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He may or may not be a douche (YMMV), but that's no reason to spell Lelouch's name wrong. I already had this discussion with JesuOtaku in the Most Clever/Intelligent Tournament.
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I did NOT misspell Lelouch's name (see here); you may want to take up the matter directly with key. Maybe he was tired or something.

Do you really think that Yuhei will take down Reihard? I don’t try to insinuate that Yuhei is uncool, he is a reserved person, I have nothing against it, but he comes across as a stiff person, not a cool one, and he lacks charisma and personal charm that Reinhard has in spades.

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And speaking of that rush job, how in the hell did we get through the nomination phase without anyone from Read or Die getting nominated?

I did consider it, but decided not to. Papermanipulation powers are pretty cool, but let's face it, you can't really say that Yomiko or any of the Paper Sisters have the characteristics to be considered 'Bad Ass' or even 'General Cool'. Drake or Miss Deep might have qualified, but even so I wouldn't consider them to be particularly strong candidates.

Reinhard has his moments of awesomeness, but he also throws unnecessary tantrums unbefitting of the most powerful man alive.

He isn't and he's not a good talker, but he inspires people around him with his dedication and skills. It's a different - but no less powerful - form of charisma.

and his Tragic Past (tm) means he playing for his brother's lost glory. How is that not cool?

Yes, Reinhard occasionally has tantrums, but I completely fail to understand how it is unnecessary and unbefitting of the most powerful man. Reinhard is imbued with character traits of real people. Alexander the Great was known for his many temper tantrums. Since there are many parallels between Reinhard and Alexander, it’s safe to assume that Reinhard was based upon Alexander the Great.

Besides, I don’t really remember Reinhard having temper tantrums that often, definitely he doesn't have them often enough to make an impression of an emotional person...

Case in point: the paranoia, drunkenness and misrule of Alexander's later years made him an ultimately tragic figure.

Your mileage may vary. Within the context of his own show Reinhard certainly came across as far more prideful and emotionally susceptible than Yang Wen-li.

Even if the tantrums themselves may be kept under control, the decisions he made because of them weren't always wise or correct. In fact, sometimes they cost him on the battlefield or, directly or indirectly, led to dissent and other unfortunate outcomes that could have been avoided. This might seem little in light of his overall success, yes, but I believe it's worth pointing out...even if Reinhard remains one of my favorite characters and thus considerably deserving of my support in this tournament. I would actually argue that all of the above contributes to making him cool, because his rise and his victories wouldn't be nearly as impressive or interesting without overcoming a few bumps along the road.

However, I agree with that having realistic character traits in itself doesn't make a character more cool.

What happns if you do not know either of the characters that are against each other?

Agreed. That makes him more believable and less shallow. Although it's also useful to remember that effectiveness doesn't equal coolness. Otherwise, what's his rival doing here when all he did was pretty much affect Reinhard's final decision (which was a huge impact in the series, but perhaps not exactly what he had in mind, which is democracy in its entirety).

Oh man, filing out a bracket entry for this tournament was extraordinarily hard. The supporting character tournament was nowhere near as difficult to fill out. But oh my word, badass vs cool character match-ups were ridiculously hard to choose between. I feel the differences between what makes people cool varies so much I'm not even sure I can give consistent reasons for my choices throughout the tournament.

And is it just me or are there some really early power match ups? What am I saying, with the exception of a few brackets, every round looks like a power match-up. This tourney is going to be nuts.

I know it may sound like a daft question, but I have only seen the end of the last tournament, so...

I know at one point you need to start writing up arguments for and against why you think a character should go through, etc. What happns if you do not know either of the characters that are against each other? That is of course a potential situation, bthere is a fair number of characters out in the tournament that I have only vaguely heard of, so there is a possibility of it happening.