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MetalmindStats posted...

It wasn't completely unprecedented. The CT crew's poor 2013 draws made people forget how much better they looked in that contest than in the 2007-2010 stretch. Also, outside of contests (so take this with a grain of salt), CT took the top spot in this sitewide, albeit user-run, project determining GameFAQs' top 100 games: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/top10?search=top+100

Of course, there was nothing there to make CT look like the world-beater we got, but I would argue it was the smart pick over at least FFX in 2015.

I went with Chrono Trigger to the final four in 2015 because I looked at Chrono Trigger's bad draws, as well as Chrono Trigger placing #1 in the top 100, and figured there was great potential that lower vote totals would mean a stronger Chrono Trigger than we ever saw. It also helps that I gave Pokemon a ton of credit as well, specifically Pikachu which Crono was behind. I think if Crono hadn't had Magus there and beat the rat, more people here would have seen a resurgence coming.

Also, I knew Chrono Trigger was going to have an advantage if we got user submitted match pictures. And that was something I of all people could bank on.

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