Comments on: Cage Match 2010: A Response from Rand Al’Thor to Jaime Lannister’s Challenge

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:53:01 +0000

I need to read more. I have no Idea what Rand is up against. I do know however that with Brandon’s Characters allowed he can bring Sazed, Susebron, and Bela.
I can see the outcome now.
Rand being generous ‘Here use my sword’ tosses Nightblood to opposing team, walks away.

By: Emma de Laat

Emma de Laat — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:48:33 +0000

I also find it weird that someone else wrote for Rand. I personally won’t believe he would have declined the 7v7 match.
At least Min and Nynaeve would have forced him to take people with him…
It would be weird if he lost the fight, because he doesn’t have anyone with him.

By: dpomerico

dpomerico — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:12:56 +0000

I actually wasn’t speaking for Sanderson–I hadn’t heard from Sanderson when I wrote this post. I was speaking for the Rand of the Cage Match, in response to Jaime.

By: Ghost

Ghost — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:53:25 +0000

This is stupid, why speak for Sanderson with this post? He said on his blog he wanted to accept 7 vs. 7 before he saw this. Rand’s character would never make this statement either; he’s not this stupid, even if he can be arrogant during certain books of the series. Based on the writeups we’ve seen so far in this game, it’s pretty obvious that the authors haven’t read most of WoT.

By: jackie

jackie — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:33:17 +0000

Yeah, I should actually read the links I post. Brandon amended his blog entry (below). My apologies Laura.
–BRANDON’s BLOG–
(All, this originally said I wasn’t going to do a writeup. When I dictated this post to Peter, he misunderstood what I said and wrote that I wasn’t going to do a writeup. I’m totally planning to do one—I said I didn’t know if I could do one like GRRM did, in-character, because I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate. Rand doesn’t belong to me, and I don’t know if it would be right to do something from his eyes.
I AM however, planning to do a separate write up to talk about the match, maybe from my viewpoint. I’m not sure what I’ll do yet, but I am planning to squeeze in the time to do it, despite my deadlines. Sorry for the mixup. I was kind of mumbling when I told Peter about this, as I was working on something else, and I guess he thought I said I wasn’t going to do one at all. Back to the original post now.)
I look forward to seeing what George writes. The fans ultimately decide who comes out on top, so check Suvudu and start voting sometime tomorrow.

By: jackie

jackie — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:30:23 +0000

Sanderson has said exactly the opposite on the dual post to his blog/FB. (here: http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/883/Gemmel-Nominations-Audible-Tournament-Suvudu-Cage-Match--Updates) His only posts since have been updates on his progress toward his deadline. Sanderson will not be doing a write-up.

By: robot jura

robot jura — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:04:13 +0000

I hope Jaime brings Beric Dondarrion with him. The man just can’t be killed. Muahahahaha!
It would also be nice to see Arthur Dayne (probably the best fighter in Westeros), Baelor Breakspear and Qhorin Halfhand (yes, the hand!) there.

By: archon

archon — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:02:28 +0000

I’m sure that Steven Segal would be happy to know that you find his sort of characters “nothing short of phenomenal.”

By: Tomaszync

Tomaszync — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:53:55 +0000

“Martin has read WoT cover-to-cover. It’s part of what got him writing fantasy. Tyrion probably hasn’t though ”
Didn’t GRRM first think of ASoIaF in 1991?

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:51:54 +0000

Sanderson said on Facebook that he does plan on writing for the cagematch. Hooray!