Mantastic Week #1 Check-In!

It was a rousing week of growth as all the contestants jockeyed for early positioning. Some came roaring out of the gates (Link, The Clemmy, Matt, effing CHUCK!), while some chose to sit back, knowing that they'd finish strongly enough.

Without further ado, Week #1!

The Muttonchops

Jess Vickery


Nate Reid


Robert Dorris


David Schnee


Chuck Duke

The Handlebars

James Brown


Mark Tamny


Jance Rubinchik


Tom Gilchrist


Chris Morley


Ken Voss


Dan Riha

The Amish Goatees

Blaise Panfalone


Don Howe


Lee Hahn


Matt Hoard

The Amish

Kane Brassington


Jonny Tal


Will Elder-Groebe


Kirk Larkins


Stacz Sadowski

The Lemmys

Tony Lobay


David Link


Michael Clemens


David Gibson

The Sellecks

Brian Smith


Devin Breese


Garth Parr


Neal Hoover


Clear Menser

The Neanderthals

Joel Friesch


Davy Wentworth


Jonathan Knight

The Neckbeards

Adam Gerardin


Daniel Bryant


Matt Tomlinson

Check-In Day #1 Poll

When The Mantastics go to lunch for the next week or more, is it better to lunch with fellow Mantastics or to go stag or with non-Mantastics? There are points to be made on both sides. Strength in numbers softening the blow or massive group stupidity just making things worse? What are your thoughts?

And here's a sub-question: if you're not part of the festivities, do you want Mantastics lunching with you or will you be finding excuses for a while?

Click the comments button below to weigh in.

Prediction!

As I was carving my style this morning, it really hit me, and it was in the form of a question: "What the eff are you doing?? You're going to do this for three more weeks? In public??" My next thought was a prediction: "50% dropout rate...easily." I have one of the more socially acceptable styles (Handlebars), I'd say, and I was getting squeamish. While I was trimming, I was trying to put myself into the shoes of The Lemmys and The Neckbeards. Oofah.

Yeah. 50% dropout. I hope I'm wrong.

First Check-In Today!

Holy smokes. See you at 4:30 in the Mantastic Biergarten for your photo op.

It's going to be one ugly studio for a couple of weeks. Or beautiful. Not sure.

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