AI Match Summaries

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Filtered: entrant = Pikachu · contest = Character Battle IX (2013)   — 4 of 1,514 matches   show all

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# Poll ▲ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 5189
writeup (md)
CB IX Round 1 Division 6
Pikachu 52.9%
Big Daddy 23.4%
Lloyd barely survives Big Daddy behind Pikachu

Pikachu had first place secured, but Lloyd and Big Daddy produced a genuine photo finish for second in the Expert Challenge ordering. Lloyd's early lead survived a slow Big Daddy comeback by the narrowest margin.

2 5240
writeup (md)
CB IX Round 2 Division 6
Pikachu 47.1%
Crono 40.4%
Magus 12.5%
Pikachu exploits Crono-Magus SFF and eliminates Crono 1

Pikachu decisively eliminated Crono after Magus collapsed under same-series overlap. The result became one of the clearest signs that the old Noble Nine hierarchy no longer controlled the bracket.

SFF: The writeup explicitly says Magus was SFFed into the ground by Crono, giving Pikachu the opening it needed.

3 5258
writeup (md)
CB IX Division Final Division 6
Pikachu 40.3%
Sora 40.0%
Pikachu survives Blue's vote drain and Sora's comeback 1

Pikachu built a large lead, survived Sora's late comeback, and won despite sharing the poll with Pokémon Trainer Blue. The result sent another Pokémon character into the contest's final stretch and underscored how little strength Sora had left.

LFF: The writeup explicitly says Pikachu resisted Blue's LFF and that the second Pokémon entrant was the main reason Sora could keep the match competitive.

4 5263
writeup (md)
CB IX Final Nine
Pikachu 25.6%
Squirtle 23.3%
Pokémon vote splitting hands Snake an easy path 1

Snake advanced to the final while the two Pokémon entrants split their shared fanbase and fought over second in the Expert Challenge ordering. Pikachu ultimately beat Squirtle after the morning vote.

LFF: The writeup says Squirtle and Pikachu cannibalized each other's Pokémon support, destroying their chances of challenging Snake for first.

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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