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2007 - What if Donkey Kong isn't in the L-Block/Kratos/Kirby match? The L-Block run needed a bit of luck early on with some fortuitous bracket placement. Or did it? This part of L-Block's history is often forgotten because of how overwhelming it was after this, but this was one of the first big instances of what we'd later call LFF (I think I coined this term? This isn't me trying to brag because I don't totally remember, but I think I did!) rearing its ugly head. What if you stuck some other random round 2 loser in here, like, say, Raiden instead? There was a belief that L-Block would get 27%+ no matter what the opponent was in this format, so I wanted to pick one of the weaker characters who advanced from round 1! Would Kirby and Kratos have been able to get a high enough percentage to oust L-Block? It's an interesting question because I don't think it's guaranteed L-Block loses, but it's worth considering.

2008 - What if Big Boss gets a Naked Snake picture in Big Boss/Kirby/Master Chief/Raiden? Here we are again with Kirby and that loser Raiden! One of the most shocking results in 2008 was Big Boss putting up 48% in a fourpack with Kirby/Lucas/Jinjo (seriously, this fourpack alone tells you what was wrong with 2008. Too many joke characters and too many Smash characters!) featuring the Naked Snake pic he (controversially to some) got in 2007 when he upset Magus. In round 2, Big Boss already had to deal with the handicap of having Raiden LFFing him, and then he got his old man pic on top of that. Even then, he didn't finish too far behind Kirby and Master Chief for third. I think it's pretty easy to say he advances if you take Raiden out, but it's a more debatable matter if you simply give him a different picture. Could he have advanced again the next round with Kirby/Dante/Leon? What if it's Kirby/Big Boss/Sephiroth/Sonic?

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