(4)Yuri Lowell vs (15)Ryu vs (24)Face McShooty 2013

I know this technically isn't a "win" for Yuri, but I don't even care. Yuri is the best JRPG lead ever, and getting second place when second place matters is something I'll gladly take! Yuri is not a typical lead. Rather than some stupid lecture and boss fight, he just kicks ass and takes names in-game. It's quite a treat to see when a character could tear something in 29478 in-battle, but in a scene he's a candy-ass. Yuri is the best.

There was some debate here about whether Face could upset Yuri for second place, given Tiny Tina's good showing, but that went out the window very very fast. And once the match was almost entirely decided in minutes, we thanked the based gods for fourway polling in early rounds. Can you imagine 24 hours of this over and over and over again?

I should probably discuss Borderlands somewhere in here among all the good showings, even if none of the characters outright shocked us with upsets. My best friend plays it all the time, and it seems like a first person Diablo 2, only with much better item drops for loot and specific enemies that can drop specific things if you farm long enough. Seems really neat and I should try it once day. It also has pretty cool music.

The humor and plot seem unbelievably stupid and forced, though.