Metallic Madness Day 2 Results and Analysis

It was another wild round of voting on Twitter today as Metallic Madness entered day two. After nearly 1,200 votes, here is where the brackets stand for this weekend’s matchups:

The brackets are all setup for the Saturday and Sunday matches, which will decide what we’re calling the Speedy 16.
Some observations from the day’s action:
It’s Good to be Bad.  In several matches today, the bad guys prevailed. It happened primarily in the weak Mobius division, where Snively notched an easy victory over Dulcy, and Egg Army marched over Antoine. Sacre bleu! Known thief Rouge stole an easy one away from Charmy. Even the cute Muttski couldn’t bark up the right tree against Rotor.  OK, Rotor’s a good guy, but still…that hurt.
Matchups of the Century Sometimes Aren’t. Friday’s bout between Segabits and Sega Nerds was touted a good bit on social media. But the seeding got the story right, with Bits advancing to face third seed Tails Channel. Segabits has already compared themselves to Donald Trump–can they bully and bloviate their way to another victory?
Who’s More Edgy? Both Shadow and Silver appear to have easy paths along the edge of the Chaotix bracket to the division final. A Shadow-Rouge matchup could throw a wrench into the ultimate life form’s hopes. If a classic 1 vs. 2 match happens, who will have more support among you and your fellow fans?
To Destroy This Many Generations Takes…One Day. By the end of Saturday, of the four Sonic generations that remain only two will survive. They are all pitted against one another. The Classic v. Modern battle is sure to fuel longtime emotions within voters. Boom Sonic, meanwhile, pulled off an upset. Can he do it again versus a more formidable third-ranked Super Sonic?
It’s Still a Fun, Silly Competition. Everything’s made up and the points don’t matter. Just like Whose Line! Except we don’t sing. We can sing if you want! Would you like to hear us sing? No? Well, here’s the voting schedule for the weekend. Remember that voting only takes place on our Twitter feed. Keep in mind we’re blocking out time for our live coverage of the SXSW panel beginning at 4PM ET today.
Saturday:
2:30PM ET (5) Knuckles vs. (4) Eggman Nega – Chaotix and (5) Egg Army vs. (13) Uncle Chuck – Mobius
7:30PM ET: (1) Sonic Retro vs. (8) Sonic Radio – Community and (12) Radio Sega vs. (4) Sonic Paradise – Community

8PM ET: (1) Classic Sonic vs. (9) Modern Sonic – Little Planet
9:30PM ET (1) Sally Acorn vs. (9) Grounder – Mobius and (6) Segabits vs. (3) Tails’ Channel – Community
10PM ET (11) Boom Sonic vs. (3) Super Sonic – Little Planet
Sunday:
12PM ET (10) Eggman vs. (2) Big the Cat – Little Planet
2:30PM ET (11) Snively vs. (3) Bunnie – Mobius
5PM ET (10) Espio vs. (2) Shadow – Chaotix
6PM ET: (10) Find the Computer Room vs. (2) Sonic Stadium – Community and (12) Sticks vs. (4) Tails – Little Planet
9PM ET (7) Nicole vs. (2) Rotor – Mobius and (6) Rouge vs. (3) Vector – Chaotix
10PM ET (1) Silver vs. (9) Blaze – Chaotix
Onward to the Speedy 16!