Now, maybe you guys should think of the element of time in FF8 at not only a mortal point of view, but from a God point of view as well. And here's the kicker. This God, is the players themselves. To us, we know what going to happen before it happens because we've played the game more than twice. Yet, we the players do have the ability to effect events in the story. Just because we don't actually exist within the story, doesn't mean we don't have any influence.

Sure, somethings we can't and won't ever be able to change. But, with out players actually playing the game, the world that is FF8 wouldn't even exist. The reason time compression never work is not because time is not allowing it. It's because the players themselves are not allowing it. And to put a spin on things, do you believe that time compression would succeed if the player forces the main party to die doing a battle? Yet, the players also have the ability to press the reset button and try all over again.

Maybe this is an INSANE concept I'm talking about. But I here their a fine line between insanity and genius. Either way, it's still something very important we must take in account. What's the player's true role in the fabric of the FF8 universe?