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).
Researching with your own AI? Grab the Board 8 wiki corpus for context.
See also: AI Contest Summaries
Contest:
All · SC2K2 · SC2K3 · Spring 2K4 · SC2K4 · Spring 2K5 · SC2K5 · BSE2K6 · CB2K6 · CB VI · CB VII · BGE 2K9 · CB VIII · GOTD · Rivalry · CB IX · BGE 2K15 · Best Year · CB X · GOTD 2
Anomaly:
any · SFF · LFF · Rally · Cheat · Pic · off-topic writeups
Round:
all · Wildcard · Round 1 · Round 2 · Round 3 · Division Semifinal · Division Final · Legends · Redemption · Final Nine · Quarterfinal · Semifinal · Final · Final Battle · Tournament of Champions · Battle Royale · Bonus (round labels are specific to contests)
Filtered:
entrant = Pikachu · round = Round 1 — 7 of 1,514 matches
show all
7 matches
| # |
Poll ▲ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
SFF |
LFF |
Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
n |
| 1 |
946
writeup (md) |
SC2K2 |
Round 1 |
North |
|
Pikachu beats PaRappa despite heavy board hostility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pikachu won without being in serious danger, but most of Board 8 spent the match rooting for PaRappa. The writeup presents the poll as an early showcase of strong anti-Pokémon sentiment on the site.
|
| 2 |
1306
writeup (md) |
SC2K3 |
Round 1 |
North |
|
Fox routs Pikachu in an early textbook SFF result |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Fox routed Pikachu in a debated matchup that the writeup retrospectively considers an obvious SFF situation. The victory also ended Fox's poor first-contest seeding story by finally giving him a match win.
SFF: The writeup explicitly describes Fox's decisive win over fellow Nintendo entrant Pikachu as an SFF result and argues that anti-Pokémon voting made Pikachu's position even worse.
|
| 3 |
2885
writeup (md) |
CB VI |
Round 1 |
Division 6 |
|
Pikachu routs Tidus and accelerates Pokémon's contest resurgence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pikachu beat Tidus far more easily than years of Pokémon contest weakness had led people to expect. The writeup debates several possible explanations for Tidus's underperformance but ultimately treats the match as another major step in Pokémon's rise to legitimate contest strength.
|
| 4 |
3259
writeup (md) |
CB VII |
Round 1 |
Division 4 |
|
Arthas advances as Pikachu's presence hurts Ike |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Pikachu took control while Arthas converted a favorable draw into a surprising advancement. The result also punctured another piece of the pre-contest Brawl hype surrounding Ike.
LFF: The writeup says Pikachu's overlapping Nintendo and Smash support put Ike in a bad LFF situation, helping Arthas take the other advancing spot.
|
| 5 |
3780
writeup (md) |
CB VIII |
Round 1 |
Gear |
|
Pikachu SFFs Banjo and confirms Pokémon's rise |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Pikachu's rise from an anti-voted early-contest character to a dominant Pokémon representative is the main story. Banjo's latest Nintendo-heavy loss leaves his true standalone strength difficult to judge.
SFF: The writeup explicitly calls Pikachu's win an SFF blowout and says Banjo has repeatedly been suppressed by Nintendo opponents.
|
| 6 |
5189
writeup (md) |
CB IX |
Round 1 |
Division 6 |
|
Lloyd barely survives Big Daddy behind Pikachu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pikachu had first place secured, but Lloyd and Big Daddy produced a genuine photo finish for second in the Expert Challenge ordering. Lloyd's early lead survived a slow Big Daddy comeback by the narrowest margin.
|
| 7 |
7252
writeup (md) |
CB X |
Round 1 |
Division 2 |
|
Pikachu announces himself as a near-elite threat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pikachu overwhelmed a stable measuring-stick opponent in Scorpion and immediately looked near-elite. The writeup treats the result as the first major evidence that Pokémon, and Pikachu specifically, would be a serious force in the contest.
|
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.
Want to do your own AI assisted research? Board 8 wiki pages are available in markdown format here.