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Sub-Zero upset Master Chief after taking control early and surviving the familiar Halo afternoon push. The writeup treats the loss as another chapter in Halo's recurring early-round failures and a memorable winning debut for Sub-Zero.

Auron comfortably ended Sub-Zero's brief upset run in a match the writeup considered predictable. Most of the retrospective discussion uses the result to argue that Sub-Zero had nevertheless proved himself more deserving of contest attention than Scorpion.

Sonic and Sub-Zero advanced comfortably, but Sonic's performance was far weaker than expected for a Noble Nine character. The writeup treats it as another warning that the Sonic cast was declining badly.

Sonic crushed Sub-Zero much more convincingly than in their opening-round meeting after his Smash announcement changed the atmosphere around him. The writeup still finds the surrounding results too inconsistent to decide whether Sonic had truly returned to elite form.

Sonic held off Squall for first, but Squall remained unexpectedly competitive despite sharing support with Sora. The writeup treats Sonic's narrow-looking advantage as another sign that four-way matches exposed his weaknesses.

LFF: The writeup says Sora drained enough Square support from Squall that Squall probably would have beaten Sonic without Sora in the poll.

Auron and Sub-Zero advanced in the expected order, leaving little suspense at the top. Marcus Fenix's collapse after his prior deep run was the main story and effectively ended his relevance to later contests.

Auron decisively beat Sonic in one of the contest's most shocking strength results, even though the format still allowed Sonic to advance. The writeup treats the performance as a genuine breach in the Noble Nine's aura.

The writeup treats Tidus as chronically overrated and views this as another supposedly winnable matchup where he never seriously threatened. Sub-Zero's performance is presented as part of that larger pattern rather than a surprise of its own.

Sub-Zero beat Roxas comfortably and became one of several low-prediction entrants to reach the third round. Roxas's late-day improvement is treated as one of the few positive Kingdom Hearts trends in the contest.

Samus crushed Sub-Zero and briefly looked strong enough to challenge even Cloud's level. Although she cooled from that early pace, the writeup still considers the result one of her strongest performances.

Sub-Zero beat Garrus in a result the writeup finds disappointing given Mass Effect's broader strength that year. Garrus still looked respectable, while Sub-Zero's showing reinforced his status as the stronger Mortal Kombat contest character.

Pic: The writeup explicitly credits Sub-Zero's classic-costume picture with helping him, saying the old look made him substantially more dangerous in the matchup.

Bowser won as expected, but The Boss and Sub-Zero spent most of the match almost perfectly tied for second in the Expert Challenge ordering. Sub-Zero unexpectedly won the evening trend and finally pulled away.

Sub-Zero beat Shulk without serious difficulty despite expectations that Smash and Xenoblade growth might produce a stronger challenge. The writeup treats Sub-Zero as one of the most durable non-Nintendo midcarders.

Sub-Zero doubled Claire in the straightforward result the writeup expected from this fourpack. Claire's easy defeat is used as another example of Resident Evil's damaged contest strength.

Auron beat Sub-Zero in another remarkably similar rematch between two characters who had repeatedly met before. The writeup finds the consistency more interesting than the outcome itself.