<b>20XX Division:</b> <I>Round 1 - Match 14</I> – (3)Master Chief vs. (14)Crash Bandicoot

<b>Moltar's Analysis</b>

<b>M. Chief</b>

Game/Series Known From: Halo

Extrapolated Rank in 2002: N/A

Extrapolated Rank in 2003: 26th

Seed in 2002: N/A

Seed in 2003: 3

Lost in Round 2 to Aeris in 2003

A big favorite to win SC2K3 among casual voters.

Well, well, well. Chief is back and he SOMEHOW got a 3 seed again. This guy just loves to keep the thought of the 3-seed curse alive.

<b>Crash</b>

Game/Series Known From: Crash Bandicoot Series

Extrapolated Rank in 2002: 36th

Extrapolated Rank in 2003: 50th

Seed in 2002: 2

Seed in 2003: 10

Lost in Round 2 to Sephiroth in 2002 and to KOS-MOS in Round 1 in 2003.

How the mighty have fallen. Crash used to be big, but now hardly anyone cares anymore. Still, can he beat the Chief?

When you first look at this match, you say Master Chief in a second. If you take a second look though, you can see that Crash does have a chance of winning.

If a poll was held between Crash and Felix from Golden Sun, who do you think would win. Most people would go with Crash. Felix only lost by 6,000 votes to MC last year, and Crash could easily make that up. Besides, the amount of anti-votes MC's opponent receives are probably enormous. Just imagine a match between Mario and MC. Heh. Back to the main subject. According to the extrapolated rankings, MC > Felix > Crash. It might sound wrong, but I don't see Crash scoring higher on the Chief than Felix did. Case closed.

<b>Moltar's Bracket Says:</b> Master Chief will win.

<b>Moltar's Prediction is:</b> MC 54% - Crash 46%

<b>Dp's Analysis</b>

Well, if you guys know me, you know that I'm a huge Crash Bandicoot fan: one of the loudest in that small, diminishing group. Unfortunately, he draws a 14 seed in this contest, so things don't look good. How-<i>eva</i> (in my best Stephen A. Smith voice), that 3 seed that he faces is Master Chief of Halo fame. But of course, Halo and the X-Box get no love here at GameFAQs, and Master Chief is X-Box's main representative as the main character in Halo.

In the Spring Contest, we all saw what happened. Stephen A. Smith and myself know that 1-seeds don't lose to 16-seeds: it's never happened in NCAA March Madness. How-<i>eva</i> (Stephen A. Smith voice again), the 1-seeded Halo <i>lost</i> to the 16-seeded Starcraft! But let's not just look at Halo, let's look at Master Chief himself. Last year he was also a 3-seed, and he just barely beat the 14-seeded Felix. Then he went on and lost by a considerable margin to the 11-seeded Aeris.

But this year, Master Chief should be a bit weaker. Halo is a year older now, with Halo 2 not due on shelves until November. And of course, the 3-seed curse has been well-documented, with Master Chief already personally experiencing it last year. Will the curse strike him again, and even harder this time? Well, surely he won't make it out of the 2nd round again. But the question is, will he even make it there this year? Crash Bandicoot is looking to put himself back on the map by pulling off the upset.

We all know that Master Chief does not perform as well as a 3-seed should, as all the X-Box fans rally behind him to give him nominations, but they are overpowered when it comes to voting time. So I am really looking forward to Master Chief getting hugely upset.

How-<i>eva</i> (yup, you guessed it)……………After all, it <i>is</i> Crash Bandicoot. Even <i>Slava Medvedenko</i> knows that Crash Bandicoot won't win this match. My love for Crash Bandicoot will put him over 40%, but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even hit that (although disappointed). And sorry for all you who don't follow sports and don't get the Stephen A. Smith references.

<b>DpOblivion's Bracket says:</b> Master Chief

<B>DpOblivion's Prediction is:</b> Master Chief over Crash Bandicoot 59%-41%

<b>Ulti's Analysis</b>

While Crash is definitely stronger than Felix, it does not mean that he has the power necessary to take Master Chief down. For one round, MC should have enough of a following from bracket voters and Halo fans to squeak by in this thing.

<b>Ulti's Bracket/Prediction</b> - Master Chief/MC with 51.95%

<b>Cena's Analysis</b>

*waves the WTF flag* Master Chief...a three seed?

O...kay. Either way, Master Chief has this in the bag. The only way MC can go to the second round is by beating Crash, so Ceej did what he could to make sure this could happen. I don't know why he'd want it to, but it'll happen. Good news for Dp, though, Crash could get 30% out of this.

<b>Cena's Vote:</b> Crash

<b>Cena's Prediction:</b> Master Chief with 67% (I wish Crash were more popular, though :-()