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Revolver Ocelot beat Nemesis but looked much weaker than Board 8 expected, throwing his projected path through the division into doubt. The writeup spends much of the match reopening arguments about Nemesis, Wesker, and Dr. Wily rather than celebrating Ocelot's win.

Pac-Man upset heavily favored Ocelot in a close first-round finale that eliminated the remaining perfect brackets. The writeup celebrates Pac-Man's overdue major win while blaming Ocelot's poor picture for at least part of the upset.

Pic: The writeup argues that Ocelot's faded old-man picture hurt him in the close loss and says a recognizable in-game Metal Gear image likely would have improved his performance enough to win.

Cloud dominated the field as expected, while Ocelot took second over Jill without ever facing serious danger. The writeup finds the result ordinary at the time but notable in retrospect because Jill would reverse the comparison a year later.

Kratos advanced comfortably, while Jill reversed the prior year's result against Ocelot and took the other spot. Ocelot's failure to capitalize on fresh Metal Gear momentum made him the match's major disappointment.

Pokémon Trainer Red built an early lead, lost it overnight to Ocelot, then erased Ocelot's advantage with a late-morning surge. The close comeback established Red as legitimate and reinforced Pokémon's powerful daytime trend.

Auron dominated Roxas and Ocelot, while the infamous Ocelot picture became the main discussion point despite the writeup explicitly rejecting it as enough to explain the result. Auron's strength is treated as the real story.

Ocelot survived Dedede in a wire-to-wire thriller where neither side ever established a secure advantage. The writeup remembers the match as a record-level close contest and notes that even a small outside push mattered.

Rally: The writeup says a small Reddit rally helped Revolver Ocelot avoid an upset during an extremely close match with King Dedede.