FF Character Tournament - Winner revealed!

[Raistlin]

I think I'm the only person that didn't think Auron was completely awesome and just mediocre =/ He was alright but was mainly just there to go first so I could guarantee easy arena kills

It is not difficult to prefer him over every other (annoying) character in the game.

I'm kinda surprised by the fact that so many people prefer Balthier over Fran.

I am not. Fran was an interesting character, but Balthier was awesome.

[Del Murder]

Yes I agree. Thats why I put him at a number 2 seed.

[Del Murder]

Now it's time to take a look at the final division, the eestlinc's Favorites Division. By process of elimination you should have been able to figure out the games in this division. At least eestlinc should have. For this character spotlight we look at the top seed from this division, FFVI's Edgar.



Edgar is one of the major characters in FFVI's ensemble cast. He is one of only three characters who must join the party in both the world of balance and world of ruin, therefore, you cannot beat the game without him. Also, since you first encounter him so early in the game, he is probably the character who travels with the party the longest in terms of length of the story. This is a good thing, because Edgar's specialty, Tools, is one of the best the game has to offer. At first he has the highly useful auto crossbow, which deals (pretty decent) physical damage to all enemies for no cost. Later he gets the drill which can pierce the enemy's defenses and do some good physical damage. And finally, we all love the chainsaw, capable of doing great amounts of damage or even killing the enemy outright.

Edgar is the king of Figaro, a desert empire. He is quite knowledgeable about machines (hence the Tools ability), and quite fond of the ladies. He first joins the party to protect Terra, as he is secretly against the Empire and a member of the Returners. He uses everything in his power to help their efforts to thwart Ghestal and Kefka's plans, including submerging his whole castle into the sand to transport the party. After Kefka destroys the world of balance, Edgar dons an alias as a plan to sneak back into Castle Figaro to reclaim it as his own. He then meets up with Celes and decides to join her effort to find their friends and stop Kefka once and for all.

In the first FF character tournament Edgar made it to the Sweet 16 round before being eliminated by Auron. In the second tournament he only made it to the second round of the Glory Days Division before being beaten by Terra. However, he has proven himself recently by winning the highly-competitive FFVI mini-tournament, which has resulted in his top seed here. eestlinc's Favorites has many great characters so he has a tough battle ahead of him if he wants to make it far this year.

[VeloZer0]

I'm kinda surprised by the fact that so many people prefer Balthier over Fran.

I found Fran to be an exceedingly boring and uninspired character. I also really disliked the animations of Vera in general.

[Del Murder]

Round 2 of the Franchised Division is now over. Here is the results:

1. Auron (FFX) - 16
8. Yuna (FFX) - 7

5. Lulu (FFX) - 12
4. Rikku (FFX) - 11

6. Ashe (FFXII) - 17
3. Sora (KH) - 7

7. Fran (FFXII) - 4
2. Balthier (FFXII) - 19

A very close battle between Lulu and Rikku. Also the Kingdom Hearts gang are now finally out of it, to the joy of many I'm sure. These four will make the Sweet 16 round. Now here is the first round of the final division, the eestlinc's Favorites Division.

1. Edgar (FFVI) vs. 16. Setzer (FFVI)

8. Faris (FFV) vs. 9. Orlandu (FFT)

5. Ramza (FFT) vs. 12. Agrias (FFT)

4. Bartz (FFV) vs. 13. Lenna (FFV)

6. Celes (FFVI) vs. 11. Mog (FFVI)

3. Terra (FFVI) vs. 14. Cyan (FFVI)

7. Sabin (FFVI) vs. 10. Galuf (FFV)

2. Locke (FFVI) vs. 15. Shadow (FFVI)

I think this will be an interesting round because people's impressions of these characters are so varied. Also looks like we have that anticipated Edgar vs. Setzer rematch.

[Vermachtnis]

SO this is where Faris was hiding. Was waiting for her to show up. Too bad she's up against Thunder God Cid in her first match D:

[Wolf Kanno]

This was a nasty round... Tactics vs V vs VI...

I'm going to make a prediction and say this will end exactly like the VI tournament with Terra vs, Edgar.

[eestlinc]

bartz v lenna is tough, but i guess people hate lenna for some reason.

[Raistlin]

I'm rooting for Orlandu and Galuf for the upset, though they won't win it all. I'm hoping Ramza goes far, though.

[eestlinc]

Ramza is the best ff character ever.

[Del Murder]

Cyan's only vote so far is from the person who votes for everyone.

[Kyros]

Some of those matchups made me sad to choose a person

[Wolf Kanno]

Cyan's only vote so far is from the person who votes for everyone.

Its because you put him up against Terra in the first match up

[NeoCracker]

I voted Cyan.

[eestlinc]

Cyan is one of my least favorite characters in ff6.