Now that the tournament is over, it's time to take a look at the matches. The first round was a rout for the wild guns, and the second round went to a tie between the skavengers and the stars. The third round is a battle between the stars and the wilds. The captain of the stars has to beat the entire team by himself in order to make it to the quarterfinals. Everyone thought that the match was over for the stars, but the captain says that he's done his best. He's just barely missed making it through the semis and the finals, and he'll take his chances with the other guys in the next round. The other guys are like, "Oh, no problem, you've done a great job. I'll trade my gun for yours." The captain is all, "I'll empty my gun every trade with yours" . The only thing he can think to say is, "hey, I'm a virtual being that's late by merlin" , which is a reference to the fact that she's the only one who's been chosen to represent the stars in the tournament. She's an outsider, he says, and that implies a "dead - end" and a "mark of decline" : "it implies an "evolutionary dead - end / a sign of decline ." .