I've never run one of these before so you'll have to bear with me if I get something wrong, and I can't promise to have all this sorted out immediately when results get done because I'm still not 100% sure what I'm doing. But regardless, I'm going to give this a go.

Have you got some L'cie-granted psychic powers and reckon you know exactly who's going to win this Final Fantasy popularity contest? Then show me what you're made of. This is the Official Final Fantasy Ciddies Prediction Party for End of Year 2012.

It takes little to no effort, but play your cards right and you could be walking away with the best prize of all - bragging rights. Anybody that beats WesLY in predictions will also receive a coupon for one free high five from yours truly! I'll even throw in a butt squeeze if you're feeling frisky.

Here's what you need to do:

  • Click on the spoiler
  • Pick a winner from the nominees in each category
  • Post your choices in this thread

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Remember though, this isn't your vote! Hit up Award Chocobo if that's what you're searching for.

Categories
1. Best Character
Auron - FFX
Balthier - FFXII
Celes Chere - FFVI
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Lightning - FFXIII
Quina Quen - FFIX
Terra Branford - FFVI
Vivi Ornitier - FFIX

2. Best Hero
Cecil Harvey - FFIV
Cloud Strife - FFVII
General Leo - FFVI
Locke Cole - FFVI
Ramza Beoulve - FFT
Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
Tidus - FFX
Zack Fair - FFVII:CC
Zidane Tribal - FFIX

3. Best Heroine
Ashe B'nargin Dalmasca - FFXII
General Beatrix - FFIX
Celes Chere - FFVI
Lightning - FFXIII
Rydia - FFIV
Terra Branford - FFVI
Tifa Lockhart - FFVII
Yuna - FFX

4. Best Villain
Emperor Mateus - FFII
Kefka Palazzo - FFVI
Kuja - FFIX
Rufus Shinra / Shinra Corp - FFVII
Sephiroth - FFVII
Seymour Guado - FFX
Sin - FFX

5. Best NPC
Bugenhagen - FFVII
Cid Fabool IX - FFIX
Gilgamesh
Moogle
Mukki - FFVII
Stay Away From The Summoner Lady - FFX
Ultros - FFVI

6. Best Creature (Species)
Behemoth
Cactuar
Chocobo
Malboro
Moomba
Tonberry

7. Best Summon
Alexander
Anima
Bahamut
Carbuncle
Doomtrain
Ifrit
Odin
Shiva

8. Best World
Gaia - FFIX
Gaia - FFVII
Ivalice - FFT, FFTA, FFXII
Spira - FFX
Terra - FFIX
Vana'diel - FFXI
World of Ruin - FFVI

9. Best Town/Location
Archades - FFXII
Golden Saucer - FFVII
Lindblum - FFIX
Macalania - FFX
Midgar - FFVII
Rabanastre - FFXII
Treno - FFIX
Zanarkand - FFX

10. Best Song
Aerith's Theme - FFVII
Answers - FFXIV
Battle at the Big Bridge - FFV
Eyes on Me - FFVIII
Liberi Fatali - FFVIII
Melodies of Life - FFIX
One Winged Angel - FFVII
Rose of May - FFIX
Suteki Da Ne - FFX
Terra's Theme - FFVI
You're Not Alone - FFIX

11. Best Moment
Clash of the Gardens - FFVIII
Death of Aeris - FFVII
End of an Era - FFXIV
Squall and Rinoa in Space - FFVIII
The Opera House - FFVI
Tidus & Yuna Love Scene - FFX
Tidus Disappears - FFX
You're Not Alone sequence - FFIX

12. Sexiest Male
Auron - FFX
Balthier - FFXII
Bartz Klauser - FFV
Basch fon Ronsenburg - FFXII
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Edgar Roni Figaro - FFVI
Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
Zack Fair - FFVII:CC

13. Sexiest Female
Fran - FFXII
Lightning - FFXIII
Lulu - FFX
Quistis Trepe - FFVIII
Rikku - FFX
Rinoa Heartilly - FFVIII
Rydia - FFIV
Tifa Lockhart - FFVII

14. Cutest Male
Gau - FFVI
Hope Estheim - FFXIII
Laguna Loire - FFVIII
Tidus - FFX
Vivi Ornitier - FFIX
Zidane Tribal - FFIX

15. Cutest Female
Aeris Gainsborough - FFVII
Eiko Carol - FFIX
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII - FFIX
Oerba Dia Vanille - FFXIII
Relm Arrowny - FFVI
Rikku - FFX
Rydia - FFIV
Selphie Tilmitt - FFVIII

16. Best Voice
Auron - FFX
Balthier - FFXII
Caius Ballad - FFXIII-2
Lightning - FFXIII
Sazh Katzroy - FFXIII
Snow Villiers - FFXIII
Wakka - FFX

17. Best Dialogue (Character)
Balthier - FFXII
Barret Wallace - FFVII
Cid Highwind - FFVII
Kefka Palazzo - FFVI
Sazh Katzroy - FFXIII
Tellah - FFIV
Tidus - FFX
Yuna - FFX

18. Best Dressed Character
Ashe B'nargin Dalmasca - FFXII
Balthier - FFXII
Edgar Roni Figaro - FFVI
Lightning - FFXIII
Lulu - FFX
Rydia - FFIV
Setzer Gabbiani - FFVI
Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
Terra Branford - FFVI
Vincent Valentine - FFVII

19. Best Story (Character)
Auron - FFX
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Sazh Katzroy - FFXIII
Sephiroth - FFVII
Terra Branford - FFVI
Vivi Ornitier - FFIX
Yuna - FFX
Zack Fair - FFVII:CC

20. Nicest Character
Aeris Gainsborough - FFVII
Oerba Dia Vanille - FFXIII
Rikku - FFX
Rosa Farrell - FFIV
Selphie Tilmitt - FFVIII
Tifa Lockhart - FFVII
Vivi Ornitier - FFIX
Yuna - FFX

21. Evilest Character
Cait Sith - FFVII
Emperor Mateus - FFII
Exdeath - FFV
Kefka Palazzo - FFVI
Kuja - FFIX
Sephiroth - FFVII
Seymour Guado - FFX
Vayne Carudas Solidor - FFXII

22. Happiest Character
Cait Sith - FFVII
Laguna Loire - FFVIII
Quina Quen - FFIX
Rikku - FFX
Selphie Tilmitt - FFVIII
Yuffie Kisaragi - FFVII
Zidane Tribal - FFIX

23. Angriest Character
Adelbert Steiner - FFIX
Amarant Coral - FFIX
Auron - FFX
Barret Wallace - FFVII
Cid Highwind - FFVII
Lightning - FFXIII
Lulu - FFX
Zell Dincht - FFVIII

24. Funniest Character
Adelbert Steiner - FFIX
Balthier - FFXII
Cid Highwind - FFVII
Gilgamesh
Laguna Loire - FFVIII
Quina Quen - FFIX
Reno - FFVII
Ultros - FFVI
Zell Dincht - FFVIII

25. Weirdest Character
Amarant Coral - FFIX
Cait Sith - FFVII
Gau - FFVI
Gilgamesh
Gogo - FFVI
Kimahri Ronso - FFX
NORG - FFVIII
Quina Quen - FFIX
Umaro - FFVI

26. Most Influential Character
Cecil Harvey - FFIV
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Edgar Roni Figaro - FFVI
Laguna Loire - FFVIII
Sephiroth - FFVII
Terra Brandford - FFVI
Zack Fair - FFVII:CC
Zidane Tribal - FFIX

27. Most Mysterious Character
Amarant Coral - FFIX
Auron - FFX
Chocolina - FFXIII-2
Gogo - FFVI
Louisoix - FFXIV
Red XIII - FFVII
Shadow - FFVI
Vincent Valentine - FFVII

28. Most Underrated Character
Bartz Klauser - FFV
Cait Sith - FFVII
Edward Chris von Muir - FFIV
Freya Crescent - FFIX
Quina Quen - FFIX
Zell Dincht - FFVIII

29. Most Annoying Character
Cait Sith - FFVII
Hope Estheim - FFXIII
Oerba Dia Vanille - FFXIII
Quina Quen - FFIX
Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
Tidus - FFX
Vaan - FFXII
Yuffie Kisaragi - FFVII
Zell Dincht - FFVIII

30. Cutest Couple
Aeris Gainsborough & Zack Fair - FFVII:CC
Cecil Harvey & Rosa Farrell - FFIV
Celes Chere & Locke Cole - FFVI
Cloud Strife & Tifa Lockhart - FFVII
Oerba Yun Fang & Oerba Dia Vanille - FFXIII
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII & Zidane Tribal - FFIX
Rinoa Heartilly & Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
Thorn & Zorn - FFIX
Tidus & Yuna - FFX

Most Likely To...
31. Be the Protagonist in a New Sequel
Balthier - FFXII
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Kain Highwind - FFIV
Lightning - FFXIII
Seifer Almasy - FFVIII

32. Get Killed off in a New Sequel
Lightning - FFXIII
Barret Wallace - FFVII
Cait Sith - FFVII
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Edward Chris von Muir - FFIV
Hope Estheim - FFXIII
Snow Villiers - FFXIII

33. Get Run Over by a Chocobo
Adelbert Steiner - FFIX
Cait Sith - FFVII
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Sazh Katzroy - FFXIII
Tidus - FFX
Yuffie Kisaragi - FFVII
Zell Dincht - FFVIII

34. Be Riding the Chocobo
Bartz Klauser - FFV
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Kefka Palazzo - FFVI
Mog - FFVI
Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
Tifa Lockhart - FFVII
Zidane Tribal - FFIX

35. Laugh at the Character Getting Run over by a Chocobo
Heidegger - FFVII
Kefka Palazzo - FFVI
Rikku - FFX
Seifer Almasy - FFVIII
Selphie Tilmitt - FFVIII
Wakka - FFX
Yuna - FFX

36. Run over a snurble and spend the rest of their lives crying over it
Aeris Gainsborough - FFVII
Cloud Strife - FFVII
Oerba Dia Vanille - FFXIII
Rikku - FFX
Selphie Tilmitt - FFVIII
Serah Farron - FFXIII-2
Vivi Ornitier - FFIX
Yuna - FFX

37. Beat up an adamantoise on their day off
Auron - FFX
Lightning - FFXIII
Oerba Yun Fang - FFXIII
Sabin René Figaro - FFVI
Snow Villiers - FFXIII
Squall Leonhart - FFVIII
Zell Dincht - FFVIII

38. Be Biggs
Biggs - FFVI
Biggs - FFVII
Biggs - FFVIII
Gibbs - FFXII
Wedge - FFVII
Wedge - FFVIII
Zell Dincht - FFVIII
Zorn - FFIX

39. Be Wedge
Biggs - FFVII
Biggs - FFVIII
Deweg - FFXII
Thorn - FFIX
Umaro - FFVI
Wedge - FFVII
Wedge - FFVIII

40. Get Together
Balthier & Tifa Lockhart - FFXII & FFVII
Cait Sith & Quina Quen - FFVII & FFIX
Celes Chere & Locke Cole - FFVI
Cloud Strife & Squall Leonhart - FFVII & FFVIII
Edge Geraldine & Rydia - FFIV
Quina Quen & Vivi Ornitier - FFIX

Special Awards for Square-Enix Staff
41. Highwind Award for Most Loved Former Square-Enix Employee
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Masato Kato
Nobuo Uematsu
Ted Woolsey
Tetsuya Takahashi
Yasumi Matsuno
Yasunori Mitsuda

42. Highwind Award for Most Loved Current Square-Enix Employee
Hiroyuki Ito
Masayoshi Soken
Naoki Yoshida
Tetsuya Nomura
Yoichi Wada
Yoshinori Kitase
Yosh</>itaka Amano

Remember: the person with the highest correct predictions between this and last Ciddies will get bragging rights!

Well then, shall we?