[Optimus Vader]

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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

Why? What difference does it make if they go against one another now, or in round two, or round three?
Answer: It makes no difference at all.
Because they're likely to face off against each other sooner or later. And right off the bat means you're not sentencing some other line to an unfair early execution.

That depends on what the ultimate goal of this tournament is.

If it's JUST to see who #1 is, and that's it, then yeah you'd have a good point. However, if they're going for a ranking or if #2, #3, and so on, are incorporated, then it makes all the difference.

And by NOT "sentencing some other line to an unfair (unfair how, exactly??) execution," as you put it, you're sentencing at least one of two very popular lines to an early execution.

Hey, maybe I'm insane, but I'd bet the majority of voters would choose either TMNT or MOTU over something like "The Bionic Six."

It would be hilarious if in sports every year they just grabbed the two top seeds and said, "you two are clearly better than everyone else, so play each other in round one,.. we only want one good team to advance and be in our championship match! Don't like it,.. ha!.. you guys should've done a shittier job during the regular season then, fools! You were too good!" ..or in this case; selling toys.