Best Guy 4

Best Guy 4
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Host	ShaKing807
Date	2018 Feb - Mar
Participants	Nominees: ??? Main bracket: 512
Language	English
Website	Full bracket (AnimeBracket)
Final positions
Champion	Koro-sensei (25)
Runner-up	Edward Elric

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 and Best Character winners 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