO HERE TO VOTE

You can check out the previous days’ polls here.

NOTE: Vote for whom you’d want to win, not who realistically would.

“WHY IS NO ONE POSTING ANYTHING? IS THE DASHBOARD BROKEN?”

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adarkknight:

Blaster brings the noise. Soundwave slams the beats. Autobot crew v.s. Decepticon crew.

This is, hands down, my absolute favourite tee. (Sorry Bats and LOZ)

I mean it has Blaster and Soundwave together!

Man, I need this. So bad.

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YOU WANT TAPES? I’VE GOT LOTS OF TAPES. HAVE SOME TAPES.

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cybertonium:

Soundwave what did they do to you

Ugh. Listen, I try to be really open-minded when it comes to new Transformer designs and redesigns. I’ve never not had Transformers in my life, ever since I was a small child, and I’ve seen a lot of great and fucked up robots over the years. I can tolerate, and even like, a lot of really crazy, unorthodox designs.

But can we please move away from this Michael Bay-looking shit? I get that Hasbro has made a lot of money off of these movies and that little kids, of course, eat it up. But these designs are so painfully generic and boring and lacking in personality, it’s downright depressing. I mean, what is that up there? It just looks like a mishmash of sharp angles. There’s nothing unique about it. Transformers need to be unique. (Er, Seekers aside.)

I’m all for something new. I am not for something stupid and lazy.

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