Match-maker, Maybe

Match Maker, Maybe

It's Rare. Really Rare

Really Rare.

It's Rare. Really Rare

It's Rare. Really Rare.

Going back forth between areas just to make some random monster possibly appear is not my idea of fun.

It's Rare. Really Rare

It's Rare. Really Rare

It's Rare. Really Rare

Really Rare.

This is not even close.

It's Rare. Really Rare.

It's Rare. Really Rare

Match-maker, Maybe - 3
It's Rare, Really Rare - 11


If not for those early votes, it would have been a blowout. The FFXII rare monster scenario easily moves to the third round. And there's just one battle left before that. That battle is...


Level Up, Already! - Final Fantasy V

vs.

Thunder-Dodging - Final Fantasy X

"Thunder-Dodging" oops, voted on the wrong one
This one sucked

Thunder-Dodging.

Thunder-Dodging

Thunder-Dodging.

I'd rather be root canelled then do that again.

Thunder-Dodging.

Thunder-Dodging. ~_~

Thunder-Dodging

Well I think there is a clear winner here ~ !

Thunder Crap Dammit Argh Screw This Game I Quit.

Level Up, Already

Thunder-Dodging

Thunder Dodging

So frustrating I never bothered finishing the damn thing

Thunder Crap Dammit Argh Screw This Game I Quit.

I threw my controller so far after failing after 190 bolts =\

Thunder Dodging

So frustrating I never bothered finishing the damn thing

Ha, same here..I just got caught up on blitzball at the save point instead for the rest of my FFX play time.

Thunder Dodging

Eight Hours that Game Cost me.

Level Up, Already!

I think we have an extremely obvious winner here:

Level Up, Already! - 2
Thunder-Dodging - 13


The only reason I didn't end it early is because I don't like to have to update the FFV Rumble and this on the same evening if I don't have to -- I would have done it if there was a pure blowout, but there wasn't. Well, there was, but by the time I got to it, the first vote for the other had come in.


Besides, I enjoyed reading the comments on the "Thunder-Dodging." Personally, I actually mastered that one fairly quickly. But don't feel too envious -- it was the butterfly-catching thing that really screwed me -- that was the one I never finished.


And now it's third round time!

Here's what's left...



Buried in the Snow - Final Fantasy VII
Thunder-Dodging - Final Fantasy X
A Spiky Situation - Final Fantasy X
Somebody Save Shelinda - Final Fantasy X and X-2
Clasko is a Failure in Life - Final Fantasy X and X-2
It's Rare. Really Rare - Final Fantasy XII


And here's the first battle:

Buried in the Snow - Final Fantasy VII (Holzoff: "30 Years ago, Yamski and I took this cliff on to see what was on the other side. But, we weren't prepared for it. We did expect the temperature to be low but... On that cliff, there's always a biting cold wind. The cold air lowers your body temperature. Yamski, was below me. He cut his own rope... ...and I didn't even notice...")

vs.

Clasko is a Failure in Life - Final Fantasy X and X-2 (Clasko: "I don't know where I belong. I've spent my whole life drifting from one failure to the next. But, I can't keep doing this forever. I know that there's a place for everyone in this world-even someone as sad and pathetic as me.")

Buried in the Snow.

Buried in the Snow.

Clasko is a Failure in Life

Buried in the Snow.

Buried in the Snow

Clasko Is A Failure In Life

I hated them both equally, but the fact the Clasko thing had to run over two games is just plain wrong.

Buried in the snow

Clasko is a Failure in Life

Buried in the Snow

Buried in the Snow - 6
Clasko is a Failure in Life - 4

Fairly close, but Buried in the Snow moves on by a couple votes.

Next is...


A Spiky Situation - Final Fantasy X (This boring FFX subquest is one of several FFX items to make it to this round of the rumble? But is so boring that it will earn a spot in the next round?)

vs.

It's Rare. Really Rare - Final Fantasy XII (Not much love for the rare monsters. This one has generally been selected fairly heavily in past rounds. But was hunting for rare game more boring than fiddling around with cactuar minigames?)

A Spiky Situation

haha, I voted at the same time as you updated...that's eager voting from me mir?

Really Rare.

A Spiky Situation

A Spiky Situation

It's Rare. Really Rare

Really Rare.

It's Rare. Really Rare

It's Rare. Really Rare

It's Rare. Really Rare.

It's Rare. Really Rare.

A Spiky Situation

A Spiky Situation

A Spiky Situation - 6
It's Rare Really Rare - 7


That was a hot one. :D It really looked like "A Spiky Situation was going to win, but Really Rare rallied and pulled the victory. Well, "victory" as such, since it's not good for any of the entrants to move on in this competition.


With that in mind, we've reached the end of the third round. We're really getting down to the wire here, and we end the round with this battle:

Thunder-Dodging (The quest to dodge 200 lightning bolts and gain the needed Sigil for Lulu's Celestial Weapon caused frustration and anger. It's been a top pick throughout this edition and could very well lock up the "win," as such.)

vs.

Somebody Save Shelinda - Final Fantasy X and X-2 (This one is sort of like the Clasko thing. It was irritating enough to be subjected to it in X. But to have to deal with it in two games? Hoo boy.)

Thunder-Dodging.

Thunder-Dodging I would always get up to about 190 out of 200 and get hit.

Thunder Dodging 8 hours ;_;

Thunder-Dodging, Thunder-Dodging, Thunder-Dodging

Thunder-Dodging

The one thing that caused me to scream and throw my controller at the screen...

Thunder-Dodging

Thunder Dodging

We should really just award it the trophy now. Nothing else can possibly be as tedious as that gem of a sidequest.

Well, that may be so, but we can't quite do that. We can end this now, though. It's not 8-0, but it's obvious where this is going...

Thunder-Dodging - 7
Somebody Save Shelinda - 0


Which means we can move on to the next round, the Eliminatior...

Buried in the Snow - Final Fantasy VII

vs.

Thunder-Dodging - Final Fantasy X

vs.

It's Rare. Really Rare - Final Fantasy XII


This time around, you're choosing the one you find least boring/annoying and whichever one gets the most votes won't move on to the final.


This will remain open either until tomorrow evening, or until three nights from now. Reason being that I don't like to update this at the same time as the FFV Rumble if I don't have to. So tomorrow if the results are obvious, three nights if it's a close-call.

Buried in the Snow

Buried in the Snow.

Yeah...Buried in the snow.

Buried in the Snow...me like, me like

It's Rare. Really Rare

It's Rare. Really Rare

Buried in the Snow

Buried in the Snow

Buried In The Snow

Only one I ever actually completed...

Buried in the Snow

Buried in the Snow - 9
Thunder-Dodging - 0
It's Rare. Really Rare - 2


And there we have it. Buried in the Snow not all that irritating by comparison and therefore not moving on the final. That leaves our final battle as...

Thunder-Dodging - Final Fantasy X (Seemingly the ultimate in irritation and aggravation to many. 200. 200 stinking lightning bolts needed to gain the Sigil required to power up Lulu's Celestial Weapon. No wonder Rikku hates the Thunder Plains.)

vs.

It's Rare. Really Rare - Final Fantasy XII (80 rare monsters? Absurd conditions like them only being available during certain times on the clock, or having a certain percentage, or having to do one before you can do the other? Or kill 255 within a section and then it might show up? It's easy to see why someone might simply choose to hang the whole thing and not complete it.)


Thunder-Dodging seems to have already been declared the victor -- but could we have an upset? You never quite know with these rumbles. Voting will be open for two days, regardless of how the votes are cast.

Thunder-Dodging for sure. I hated dodging the thunder more than anything. Rare mobs didn't bother me.

Erm -- "It's Rare" isn't related to leveling -- it's related to hunting down rare monster

Thunder-Dodging

Thunder-Dodging.

Its Rare. Really Rare

Thunder Dodging

Thunder Dodging, by the full length of an English mile.

Thunder-Dodging

Thunder-Dodging.

Thunder Dodging, by the full length of an English mile.

Thunder Dodging. Fuck that. Fuck that.

Thunder-Dodging

At least it was feasible (though admittedly tiresome) to find all the rare monsters.

Thunder-Dodging - 10
Really Rare - 1


Well, that's it. Thunder-Dodging proves itself as the winner. 200. 200 stinking bolts! Well, take that, ya' lame sidequest!


That's the end of that edition. Feel free to share your thoughts for now. Also, if you have any ideas for the next edition, go ahead post them. If I see something that I think is really good that hasn't already been used or isn't similar to something already used, then that's what we'll go with. If not, I'll come up with something. Stay tuned!

Thunder-Dodging

At least it was feasible (though admittedly tiresome) to find all the rare monsters.

Hmm, the Thunder-Dodging is definitely feasible lol, it just takes a long time to do it xD. Just like finding and killing all of the rare monsters does. In fact, the Thunder-Dodging was actually easier to do than the rare monsters, all you had to do was sit there pressing X for god knows how long lol.

i just dont see the issue with doing characters or bosses again, tbh.

i mean, its not like the same people are here voting the last time it was done.

Some of them are, actually, though yeah, perhaps not many. Still, if we're going to recycle something, I want to recycle something that's likely to have a different outcome, and where we can potentially use a lot of different things that weren't used before, while still having a good battle.



Hmm, the Thunder-Dodging is definitely feasible lol, it just takes a long time to do it xD. Just like finding and killing all of the rare monsters does. In fact, the Thunder-Dodging was actually easier to do than the rare monsters, all you had to do was sit there pressing X for god knows how long lol.
Oh, totally agree. And there's actually a good strategy I found for working the Thunder-Dodging. Honestly, it really didn't give me too much of a problem -- I had more trouble with the chocobo race and the butterflies.

chocobo race and the butterflies.

*dies a little bit inside*

Instead of doing music as a general, Why dont ya try a character theme rumble?

Bosses maybe? I suppose it has been done. But maybe a list of all the best / worst bosses throughout the ff series could be drawn up. Nominations. Then the rumble?


Again, i suppose its been done. I dunno.

Instead of doing music as a general, Why dont ya try a character theme rumble?
That was the very first edition ever. The list of everything that's been done is on the first page. That said, character themes could be recycled -- there are ones that I don't think we included originally.

Character themes? Like their theme songs?

Yeah, you know, "Tifa's Theme (Tifa's Seventh Heaven)," "Mog," "Relm," "Salamander (Amarant)'s Theme,) etc.


Tifa's Theme was the winner of the original. Though the rumble wasn't nearly as well organized at the time, and there were only a very limited number of voters. So maybe it is time for character themes again.

That'd be a good rumble! I vote for it.

What about my suggestion? Has it been done already?

Lol...random encounters from the entire series...

But seriously, I like Character themes/Bosses.

I personally think that either Cid's Theme or Amarant's Theme are going to take it...

I say we wait until all the rumbles end and make a king of the ring-esq rumble between the winners....wait, that wouldn't work because the rumbles have which is best/worse and for this to happen they either have to be the best or the worst... but im not making any sense so ill stop typing

We actually did the character themes twice. But I wouldn't mind another go, I love music rumbles!

I'm down for character themes

Character Themes as well

We actually did the character themes twice.
Yeah, you're right, we did. I think we might have, but I couldn't find the second listing. Now I see it, though.


Well, all right, we'll do it again anyway. Tifa's Seventh Heaven and Red XIII's Theme are ineligible, as they are previous winners. Anything else is up for grabs. Keep in mind that the theme doesn't necessarily have to have the character's name in it to be their theme -- for example, "My Mind" from FFVIII is generally considered "Squall's Theme." Right now I'm taking nominations, so if you have ones that you like, please start suggesting.

Auron's Theme, Seymour's Theme, and Lulu's Theme are my nominations.

Zidane's Theme, Rose of May (Beatrix's Theme), Vivi's Theme, Eiko's Theme, Steiner's Theme

Character themes? what?

Yuffie's Theme

Kuja's theme, Eiko's theme, Ultemicia's theme (Succession of Witches), Cid's theme (FF VII)

Arranging my nominations by game...
Final Fantasy IV:
-Theme of Love (I consider it a theme, but it's up to Agent)
Final Fantasy VI:
-Kefka's Theme
Final Fantasy VII:
-Cid's Theme
-Turk's Theme
Final Fantasy IX:
-Amarant's Theme,
-Kuja's Theme
-any other character from FFIX that has a theme,
Final Fantasy X:
-Jecht's Theme
-Auron's Theme
Final Fantasy XII:
Theme of the Empire (I consider it a theme but again, I leaves it up to Agent)

All right, new edition starts either this evening or tomorrow evening, depending on which I feel like. Either way, last chance for nominations...

I nominate tomorrow evening

Whatever Terra's Theme is (I'm not sure if it's just called that or not), I'd like to nominate also.

Themes not yet nominated...

Penelo's Theme - FFXII
Shadow's Theme -FFVI
Barret's Theme- FFVII
Rufus' Theme (Rufus Welcoming Ceremony) - FFVII <--does that count?

Also...the Shinra Company theme...does that count for Scarlet and that other executive's theme?

Eh that's all.

Whatever Terra's Theme is (I'm not sure if it's just called that or not), I'd like to nominate also.
Character themes for FFVI are simply called the name of the character, i.e. "Terra," "Mog" "Umaro," etc. I believe it's the only Final Fantasy game there is where every one of the playable characters has a theme (and that's a lot), though I could be wrong. That's because they all play during the ending sequence.



I nominate tomorrow evening
Sorry, overriden. I've decided I want to start it tonight. I've accepted all your nominations and added in my own choices to round out the rest. Here's what's been decided on...


Theme of Love - Final Fantasy IV
Lenna/Reina's Theme - Final Fantasy V
Cyan - Final Fantasy VI
Kefka - Final Fantasy VI
Relm - Final Fantasy VI
Setzer - Final Fantasy VI
Terra - Final Fantasy VI
Shadow - Final Fantasy VI
Barret's Theme - Final Fantasy VII
Cait Sith's Theme - Final Fantasy VII
Cid's Theme - Final Fantasy VII
Don Corneo's Theme (Don of the Slums) - Final Fantasy VII
Rufus's Theme (Rufus Welcoming Ceremony) - Final Fantasy VII
Seto's Theme (The Great Warrior Seto) - Final Fantasy VII
Shera's Theme (Sending a Dream into the Universe) - Final Fantasy VII
Shinra Corporation - Final Fantasy VII
Turks' Theme - Final Fantasy VII
Yuffie's Theme (Descendant of the Shinobi) - Final Fantasy VII
Ultimecia/Artimesia's Theme (Succession of Witches) - Final Fantasy VIII
Amarant/Salamander's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
Zidane's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
Beatrix's Theme (Rose of May / Loss of Me) - Final Fantasy IX
Eiko's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
Kuja's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
Steiner's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
Vivi's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
Auron's Theme - Final Fantasy X
Jecht's Theme - Final Fantasy X
Lulu's Theme- Final Fantasy X
Rikku's Theme - Final Fantasy X
Seymour's Theme - Final Fantasy X
Penelo's Theme - Final Fantasy XII


Remember, the list above is only for reference. Here's the first battle...


Shadow - Final Fantasy VI (Though FFVI has a tune called something along the lines of "Wild West," this definitely has a sort of Wild West feel to it. I could easily imagine this playing in some old saloon somewhere.)

vs.

Seymour's Theme - Final Fantasy X (This creepy theme generally plays during any sequence involving Seymour. It quickly conveys that this is one twisted dude.)

Seymour's Theme! I actually did enjoy his theme (and his character, somewhat).




(Btw, what will happen with FFX rumble?)

Shadow's theme was cool and simple....
but Seymour's is dark and quite matches his intentions...

...hmm tough one...

but i will go with... damn, man lol ...Shh....Sey ...Shadow

(Btw, what will happen with FFX rumble?)
We don't know yet. It can hold till tomorrow and then we can see about it then...

Seymour's Theme

Shadow's Theme

Seymour's Theme

=O nobody nominated Sephiroth's theme?

Seymour's Theme

Seymours Theme I may not like the guy but his theme is pretty ace.


Also question, Isnt Mystery Sword Beatrix's theme? Or is that just for her battles.

Psh. No love for Shadow. :notgood:

I'll go with his theme.

Shadow's theme

Always disliked Seymour's theme. I consider it one of the worst character's theme Uematsu ever composed.

Shadow's Theme. I agree with Hynad that Seymour's tune was poor.

Shadow's Theme by so far. ^_-

Seymour's Theme

No Theme of the Empire?...:( :sad:...oh well

Seymour's Theme

Seymour's Theme

Seymour's Theme

Seymour's Theme

Hated the character itself, but I thought the theme was fairly well done.

Btw, it might be useful to link sound files, to refresh people's memory of the themes.

Shadow's Theme

I thought "Wild West" was actually The Veldt theme? The Veldt theme was my favourite song in the entire game, but now that I'm aware you're talking about Shadow, my vote would have to go to Seymour's Theme

Shadow's Theme

No Theme of the Empire?... ...oh well
:( Sorry.


Also question, Isnt Mystery Sword Beatrix's theme? Or is that just for her battles.
Mystery Sword is her battle theme. Her actually character theme is considered to be "Rose of May," although for some reason it's also often listed as "Loss of Me."


=O nobody nominated Sephiroth's theme?
Sephiroth has a theme?


I thought "Wild West" was actually The Veldt theme?
No, all I was trying to get at was that Shadow's Theme feels to me like something that somebody might hear if they were at a saloon somewhere within the real "wild west," or at least, it sounds like something someone might set a TV scenario about that to.


All right...

Shadow - 8
Seymour's Theme - 11


So Seymour's Theme wins, but it was actually closer than I thought. Thanks for the turnout!


Next up...


Cait Sith's Theme - Final Fantasy VII (Cait Sith's bouncy, fun theme often plays during scenes involving him, particularly when you first meet him the Gold Saucer.)

vs.

Steiner's Theme - Final Fantasy IX (Steiner has a purely comic theme that seems to very well fit the bumbling knight of FFIX.)

Steiner's Theme

Just sounded better and besides I never really liked Cait Sith's theme.
Also I like how at some parts it sounds like it belongs in some Italian movie or something.

Steiner's Theme.

Cait Siths so cool a theme.

Steiner's Theme


We forgot to nominate Freya's Theme! :(

Steiner's Theme

Steiner's Theme really fits his character well, as well as the scenes it's used in. One of my favourite parts of IX is when you're controlling Marcus and Steiner trying to escape from you prison cages, and this theme plays.

Cait Sith's Theme is a competent enough tune, but doesn't really challenge ol' Steiner on this one.

Steiner's Theme.

Steiner's Theme, by miles.

Steiner's Theme

Steiner's Theme

Slightly preferring Steiner's Theme. ^^

Both are annoying but Steiner's Theme is better

I'm going to go ahead and end this...


Cait Sith's Theme - 1
Steiner's Theme - 11


Not even really a battle here. "Steiner's Theme" wins by a massive margin, only one vote for Cait Sith's Theme.


Maybe we can have a better battle with...

Seto's Theme (The Great Warrior Seto) - Final Fantasy VII (As far as I know, this theme only plays once, when Bugenhagen reveals to Red XIII the truth about his father Seto. It's a slowed-down, tender version of the Cosmo Canyon theme. I think it might also play on Disc 3 when and if you revisit Bugenhagen and he reveals that he's dying.)

vs.

Zidane's Theme - Final Fantasy IX (Another theme that only plays once -- during the scene where everyone's boarding the cargo ship departing Lindblum / "ooh, soft" situation. A very joyful, upbeat theme.)

Seto Wins big time here

Zidane's Theme.

Seto

Tough choice. Great Warrior.

The Great Warrior (Seto's Theme)

I really liked the Cosmo Canyon theme, so it follows I'd like this one.

Zidane's Theme

Great Warrior Seto's Theme

I'd forgotten about this theme. Easy choice for me.

The Great Warrior

Zidane's Theme

I hated it at first tbh but love it now <3

Again, Zidane's Theme by miles.

Zidane's Theme

The Great Warrior (Seto's Theme)

I really liked the Cosmo Canyon theme, so it follows I'd like this one.

Zidane's Theme

Zidane's Theme

Seto's Theme

Zidane's Theme

The Great Warrior Seto - 8
Zidane's Theme - 8


We have a tie-breaker situation here. Since it's the first round, I'm going to leave it to Sudden Death. First vote within the next 24 hours from somebody that hasn't already voted on it wins it. If none after 24, then I toss a coin.


I wanna try something different here. While we wait for that, we're also moving on to the next battle...


Cyan - Final Fantasy VI (A noble theme befitting a noble warrior. Generally plays during scenes involving him, including when you first meet him. I think it also generally plays in Doma Castle.)

vs.

Ultimecia/Artimesia's Theme (Succession of Witches) - Final Fantasy VIII (Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinsoec! This is the theme played during scenes involving both Ultimecia and the possessed Edea.)

Ultimecia/Artimesia's Theme (Succession of Witches)

This is one of the greatest medleys in the game. And I believe that one of FFVIII's most strongest points was it's musical score.

man I suck at these rumbles I like all the FF songs... breaks my heart
to choose one but ill will go with....
Ultimecia's Castle