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10 matches
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Poll ▼ | Contest | Round | Division |
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Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
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| 1 |
7241
writeup (md) |
CB X |
Round 1 |
Division 1 |
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Ganondorf opens with a huge Zelda-era statement |
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Ganondorf crushed Neku far more severely than expected and immediately looked like the division favorite. The writeup treats the result as an early sign that Zelda, Switch and Smash hype would dominate the contest.
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| 2 |
5208
writeup (md) |
CB IX |
Round 1 |
Division 8 |
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Guybrush finally succeeds despite removed fraudulent votes |
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✓ |
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Ganondorf won easily, while Guybrush finally earned a meaningful contest success by taking second in the Expert Challenge ordering over Max Payne. The removed fraudulent votes tainted the match without changing that placement.
Cheat: The writeup says fraudulent votes for Guybrush were removed during the match, while also stating that Guybrush still would have beaten Max Payne without them.
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| 3 |
3740
writeup (md) |
CB VIII |
Round 1 |
Chaos |
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Ganondorf wins routinely but fails to build Sonic hype |
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Ganondorf defeated Mewtwo in an uneventful all-Nintendo matchup and landed close to expectations. The writeup nevertheless saw the showing as too ordinary to support growing hopes of an upset over Sonic.
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| 4 |
3253
writeup (md) |
CB VII |
Round 1 |
Division 3 |
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Frog holds off KOS-MOS despite the picture controversy |
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✓ |
1 |
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Ganondorf won comfortably while Frog held off KOS-MOS without the expected daytime collapse. The delayed match picture caused controversy, but once it appeared the writeup says it did little to change the Frog-KOS-MOS race.
Pic: The writeup says the eventual match picture hurt Ganondorf while giving KOS-MOS no meaningful advantage over Frog, even though KOS-MOS supporters had expected her image to help.
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| 5 |
2880
writeup (md) |
CB VI |
Round 1 |
Division 5 |
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Thrall's WoW rally nearly catches Vergil before the day vote |
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✓ |
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Ganondorf won first easily, while Vergil and Thrall fought a much closer battle for the second advancing spot. A WoW rally helped Thrall make a serious overnight push, but Vergil pulled away decisively once daytime voting arrived.
Rally: The writeup describes a World of Warcraft forum thread rallying votes for Thrall and says the push helped him nearly catch Vergil before the daytime vote ended the threat.
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| 6 |
2524
writeup (md) |
CB2K6 |
Round 1 |
Blast |
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Vincent upsets Ganondorf and launches a Noble Nine breaker bandwagon |
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Vincent won a heavily debated match after Ganondorf's early advantage faded with the opening Nintendo surge. The upset exposed problems in the old statistics and immediately triggered a large Vincent-over-Sonic bandwagon.
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| 7 |
2072
writeup (md) |
SC2K5 |
Round 1 |
Zebes |
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Ganondorf beats Yuna amid strength debate and cheating claims |
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✓ |
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Ganondorf beat Yuna as expected while the writeup debated whether the result helped or hurt his standing against Auron. It also explicitly points to suspicious voting on Yuna's side.
Cheat: The writeup says TRE identified numerous examples of blatant cheating coming from Yuna's side of the poll.
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| 8 |
2001
writeup (md) |
Spring 2K5 |
Round 1 |
Triforce |
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Ganondorf crushes Giygas in a foregone conclusion |
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Ganondorf obliterated Giygas in a matchup the writeup considered barely worth holding. The result simply reinforced Ganondorf's status as a pre-contest lock for the final while placing Giygas among the weakest entrants.
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| 9 |
1719
writeup (md) |
SC2K4 |
Round 1 |
Hyrule |
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Ganondorf beats Alucard in a matchup of underseeded characters |
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Ganondorf beat Alucard in a respectable matchup between two characters the writeup considered badly underseeded. Much of the discussion centers on the bracket apparently being arranged to produce Link versus Ganondorf in the next round.
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| 10 |
1307
writeup (md) |
SC2K3 |
Round 1 |
North |
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Ganondorf survives Tidus as update-topic culture takes off |
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Ganondorf survived a surprisingly strong Tidus comeback after Board 8 had largely treated the matchup as a lock. The match became especially important for popularizing dedicated update topics and exposing the gap between hardcore board expectations and the broader bracket field.
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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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