AI Match Summaries

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Filtered: entrant = Zero (Mega Man X) · round = Round 2   — 8 of 1,528 matches   show all

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# Poll ▲ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 1344
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SC2K3 Round 2 East
Zero 47.7%
Sonic survives Zero but loses his remaining aura of dominance

Sonic beat Zero but looked dramatically weaker than expected as Zero steadily cut into what began as a comfortable advantage. The writeup calls it a Pyrrhic victory that effectively ended serious Sonic-over-Cloud hopes.

2 1755
writeup (md)
SC2K4 Round 2 20XX
Zero 61.8%
Zero handles Vercetti and completes the Mega Man setup

Zero handled Vercetti almost exactly as Board 8 expected in a match the writeup calls one of the contest's dullest. Its main significance was completing the obvious setup for Mega Man versus Zero.

3 2099
writeup (md)
SC2K5 Round 2 Mushroom
Zero 73.3%
Zero dispatches Lloyd and advances toward the inevitable Mario test

Zero dispatched Lloyd exactly as the bracket had seemed to prescribe from the start. The writeup mainly uses the match to reassess Lloyd's place among Tales characters and to leave Zero's real test for Mario.

4 2902
writeup (md)
CB VI Round 2 Division 4
Crono 36.7%
Zero 32.6%
Raiden 17.3%
HK-47 13.4%
Zero makes Crono look vulnerable before Vincent

Crono and Zero advanced as expected, but Zero stayed close enough to make Crono look vulnerable before his anticipated showdown with Vincent. Raiden also emerged as a major disappointment after failing to separate convincingly from HK-47.

5 3285
writeup (md)
CB VII Round 2 Division 5
Zero 21.4%
Snake dominates while Zero survives Vivi's late push

Snake delivered another statement performance, while Zero and Vivi fought a much more entertaining battle for the second advancing spot. Zero survived, but Vivi's late resistance made the race memorable.

6 3820
writeup (md)
CB VIII Round 2 Gear
Auron 56.7%
Zero 43.3%
Auron meets expectations while Zero restores some credibility

Auron won about as comfortably as expected, which the writeup saw as insufficient evidence for an upset of Squall. Zero's respectable showing instead reinforced the idea that his recent weakness had been exaggerated by bad Nintendo-heavy draws.

7 5250
writeup (md)
CB IX Round 2 Division 9
Rikku 29.4%
Zero wins as Rikku retires another joke contender

Zero won easily while Rikku gradually pulled away from Weighted Companion Cube for second in the Expert Challenge ordering. Strategic Mega Man fans voting away from Zero are discussed, but the outcome was never in doubt.

8 7306
writeup (md)
CB X Round 2 Division 2
Zero 56.2%
Zero ends another brutally unlucky Knuckles run

Zero beat Knuckles by almost exactly the sort of margin historical strength estimates suggested, ending another unlucky Knuckles run against elite opposition. The writeup treats Knuckles as legitimate despite yet another early exit.

What this is

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