SAMIAM779 is a B8er from Georgia who was the only person on GameFAQs to enter a legitimate, carefully considered bracket picking L-Block as 2007 Champion. Thus, Sam was the winner of Character Battle 6, scoring 540 points on his bracket to top a joke (L-Block > Link) bracket entered by cyko (529 points) and Explicit Content's legit (Link > Cloud) bracket (525).
With regards to his win and the $400 it earned him, Sam said
Thanks guys. I can't believe it. I've been thinking about this since I saw the first returns last night, calculating if I'd have enough points to take the lead, hoping that no one else above me picked L-Block.
I knew it was a long shot, but I decided to take a chance. Tetris is simply one of the most popular games of all time, and I banked on that.
Now that it's official, I should mention one more thing. A few years ago I made a promise to myself. I decided that since I have money to buy games, if I ever won anything from a character battle I wouldn't keep it.
My prize will be going to Child's Play, which everyone should support if they can.
External Links[]
- updatedeveryfriday.com (Sam's weekly blog)
- Child's Play Support the gamer's charity!
Sam's Prize-Winning Bracket[]
bold = incorrect advancement (no points)
italics = wrong placement (half points)
Final Score: 540
ROUND ONE
- Yoshi > Knuckles
- Mega Man > KOS-MOS
- Samus > Frog
- Scorpion > Midna
- Kefka > Tom Nook
- Cloud > Ocelot
- Auron > Shadow
- Bowser > Ryu
- Sephiroth > Peach
- Fox McCloud > Wario
- Mario > Pac-Man
- Magus > Crash
- Link > Bidoof
- Vincent > Zelda
- Crono > Simon
- Zero > Jak
- Luigi > Pit
- Ganondorf > Thrall
- Master Chief > Vercetti
- Alucard > Liquid
- Dante > Amaterasu
- Balthier > Ada
- Tidus > Pikachu
- Leon > Ridley
- Kirby > L-Block
- Donkey Kong > Kratos
- Snake > Nightmare
- Riku > Roxas
- Aeris > Squall
- Lara > Sora
- Duke Nukem > Gordon
- Sonic > Prince
ROUND TWO
- Yoshi > Mega Man
- Samus > Frog
- Cloud > Kefka
- Bowser > Shadow
- Sephiroth > Fox McCloud
- Mario > Pac Man
- Link > Vincent
- Crono > Simon
- Luigi > Ganondorf
- Master Chief > Vercetti
- Balthier > Dante
- Leon > Ridley
- L-Block > Donkey Kong
- Snake > Riku
- Aeris > Lara
- Sonic > Prince
ROUND THREE
- Samus > Yoshi
- Cloud > Bowser
- Mario > Sephiroth
- Link > Crono
- Luigi > Ganondorf
- Leon > Ridley
- L-Block > Snake
- Sonic > Aeris
ROUND FOUR
- Cloud > Samus
- Link > Mario
- Leon > Luigi
- L-Block > Snake
ROUND FIVE
- Link > Cloud
- L-Block > Snake
CHAMPIONSHIP
- L-Block > Link