But both are awful,annoying and time consuming. If you don't know what lies at the end of the grind, would you still do it? The only reason why I have Caladbolg is because I play on an emulator and there you can save game state.

I just don't see anyone going: ,,Well this chocobo game is terrible, let's spend a day getting it down to 0,maybe it's worth it. "

You don't know how low can it get, you don't know what the reward is, what's the incentive?

I mean, not every annoying minigame awards an ultimate weapon in FF.