Year 23 Day 134
The Galactic ‘Death Match’ is a political popularity contest hosted multiple times a year by the Galactic News Service. Started decades ago, contestants make public declarations of their worthiness and select galactic sentients are randomly chosen to vote. The contestant with the most votes in each round advances onto the next round, with the loser cast off into the pit of despair. Despite the name, no participant has ever been known to actually be killed during the event.
Recently, some rival news networks have raised concern about the staleness of the event. In recent years, the GNS has tried to spice things up to entice the eyes of the masses to return to the once popular Matches. In the most recent premier, many were surprised to see multiple members of the same social groups pared off against one another. In an unprecedented move, 3 members of the same government were all aligned in the same bracket, likely leading to a member vs member showdown.
After the Introductory episode, where participants were announced, several were interviewed in the special “diary room” sessions. When asked about facing off against their colleague, the Confederacy’s own Gordo Besadii Dronda responded with a chuckle. “They’ll better come prepared!” The large Hutt bellowed. “Cuz I’ll be coming swinging! I’ve even had an extra course for this one!” While all participants were interviewed, the other members of the CIS comments were not aired publically.
This week’s episode focused on Round Two of the tournament. Sadly Gordo the Hutt was taken down by San Krar and eliminated from the competition.
This Round has some major competitors facing off, including favorite Lord Mustafar and Squall Chitose as well as the much publicized matchup b etween Taldar Logas and Dex Sehrin.
For his “diary room” session this week, Deathmatch veteran Taldar Logas was found celebrating his first round victory over Neres Warjan at a local Greasy Sprocket Tavern in Kalarba. When asked about the upcoming match with Dex, he leaped into the table and screamed out, “Look at Dex. Where are his bitches?” With a large, and obviously drunk, voice he continued. “He doesn’t have any bitches. I have bitches. So, I have already won.”
This led to the bar filling with the sound of laughter. Logas climbed off the table and approached the reporter and continued the interview in a calmer fashion. “I’m gonna win.” He slurred his words slightly. “If I don’t win, I already won. You can’t beat the best, even if I lose, I already won.”
For the second week in a row, contestant Dex Sehrin’s session was not shared. This disappointed many, as the masses were looking to hear about his feelings on his recent lopsided victory in the first round over Gerome Dewbrook. A public comment was made by Mr. Sehrin’s publicist, suggesting that he was currently less than concerned with a silly popularity contest and more concerned with his vital work in Tar Morden.
This may place many of the contestants’ mutual friends in a bind. Who is one to vote for when both are close allies. To make things easier, it was decided by the Triumvirate to host a wrestling match at Castle Tar Morden between the contestants. Winner will get all of the mutual votes and likely move onto the next round. The event should happen sometime before the week is out. More news to come.
Participation in the Galactic ‘Death Match’ is not a new thing. Echuu Shen-Jon, leader of Haor Chall Engineering, won the event several cycles ago, with current participant Taldar Logas coming in second place the cycle before this.