User blog comment:Asnow89/Fantasy Food Fight- Round One/@comment-5659711-20130829224717

We noticed a lot of comments from folks not agreeing with the foods selected for inclusion in the bracket, and just want to explain how the final foods were selected.

First, we did have a nomination process where users from various communities nominated foods they felt should be included. Every food represented here was nominated. The only criteria was that the foods were iconic foods from fictional universes. While chili dogs are available in the real world, the Sonic the Hedgehog chili dog is a very specific thing to those who are part of the Sonic community and is how Sonic fans wanted Sonic to be represented. Same goes for the Glee slushie.

Second, we took into consideration the number of nominations. If a particular community really turned out to nominate (like Harry Potter and Fallout), they were really well represented, sometimes multiple times so we could fill out the bracket.

Third, we tried to choose foods from as many different communities as possible so we could get a diverse group.

Finally, the matchups were randomized. We really were not trying to game whether something would get edged out by a popular food.

Hope this helps!