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Shoeberto
09-29-2005, 11:27 PM
Just what the hell is it, anyway?
rubah
09-29-2005, 11:29 PM
Gold, I thought.
Sapphiresea
09-29-2005, 11:36 PM
I think its there kind of money!?
omnitarian
09-30-2005, 12:54 AM
It's those things.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v451/omnitarian/SetzerGilToss.gif
TheSpoonyBard
09-30-2005, 01:10 AM
Gil is nothing more than currency used in the various FF worlds. As was discoverd in a thread I made quite a while ago (see below), gil has no consistant exchange rate as its value varies from game to game. What has always confused me is how monsters seem to be an abundant source of this currency (except FFVIII).

http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=59353
BG-57
09-30-2005, 01:30 AM
You could argue they got it from victims, but I agree that a regular paycheck makes more sense that getting it from monsters. Too bad the SeeD rank system was poorly executed.
rubah
09-30-2005, 01:40 AM
It worked fine for getting money. It's not like you need a lot of money anyways.
BG-57
09-30-2005, 01:50 AM
Sure, but what I disliked was the way it made life more difficult for people like me, who spend a lot of time building up characters in between the main adventures.
Daryl
09-30-2005, 02:05 AM
Well, fish have gills. So I guess in some FF realities, they use rotting fish parts for currency. Weirdos.
Shoeberto
09-30-2005, 02:12 AM
Gil is nothing more than currency used in the various FF worlds.
I know what it is. I just want to know what it is.
Roogle
09-30-2005, 02:15 AM
They're just coins made out of silver, gold, and other precious metals.
Shoeberto
09-30-2005, 02:18 AM
I was playing FFI last night and I had this theory that they had to abbreviate Gold to fit a certain character length, and then from there it was just a mistranslation. GOLD->GOL->GIL.

It's kind of like R=U except I'm awesome.
rubah
09-30-2005, 02:19 AM
Giru.
Roogle
09-30-2005, 02:24 AM
I don't think there was any mistranslation. It's just what it's called.
DJZen
09-30-2005, 02:33 AM
I was playing FFI last night and I had this theory that they had to abbreviate Gold to fit a certain character length, and then from there it was just a mistranslation. GOLD->GOL->GIL.

It's kind of like R=U except I'm awesome.

Except that they made it fit the 2 character length by calling it "G". I therefore conclude no.

Clearly, the money is named after either an important ruler or the founder of the economic system. In this case, that person is obviously Gillian Anderson of X Files fame. If you need further proof, just consider that Gillian Anderson is teh hotness. I rest my case.
UltimateSpamGrover
09-30-2005, 03:00 AM
well in FF4-6 it was called GP, and that meant Gold Pieces, I dont think "Gil" came til FF7 and the FF4/FF1/FF2 remake on Playstation.
Rengori
09-30-2005, 03:32 AM
well in FF4-6 it was called GP, and that meant Gold Pieces, I dont think "Gil" came til FF7 and the FF4/FF1/FF2 remake on Playstation.
Right you are. A WINNER IS YOU!
Ceil
09-30-2005, 03:46 AM
It's gold. Probably derived from "gilt" or "gilded" (having to do with gold), but shortened to make their own groovie little word.

EDIT: And I just read that other forum, where "Giru" was mentioned. This is probably engrish for "Gilda", the term I was apparently on about (I somehow didn't know the root term), and that dude below me brought up. Or "Giru" could be japanese for "Gold". I don't speak the language.
Kawaii Ryűkishi
09-30-2005, 03:53 AM
Yes. It's from gilda, the Old English word for gold. Think of gilded, etc.
Captain Maxx Power
09-30-2005, 12:34 PM
Kôichi Ishii - "So we've got the characters, monsters, and dungeons. I think that's everything"
Akitoshi Kawazu - "Wait, what about the money?"
KI - "Good point"
AK - "Yen?"
KI - "No, it's gotta be international"
AK - "...Multi-Yen?"
Yosihtaka Amano - "That's just lame guys"
KI - "Hey, get back to those sketches!"
AK - "Well I'm out of ideas"
Nasir Gebelli - "Hey guys, I just thought. Why don't we try a no-level system for the next game if this one's successful?"
KI - "Nasir, please, one problem at a time!"
NG - "But I figured we could call it : Grandoise Integer Language! or G.I.L. for short. What do you think?"
KI - "Hey Akit, you thinkin' what I'm thinking?"
AK - "Am I ever...Hyperpounds!"
KI - "You're an idiot"
* White Aeris *
09-30-2005, 04:30 PM
now thats funny!!!
What has always confused me is how monsters seem to be an abundant source of this currency (except FFVIII).

ha yeah!
on http://www.newgrounds.com/collections/finalfantasy.html on Random battles it has a bit about that.
NeoCracker
09-30-2005, 07:43 PM
I have an answer. I theorize that if you could look closley at the money, you will see the picture of the person Japan loves most, the person they named their money in ff after, Gilford Godfree
Shoeberto
09-30-2005, 08:28 PM
Clearly, the money is named after either an important ruler or the founder of the economic system. In this case, that person is obviously Gillian Anderson of X Files fame. If you need further proof, just consider that Gillian Anderson is teh hotness. I rest my case.
This is the best theory because it's right.
Kawaii Ryűkishi
09-30-2005, 09:25 PM
But the Gs are pronounced differently. If it were named after anyone, it would be Gilligan.
Shoeberto
09-30-2005, 09:34 PM
Gilligan isn't the hottie that lives in my sci-fi themed dreams.
Old Manus
09-30-2005, 10:06 PM
They're fish gills.
rubah
09-30-2005, 10:45 PM
duchovney is obviously hotter.
Shoeberto
09-30-2005, 11:34 PM
He's a handsome man, (http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2004-08-30) of course, but c'mon.
Bowser
10-01-2005, 01:51 AM
Gil are little round gold things. :mad:
DJZen
10-01-2005, 07:22 AM
Kôichi Ishii - "So we've got the characters, monsters, and dungeons. I think that's everything"
Akitoshi Kawazu - "Wait, what about the money?"
KI - "Good point"
AK - "Yen?"
KI - "No, it's gotta be international"
AK - "...Multi-Yen?"
Yosihtaka Amano - "That's just lame guys"
KI - "Hey, get back to those sketches!"
AK - "Well I'm out of ideas"
Nasir Gebelli - "Hey guys, I just thought. Why don't we try a no-level system for the next game if this one's successful?"
KI - "Nasir, please, one problem at a time!"
NG - "But I figured we could call it : Grandoise Integer Language! or G.I.L. for short. What do you think?"
KI - "Hey Akit, you thinkin' what I'm thinking?"
AK - "Am I ever...Hyperpounds!"
KI - "You're an idiot"

Maxx wins at the internets.
Strider
10-01-2005, 09:24 AM
Well, go and look at Final Fantasy VI. When Setzer does his Coin Toss dealio, what color are the coins he throws?
Rengori
10-01-2005, 11:07 PM
Well, go and look at Final Fantasy VI. When Setzer does his Coin Toss dealio, what color are the coins he throws?
That was GP though.
rubah
10-02-2005, 03:39 AM
gil points?~
Kawaii Ryűkishi
10-02-2005, 03:58 AM
It's been Gil since the very first game. "G" and "GP" were the results of faulty translations.
DJZen
10-03-2005, 03:14 AM
Oh, Woolsey didn't mistake "gil" for anything, he deliberately changed it to GP as part of the localization. For the record, GP stands for Gold Pieces.
Skyblade
10-03-2005, 03:42 AM
Oh, Woolsey didn't mistake "gil" for anything, he deliberately changed it to GP as part of the localization. For the record, GP stands for Gold Pieces.

"Your GP or your HP!"
Rengori
10-03-2005, 04:09 AM
Oh, Woolsey didn't mistake "gil" for anything, he deliberately changed it to GP as part of the localization. For the record, GP stands for Gold Pieces.

"Your GP or your HP!"
"That is so lame."
Kawaii Ryűkishi
10-03-2005, 04:11 AM
Oh, Woolsey didn't mistake "gil" for anything, he deliberately changed it to GP as part of the localization. For the record, GP stands for Gold Pieces.Like I said, a faulty translation.
Bowser
10-27-2005, 01:44 AM
I wonder how much it'd sell for here? :bigsmile: