LogFAQs > #982789085

Ah, I've been waiting for this one to come up. I've decided that when it showed, I would finally get something off my chest.

Some 10ish years after this match, another B8er (who has long-since left GameFAQs) admitted to me on AIM that he had stuffed for MGS in this match. He said he didn't remember exactly how many votes he had stuffed, but it was "definitely more" than the 38 it won by. He also said that, at the time, he had never played either game and hadn't even entered a bracket so he had absolutely no skin in the match, he was just sick of seeing Final Fantasy win. Looking at Ulti's analysis, I wouldn't be surprised if this is what we're looking at:

Around 2:45 EST, Final Fantasy Tactics managed to push the poll to being even again, but yet again, it was unable to make the push necessary to win the match. Metal Gear Solid made a huge push of around 50 votes or so, and since it happened that late in the poll, it meant the end for Final Fantasy Tactics in the match, and a win for Metal Gear Solid.