Nominations have closed. Votes have been counted. 59 characters have booked their place in the contest, but still 21 spots are up for grabs.
Over the five days of preliminaries, 126 characters will battle for the remaining spots in the contest proper. Today we've got 25 characters, and 7 places available.
The preliminaries will work on the same points scoring basis as the Eurovision Song Contest for those lucky enough to have seen it.
Rules 1. You must assign all of the following points to your chosen characters, and you can only assign one set of points per character; 12 points, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 2. The round will last 24 hours (ish - it can be extended if low vote totals) 3. No changing your vote, what's done is done. 4. No alts, rallying, or trading. 5. The 7 Characters with the most points will progress to the main contest.
The Characters Aigis (Persona 3) Bass.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) Blastoise (Pokemon Series) Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV) Cynthia (Pokemon Series) Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter Series) Ellis (Left 4 Dead 2) Garland (Final Fantasy I) Gruntilda (Banjo-Kazooie) Jack (Harvest Moon) Hector (Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade) HK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) Ivy (Soul Calibur Series) John Marston (Red Dead Redemption) Kyrie Ushiromiya (Umineko) Lord Blazer (Wild Arms 2) Mad Piano (Mario Series) Nathan Drake (Uncharted) Rei (Breath of Fire 3) Savyna (Baten Kaitos) Strider Hiryu (Strider Series) The Dog (Duck Hunt) Vyse (Skies of Arcadia) White Mage (Final Fantasy I) Yuri (Infinite Space)
Day 2 Results Fox McCloud (Starfox Series) 91 Zidane Tribal (Final Fantasy IX) 88 Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII) 69 Paul Phoenix (Tekken Series) 65 Altair (Assassin's Creed) 58 Dr. Wily (Mega Man Series) 55 Mr. Game & Watch 54 Rin Tohsaka (Fate/Stay Night) 52 -------------PaRappa the Rapper 49 Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark) 32 Neku (The World Ends With You) 30 Protagonist (Persona 4) 30 Dr. Zomboss (Plants vs Zombies) 30 Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss) 24 Pram the Oracle (Makai Kingdom) 21 Schala (Chrono Trigger) 20 Flay Gunnar (Mana Khemia) 20 Kevin (Seiken Densetsu 3) 18 Tali'zorah nar Rayya (Mass Effect) 18 Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia) 18 Galatea (Claymore) 10 Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) 9 Ultra V (War of the Monsters) 7 Kalas (Baten Kaitos) 1 Melvina (Growlanser 5) 1 Laguiole (RAD: Robot Alchemic Drive) 0
9 of them were clear, unfortunately PaRappa missed out. We also had our first zero score, poor Laguiole.
+12 HK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) +10 Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter Series) +8 Kyrie Ushiromiya (Umineko) +7 John Marston (Red Dead Redemption) +6 Strider Hiryu (Strider Series) +5 Rei (Breath of Fire 3) +4 Vyse (Skies of Arcadia) +3 Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV) +2 Aigis (Persona 3) +1 Hector (Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade)
+12 Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV) +10 Blastoise (Pokemon Series) +8 Garland (Final Fantasy I) +7 HK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) +6 Gruntilda (Banjo-Kazooie) +5 White Mage (Final Fantasy I) +4 John Marston (Red Dead Redemption) +3 Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter Series) +2 The Dog (Duck Hunt) +1 Ivy (Soul Calibur Series)
+12 Bass.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) +10 Aigis (Persona 3) +8 Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV) +7 Rei (Breath of Fire 3) +6 Mad Piano (Mario Series) +5 Lord Blazer (Wild Arms 2) +4 The Dog (Duck Hunt) +3 Garland (Final Fantasy I) +2 Jack (Harvest Moon) +1 Blastoise (Pokemon Series)
-- "We like to think the past doesn't have any effect on us, but ignorance of the past can be as dangerous as a ticking bomb."
+12 Rei (Breath of Fire 3) +10 Blastoise (Pokemon Series) +8 White Mage (Final Fantasy I) +7 Jack (Harvest Moon) +6 Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter Series) +5 Nathan Drake (Uncharted) +4 HK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) +3 John Marston (Red Dead Redemption) +2 Bass.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) +1 Mad Piano (Mario Series)