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.
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Filtered:
entrant = Cloud Strife · contest = Summer 2002 Character Contest — 4 of 1,514 matches
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4 matches
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Poll ▲ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
SFF |
LFF |
Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
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| 1 |
947
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Round 1 |
North |
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Cloud crushes Fox and ignites the Square-Nintendo rivalry |
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A heavily hyped first Square-versus-Nintendo matchup turned into an easy Cloud win. The writeup remembers the match less for suspense than for igniting the long-running Square-Nintendo rivalry and intensifying anticipation for Mario versus Cloud.
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| 2 |
975
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Round 2 |
North |
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Cloud crushes Pikachu as early vote tracking takes shape |
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Cloud overwhelmed Pikachu and looked substantially stronger than Mario had through the same stage of the bracket. The match also became notable for Solarshadow's early vote-tracking work, a precursor to later poll-update culture.
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| 3 |
989
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Round 3 |
North |
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Alucard's last stand makes Mario-Cloud uncertain again |
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Cloud ended Alucard's surprise run, but did not dominate as thoroughly as his earlier matches suggested he might. The writeup says that performance, combined with Mario's previous showing, restored genuine uncertainty before Mario versus Cloud.
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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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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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