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*grins* Doomsday if you're gonna use Big D's nuggets of wisdom in your answers at least use them in context and not because it's all you can think of :D.
Okay I'll give a hint, the answer is NOT FFVII, but materia is found in FFVII, so you're gonna have to find a new way to get the answer to the riddle.
Phoenix Ash, I officially hate you. :p
Jeez I actually made this riddle EASIER than I was gonna because I wanted to try a new style quite quickly. POD wasn't wrong to think what he did was overly easy because that's deliberate, he just didn't read my first post properly (or ignored it), and didn't quite get what he did do right.
I do know that was in jest by the way, but seriously so many people are just assuming they can't solve these and not trying properly.
Anyway I've given far too many hints, so I'll leave you to it for now.
No, I'm trying. Trust me. I'm just lost at the moment. :frust:
Strange - I did read your post and all of it, but apparently I still missed something (probably that it's straightforward :)). I also wasn't sure if that was what you were looking for or not, and if it was, well, then I would have been very right, very quickly, now wouldn't I? ;) I didn't mean to show lack of respect for your riddles either, I just thought that if I was that right that easily, then I should provide some constructive input for you. *shruggles*
Anyways, the riddle.
You might win the fight with this kind of Rush. (Bum or Angelo Rush)
A magic, a sword and an enemy aswell. (Atma or Ultima)
First on the list in an equipment menu. (I have to be taking this too literally - no disrespect, but I don't think you know either :p)
A materia that gives you as long as you need. (Underwater, what else could be it?)
Let's try applying FFVI. In this case, the first line refers to Bum Rush or Moogle Rush. If it was FFVIII, then the reference would be to Angelo Rush.
The second one can't be Atma, on second thought, because Atma is not a magic in the game. (It does mean "soul", so metaphorically it could be magic, but even then, there are only two instances of Atma in FFVI...) It can't be Ragnarok, because although it could be a sword or an Esper, it isn't an enemy?
You know, I notice your punctuation is non-standard in line 2 - you should have a comma after "a sword". If this is intentional (I wouldn't put it past you :D), then I would say the Magic refers to (something I haven't figured out yet - I guess Ultima since it's the most prominent magic in the game) and the "a sword and an enemy" refers to Atma.
If it was FFVIII - I would have to go with the idea of Lionheart or Griever or something - because Griever is an enemy and Lionheart is a sword. The "magic" could be the GF Griever or Ultimecia summoning or something like that related to it.
The third line... damn. Like I said, I'm sure I'm thinking of this too literally. Potion? :D
The fourth line... Underwater removes the limit to fighting Emerald. So it gives you all the time you need to fight or beat Emerald. Transpose to other games. Where else do you fight or beat a gem? FFIX comes to mind when thinking of Emeralds as gems and stuff... but it doesn't gel with anything else in the riddle. FFVI, you fight Espers that get reduced to Magicite, which are gems. You also fight Tritoch, which is enclosed in ice, which is kinda like a gem. If it was FFVIII, I don't know.
Well, a deceptively easy riddle you've put together, Phoenix. Well done. :)
OOC: I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THE FFVIII RIDDLES THREAD!!! I put an easy one in there. Sorry! :(
Thats what I've been saying the whole timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dark_Paladin_Cecil
Noooo.... POD you're going backwards, you did very well with your first attempt, apart from one line, which you should be able to guess which one that is. I know you weren't being disrespectful, just that you should expect my riddles to have some kind of catch in more than just four separate riddles in one. Also the bit you seemed to have missed was that I wanted you to name a game.
The punctuation in line two isn't relevant, it's just the way I tend to punctuate, though I was impressed at your logic there :D.
Okay I may not be back for a couple of days, but I'll try my hardest to. Here's one last hint, theres a reason you managed to get such specific answers to the lines that you got. I don't make things easy for the hell of it :D.
Damnit Pheonix... Why must you always make us suffer :mad:
I did forget to mention a game, huh? :exdee: Well, I should have stated FFVIII. That's what happens when I ramble on about trying to solve stuff - I post my reasoning and forget a conclusion. :p Oh well.
Doomsday's response, if correct, would mean that the incorrect part of my first guess would be the last line - instead of being Underwater materia, it would be, by his logic, GF summons that give you enough time to Boost.
I think the third line refers to Junctioning, because in the menu, Junction is first.
So yeah, just restating Doomsday's stuff here. Good work, I think.
1. Angelo Rush. Hell, it could be Zell's Punch Rush too.
2. Ultima (the whole no-sword thing explained by Doomsday - fits w/my punctuation idea, even though it's wrong :p)
3. Junctioning
4. GF summons
FFVIII.
One thing still bothers me - this is still just treating it as four riddles in one, which Phoenix said there's more to it than that. There's a reason why it wasn't difficult to obtain specific answers...
It should bother you. I do like the logic you're both using as it's fairly creative, but it's going completely in the wrong direction. I've said the lines are meant to be easy, and I said POD's first post was very good. I'll probably give the answer soon as it's gone on too long for this type of riddle, never mind I'll just find a new style again.
Okay - I'm going to guess that although each line refers to something from FFVII, when these references are put together, they yield a game that is not FFVII. That's the only way my first post can be more correct than my subsequent posts, and yet have FFVII not be the answer.
You might win the fight with this kind of Rush. Beat Rush
A magic, a sword and an enemy aswell. Ultima
First on the list in an equipment menu. ***
A materia that gives you as long as you need Underwater
***: This is probably the line I got wrong the first time. In the Item menu, Potion is first. In an equipment menu, depending on which character it is, their initial equipment is listed first, I think. I don't have FFVII on me right now to verify this. Someone wanna fill this in?
I'll try and put the remaining three parts together and answer FFVI.
Beat Rush is a type of Limit Break. The concept was first introduced as Desperation attacks in FFVI. Ultima appeared first in FFVI. And underwater fighting appeared for the first time in the FFVI's Serpent Trench. (Fighting on ships was in NES games, and traveling underwater was in FFV, but fighting underwater was not until FFVI).
If no one gets it, maybe you could supply the logic to the riddle and its answer, and we'll decide whether it works or not. :p
Okay I'm bored of this riddle now, so I'm giving it to POD for getting closest.
You might win the fight with this kind of Rush. (Beat)
A magic, a sword and an enemy aswell. (Ultima)
First on the list in an equipment menu. (Weapon)
A materia that gives you as long as you need. (Underwater)
---> Beat Ultima Weapon Underwater, a feat achieved in FFVIII. I did say the lines gave specific answers for a reason, and noone even attempted to say anything that was actually in an equipment menu rather than an item menu.
Tricky and very clever. Excellent riddle to say the least.
Take care all.
[q=Phoenix]...and noone even attempted to say anything that was actually in an equipment menu rather than an item menu.[/q]
[q=me]3. I don't know what's first on the list in the equipment menu, but I'll go with Buster Sword, since it's Cloud's first weapon and he's the main character, so ha.[/q]
I see how it fits - "Weapon" was too general for me to catch on, apparently. And if I stopped thinking about line 1 as "Beat Rush" and just "Beat" instead, I think I could have gotten it. Well done.
I can't think of any good ones, so back at you, Phoenix.
*cries* nooooooooo