Okay guys, here are the 32 girls who will be fighting it out in Fedi's Favorite Vidya Girl Contest, and this is how they're seeded:

1) Samus Aran (Metroid)
2) May/Sapphire (Pokemon)
3) Pyra (Xenoblade 2)
4) Alice (Monster Girl Quest)
5) Reimu (Touhou):
6) 2B (Nier: Automata)
7) Ranni the Witch (Elden Ring)
8) Momiji (Touhou)
9) Fio Germi (Metal Slug)
10) Dawn (Pokemon)
11) Seele (Honkai Impact 3rd)
12) Shantae (Shantae series)
13) Shanoa (Castlevania)
14) Tamamo (Fate/Extra)
15) Patchouli Knowledge (Touhou)
16) Remilia Scarlet (Touhou) 23 votes
17) UMP45 (Girls' Frontline)
18) Midna (Zelda: Twilight Princess)
19) Illya (Fate/stay night)
20) Tifa (Final Fantasy 7)
21) Tamamo (Monster Girl Quest)
22) Marnie (Pokemon)
23) Reisalin Stout/Ryza (Atelier Ryza)
24) Kagerou Imaizumi (Touhou)
25) Mona (Genshin Impact)
26) Takanashi Hoshino (Blue Archive)
27) Yukiko (Persona 4)
28) Cerberus (Helltaker)
29) Ganyu (Genshin Impact)
30) Ichinose Asuna (Blue Archive)
31) Elly (Xenogears)
32) Yuri (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Again, since a bunch of girls ended up with the same number of nomination points or votes, their internal ranking was determined with how early they got nominated, with the girls nominated earlier gaining more favorable seeding.

Tournament matches will take the form of daily Fediverse polls, and will last 24 hours. I will aim to have them begin at around 14:00 Eastern Time. The tournament begins on Monday, and we'll have one daily match.

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Bros, I can't believe we were THIS close to a Xenoblade VS Xenogears match in Round 1, that shit would have been so kino! We do get a Duel of Fate between Illya and Tamamo tho, and several extremely competitive matches between some of the top performers from the Qualifying Poll, especially Remilia VS UMP45 and Patchouli VS Midna.

And man, you can tell that I didn't rig the nominations or the bracket, because Pyra does NOT have an easy path to the finals - even Asuna in round 1 could be tough, that girl will definitely benefit massively from pictures. And Tamamo has already taken down Andrew Tate IRL! Pyra VS 2B in round 3 would be an extremely hype match tho, and I think 2B has by far the easier path and is practically a lock, given Marnie's middling strength.

As for potential upsets - Tifa should be able to upset Shanoa, though that will only be an upset in terms of the seeding. Fio Germi looks vulnerable against the power of Touhou. I think Ranni could be in trouble against Hoshino. Ryza VS Dawn will be a very interesting match, and oh, there's a decent chance Round 3 could give us a Pokegirl duel.

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