AI Match Summaries

One-line AI headline and voting-anomaly flags for every contest match, from a ChatGPT pass over the Board 8 wiki writeups (CC BY-SA 3.0). Machine-generated — may contain mistakes. The full narrative shows under each row (hide narratives).

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# Poll ▼ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 6161
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BGE 2K15 Round 3 Division VIII Metal Gear Solid finally stops Shadow of the Colossus

Metal Gear Solid survived the feared rematch with Shadow of the Colossus and never allowed another Cinderella upset to develop. The writeup treats the result as a welcome piece of redemption for an otherwise poor Metal Gear contest.

2 6144
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BGE 2K15 Round 2 Division VIII Shadow wins while rally spillover slightly helps Red Dead 1

Shadow of the Colossus won comfortably and revived memories of its earlier Metal Gear upset run. Red Dead Redemption's respectable showing was helped slightly by rally spillover, but the next-round Shadow-versus-Metal-Gear debate remained intact.

Rally: The writeup says Red Dead Redemption received a small boost from the simultaneous StarCraft and Mass Effect 2 rallies, slightly improving its showing without threatening Shadow of the Colossus.

3 6109
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BGE 2K15 Round 1 Division VIII Shadow of the Colossus revives its upset reputation

Shadow of the Colossus demolished Team Fortress 2 and revived memories of its earlier deep run. The writeup immediately began looking ahead to whether it could again challenge Metal Gear opposition.

4 4187
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GOTD Division Final West Night voting ends the Shadow of the Colossus run

Metal Gear Solid 3 ended the Shadow of the Colossus Cinderella run in a match the writeup believes was heavily shaped by being held at night. Shadow stayed close, but MGS3's overnight strength controlled the decisive portion.

5 4178
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GOTD Division Semifinal West Shadow of the Colossus confirms its Cinderella run

Shadow of the Colossus followed its MGS2 upset by beating Metal Gear Solid 4 and turning a possible fluke into the contest's defining Cinderella run. A late MGS4 rally cut into the lead but is explicitly dismissed as meaningless.

6 4160
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GOTD Round 2 West Shadow of the Colossus survives MGS2 in a classic 2

Shadow of the Colossus survived an all-day war of attrition against Metal Gear Solid 2 and won by the narrowest margin in the contest. The writeup treats the upset as the launch of the contest's Cinderella run and one of its best matches.

Pic · Rally: The writeup calls Shadow of the Colossus's image the biggest picture disadvantage of the contest and says it would have won more easily under fairer pictures. It also explicitly describes a late Shadow of the Colossus counter-rally after MGS2 retook the lead.

7 4124
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GOTD Round 1 West
The Sims 30.7%
Shadow of the Colossus wins without revealing its future upset

Shadow of the Colossus handled The Sims comfortably despite surprisingly weak prediction support. The writeup stresses that the result still offered almost no reason to expect the major upset waiting in the next round.

8 3472
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BGE 2K9 Round 1 2004-2006 Resident Evil 4 narrowly holds off Kingdom Hearts II

Resident Evil 4 built an overnight lead and then endured a long Kingdom Hearts II day-vote challenge without ever fully losing control. The narrow win advanced RE4 but also badly weakened its case as a potential finalist.

What this is

Each row's Headline and (on filter) narrative come from a ChatGPT reading of that match's Board 8 wiki writeup. The five flags (SFF same-fanbase factor, LFF low-fanbase factor, Rally outside rally, Cheat cheating alleged, Pic match-picture factor) are set only when the writeup asserts that effect — never inferred from the numbers. Hover a check for the note. †OT marks a writeup that mostly wanders off the match.

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