Census Results - Get your slack asses in here.

[Jiro]

The negative nancy-fest continues as we move onto a category I've been anticipating for a long while.

Least Favourite Skill

You people shouldn't really be allowed to vote here. Just because you have no skills doesn't mean you can be all butthurt and talk about how tit this skill is and that skill is. It's like saying "oh no I hate BMWs because of this and this" when we all know you're just angry 'cause you can't afford it. (Don't worry, I'm on your side with this one. smurf BMWs, the drivers are always idiotic and need to be paid a visit by 8-Ball from GTA3.)

One Pointers

• Doom
• Thunder Slash
• Chocobuckle
• Peep/Scan
• Trance (FFVI) (aka Morph right?)
• Catch/Tame
• Eat/Cook
• Jinx

So it's a pretty plain line up, all things considered. I tend to agree with most of them. Doom is useless as it rarely hits enemies that take you longer than 60 seconds to kill. Scanning an enemy to see how much health it has is outclassed by the fact you can just beat the tit out of them. Eating enemies is a pain in the butt, although the prize of Blue Magic makes it a little more useful than most. And Jinx merely raises your magic stat, right? And when punching things is more effective than setting them on fire, increasing your magic is a waste of time. There really are a lot of nerfed abilities in these games.

Second Place (2)

We have a three way tie for second, as opposed to the usual two way tie for third. In any case, we have a trio of sorta tit abilities. Or so it seems. Pray is first. Pray restores a small amount of health for absolutely free. Early on, that's actually smurfing useful. Save cash money on potions and just pray. I bet that's why the USA seems so hyper-religious; they're trying to pray away their ails because the medical system is absolutely smurfing bonkers. Hide is next, and its only real use is preventing Edward Chris von Muir from being dead. Seeing as he was one of the worst characters, this ability probably ought to have won it. Last up we have Steal. You people are idiots if you think nicking sweet equipment isn't useful. It's the easiest way to slaughter your enemies with early hardcore equipment in Final Fantasy VII. It's a good way to stock up on healing items in ALL GAMES. And it makes Zidane easily the most overpowered character before you leave the Evil Forest, if you're dedicated enough. Which, seeing as he was also up for worst character, it seems you aren't. Let's see if any of you can come up with good reasons for this, shall we?

Hide (FFIV). What possible use does having one character out of the battle give me? Edward does suck, but give him a Dream Harp and he can at least help with crowd control. Hiding is a waste.

At least I agree with you!

Pray. Good skill to blow a turn when you're not doing something else, I guess...?

I... don't disagree with you? What is going on here? Maybe you people are finally starting to see the light. We've finally gotten through!

Steal actually. With the exception of FFIX I've never really used it. I know there are benefits, like stealing rare items or saving gil from not having to buy items, but I've rarely found the games challenging enough to warrant it's use. Usually I'd rather plow through with damage dealing skills instead.

Well at least he's accurate, right? I can't badmouth Vivi22 too much anyway, as he will break down my door and then smack me in the face.

First Place (6)

That leaves us with the top spot. It goes to a special little something I like to call Gil Toss. I don't need to explain how wholly useless it is. Paying money to deal damage you yourself could probably do more than? Simply incomprehensible. The time and effort and battling needed to have enough money to make this a worthwhile skill actually levels you to the point where it isn't. So stop smurfing throwing money around and start punching things in the face. Jesus H Christ, you should save that cash for the casino.

Gil Toss. I usually need that money.

Gil Toss (why waste money when one can kick ass for free!!!!!!)

Money can be infinitely more useful than just tossing at enemies. Buy a couple of big, pointy rocks and toss them instead.