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Mega Man X and Tifa traded leads throughout one of the contest's best matches before outside support became decisive late. Tifa's final rally push erased X's last advantage and carried her through the divisional thriller.

Rally: The writeup describes organized pushes for both Mega Man X and Tifa, including subreddit and outside-site rallies. It explicitly says Tifa's broader rally sources supplied the final push that decided the match.

Mega Man X overwhelmed Ocelot and finally produced a clean comparison that made X look near-elite. Ocelot's poor showing added to the wider Metal Gear decline narrative.

Mega Man X obliterated Isabelle and immediately looked like one of the strongest characters in the main bracket. The writeup treats the blowout as a rare modern performance resembling the massive margins of the earliest contests.

Draven transformed from a low natural share into an overwhelming rally-powered winner over Mega Man X and Ryu. The performance convinced much of Board 8 that he had become a credible threat to win the entire contest.

Rally: The writeup says massive League of Legends rallying turned Draven into an overwhelming force and drove historically enormous vote totals.

Mega Man X dominated the field and sparked discussion about whether his strength had reached the lower Noble Nine tier. The writeup is equally delighted that Jigglypuff finally appeared in a contest and finished second.

Link advanced comfortably, but the writeup regarded the result as another slightly weak showing by his historical standards. Mega Man X's performance kept alive the possibility that Link had lost a little of his old invincibility.

Mega Man X controlled the match, but Red still impressed enough to establish himself as a legitimate midcard entrant. The writeup treats the performance as further evidence of Pokémon's broad contest surge.

Mega Man X won comfortably in a matchup the writeup considered badly misseeded. Captain Price performed somewhat better than expected, but never made the result competitive.

Link remained untouchable, while Zack made a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to steal the other advancing spot from Mario. The loss ended one of the contest's most popular bandwagon runs.

SFF: The writeup says Link SFFed both Mario and Mega Man X, with Mega Man X falling to a distant position after initially challenging Mario.

Mario and Mega Man X advanced after an early fight that briefly made another Mario upset look possible. Luigi's collapse under Mario's presence removed the feared family interference and left Liquid out as well.

SFF: The writeup says Mario directly SFFed Luigi, leaving his brother far weaker than his standalone strength and clearing the way for Mega Man X to advance.

Mega Man X seriously challenged Mario for first before Mario's morning surge reversed the race. Zelda narrowly escaped last place but was eliminated, while Mudkip's inability to reproduce a joke run made the match a turning point for bandwagon expectations.

SFF: The writeup characterizes the all-Nintendo field as a heavily leeched matchup and describes Zelda's elimination as another result shaped by overlapping support.

Mega Man X dominated while Mudkip comfortably claimed the other advancing spot, confirming that the joke character still had substantial support. The writeup nevertheless argues that Mudkip's bracket placement made another L-Block-style run unrealistic.