Hahaha, once I went there and fought Tri-Point (or whatever the lightning dude was called) with HORRIBLE junctions, and died really fast. I had unlocked GFs, but not Resurrection, so Phoenix came and attacked him, but failed to revive the party. Then she did it again. And again. Until the thing died, and I went to the Game Over screen 'cause my party was dead and all.

I really had no idea how I got that far having no idea how to play the game. FFVIII was the first game I ever really sat down and tried to play the whole way through.