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Filtered: entrant = Charizard · contest = Character Battle VIII (2010)   — 5 of 1,514 matches   show all

5 matches

# Poll ▲ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 3760
writeup (md)
CB VIII Round 1 Heart
Charizard 64.3%
Charizard crushes Duke and ends the debate quickly

Charizard ended a surprisingly persistent pre-match debate almost immediately by crushing Duke Nukem. The writeup says Duke's weakness limits what can be learned, but Charizard still looked clearly legitimate.

2 3809
writeup (md)
CB VIII Round 2 Heart
Charizard 54.5%
Kratos 45.5%
Charizard rallies past Kratos and becomes a real threat 1

Charizard turned a heavily anticipated upset attempt into a convincing breakthrough over Kratos. The result launched a serious deep-run scenario for Charizard and confirmed that his first-round strength had been meaningful.

Rally: The writeup explicitly says both Charizard and Kratos were heavily rallied, though Charizard's support proved much more effective.

3 3833
writeup (md)
CB VIII Round 3 Heart
Charizard 60.6%
L-Block 39.4%
Charizard replaces L-Block as the new bandwagon star

Charizard decisively eliminated former champion L-Block in what the writeup frames as a literal changing of the guard between two bandwagon-friendly entrants. L-Block's long decline was now impossible to miss.

4 3845
writeup (md)
CB VIII Division Final Heart
Charizard 54.7%
Bowser 45.3%
HeartGold and SoulSilver timing powers Charizard past Bowser

Charizard upset Bowser on the release day of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, which the writeup treats as exceptionally favorable timing for the Pokémon bandwagon. The convincing win completed one of the bracket's least likely divisional runs.

5 3851
writeup (md)
CB VIII Quarterfinal
Mario 53.6%
Charizard 46.4%
Charizard loses to Mario but completes Pokémon's breakout

Charizard's bandwagon could not seriously threaten Mario, but the Pokémon star still performed well enough to complete a remarkable contest run. The writeup treats the loss as further proof that Pokémon had become one of the site's strongest franchises.

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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