AI Match Summaries

One-line AI headline and voting-anomaly flags for every contest match, from a ChatGPT pass over the Board 8 wiki writeups (CC BY-SA 3.0). Machine-generated — may contain mistakes. The full narrative shows under each row (hide narratives).

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Filtered: entrant = Rikku · round = Round 1   — 5 of 1,514 matches   show all

5 matches

# Poll ▼ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 5220
writeup (md)
CB IX Round 1 Division 9
Rikku 41.6%
? Block 37.5%
Lyndis 20.9%
Rikku retires another inanimate joke favorite

Rikku comfortably ended the favorite status built around ?-Block's old bonus-poll reputation. The writeup treats the result as another sign that inanimate joke characters had lost much of their old power.

2 3742
writeup (md)
CB VIII Round 1 Chaos
Kirby 57.5%
Rikku 42.5%
Kirby wins routinely but weakens his upset case

Kirby beat Rikku almost exactly as expected in a match with little suspense. Because Kirby needed an overperformance to sustain hopes of challenging Sonic, the merely routine win was treated as disappointing.

3 2863
writeup (md)
CB VI Round 1 Division 1
Yoshi 35.5%
Rikku 27.1%
Vaan 9.5%
Knuckles survives Rikku as LFF debuts in the four-way format 1

The first four-way contest match immediately showed how different the new format could be. Yoshi took first comfortably, while Knuckles survived Rikku after major voting swings and Vaan's shared fanbase hurt Rikku in the fight for second.

LFF: The writeup explicitly identifies Vaan as the contest's first clear LFF case, saying his shared Square support drained enough from Rikku to cost her an advancing spot.

4 2501
writeup (md)
CB2K6 Round 1 Spazer
Rikku 75.0%
Rikku routs Lenneth and validates her earlier contest strength

Rikku overwhelmed an obscure Lenneth and reinforced the idea that her prior strong showing was no fluke. The writeup treats the result as a quiet but convincing confirmation of Rikku's midcard strength.

5 2081
writeup (md)
SC2K5 Round 1 Dream
Ryu 55.7%
Rikku 44.3%
Ryu beats Rikku but badly damages his case against Bowser

Ryu beat Rikku but fell dramatically short of Board 8's expectations as his percentage kept sliding through the day. The writeup saw the performance as effectively ending the case for Ryu over Bowser before their match even arrived.

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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