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Filtered:
entrant = Link · round = Semifinal — 7 of 1,514 matches
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7 matches
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Poll ▼ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
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| 1 |
7378
writeup (md) |
CB X |
Semifinal |
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Link dominates Cloud again and looks untouchable |
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Link continued the long-running Link-Cloud rivalry with another dominant win and looked more overwhelming than ever. The writeup treats Cloud's inability to threaten him as evidence that Link remained completely untouchable without extraordinary outside intervention.
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| 2 |
3854
writeup (md) |
CB VIII |
Semifinal |
— |
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Link SFFs Mario in another one-sided semifinal |
✓ |
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1 |
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The rematch of the original character-contest final produced much the same hierarchy, with Link suppressing Mario and winning comfortably. The writeup notes that even widespread anti-Link sentiment did little to change the matchup.
SFF: The writeup invokes Link's 'King of SFF' reputation to explain why Mario again performed much worse against Link than people hoped.
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| 3 |
3304
writeup (md) |
CB VII |
Semifinal |
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Nintendo vote drain carries Crono past Mario into the final |
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✓ |
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1 |
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Link took the expected first position, while Crono finally reached a true contest final by reversing his old rivalry with Mario. The writeup frames it as the payoff to Crono's long redemption arc.
LFF: The writeup says Link and Samus drained Nintendo support from Mario, allowing outside entrant Crono to beat Mario comfortably for the other final berth.
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| 4 |
2923
writeup (md) |
CB VI |
Semifinal |
— |
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Link and Cloud advance while Samus surprisingly tops Sephiroth |
✓ |
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1 |
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Link and Cloud advanced through a semifinal whose top order was never seriously in doubt. Samus nevertheless outperformed Sephiroth, providing the only notable wrinkle in an otherwise predictable heavyweight match.
SFF: The writeup says Link heavily suppressed Samus through their overlapping Nintendo support, even though Samus still performed surprisingly well relative to Sephiroth.
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| 5 |
1778
writeup (md) |
SC2K4 |
Semifinal |
— |
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Link destroys Mega Man and all but claims favorite status |
✓ |
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1 |
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Link demolished Mega Man and effectively ended any remaining uncertainty about the contest favorite. The writeup attributes part of the rout to SFF but argues that Link's broader rise in strength was the more important story.
SFF: The writeup explicitly says there was a definite degree of SFF in Link's overwhelming win over Mega Man, though it argues Link's own rise mattered even more.
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| 6 |
1365
writeup (md) |
SC2K3 |
Semifinal |
— |
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Cloud topples Link in the contest's defining upset |
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✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
3 |
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Cloud shocked the contest by beating the seemingly invincible Link after taking control almost immediately and resisting the expected Zelda day-vote comeback. Heavy rallying, cheating allegations, and a disputed picture imbalance became part of the explanation for one of the contest's defining upsets.
Rally · Cheat · Pic: The writeup says both sides engaged in heavy rallying and records widespread cheating accusations, while treating those accusations as roughly symmetric blame rather than proven fraud. It also says Link's Wind Waker image versus Cloud's Kingdom Hearts image may have cost Link a small but meaningful amount of support.
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| 7 |
1001
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Semifinal |
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Link overwhelms Sephiroth and effectively claims the contest |
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Link dominated Sephiroth from the beginning, confirming fears raised by Sephiroth's earlier struggle with Samus. The writeup treats this as the match in which Link effectively secured the championship before the final was played.
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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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