***All credit to this OP and concept given in memory of our beloved Tom1975.***

Sheep Madness 2013 - Champion: pwnsall; Runner-up: IBeDrummin
Sheep Madness 2015 - Champion: D1iabol1cal; Runner-up: legend42

Hi all and welcome to Sheep Madness 2016! This is a 32* player single-elimination sheep tournament, consisting of six* sheep games. The first game, which will be posted by Saturday at noon, is a qualification and seeding game. The top 32 players from this game will make the tournament. Anyone finishing 33rd or lower will go on a list of alternates in case people drop out. The top 32 players will be seeded into brackets based on the order of their finish. Ties for seeding will be broken by the player who submitted earlier getting the higher seed. There will then be five more games to determine the champion. In each round the higher scoring player will advance to the next round. In the case of a tie the higher seeded player will advance. This thread will serve as the overall discussion, tracking, and results thread. Each of the games will have their own thread.

Each game will be scored like a normal sheep game and have its own winner and podium. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to play all games even if you don't qualify or are eliminated at some point. Any questions or comments on the format, rules, or schedule can be posted here.

Games will be posted and revealed on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Here is the tentative schedule of games:

Schedule of events:

Round	Questions posted	Deadline and Reveal
Top Seeding (1-4 seeds) and Qualifying	March 12th, Noon	March 16th, 9 PM
Seeding Match (5-8 seeds)	March 16th, 10 PM	March 19th, Noon
Round 1 (Round of 32)	March 19th, 1 PM	March 23rd, 9 PM
Round 2 (Sweet Sixteen)	March 23rd, 10 PM	March 26th, Noon
Round 3 (Elite Eight)	March 26th, 1 PM	March 30th, 9 PM
Round 4 (Final Four)	March 30th, 10 PM	April 2nd, Noon
Round 5 (Championship)	April 2nd, 1 PM	April 9th, Noon

We'll get a Google Docs bracket going once we're set just like last year. If anyone wants to volunteer to manage a bracket pool again, that'd be schweet. Good luck and thanks for playing!

*Player limit and game total subject to change per the following:

Oh Boy I'm in to redeem myself after my poor performance

here to ruin everybody's body bracket

Well I've only played sheep a couple times, but I'd like to try my hand at winning.

Sweet

I was a sheep NEWB last year and dispatched the 5th seed in dramatic fashion.

anything is possible!

in, will try to avoid rd 1 loss this time

In it to win it! Give me anybody but lines guy. The fear is real

Zomg. How did you not just tell me about this?
In.

I'm in.

in

Innn

In

In

Inno

Also taking last-longer side bets that do not include money, I'm cheap as hell.

NOT booked

Dont know how to edit IN! into the gif, but IN!

Looking forward to teh draft once the bracket is set

has it started yet

Yeah, sorry pwns, you missed it.

I missed this last year. Not missing it this year. Brackets & SHEEP are 2 of my favorite things that don't cost money or involve my family.

in for epic fail as usual, though it would be hard to top 2013.

I love how he runs into it, from already being safe to the side of it.

I'm in. Maybe I'll qualify to be in the actual field this time.