Here's a comparison of the recently concluded final before and after fakes were scrubbed (not including untallied votes from early tracker malfunction):
The new champion was leading almost the entire time, but that near miracle by our runner up enabled her to end it as a close match with a mere 20 vote gap (as per the 311-291 tally on saimoe.wordpress.com).
The low total for the entire match is indeed depressing, though. Yes, let's hope this trend reverses next year, starting with Saimoe Japan's gates opening up to the rest of the world again.
