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Scorecard

Here's one more look at this year's roster--this time with labels that show how many rounds the returning cast managed to win last year. Contestants are organized by division, then seed. First with the new faces included for reference:


North West South East
1. Link
2. Samus
3. Luigi
4. Sam
5. Tidus
6. Squall
7. KOS-MOS
8. Pikachu
9. Fox
10. Crash
11. Jill
12. Ganondorf
13. Magus
14. Ratchet
15. Isaac
16. AiAi 		6
3
-
-
1
0
-
1
0
1
2
-
-
-
-
- 		1. Cloud
2. Sonic
3. Master
4. Yoshi
5. Bowser
6. Sora
7. Zero
8. Auron
9. Tails
10. Scorpion
11. Aeris
12. Ness
13. Conker
14. Felix
15. Ken
16. CATS 		3
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
3
2
-
-
-
0
0 		1. Mario
2. Sephiroth
3. Kirby
4. Crono
5. Pac-Man
6. Alucard
7. Gordon
8. Wario
9. Shadow
10. Max
11. Bomberman
12. Kefka
13. Tom
14. Ramza
15. Raziel
16. Olimar 		5
4
0
4
2
2
0
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
0
- 		1. Snake
2. Mega Man
3. Vercetti
4. Dante
5. Ryu
6. DK
7. Lara
8. Knuckles
9. Yuna
10. Zelda
11. Vyse
12. Duke
13. Ryo
14. Kite
15. Resetti
16. Raiden 		3
2
-
1
1
2
2
1
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-


...and now without.


North West South East
1. Link
2. Samus
5. Tidus
6. Squall
8. Pikachu
9. Fox
10. Crash
11. Jill
 6
3
1
0
1
0
1
2
 1. Cloud
2. Sonic
9. Tails
10. Scorpion
11. Aeris
15. Ken
16. CATS 		3
2
0
3
2
0
0 		1. Mario
2. Sephiroth
3. Kirby
4. Crono
5. Pac-Man
6. Alucard
7. Gordon
10. Max
11. Bomberman
15. Raziel
 5
4
0
4
2
2
0
1
1
0 		1. Snake
2. Mega Man
4. Dante
5. Ryu
6. DK
7. Lara
8. Knuckles
12. Duke
13. Ryo
 3
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1


Taking 2002's results into account puts a pretty weird spin on 2003's seeding.
Last year, Crono scored a surprising victory over Snake...and he's come back as a seed 4, three places behind him. (Meanwhile, Snake actually went up a seed.) Same goes for Jill and Kirby--the puffball rose 11 seeds after a first-round loss last year, while Jill's reward for giving him that loss was an 8-seed drop.
Of course, the strangest rebound of the first-round exits has to be Squall. The most-hated main character in Final Fantasy history managed less votes against Snake than Knuckles (seed 8 this year) and even less than Aeris (seed 11), but he rose almost as high as Kirby to land in front of Auron. Which probably brands this contest a fraud to half the FF fans out there automatically. (Don't worry--I'm not one of them.)

Finally, this version lists exactly who the returning characters managed to beat. If a losing character is in this year's tourney, his/her new seed is marked.


N o r
t h		 1. Link

2. Samus
5. Tidus
6. Squall
8. Pikachu
9. Fox
10. Crash
11. Jill
 Little Mac, Strider Hiryu, Jill (11), Scorpion (10),
Sephiroth (2), Mario (1)
Ken (15), Ryu (5), Sonic (2)
Claire Redfield
-
PaRappa the Rapper
-
Ulala
Kirby (3), Bomberman (11)
E a s t 1. Cloud
2. Sonic
9. Tails
10. Scorpion
11. Aeris
15. Ken
16. CATS 		Fox (9), Pikachu (8), Alucard (6)
Pitfall Harry, Tidus (5)
-
Kazuya Mishima, Max (10), Pac-Man (5)
Kasumi, Tina Armstrong
-
-
S o u t h 1. Mario
2. Sephiroth
3. Kirby
4. Crono
5. Pac-Man
6. Alucard
7. Gordon
10. Max
11. Bomberman
15. Raziel
 Servbot, Morrigan Aensland, DK (6), Cloud (1), Crono (4)
Gabe Logan, Crash (10), Mega Man (2), Samus (2)
-
Simon Belmont, Dante (4), Lara (7), Snake (1)
Goemon, Kyo Kusanagi
Tails (9), Duke (12)
-
Dirk the Daring
Kane
-
W e s t 1. Snake
2. Mega Man
4. Dante
5. Ryu
6. DK
7. Lara
8. Knuckles
12. Duke
13. Ryo
 Squall (6), Knuckles (8), Aeris (11)
Ms. Pac Man, Serious Sam
Q*Bert
CATS (16)
Bub, Aya Brea
Chop Chop Master Onion, Ryo (13)
Akira Yuki
Iori Yagami
Guybrush Threepwood


This last bit helps explain some of the odd seeding (Ryu moving in front of Lara makes more sense when you learn he met Samus in the second round), but certainly not all of it (Crono falling next to Dante makes less sense when you learn he beat Dante and Snake last year).

Clearly this year's nominations--or at least the seedings--don't always agree with last year's voting population. Keep that in mind when you fill out your bracket.

(Want more proof? Then here's one last interesting side note:
Morrigan Aensland, Aya Brea, Tina Armstrong, Kyo Kusanagi, Strider Hiryu and Serious Sam all won a match last year, but were dropped this year. And two of them managed to beat returning characters: Strider, who beat Raziel, a 15th seed this year...and Tina, who beat Gordon. A 7.)