Ultimecia

[Forsaken Lover]

Time compression. Time compression? It's time magic. Past, present, and future get compressed. What's going to happen to the world? Why do something like that? I can't even imagine a world where time is compressed!

Mentions of Time Compression: 1
Mentions of the World/Planet: 1
Mentions of absorbing: 0
Mentions of the universe: 0

Rinoa: Ultimecia, a sorceress from the future. She's trying to achieve time compression. She's the only one who would be able to exist in such a world.


Mentions of Time Compression: 2
Mentions of the World/Planet: 2
Mentions of absorbing: 0
Mentions of the universe: 0

Ultimecia(the person doing all this. I’d take her word, yeah?): The world was
on the brink of that ever-elusive ’time compression'.

Mentions of Time Compression: 3
,Mentions of the World/Planet: 3
Mentions of absorbing: 0
Mentions of the universe: 0

Ultimecia’s Final Form (the whole point of this thread): Time shall compress.....

Mentions of Time Compression: 4
Mentions of the World/Planet: 3
Mentions of absorbing: 0
Mentions of the universe: 0

Thanks to Crystal for this next tone.
Scan of Ultimecia’s first form:

A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses.

Mentions of Time Compression: 5
Mentions of the World/Planet: 4
Mentions of absorbing: 0
Mentions of the universE: 0

Ultimecia was after mixing together past, present and future because only she could live in this world for whatever reason.

So, do you go by what Ultimecia and two sorceresses who were possessed by her say? I know I do.

[Bolivar]

so... i guess the point is that Ultimecia was trying to live in the world where only she could exist? and that other planets wouldn't be affected?

[Forsaken Lover]

Yep. About it. There is no mentioning at large of the universe or toher planets or anything beyond whatever the FF8 planet is called.

[Serapy]

I'm pretty sure that Ultimecia has mentioned the "absorbing" word (look at what Crystal said as proof) and I'm not so sure about universe, I've a feeling that Laguna might of have said that word somewhere in the game

[The Crystal]

I'm pretty sure that Ultimecia has mentioned the "absorbing" word (look at what Crystal said as proof) and I'm not so sure about universe, I've a feeling that Laguna might of have said that word somewhere in the game

The problem, is that Laguna, Squall, Rinoa, etc. know sh*t about Time Compression. Even Odine said it was a mistery to them, if i remember well.
But the Scan... The Scan was created by SE to give us(the players) information about the enemy. It's the official word of SE, and have much more validity than quotes of some characters in the game, that don't understand very much about TC and Ultimecia's objective.
And, all existence = the universe.

The next thread created by Forsaken Lover will be "Ex-Death", because he is more powerful than Kuja too. XD

[ragnosica]

actually you may have noticed how FFV, FFVI and FFVIII are very alike, bosses in space, using time for a reason or another, the name "Cid"....and so on

[Forsaken Lover]

The problem, is that Laguna, Squall, Rinoa, etc. know sh*t about Time Compression

Both Edea and Rinoa were possessed by Ultimecia and got full insight into what she was planning. Proved by the fact Ultimecia WAS after Time Compression and WAS after Elione, both of which is told by the two after the possession is over.


But the Scan... The Scan was created by SE to give us(the players) information about the enemy. It's the official word of SE, and have much more validity than quotes of some characters in the game, that don't understand very much about TC and Ultimecia's objective.
And, all existence = the universe.

Do you have selective sight?

Let me help.


A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses.

So, my scan contradicts yours on all points and coincides with all dialogue.


The next thread created by Forsaken Lover will be "Ex-Death", because he is more powerful than Kuja too. XD

Did he destroy a planet? No? Was he beaten the eff up before he could do ANYTHING? Yes? Then yeah, he’s weaker than Trance Kuja.

Quotes <<<<< what we actually see.

[Bolivar]

actually you may have noticed how FFV, FFVI and FFVIII are very alike, bosses in space, using time for a reason or another, the name "Cid"....and so on

I was actually talkin about that with my friend the other day, how VIII's storytelling is alot like V's, how it starts off in the son's world, then you go to the father's world, then eventually the two meet and you go from there. A little different cause VIII goes back and forth but you get the idea.

[Xurts]

Forsaken Lover makes me laugh.

[The Crystal]

Forsaken Lover makes me laugh.

You and many others.

[jammi567]

Ohh, and me!

[Forsaken Lover]

Well,. Crystal, if you ever want to learn to debate, I suggest you use more than one piece of evidence and your own baseless assumptions to do so.

Lol Ultimecia is compressing time in her body... I beg you to give me that quote from the game.

Does anyone else find it funny how Crystal clings to what he dubs the "word of SE"? I mean, especially after I posted this?

A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses.

See how absolutely pathetic you are, Crystal? You cling to the "word of SE" but as SOON as I post a scan directly contradicting and disporving your bull, you ignore it and continue on your blissfully ignorant way.

You're wrong. GET OVER IT.

[The Crystal]

See the posts above yours, Forsaken? They are laughing of you.


Well,. Crystal, if you ever want to learn to debate, I suggest you use more than one piece of evidence and your own baseless assumptions to do so.

Lol Ultimecia is compressing time in her body... I beg you to give me that quote from the game.

And this prove how you know nothing about what you are talking. You know what "compress" and "absorb" means? What the hell, of course you don't.


Does anyone else find it funny how Crystal clings to what he dubs the "word of SE"? I mean, especially after I posted this?
A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses.

When you are absorbing something, you are compressing it in the space inside your body. Come on Forsaken, use your brain! Wait... You don't have one.


See how absolutely pathetic you are, Crystal? You cling to the "word of SE" but as SOON as I post a scan directly contradicting and disporving your bull, you ignore it and continue on your blissfully ignorant way.

I already proved how wrong you are. It's you that is ignoring all evidences, because of your love for the guy with the homossexual thong.


You're wrong. GET OVER IT.

To you, anyone that is not a Kuja fanboy is wrong. So, yeah i'm "wrong". LOL

[Forsaken Lover]

See the posts above yours, Forsaken? They are laughing of you.

See all the posts in my original thread? They are laughing at you and your fanboyism.


And this prove how you know nothing about what you are talking. You know what "compress" and "absorb" means? What the hell, of course you don't.[/quote\]

Yes. But apparently, you don’t.

Absorb
define:absorb - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:absorb&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title)

Compress
1. To press together: compressed her lips.
2. To make more compact by or as if by pressing.
3. Computer Science. To transform (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmission: compressed the file so that it could be downloaded efficiently.

So, absorbing is “taking in”. Nothing about making anything “more compact.”

[quote]When you are absorbing something, you are compressing it in the space inside your body. Come on Forsaken, use your brain! Wait... You don't have one.

Yes ‘cause absorbing has NOTHING to do with compressing.

Oh and world does not equal universe.


I already proved how wrong you are. It's you that is ignoring all evidences, because of your love for the guy with the homossexual thong.

1. I use all the evidence. You use a single quote to base your entire feeble assertion on.
2a You have something against homosexuals then? Nice to know.
2b A thong is a piece of clothing. I don’t know what testosterone-filled world you lived in when clothing can make a person prefer a certain sex but it’s not the one the rest of us live in.

Not to mention even full-blown crossdressers can be perfectly straight. Though Kuja isn’t one.


To you, anyone that is not a Kuja fanboy is wrong. So, yeah i'm "wrong". LOL

I guess everyone not agreeing with your is a Kuja fanboy. Square itsel is a stupid fanboy.

Kuja and Kefka >>>> Ultimecia by feats because she absorbed nothing.

[The Crystal]

Like i said before in the other thread. All scans complement each other, and you cannot ignore one just because it goes against your argument. She was absorbing all existence(that is the universe) because they didn't use the word "world" but "all existence.

[Lynx]

i cant believe someone can be stupid or pathetic for not knowing every line in FFVIII??? who new a game could determine intellagence?

so is the argument about absorb and comprssion defintions or ultimecias power or definitions of world and exhistance?

either way necron would own ultimecia :D

[PuPu]

This ongoing debate between Forsaken Lover and The Crystal is even funnier than Ultimecia's use of k's.


She was absorbing all existence(that is the universe) because they didn't use the word "world" but "all existence.

"They" as in the FF8 characters or "they" as in that one scan? The way I see it is: the one Scan of Ulti in her final form vs. what Forsaken Lover had said in his first post on this thread. Crystal, you can't deny the fact that Forsaken Lover does have more proof than you. After all, we've only seen you use the one bit of information of the Scan, compared to Forsaken's many bits of dialogue information from the characters.

Also, you both claim what you both say is the word of SE, and that the other person's interpretation of the word of SE is wrong. The fact is, one of you can't be right and the other one wrong, because the information of what the characters say in the storyline of FF8 and the scan of Ultimecia in her final form are both information given by SE. The only way I can see it is that either both of your interpretations on the word of SE are right, or both of you are wrong. I don't think I or anyone else can really determine if you two are both right or both wrong except SE themselves, so you both should probably stop using the argument of: "You are contradicting the word of SE."

I'm not going to contribute the argument against or for Ultimecia; after all, that's The Crystal and Forsaken Lover's jobs.

[jammi567]

This is on the other thread on this board (:rolleyes2), but i'll post it here so that everyone can read it.

I really don't want to get involved in this pathetic argument that no-one is ever going to solve, but what i post here is the definitions of what the word 'world' means fron Dictonary.com:

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—Synonyms 1. See earth. (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=earth)


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The earth.
The universe.
The earth with its inhabitants.
The inhabitants of the earth; the human race.

Humankind considered as social beings; human society: turned her back on the world.
People as a whole; the public: The event amazed the world.
A sphere of human activity or interest: the world of sports.
A class or group of people with common characteristics or pursuits: the scientific world.
Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.
A state of existence: the next world.
often World A specified part of the earth: the Western World.
A part of the earth and its inhabitants as known at a given period in history: the ancient world.
A realm or domain: the animal world; the world of imagination.

A sphere of human activity or interest: the world of sports.
A class or group of people with common characteristics or pursuits: the scientific world.
Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.
A state of existence: the next world.
A particular way of life: the world of the homeless.
All that relates to or affects the life of a person: He saw his world collapse about him.
Secular life and its concerns: a man of the world.

Human existence; life: brought a child into the world.
A state of existence: the next world.
A large amount; much. Often used in the plural: did her a world of good; candidates that are worlds apart on foreign policy.
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O.E. woruld, worold "human existence, the affairs of life," also "the human race, mankind," a word peculiar to Gmc. languages (cf. O.S. werold, O.Fris. warld, Du. wereld, O.N. verold, O.H.G. weralt, Ger. Welt), with a literal sense of "age of man," from P.Gmc. *wer "man" (O.E. wer, still in werewolf; see virile (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/virile)) + *ald "age" (see old (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/old)). Originally "life on earth, this world (as opposed to the afterlife)," sense extended to "the known world" (e.g. "Greatest Show on Earth"), then to "the physical world in the broadest sense, the universe" (c.1200). In O.E. gospels, the commonest word for "the physical world," was Middangeard (O.N. Midgard), lit. "the middle enclosure" (cf. yard), which is rooted in Gmc. cosmology. Gk. kosmos in its ecclesiastical sense of "world of people" sometimes was rendered in Goth. as manaseþs, lit. "seed of man." The usual O.N. word was heimr, lit. "abode" (see home). Words for "world" in some other I.E. languages derive from the root for "bottom, foundation" (cf. Ir. domun, O.C.S. duno, related to Eng. deep); the Lith. word is pasaulis, from pa- "under" + saule "sun." Original sense in world without end, translating L. sæcula sæculorum, and in worldly (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/worldly). L. sæculum can mean both "age" and "world," as can Gk. aion. Worldwide is from 1632. World power in the geopolitical sense first recorded 1900. World-class is attested from 1950, originally of Olympic athletes.

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adjective1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" [syn: global (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/global)]
noun1. everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: universe (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/universe)] 2. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world" 3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" 4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" [syn: Earth (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Earth)] 5. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" [syn: populace (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/populace)] 6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" 7. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" [syn: worldly concern (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/worldly%20concern)] 8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women"

[The Crystal]

"They" as in the FF8 characters or "they" as in that one scan?

"They" as in SE(the guys who wrote the scan).


The way I see it is: the one Scan of Ulti in her final form vs. what Forsaken Lover had said in his first post on this thread. Crystal, you can't deny the fact that Forsaken Lover does have more proof than you. After all, we've only seen you use the one bit of information of the Scan, compared to Forsaken's many bits of dialogue information from the characters.

And there is the point. Information in the scan(gived by SE itself) >>>>>>>>>>> the opinion of the characters in the game.


Also, you both claim what you both say is the word of SE, and that the other person's interpretation of the word of SE is wrong. The fact is, one of you can't be right and the other one wrong, because the information of what the characters say in the storyline of FF8 and the scan of Ultimecia in her final form are both information given by SE. The only way I can see it is that either both of your interpretations on the word of SE are right, or both of you are wrong. I don't think I or anyone else can really determine if you two are both right or both wrong except SE themselves, so you both should probably stop using the argument of: "You are contradicting the word of SE."

I'm not going to contribute the argument against or for Ultimecia; after all, that's The Crystal and Forsaken Lover's jobs.

All the scans(and quotes) complement each other. The last one is the explanation of why only Ultimecia could exist in TC(because she would be the only being "alive" after absorbing everything). All the story make sense if you pay atention. And like Jammi proved, world = all existence.
I accept everything the game state. It's Forsaken Lover that wants to literaly ignore the last scan, because it goes against his argument.

He is saying "Lets ignore the last scan, because i think it contradict the others."



Forsaken Lover want to literaly ignore the last scan, ignore the word of Square-Enix.

It's like the guys i know in another forum. "Jenova was controlling Sephiroth. What the UOG said is not important, because it contradict everything in the game, so we will just ignore it. LOL"

[Forsaken Lover]

And there is the point. Information in the scan(gived by SE itself) >>>>>>>>>>> the opinion of the characters in the game.

Selective sight.

A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses

That's the word of SE.

[PuPu]

Like I said...

"A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses."

vs.

"Ultimecia transformed...Absorbing the universe as we speak."

Both are the word of SE. Either both of you are right, or neither are right, depending on how you interpret it.

[NeoCracker]

And there is the point. Information in the scan(gived by SE itself) >>>>>>>>>>> the opinion of the characters in the game.

Selective sight.

A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses

That's the word of SE.

Okay, there is no controdiction. Time Compression, compressing all time together, past present and future. If you compress the time, you compress everything in that time. If you did not, then you would have a universe of things that exist outside of time. If Time is the only thing getting compressed, what the hell happens to everything else?

Its rather safe to assume that by compressing time, everything in the time compressed is dragged in. Otherwise, what the hell would be the point of compressing time? Existance itself would have to come with it.

[The Crystal]

Like I said...

"A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses."

vs.

"Ultimecia transformed...Absorbing the universe as we speak."

Both are the word of SE. Either both of you are right, or neither are right, depending on how you interpret it.

And we have two options:

First one:

The last scan complement/explain the first. All time is compressed to a single point(Ultimecia's body in this case), and existence change forever because of that. In the same time, the world would change, because it's part of existence.

Second one:

The first scan is only talking about the world and compressing time to a single point(not Ultimecia's body), and the last scan... don't exist! Lets ignore it completely!


I'm using the first option. Forsaken is using the second.

[Forsaken Lover]

Actually, I'm using the 3rd Option:

The first scan agrees with all dialogue and the last scan is contradicting and hyperbolic.

The only way to connect them is to make your own personal guesses on the matter.

[Dr. Acula]

Question: How could Ultimecia take power from all soceresses without absorbing it?:confused:

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Wow, you guys are incredibly persistent. For the record, you both are right. You see, in the scan Forsaker's talking about, Ultimecia was in her first form. She compressed time in her first form. In the scan Crystal's talking about, Ultimecia is absorbing the compressed world in her final form.

Think about it people. Ultimecia's intentions are right there in your faces! She compressed time because it's easier to absorb all of existence while everything is smashed together. For example, Try put a sheet of paper in your mouth. Can fit it in there huh genius? That would be existence in a non compressed form. Now try put a sheet of balled up paper in your mouth. A lot easier huh? That's existence doing time compression.

So, basically, time compression was only half of Ultimecia's plan. Absorbing the Time Compressed World is the other half. And I say 'World' because by compressing all of existence would make all of existence similar to the size of a planet...:cool:

[Forsaken Lover]

Question: How could Ultimecia take power from all soceresses without absorbing it?

A fairly intelligent thing to ask.

If Ultimecia absorbs all time, she gains the powers of every sorceress back to the time the Great Hyne gave the power.

Of course, is Rinoa not the only sorceress still alive by the time of FF8? Both Edea and Adel give her their powers and since a sorceress can not die without bestowing their powers on someone, this would mean Rinoa possesses all the power Hyne originally gave.

Of course, if there are other sorceresses alive, that destroys that theory. But it still would mean that Rinoa would have to be absorbed. Yet Ultimecia never showed the slightest interest when they actually met.

Crystal also maintains Time Compression hit them during the final battle. I do not believe this because from what I remember, during the battle with the sorceresses through time, the background had a very specific way of changing. When fighting Ultimecia, you just look back and everything is different. Why I believe she’s transporting them all places.

And since she would still have to compress the future, it’s all a mystery.

I’ll concede she’s absorbing things. But it’s simply on a global scale as the scan and dialgoue prove.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Question: How could Ultimecia take power from all soceresses without absorbing it?A fairly intelligent thing to ask.

If Ultimecia absorbs all time, she gains the powers of every sorceress back to the time the Great Hyne gave the power.

Of course, is Rinoa not the only sorceress still alive by the time of FF8? Both Edea and Adel give her their powers and since a sorceress can not die without bestowing their powers on someone, this would mean Rinoa possesses all the power Hyne originally gave.

Of course, if there are other sorceresses alive, that destroys that theory. But it still would mean that Rinoa would have to be absorbed. Yet Ultimecia never showed the slightest interest when they actually met.

Crystal also maintains Time Compression hit them during the final battle. I do not believe this because from what I remember, during the battle with the sorceresses through time, the background had a very specific way of changing. When fighting Ultimecia, you just look back and everything is different. Why I believe she’s transporting them all places.

And since she would still have to compress the future, it’s all a mystery.

I’ll concede she’s absorbing things. But it’s simply on a global scale as the scan and dialgoue prove.

Well, I don't think she ever did absorb all the sorcerer's power. I think her natural power is equivalent to that of all sorcerers. And your right about her being able to absorb only on a Global scale Forsaker. I mean, let's face it, absorbing all of existence crazy. But by putting existence in an compacted form similar to the size of a world, Time Compression, She would be able to absorb existence. Makes since?

[The Crystal]

I’ll concede she’s absorbing things.

Finally! I thought this day would never come!

And "world" can be "existence/universe" like Jammi already proved.
We have only one scan saying "world". All the other quotes that "contradict" the last scan, aren't very important, because they are just opinions of characters in the game.

Ultimecia didn't need Rinoa's powers in the final battle. Rinoa's powers are a joke compared to all existence. Hell, before her final form, she was so powerful that she readed Squall's mind and took Griever out of it. Making a creature that only exist in the imagination of a person, become real, is much more impressive than anything Kuja ever did. She could even cancel magic.