Whoser Madness FINAL!

Whoser Maddness Final Comments
by JayWTBF and Spell4yr

NOTE FROM JAYWTBF -
This is the end of the Whoser Madness tournement.
It has been fun, and exciting.
This last and final round has been extended to make TEN days to vote.
Take your time. Think about it, but PLEASE, do not vote twice.
This is just a fun game and will not make any changes to how much we all love our
favorite players... thank you. Hope you had fun with our little tournament.

So.
After twelve weeks of waiting, the Finals of Whoser Madness finally commence. Greg Proops and Colin Mochrie, two of the best comedians ever to appear on television, begin an extended, ten-day battle to the death (or at least to the defeat; this isn't MTV clay).
Even from the beginning, scrutiny and criticism surrounded the tournament. Maybe the tournament too closely paralleled what it was parodizing, the NCAA College Basketball Tournament. People sounded off on the IdiotBoard:
"What's the point if we know Ryan and Colin are going to be the last two anyway?"
(Maybe what we think we know isn't what we actually do know.)
"I bet 5000 points that Ryan'll win!"
(Good thing the points don't matter.)
Other commentary flowed in as the contest evolved. My non-random seedings, based solely on show appearances was even questioned by an email I received shortly after the contest began. Part of it read:
"Mike vs. Jeff, and Chip vs. Ron ... You're putting a rookie against the "Great Mike McShane"? And a guy that was hardly ever on WL against Chip Esten? It makes the contest look fixed. Ron and Jeff don't have a chance in hell now."
Seeding people solely by number of appearances does not a fixing make.
Originally, the plan was for the two brackets to be heterogeneous, that is, American, European, and Australian improvisers to be mixed all into one big group, with the two people with the most appearances as the two number one seeds, numbers three and four in the number two slots, and so on.
If the tournament is ever resurrected, alternate seeding structures will be considered.
That would be even less fair. For every fan of both shows, there are several American fans who don't like or haven't seen the British version, and vice versa. For people like Mike McShane and Tony Slattery, that would not have been fair either.
The pre-tournament predictions were half-right. Joining Colin Mochrie in the final battle is Greg Proops. Both are seasoned improvisers, game show hosts, and comedians. The similarities are endless; it's only a matter of time (i.e., 9 days) before we see who the true fan favorite is.
--Stephen H.
"spell4yr"