(1)Fallout 3 vs (9)Deus Ex 2010

Ulti's Analysis
The case can be made here Deus Ex was SFFd to a certain degree, though in reality Deus Ex was just weak. This match was the first of many in the second round where those cute little upset winners from round 1 got destroyed against real competition, which is part of why round 2 was fairly mundane. The only thing to really take from this match were Fallout 3's trends, which show it's a day game. This would come up much later in the contest.

The big thing here was (finally!) the return of user-made match pictures. As a member of the Board 8 picsmith crew, it's always awesome to see user pics come back ^_^

This year we weren't able to be quite as creative as in the past, though you can tell it's because Allen was taking this contest super mega serious. And that's more than okay.