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Poll ▼ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
SFF |
LFF |
Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
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| 1 |
6164
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K15 |
Division Final |
Division II |
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Melee rally spillover amplifies Final Fantasy VII's series win |
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✓ |
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1 |
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Final Fantasy VI's early board-vote resistance quickly disappeared as Final Fantasy VII took control. Spillover from the Melee rally widened an already likely FFVII win and erased hopes based on an earlier non-contest poll.
Rally: The writeup says the simultaneous Melee rally favored Final Fantasy VII over Final Fantasy VI and amplified FFVII's existing lead, helping turn the match into a larger rout.
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| 2 |
6149
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K15 |
Round 3 |
Division II |
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Final Fantasy VI finally beats Zelda in a debated match |
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Final Fantasy VI won a debated matchup with Wind Waker without ever facing a sustained comeback. The result became a rare modern example of Final Fantasy beating Zelda in a close-looking contest matchup and validated FFVI's stronger 2015 form.
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| 3 |
6119
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K15 |
Round 2 |
Division II |
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Final Fantasy VI cruises toward the Wind Waker test |
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Final Fantasy VI handled Thousand-Year Door exactly as expected in a largely uneventful setup match. The writeup immediately turns toward the much more meaningful Wind Waker comparison waiting next.
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| 4 |
6059
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K15 |
Round 1 |
Division II |
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Final Fantasy VI announces the Year of the 90s |
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Final Fantasy VI crushed Assassin's Creed II and looked dramatically stronger than its older comparison with Wind Waker. The writeup treats the performance as early proof that 1990s Square games were operating on another level.
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| 5 |
3503
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Quarterfinal |
— |
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Link to the Past barely survives Mario 64 |
✓ |
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1 |
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Final Fantasy VII dominated, while A Link to the Past survived a late Mario 64 comeback by a narrow margin. The writeup also sees the result as another sign that newer voters were gradually reshaping the site's preferences.
SFF: The writeup says Final Fantasy VII SFFed Final Fantasy VI heavily, reducing FF6 to a minor factor while the real race developed between Link to the Past and Mario 64.
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| 6 |
3496
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Division Final |
1992-1994 |
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Link to the Past and Final Fantasy VI advance routinely |
✓ |
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1 |
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A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy VI advanced in a match the writeup considered almost completely predetermined. The only notable fanbase effect was Link's Awakening taking especially heavy suppression.
SFF: The writeup says A Link to the Past SFFed Link's Awakening heavily and left both lower Nintendo games suppressed beneath Final Fantasy VI.
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| 7 |
3483
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Round 2 |
1992-1994 |
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Link's Awakening scare exposes Final Fantasy VI's decline |
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Final Fantasy VI won a perfectly ordered match, but Link's Awakening staying even with it in the opening minutes badly damaged FF6's elite reputation. The writeup treats those few minutes as more important than the eventual easy finish.
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| 8 |
3456
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Round 1 |
1992-1994 |
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Link's Awakening breaks out while Mega Man X exits |
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Link's Awakening decisively beat Mega Man X for the second advancing spot and immediately established itself as a legitimate Zelda threat rather than a minor handheld entry. Final Fantasy VI advanced but looked weaker than its 2004 reputation.
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| 9 |
1652
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Round 3 |
16 |
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Link to the Past survives Final Fantasy VI's early challenge |
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Final Fantasy VI's sustained early lead punctured Zelda's aura of invincibility before A Link to the Past recovered and pulled away. The writeup also remembers the notoriously poor official artwork as an impetus for later user-created match pictures.
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| 10 |
1640
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Round 2 |
16 |
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Final Fantasy VI beats Doom and joins the divisional race |
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Final Fantasy VI handled Doom as expected, but the important story was how closely its apparent strength now matched Chrono Trigger and A Link to the Past. The writeup says the division had become a genuine multi-game race rather than the expected two-game collision.
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| 11 |
1616
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Round 1 |
16 |
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Final Fantasy VI handles Mortal Kombat and gains credibility |
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Final Fantasy VI comfortably defeated Mortal Kombat and began to look stronger than many observers had expected. The writeup treats the result as the first hint that the game belonged in the division's top tier rather than behind the presumed favorites.
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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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