Gau's Shiny Thing

Tough one, since I adore Vincent's outfit. But the fact that the artifact looked like it was one helmet for the three characters, I go for Gau's Shiny Thing.

Vincent Valentine - Bandana

Vincent Valentine - Bandana

Vincent Valentine - Bandana

Okay, that'll be:

Gau's Shiny Thing - 8
Vincent's Bandana - 6


Closer than I thought that was gonna be there. The bandana picked up some votes towards the end there, but it just wasn't enough to beat Gau's nifty, shiny, underwater-breathing helmet.


I think it's been a little while since we've had a hairstyle battle. How about this:


Barret Wallace's Hairstyle (Barret opts for a mostly shaved head, but with some hair in a guess what you'd maybe call a "crop-top?" towards the top.)

vs.

Seymour's Hairstyle (The villians really haven't had much representation in this rumble, other than Queen Brahne, so let's add Seymour to the mix. Seymour's hair is blue. Most of it rests on his head, fairly short, but he has a large spike coming out of the forehead and jutting down and two framing his face.)

I hate Seymour but he is still better than Barret.

Seymour's

']I hate Seymour but he is still better than Barret.

Barret although his AC version was a lot better.
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seymour's hair.

Seymour's hair. You can build a house on that hairdue.

Seymour's hair

Seymour's hair. You can build a house on that hairdue.

Definatly Barrets Hair Hes one cool mother fucker

Barrets Hair

Seymour's Hairstyle

i'm new and all but very nice on this rumble idea

Seymour's Hair

Maybe it should have been pitted against Barret's beard? 8D

Seymour's Hair

Seymour by a very long shot, cause creativity.

Barret

Seymours hair was laughable tbh.

Seymour's Hair

Barret's hair. He's like Will Smith on HGH.

Seymour's hair. You can build a house on that hairdue.

Seymour by a very long shot, cause creativity.

Barrets hair

Seymours as it never seems to move

Scott298 --- your vote will not be counted if you post in the thread title and not in your message, as I can't see that when I go to reply in the advanced from.


Barret's Hair - 5
Seymour's Hair - 15


Very wide margin there --- Barret had a few supporters, but Seymour and his wild hair go on to the next round. I just realized --- I also did a battle on Barret's facial features and he got beat there as well.

Speaking of facial features, it's time for another battle in that category. So we have:

Yuffie's Facial Features - Final Fantasy VII (Her eyes are sort of blue-black and I think she has a nice smile.)


vs.

Zell's Facial Features - Final Fantasy VIII (Zell's most noteable facial feature is, I suppose, his tattoo. He has kind of a large forehead.)


(Picture is from AC)

Yuffie's facial features. I dislike Zell tbh.

YUFFIE YUFFIE YUFFIE YUFFIE But of course im not biased in anyway;)

Yuffie.

Zell's Facial Features

Oh i love Zell and his cute face and the tatoo is so perfect for him, in his opening sequence i want rooting for him. I love Zell Sooo much more than Yuffie ZELL OF COURSE!!

Yuffie

Zell's Facial Features.

Zell

Zell's Facial Features. The tattoo and the neat hairdue makes a good combination.

Zell's Facial Features. The tattoo and the neat hairdue makes a good combination.

Zell's Facial Features

Zell's Facial Features. The tattoo and the neat hairdue makes a good combination.

Okay, so that's:

Yuffie's Facial Features - 4
Zell's Facial Features - 8


I believe that's what you call a comeback. Yuffie got a lot of votes to start out, but it's Zell and his tattoo that go on to the second round.

And we're starting to get close that second round, but we've still got a little ways to go. So, next up, from our fighting-style section:


Ninjas (Not as common as some of the other fighting styles, but definitely noticeable. In the very first Final Fantasy, characters that start out as thieves later become ninjas when you get the job upgrade. Edge is a Ninja in Final Fantasy IV. Final Fantasy V had the Ninja job class. The ninja could hold a weapon in both hands, with was a useful ability to gain to combine with other classes. Then there's Yuffie again, in Final Fantasy VII, with long-range shuriken weapons. Wikipedia comments that Shadow of Final Fantasy VI, Amarant of Final Fantasy IX and Rikku of Final Fantasy X also share elements of the Ninja job class. In Final Fantasy XI, Ninjas are apparently more magic-users.)

vs.

Berserkers (Another somewhat rarely seen job type, but it was available as a job in Final Fantasy V and as a dressphere in Final Fantasy X-2. In Final Fantasy V, Berserkers were always berserk in battle and fought with axes. In Final Fantasy X-2, the berserker dressphere claws at the enemy. The character can go into berserk, but it's not required. This dressphere also has a lot of other useful abilities such as Evade and Counter and Howl to double HP. In other FF games, Berserk was just a general status ailment. It would send the character into out-of-control attacks, but they would generally be more powerful. Sometimes enemies could be berserked too.)


http://www.videogamesprites.net/FinalFantasy5/Party/Faris%20-%20Ninja.gif

Ninjas

Ninjas

Ninjas

Ninjas. Berserkers are emos.

Ninja's

Ninjas, cos I adored Shadow.

Ninjas, cos I adored Shadow.

Beserkers suck. Ninja.

Ninja

Well, this is the first absolute blowout we've had in a long time. So:

Ninjas - 9
Berserker - 0


So, there we are. Ninjas, it is, definitely.

All right, we'll keep this moving along with another accessories battle:


Steiner's Feather - Final Fantasy IX (Besides his dirty, rusty armor, Steiner's outfitting, like... Yankee Doodle? includes a feather in his cap.)

vs.

Rikku's Googles - Final Fantasy X (Rikku wears these when you first meet up with her with the rest of the Al Bhed. They come off when you meet back up with her later on though.)

Rikku's Goggles.

I think they end up on her neck? Not TOTALLY gone, lol.

Rikku's Goggles

Rikku's Googles, Steiners feather was a bit cliche.

Rikku's Googles, Steiners feather was a bit cliche.

Rikku's Goggles

Rikku's Googles, Steiners feather was a bit cliche.

Steiner's Feather, cause less cliche than a pair of goggles and definitely added more to the design.

Rikku's Goggles

Steiner's Feather, cause less cliche than a pair of goggles and definitely added more to the design.

Steiner's Feather, cause less cliche than a pair of goggles and definitely added more to the design.

Rikku's Goggles.

Steiner's Feather, cause less cliche than a pair of goggles and definitely added more to the design.

Steiner's Feather

Rikku's goggles

Steiner's Feather

Steiners feather by far.

Steiner's Feather

Rikku's Goggles; it is a fact that anyone who wears goggles is officially the coolest person ever.

Rikku's goggles..

Rikku's Googles

Rikku's Googles

omg I'm an idiot sry my computer was lagging so i clicked like 5 times

Steiner's Feather - 8
Rikku's Googles - 12


The later votes for the feather weren't enough to hold off all the votes for the googles.


Right! On to another outfits battle:

Sephiroth's Outfit - Final Fantasy VII (He wears a sort of black cloak I guess you could say, and white shoulder pads. His outfit is generally black overall.)

vs.

Gippal - Final Fantasy X-2 (Gippal is geared up with an almost metallic looking outfit. The coloring features somewhat muted shades of red, gray, and yellow.)

Sephiroth's outfit. It's simple, but great.

Sephiroth's Outfit. I wasnt the biggest fan of gippal or the machine faction.

Sephiroth's Outfit

Sephiroth's Outfit

Sephiroth's Outfit. I wasnt the biggest fan of gippal or the machine faction.

Sephiroth's Outfit

Sephiroth's Outfit

I know it's probally too late to change the outcome of this, following the influx of fanboy votes, but I vote for Gippal on principle. Also, his costume is FAR superiors to Sephy-fag.

Gippal, because IT'S NOT SEPHIROTH'S. I mean, seriously, what's so great about a simplistic black on black design with absolutely nothing to distinguish it from the plethora of similar designs out there? It's boring and it's inferior.

Gippal's Outfit, because it looks cooler, doesn't have an emo haircut, more original than Sephiroth's in design and that eyepatch + hairdo just screams "BADASS!!".

Gippal's Outfit is far better.

Gippal's Outfit. Sephiroth's is total gay.

Okay, that's going to be:

Sephiroth's Outfit - 7
Gippal's Outfit - 5


A last minute surge of votes for Gippal's outfit just wasn't enough --- and so it's Sephiroth's that goes on to Round 2.


Next up, in the facial features department:

Ultimecia's Facial Features (Kurse those blasted Seeds! Ultimecia has a somewhat rounded face and facepaint. Her overall apperance can be described as well --- cold evil.)

vs.

Quina Quen's Facial Features (You really can't see much of Quina's face, because s/he's wearing a large chef's hat. However, she has reddish eyes and a white face. Her long tongue hangs out of her mouth, which is very close to her eyes.)

Ultimecia's Facial Features

Quina Quen's Facial Features

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Quina Quen's Facial Features for the win! :smrt:

ultimecia's

Quina Quen's Facial Features for the win! :smrt:

Nothing amazing about Ultimecia's feature's but Quina's are too unique to go unnoticed.

Quina, it's noticeable.

Quina Quen's Facial Features for the win! :smrt:

Nothing amazing about Ultimecia's feature's but Quina's are too unique to go unnoticed.

Ultimecia's Facial Features

Quina Quen's Facial Features-Because not just some hooker look-a-like. Quina was a great design!.

Quina Quen's Facial Features-Because not just some hooker look-a-like. Quina was a great design!.

Quina Quen's Facial Features for the win! :smrt:

Ultimecia's Facial Features - 3
Quina Quen's Facial Features - 10


No doubt there --- Quina's facial features win by a very large margin.


We've got two more battles and then I'm gonna finally end the first round. First:


Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle (Short) [This is an interesting one because Dagger/Garnet actually sports two different hairstyles in the game. Her hair is first in a long braid, but in a signature moment in the game, she cuts it off. You are voting on the short hairstyle.)


vs.

Yuna's Hairstyle (FFX-2) [In FFX-2, Yuna is generally seen with generally short hair, but also a very long ponytail that actually extends almost down to the ground. She also has a colorful hair-braid.)


http://www.ffshrine.org/ff9/ff9_fmvshots-d3-garnethair.php

Yuna's Hairstyle (FFX-2)

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle.

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle.

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle.

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle.

Yunas hair style

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle

Garnet's Short Hairstyle ^^

Garnet's Short Hairstyle ^^

Yuna's hair style

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle

Dagger's hairstyle

Yuna's hairstyle

hOOOOOt 0_o

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle

Dagger's/Garnet's Hairstyle

Yuna's hairstyle

hOOOOOt 0_o

Yuna's hair

Okay, so that'll be

Dagger/Garnet Short - 11
Yuna FFX-2 - 6


Somewhat decent battle, but Dagger/Garnet's short hairstyle wins by several votes.


Okay, this is going to be the last battle of the first round and it's an accessories battle:

Irvine's Cowboy Hat - Final Fantasy VIII (I guess a hat is sort of an accessory. It's not like it's part of his hair or his face.)

vs.

Gippal's Eyepatch - Final Fantasy X-2 (Ah, Gippal again. He wears an eyepatch which makes him look somewhat "pirate'-like.)

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat by far for me.

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Both were nothing special but Irvine`s cowboy hat because it added to his character.

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's cowboy hat

Both were nothing special but Irvine`s cowboy hat because it added to his character.

Gippal's Eyepatch.

Gippal's eyepatch

Gippal's Eyepatch.

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Gippal's Eyepatch.

Irvine's cowboy hat

Irvine's cowboy hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat - 14
Gippal's Eyepatch - 4


That was pretty overwhelming for the cowboy hat, but the eyepatch did pcick up a few supporters.


Well, we've made it to the second round. Here's how this is going to work. This is going to be the semi-finals, as this edition has already been going long enough and I'd like to get things wrapped up. So we'll do semi-finals in each category and then there'll be three left in each category. We'll then have a final-three way battle for each to determine the final winners.



Here's the list:


Hairstyle

Wakka (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Irvine (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Seymour (Going on to the Final)
Lulu (Going on to the Final)
Selphie (Going on the Final)
Dagger/Garnet (Short) (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)

Fighting Style

Black Mage (Going on to the Final)
Swords (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Summoners (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Guns (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Mimes (Going on to the Final)
Ninjas (Going on to the Final)

Outfits

Steiner (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Seifer (Going on to the Final)
Sephiroth (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Freya (Going on to the Final)
Rikku (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
SeeD Uniform (Going on to the Final)

Accessories

Auron's Sunglasses (Going on to the Final)
Eiko's Hairbow (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Locke's Bandana (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Gau's "Shiny Thing" (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Rikku's Googles (Going on to the Final)
Irvine's Cowboy Hat (Going on to the Final)

Facial Features

Lulu (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Queen Brahne (Going on to the Final)
Quina Quen (Going on to the Final)
Vivi (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Jecht (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Zell (Going on to the Final)



Our first battle will be from the outfits section:


Steiner's Outfit ("...I am Captain Adelbert Steiner of Alexandria, and I humbly request your assistance to get back to the castle." "Ha-ha-ha! That's a new one! Nice try, but I don't date bums. You should really scrape that rust off. It's disgusting.")

vs.

SeeD Uniform (Selphie: "HAH! Found you! Well, well!? What do you think? My SeeD uniform! ... ... Heeey! Lookin' good! Alright! Let's hit that PAAH-TAY!")

Both are cliche, but SeeD Uniform, I suppose.

SeeD Uniform.

SeeD Uniform

I like the SeeD uniform

Steiner's Outfit

Steiner's Outfit, because the SeeD uniforms have zero personality about them. They look entirely generic. Steiner, on the other hand, had a much more interesting look that clashed nicely with the people around him.

Steiner

SeeD Uniform the clanking of steiners armor annoyed me after a while. -_-

SeeD Uniform

Steiner's Outfit just

Steiner's Outfit-Charming, simply charming, just like the person inside it. :)

Steiner's Outfit - 5
SeeD Uniform - 6


Not a lot of votes, but SeeD Uniform takes a slight edge and goes on to the final battle in its category.


Next up, we have from the fighting styles category:


Black Mage (Steiner: "Please, Master Vivi. For the sake of Princess Garnet and all of Alexandria, I humbly request your assistance!" Zidane: "Come on! You're a black mage, for crying out loud! Show us what you've got! Alright, let's get going." Vivi: "...Okay. I'll...try my best.")

vs.

Guns ("A gun is a man's weapon, nothing else will do." --- Merchant from FFVII who sells only one weapon --- a gun for Vincent)


Black Mage was the only magic fighting class that made it to the semi-finals. Will it earn a spot in the final, or be shot down? Cast your votes!

Black Mage because more useful than guns anyday, and more of a staple of FF.

Black Mage

Black Mage

Black mage so much more useful then a gunner.

Black Mage-Mainly because of Vivi

Guns


JUST TO BE CONTRARY LOLOL

Black Magic, even though i think vivi is horribly overrated.

Guns.

Guns, because the cannons of the Magitek armour is classified as such. :P

Black Mage

Guns have never been overly useful in any of the games, but Black Magic is always handy.

Black Mages. Old figting style but always usefull and powerfull.

Black magic, the only RPG in which guns were cool, was Skies of Arcadia, Dyne and Gilder kicked 'hole in that.

I'm extremely partial to Black Magic.

Black Magic all the way!

Black Mage - 12
Guns - 3


Black Mage/Magic it is, easily.

Next, from our facial features category:

Lulu - Final Fantasy X (""Clueless, aren't you? Good thing I'm here.")

vs.

Zell - Final Fantasy VIII (Quistis: "Squall! Over here! I'll be announcing the squad assignments for the exam now. Let's see...You'll be with...Zell Dincht. Quite a lively fellow." Squall: "Lively? He's just loud. Can't I switch members?")


Remember, for this battle, you're voting on the facial features.

Lulu

Lulu

Lulu

Zell; loved the tattoo

zell

Lulu

Zell

Zell

Zell; loved the tattoo

I'm abstaining because I would have to vote for Zell and I refuse to do that.

Lulu.

Lulu Because of the sarcastic humour

Lulu's face is much easier for me to remember than Zell's. Zell's thing were those ridiculous knee-length shorts.

What's wrong with knee length shorts?

Anyways, Zell.

All right, so that'll be:

Lulu's Facial Features - 5
Zell's Facial Features - 6


Zell's facial features edge out Lulu's by just one vote.


Now, from the accessories section:

Auron's Sunglasses ("When Braska and Jecht died defeating Sin...I just couldn't accept it. I came back here...tried to avenge them. But she struck me down. Somehow I made my way, crawling, down Mount Gagazet. But my strength left me just outside Bevelle. That's where Kimahri found me.")

vs.

Gau's "Shiny Thing" (Gau: "Gau's treasure... ...shiny, shiny!! Shiny, shiny, shiny!!!" Sabin: "Can anything be THAT shiny?" Gau: "Does Mr. Thou like shiny thing?")


Appearance vs. functionality --- which will it be? Cast your votes!

Auron's sunglasses

Auron's sunglasses

Auron's Sunglasses

Auron's Sunglasses

Gau's "Shiny Thing"

Gau's "Shiny Thing". At least it added something to the plot (and it was really funny when Gau was talking about it)

Gau's "Shiny Thing". At least it added something to the plot (and it was really funny when Gau was talking about it)

Gau's "Shiny Thing". At least it added something to the plot (and it was really funny when Gau was talking about it)

Gau's "Shiny Thing". At least it added something to the plot (and it was really funny when Gau was talking about it)

Gau's "Shiny Thing". At least it added something to the plot (and it was really funny when Gau was talking about it)

Auron's Sunglasses

Gau's "Shiny Thing". At least it added something to the plot (and it was really funny when Gau was talking about it)

Auron's Sunglasses-Aww, good ol Auron, the one thing that doesn`t camp up FFX. <3

Auron's Sunglasses.

lulu

sorry typo.... i meant Auron's Sunglasses

Auron's sunglasses

Gau's "Shiny Thing". At least it added something to the plot (and it was really funny when Gau was talking about it)

Auron's Sunglasses-Aww, good ol Auron, the one thing that doesn`t camp up FFX. <3

Okay, I think we've had a decent number of votes that we can end this now, despite the holiday:

Sunglasses - 10
Shiny Thing - 8


Very close battle, there, however, the sunglasses win by two votes.


Now, a battle for the hairstyles section. After this, we'll have had a semi-final battle in every section:


Seymour (Tidus: "From the first time I laid eyes on him, I never did like Seymour... But you know, some of the things he said that day...They made a lot of sense to me.")

vs.

Dagger / Garnet (Short) (Eiko: "It's okay, but your hair... It was so beautiful." Dagger: "Short hair doesn't suit me?" Eiko: "Oh, no. You look great!")


Again, remember that you're voting on hairstyles.

Dagger

I may not like him as a character. But his hair is pretty damn amazing. I love how it doesnt move even when he is burnt with magic. Thats why im giving my vote to Seymour

Dagger's is nice but Seymour's is more imaginitive.

Garnet's short hair get my vote

If you don't think Seymour's hair is the most awesome thing ever, you have no soul.

If you don`t think Seymour`s hair is the campest thing ever, you have no soul.

Daggers hair

Dagger's Hair

Seymour's Hair

Not exactly an overwhelming collection of votes here, but we must move on:

Seymour's Hair - 4
Dagger / Garnet's Short Hair - 4


What do ya' know? We have a tie. When we have a tie in a later round, we look back to results the previous round(s) in order to determine the tie-breaker. So let's take a look...


Seymour's Hair - 15/20 = 75%
Dagger / Garnet Short - 11/17 = 64.7%



Seymour's Hair wins the tie-breaker and is on to the finals.



Okay, let's go on to another fighting style battle:

Summoners (Tidus: [nararating] "Man, was I surprised. And here I was, thinking summoners were all old geezers.")

vs.

Ninjas ("He owes allegiance to no one, and will do anything for money. He comes and goes like the wind..." Edgar: "That's Shadow! He'd slit his mama's throat for a nickel!")

Ninjas, cos Shadow was one of my fav characters.

Ninjas. :)

Ninjas

They owe allegiance to no one, and will do anything for money. They come and go like the wind.

Ninjas

ninja's

Ninjas, cos Shadow was one of my fav characters.

Summoners because ninjas are cool and all but the cant summon monsters...i bet if ya summoned 2 or 3 monsters they'd be able to kick a ninja's butt..

Ninjas

Although i adore Shadow, ninjas are overrated imo, like pasta or knee pads. ;(

I think i`ll go for Summoners

They owe allegiance to no one, and will do anything for money. They come and go like the wind.

Ninjas

Ninjas. :)

All right, that was a near blowout there. Let's load up the final results:

Summoners - 2
Ninjas - 9


A couple of late votes there for summoners couldn't stem the tide of votes for the big favorite here --- Ninjas. They go on to the final and we go on to another battle.


Okay, next up, another outfits battle:

Sephiroth's Outfit (Cloud: "Did you see him? Did you see Sephiroth?")

vs.

Freya's Outfit (Zidane: "...Oh yeah! You used to live next door to me. How's it going...Ratchel? Man, you've really gotten...big." Woman at the Counter: "You nasty little-" Zidane: "Come on. I'm just kiddin'. You know I never forget a pretty girl's name. So how've you been, Freya?")


Remember, you are voting based only on what you think of the character's outfit.

Freya's outfit, for obvious reasons.

Freya's Outfit definately.

Freya's Outfit of course. Sephiroth's sucks :)

Freya's Outfit

Freya because red

Lol i love how you described the outfits!
"did you see him..."
Sephiroths outfit, i like to be contrary and i don't know who Freya is!

Although i like freya as a character, her outfit is not my favorite.

Sephiroth's Outfit

How do you not know Freya? Anyways, Freya for reasons already stated.

Freya's Outfit

Down with lame designs in inferior games!

Freya`s outfit

Apart from the overall game, the character designs and costumes in FFIX are much more interesting and rich than in FFVII.

Let's go for Dragoon!

Freya

Freya's Outfit

Freya's Outfit

All right, so that's:

Sephiroth's Outfit - 2
Freya's Outfit - 11


Big win for Freya's clothing, which goes on to the final in that section.

Next up, from our accessories category:

Locke's Bandana - Final Fantasy VI ("This is my good luck charm. When I found this, my life took a turn for the better.")

vs.

Irvine's Cowboy Hat (Irvine: "Thanks for the support, but I never miss my target.")

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Locke's Bandana

Locke's Bandana

Locke's Bandana

Locke's Bandana-Oh Locke, you cute bastard you.

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Since it seems like the voting's kinda close, I'm gonna extend an extra day for votes due to today's outage.

Irvine's Cowboy Hat

Locke's Bandana