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ZELDA'S SEEDING:

Since our goal is to get Sheik in a contest, this goal may require out-nominating Zelda...so what is Zelda's history with nominations anyway?

2002: not selected by CJayC
2003: 10-seed (~37th-40th most nominated)
2004: snubbed (no higher than ~65th)
2005: 5-seed (~17th-20th most nominated)
2006: 1-seed in Female Bracket (~1st-4th most nominated among women)
2007: entered (no lower than ~128th)
2008: entered (no lower than ~128th)
2009/2010: 10-seed (~73rd-80th most nominated)
2013: 16-seed (~135th-144th most nominated)
2018: 4-seed in main bracket (~33th-40th most nominated)

We have a huge task ahead of us since Zelda is a former #1 seed who is the eponymous character of Sheik's original series. We also saw Breath of the Wild boost both Ganondorf and Zelda's seeding up to 4-seeds. This is a big challenge to overcome, more so than any rally has ever faced.

Fret not though! Zelda has been snubbed before -- see 2004. Also, until Breath of the Wild released, Zelda's seeding looked like it was dropping between 2006 and 2013.

In fact, 2013 is an interesting case study for LoZ-characters:

1-seed: Link
8-seed: Epona
8-seed: Groose
9-seed: Ganondorf
16-seed: Zelda
18-seed: Midna
27-seed: Tingle

Notice Zelda had a 16-seed and she was smoked by Board 8s rally for Epona who got an 8-seed. Heck, we even got Epona to outseed Ganondorf. We could have done this in 2013 -- no reason why we can't score a repeat in the next Character Battle.

https://www.ssbwiki.com/images/4/48/Sheik_SSBM.jpg

This board has out-seeded Zelda before with a female who debuted in Ocarina of Time. It's time to do it again. #DownB
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O P E R A T I O N O U S T : Nominate SHEIK!
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