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Rayman began winning the hours from that point forward. It was a pretty slow progression at first and most of the board were asleep, but we began noticing slowly that the Rayman was putting together something. It had the time, but would it be enough when Celeste was winning in NA? Rayman certainly made the attempt. While the match was almost even for the two following hours after the biggest lead, Rayman cut off 100 votes the next hour. At this point, every awake had taken notice. Rayman continued to cut the lead of at a a good pace having broken the 100-vote lead nine hours into the match.

Rayman began slowing down at that point. It continued to cut for a few more updates, but then Celeste began to stall. It would appear Raymans best hours were over despite Europe still waking up and NA still being asleep. The thing is, it was probably just close enough anywhere, so perhaps there was more to this match than geography. The match would stand completely still for a few hours and I dont think theres really any trends to use there, it just did. Votals are low enough for such to happen. Celeste attempted to get some of its lead back, but it wasnt really allowed to get away.

Eleven hours into the match would be when Rayman would begin the final strike. Right before NA would supposedly wake up and save Celeste. Rayman could the lead slowly and a bit more than hour later, Celeste managed a 2 vote lead before the change finally happened. Rayman was ahead. Slowly it began to build a lead that was over 60 by the time we entered the thirteenth hour.

Then Celeste cut big time. NA had seemingly finally woken up and things could go Celestes way. It made sense that the morning vote began a bit later because the match was on a weekend after all. Celeste slowly got that away before we got into the best hours of the match. Celeste took the lead with a single vote. Then Rayman took it back only for Celeste to lead with a single vote again. Next update by 2 votes. It looked like anyones game. Celeste wasnt able to run away with it. It had a lead in the 10s for a while, until Rayman swapped that around and did the same. At exactly 14 hours into the match, wed get a tie.

Celeste took the lead again after the tie. That would be the final time Celeste had the lead, but it was exciting for a while yet. Next update, it was Raymans turn to lead by a single vote. Then for a couple of hours Rayman would lead with about 20 to 30 votes. Rayman then attempted to build a lead bigger than that, but Celeste kept putting it back down to that point for a while. They would continue to make push each of them for the rest of the match, but Raymans pushes were just a bit better and so it ultimately won with about 200 votes.

The upset ended up happening. Board 8 didnt expect it and casuals didnt expect it. No one cared much though. The winner would not make a real attempt at Pokemon HGSS, everyone knew that. It was just great to follow a match like that again. Two matches in round 1 so far, The Walking Dead vs. Bastion and Rocket League vs. Dragon Ball FighterZ had been exciting for a little while, but this was the first time the match was worth following almost the full day. It gave us some much-needed excitement.

North America never really helped Celeste much, even though it won there. It looks like it needed to win bigger there to depend on it. Trends are a bit weird today and we have less of them, which makes it harder for a game to complete comebacks. Theres the power hour and theres the time of the match where Europe dominates the vote. Those are the things we have today. Geography and our own taste. Rayman just seemed a little bit better overall. Perhaps it got the win on its more recognizable name that the character hasnt gotten a chance to yet.

Round 1 was notable for having indies exceed expectations. This match served as a nice foreshadowing for most of round 2 when it comes to indies. They usually underperformed relative to expectations. This match did a good job highlighting that a group of indies simply had gotten perfect matches to look better than they were, but it was mostly due to the other games. That was a sign of things to come.

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