Good Morning/Evening to all HDC-ians!!
Yes, it's back! I welcome you all to..
And this time, we have it with all the wonderful
WOMEN OF HORROR. Quite simply put, women power has driven our favorite film genre through the ages, right from Elsa Lanchester's Bride to Vera Farmiga's Lorraine. How good they will be when they stack up against each other, will be decided by YOU.
If you haven't been a part of the HDC Showdown before, here's the
first iteration and the
second iteration.
To put down the rules, here they are:-
1 - We tee off with 18 HDC participants. All were asked to list NINE alphabets in the teaser thread, which corresponds to
NINE landmark female roles in horror cinema history - EIGHT from the decades gone by, and ONE from
a very special section.
All 18 HDCians will be drafted into
SIX teams of
THREE HDCians each. That makes it 27 women-in-horror performances per team.
2 - One team will then be
pitted against TWO other teams, with triple threat Showdowns leading up to
5 votes per winner. The HDCians involved in that Showdown can also cast their own votes (including a bit of canvassing for their choices, if they choose so).
There is no fixed criteria for voting for a particular horror femme performance. You may choose acting ability, looks, or any other criteria you deem fit, when you vote. Be tactful, and cast your vote judiciously - if you support your stronger opponents, you yourself might get knocked out by them in the next round!
3 -
The winner of each Showdown earns 1 HDC dollar. The losers get kiboshed. All HDC dollars are added up on the leaderboards, which will be displayed
ONCE after every NINE Showdowns.
4 - At the end of all Showdowns of Round 1 for all SIX teams,
ONE HDCian from
each of the BOTTOM THREE teams (teams with the lowest HDC dollars earned) will be
ELIMINATED.
Teams will then be
REDRAFTED!! We continue on until we find our
SHOWDOWN EMPEROR!! (or
EMPRESS)
5 - An
Updated Grid showing the choices of the HDCians and their teams involved will be posted at the end of each match, for one of you to
make the set of choices for the next Showdown.
6 -
Whoever is online when the Grid is posted, can post his/her choices. IN CASE the said person is a participant and does NOT want to be a part of the next Showdown, he/she may choose to sit out and name
THREE other choices who will duke it out between themselves.
7 - A choice once chosen and ending up either winning/losing a Showdown,
CANNOT be chosen again. This ensures all other choices
AND all other participants a fair chance of earning some HDC dollars.
8 - The
number of HDC dollars one wins (a maximum of 9 HDC dollars) will enable the participant to get
*NEW* Alphabetical choices. For example, Rayne wins 5 HDC dollars, which means 5 of her choices (attributed to the same alphabets she chose),
WILL be CHANGED!!
9 - In case of any conflict/misunderstanding,
PM me pointing it out, and I will look into it before finalising a solution/decision. You are free to indulge in ribbing and gentle nudging your opponents, as well as cheering for your choices (which you MUST!), but
PLEASE dont degrade the thread into arguments, bickering and fights.
Just sit back, and enjoy the ride!
Here are the 18 HDC participants who have thrown their hats into the Showdown arena:
neverending
roshiq
The Villain
hammerfan
realdealblues
Chronogrl
MichaelMyers
Straker
Newb
Sculpt
Despare
totem
Zero
Kandarian Demon
Dude Guadalupe (aka) Grimm Webster
Rayne
Horror4ever
GhostDog
We start
SSSSSOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN.....