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The '''2003 Elite Summer Contest''' was known as ''The Original Edition''. It was the first first [[Elite Summer Contest]], and featured Eliters competing against one another in a GameFAQs-inspired popularity Contest, within an NCAA-style 64 man bracket.

The Contest kicked off at midnight CST on '''Sunday, June 1st of 2003'''. To vote, Eliters sent the name of their daily choice to [[Ngamer]] over AOL Instant Messenger at '''Cyber1166'''. To be eligable to vote, one of two conditions had to be met:

* Membership in the [[Goldeneye]] or [[Perfect Dark]] Elites.
* 100 posts on [[The Elite]] message boards.

== The Contest & Subcontests ==

* [http://www.bracketmaker.com/scripts-bracketmaker/tmenu.cfm?tid=35785 The Complete Bracket]

* [http://www.bracketmaker.com/scripts-bracketmaker/login.cfm?login=expired&returnurl=/scripts-bracketmaker/predict.cfm&parent=79673 Main Bracket Predictions]

* [http://www.the-elite.net/contest/stats.html Stats & Post-Matchup Writeups]

* [http://home.san.rr.com/chanscorner/Stephen_records/firstvoters03.htm Nightly First Vote Competition]

== Wrapup & Statistics ==

'''The 2003 Elite Summer Contest was won by [[SnapDragon]] and [[Ngamer]]''', who tied 30 votes to 30 in the final match. Ngamer made it to the Final by beating [[Clark]] in the Final Four, while Snap got by [[Wouter]].

* [http://www.the-elite.net/contest/stats.html Complete Statistics]

* [http://www.thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ranks.php?year=2003 Final X-Stats]

* [http://www.thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ Contest Simulator]

The complete listing of '''Contestant Biographies''' for 2003 is listed below.
{{2003 Elite Summer Contest}}

[[Category:The Elite]]