Mr. Nonsense if you read Rob's post you would notice that he said "IMO" which means "In My Opinion". With that said i would like to say that i agree with Rob on this one, it was a tie. Since both of them went in to kill each other not destroy each other's Gundam both failed.

As for that SEED mode thing i think Kira and Asuran are protected with the "Main character status" as they still both are main characters. Shinn got this protection to. That's the only reason they survive unexplainable events.