Board 8 > Best Performance In Gaming Contest - Nominations!

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Amanda Winn-Lee as Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)

maybe last bump

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Robin Atkin Downes as Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)

And heres a late one that should absolutely get in:

Eden Riegel as Diana (Zero Time Dilemma)

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Robbie Daymond as Goro Akechi (Persona 5)

Are we up to 64 with three, or will there need to be some two nomination tiebreaks or something?

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Idk - will sort this tomorrow

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My count (having included everything since the last master list) has 44 with 3 or more.

I'll second Xander Mobus as The Announcer.

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long day. Forgot

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Just a bump.

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Bump again

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motherfucker. Time got away from me today. Tomorrow after work.

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eesh
OK let's do this

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Laura Bailey as Abby (The Last of Us 2)
Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man (Marvel's Spider-Man)
Roger Craig Smith as Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
Paul Mercier as Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 4)
Nolan North as David (The Last of Us)
Alastair Duncan as Mimir (God of War)

Not much chance of him making it now but I'll also nominate:

Brandon Keener as Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect trilogy)

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6 Nominations

David Hayter as Solid/Naked Snake (Metal Gear Solid series)

5 Nominations

Ashley Johnson as Ellie (The Last of Us 1/2)
Stephen Merchant as Wheatley (Portal 2)
Nolan North as Nathan Drake (Uncharted series)
Steven Ogg as Trevor Philips (Grand Theft Auto V)

4 Nominations

Adam Howden as Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Armin Shimerman as Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War 2018)
Ellen McLain as GLaDOS (Portal series)
Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard (Mass Effect trilogy)
Logan Cunningham as Narrator/Rucks (Bastion)
Mark Hamill as Joker (Batman: Arkham series)
Martin Sheen as The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2/3)
Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker (Spec Ops The Line)
Ray Liotta as Tommy Vercetti (Grant Theft Auto: Vice City)
Troy Baker as Joel (The Last of Us 1/2)

3 Nominations

Alastair Duncan as Senator Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising Revengeance)
Ashly Burch as Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
Briana White as Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
Cam Clarke as Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Charles Martinet as Mario (Super Mario series)
Colin Fox as King Harkinian (CD-i Zelda)
Courtnee Draper as Elizabeth (Bioshock Infinite)
Cristina Vee as Velvet Crowe (Tales of Berseria)
DC Douglas as Albert Wesker (Resident Evil 5/UC/DC)
Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack (Borderlands series)
JK Simmons as Cave Johnson (Portal 2)
James Arnold Taylor as Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
Jeff Kramer as Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition)
Kevan Brighting as The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
Kyle McCarley as 9S (Nier: Automata)
Laura Bailey as Kaine (NieR)
Laura Bailey as Abby (The Last of Us 2)
Lori Alan as The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3)
Luke Sizemore as The Snatcher (A Hat in Time)
Matt McKenzie as Auron (Final Fantasy X)
Matthew Mercer as Yusuke Kitagawa (Persona 5)
Melina Juergens as Senua (Hellblade)
Michael Mando as Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3)
Reuben Langdon as Dante (DMC3 onward)
Richard McGonagle as Victor Sullivan (Uncharted series)
Rick May as Soldier (Team Fortress 2)
Robin Atkin Downes as Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
Scott Dreier as Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic Adventure 2 & Heroes)
Tony Plana as Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango)
Troy Baker as Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia)
Valerie Rose Lohman as Edith Finch (What Remains of Edith Finch)
Viva Seifert as Hannah (Her Story)
Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man (Marvel's Spider-Man)

2 Nominations

Alastair Duncan as Mimir (God of War)
Alyson Court as Claire Redfield (Resident Evil 2/CV/DC/Mercs3D/ORC)
Amanda Winn-Lee as Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)
Chris Hackney as Dimitri (Fire Emblem Three Houses)
Chris Rager as Mr. Torgue (Borderlands 2)
Chris Tergliafera as Gundham Tanaka (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
Cissy Jones as Delilah (Firewatch)
Clancy Brown as Hank Anderson (Detroit: Beyond Human)
Courtney Ford as Piper (Fallout 4)
Deem Bristow as Dr. Ivo Eggman Robotnik (Sonic Adventure 2 & Heroes)
Gideon Emery as Balthier (Final Fantasy XII)
Hannah Telle as Max Caufield (Life is Strange)
Heather Morris as Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3)
James McCaffrey as Max Payne (Max Payne 1/2/3)
James Woods as Hades (Kingdom Hearts series)
Jamieson Price as Nier (NieR)
Jay Taylor as Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Karen Strassman as Phi (Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward)
Kira Buckland as 2B (NieR: Automata)
Liam O'Brien as Grimoire Weiss (Nier)
Mike Patton as The Darkness (The Darkness)
Nolan North as David (The Last of Us)
Paul Mercier as Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil 4)
Rick May as Peppy (Star Fox 64)
Robbie Daymond as Goro Akechi (Persona 5)
Roger Craig Smith as Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog 2010+)
Roger Craig Smith as Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
Scott Bullock as Hades (Kid Icarus Uprising)
Shaquille O'Neil as himself (Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn)
Simon Templeman as Kain (The Legacy of Kain series)
Sunkrish Bala as Royce Bracket (Transistor)
Ted Lewis as Announcer (Pokmon Stadium 1 and 2)
Troy Baker as Kanji Tatsumi (Persona 4)
Wes Johnson as Sheogorath (The Elder Scrolls series)
Xander Mobus as The Announcer (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U onward)

1 Nomination
Alex Norton as Gaunter O Dimm (The Witcher 3)
Barry Gjerde as Barry Burton (Resident Evil)
Bill Johns as Falco (Star Fox 64)
Billy Murray as Captain Price (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, MW2, MW3)
Brandon Keener as Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect trilogy)
Brian Bloom as Varric Tethras (Dragon Age 2/Inquisition)
Bryan Dechart as Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Tomb Raider series)
Cara Theobold as Tracer (Overwatch)
Charles Martinet as Luigi (Super Mario series)
Charles Martinet as Wario (Wario Land and WarioWare series)
Daniel Southworth as Vergil (DMC3 onward)
Danny Wallace as The Narrator (Thomas Was Alone)
Darin De Paul as Reinhardt (Overwatch)
Donna Burke as Claudia Wolf (Silent Hill 3)
Dwight Schultz as Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse (Wolfenstein: The New Order)
Eden Riegel as Diana (Zero Time Dilemma)
Ellen Page as Jodie Holmes (Beyond Two Souls)
Emily Rose as Elena Fisher (Uncharted series)
Freddie Prinze Jr as Iron Bull (Dragon Age Inquisition)
Gary Oldman as Viktor Reznov (Call of Duty: World at War/Black Ops)
Graham McTavish as Dante (Dante's Inferno)
Guy Cihi as James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2)
Hedy Burress as Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)
Hidenari Ugaki as Goro Majima (Yakuza series)
Jack Evans as Dr. Light (Mega Man 8)
Jean Reno as Jacques Blanc (Onimusha 3)
Jeff Gedert as Richard Hawk (Metal Wolf Chaos)
Jenn Taylor as Cortana (Halo franchise)
Jenna Coleman as Melia (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Jillian Ashcraft as Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
John Eric Bentley as Barret (Final Fantasy VII: Remake)
Johnny Yong Bosch as Nero (DMC4 onward)
Josh Petersdorf as Roadhog (Overwatch)
Kari Wahlgren as Raine Sage (Tales of Symphonia)
Kevin Conroy as Batman (Batman: Arkham series)
Lauren Coe as Veronica (Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age)
Liam O'brian as Lezard Valeth (Valkyrie Profile 2)
Lyssa Browne as Slippy (Star Fox 64)
Mark Hamill as Joker (Batman: Arkham series)
Melissa Hutchison as Clementine (The Walking Dead series)
Michael Ironside as Sam Fisher (All Splinter Cell games except Blacklist)
Michael Rodgers as Gabranth (Final Fantasy XII)
Mike West as Fox (Star Fox 64)
Nicole Balick as Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)
Nolan North as Jason Fleming (Shadow Complex)
Patric Zimmerman as Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid series)
Patrick Warburton as Brock Samson (Poker Night 2)
Ray Chase as The Master of Masters (Kingdom Hearts series)
Rob Wiethoff as John Marston (Read Dead Redemption)
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Ryan Drees as Caleb Goldman (The House of the Dead 2)
Samuel L Jackson as Office Tenpenny (GTA: San Andreas)
Sean Bean as The Narrator (Sid Meier's Civilization VI)
Shai Matheson as Sylvando (Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age)
Sumalee Montano as Yuna (Ghost of Tsushima)
Takaya Kuroda as Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza series)
Terrence C. Carson as Kratos (God of War)
Tim Curry as Premier Anatoly Cherdenko (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3)
Tommie Earl Jenkins as Die Hardman (Death Stranding)
Wally Wingert as The Riddler (Batman: Arkham series)
Wayne June as The Ancestor (Darkest Dungeon)
William Fichtner as Ken Rosenberg (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
William Morgan Sheppard as The Narrator (Sid Meier's Civilization V)
William Vanderpuye as Patches (Dark Souls / Soulsborne series in general)
Yuri Lowenthal as Vincent Smith (Silent Hill 3)

By my count, currently 50 in.


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Not sure how to proceed. We're still 14 short but I'm kind of over the nomination process.

I'll give everyone three more nominations, which I hope will take us over the line. I'll see how we're looking in 24 hours.

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Hedy Burress as Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)
Josh Petersdorf as Roadhog (Overwatch)
Kevin Conroy as Batman (Batman: Arkham series)

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Roger Craig Smith as Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
Brandon Keener as Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect trilogy)
Gideon Emery as Balthier (Final Fantasy XII)

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Deem Bristow as Dr. Ivo Eggman Robotnik (Sonic Adventure 2 & Heroes)

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Wayne June as The Ancestor (Darkest Dungeon)

He still needs another nom, but I felt bad for missing him.

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When you see things in the two nomination list that you'd support, and then realize that you've already supported them.

Not going to offer trades because I don't feel it's in the spirit of this contest, but I'm going to encourage anyone who recognizes their performances to consider Delilah (Firewatch), Mr. Torgue (Borderlands) and Sheogorath (primarily Oblivion).

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Support:
Chris Tergliafera as Gundham Tanaka (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)

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Liam O'Brien as Grimoire Weiss (Nier)

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Alastair Duncan as Mimir (God of War)
Simon Templeman as Kain (The Legacy of Kain series)

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Alyson Court as Claire Redfield (Resident Evil 2/CV/DC/Mercs3D/ORC)

I would ask that those with nominations remaining use them for Kevin Conroy (Batman), Troy Baker (Kanji Tatsumi), Amanda Winn-Lee (Yukiko Amagi) and Robbie Daymond (Goro Akechi) who I have already nominated.

And the Pokemon Stadium announcer

Whats the matter trainer?

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Ted Lewis as Announcer (Pokmon Stadium 1 and 2)

Jay Taylor as Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles)

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Hannah Telle as Max Caufield (Life is Strange)

And I've already nominated these two, but hopefully there's still enough room left for somebody to give Piper and Delilah another nomination, they both deserve in.

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Cissy Jones as Delilah (Firewatch)

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RySenkari posted...

And I've already nominated these two, but hopefully there's still enough room left for somebody to give Piper and Delilah another nomination, they both deserve in.

Man, do we play and love all the same games? I've already supported these two, and you were always the other guy nominating Secret of Mana music for VGMC.

Johnbobb posted... Cissy Jones as Delilah (Firewatch)

ayyyy

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up

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one more time

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Wes Johnson as Sheogorath (The Elder Scrolls series)
Xander Mobus as The Announcer (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U onward
Deem Bristow as Dr. Ivo Eggman Robotnik (Sonic Adventure 2 & Heroes)

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It's a bit late in the process but hopefully he gets some supports.

Ren Auberjonois as Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas

And with my last nomination,

Kira Buckland as 2B (NieR: Automata)

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All right, I can get behind that.

Ren Auberjonois as Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas

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Drop sheogorath

Add Ren Auberjonois as Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas

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Needs more Torgue nominating

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rip sheogorath

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6 Nominations

David Hayter as Solid/Naked Snake (Metal Gear Solid series)

5 Nominations

Ashley Johnson as Ellie (The Last of Us 1/2)
Stephen Merchant as Wheatley (Portal 2)
Nolan North as Nathan Drake (Uncharted series)
Steven Ogg as Trevor Philips (Grand Theft Auto V)

4 Nominations

Adam Howden as Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Armin Shimerman as Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War 2018)
Ellen McLain as GLaDOS (Portal series)
Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard (Mass Effect trilogy)
Logan Cunningham as Narrator/Rucks (Bastion)
Mark Hamill as Joker (Batman: Arkham series)
Martin Sheen as The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2/3)
Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker (Spec Ops The Line)
Ray Liotta as Tommy Vercetti (Grant Theft Auto: Vice City)
Troy Baker as Joel (The Last of Us 1/2)
Deem Bristow as Dr. Ivo Eggman Robotnik (Sonic Adventure 2 & Heroes)

3 Nominations

Alastair Duncan as Senator Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising Revengeance)
Ashly Burch as Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
Briana White as Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
Cam Clarke as Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Charles Martinet as Mario (Super Mario series)
Colin Fox as King Harkinian (CD-i Zelda)
Courtnee Draper as Elizabeth (Bioshock Infinite)
Cristina Vee as Velvet Crowe (Tales of Berseria)
DC Douglas as Albert Wesker (Resident Evil 5/UC/DC)
Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack (Borderlands series)
JK Simmons as Cave Johnson (Portal 2)
James Arnold Taylor as Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
Jeff Kramer as Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition)
Kevan Brighting as The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
Kyle McCarley as 9S (Nier: Automata)
Laura Bailey as Kaine (NieR)
Laura Bailey as Abby (The Last of Us 2)
Lori Alan as The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3)
Luke Sizemore as The Snatcher (A Hat in Time)
Matt McKenzie as Auron (Final Fantasy X)
Matthew Mercer as Yusuke Kitagawa (Persona 5)
Melina Juergens as Senua (Hellblade)
Michael Mando as Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3)
Reuben Langdon as Dante (DMC3 onward)
Richard McGonagle as Victor Sullivan (Uncharted series)
Rick May as Soldier (Team Fortress 2)
Robin Atkin Downes as Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
Scott Dreier as Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic Adventure 2 & Heroes)
Tony Plana as Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango)
Troy Baker as Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia)
Valerie Rose Lohman as Edith Finch (What Remains of Edith Finch)
Viva Seifert as Hannah (Her Story)
Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man (Marvel's Spider-Man)
Roger Craig Smith as Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
Gideon Emery as Balthier (Final Fantasy XII)
Chris Tergliafera as Gundham Tanaka (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
Liam O'Brien as Grimoire Weiss (Nier)
Alastair Duncan as Mimir (God of War)
Simon Templeman as Kain (The Legacy of Kain series)
Alyson Court as Claire Redfield (Resident Evil 2/CV/DC/Mercs3D/ORC)
Ted Lewis as Announcer (Pokmon Stadium 1 and 2)
Jay Taylor as Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Hannah Telle as Max Caufield (Life is Strange)
Cissy Jones as Delilah (Firewatch)
Xander Mobus as The Announcer (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U onward)
Kira Buckland as 2B (NieR: Automata)
Ren Auberjonois as Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas

Good news! We now have enough nominees!

Bad news - we have 65.

Interesting situation here is that @RySenkari 's nomination of Buckland gave us 64, making Rene the 65th and, as it stands, the snub.

I guess I'll make this as simple as possible and give Ry the choice between Kira and Rene unless there are any objections to me doing it this way or any better ideas.

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I pick Ren Auberjonois.

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Heck yeah

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Looking at the 64 that got in... wow, this is going to be an awesome bracket. A great mix of iconic performances and some fantastic new ones. Can't wait to see some of the matchups.

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IDK about the bracket yet (will do it later), but for starters I'll use the first 16 nominated as seeds, then probably randomize it after that. Depending on speed of nomination I'll separate them, too, eg best I can tell the first two to get three nominations were Hayter/Snake and North/Drake, so they'll be on opposite sides of the bracket.

So it won't be fully seeded but the "big hitters" will be kept separate.

When KP tallied the noms the first time we had 15 in, then the first one in after that was Draper/Elizabeth.

Seeds:
David Hayter as Solid/Naked Snake (Metal Gear Solid series)
Ashley Johnson as Ellie (The Last of Us 1/2)
Adam Howden as Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
Nolan North as Nathan Drake (Uncharted series)
Steven Ogg as Trevor Philips (Grand Theft Auto V)
Troy Baker as Joel (The Last of Us 1/2)
Armin Shimerman as Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War 2018)
Cristina Vee as Velvet Crowe (Tales of Berseria)
Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack (Borderlands series)
Ellen McLain as GLaDOS (Portal series)
Lori Alan as The Boss (Metal Gear Solid 3)
Melina Juergens as Senua (Hellblade)
Stephen Merchant as Wheatley (Portal 2)
Courtnee Draper as Elizabeth (Bioshock Infinite)

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OK, bracket is (provisionally) done.

Take a look please:
https://challonge.com/BPIG

I seeded it as I said I would, so the 16 in the previous post are kept separate until round 3. Lori Alan was actually the first one nominated, getting her 3 noms after just 9 posts, so she takes the #1 seed. Hayter is 2, North 3. Beyond that I really am not sure how the voting will go so further seeding doesn't seem particularly useful.

I will make a discussion/prediction topic later, but want to finalise this first; I'm not exactly an expert in bracketmaking

Anyone see any obvious mistakes or problems?

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Underseeded:
Jennifer Hale
Laura Bailey as Kaine
Matt McKenzie

Overseeded:
Colin Fox
Briana White
Alastair Duncan as Armstrong

I suggest:
Ray Liotta/Alastair Duncan as Armstrong
Laura Bailey as Kaine/Michael Mando
Armin Shimerman/Colin Fox
Jennifer Hale/Rick May
Matt McKenzie/Scott Drier
DC Douglas/Briana White

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Interesting first round matchups...

Lori Alan/The Boss vs. Rene Auberjonis/Mr. House: Could be a surprisingly close 1/64 matchup between two high quality anti-villain performances. I think Lori Alan takes this and probably easily, but Rene could push her.

Mark Hamill/The Joker vs. Troy Baker/Yuri Lowell: Two highly talented voice actors going at it, with Troy Baker also known for playing Joker at one point. Yuri Lowell isn't his strongest performance, BUT he could still give Hamill's Joker some trouble.

Troy Baker/Joel vs. Simon Templeman/Kain: Templeman could score the upset here, his Kain is iconic and he might be good enough to knock off Baker's Joel. I think Templeman's actually a bit underseeded, but if the seeding sticks this is a fun first round matchup.

Ray Liotta/Vercetti vs. Jennifer Hale/Shepard: Both of these are iconic performances. I think Hale wins this one but it'll be close.

Stephen Merchant/Wheatley vs. Hannah Telle/Max: Another high seed low seed match where the low seed might put up a decent match. Hannah Telle got a lot of praise for her performance, I think she could maybe score the upset.

Steven Ogg/Trevor vs. Gideon Emery/Balthier: Gritty and rough vs. refined and suave. These performances are almost the polar opposite of each other, I love this and it could be very close.

Ashley Johnson/Ellie vs. Alyson Court/Claire: Two of the best female voice actors of all time in two of their most iconic roles. Don't underestimate Alyson Court here. I think Ashley Johnson still wins, but again, she might get pushed in round one.

Nolan North/Martin Walker vs. Matthew Mercer/Yusuke: Two of today's strongest voice actors in roles that they aren't necessarily hugely known for, could come down to name or game recognition. This is real tough to call but really fun.

Charles Martinet/Mario vs. Reuben Langdon/Dante: An all-time legend vs. a modern legend, these are two really popular performances.... Martinet SHOULD take this, but it could be close.

Nolan North/Nathan Drake vs. Cissy Jones/Delilah: This one's just funny because after Cissy Jones won her BAFTA for Delilah, she was fangirling about Nolan North at the post-show interview. She's probably going to lose big here but an upset would be mildly hilarious.

James Arnold Taylor/Tidus vs. Laura Bailey/Abby: Two of the most talented voice actors ever, two of the most controversial (*cough*EXTREMELY UNDERRATED*cough*) voice acting performances of all time. Winner is getting fed to Nolan North (JAT could have a puncher's chance in that one), but this is still gonna be fun. This will be a classic, don't you dare change this one XD

Dameon Clarke/Handsome Jack vs. Yuri Lowenthal/Spider-Man: Two highly praised performances, this is one of the higher quality first round matchups and though Clarke has an edge, this could go either way.

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I know it's seeded on the bracket but like I said, everything after the top 16 was randomized.

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I don't know a great many of these first-hand, but it seems like most of the ones I do are either meeting something else I know round 2 or getting fed to something.

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