Reptiles

Reptiles

reptiles

Well, what do you know, a 6-6 tie between opponents who are practically the antitheses of each other. Who'd have thought...

At least it shouldn't be a hard choice for whoever the tie breaker is... now it's A Little Bit Dramatic's turn.

Okay so Dramatic's time is up... passing the tie-break torch on to Jeff.

Gotta go Armors, Reptiles were a nuisance.

Well, really close intense battle there, the Reptiles did seem to oddly be competition, but the Armors end up just barely crushing them!

Round 1 - Battle 15

Elementals

Another popular enemy that seems to serve the same purpose as flans, there's a whole variety of them of many colors, each representing a different element, and have a thick armor against physical attacks. Red for fire, Blue for water, White for ice, Yellow and Gold for lightning, Dark for every element/reflect, and finally Black for Arcane-ish magic like Flare/Demi/Berserk. Oh, and the Nega in the Arena, which is like the Dark Element on steroids.

VS.

Cephalopods

You're probably wondering "what the hell is this"? These are the octopus-jellyfish things with the tentacles. The reason you might have trouble remembering, is because there are only two in this game: The Octopus, and the boss "Tros" from the sunken ship at the beginning. What and where is the octopus, you ask? It's that thing with the tentacles encountered only in Via Purifico occasionally, if you may remember. As for their power, their tentacles may slow you down... but anyway, you're more likely to remember this guy if you've played X-2, even though it's only one of a kind there. But you better not forget the battle with Tros! Nautilus Charge... yeah.


Elements for me, but I like the Cephs.

Elementals, they were annoying as hell cos I couldn't hack them hard enough but that's what made 'em decent fiends.

Elementals

Elementals

Armours
lol woops

Cephalowhatevers

woops im too late

Elementals

Elementals

Elementals

Elementals

I see your edit, mico, but it's too late... we already had 8-0. Yeah that's right, because of the previous battle I'm changing the blowout conditions back to 8-0

Elementals 8-1 Cephalopods

It makes sense that something consisting of only a boss and a monster you encounter in a temporary area wouldn't make it, let alone against something as classy as Elementals.

But let's move on...

Round 1 - Battle 16

Mimic

A very special enemy encountered in the Omega Ruins, but you are only forced to fight it if you open the chest that it's posing as. But they do give a lot of money if you beat them, and while they appear as scraps, they take four different forms: Ruminant, Mech, Winged Beast, or Basilisk. But beware, they're extremely powerful... and only worth fighting if you want to be a gillionaire. They don't even need to be captured or anything.

VS.

Basilisks

The three-headed petrifying snake things, them being the Basilisk and the Anacondaur. The third head is the one you wanna watch out for, as it can petrify you with Stone Gaze. The Anacondaur also hits with it's Sonic Tail, and the arena's Jormungand's Cold Stare IGNORES immunity to Petrification (I might be wrong about that, I know Chac from X-2 does). These things also carry a Blue Magic for Kimahri: Stone Breath, though they never directly use it.

Mimics. Sorry I missed the tiebreak, Zak. I've had exams all week and hardly been online!

Basilisks

Mimics

Hmm, Basilisks for me too. The Mimics pissed me off the first time and since then I never bothered with them since you can get everything there is to get in the game without beating one. Plus I love the Basilisks and how they have different Blue Magic both in X and X-2.

Mimic

Mimic

Basilisks

Basilisks

Basilisks

Basilisks 5-4 Mimics

Once again, a really close and fair battle, but the Basilisks, being more mainstream, seem to have it. The Blue Magic might have helped too.

Round 1 - Battle 17

Blades

These are the big metal scorpion-like creatures with the pointy legs and tail, like Klikk which you fight at the beginning with Rikku as somewhat of a boss in Baaj. The early ones just attack, but later in the game, monsters like Epaaj or Machea's attack may inflict Poison, as well as attack with their blade. Espada from the arena, it's attack inflicts death as well! Don't be fooled into thinking you need better defense, that won't help you for attacks that treat "death" as a status.

VS.

Revenants

You might prefer to call them "Ghosts". There's just the Ghost and the Wraith, no arena monster this time, but there doesn't need to be one. This is the thing that uses Doom at the beginning of every battle, and the way for Kimahri to learn it. It also uses magic of every element, and it's elemental weakness changes every battle. The Wraith may cast Death if no one's doomed, so watch out!

I'm a go with the Revenants.

Revenants

Also, I'd like to humbly ask everyone to check out the Video Game Music Rumble (Thread 66118) and please vote!

Revenants

Blades

Blades

Blades

Blades

blades

revenants

Blades

Revenants

Blades

Blades

Blades 8-5 Revenants

Great battle... but although the Revenants had a head start in the beginning, the Blades manage to keep up and overtake them.

Round 1 - Battle 18

Spellspinners

What are these you ask? Again... much like the armors, there's only two of them, one late in the game and one in the Arena. The monsters in question are the Varunas from the Omega Ruins, the big blue dragon things that use Haste at the beginning of every battle. They can use just about every powerful magic as well as a few status effects, but their "Pharoah's Curse" will give you FOUR status effects at once! Also they've got a countdown attack known as "Emblem of Fate" which you probably wouldn't want to be in the way of. Once you've mastered these, try taking on Abaddon in the arena, which are these guys on steroids with "Emblem of the Cosmos". Again, they had a little more fun with these guys in X-2.

VS.

Larvae

These are the big emblem things surrounded by mist. The Larva and Maze Larva absorb both Lightning and Water and use a lot of elemental magic, so better have Silence handy. The Spirit in the Omega Ruins is like an alternative for an arena version of this: Uses and absorbs every magic, and may cast White Wind on itself (Kimahri can't learn it, though)!

Spellspinners are my way to go.

Larvas, or perhaps Larvae rather.

Spellspinners

Larvas, or perhaps Larvae rather.

Larvas, or perhaps Larvae rather.

....Or maybe even Lavos? ~_^

(Also my vote goes to Larvae in case you didn't notice :))

Spellspinners

Spellspinners. btw, i thought only Demonoliths had pharoah's curse?

Spellspinners

Spellspinners

Spellspinners

Spellspinners 7-3 Larvae

Great battle, but the Larvae are beaten bad by the Spellspinnae... err, Spellspinners.

We're almost done here...

Round 1 - Battle 19

Doomstone(s)

The reason for the parenthesis, is because actually in this game there's only one of them: The Demonolith. This is another monster that they had a lot more fun and utilized to the full potential in X-2 as there were many of them, but for now we just have the Demonoliths to go on.
These guys are also towards the end, just the Omega Ruins and Sin, and also have Pharaoh's Curse, which does the same four statuses. But make sure you have something against Stone, because their Breath will attempt to petrify everyone at once! Kimahri's Lancet can indeed detect that as Stone Breath and learn it.

VS.

Rocs

These are the giant birds with a lot of HP. You get introduced to them pretty early, like the Garuda in the Besaid tutorial which Wakka demonstrates how to blind and Yuna demonstrates how to defend with Valefor, and also in Luca Stadium's chaos, and finally permanently on Mushroom Rock. But while this thing only does Sonic Boom, it's cousin the Zu from the Desert, it can do way more (and also has a forced fight!). Like, land on the ground, which is good because no more Sonic boom... Stratoavis from the Arena is like a more powerful version of the Zu, with Sonic Boom replaced by "Paean of the Heavens".

I gotta go with Doomstones (might as well say "Demonoliths", but Doomstones is the official name of the class once it becomes one in X-2).

Rocs

Doomstones

Doomstones

Doomstones

Doomstones

Rocs

Rocs

Rocs

Rocs

Well well well... Doomstone seemed to be in the lead at first, but now we have a tie.

Dramatic, I'm gonna give you another chance.

...okay passing the torch to Olde...

Um, Olde, okay, I got your PM, but you're supposed to post your vote here, not privately in response to me. You might have known that and done it by mistake, but anyway, just so everyone knows...


Put my vote in for Rocs.

So a victory for the Rocs! A little bit of a surprise considering the Doomstones were ahead for a while, but the Rocs swooped down for a comeback!

And now... the last battle of this round:

Round 1 - Battle 20

Birds

Another really basic monster, and one of the first ones you see, in Besaid. Also one of them has one of the littlest amount of HP. They're pretty easy to kill, especially if you're Wakka. There's three of them, and they do get faster as you go along, especially the Alcyones in the desert. Still, they only just attack, with a small chance of blinding, except for the pathetic Condor. This species does, however, slightly get to shine in the arena, as Pteryx. That thing's a piece of work, being really fast and able to Curse and Delay with various beak attacks, so be prepared!

VS.

Haizhes

Weird word that probably needs explaining... I don't even know if it's a real word, it's just the name of the class given to these things in X-2 when classes started being labeled. As for what they are, they're the aquatic little glowing sparkly things with the spiky fins, that charge three turns and then unleash a Sonic Wave, which hits everyone, and they're also really weak to Lightning as are most aquatic fiends. If you still don't know what I'm talking about, it's the Phlegyas in Via Purifico and the Achelous in Gagazet cave.


I quite like the Haizhes, they get my vote. Like most monsters, they had more fun with them in X-2, that's for sure... I believe they had a Blue Magic you had to confuse them to learn.

Birds

Birds, sorry Zak.

My bad. Birds.

Birds

Birds

Bird-bird-bird, B-Bird's the word.

Birds

Haizhes

Birds 7-2 Haizhes

So the birds slaughter... well, they did have the advantage as one of the first enemies you see.

That concludes the first round! Round 2 will be set up shortly. And as usual, unlike most rumbles I will not tell the pairings in advance. :)

Okay let's go.

Round 2 - Battle 1

Flans

The blobs that are a longtime member of the franchise, except in this game they specifically serve the purpose of representing every element. The Dark one doesn't really have an Element, but it does have Kimahri's White Wind...
They made pudding out of the Dinofish in the last round.

VS.

Ochus

Malboro-lites, as they have been called before. The Ochus also been around for a while, doing their dance. In this game they can be especially annoying with status effects, especially the Lord Ochu boss. They ripped the Piranhas in the last round.

Ochus

Flans

Flans

Flans

Ochus for me.

I'm gonna go with Flans.

Flans also.

Flans

Flans

Flans 7-2 Ochus

Flans once again make pudding out of the Ochus, and make the top 10!

Round 2 - Battle 2

Elementals

This is like an alternative to the Flans who just won. The beat the Cephalopods (octopi) in the last round... dunno if that says much, but will they join the Flans in the top 10?

VS.

Spellspinners

Just reminding, these are the Varunas in the Omega Ruins... besides the arena's Abaddon, they're the only one. You know, the blue dragons that use Haste at the beginning of every battle and have pretty wacky skills along with a lot of magic. The Larvae were their unlucky victim in the last round... how will Elementals compare to that?

I'm going with Spellspinners even though they might lose. Could be wrong though...

Elementals, easily.

Spellspinners

Elementals

Elementals

Elementals

Elementals

Elementals

A little late sorry...

Elementals 6-2 Spellspinners

Elementals are understandably popular, in fact the power of them all combined is just enough to beat the Spellspinners!

Next it looks like we have a battle of hard shells...

Round 2 - Battle 3

Helms

These little hard round creatures are pretty common throughout Spira. There are many different species of them, in fact, one of the most variety in the game. But certain strong ones can show their true power, and they've got a hard shell... managed to beat the Imps in the last round.

VS.

Armors

Well, unlike the Helms these are pretty rare as there is only one in Spira other than the arena-created being. In fact, they're only inside Sin, and I guess Sin must have spit them out all over Spira at some point before X-2 as it is crawling with them. But they do have one thing in common with the helms: An extra-hard shell, probably harder though. These two may have armor, but how far can they break. The Armors were nearly beaten by the reptiles last round due to commonality, and because they just made it, should be interesting to see how they do against the Helms.


I will choose Armors I guess...

I'm gonna go with Helms.

Helms for me as well..

Helms for me as well..

Going with Armors

Armors

What happened to everyone... well, anyway, ladies and gentlemen, we have a tie here.

I leave it up to Slavka to break it.

I'll go with Helms.

Alright... and it's out with Armors! They may have been lucky in the last tiebreak, but this time, the Helms just barely beat them.

Round 2 - Battle 4

Drakes

Another expansive species group, with varying elements. Not to mention they also have somewhat of a hard shell... and they were the first to win in the last round, against plants.

VS.

Cactuars

Looks like again they'll be facing a plant, but it may be a more formidable opponent, because the Cactuars truly are something classic and special, and in this game they have their very own sidequest. Two sidequests, actually, if you count the thing in Thunder Plains. They just so happened to be placed against Tonberries in the last round which were fair competition, let's see how Drakes compare...

Guess I'll be going with Cactuars...

Cactuars

Cactuars

Cactuars, let's make this fast...

Cactuars

Cactuars

Okay perfect, we got six...

Cactuars 6-0 Drakes

Drakes may have gotten to shine at the beginning here, but this time they had the bad luck of being up against a titan. Cactuars move forward yet again, this time more efficiently.

Round 2 - Battle 5

Iron Giants

Rappageki... these things beat the Ogres in a blowout last round, since the Ogres, well... weren't that interesting. Iron Giants are pretty classic, have been around since the beginning of PS1 Generation (at least?). They had some fun with them in this game by making one into a "Gemini" which appear in pairs, each with different powers and carrying a different weapon, and recognized as two seperate monsters by the Arena-master, as in, you much capture them both to complete.

VS.

Birds

One of the first things you see in the game, but one of the last to show up in this rumble. That's right, they beat the Haizhe's in the very last battle in the last round. How will they do against the Ironclads?


This is an easy one for me. Iron Giants.

Iron Giants


Iron Giants are pretty classic, have been around since the beginning of PS1 Generation (at least?).
A lot longer than that. The FF Wiki (http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Giant) says since Final Fantasy II.

Iron Giants

I don't know, for some reason I like this game's Birds. I'm not letting them go down without a vote.

Hmm... think it'll have to be Iron Giants for me!

Iron Giants

Iron Giants

Iron Giants 7-1 Birds

The Ironclads make chicken out of the birds. At least this shows the Birds' last win wasn't a 'lesser of the two evils' case.

Halfway through round 2. And...

Round 2 - Battle 6

Worms

Those giant desert worms which shake the earth as well as swallow and spit you out. The Bombs were their last meal... can they handle what's coming?

VS.

Coeurls

Those giant Blaster magic-using cats. They blasted the Wasps in the last round... can they outdo the Worms?

Worms

Coeurls

Worms

Oh snaps, I forgot to vote. Tough choice, but Worms, since using Shooting Star on them was hilarious. Coeurls were utilized better in X-2.

Worms

Worms

Worms 5-1 Coeurls

The Worms emerge victorious, but they really eat the Coeurls alive. Those poor cats got shafted really bad...

Round 2 - Battle 7

Adamant(oise)s

Adamants is the proper class name, but there's only really one: The earth-shaking Adamantoise. It's got a hard shell! It endured the Magic Urn blast in the last round... let's see how tough its opponent is.

VS.

Behemoths

Defeated the Chimeras in the last round in a really close battle. Also huge like the Adamantoise and has a lot of secrets, like the Blue Magic, Mighty Guard! The King is no pushover either, it's got it's top secret final attack, Meteor! Though, Meteor as a final attack has been a Behemoth gimmick for a while...

Behemoths get my vote. Adamantoises are cool and all, there's just not that many interesting things about it to me though...

Adamant(oise)s

Behemoths

Behemoths

Behemoths

Behemoths

Behemoths

Behemoths 6-1 Adamant(oise)s

So much for the Adamants' last battle being a wipeout... against the Behemoths, they're weak like a bug.

Round 2 - Battle 8

Lupines

The dogs again! These are very common and probably the second most populated class after Reptiles. They gouged out the Evil Eyes in the last round, a fellow commoner. But this time their opponent is not so common, so we'll see what to make of that...

VS.

Rocs

Just reminding, these are the giant bird things, all we have to play with are the Garuda and the Zu from the desert, and their arena mutation. They're still something, they just barely beat the Doomstones in the last round after a tie break, let's see how they compare to the Lupines.

Lupines

Lupines

I have to go against the crowd again and vote Rocs.

Never thought I'd see the day Agent and I choose the same thing in a non-blowout. Rocs for me as well.

Rocs

Rocs

Rocs

FF X's monsters sucked.

Lupines

Rocs 5-3 Lupines

Good battle, but again, these are also almost the antitheses of each other, so perfect competition, small common, or big rare. Big rare took it this time, moving the Rocs forward. Another commoner down...

Round 2 - Battle 9

Blades

Just a reminder since the name isn't specific enough, these are the big scorpion things who's normal attack may poison you often. Like the mini-boss Klikk from the very beginning with Rikku, or the Epaaj, etc. They did a good job chopping up the Revenants/Ghosts in the last round, but we'll see if they can slice their way through what they're up against now...

VS.

Malboros

Classic creature alert. I would hope that by now you know what a Malboro is, and it needs no introduction. Also I found out that the cigarette thing I mentioned about it in the last round is true! Yeah... their Bad Breath is almost always learnable, and not really anything new to say about it that I didn't say in the last round except for the fact that their latest meal were the Sahagins.

Malboros

Malboros

I was never one to jump on the cigarette-smoking bandwagon, but I will jump on this one and vote Malboros.

Malboros

Marlboros
Not that marlboros wouldn't win anyways...

Malboros

No love for the Blades this time...

Malboros 6-0 Blades

The second blowout in a row for Malboros! I think this is looking to be a dark horse contender...

Alright, last battle of Round 2!

Round 2 - Battle 10

Ruminants

Another big word here, these are the big things with the horns from which Kimahri can learn Fire Breath (though they never actually use an attack called that). They mauled the hell out of the Fungi in the last round...

VS.

Basilisks

Another Blue Magic user... err, carrier. The petrifying three-headed snakes... while they were hella utilized in X-2, here they're also something, as they carry Stone Breath. In a close battle they actually beat the Mimics in the last round, so I guess that's saying something...

My last vote this round will be for Basilisks. I got tired of seeing Ruminants fast.

Basilisks

Boarding the Basilisk train.

Basilisks

Basilisks

Basilisks

I prefer the Ruminants, myself.

Basilisks 6-1 Ruminants

That's it for the Ruminants, it seems! Basilisks slaughter and are the last to join the top 10 who will be in Round 3.

Round 3 will begin soon!

Okay, we have ten contenders left, out of which the top five will be determined in the next five battles, followed by the elimination of one... but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Round 3 - Battle 1

Basilisk

How about that... no rest for the Basilisk, it just won the last battle of the last round against the Ruminants, but it doesn't look like it'll be waiting it's turn very long. So far the Ruminants and the Mimics have stood in it's way, but they went down pretty easily. Does the snake have what it takes for the top five?

VS.

Behemoths

Figures a lot of Blue Magic holders would make it this far, as both the Behemoths and the Basilisks are, but I'm sure there's a lot more reason for their victory. Then again, their battle with the Chimeras (also Blue Mages) was quite close, but the Behemoth also crushed the Adamantoise to smithereens. So which will it be for the top five?

I like the snakes, but Behemoths are more top five material.

Behemoths

Basilisks

Behemoths

Behemoths

Behemoths

Very well then... I'd imagine (educated guess) the lack of votes being due to maybe some people seeing "Basilisks" being voted for and thinking we were still on the last battle. Oh well, seemed pretty one-sided anyway.

Behemoths 5-1 Basilisks

That's it for the Basilisks... they're just no match for the Behemoths, who have earned themselves a spot in the top 5!

Round 3 - Battle 2

Cactuars

Naturally these guys would sweep, because Cactuars are just awesome, but while the Drakes were a breeze, they barely survived against the Tonberries... could they have any more competition?

VS.

Flans

Not sure how this pudding is compared to Cactuars, but I do know that's it's been quite a powerhouse, both of it's battles against the Dinofish and the Ochu were blowouts... well, the latter actually may have gotten one vote, but so far them being classic has helped them, how will that do against the Cactuars? Especially when in this game they've been utilized greatly, the Flans.

Cactuars

Cactuars

Cactuars

Hmm, yeah, Cactuars.

Cactuars

Cactuars

Cactuars 6-0 Flans

What do ya say, no love for the Flans... so much for their blowout streak, they've met a lot more than their match, Cactuars seem to have something special about them, as they just blew out someone that was on a blowout streak. Well, they've earned themselves a spot in the top 5.

Round 3 - Battle 3

Rocs

Well, unlike the last few competitors, these guys' last battles have been more balanced. These giant birds so far wiped out the Lupines and the Doomstones/Demonolith in fair battles, can they swoop their way into the top 5?

VS.

Worms

How's that for irony, birds vs. worms. Well, oversized desert worms, that can swallow anyone alive and regurgitate them out. Did I mention they're really fun to Shooting Star? These things' meals so far have been Bombs and Coeurls.... will the early worm get the bird?

Now, Rocs are awesome and all, but Worms are just too funny and they get my vote.

Rocs

Worms

Rocs

Rocs

Worms

It's been three days... and the score is tied.

Someone has to join the top five and the active participant who hasn't voted in this round that was most recently active will decide. I'm looking at you, Olde.

EDIT: Hah, I just realized Olde did the tie break last round which helped the Rocs win... so funny, heh, we'll see what happens.

K Olde's time's up, how about Slavka?

I'll go with Worms.

Thanks.

And after a long grueling battle, the Rocs have finally met their match, and it looks like the worm gets the bird this time! That also earns the Worms a place in the top 5!

But we still have to figure out who the other two are.

Round 3 - Battle 4

Helms

Impressive for a commoner to have made it this far. These small hard-shelled crawlers have taken down the Imps, as well as their daddy the Armors! There must be something about them... will they earn themselves a spot in the top 5?

VS.

Elementals

An alternative to the Flans of this game, which just suffered a rough beating. But these odd magic-using entities have nearly wiped out both the Cephalopods/Octopi and their magic-using cousin the Spellspinners! Top five maybe?

I've been voting against them for the last few rounds but I will go with Elementals.

Elementals

Helms

Elementals

Helms

Elementals, and forgive my absence for the tie-break, i was away for a while.

Elementals

Elementals

Elementals 6-2 Helms

Elementals are just too interesting and mysterious, and although they've got a hard shell like the Helms, their magic ends it for them. So here's to Elementals joining the top 5!

Last battle of this round...

Round 3 - Battle 5

Malboros

The good old Malboros... they certainly qualify as a dark horse competitor, seeing as they're the only ones who have had two blowouts in a row, and fast. Not a single vote has been cast against them in the last two rounds! The Sahagins and the Blades were but a bump in their path. Let's see if they'll make the top 5, better yet with that streak.

VS.

Iron Giants

Competition for the Malboros? Perhaps. These giant ironclads did have one blowout against the mighty Ogres, and they also took down the Birds. Well, they did have a little fun with them in this game, that's a given. Top 5? Can they beat the Malboros?

I'm gonna hold off on my vote for now.

Iron Giants

Malboros

I guess this ends the blowout streak for Malboros.

Anyway, it's been two days... anyone else gonna vote? I would have given it longer anyway since it's the quarterfinals, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that this lack of votes is because no one can decide. It's okay, I haven't either. Well... actually it's not okay :-P

Anyway, leaving this open for another day or two.

I don't know what's going on-- nobody seems to be around, voting is way down in my rumbles too...

Malboros
Damn, I hate those things...

Iron Giants

Malboros. Much harder to kill if you're slow.

Malboros

Okay, been long enough, I gave it some time because the voting did seemed dead in all around rumbles.

Malboros 4-2 Iron Giants

Although it's the end of the Malboro's blowout streak, another fair victory for them, although the Iron Giants did manage to leave a few marks.

So now we have a top five. The fairest way to continue, as I have done before, is out of a list of those top five, you shall choose one which you want to eliminate

So, which of the following do you think don't deserve to be in the finals:

Behemoths
Cactuars
Elementals
Malboros
Worms

My contribution to this will be later, IF at all.

Hrm... I say eliminate Behemoths. Sorry, they just get on my nerves.

Elementals

Cactuars

Elementals

Elements are the most annoying. Out they go.

I'll be throwing an axe the Worms' way.

Elementals
Being immune to one type of magic is not cool.

So the Elementals get four kicks while everything else but the Malboros get one... goodbye, Elementals! Guess they're not Finale material, they've certainly had their day.

Semifinals shall follow shortly.

Okay, here they are, sorry it took a while.

Semifinals - Part 1

Behemoths

These beasts have been a classic element in the games, and they're pretty big and strong, and here they are in the top 4. How will this turn out...

VS.

Cactuars

These plants are probably the smallest of the four finalists... placed against a Behemoth. They may be small, but there's something about them, they're like this rumble's kryptonite. Behemoths may be big, but who knows how they'd take to needles.

Fight!

Cactuars

Cactuars. It's time say goodbye to Behemoths.

Cactuars

Cactuars

I'll be adding one for Cactuars myself...

of course Cactuars :D

And that's a blowout. Would have let this go longer otherwise.

Cactuars 6-0 Behemoths

Cactuars are special and had something going for them from the beginning. Lo and behold, they're now a finalist! Behemoths still have a chance at third place, didn't expect them to be creamed like this.

Semifinals - Part 2

Malboros

Another classic creature like the Cactuars. They have indeed been around for a very long time, as has their pain-in-the-ass signature move, Bad Breath. They've have some solid blowouts so far in this rumble, finalist perhaps?

VS.

Worms

Not as classic but they've been in some other games, the giant worms. Unlike the Malboros, most of it's battles here have been close. And this game's desert Worms are pretty funny.

Fight!

I think Malboros is meant to be Morbol in german...? yeah pretty sure, bad breath, ugh x_X

But anyways:
Malboros is da shit!

Marlboros

Malboros

Ahh... fuck it, Malboros.

Btw, Katzoe, does "Morbol" mean something in German? I actually thought of the cigarette company hence the "Bad Breath", but before that I figured it was "Mal" as in malicious or the general prefix for something bad, and "boro" which may have been part of a word meaning poison or something in Japanese.
But it probably is the cig company, with that prefix blended into it.

Malboros

Btw, Katzoe, does "Morbol" mean something in German? I actually thought of the cigarette company hence the "Bad Breath", but before that I figured it was "Mal" as in malicious or the general prefix for something bad, and "boro" which may have been part of a word meaning poison or something in Japanese.
But it probably is the cig company, with that prefix blended into it.

Well Morbol doesn't really has any meaning in german,
it's just Malboros name in the german game version^^

no idea where that name came from =\

FFWiki says:

The name is likely to be a reference to Marlboro Cigarettes, since the creatures often spew horrid-smelling fumes. Also, the Japanese onomatopoeia "boro" is the sound of an upset stomach. Another possibility is the Latin phrases mal (meaning bad) and boros (meaning breath), a reference to their infamous attack.

anyways, Go Malboros! Go Morbol! :p

You know, that last one is actually probably the right one.

Jepp, thought so too ^^

Malboros

Quite the semifinals these are...

Malboros 6-0 Worms

Unbelievable... BOTH semifinals resulted in a blowout, never seen that before. You'd think there would be some sort of competition. This will make for an interesting finale. But first, one of these losers that got beaten bad is gonna have to make 3rd place... which should also be an intersting battle, because at least one of them will have to get support now. Which is the lesser of the two losers? Then again, they made it this far, so they aren't exactly losers.

3rd Place Battle

Behemoths

These beasts were just snuffed by the little Cactuar squirts, and they went down fast! Size may not be everything but can they win 3rd place?

VS.

Worms

The big Worms were just beaten bad by the Malboros, but I'm not sure if it's an "up against a titan" case, seeing as the Worms did make it this far. Then again the Malboros have been a dark horse contender. But right now we're not gonna worry about that. Worms and Behemoths, a fair battle for humongous beasts. One of them will be making third place.

Fight! I'll add my contribution later.

Behemoths ^^

I'll finally throw one the way of Behemoths this time.

Behemoths

Behemoths

Adding the fifth vote for Behemoths... NOT just to make it fast. They're a notch above Worms for me.

Alright it's been three days, only five votes but this seems to be on it's way to a blowout.

The 3rd place Bronze goes to the... Behemoths!!

Time for the final battle... this should be interesting.

FINAL BATTLE

Malboros

Classic big stinky plants. They've cruised their way to the top, winning all battles but one in a blowout. Should they win the whole thing?

VS.

Cactuars

Cactuars... tiny, but powerful. They've been like the kryptonite of this rumble. Most of their battles were blowouts except the first round against Tonberries, who probably would have gotten far as well! The first round battle kinda decided which one would be the sweeper, and the Cactuar got lucky. But, is it champion material?

Fight!!

Doh!
Unlucky Tonberries, screwed in round one =\

Come on, Cactuars, let's go buck wild and rock the finals! :D

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Cactuars are utilized so well in this game that they get my vote.

Cactaurs
They're kind of fun to battle

:)

Cactuars

Marlboros. I hate blowouts.

Cactuars

Okay, it's been about three days... and the winner of this rumble is...

CACTUARS!

Amazing... Malboros have been cruising and winning almost everything in blowouts, and now they just not only met their match, but got beaten pretty damn bad. Those Cactuars sure have something about them.


Right... that was fun, anyway, I'll give whoever wants a chance to pick this up.

Alright so let's get this restarted. So far in this Rumble we've only done monster types and music. Lots of other categories left to discuss.

I'm taking any suggestions for a new category.

I personally wanted to do Quotes but in the last very short Rumble it looks like that was what was done.

I'll just list you some:

- Rikku Mixes
- Spells
- Weapons (not including Omega Weapons)
- Armour
- Items
- Locations (for example, Besaid, Kilika, Luca, Mi'hen Highroad, Bevelle, Mt. Gagazet; pretty much any zone that isn't a temple or inside sin) This might have been done before though...

Quotes sounds great as well; but there will be thousands of lines that we could quote. Could we narrow it down a bit, like quotes that are under 12 words or something? Just so that you don't get a gazillion nominations =P .

I think these are the usual categories (at least, all those that I can remember). Of course, if someone has a different category in mind, feel free to suggest it.

- Arena Creations
- Blitzball Players
- Bosses
- FMVs
- Items
- Locations
- Magic Spells
- Memorable Scenes/Quotes
- Monsters
- Monster Species
- Music
- Non-Playable Characters
- Overdrive Modes (i.e. Slayer, Tactician, etc.)
- Overdrives
- Playable Characters (the main party of 7)
- Skills (i.e. Power Break, etc.)
- Weapon/Armor
- Weapon/Armor Abilities

I'll just list you some:
Quotes sounds great as well; but there will be thousands of lines that we could quote. Could we narrow it down a bit, like quotes that are under 12 words or something? Just so that you don't get a gazillion nominations =P .



- Memorable Scenes/Quotes


See that should work, right? I mean it's basically what we did with the FFX-2 rumble. Just a list of nominations of great quotes from scenes or even battle quotes like Lulu's wonderful puns or what the characters say when they are switched into battle. (I noticed FFX has a lot of battle quotes and I doubt I've heard half of them)

But all of the other suggestions are equally interesting and could be used. I'm just looking at what you guys think will get the best responses. I'm kinda new to this whole thing.

I really like the memorable scenes/quote idea.

Same here-- those rumbles are usually pretty interesting.

Alrighty then. Memorable Quotes and Scenes it is.

Any ideas on how many entries there should be? I've heard of people using 32 all the way up to 64. 32 should be easy enough to fill.

Of course, i could just say everyone gets five nominations then when the nominating period is closed, eliminate one or two so I have an even number to use in the Rumble.

Which do you guys think is better?

I like the 5 nominations idea up until 32 or 35. Do you want to do memorable scenes first or quotes? My vote is for scenes but that's just me.

P.S: I'm just going to edit my nominations into this post once it is written in stone.


EDIT:

- Yuna's speech at the end of the game.

- The scene with Anima's fayth; I think that there are two iirc, so I nominate both of them.

- Confrontation with Jecht inside Sin.

- Inside Seymour's house, there's an FMV that shows Zanarkand; that one I nominate.

- Jecht's sphere in Macalania (after you beat that boss).

I'll go with Memorable Scenes..

So yeah, everyone gets five nominations. I'm not sure what would be a good period of time to keep accepting nominations. I guess just until we fill the quota.

Oh well... too late, but I would have wanted anything but quotes/scenes.

While we're here.

-Summoner's Sanctum revelation scene
-Sin attacks Zanarkand
-Operation Mi'hen failure FMV
-The infamous laughing scene
-Jyscal's sphere in Macalania temple

EDIT: Scryer, I know you edited your post, but you might want to check what was already said. TWO of yours I already mentioned, and I made my post initially before you edited yours. Don't mean to backseat-manage here, but I know how annoying it would probably be for Anti-Existence to go through them all and eliminate the repeating ones.
EDIT again, actually you only repeated one of mine. But still.

- Confrontation with Seymour at Macalania Temple
- Bevelle "trial" scene
- Scene following "Suteki da Ne"
- Yuna's Sphere Recorded Messages at Mi'ihen (Dropped sphere found by Tidus at peak of Mt. Gagazet)
- Confrontation with Yunalesca

-1st visit in the Farplane
-Rikku freaking out on Thunder Plains scene
-Yuna's Wedding FMV
-"Hornless! Hornless!" - Kimahri confronting his mentally challenged rivals on Mount Gagazet
-Barthello asking Auron to shake his hand

Agent, by "scene following Suteki da Ne" do you mean Yuna and Tidus talking and hten her talking to the party?

And yeah Seryer, just switch your one repeat and all's good. We'll have a total of 20 nominations.

Any chances a couple more posters could pop in here to give their choices? Two more and we'll have 30 and then i'll just pick a couple myself to finish it all up.

-The opening FMV
-The Sending FMV
-Tidus's run-in with the Fayth when leaving Mt. Gagazet
-Finding Yuna at "Home"
-Shoopuf!

The Anti -- I suppose I was really thinking more of just the part immediately after, when she and Tidus are talking, but I suppose it encompass the part immediately after, sure.

Agent, by "scene following Suteki da Ne" do you mean Yuna and Tidus talking and hten her talking to the party?

And yeah Seryer, just switch your one repeat and all's good. We'll have a total of 20 nominations.

Any chances a couple more posters could pop in here to give their choices? Two more and we'll have 30 and then i'll just pick a couple myself to finish it all up.

It's all edited now, with no copies this time. I didn't see any of your posts until today and I've had some horrific computer problems, so I couldn't be ontop of all that. Anyways I nominated the FMV in Seymour's house. It was a pretty FMV =P .

Agent - Ah, okies.

Seryer - Don't worry about it. ^^ Good choice.

Anyway, so should I just pick 5 scenes and we can start the rumble with 30?

Well, either 5 or 7, unless you'd rather just do five and then choose a couple battles to randomly do differently or whatever. Usually when I do my rumbles, if there aren't enough nominations then I'll just fill in the rest to get the number that I want-- I don't necessarily always expect that I'm going get enough nominations.

Hm, okies then. I'll think of 7 so we can go with 32 like planned. I'll post them later.

Alright. So I'll give my list now. But feralanima, what do you mean by finding Yuna at "Home"?

-Confronting Seymour the final time and his Sending
-The Legend Lives (FMV with Auron in Luca)
-Pretend You Didn't See It (Seymour's speech to Crusaders and then talk with the party)
-Rikku the New Guardian (including her stripping FMV obviously)
-You Can't Do it Kid! (Jecht Shot Failure)
-Auron's Sending

Okay I can't thnk of anymore good ones at the moment. So if anyone else has 1 more nomination they want to get in, feel free.

Maybe Lulu meeting her 1st summoner, she failed to protect in past? ( that music...)

That was a good scene. Alright, it's in.

Alright. So I'll give my list now. But feralanima, what do you mean by finding Yuna at "Home"?


When the Al Bhed capture Yuna and your party finds her in the prison with other summoners and Tidus's realization that Yuna is sacrificing herself.