1) Is Pyramid Head legit and deserves to come back? Or are his fan ridiculously dedicated?
Uh, neither? I have no idea what went on there, but the score against Bowser looks pretty believable and I have a hard time imagining 16% of voters are hardcore Silent Hill fans, I really do. I'd like to see PH in more 4-way matches, but give me Mewtwo, Arthas, even the return of Agent 47 rather than Pyramid Head in a future classic-format contest.

2) First Knuckles, now Shadow, still like how far Sonic goes in your bracket? Because I sure don't!
To be fair, there always was the possibility that Shadow faked it against Mario and was really guy-who-loses-to-Tidus. There's also the possibility that the combination of fellow fan-favorite and platformer icon Yoshi with a near-united Square core fanbase left Knuckles to beg for scraps at the Nintendo-vs.-Square table. Sonic to the finals still looks pretty good, especially in light of what's likely to happen if Ganon and Luigi have to deal with each other when they face Sonic.

3) One week in, the Oracle scoring system, yay or nay?
It's fine. It's odd, being out of contention without having scored below 42 (or maybe I'm not out of contention, ha ha!), but any penalty for incorrect ordering would have to be very carefully tweaked to ensure it is relevant without making the contest mostly about incurring the fewest penalties. Best to have some experience with the scores in this format before trying to figure out what that penalty should be.

4) Still think you guys have a shot at winning a free game at some point? =P
All we ever had in our favor was our numbers... another couple of thousand new entrants, and you'll be sweating bullets!
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