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Seasonal Salt 201720182019202020212022

Best Guy 4: You're Gonna Carry That Salt was an r/anime character tournament conducted in the AnimeBracket voting website. It was hosted by moderator ShaKing807 and held during 2018 February to March. The contest's subtitle honours Spike Spiegel's win in last year's Best Guy by referencing the ending card of Cowboy Bebop's final TV episode, which itself comes from the Beatles' song "Carry That Weight"W.

The tournament was won by Koro-sensei, defeating Edward Elric in his first finals appearance. Koro-sensei's victory was seen as an unlikely one because he was a #25 seed, in a tournament where most champions fall into the Top 20 seeds range. His win in the final was marred with allegations of vote-stuffing using new Reddit accounts, which directly caused the implementation of the 2 months minimum account age requirement for future r/anime tournaments.

Rintarou Okabe will make his final Best Guy appearance here after falling in the semi-finals, as he would claim his long-awaited title eight months later by winning Best Character 4, making him ineligible for further tournaments.


Rules & Tournament Format[]

All voting rounds begin and end at 18:00 Eastern Time (UTC-5). (15:00 Pacific, 23:00 UTC, 07:00 Beijing)

Voting policy

  • You must register or login to a reddit account in order to vote.
  • NO CROSSPOSTING / BRIGADING / LINKING the contest to other subreddits.


Nomination

  • Lasts 2 days
  • Enter name, series, image URL address
  • Image links must come from MyAnimeList or Anilist, otherwise the nomination will be deleted
  • Males only. Sexless characters and unknown genders are allowed.
  • Characters who have made their animated debut in 2017 Spring or later are NOT allowed
  • Best Guy champions Lelouch Koyomi Spike and Best Character winners Roy are also NOT allowed.
  • Check the entrants list first to prevent repeat nominations


Eliminations

  • Voters will choose the characters they want to participate in the main bracket stage.
  • All nominees are divided into 4-6 groups. (depending on nominees)
  • Each group lasts 1 day
  • Approval voting - Vote whoever you like; there is no limit.
  • 512 players with the highest adjusted votes will advance to the main bracket.
  • Series Limit: maximum of 5 characters per series.


Main Bracket

  • 512 players, single-elimination
  • Seeded by results in the previous stage
  • Rounds 1-6 are split into 4 groups per round; each group lasts one day. Thus, each round lasts 4 days.
  • Quarter-finals and beyond will last one day each
  • A consolation match for third-place, if available, will be held in a separate website.
  • If a match is tied, the higher-seeded contestant wins.



Tournament Bracket[]

Rounds 3-6[]

Bracket A[]

Bracket A-1
R3 (Top 128) R4 (Top 64) R5 (Top 32) R6 (Top 16)
1
129
1
64 64
65
1
32 32
97 32
33
33
96
--- 1
16 49
113
16
49 49
80 49
48
17
145 17
48
48
81
Bracket A-2
8
121
8
57 72
72
8
25 40
104 25
40
40
89
--- 8
9 9
120
9
56 56
73 9
105
24
105 105
41
41
88


Bracket B[]

Bracket B-1
R3 (Top 128) R4 (Top 64) R5 (Top 32) R6 (Top 16)
4
125
4
61 68
68
4
29 29
157 29
36
36
93
--- 29
13 45
141
13
52 52
77 13
45
20
109 20
45
45
84
Bracket B-2
5
124
5
60 60
69
5
28 28
101 28
37
37
92
--- 5
12 12
140
12
53 53
76 12
21
21
108 21
85
44
85


Bracket C[]

Bracket C-1
Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16
2
127
2
63 63
66
2
31 31
98 31
34
34
95
--- 2
15 18
114
15
50 50
79 15
18
18
111 18
47
47
82
Bracket C-2
7
122
7
58 58
71
7
26 39
103 26
39
39
90
--- 7
10 10
119
10
55 55
74 10
42
23
106 23
42
42
87


Bracket D[]

Bracket D-1
Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16
3
131
3
62 62
67
3
30 30
99 30
35
35
94
--- 3
14 14
115
14
51 51
78 14
19
19
110 19
46
46
83
Bracket D-2
6
123
6
59 59
70
59
27 38
102 27
38
38
91
--- 59
11 11
118
11
54 54
75 11
43
22
107 22
43
43
86



Elite Eight[]

Elite Eight
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1
9
9
29 12
12 9
3
2
7 7
3 3rd place match
3 ? SF 1 Loser
59 ? SF 2 Loser


Navigation[]

/r/anime character tournaments
Best Girl BG1BG2BG3BG4BG5BG6BG7BG8BG9BGX
Best Guy BGuy1BGuy2BGuy3BGuy4BGuy5BGuy6BGuy7BGuy8BGuy9
Best Char BCh1BCh2BCh3BCh4BCh5BCh6
Seasonal Salt 201720182019202020212022
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