VIPER Dude of the Year 2010 Online Poll

[JG]

Get your jockstraps ready, guys! It's time to select the alpha male of the VIPER series in the inaugural VIPER Dude of the Year poll!

Forty-eight of VIPER's most recognizable male heroes and villians have been selected for this tournament-style poll.  Once again, I'm relying on the members of the Congress of Awesome to vote for their favorites and help name our champion.

Notes:
* All polls will run for five days.
* The top four seeds in each of the four divisions get automatic byes into the second round.
* Divisions will be spaced out a day apart during the first two rounds.
* In the event of a tie, each tied entrant advances to the next round. For the championship rounds, a three day runoff poll will be held instead, and will be repeated as needed until a victor emerges.
* For semifinals, the Red division champion will face the Violet division champion, and Blue's champion will face Green's.
* Feel free to argue for (or against) certain characters, comment on your favorite matchups, which bracket is best (or worst), or rant about who got a lousy seed or matchup.

For the complete brackets of all four divisions and voting results, visit the results page at Sogna Digital Musuem.

Individual poll links and results follow below, so bookmark this page for quick access to each poll.


ROUND 1
RED DIVISION:
* Kuwagata-donar (5) vs Dyna (12), Kuwagata-donar advances
* Diablo (6) vs Keen (11), Diablo advances
* Sinn (7) vs J-SON (10), J-SON advances [UPSET]
* Toshiyuki (8) vs Kuroda (9), Toshiyuki advances

VIOLET DIVISION:
* Mark (5) vs Dice Punk (12), Mark advances
* Hrmoni (6) vs Cardboard Man (11), Hrmoni advances
* Rokurou (7) vs Kyou (10), Kyou advances [UPSET]
* Dokubachi-donar (8) vs Gordy (9), both advance by virtue of a tie

BLUE DIVISION:
* Kiese (5) vs The Demon (12), Kiese advances
* Ojiichan(6) vs Sunekichi (11), Ojiichan advances
* The Marukomes (7) vs Shota (10), the Marukomes advance
* Ryu (8) vs Walder (9), Walder advances [UPSET]

GREEN DIVISION:
* Roid (5) vs Ryuu (12), Roid advances
* Aoki (6) vs Mika's Boyfriend (11), Aoki advances
* Eric (7) vs Jai (10), Eric advances
* Fauzen (8) vs Mysterious Man (9), both advance by virtue of a tie


ROUND 2
RED DIVISION:
* Elan (1) vs Toshiyuki (8), Elan advances
* Kenji (2) vs J-SON (10), J-SON advances [UPSET]
* Alpina (3) vs Diablo (6), Alpina advances
* Kazuhiko (4) vs Kuwagata-donar (5), Kuwagata-donar advances [UPSET]

VIOLET DIVISION:
* Ogawa (1) vs Dokubachi-donar (8) vs Gordy (9), Ogawa advances
* Tarma (2) vs Jyou (10), Tarma advances
* Maranello (3) vs Hrmoni (6), Maranello advances
* Taneo (4) vs Mark (5), Taneo advances

BLUE DIVISION:
* Bravan (1) vs Walder (9), Bravan advances
* Seed (2) vs the Marukomes (7), Seed advances
* Takesi (3) vs Ojiichan (6), Takesi advances
* Alfa (4) vs Kiese (5), both advance by virtue of a tie

GREEN DIVISION:
* Captain (1) vs Fauzen (8) vs Mysterious Man (9), Captain advances
* Tsubasa (2) vs Eric (7), Tsubasa advances
* Veloce (3) vs Aoki (6), Veloce advances
* Osamu (4) vs Roid (5), Roid advances [UPSET]


ROUND 3 / DIVISIONAL SEMIFINALS
RED DIVISION:
* Elan (1) vs Kuwagata-donar (5), Kuwagata-donar advances [UPSET]
* Alpina (3) vs J-SON (10), Alpina advances

VIOLET DIVISION:
* Ogawa (1) vs Taneo (4), Ogawa advances
* Tarma (2) vs Maranello (3), Tarma advances

BLUE DIVISION:
* Bravan (1) vs Alfa (4) vs Kiese (5), Bravan advances
* Seed (2) vs Takesi (3), Seed advances

GREEN DIVISION:
* Captain (1) vs Roid (5), both advance by virtue of a tie
* Tsubasa (2) vs Veloce (3), Veloce advances [UPSET]


ROUND 4 / DIVISIONAL FINALS
RED DIVISION:
* Alpina (3) vs Kuwagata-donar (5), Alpina advances

VIOLET DIVISION:
* Ogawa (1) vs Tarma (2), Ogawa advances

BLUE DIVISION:
* Bravan (1) vs Seed (2), Bravan advances

GREEN DIVISION:
* Captain (1) vs Veloce (3) vs Roid (5), Captain advances


SEMIFINALS
RED-VIOLET SEMIFINAL:
* Alpina (R3) vs Ogawa (V1), Runoff required, Alpina advances

BLUE-GREEN SEMIFINAL:
* Bravan (B1) vs Captain (G1), Bravan advances


FINAL
*  Alpina (R3) vs Bravan (B1), Bravan named VIPER Dude of the Year

[VelcroStraps]

I only just noticed that this poll had come into being, and for a moment I thought I was too late to participate.
I'm glad to see that that's not the case.

I'm happy to see this poll anyway, as I don't think the dudes get enough appreciation sometimes. Heck, I ever made a thread for them once. I just have a feeling that this won't be quite as popular as the girls' polls, but hey, what the Hell? It'll be fun anyway.

I'm rooting for red beetle dude to take the top spot, he's one of the only male characters I've felt any genuine sympathy for.

[Hyperguy]

Viper Dude of the Year?  It's like we're hosting our very own Vai-GAR!

[Rai]

Edit: Disregard. Apparently I can't count. I thought that was all of them. Then I noticed the shoutbox.

And apparently I didn't read the explanation above, or look closely enough at the bracket, because that clearly explains the most popular characters were reserved for the second round, making my complaint about the lack of main characters sound really dumb.

[JG]

And now that all forty-eight Dudes have been revealed, here's a few that missed the cut:
* Arru & Dor, General Sinn's henchmen in Alien War.  I felt one alien was enough and I couldn't put one of them in without the other.
* Fritz from Friday the 18th.  He also don's the J-SON mask but he's second banana to Eric.
* Senpai from Children's Play.  Just not important enough.
* The Boss from Rear Under.  Its hard to include the most forgetable bad guy in the whole series.
* Junichirou from the VIPER-GTS novel and OVA.  He's hilarious for the 30 seconds we get to know him, but with no game time that ain't enough.
* The boy from VIPER-BTR. He gets a great scene with Cyomi, but with no name he comes up short.
* The undergrounders from Rise.  We know they come in two colors and I couldn't put one of them in without the other.
* Most henchman.  Few made the cut, so most of these guys got the axe.  This includes some of the second-tier monsters from RSR like Togake-ron.
* Kubuto from The May Works.  He just barely missed and will probably get rotated into next year's tourney.
* Any character who acted male but wasn't human enough, such as Domino and Surayme.

[JG]

Bravan is our champion.

Thanks for voting everybody.  The next Sogna Digital Museum poll series will be the first ever VIPER Couple of the Year - starting in late January and planning to end on Valentine's Day.  Stay tuned to see if Bravan and his gal Anri can stack up to the likes of Saki & Seed, Captain & Asuka, Elan & Cala, and several other of VIPER's most passionate pairs.

[Hyperguy]

Ratti x Carrerachama all years :3