Final Fantasy Character Showdown! Winner!

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Originally posted by JseanjohnC
aurons HP is so high and i dont want a HIDDEN CHARACTER to win!

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You can't compare 99,999 hit points to 9,999 hit points when comparing characters between games, it doesn't work that way. You have to compare them relative to their own environments (i.e the game that they are in). This means you're comparing an Auron that is at the maximum hit points points possible in his game with a Vincent that has the maximum hit points possible in his game. Which means that one isn't any more powerful than the other when it comes to hit points because they both have the maximum amount possible in the game.

GO VINCENT GO!

it is a ridiculous crime that vincent has made it this far.

Even though Vincent is a cool character, I'll go with Auron this time. Hopefully he'll also do fine in the finals against those two FF6 idiots.

if vincent advances to the last round i am seriously going to cry.

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Originally posted by eestlinc
it is a ridiculous crime that vincent has made it this far.

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i concur.

Apparently I'm the only one who liked Vince...

he's decent, but overrated.

I don't care about his battle stats, it's HIM that's awesome. His concept of existence and all that.

Yeah I agree and FFX was just bad. all characters in it were just bad.

I don't see Vinny climbing out of this hole, though.

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Originally posted by King Bahamut
I don't care about his battle stats, it's HIM that's awesome. His concept of existence and all that.

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it's been done before. many times.

auron was the best thing about ffx.

I'll agree that Auron was the best thing about FFX, but that didn't really take much.

Yeah really. i just couldn't stand FFX. I like FFVIII more and I really disliked the story in VIII.

Vincent = teh cool0rz

Here is the winner of the Wild Card Division and moving on to the Final Four:

Vincent - ||||\|| 7
Auron - ||||\||||\||| 13

Vincent's shots couldn't find their mark, as master Auron used his swordsman skills to deflect and dodge. As a last ditch effort, Vince tried to turn into Chaos to strike the final blow, but in the process left himself wide open for the guardian's overdrive! Now Auron must prepare for his battle with Locke in the Final Four.

I saved the best for last, as the 16-bit Division is loaded. But only one can make it to the finals.

go lenna go butz go gus go fighter go knight go ramza

A. Cloud.
B. Kain.
C. Cecil
D. Knight!!!
E. Butz
F. Aeris
G. Rikku
H. Guy

FF6 characters better not get into the finals from this division...

I voted for

A Cloud
B Quina
C Cecil
D Strago
E Zell
F Aeris
G Rikku
H Gus

Fighter because Cloud's so overrated, Kain, Cecil, Knight, Batz, Lenna, Ramza, Sabin

Oh come on, how evil is this making me choose between Fighter and Cloud, and Quina and Kain?

I chose Cloud and Quina, as Quina is the single most sexiest FF character in the history of FF. *swoons* :love:

...this poll....

are ya kidding? Aeris will beat everyone because she can make herself immortal via Planet Protector :D.

Go zell!

Here are the results from the first round of the 16-bit Division (some of these results make me sick).

Cloud - ||||\||||\| 11
Fighter - |||| 4

Quina - ||||\| 6
Kain - ||||\|| 7

Cecil - ||||\||||\| 11
Wakka - || 2

Knight - ||||\| 6
Strago - ||||\||| 8

Bartz - ||||\|||| 9
Zell - ||||\ 5

Aeris - ||||\|||| 9
Lenna - ||||\ 5

Ramza - ||||\| 6
Rikku - ||||\||| 8

Sabin - ||||\||| 8
Gus - ||||\| 6

Anyone who thinks Strago is better than a FFI Knight and that Rikku can even hold a candle to Ramza needs to be institutionalized, seriously. Oh well, on to the next round.

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Knight losing is the biggest travesty ever. Knight is the all time baddest ass kicker in FF history.

Next time I'm rigging it so Knight wins, or at least gets to the final four. And all those damn FFVI characters are going to play each other in the first round.

dont worry, ff6 wont dominate the next tournament

Quina lost. :(

Hmm, This time I voted for Cloud, Cecil, Aeris, and Rikku.

Yeah...I don't think Strago will go anywhere this round.

Wow, all of the mathces are tied except for Cecil and Strago where it's an 8-0 landslide in Cecils favor.

Kain, Cecil, Bartz, Rikku.

A. Tough one, but I'll go with Cloud.

B. Cecil! No matter whether he's a Dark Knight or (SPOILER)a Paladin, I'm sure he can always take that old fart down!

C. Another tough one, but I'll take Aeris.

D. Rikku because I'm not voting for FF6 characters.

cloud is overrated.

#1. he started the whiny, angst-ridden/asshole protagonist trend that carried over in future ff games. (sure, cecil and terra had their own angst, but they never whined about it). cloud himself wasn't actually that bad, but squall and tidus certainly were. i swear if tidus asks one more pointless question, i'm going to smash the forking tv screen in.

#2. he spends half the game (SPOILER)lying about who he is. maybe it's not a conscious lie because his memory's obviously been tampered with, but it seriously devalues his worth as a character. it might make him somewhat more human, but kain has the "human" thing going about him too, and it's done without the blatantly unidentifiable (to a lot of people) trait of having his memory screwed with.

kain is badass. not only does he have the ridiculously twisted past that he never once complains about, but #1. he's a dragoon, and dragoons own quite possibly every other character class out there, and #2. he isn't all flowers and goodness. he has jealousy and evil in him, and the story explores that very well. not only that, but his ending kicked ass.

aeris is somewhat overrated. she's not a bad character, but she's not the perfect goddess a lot of people make her out to be. bartz, on the other hand, is a :skull::skull::skull::skull:ing pimp. how could you vote against a pimp? it's just wrong.

i don't really care about the other matchups. actually strago doesn't deserve to advance, but he's not going to.

too many people haven't played ffiv and ffv. also, too many people vote for ffvii characters just because they're ffvii characters. the fact that vincent made it to the last battle of the previous round was a travesty.

I'm sad Gus lost.

How do you know Kain has such a twisted past? I don't remember much background given on him during the game. Cloud, however, is the most in-depth done character in all of Final Fantasy. Plus Omnislash can beat just about anything Kain can dish out.

Oh my, Strago is being whitewashed.

Oh, and wtf Quina is out? WHAT THE BANANA IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

Some people just don't know sexiness when they see it...

Oh, I voted Cloud, Cecil, Aeris and Sabin.

Aeris is winning over Bartz right now? :mad:

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Originally posted by Del Murder
How do you know Kain has such a twisted past? I don't remember much background given on him during the game.

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It's not given in the game, it's given in the Japanese-only "Foundation Guide" that Square released awhile back. Kain's father's last wish was for him to become a Dragon Knight like him and restore the Highwind clan's honour. At some point, he began dating Rosa; when faced with the choice to become a Dark Knight, he had to decline, even though he wanted to bring honour to Baron. While he was away for training, Rosa took up with Cecil. Who was his best friend.

Hence, tortured past.

GO RIKKU AND CLOUD!!!

TOP 3 remaining:
1. Auron
2. Rikku
3. Cloud

huh. i doubt a vote will change a thing, but i WILL bet you that someone will vote for Strago by the end of this round.

and WTF??? Rikku is beating Sabin?!¿ :eek:

To: Mr. Mimic: yes, Aeris is beating Bartz. Aeris can use Planet Protector to make herself invincible and then beat his ass down with powerful materia spells :bgl:

yea but Bartz actually is worth levelling up. Levelling Aeris and her limits is so ridiculously beyond pointless.

When you get down to it, playing these games is pretty pointless.

Is today a new round day? I've lost track.

EDIT: Ok, I see where I screwed up. I went to fast on round one. That sucks, because there were some close battles in that round. Oh well.

of course it's all pointless, but levelling Aeris is even more pointless.

I've played the game 7 times and every time I level Aeris up to get her last limit. I don't know why, maybe because it is so awesome, maybe because I feel sorry for her and the road before her, or maybe just for completeness sake. Probably all of them, I get pretty sappy for the characters and I'm also one of those people that doesn't sell equipment so that he can have one of every item at the end.

It might be fulfilling, but it's still pointless. :p

once i get to the point that i don't have to use Aeris, she never sees my party again.

Yeah, she's cannon fodder anyway so why bother with her? I'd rather use Barret and Yuffie as you have to do solo boss battles with them.

Round 2 of the 16-bit division results:

Cloud - ||||\|||| 9
Kain - ||||\| 6

Cecil - ||||\||||\|||| 14
Strago - | 1

Bartz - ||||\|| 7
Aeris - ||||\|||| 9

Rikku - ||||\||| 8
Sabin - ||||\|| 7

Seminfinals coming up!

Cloud (VII) vs. Cecil (IV)
Two main characters battle it out in this one, with the paladin pitted against the mercenary. Can Cecil continue his momentum in this match, or will Cloud send him straight to the moon with a powerful Omnislash?

Aeris (VII) vs. Rikku (X-2)
Two ladies battle it out here. Will the planet protect Aeris enough to give her the strength of victory? Rikku may very well steal another one here.

I'm going with Cloud and Rikku.

Yay! Those FF6 characters got dropped out! These two match-ups are really tough. Cloud is probably my favorite main character, and Cecil is just plain awesome. There's a lot of stuff I like about Aeris, but the same can be said about Rikku as well. I can't decide, so I'll vote later. :mog:

Wow, Rikku is a lot more popular than I thought. I always found her annoying.

seems like the final fantasy X and X-2 girls r doin great they all made it past the first rounds...lulu would hav gotten further but yuna got in her way!!!

this division makes me sad

You people make me sad.

cecil so deserves to win this division

Hmm looks like it's going to be Cloud vs Rikku in the finals.

cloud is one of the most powerful ff characters...

16-bit semifinals results:

Cloud - ||||\|||| 9
Cecil - ||||\| 6

Aeris - |||| 4
Rikku - ||||\||| 8

Now here is the anticipated finals of the 16-bit Division.

Cloud (VII) vs. Rikku (X-2)
Rikku has surprised many with her popularity and stolen matches from some powerhouses, but she faces her toughest opponent in the heavily favored Cloud. Will she find the right dress to take down Cloud before he introduces her to his Knights of the Round buddies? Only one of these blodies can make it to the Final Four.

I'm sooo tempted to vote for Rikku just because...

I'm seriously unable to figure out why anyone would like Rikku, unless they're just horny, in which case that's gross. There is really no argument that can persuade me that she is stronger then Cloud, especially since this is X-2 Rikku, a much weaker version.

I don't think people are voting for Rikku because she's strong or weak. Many of them are voting for her because they want to mess around with Cloud and make him lose. You know, just like how almost everyone wanted Strago to lose a few rounds ago.

And BTW, I actually haven't voted yet.

I didn't want Cloud to advance this far in the first place. So I'm voting against Cloud, not for Rikku.

I'm voting for Cloud since everyone hates him so much. I really dont get it either.... what's so bad about him?

A lot of people don't like Cloud because he is popular and it isn't cool to like things that are popular. What people don't realize is that doing this is actually what is popular nowadays and so the people who act this way are actually hypocrites and accomplishing nothing.

I don't like Cloud because he doesn't drink Sprite. Duh! :rolleyes2

Oh ok now I see why its not cool to be cool to liek cloud :-/

It shames me that Cloud has advanced this far in the tournament, and I wasn't here to vote against him to stop it.

You had your chance, that match was a tie for most of yesterday and all day today. I waited patiently for someone to come a break it and finally we got another vote for Cloud...which brings me to the results and winner of the 16-bit Division:

Cloud - ||||\||| 8
Rikku - ||||\|| 7

Like I said this was a fierce battle! Rikku's thief speed prevented Cloud from using some of his better attacks, but she couldn't be able to find the offense to bring him down. After a long break with no action Cloud finally achieved Limit Break and took her down with a powerful Omnislash. He advances to the Final Four which starts now!

Final Four matchups:

Celes (VI) vs. Cloud (VII)
We will finally see who is the better C in this battle of very strong characters. The former general might be able to stop most of Cloud's magic with Runic, but can she avoid the menacing Omnislash? Both are skilled with swords, as this battle pits Atma Weapon versus Ultima Weapon. Which blade wielder will stand the test and advance to the finals?

Locke (VI) vs. Auron (X)
The thief has another challenge before him in the mighty guardian Auron. Both are great physical attackers, but only one can win. Will it be the speedy Locke or the enduring Auron? Locke better be prepared for Auron's overdrive, but the warrior better not let his guard down before his mighty Masamune is captured.

I think you know who I voted for. Mwaha.

Blarg! You should have set Mr. Thief and Ms. Opera-Floozy to fight each other on the first round. Otherwise this might end up as a double FF6 victory. Anyway, I'm voting for Cloud and Auron because I'm against everything in FF6.

GO CLOUD!

Celes and Locke! Celes and Locke!

A vote for Cloud is a vote for terrorism.

I voted Celes and Locke, by the way.

Yeah, you just said that.

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Originally posted by The Man
A vote for Cloud is a vote for terrorism.

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A vote for Locke is a vote for thievery and a vote for Celes is a vote for treason. :p

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Originally posted by Del Murder
Yeah, you just said that.

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Or did I?

Cloud, because his name is like, a cloud. And Locke, because his name is like a lock.

Where would civilisation be without clouds or locks? Exactly.

AURON- African Upland Rice Observational Nursery

Uh-oh, looks like Auron exists too.

Cloud is da pimpa, and Locke is da pimpa.

Cloud is all time best... and Auron was cool

Cloud and Auron are my votes

Wow Auron managed to come back and make it a tie! I'll leave voting up for one more day, still anyone's match there.

Oh, come on, Locke, whoop it up!

**teeth break from all the clenching**

Can I make a second account and vote for Locke?

Can I make 200 second accounts to vote for Celes? Though we all know the end of this... like every gamefaqs showdown of the sort. *gags* So sick of Cloud!

We come to the last match! Two powerful and worthy competitors will battle it out to see who is the greatest Final Fantasy character! Here are the Final Four results:

Celes - ||||\|| 7
Cloud - ||||\||||\||| 13
Well, Celes proved to be no match for the spikey haired mentally ill hero, as he busted his way over her and her runic with unblockable physical attacks and limit breaks, and warded off most her magic with clever use of the 'underrated' Tetra Elemental.

Locke - ||||\||||\ 10
Auron - ||||\|||| 9
In another close battle, Locke was able to dodge most of Aurons slow sword attacks thanks to the Beads relic. He then gave his own offering with four attacks in a row, taking down the old man.

Now for our Final:

Cloud (VII) vs. Locke (VI)
Both have come a long way to get here, but only one can be champion. Can Locke put the final nail in FFVI's dominance with a win here? Or will Cloud rain on his parade? This is a battle of two main male characters, and should be one of epic proportions!

What? Locke sc***ed Auron!? This is heresy, and I shall vote against Locke. Cloud is certainly the cooler guy, Locke can simply go and barf over the ship deck.

Locke for president!

As much as I love Locke, I'ma vote Cloud. Go Spike-man!

Locke all the way!

Dang...this is close...but I'll go Locke.

Cloud took an early lead but Locke jumps ahead! Exciting battle.

Locke had better roll, or I'll be sad.

i just made it 5-5... but LETS GO [COLOR=red]CLOUD

Cloud! WOOHOOO

keep this final goin 4 some 3 weeks or so, we need a lot of votes to determine this one... but we should all know who the best is... CLOUD

Man, I can't believe that Cloud is winning. :cry:

Yeah thats right Joel Clouds winnign MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Don't you Joel me! :aimmad:

This thread makes me very, very sad. :(

I voted for Cloud, still pretty close though

qucik question... which page is the last whole bracket we can can download and look at?

and go CLOUD

Page ten.

This vote will go on for one more day and then tomorrow evening I will announce the winner. Locke still has a chance!

If anyone out there has ANY COMMON SENSE, please vote Locke. Thanks, and have a good day.

mmm...a lot has happened when i was gone on vacation...*checks the bracket* wow...

why does it have to be the two characters i like the most to be the finalists?....i can't decide...

locke, Locke, LOCKE!!!

2 4 6 8 who do we appreciate?

Gooooooooooo Cloud! :tongue:

FOR THE LOVE OF ANDY GARCIA, MAKE LOCKE WIN!

If Locke wins, I'm going to delete my FF6 ROM. So show the thief who the real fighter is, Cloud! :cool:

If Cloud wins I'm gonna go Jay and Silent Bob on every one that voted for Cloud and find your real address and come over and dish out a can of whoop-ass!

*rechecks the votes*

wow so far Cloud has 12 votes and Locke has 11....this is gonna be the closest poll i've seen...

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Originally posted by Mr. Mimic
If Cloud wins I'm gonna go Jay and Silent Bob on every one that voted for Cloud and find your real address and come over and dish out a can of whoop-ass!

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really you're going to come and visit me? YAY! maybe when you come you can fix my computer :)

hey, it's all tied up!

Hm, I wonder how that happened.

Well, since I can't really proove eest's multiple personalities are to blame, I guess I'll let voting go one more day so that more cheating can occur and Locke can win.

Locke is cooler.

He sure is.

This is the best day ever

It is a sad day, actually. The integrity of the Character Showdown is now in question.

cloud takes steroids anyway

Don't blame me, I only voted once.

What the? This kind of acting is sickening, and it really proves to me that FF6 fans are nothing but cowardice cheaters. If this goes into nothing but eestlinc voting for Locke multiple times (I think he's voted at least 3-4 times since Locke had 9 votes, now he has 13), can't Locke get DQed and Cloud get declared the winner?

Well if there is significat evidence of foul play I could run a grudge match between Locke and Cloud and ban eest from ringside. But it seems Cloud has pulled ahead again. Whether or not multiple accounts were involved I cannot say.

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Originally posted by Sephiroth1999AD
it really proves to me that FF6 fans are nothing but cowardice cheaters.

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Hey now, be nice.

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Originally posted by Mr. Mimic
Hey now, be nice.

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Alright. I'm sorry. It's just that during the last few days, I've been close to getting into fights with some people who love FF6 and claim everything else sucks and that everyone who disagrees with them is a shallow idiot. But I still don't get it why eestlinc or someone messed up the poll.

Oh well, we all know Cloud is better, just because he has cooler hair. And he wears purple.

Why would you vote for someone not wearing purple unless you were a communist?

Wot a dispute, maybe this matchup shouldnt happen again... or maybe we should... then we can see Cload win again...hahaha

For, well, IF you create another tournament, maybe the characters can be seeded properly, this was a kind of testee tournament, and add some other characters who some would vote for more... or even better a 128 character tournament...

But NEway... lets go CLOUD

wtf I didn't vote for Locke 6 times! I voted for him once and I got my friend to vote for him once as well. I don't even like ff6 that much, but Locke is the superior character from that game.

This sucker is in the books. After a very close and controversial battle, we have a champion!

Cloud - ||||\||||\||||\|| 17
Locke - ||||\||||\|||| 14

After slashing his way out to an early lead, Cloud thought he could run away with this thing. The two then traded blows until Cloud's underestimation of the talented thief lead to Locke getting in a sneak attack to take the lead! Cloud then pulled out all the stops, and the two fought a brave battle finally capped off by an unlikely Ice3 attack from Cloud, freezing Locke in his place.

All hail the first Final Fantasy Character Showdown Champion, Cloud! Feel free to use this thread to discuss the results, what you liked about the game, and what you didn't like. This was fun and I'll be sure to do it again. I'll check back later with some fun stats.

NPC time baby

Time to assassinate the Final Fantasy Character Showdown Champion. :p

Cloud froze Locke? That's a... special ending. :D

Aftermath: Locke's pissed off, and he runs to the ship wreck. "Ugh, I can't lose!" he yells and barfs over the deck. Then Cloud arrives. "I saw that," he says. Locke is angry, and the two decide to start a Royal Rumble. All the 64 characters join it, and they knock each other over the ship deck. Finally, only Locke and Cloud are left in the ship. Locke steals Cloud's sword and stabs Cloud with it, but Cloud does the same thing which (SPOILER)he did to Sephiroth in Nibelheim 5 years prior to FF7's storyline, and he sends Locke flying to the sea.

The winner of the Royal Rumble and the NEW Final Fantasy Character Showdown Champion: CLOUD!

...but what i don't understand is...how did Rikku beat Aeris and Sabin? -_-;;

Rikku's popularity was definitly the biggest surprise of this tournament.

Yeah I thought Rikku was going to get slaughtered by Cloud but she ended up nearly beating him.

You people cheated. Cloud is a vastly inferior character.

come to think of it, if this was a continual tournament, then Cloud should be almost dead by the time he fights Locke, since Rikku almost beat him. Then Locke shoulda had the upper hand! It's not fair! *shakes fist in anger*

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Originally posted by Spuuky
You people cheated. Cloud is a vastly inferior character.

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I think Locke lovers are just sore losers. :p

No, we're sore lovers. :p

Fun stats:

Top vote getters:
1. Cloud - 67
2. Locke - 66
3. Auron - 55
4. Celes - 49
5. Cid (VII) - 48

Bottom vote getters:
1 vote - Cait Sith, Josef
2 votes - Benjamin, Gordon, Red Wizard, Reis, Tristam, Wakka

Biggest victories:
1. Cid (VII) over Josef, Round 1 - 16
2. Auron over Reis, Round 1 - 13
3. Terra over Cait Sith, Round 1 - 13
4. Edgar over Tristam, Round 1 - 13
5. Cecil over Strago, Round 2 - 13

Closest matches:
0 votes:
Vincent over Zidane, Round 3 (tiebreaker member was ShlupQuack)
1 vote:
Lulu over Black Wizard, Round 1
Kain over Quina, Round 1
Yuna over Lulu, Round 2
Rikku over Sabin, Round 2
Auron over Edgar, Round 3
Locke over Terra, Round 4
Cloud over Rikku, Round 4
Locke over Auron, Final Four

Total strength of victory (total votes won by):
1. Cid (VII) - 31
2. Terra - 23
3. Cloud - 23
4. Cecil - 22
5. Auron - 22
(Interesting to see Locke absent from this list, seeing as he was in the finals.)

Average strength of victory (average number of votes won by):
1. Cecil - 11
2. Cid (VII) - 10.33
3. Rydia - 9
4. Mog - 9
5. Shadow - 9

That's all I have. Enjoy.

So can we take the losers from the first round and make a loser's bracket and vote on the worst character in Final Fantasy?

I'm not upset that Locke lost, I'm upset that Cloud won. How boring and predictable.

I say we do what Mr. Mimic said only with all the characters.

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come to think of it, if this was a continual tournament, then Cloud should be almost dead by the time he fights Locke, since Rikku almost beat him. Then Locke shoulda had the upper hand! It's not fair! *shakes fist in anger*

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no one's answered this yet....-_-

Contestants sleep at the inn before rounds.

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Originally posted by Mr. Mimic
So can we take the losers from the first round and make a loser's bracket and vote on the worst character in Final Fantasy?

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Sounds like a pretty good idea. But does that mean we'll vote for the one who we think would lose the battle?

Yeah, that would work.

Cloud sucks.

In my detailed and meticulous statistical analysis of character vs character combat in FFIV, Rydia was easily the strongest. I haven't done it for other games, though, and I don't particularly feel like it. She was obviously cheated whenever she lost.

Quina is the coolest character, anyway.

I was going to go look for the thread I did my analysis in but it's undoubtedly pruned anyway. It was a "Kain vs Cecil" or "Kain vs Rydia" thread.

Rydia deserved to take it all.

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Originally posted by Del Murder
Contestants sleep at the inn before rounds.

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aww...it if had been continual then it would have tested their endurance too, which i think should have been. -_-

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Originally posted by The Man
Rydia deserved to take it all.

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Oh how that sounds so wrong out of context.

why wasn't i notified about this contest? i know first hand the wrath of Locke.

Mr. Repo Man (aka eestlinc's stunt double)! Welcome back, we've missed you. Since you know the wrath of Locke, I guess it's only good for you that Cloud won because now you can freely throw wrenches at everyone, and no Locke will come and beat you up for that. :)

About the losers' bracket, who will ran it, and will it be on this thread or another thread? Since this thread is pretty long already, it might be a better idea to make a new thread for it, but who knows.

Oh, and one more thing. On the first round, the 8-Bit Division, there was a battle between Celes and Agrias. I voted for Celes back then, but now that I've played FFT, I'd certainly vote for Agrias. She's pure awesomeness! :love:

FFT got the shaft in my opinion. That game had plenty of memorable and powerful characters.

i keep hearing that FFX is so good i'd do anything for it by now -_-

CLOUD!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha, tournament's over kiddo.