Season 2009 - Latest Results

DIVISION 1

Phase 1

Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy) 199
Akuma (Street Fighter) 309

Bowser (Super Mario Bros.) 101
Ryu (Street Fighter) 290

Abobo (Double Dragon) 101
Alucard (Castlevania) 244

M. Bison (Street Fighter) 115
Chun-Li (Street Fighter) 172

Solid Snake (Metal Gear) 207
Pikachu (Pokémon) 154

Dante (Devil May Cry) 175
Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury) 133

Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong) 82
Sonic (Sonic) 190

King of All Cosmos (Katamari) 29
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 141

Mike Haggar (Final Fight) 54
Heihachi Mishima (Tekken) 77

Link (Zelda) 103
Master Chief (Halo) 43

Leon (Resident Evil) 56
Ken (Street Fighter) 68

Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island) 9
Gordon Freeman (Half Life) 39

Kratos (God of War) 23
Mario (Super Mario Bros.) 37

Rayman (Rayman) 24
Kirby (Kirby) 47

Mega Man (Mega Man) 61
Billy Lee (Double Dragon) 13

Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat) 27
Pac-Man (Pac-Man) 15

Phase 2

Akuma (Street Fighter) 9
Ryu (Street Fighter) 30

Alucard (Castlevania) 19
Chun-Li (Street Fighter) 20

Solid Snake (Metal Gear) 24
Dante (Devil May Cry) 10

Sonic (Sonic) 26
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 21

Heihachi Mishima (Tekken) 15

Link (Zelda) 16

Ken (Street Fighter) 18
Gordon Freeman (Half Life) 6

Mario (Super Mario Bros.) 20
Kirby (Kirby) 4

Mega Man (Mega Man)
Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)

Quarter Finals

Ryu (Street Fighter)
Chun-Li (Street Fighter)

Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Sonic (Sonic)

Link (Zelda)

Ken (Street Fighter)

Mario (Super Mario Bros.)

and it continues...

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DIVISION 2

Phase 1

Rash (Battletoads) 86
Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 176

Yuna (Final Fantasy) 113
Sagat (Street Fighter) 187

Bomberman (Bomberman) 111
Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) 121

Pit (Kid Icarus) 34
Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros.) 128

Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) 67
Scorpion (Mortal Kombat) 91

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy) 90
Carl Johnson (Grand Theft Auto) 45

Princess Zelda (Zelda) 50
Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong) 62

Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot) 21
Simon Belmont (Castlevania) 29

Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) 33
Larry Laffer (Leisure Suit Larry) 10

Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem) 32
Knuclkes (Sonic) 41

Nico Bellic (Grand Theft Auto) 24
Yoshi (Super Mario Bros.) 49

Bonk (Bonk) 9
Ms. Pac-Man (Pac-Man) 26

Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell) 5
Jill Valentine (Resident Evil) 33

Cody (Final Fight) 20 / 6 rematch
Wario (Super Mario Bros.) 20 / 13

Kyo Kusanagi (The King of Fighters) 18 /9 rematch
Auron (Final Fantasy) 18 / 5

Samus Aran (Metroid) 18
Max Payne (Max Payne) 12

Phase 2

Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 7
Sagat (Street Fighter) 17

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) 14
Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros.) 16

Scorpion (Mortal Kombat) 10
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy) 15

Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)
Simon Belmont (Castlevania)

Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
Knuclkes (Sonic)

Yoshi (Super Mario Bros.)
Ms. Pac-Man (Pac-Man)

Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
Wario (Super Mario Bros.)

Kyo Kusanagi (The King of Fighters)
Samus Aran (Metroid)

Quarter Finals

Sagat (Street Fighter)

Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros.)

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)

and it continues...

Season 2009 Division 1 - Schedule

PHASE 1

GAME 1: Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy) X Akuma (Street Fighter)
Begins January 3rd
End January 18th 12:00 pm

GAME 2: Bowser (Super Mario Bros.) X Ryu (Street Fighter)
Begins January 10th
End January 25th 12:00 pm

GAME 3: Abobo (Double Dragon) X Alucard (Castlevania)
Begins January 17th
End February 1st 12:00 pm

GAME 4: M. Bison (Street Fighter) X Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
Begins January 24th
End February 8th 12:00 pm

GAME 5: Solid Snake (Metal Gear) X Pikachu (Pokémon)
Begins January 31th
End February 15th 12:00 pm

GAME 6: Dante (Devil May Cry) X Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
Begins February 7th
End February 22th 12:00 pm

GAME 7: Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong) X Sonic (Sonic)
Begins February 14th
End February 29th 12:00 pm

GAME 8: King of All Cosmos (Katamari) X Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
Begins February 21th
End March 7th 12:00 pm

GAME 9: Mike Haggar (Final Fight) X Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
Begins February 28th
End March 14th 12:00 pm

GAME 10: Link (Zelda) X Master Chief (Halo)
Begins March 6th
End March 21th 12:00 pm

GAME 11: Leon (Resident Evil) X Ken (Street Fighter)
Begins March 13th
End March 28th 12:00 pm

GAME 12: Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island) X Gordon Freeman (Half Life)
Begins March 20th
End April 4th 12:00 pm

GAME 13: Kratos (God of War) X Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
Begins March 27th
End April 11th 12:00 pm

GAME 14: Rayman (Rayman) X Kirby (Kirby)
Begins April 3rd
End April 18th 12:00 pm

GAME 15: Mega Man (Mega Man) X Billy Lee (Double Dragon)
Begins April 10th
End April 25th 12:00 pm

GAME 16: Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat) X Pac-Man (Pac-Man)
Begins April 17th
End May 2nd 12:00 pm

PHASE 2

GAME 17: Game 1 Winner X Game 2 Winner
Begins April 24th
End May 9th 12:00 pm

GAME 18: Game 3 Winner X Game 4 Winner
Begins May 1st
End May 16th 12:00 pm

GAME 19: Game 5 Winner X Game 6 Winner
Begins May 8th
End May 23th 12:00 pm

GAME 20: Game 7 Winner X Game 8 Winner
Begins May 15th
End May 30th 12:00 pm

GAME 21: Game 9 Winner X Game 10 Winner
Begins May 22th
End June 6th 12:00 pm

GAME 22: Game 11 Winner X Game 12 Winner
Begins May 29th
End June 13th 12:00 pm

GAME 23: Game 13 Winner X Game 14 Winner
Begins June 5th
End June 20th 12:00 pm

GAME 24: Game 15 Winner X Game 16 Winner
Begins June 12th
End June 27th 12:00 pm

QUARTER FINALS

GAME 25: Game 17 Winner X Game 18 Winner
Begins June 19th
End July 4th 12:00 pm

GAME 26: Game 19 Winner X Game 20 Winner
Begins June 26th
End July 11th 12:00 pm

GAME 27: Game 21 Winner X Game 22 Winner
Begins July 3rd
End July 18th 12:00 pm

GAME 28: Game 23 Winner X Game 24 Winner
Begins July 10th
End July 25th 12:00 pm

SEMI FINALS

GAME 29: Game 25 Winner X Game 26 Winner
Begins July 17th
End August 1st 12:00 pm

GAME 30: Game 27 Winner X Game 28 Winner
Begins July 31th
End August 15th 12:00 pm

FINAL

GAME 31: Game 29 Winner X Game 30 Winner
Begins August 21th
End September 5th 12:00 pm

all games are scheduled in GMT +0:00

Season 2009 Division 1 - Selected Characters

32 videogame characters were selected for the Division 1 by factors like history, starring games, fans, media presence and a little bit of personal experience.

Abobo (Double Dragon)
Akuma (Street Fighter)
Alucard (Castlevania)
Billy Lee (Double Dragon)
Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy)
Dante (Devil May Cry)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island)
Gordon Freeman (Half Life)
Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
Ken (Street Fighter)
King of All Cosmos (Katamari)
Kirby (Kirby)
Kratos (God of War)
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
Leon (Resident Evil)
Link (Zelda)
M. Bison (Street Fighter)
Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
Master Chief (Halo)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
Pac-Man (Pac-Man)
Pikachu (Pokémon)
Rayman (Rayman)
Ryu (Street Fighter)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Sonic (Sonic)
Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)

Season 2009 Division 2 - Schedule

PHASE 1

GAME 1: Rash (Battletoads) X Fox McCloud (Star Fox)
Begins January 31th
End February 15th 12:00 pm

GAME 2: Yuna (Final Fantasy) X Sagat (Street Fighter)
Begins February 7th
End February 22th 12:00 pm

GAME 3: Bomberman (Bomberman) X Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Begins February 14th
End February 29th 12:00 pm

GAME 4: Pit (Kid Icarus) X Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros.)
Begins February 21th
End March 7th 12:00 pm

GAME 5: Luigi (Super Mario Bros.) X Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Begins February 28th
End March 14th 12:00 pm

GAME 6: Sephiroth (Final Fantasy) X Carl Johnson (Grand Theft Auto)
Begins March 6th
End March 21th 12:00 pm

GAME 7: Princess Zelda (Zelda) X Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)
Begins March 13th
End March 28th 12:00 pm

GAME 8: Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot) X Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
Begins March 20th
End April 4th 12:00 pm

GAME 9: Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) X Larry Laffer (Leisure Suit Larry)
Begins March 27th
End April 11th 12:00 pm

GAME 10: Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem) X Knuclkes (Sonic)
Begins April 3rd
End April 18th 12:00 pm

GAME 11: Nico Bellic (Grand Theft Auto) X Yoshi (Super Mario Bros.)
Begins April 10th
End April 25th 12:00 pm

GAME 12: Bonk (Bonk) X Ms. Pac-Man (Pac-Man)
Begins April 17th
End May 2nd 12:00 pm

GAME 13: Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell) X Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
Begins April 24th
End May 9th 12:00 pm

GAME 14: Cody (Final Fight) X Wario (Super Mario Bros.)
Begins May 1st
End May 16th 12:00 pm

GAME 15: Kyo Kusanagi (The King of Fighters) X Auron (Final Fantasy)
Begins May 8th
End May 23th 12:00 pm

GAME 16: Samus Aran (Metroid) X Max Payne (Max Payne)
Begins May 15th
End May 30th 12:00 pm

PHASE 2

GAME 17: Game 1 Winner X Game 2 Winner
Begins May 22th
End June 6th 12:00 pm

GAME 18: Game 3 Winner X Game 4 Winner
Begins May 29th
End June 13th 12:00 pm

GAME 19: Game 5 Winner X Game 6 Winner
Begins June 5th
End June 20th 12:00 pm

GAME 20: Game 7 Winner X Game 8 Winner
Begins June 12th
End June 27th 12:00 pm

GAME 21: Game 9 Winner X Game 10 Winner
Begins June 19th
End July 4th 12:00 pm

GAME 22: Game 11 Winner X Game 12 Winner
Begins June 26th
End July 11th 12:00 pm

GAME 23: Game 13 Winner X Game 14 Winner
Begins July 3rd
End July 18th 12:00 pm

GAME 24: Game 15 Winner X Game 16 Winner
Begins July 10th
End July 25th 12:00 pm

QUARTER FINALS

GAME 25: Game 17 Winner X Game 18 Winner
Begins July 17th
End August 1st 12:00 pm

GAME 26: Game 19 Winner X Game 20 Winner
Begins July 24th
End August 8th 12:00 pm

GAME 27: Game 21 Winner X Game 22 Winner
Begins July 31th
End August 15th 12:00 pm

GAME 28: Game 23 Winner X Game 24 Winner
Begins August 7th
End August 22th 12:00 pm

SEMI FINALS

GAME 29: Game 25 Winner X Game 26 Winner
Begins August 14th
End August 19th 12:00 pm

GAME 30: Game 27 Winner X Game 28 Winner
Begins August 28th
End September 12th 12:00 pm

FINAL

GAME 31: Game 29 Winner X Game 30 Winner
Begins September 18th
End October 3rd 12:00 pm

all games are scheduled in GMT +0:00

Season 2009 Division 2 - Selected Characters

32 videogame characters were selected for the Division 2 by factors like history, starring games, fans, media presence and a little bit of personal experience.

If you can not find a club in this list, try Division 1 Selected Characters.

Auron (Final Fantasy)
Bomberman (Bomberman)
Bonk (Bonk)
Carl Johnson (Grand Theft Auto)
Cody (Final Fight)
Crash Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)
Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem)
Fox McCloud (Star Fox)
Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
Pit (Kid Icarus)
Knuclkes (Sonic)
Kyo Kusanagi (The King of Fighters)
Larry Laffer (Leisure Suit Larry)
Luigi (Super Mario Bros.)
Max Payne (Max Payne)
Ms. Pac-Man (Pac-Man)
Nico Bellic (Grand Theft Auto)
Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros.)
Rash (Battletoads)
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
Sagat (Street Fighter)
Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)
Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
Wario (Super Mario Bros.)
Yoshi (Super Mario Bros.)
Yuna (Final Fantasy)
Princess Zelda (Zelda)

RULES

MISSION

VIDEOGAME CHARACTERS CUP has two main objectives:
a) to stimulate imagination through virtual fights
b) to elect the best videogame character in the season


FORMAT

Each division has 32 characters playing a knock out tournament. In the end of the season (one year), the winner of the final game is declared champion. There is promotion and relegation between divisions.


GAME MECHANIC

Every game begins on a saturday and ends 2 weeks later, on a sunday. The winner, the most voted character in the end of this period, advances to the next phase until elimination or championship.


SCHEDULE

Phase 1 games are totally random. The schedule is divided by 5 phases:
1) Phase 1 has 32 characters and 16 games.
2) Phase 2 has 26 characters and 8 games.
3) Quarter Finals has 8 characters and 4 games.
4) Semi Finals has 4 characters and 2 games.
5) Final has 2 characters and 1 game.


CLASSIFICATION

Classification goes from 1st (champion) to 32nd. The first criterion is the reached phase. The second criterion is the sum of all votes in the season.


RELEGATION AND PROMOTION

The 29th to 32th characters in each division are relegated to the divison below. The 1st to the 4th characters in each division are promoted to the division above (except in division 1).


PROMOTION CUP

Promotion Cup is a sub-tournament which characters from different divisions plays one match to decide between promotion and relegation.
5th division below X 28th division above
6th division below X 27th division above
7th division below X 26th division above
8th division below X 25th division above


LOWEST DIVISION RULES

The lowest division follow all the promotion and relegation rules. In the end of the season the public will vote in a multiple choice poll with 16 new characters. The 4 most voted characters will replace the relegated ones. The 5th to 8th most voted characters will play the Promotion Cup.


CHARACTERS SELECTION IN FIRST SEASON

Yes, it is very difficult to chose between hundreds of videogame characters in all franchises. Tradition or current situation? Number of titles? Media presence in history or in the last year? Videogame is passion, and I know no one will totally agree with my choices. So, if your loved character is not here, it will be in the next seasons, don´t worry. And if I made any injustice, time will correct it.