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entrant = Cloud Strife · round = Semifinal — 6 of 1,514 matches
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6 matches
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Poll ▲ | Contest | Round | Division |
Result |
Headline |
SFF |
LFF |
Rally |
Cheat |
Pic |
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| 1 |
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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| 2 |
1779
writeup (md) |
SC2K4 |
Semifinal |
— |
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Cloud ends Samus's brief resistance and reaches the final |
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Samus briefly made the semifinal look interesting with an early lead, but Cloud quickly took control and advanced as expected. The writeup treats the rest of the match as little more than preparation for the long-planned Link final.
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| 3 |
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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| 4 |
3305
writeup (md) |
CB VII |
Semifinal |
— |
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Snake exploits the split field and beats Cloud |
✓ |
✓ |
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2 |
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Snake converted the divided field into a surprise first-place finish, while Cloud recovered enough to secure the other final berth. Sephiroth's collapse and Kirby's early pressure made the semifinal far stranger than expected.
SFF · LFF: The writeup says Kirby SFFed Sephiroth badly, leaving Sephiroth unusually weak. It also says Sephiroth leeched enough Final Fantasy support from Cloud to keep Cloud from catching outside contender Snake.
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| 5 |
3855
writeup (md) |
CB VIII |
Semifinal |
— |
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Cloud survives Snake after a long semifinal deadlock |
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Snake spent hours trading the lead with Cloud and even stalled through Cloud's normally dominant overnight period, creating genuine upset hope. Cloud's morning strength finally broke the deadlock and ended Snake's deep run.
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| 6 |
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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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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