AI Match Summaries

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).

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Filtered: entrant = Tommy Vercetti · round = Round 1   — 5 of 1,514 matches   show all

5 matches

# Poll ▲ Contest Round Division Result Headline SFF LFF Rally Cheat Pic n
1 1334
writeup (md)
SC2K3 Round 1 West
Kite 34.8%
Vercetti beats Kite but sees his contender hype collapse

Vercetti beat Kite but performed far below the level expected from a character once hyped to challenge Mega Man and Snake. The writeup says the result exposed his pre-contest reputation and made Donkey Kong a credible threat.

2 1728
writeup (md)
SC2K4 Round 1 20XX
Max Payne 38.0%
Vercetti wins while Max Payne restores some contest credibility

Tommy Vercetti beat Max Payne, but the writeup considers Max's respectable showing the more important result. Max avoided the feared same-company collapse and strengthened his case for remaining in the field, while Vercetti looked weaker than his old hype suggested.

3 2084
writeup (md)
SC2K5 Round 1 Flood
Kefka 48.9%
Kefka and Vercetti classic erupts into a cheating scandal 1

Kefka and Vercetti produced a long, volatile comeback battle that became one of the contest's biggest Board 8 explosions. The drama was ultimately overshadowed by confirmed and alleged vote-stuffing on both sides, turning a classic close match into a major cheating controversy.

Cheat: The writeup documents extensive vote-stuffing and exploit use around both entrants, including votes removed by CJayC and admitted multi-voting by several users. It treats cheating as central to the match's final hours and aftermath.

4 2881
writeup (md)
CB VI Round 1 Division 5
Yuna 30.2%
PaRappa 9.4%
Master Chief crushes Yuna as Halo 3 hype peaks

Master Chief overwhelmed Yuna in a matchup many expected to be competitive, immediately changing expectations for the entire division. The writeup connects the result strongly to the enormous Halo 3 hype surrounding Chief that year.

5 5169
writeup (md)
CB IX Round 1 Division 3
Wheatley 36.8%
Crash upsets Wheatley and earns a rare contest moment

Crash finally produced another memorable contest win by upsetting Wheatley after years of mostly losing early. Tommy Vercetti's weak last-place showing is treated as further proof that Grand Theft Auto characters had collapsed.

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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