Third Round Action

Early Work Days To Blame as Two Favoured Competitors Are Frustrated in Second-Round Match-Ups

K-ted Tedesco and Mini B Adarna both blame having to come into work early for their tired eyes and second-round losses yesterday.

With his quiet intensity, cranked iPod and rumoured bag of dirty tricks, Bryan "Mini B" Adarna was the favoured dark horse of this year's tournament for a lot of Vegas odds makers. However, a blink just eight seconds into his match against Donnette "The Woman Who Stares at Goats" Stoll sealed his fate. Stoll intensified her glare once she knew Adarna was on the ropes and the young hopeful from the branch's Creative Unit never fully recovered, blinking again just 6.4 seconds later. "What can I say?" Adarna told reporters. "Work got in the way."

	Tedesco had similar sentiments, noting that she had been at work since 6:30am yesterday. "My eyes are really dry," she told her opponent Old Meany shortly following their match. Things got heated as Meany's manager goaded K-Ted with claims of making excuses and Tedesco screamed "What did you say paper champion? Rematch! Any time, any where." It wasn't the first time the word "rematch" had been thrown around and it lent credence to rumours of possible "Grudge Matches" the day of the finals.
A livid K-Ted lays in to Old Meany following their match yesterday. Eventually the altercation had to be broken up by Meany's manager, Bear Claw Barras.

Despite being the first competitor to blink and continue staring, fan favourite Renée "Eagle Eye" Struik blamed nerves for her loss to Vinnie, noting she had a lot more success practicing before hand. "The crowd got to me. It really was nerve racking. And I could hear Vinnie's intense breathing."

Favoured to win seemingly just because he was the only competitor to photo-shop his picture submission, Eye of The Storm cruised to another victory against Mary "Cookie" Vaz, who posted the second round's longest first blink time with 11 seconds, but quickly blinked again just a second later. "Once I blink," she said, "I can't stop."

Match	Victor	Loser and cause of death	Blink Times in Seconds
K-Ted vs. Old Meany	Old Meany	K-Ted / Blinking	1st: 8.3 2nd: 19.6
Eagle Eye vs. Vinnie	Vinnie	Eagle Eye / Blinking	1st: 9 2nd: 15.2
Cookie vs. Eye of The Storm	Eye of The Storm	Cookie / Blinking	1st: 11 2nd: 12
Mini B vs. The Woman Who Stares at Goats	Woman Who Stares	Mini B / Blinking	1st: 8 2nd: 14.4

A Triumphant Vinnie Celebrates his win:

Final Four Action

Two matches today.

Vinnie takes on Old Meany at 11:00am

and

[update!]

Eye of The Storm takes on The Woman Who Stares at Goats immediately following Secret Santa festivities.