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6 matches
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Poll ▼ | Contest | Round | Division |
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Rally |
Cheat |
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7247
writeup (md) |
CB X |
Round 1 |
Division 2 |
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Knuckles beats Zidane with help from rally spillover |
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Knuckles crushed a matchup many experts had favored Zidane to win and extended his remarkable history of first-round success. Rally spillover from the neighboring Monika poll is treated as an extra tailwind, not the sole reason for the upset.
Rally: The writeup says the simultaneous Monika rally brought in outside voters who disproportionately favored Knuckles, with one analysis explicitly saying Square was hurt by the spillover.
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| 2 |
5184
writeup (md) |
CB IX |
Round 1 |
Division 5 |
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Ridley earns respect behind a routine Zidane win |
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Zidane won while Ridley took second in the Expert Challenge ordering and performed more respectably than his old contest history suggested. The Board 8 joke entrant Spring Breeze Dancin' finished last as expected.
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| 3 |
3748
writeup (md) |
CB VIII |
Round 1 |
Mushroom |
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Zidane wins but damages his upset hopes |
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Zidane beat Claptrap comfortably, but not by anything close to the margin expected against such weak opposition. The underperformance sharply reduced enthusiasm for a second-round upset of Ike.
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| 4 |
3245
writeup (md) |
CB VII |
Round 1 |
Division 1 |
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Zidane shocks Shadow while Link resumes dominating |
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Link began his post-L-Block campaign in dominant fashion, while Zidane unexpectedly beat Shadow for the other advancing position. The writeup treats Shadow's failure as a major early bracket bust and another sign of Sonic Team's decline.
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| 5 |
2882
writeup (md) |
CB VI |
Round 1 |
Division 5 |
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Liquid steals first from Alucard in a controversial photo finish |
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✓ |
✓ |
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Alucard erased Liquid Snake's large daytime lead and briefly moved ahead at the very end, only for Liquid to snatch first on the final update. Because both characters advanced anyway, the writeup says the historic photo finish carried less consequence than a one-on-one result would have.
Rally · Cheat: The writeup describes a last-minute Metal Gear rally after Alucard completed his comeback and records complaints that cheating or vote-stuffing may have influenced the razor-thin finish.
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| 6 |
2085
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Round 1 |
Flood |
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Crono calmly dispatches Zidane after the previous day's chaos |
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Crono easily dispatched Zidane in a remarkably steady poll after the chaos of Kefka-Vercetti. The writeup mainly wonders whether shared Square support suppressed Zidane, without reaching a firm conclusion.
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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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