As always in Gordon matches, I'm predicting a major lack of interest/very low vote total for tomorrow. With so many people not caring about either character, I think the match picture comes into play much more seriously than it generally does. With this in mind, I went out hunting for some kind of justification for the Gordon pick in my bracket. Here's what I found.

http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=13

http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=22

http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=32

Yuck, ick, and meh. Some unrecognizable nerdy guy in an orange suit = 3 embarrassing losses. HOWEVER, let's not forget that there IS one time that Gordon has impressed us... And impressed us a ton, I might add. It was when he got this picture:

http://www.sc2k5.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=27

Ah, so make his face large enough to be recognized as the guy from the HL box shot, display the HL logo prominently, and suddenly we have a whole different story. Leon may be holding a gun tomorrow, but that won't stop Freeman from being the less non-descript of the choices for the first time.

Also, let's not forget that Leon needed a massive board push to make it into the Contest, and still only managed a 5 seed. A bigger push and a higher seed didn't stop Board favorites Lloyd and Kerrigan from disappointing, and I'm leaning toward Leon being closer to the Terra camp, rather than the Tifa.

But do I have the guts to risk my Oracle on this hunch? ...sort of.

Leon Kennedy with 52.17%

Pull the upset, Gordon! Kill these 60+ picks!

PS - Gordon will have a much larger percentage of brackets behind him than most are expecting.

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