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entrant = Halo: Combat Evolved — 9 of 1,514 matches
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9 matches
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Poll ▼ | Contest | Round | Division |
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| 1 |
6122
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K15 |
Round 2 |
Division II |
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Final Fantasy VII crushes Halo and restores title confidence |
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Final Fantasy VII crushed Halo and produced what the writeup considers its strongest natural performance of the contest. The result briefly restored championship confidence before the rally-driven chaos of later rounds.
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| 2 |
6065
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K15 |
Round 1 |
Division II |
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Halo stops Minecraft before the feared rally can begin |
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Halo held Minecraft to a steady loss and prevented the rally-driven title run many bracketmakers had feared. The writeup notes that people correctly anticipated an outside-rally threat in the contest, but targeted the wrong game.
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| 3 |
4181
writeup (md) |
GOTD |
Division Final |
North |
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Fallout 3 delivers its first fully convincing statement |
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The poll disappeared entirely for the opening hour, but the eventual match gave Fallout 3 its first clear statement against a proven contest game. The writeup treats the result as the moment serious upset talk against Fallout largely died.
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| 4 |
4166
writeup (md) |
GOTD |
Division Semifinal |
North |
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Halo's ASV overwhelms Uncharted 2 |
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Halo transformed an almost even opening hour against Uncharted 2 into a decisive win through its trademark afternoon vote. The writeup treats the swing as a classic demonstration of Halo's unusually powerful ASV.
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| 5 |
4136
writeup (md) |
GOTD |
Round 2 |
North |
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Halo 1 settles the series hierarchy over Halo 3 |
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Halo: Combat Evolved decisively beat Halo 3 and settled the series hierarchy in favor of the original. The writeup notes that the result was not an extreme same-series suppression, but was still a clear inter-series win.
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| 6 |
4076
writeup (md) |
GOTD |
Round 1 |
North |
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Halo wins quietly and sets up the series showdown |
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Halo: Combat Evolved handled Ninja Gaiden without reproducing the character-contest chaos associated with Master Chief and Ryu Hayabusa. The straightforward result instead set up the more meaningful Halo-versus-Halo comparison ahead.
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| 7 |
3489
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Round 2 |
2001-2003 |
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Diablo II advances again as Halo falls to last |
✓ |
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1 |
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Melee won easily, while Diablo II repeated its first-round success and comfortably advanced again. Halo collapsed to last behind a SFF-affected Wind Waker, producing another major embarrassment for the series.
SFF: The writeup says Melee SFFed Wind Waker, though Wind Waker still held up better than expected and even finished ahead of Halo.
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| 8 |
3468
writeup (md) |
BGE 2K9 |
Round 1 |
2001-2003 |
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Diablo II wins a four-way thriller as Halo escapes |
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All four games remained competitive, with Diablo II unexpectedly taking first while Halo needed its familiar afternoon strength to catch Knights of the Old Republic for second. KOTOR's near-advancement became one of the round's most impressive losses.
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| 9 |
1625
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K4 |
Round 1 |
128 |
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StarCraft topples Halo after an internet-wide voting war |
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✓ |
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StarCraft overturned Halo in one of the contest's defining first-round battles after both fanbases drew outside support into the poll. The writeup treats the result as proof that Halo was badly overseeded, StarCraft badly underseeded, and the StarCraft fanbase capable of changing the entire division.
Rally: The writeup explicitly describes mass Battle.net spamming, Xbox Live and Bungie involvement, and outside forces being brought in from across the internet to vote for both sides, with StarCraft ultimately benefiting most.
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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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