DarkUFO Character Cup: R2, Matchups 7 & 8 Posted by G-Man at 9/07/2008 02:48:00 AM (Comments: 20) Labels: Character Cup

Congrats to Christian and Hurley. They're moving along with our other winners.

Christian: 73% (selected to win Round 2 on 80.1% of all brackets)
Alex: 27% (selected to win Round 2 on 9.8% of all brackets)

Hurley: 91% (selected to win Round 2 on 95.8% of all brackets)
Ethan: 9% (selected to win Round 2 on 1.4% of all brackets)

The bracket site has been updated and there are still 3 bracketeers clinging to perfection. How long will it last?

Today's matchups see a likely blowout and a rematch from last year's Character Cup! Matchup #1 pits two Losties who were miraculously healed after the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. Matchup #2 is between two original Losties who have duked it out before in the Character Cup. One is part of the Oceanic 6 and the other was the first main Lostie to go to that great big Island in the sky.

Vote and comment away!

John Locke
After surviving the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, Locke was miraculously able to walk again after being paralyzed for four years. Raised in foster care, Locke went from being an angry and determined teenager to being a meek and mild middle-aged loser. Always dreaming of being something he was not, Locke found his chance to be a hunter and a man of faith once reaching the Island. He encountered the Smoke Monster, manned the Swan hatch before losing faith. He was able to confront his jerk of a father on the Island, having Sawyer kill him. He joined the Others before the Island disappeared but was last seen dead in the future.

Rose Henderson
After surviving the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, Rose spent a good deal of time to herself. She was confident that her husband had survived the crash even though he had been in the tail section at the time. Before the crash, Rose had married Bernard only months after meeting him. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer but it seemed to have disappeared after crashing onto the Island. Because of this, Rose has been hesitant of any rescue attempt as she fears the cancer might return if she leaves. She was last seen at the beach camp before the Island disappeared.

Sayid Jarrah
A survivor of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, Sayid has employed a number of skills from his military training to help the Losties. A former Iraqi Republican Guard communications officer and torturer, Sayid has acted as both a leader and a follower, going on many different missions and journeys while on the Island. He was one of six Losties to escape the Island. He was reunited with his long-lost love Nadia, but became an assassin for Ben after she was murdered in LA. Sayid was last seen breaking Hurley out of the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute.

Boone Carlyle
A survivor of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, Boone’s mother owned a successful wedding planning company. She married Adam Rutherford when Boone was a boy, making Shannon his stepsister. On the Island, Boone spent most of his time with Locke. Together they discovered the Hatch and the drug smuggler’s plane. Locke sent Boone up to investigate the plane. Boone tried to use the radio to contact someone but the plane fell out of the tree it was lodged in and crushed Boone. He would later die from his injuries despite Jack’s efforts to save him.