FF Character Tournament - Winner revealed!

[Vermachtnis]

Go for Gold Celes! You made it this far!

[Del Murder]

If anything these tournaments have shown me just how popular Vivi is. I think he's the favorite to win it all.

[NeoCracker]

...Am I the only one bothered by the fact we don't know what Ramza turned into?

[Raistlin]

Ramza lost? The results of this tournament are officially void due to voter stupidity.

I guess I gotta go with Cid for the upset now.

[eestlinc]

ugh. how did Locke and Ramza both lose?

[Wolf Kanno]

I'm surprised Kain is doing this bad.

[eestlinc]

well, Cecil has to beat Kain, right?

[Del Murder]

Elight Eight results are in! Sorry for the delay, kids, I've been under the weather.

1. Cecil (FFIV) - 13
2. Kain (FFIV) - 9
These two old friends finally met in battle. In true-FFIV fashion they traded dialog in the battle screen before doing anything:

ROSA WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE WITH YOU...
SHE IS MINE!

KAIN...
TRULY, WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU...
IF NOT COME TO YOUR SENSES THEN WE FIGHT

Knowing each other well, they were able to anticipate the other's attacks. But Kain forgot potions and Cecil had some white magic so he was able to outlast his friend.

1. Edgar (FFVI) - 8
6. Celes (FFVI) - 14

Another pair of teammates did battle here. Edgar thought he had it easy this time. Celes's runic blade was useless against his tools. So he confidently walked up to the battle only to find Celes...in a Magitek armor! She had out machined the machinist. Edgar tried chainsaw but Celes was immune to one hit KO in her armor. A couple powerful beams took down the king of Figaro.

1. Vivi (FFIX) - 16
2. Cid (FFVII) - 8

Cid had the upper hand with strength and was able to control most of the battle. He got Vivi's health down quickly with physical attacks. Then Vivi reached trance mode. Cid thought he was being smart by calling the Highwind to defend him during Vivi's trance. But the airship is made of wood and metal, things conductive to fire and thunder. As the ship came crashing down to Vivi's spells, poor Cid went with it.

1. Auron (FFX) - 7
2. Balthier (FFXII) - 15

Instead of fighting head to head these two decided to have a cool-off instead. Auron donned his shades while Balthier flashed his earring. Auron spit some no-nonsense wisdom while Balthier came up with some witty one liners. Eventually Auron decided to show off his blade skills, doing an impressive array of slices and thrusts with his sword. 'What do you have that can beat that?' he asked with a smug smile. So Balthier just took out his gun and shot him, Indiana Jones-style.

Here is your final four matchups:

Old School Division vs. eestlinc's Favorites Division
Cecil (FFIV) vs. Celes (FFVI)

Polygon Division vs. Franchised Division
Vivi (FFIX) vs. Balthier (FFXII)

Winners meet in the finals!

[Slothy]

I voted for Cecil, but I honestly thought Kain would beat him.

[Rebellious Eagle]

Go, Celes and Vivi! Vivi is so much better than Balthier. >.>

[Del Murder]

For our next character spotlight, we look at the champion of the eestlinc's Favorites Division: Celes. FFVI spoilers!



Many would consider Celes the main protagonist of FFVI. She certainly is for the second half of the game, being the first character you control in the World of Ruin, and being the driving force in gathering the party back together in order to defeat Kefka.

Celes was once a general in the Empire's army, and being such she was infused with magitek energy. After seeing the horrors that the Empire was responsible for, she betrayed them and joined the Returners. For the first half of the game her loyalty comes into question by much of the party, but it was never necessary. Her loyalty to her friends never wavered.

Celes's special ability is Runic, which allows her to absorb her enemies' spells in her blade to recover MP. This is useful against spell-casting foes, but her true power comes from her innate magical abilities. She is one of only two characters to have access to spells early in the game, and can learn more powerful magic without the use of espers.

Despite her 6 seed this year, Celes has actually done pretty well in past tournaments. She is no stranger to the final four, making it there in the first tournament but losing to eventual winner Cloud. In the second tournament she made it to the elite eight of the Glory Days Division before losing to eventual winner Rydia. That's right, Celes has only ever lost to the eventual winners of these tournaments. Will she continue that trend, or will this finally be her time?

[eestlinc]

Celes? Her winning the "eestlinc's favorites" division is insult enough. but she is leading over Cecil? I'm not a Cecil lover, but come on. Celes isn't even the second or third best character in her own game! (Locke, Terra, Edgar, maybe Celes is fourth best, maybe)

[VeloZer0]

She's my favorite from the game.
The cliff scene was powerful stuff


And #3 or 4 from VI probably trumps #1 from IV in my book anyways.

[Vermachtnis]

Celes was my favorite in her game. And I like her more than Cecil. But what I wanna know is how Vivi is losing to Balthier. I mean I like Balthier and he was my favorite in XII, but Vivi is Vivi. And here I thought all the cool kids liked hating on XII.

[Raistlin]

Vivi is good, but overrated, and I have to vote against him because you horrible fanboys knocked off Cid Highwind. There was also a time when would've been a favorite in one of these.

Ramza still won this in my heart.