Yeah, you'd never see something like a Noble Niner losing in the first round in this format!
Crono Vs. Yoshi still would have been very close!
And lower seeds winning two rounds only proves one more problem with the 12 hour format. Strong characters ala Mega Man X and Zelda not being snubbed potentially rob us of more interesting matches. Had John Price been someone just a little more popular, MMX's presence would have robbed us of a potentially close 4v5 match, and had Travis been a more popular 7 seed Zelda's presence would have robbed us a potentially close match against Altair. Now neither character that MMX/Zelda beat was popular enough to lose out on a close match, but it's easy to see where such a situation could arise.
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