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contest = Summer 2005 Character Contest · round = Division Final — 8 of 1,514 matches
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8 matches
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Poll ▲ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
SFF |
LFF |
Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
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| 1 |
2114
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
Mushroom |
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Mario SFFs Zero and strengthens his case as tournament favorite |
✓ |
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1 |
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Mario turned a mildly debated division final into an immediate rout of Zero. The writeup treats the result as a major SFF statement and a warning that Mario and Nintendo were much stronger than the old statistics suggested.
SFF: The writeup explicitly calls Mario's win an SFF beatdown and argues that Mario was able to suppress Zero far beyond ordinary expectations.
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| 2 |
2115
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
Zebes |
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Samus advances but her weak SFF showing raises alarms |
✓ |
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1 |
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Samus advanced as expected, but the writeup considers her showing against Ganondorf disappointing next to Mario's destruction of Zero. Her weak SFF performance is presented as a serious warning before the coming Mario matchup.
SFF: The writeup says Samus barely managed to SFF Ganondorf, with only enough suppression to offset Ganondorf's recent Zelda-series boost.
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| 3 |
2116
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
Gear |
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Snake destroys Sora and reasserts himself as an elite threat |
✓ |
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1 |
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Snake demolished Sora after entering the match somewhat underestimated. The writeup sees the result as both a statement of Snake's true strength and an example of a broader fanbase-overlap effect working against Sora.
SFF: The writeup rejects a simple PlayStation 2 explanation but argues that a broader form of SFF hurt Sora badly against Solid Snake.
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| 4 |
2117
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
Dream |
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Bowser survives Kirby but loses confidence before facing Snake |
✓ |
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1 |
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Bowser survived a strong challenge from Kirby and gradually built enough of a lead to take the division. The close result weakened confidence in Bowser before Snake, with the writeup considering reverse SFF as one possible explanation.
SFF: The writeup presents reverse SFF as a viable explanation for Kirby keeping the match unusually close, with Kirby's starring role and bracket support potentially suppressing Bowser's expected advantage.
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| 5 |
2118
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
Flood |
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Crono wins while Master Chief's day vote raises fresh doubts |
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Crono won comfortably, but Master Chief's powerful daytime recovery made the result look less convincing than expected. The writeup treats Chief as unusually non-transitive and questions whether Crono still looked capable of winning the tournament.
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| 6 |
2119
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
Devil |
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Vincent survives Squall in a bracket-busting Pyrrhic victory |
✓ |
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1 |
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Vincent survived one of the contest's best matches after Squall repeatedly erased and rebuilt tiny leads throughout the day. The win was a huge bracket buster, but the writeup calls it a Pyrrhic victory because Squall's resistance further damaged Vincent's elite reputation.
SFF: The writeup says a slight amount of SFF, together with anti-votes, likely held Squall back in the close Final Fantasy matchup.
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| 7 |
2120
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
Chaos |
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Sonic handles Tifa and sets up the long-awaited Mega Man clash |
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Sonic shook off Tifa's early resistance and pulled away once his morning vote arrived. The writeup treats the match mostly as a final setup for the much less predictable Sonic-Mega Man quarterfinal.
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| 8 |
2121
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Division Final |
20XX |
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Mega Man SFFs Yoshi and enters the Sonic match favored |
✓ |
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1 |
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Mega Man easily dispatched Yoshi and ended the divisional round. The writeup attributes Yoshi's underperformance partly to SFF and uses that result to swing the coming Sonic-Mega Man debate toward Mega Man.
SFF: The writeup explicitly says Mega Man likely SFFed Yoshi because voters associate Mega Man strongly with Nintendo-era games.
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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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