"mirror match" meaning in English

See mirror match in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-mirror match.wav [US] Forms: mirror matches [plural], mirror [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mirror match (plural mirror matches)
  1. (video games) A match in a 1v1 fighting game in which the two opposing players play as the same character.
    Sense id: en-mirror_match-en-noun-PIMZZIXm Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Topics: video-games
  2. (video games, by extension) A match in any game where two opposing players play as the same faction. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-mirror_match-en-noun-hCOEPVK0 Categories (other): Video games Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mirror matchup

Inflected forms

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    },
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        ],
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        "(video games) A match in a 1v1 fighting game in which the two opposing players play as the same character."
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          "text": "In this mirror match, both players have chosen to play as the Defenders faction.",
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        "(video games, by extension) A match in any game where two opposing players play as the same faction."
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