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Filtered:
entrant = Mario · contest = Summer 2002 Character Contest — 6 of 1,514 matches
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6 matches
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Poll ▲ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
SFF |
LFF |
Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
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| 1 |
940
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Round 1 |
North |
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Mario opens the first contest with an easy win |
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The first contest match was treated as a predetermined Mario win, with the real question being how dominant he would look. The writeup also stresses the unusual joke-vote and early-contest atmosphere surrounding the result.
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| 2 |
972
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Round 2 |
North |
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Mario wins again but leaves doubts before Cloud |
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Mario defeated Morrigan without serious trouble, yet the writeup viewed it as a second straight underwhelming performance compared with the contest's other elite characters. Cloud's next result therefore took on added importance for their expected meeting.
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| 3 |
988
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Round 3 |
North |
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Mario crushes Donkey Kong as SFF theory begins emerging |
✓ |
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1 |
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Mario finally produced the dominant performance people had been waiting for, restoring confidence before his expected match with Cloud. The result also became an early case used to develop Board 8's SFF theory.
SFF: The writeup says Mario's unusually dominant result against the closely linked Donkey Kong helped introduce what Board 8 would later universally call Same Fanbase Factor, though it was still treated as a fledgling theory at the time.
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| 4 |
996
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Division Final |
North |
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Mario edges Cloud in a historic and deeply controversial comeback |
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✓ |
✓ |
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2 |
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Cloud controlled much of the match before Mario mounted a comeback aided by unusually favorable circumstances and outside attention. The close finish, enormous board reaction, rallying, and unresolved cheating allegations made the match the writeup's choice for the greatest contest match ever.
Rally · Cheat: The writeup credits Mario's comeback partly to a Planet GameCube link and widespread vote solicitation, explicitly treating those efforts as rallying. It also describes alleged proxy voting and supposed vote-stuffing admissions, while emphasizing that the cheating claims were never proven.
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| 5 |
1000
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Semifinal |
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Mario survives Crono after vote-stuffing derails a dramatic comeback |
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✓ |
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1 |
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Crono nearly completed another remarkable comeback against Mario before CJayC intervened over fraudulent voting. The controversy ended Crono's Cinderella run but began the long-running Mario-Crono rivalry remembered by Board 8.
Cheat: The writeup says Crono's comeback included blatant vote-stuffing and that CJayC removed fraudulent votes. It also discusses later statements suggesting the amount of fraudulent voting may have been larger than the number removed during the match.
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| 6 |
1002
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Final |
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Link beats Mario to win the first contest |
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Link comfortably defeated Mario in a final the writeup considers anticlimactic. The result established Link as GameFAQs's strongest Nintendo character and closed a first contest successful enough to guarantee more tournaments.
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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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