Final 4 Matchups + Elite 8 Results
Just wanna say that I was last to judge the blogs this week, so the results were already set in place by the time I read through everything. Proof that I am not rigging this 
Great job everyone! Regardless of who won, making it this far is outstanding as it is. And each blog submitted was very, very enjoyable to read. Now... onto the results!
ELITE 8 SCORES
#9 @SheldonOfOsaka vs #16 @Renate-Irene: 3-0
#4 @alphaous vs #5 @scatteredwealth: 1-2
#2 @Fire vs #10 @SPickwick: 3-0
#3 @DonRajesh vs #11 @YEAT: 0-3
Congratulations to @SheldonOfOsaka, @scatteredwealth, @Fire, and @YEAT for advancing to the Final Four! One of them is just 2 great blogs away from being crowned BlogChampion - who will it be?
The four of them will have 2 weeks to post their blog for the Final 4 and submit it for judging. The deadline is Monday, November 28th, at 7 PM EST. Good luck, and happy blogging! Post your submissions in the submissions forum, please, https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/the-knockouts-final-4-submissions-forum
To those of who you were eliminated, I regret to inform you that your time in BlogChamps Season 1 has come to an unfortunate end. Please do not feel discouraged, everyone here posted a strong submission. This competition is just so tough, you could post your best blog ever and still not advance. Come back for season 2, which will start in January, and see if you can do better, see if you can keep improving. Your time in season 1 may be up, but please, stick around, have fun here in the forums and notes, support your peers, and let's see who can tough it out and win this whole thing.
If you'd like feedback, I'd advise you to message @Rodgy or @Colorfulcake this week as they judged first - by the time I judged, everything was already decided, so I went through everything very quickly to make things officially official. If you want feedback from me, I'll give it to you, it'll just take more time.
That's all for now. Happy blogging!
