Quote Originally Posted by MJN SEIFER View Post

First of all the battles we are talking about (FFVIII) Aren't "random" as you are "told" to do them, more on less so there for you should expect something.
No he tells himself to do it, as Duncan said he felt obligated. Besides random encounters are random as long as they can be blocked by things like No Encounters, and can be escaped from, if they aren't blocked by No Encounters, and cannot be escaped from they are what you call, Forced Battles.

Quote Originally Posted by MJN SEIFER View Post
In FFIX you fight some monsters In Linbulun (sp) and are rewarded.
You mean Lindblum during the Festival of the Hunt? Its a Tournament and you are told that you will get a prize if you win. Also you can see those battles on the screen and aviod them, so they aren't random battles.