Results and discussion*!

We started off the contest strong, with up to 106 voters showing up to pick their favorite in each match!

MK64 Star Dashers
1. Mark Jones - 39 votes (36.7%)
2. Shaun Tanney - 26 votes (24.5%)
3. Matthias Rustemeyer - 21 votes (19.8%)
4. Ashley O'Hara - 20 votes (18.8%)



A nailbiter right off the bat! Jones dominated as expected, but the battle for 2nd and 3rd was much closer. Shaun started off the day in last place but picked up the pace later to end up in 2nd place.

Shaun and Matthias advance to Round 2. Mark receives a bye into Round 3.


Ye Olde Schoole
1. Kevin Booth - 50 votes (51.5%)
2-TIE. David Wonn - 16 votes (16.4%)
2-TIE. Pier-Yves Lemire - 16 votes (16.4%)
4. Nathan Stinson - 15 votes (15.4%)



Speaking of nailbiters, this one was even closer! As the original old-schooler and community big daddy, Booth took a huge chunk of the votes while the other three fought for the leftovers. The battle was extremely close all day long, and ended with only 1 vote separating 2nd and 4th. Wonn and PYL will fight in overtime today to sort out who gets the better bracket position for Round 2.

David and Pier-Yves advance to Round 2. Kevin receives a bye into Round 3.


Drunk Jamaican(?) Guys
1. Tom Gaffikin - 61 votes (66.3%)
2. Manuel Babjar - 18 votes (19.5%)
3. Alencar Faria - 8 votes (8.6%)
4. Armin Huber - 5 votes (5.4%)



It seemed to be a theme today that the winners won by quite a bit while the other three had a much closer battle. All of these guys are well-known among SMK and MKSC karters so they split those votes, but Tom is also known among everyone else so he took a big victory today. The battle between the other three was very close at the beginning, but eventually Manuel broke away and took 2nd place easily in the end.

Manuel and Alencar advance to Round 2. Tom receives a bye into Round 3.


All 4 MKSC Players
1. Matt Ellis - 42 votes (44.2%)
2. Florian Chollet - 22 votes (23.1%)
3. Luca Barbetta - 21 votes (22.1%)
4. Daniel Sampson - 10 votes (10.5%)



Yet another close battle for 2nd here. Luca led Florian most of the day, but a late surge pushed Florian ahead for the final tally.

Florian and Luca advance to Round 2. Matt receives a bye into Round 3.


Lookit all them charts 'n' graffs.

*discussion not included

Some more interesting results today! Hopefully this unpredictability keeps up!

Newbie F
1. Myles Bukrim - 36 votes (35.6%)
2. Thomas Bolton - 31 votes (30.6%)
3. Steven Zwartjes - 21 votes (20.7%)
4. Kouider Benarioua - 13 votes (12.8%)



There were two good battles in this match, the battle for 1st and the battle for 3rd. Myles started the match with a huge lead in the early hours but started losing ground in the morning and was overtaken by Thomas. The Myles supporters didn't give up though, and despite Thomas taking nearly all the MKDS voters, Myles ended up on top. In the battle for 3rd, Steven started out very slowly but started to get some momentum as the Oldschool/SMK/Euro voters started waking up. He and Kouider changed spots several times, but Steven ended up with a comfortable margin of victory.

Thomas and Steven advance to Round 2. Myles receives a bye into Round 3.


Zombie Updater Attack
1. Darius Austin - 30 votes (32.9%)
2. Sean Sullivan - 24 votes (26.3%)
3. James Leare - 19 votes (20.8%)
4. Marius Hukkelaas - 18 votes (19.7%)



Probably our closest overall match so far, with only 12 votes separating 1st and 4th place. The closest battle was between James and Marius for 3rd. They were within 2 votes of each other for most of the day, but then about halfway through James seemed to break away, taking a 6 vote lead. But Marius made a furious comeback and took the lead away again, only to lose it at the end as James got the final two votes. This match had probably the most interesting breakdown so far, with each karter dominating at least one demographic. Darius took the MK64 and MKDD voters, and had strong support everywhere else except SMK and MKSC. Sean had consistently strong performances among MK64, MKSC, MKDD, and MKDS voters. James won the MKW vote but got no support in SMK, MK64, or MKDD. Marius dominated the SMK vote but had no votes from MKDD, MKDS, or MKW players.

Sean and James advance to Round 2. Darius receives a bye into Round 3.


Cole + n00bs
1. Robert Szabo - 45 votes (46.8%)
2. Cole Gilbert - 33 votes (34.3%)
3. Christophe Charignon - 13 votes (13.5%)
4. Patrick Hewson - 5 votes (5.2%)



Pretty standard match here. Cole briefly held the lead an hour into the match, but after that all four stayed in their final positions the whole way and never really threatened to pass each other. Cole easily took the votes from newer members, especially MKW players, while Etch dominated pretty much every other category. Christophe had some consistent support everywhere to push him through to the next round.

Cole and Christophe advance to Round 2. Robert receives a bye into Round 3.


DS Dreamboys OVERTIME
1. Nicola Torre - 56 votes (62.9%)
2. Robert Lee - 33 votes (37%)



Our second overtime match didn't manage to be any closer than the first. Nicola jumped out to an early 11-1 lead and it was never particularly close after that. Nicola won nearly every voting block, and was particularly strong in SMK and MKDS.

Robert advances to Round 2. Nicola receives a bye into Round 3.


Shadow will be posting the results for "The Coolest Division" later today.

Round 1 is halfway over!

Themeless Division II
1. Ben Allen - 30 votes (32.6%)
2. Benoit Boudreau - 29 votes (31.5%)
3. Ben Hart - 17 votes (18.4%)
4. Ben Stoneman - 16 votes (17.3%)



Two extremely close battles here. Benoit won the early vote and spent the vast majority of the day in first place, but BPA stayed close during the second half of the match and got the last two votes to take the win. The battle for third was even closer. Stoneman and Sorozone traded leads a few times in the early going, but after 8 hours they became very consistent; Sorozone never led by more than 2 votes but he also never fell behind. He received no new votes during the last 9 hours of the match but still managed to hang on by one vote to advance.

Benoit and Ben H. advance to Round 2. Ben A. receives a bye into Round 3.


Famous Footballers
1. Karlo Tomazelli - 35 votes (36%)
2. Alvaro Fababu - 26 votes (26.8%)
3. Christian Wild - 19 votes (19.5%)
4. Fabio Sacco - 17 votes (17.5%)



Karlo predictably dominated the MK64 vote, while Fababu won the early vote and had consistent support across the board. Fabio won the majority of the MKDS votes but couldn’t quite overcome his slow start enough to advance.

Alvaro and Christian advance to Round 2. Karlo receives a bye into Round 3.


The Face of DD
1. Scott Abbey - 52 votes (56.5%)
2. Richard Karlsson - 20 votes (21.7%)
3. Hendrik Bunde - 12 votes (13%)
4. Andreas Rudmarker - 8 votes (8.6%)



In the battle of MKDDers, the lowest ranked one wins. Scott won at least 50% of the votes from fans of every game to take this victory easily. MKDD voters favored Hendrik over Richard, and MKSC favored Andreas over either of them, but Richard got more support from the other games to take second. This match featured one of the biggest geographical differences we’ve seen so far: Scott was picked by 80% of North American voters, but less than 50% of Europeans.

Richard and Hendrik advance to Round 2. Scott receives a bye into Round 3.


Cunt! Needledick!
1. Kevin McAteer - 40 votes (49.3%)
2. Jack Murphy - 21 votes (25.9%)
3. Giulio Centrone – 12 votes (14.8%)
4. Thomas McConville – 8 votes (9.8%)



Padz led the match for the first two hours thanks to strong IRC support, but Kmacc soon overtook him and was never threatened for first place afterwards. Giulio and Pulsar traded spots a lot early on, but Giulio eventually took the win thanks at least partially to stronger MKW support. Interestingly, Padz won the MKDD and Oldschool voting blocks pretty convincingly despite not being a part of either one, while Kmacc’s most overwhelming support came from MKSC.

Jack and Giulio advance to Round 2. Kevin receives a bye into Round 3.

Gurl powah!

The Well-Spoken
1. Finn Berger – 44 votes (47.3%)
2. Cameron Tangen - 25 votes (26.8%)
3. Bo Garman - 13 votes (13.9%)
4. Gregor Fran - 11 votes (11.8%)



Finn did very well among MK64 and SMK voters and also got decent support from MKSC, MKDD, and MKW. His victory was never in question after the first couple hours. Cam was a clear 2nd with great support from MKSC, MKDS, and MKW. The battle between two MKDD legends for 3rd ended up being the closest, with the lead changing hands several times and never going above 3 votes.

Cameron and Bo advance to Round 2. Finn receives a bye into Round 3.


Almost Mods
1. Tuomas Dunkel - 27 votes (30.6%)
2. Kristopher Will - 26 votes (29.5%)
3. Dave Taylor - 23 votes (26.1%)
4. Dan Hoernemann - 12 votes (13.6%)



That graph is pretty funky. Tuomas won the early IRC vote which gave him a comfortable cushion for the first half of the match, while Kristopher, Dave, and Dan each held 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at least once during the first 6 hours. After that, Kris broke away and caught up to Tuomas, taking away 1st place for most of the second half of the day before Tuomas came back with a few hours left and passed him again.

Kristopher and Dave advance to Round 2. Tuomas receives a bye into Round 3.


Almost Admins
1. Jeffrey Gutierrez - 41 votes (46%)
2. Yunus Aricanli - 19 votes (21.3%)
3. Florian Valandina - 18 votes (20.2%)
4. Ryan White - 11 votes (12.3%)



This match had one of the biggest vote swings we’ve seen so far in the highly anticipated Brutus-Flo showdown. Brutus won the early IRC vote, but Flo quickly turned the tables and was briefly doubling Brutus’ total early in the match. Over the course of the day Brutus caught up and eventually held a 5 vote lead, but then Flo brought it back within 1 vote. Another vote could have changed the result, but nobody else ended up voting for either of them for the final 9 hours. Jeff won the votes from most groups, although strangely his strongest support came from MKDD. Brutus had strong New School support from MKDS and MKW but oddly didn’t get much support from the game he’s actually good at, MKSC. Flo took a decent chunk of the SMK, MKSC, and MKDS votes, while Goose did well among MK64 and MKDD but got no support from anyone else.

Yunus and Florian advance to Round 2. Jeffrey receives a bye into Round 3.


Four Manly Men
1. April Thompson - 45 votes (52.3%)
2. Simon Laflamme - 15 votes (17.4%)
3. Dave Smith – 14 votes (16.2%)
4. Jamie White – 12 votes (13.9%)



One thing you can learn from that graph: girls are boring, men are exciting. Look at April all alone up there in the middle of nowhere, while the men battle tirelessly. Leave it to the women to lounge about at 50% all day. Anyway, as you can see there was a great battle for 2nd and 3rd here, so great that I can’t even figure out what’s going on in that first graph. So I’ll look at the second one instead. Aren’t graphs great? So apparently 90% of the newer people voted for April. Especially MKDS. You silly kiddies. Simon got good support from the oldschool games, Dave won the SMK vote overall, and Jamie got most of his votes from MK64.

Simon and Dave advance to Round 2. April receives a bye into Round 3.

Just call me Honkofuntime.

Sleeping on the Floor
1. Pierre L’Hoest – 42 votes (43.7%)
2. Zoran Tintor - 21 votes (21.8%)
3. Drew Blumfield – 19 votes (19.7%)
4. Raphael Segas - 14 votes (14.5%)



Pierre kept a good lead throughout while Drew goofed around and couldn’t decide whether he wanted to lose the match or not. In the end he decided to finish 3rd.

Zoran and Drew advance to Round 2. Pierre receives a bye into Round 3.


I’m Out of Funny Ideas
1. Timothy Shelbourne - 39 votes (41.4%)
2. Michael Liem - 27 votes (28.7%)
3. Tyler Worley - 22 votes (23.4%)
4. Matt Tanzer - 6 votes (6.3%)



Tyler took the early lead but his support faded as the day went on while Tim’s grew. Tanzer got some support in MKDD but even there he split the vote with Tim and Michael. Michael got great MK64 support and Tyler did equally well among SMKers, while Tim’s support gets bigger for each game.

Michael and Tyler advance to Round 2. Timothy receives a bye into Round 3.


The Wrath of Khan
1. Nicholas Harvey - 35 votes (35.7%)
2. Michele Magnaterra - 32 votes (32.6%)
3. Sean Billingsley - 20 votes (20.4%)
4. Jay Serra - 11 votes (11.2%)



Genghis won the Mongolian vote, but somehow that wasn’t enough to carry him into Round 2 or beyond. Michele had strong MKSC, MKDS, and MKW support, Sean did well in SMK and MKDD, and Nicholas had consistently strong support everywhere except MKDS.

Michele and Sean advance to Round 2. Nicholas receives a bye into Round 3.


Shan Quinlan Fan Club
1. William Lacey - 59 votes (61.4%)
2. Andy Lundeen - 15 votes (15.6%)
3. Dylan Gaunt – 12 votes (12.5%)
4. Gavin Price – 10 votes (10.4%)



These graphs aren’t very helpful with all that Blue all over the place. There’s a nice patch of green in MKDS and a bit of red and purple in MKW, but other than that it’s clear skies for William.

Andy and Dylan advance to Round 2. William receives a bye into Round 3.

There will be no more pretty graphs because they are taking up all my disk quota. Instead, you can see a detailed breakdown of who voted for who here:

http://www.thengamer.com/updates/kart/2010/

Thanks to Scott and NGamer for setting that up.


2-3
Thomas van Leeuwen - 53 votes (59.6%)
Michael Tunzi - 36 votes (40.4%)

This match started out extremely close, and was tied 8 different times, but eventually TvL broke away and took the win. Most of MVT's support came from MKW, while the other games favored TvL, especially in MKDD.

Thomas moves on to face Tom Gaffikin in Round 3.


2-4
Kalle Videkull - 60 votes (61.2%)
Marius Mollenhauer - 38 votes (38.8%)

Kalle jumped out to a 22-2 lead at the beginning, and it was never close after that. Moly won the MKDD and MKDS votes, but only by a narrow margin, while Yazzo dominated the SMK and MKW votes.

Kalle moves on to face Matt Ellis in Round 3.

Quick results right now, I'll "probably" elaborate a bit later.

2-7
Yunus Aricanli - 52 votes (59%)
Sean Billingsley - 36 votes (40.9%)

Yunus advances to face Nicola Torre in Round 3.


2-8
Simon Laflamme - 49 votes (58.3%)
Dylan Gaunt - 35 votes (41.6%)

Simon advances to face Lewis Benny in Round 3.

The return of chartz and graffz! Remember you can also view more detailed breakdowns of matches here: http://www.thengamer.com/updates/kart/2010/

2-11
Ryan Stevens - 42 votes (52.5%)
Mike Zarro - 38 votes (47.5%)



We had our first really close matches of the 2nd round today, starting with this one. Ryan and Mike were tied at 6 different benchmarks throughout the match, and neither one ever came close to breaking 60%. Mike doubled Ryan in the MKW vote, but Ryan dominated the SMK and MKDD votes to narrowly take the victory.

Ryan moves on to face Darius Austin in Round 3.


2-12
Vincent van der Fluit - 50 votes (53.2%)
Alvin van Asselt - 44 votes (46.8%)



Vince jumped out to an early lead, but Alvin closed the gap and kept the match super-tight for most of the day. Alvin did very well among MKW and New school voters, but Vince's support everywhere else was too strong.

Vincent moves on to face Robert Szabo in Round 3.

I'm going to be away with relatives for a while, so Shadow will be filling in for me in the meantime. Be nice to him!

2-16
Dave Smith - 45 votes (55.6%)
Andy Lundeen - 36 votes (44.4%)



Andy started out with a nice run of votes, before Dave pulled it back. They were nip and tuck for the first 14 hours of the match, but Dave got the late vote to close out the tie. This was a real old vs new battle as most of the new people voted for Andy and most the old and middle voted for Dave.

Dave moves on to face Kevin McAteer in round 3

The other matchup today was tied after 24 hours, and so will be extended by an extra day.

We finally have a result for the matchup that just wouldn't end!

2-15
Michele Magnaterra - 48 votes (50.5%)
Florian Valandina - 47 votes (49.5%)


The match swung one way and then the other before settling down into a dead heat where neither player could get votes without the other responding. Flo got some nice mksc support, and a minor majority of smk votes. Michele had the edge in mk64,mkds and mkwii. The match ends after 57 hours.

Michele goes on to face Scott Abbey in Round 3

2-21
Guilherme Arantes - 53 votes (64.6%)
Ben Hart - 29 votes (35.4%)



Guilherme blitzed nearly every game, especially smk and mkdd. Ben took nearly all the mkwii votes, but it was too much of a mountain to climb for him.

Guilherme moves on to face Finn Berger in Round 3

2-22
Christian Wild - 48 votes (58.5%)
David McPartland - 34 votes (41.5%)



This matchup was very close after 6 hours with just 2 votes separating Christian and David. David got strong support from mkds and mkwii, but even there Christian was able to compete. His near total dominance of smk, and strong mk64 and mkdd votes secured a convincing win.

Chris moves on to face Tuomas Dunkel in Round 3

2-23
Robert Lee - 52 votes (59.1%)
Hendrik Bunde - 36 votes (40.9%)



Robert got off to a flying start, but Hendrik fought back well to almost level the match after 12 hours. Hendrik won the mkdd vote well, and edged the smk vote, but Robert had strong support everywhere else to make it a comfortable victory in the end.

Robert moves on to face Jeffrey Gutierrez in Round 3

2-24
Vincent Tolhuis - 53 votes (62.4%)
Giulio Centrone - 32 votes (37.6%)



Vincent led this matchup all day, floating around the 60% mark. Giulio picked up some strong support in mkds and split the mksc and european vote evenly. VAJ picked up strong support from America and especially from mk64 and mkdd.

Vincent moves on to face April Thompson in Round 3

Edit: As with yesterday, I won't be able to post the results as my net connection is dead at home. Hopefully it will be fixed by tomorrow and we can continue without interruption.

I'm back! For a while. Maybe.

2-27
Alencar Faria - 43 votes (58.9%)
Sean Sullivan - 30 votes (41.1%)

http://www.thengamer.com/updates/kart/2010/match.php?match=27


Sully started out with the early lead thanks to a strong IRC vote, but Alencar quickly passed him and the match was almost never in question after that. Alencar completely dominated the SMK/MKSC vote, in particular picking up a full 16/16 votes from SMKers. Sully won the battles in his main games, MKDS and MK64, but was not able to take complete command of them as Alencar did in his games.

Alencar moves on to face Karel van Duijvenboden in Round 3.

2-28
Cole Gilbert - 53 votes (63.9%)
Luca Barbetta - 30 votes (36.1%)

http://www.thengamer.com/updates/kart/2010/match.php?match=28


A somewhat similar story in this match, except the roles were reversed. Luca got the SMK and MKSC votes but it wasn't enough to match Cole's support everywhere else. The MKW vote favored Cole 21-4, and it's hard to win against those kind of numbers.

Cole moves on to face Paul Tanney in Round 3.