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3) Allow each of the 30 reigning Kings to defend his crown against all challengers (only cards that haven't already been considered) in a 1-day-of-entries, 1-day-of-voting lightning round before running the head-to-head playoffs.

I'll publicize the finalized rules of the game as we approach playoff-time so everyone can have their say about the option and shall have notice that the playoffs are coming on a date certain.

Actually - this could be fun. If you pre-post the team order (alphabetical makes it easy) and each day post the current leading card for that team then it should be pretty exciting to watch things unfold. I know I missed the first few teams before I discovered the thread (and I've acquired a few more cards since the voting has closed).