Name says it all, I think... The previous rumble was messed up, so I'm starting from stratch! I chose the characters I thought were more appropriate, but if you have any suggestions of who should go in, just PM me. Remember, though, we need exactly 32 people, so if you think somebody should be added, also say who should be taken out.

RULES:
One vote per person per battle
Put votes in bold and add reasoning/witty comment if you want.
No flaming, me or anybody else. This is meant to be fun.
If there's a tie, I'll withdraw my vote.
I'll leave battles open for a few days, usually, unless there's a blowout.

Here's the line-up for the first round. If you know how knock-out tournaments work, this shouldn't be too hard to understand.

SEMIS:
1. Galuf (V) - Setzer (VI)
2. Edgar (VI) - Locke (VI)

To not have Galuf in this is a crime.

I elect to switch Galuf with Guy. Guy wasn't a very interesting character anyway.

I agree --- and I couldn't get past five or ten minutes into II.

Galuf should be in here I agree.

Ill Edit the thread in Gd to show we have a new one up.

Also I think its fair to say guys if this one somehow craps out then trying to get this rumble running is a task that aint happening.

Thanks for that Xander!

And now...
Let the battles begin!

BATTLE 1
Kain Highwind (FFIV)
Childhood friend to both Cecil and Rosa, Kain is the leader of the Dragon Knights of Baron.

VS

Celes Chere (FFVI)
A former general of the Empire, genetically enhanced and artificially infused with magic, making her the second MagiTek Knight.

I vote for Kain... because I like dragoons.:-D

Celes as I prefer generally to Kain

Celes ftw. While Kain is a pretty neat character, Celes is one of the best female characters ever.

Celes ftw. While Kain is a pretty neat character, Celes is one of the best female characters ever.

Chalk up another for Celes.

Kain Butchy females scare me...

Kain 2
Celes 4

Therefore Celes moves on to the next round!

The next battle is between mighty Galuf's grand-daughter against the only female character of the FFIII remake...

BATTLE 2:

Krile Baldesion (FFV)

vs

Refia (FFIII)

I'll vote for Krile because I never played FFIII...

Krile 100%. But where does the Baldesion last name come from? I've never seen that before. Is that in Advanced?

Refia wins by default.

Refia

Krile
I love FFIII, but the characters are pretty boring.

Krile 100%. But where does the Baldesion last name come from? I've never seen that before. Is that in Advanced?

Krile 4
Refia 2

Krile Baldesion (yes that name comes from Advanced) moves on!

And now, it's the battle you've all been waiting for. Galuf against the white mage/archer of FF4...

BATTLE 3:

Galuf Baldesion (FFV)

vs

Rosa Farrell (FFIV)

Rosa, hands down.

Galuf!
I always found Rosa annoying...

I like both, but I feel compeled for Galuf. He deserves more than being wiped out in the first round, and I find his "I'm invincible. What YOU gonna do about it?" attitude refreshing.

Galuf --- that dude amused me to no end and it was so wild to find out that he was a king. And then he becomes really, really awesome and cool.

My vote: Galuf because he's a lot more interesting than Rosa.

GALUF 4
ROSA 1

As if there would be any competition for the crowd favourite...
Next up, the "spoony bard" against the Half-Esper!

BATTLE 4
Edward Chris von Muir (FFIV)

vs

Terra Branford (FFVI)

I cast my vote for Terra.

Terra. Edward pissed me off. And also, it will be a sin for Terra not to win.

I'm not as big a fan of Terra as some, but definitely her over Edward.

Terra ftw! Easily one of the best female characters ever.

Terra!!!
No questions there.

And it's a clean sweep...

Terra 5
Edward 0

The next battle is between the badass "assasin" of FFVI and the Cid of FFIV.

SHADOW
VS
CID POLLENDINA

I'll vote for Cid, just because it's likely that no one else will...

Seeing as wearing black and not saying much was cliche 13 years ago, I vote for Cid.

Cid

Shadow, not that i'm a big fan of his but i simply dislike Cid from FFIV

FFIV's Cid! Sorry, if anyone saw my earlier post, brain-fart. I totally recall FFIV's Cid now and I loved him. Awesome dude.

I'll vote for Shadow on the premise that he was far more useful in battle. Both of their stories are pretty good though.

Cid 4
Shadow 2

Cid is the winner!

And now for the sixth battle:

BATTLE 6:
Bartz Klauser
vs
Cyan Garamonde

Oh man. This is actually a really tough battle for me. I really like Bartz/Butz a lot. But Cyan Garamonde is my absolute favorite character in FFVI. I loved everything about him.

Cyan would beat Bartz to death

Cyan all the way

I like Bartz quite a bit, but Cyan can trump a lot of characters, Bartz included.

Um, yeah. What was my old usernick again? ;)

Cyan FTW. They pulled a tragic story off without being emo.

Hmm, tough one really... I guess i'll have to go with Cyan as well.

Another whitewash from a hero of FF6!

Cyan - 5
Bartz - *tumbleweed*

Our next battle is between the only airship guy NOT called Cid and the incredible aging Summoner.

SETZER GABBIANI
VS
RYDIA OF MIST

Setzer. He at least plays a part in the story. Rydia just shows up as a pansy mage (not even a good one), then disappears for a while, and all of a sudden, "WAZ UP BOIZ1! I CAN DO 1337 PWN@G3 MAJIKS NOW!!11!"

Although I don't agree with ChunkyMunky's depiction of Rydia, Setzer is a better character overall.

I'm all for Setzer Gabbiani, and Setzer's Theme.

Setzer!
*starts humming Setzer's theme*

um... Setzer all the way! *feels awkward for jumping in late*

Setzer

One would have had to be blind not to see this coming...

Setzer: 6
Rydia: :(

This battle doesn't have a FFVI character, so this time, maybe both characters will get voted for...

Gordon (II)
vs
Arc (III)

I know nothing about Arc, so I'll vote for Gordon.

Arc by default, as I never got past about five minutes of II.

I never liked Gordon, but I've never played III.

Arc, Gordon's too whiny

Arc, because that's how Agent voted.

Arc

Arc 4
Gordon 2

Arc moves on to the next round!

I'm wondering if I should even bother with the next battle, but we'll see just how badly Minwu gets beaten:

EDGAR RONI FIGARO
VS
MINWU

Minwu as I dont like Edgar

Edgar. Figaro bros forever.

Edgar. Figaro bros forever.

Edgar. Figaro bros forever.

+ Who the hell in Minwu?

EDGAR RONI FIGARO

My apologies for not giving descriptions, Minwu is the white wizard of FF2 (Non-SNES version), also known as Ming-wu and Mindu. But it matters little, as the results are conclusive!

EDGAR 4
MINWU 1

The biggest surprise being that Minwu actually got a vote...

The next battle is between the original Paladin and another character from the DS remake of FFIII:

Cecil Harvey (FFIV) vs Ingus (FFIII)

Cecil Harvey

Oh, Cecil I suppose.

Cecil.
Who the hell is is Ingus? �.o

Cecil.
Who the hell is is Ingus? �.o

INGUS FTW!!!!!!

Cecil.
Who the hell is is Ingus? �.o

Who the hell is is Ingus? Ô.o

TBH, I have no freakin' idea. All non FF4/6 characters (with the possible exception of Galuf) are cannon fodder in this rumble anyway.

Well, this has enough votes:
Cecil - 5
Ingus - 1

Cecil moves on with relative ease.

Time to unload some more cannon fodder:

Maria (FFII) vs Relm (FFVI)

This battle is a joke. The blandest character in the series against the forerunner of Yuffie, Selphie, and Rikku? Relm. Relm FTW.

I don't consider some of of the other FFV characters cannon fodder either, but I suppose that's just me.


Relm, FTW. Relm FTW the entire thing maybe, depending on how things play out.

Relm

All hands down, Relm.

Relm. No. Contest. Whatsoever.

All hands down, Relm.

Relm wins. Unsurprisingly.

And now, the hot cross-dressing pirate shall take on the monk!

Faris Scherwiz
VS
Yang Fang Leiden

Faris gets my vote

Damn, I adored both characters :D but

I'll go for Faris. ^_*

I like both too, I think. But I'll go Faris also.

and the monk shall win! Yang Fang Leiden

Yang ftw. Faris was cool, but Yang pwns.

Faris. Yang was too boring of a character.

Faris. Faris is far more developed than Yang as a character. Yang says some cool things and does some important things, but you don't really get involved with his life or personality much.

Faris, on the other hand...wow, he/she has an extensive story! All the way from his/her childhood...probably one of the more...maybe most...complex characters in FFV. So yeah, my vote goes to Faris.

Faris.

I thought she was a man at first. XD

Heh. So did Galuf, Butz / Bartz and probably Lenna / Reina too.

You know, they COULD have changed her name to fit her real name...which would keep me from trying to stubbornly and subconsciously cling to the idea that she's a male (hence the he/she in my post...). :P

Faris.

FARIS 7
YANG 2

The results are in: A comfortable win for Faris.

The next battle sees FFII's last remaining entrant, who doesn't seem to have a chance against the popular "treasure hunter" of FFVI. Time will tell, though.

FIRION
VS
LOCKE COLE

FIRION Hahahahahaaha - betcha didn't see that coming.

Firion has just about as much of a personality as the light warriors in FF1. The "treasure hunter" on the other hand had a great story. My vote goes to Locke.

Locke Cole wins by default for me, as I never really cared for FFII. And also, if you don't vote for this treasure-hunter, he will rip your lungs out.

Locke Cole wins by default for me, as I never really cared for FFII. And also, if you don't vote for this treasure-hunter, he will rip your lungs out.

Locke Cole wins by default for me, as I never really cared for FFII. And also, if you don't vote for this treasure-hunter, he will rip your lungs out.

Locke

Locke

Locke

Firion had about as much personality as the cartridge itself...

Character design was one of the lowest points in II. Locke for reasons already stated.

Locke: 8
Firion: 1

Well, well. Firion has exceeded all expectations, and scraped a vote. =-O

Hopefully, the next fight will be close, for a change.

Lenna Charlotte Tycoon - Princess of Tycoon, younger sister of Faris
vs
Edward Geraldine (AKA Edge) - Cocky and confident prince of Eblan.

Edge

Lenna / Reina, only because I like V more than IV.

Not far enough in IV yet. Check off a vote for Lenna, please.

Edge. Has more personality than Lenna. At least, that's how I feel.

Edge.

Oh, it's tough... Edge wasn't around long enough to become really attached to him, and Lenna didn't have much of a personality. I'll have to go with Edge though.

Lenna.

Let's finish this:

Lenna 3
Edge 4

Edge takes the match by a single vote! if only all the fights were this close... but they're not, and this next battle should prove it, unfortunately for Luneth.

Sabin Figaro
vs
Luneth

Sabin Figaro ftw.

Sabin Figaro

Sabin Rene Figaro, no question.

Sabin Figaro. Who's Luneth? Another IV character?

Sabin Figaro, of course!

Sabin Figaro FTW

This won't get any more votes, so Sabin takes it with ease.

It's time to finish off the first round with a highly anticipated showdown!!!... Not really, but gotta get some enthusiasm going, right?

TELLAH: FFIV Sage, Crap MP, Dies fighting Golbez
VERSUS
LEON: Brother of Maria, The Original Dark Knight

LEON cos of the none crap MP ya

TELLAH

It has to be Tellah.

BTW, the spoiler-tagging doesn't work properly on these boards and never has.

Definitely saying Tellah

Probably Tellah.

Tellah! :D

Tellah, duh. FFII characters are almost as personality-less as the FFI characters...so pathetic.

Tellah: 6
Leon: 1

And that ends round 1...

ROUND 2
1. Celes (VI) - Krile (V)
2. Terra (VI) - Galuf (V)
3. Cyan (VI) - Cid (IV)
4. Setzer (VI) - Arc (III)
5. Edgar (VI) - Cecil (IV)
6. Relm (VI) - Faris (V)
7. Locke (VI) - Edge (IV)
8. Sabin (VI) - Tellah (IV)

You'll notice there is a FF6 character in every round, so it could well end up as a FFVI Rumble instead... oh well.

Celes Chere
vs
Krile Baldesion

Fight!

Celes

Ouch, didn't want Krile out this early, but,

Celes!

Krile! I'm the only one cool enough to vote for her. :D Celes wasn't bad, but I didn't really connect with her character all that much. There were other more interesting characters in that game.

Celes without a doubt.

Celes

all the way

I like Krile, but...I'm just really going to have to vote for Celes. Unfortunately for Krile, there's no way she'll win against some super-major character like Celes.... :(

Celes, indeed

Krile because Agent told me bad things would happen tomy family if I didn't vote for her!

Krile

More votes than we've seen in a while, which can never be a bad thing.

Celes 6
Krile 3

And a late fightback is not enough for Krile to topple Celes, who is looking the favourite to take this rumble out. If any two characters could topple her, it would certainly be one of these two:

Galuf Baldesion
vs
Terra Branford

Galuf Baldesion

If I could vote for Krile over Celes, I can definitely vote for Galuf over Terra. No question. I never really cared that much for Terra.

This is fairly difficult, but Galuf has been, and probably always will be, my favorite character in V.

I can definitely vote for Galuf over Terra. No question. I never really cared that much for Terra.

Terra

Galuf

Galuf. Now that I consider him, comparing him to other characters, I realize how amazing of a character that guy was.

Thanks to Agent for reminding me, I'd completely forgotten about this thread... and we have a clear result.

Galuf: 6
Terra: 1

I can't wait until Galuf vs Celes, that will surely be a great match. But we can't see it until we've sorted through the cannon fodder:

Cyan Garamonde (VI)
vs
Cid Pollendina (IV)

Cid has a history of beating VI characters, but he should find Cyan a lot harder to topple than Shadow... fight!

Cid should damn well find Cyan hard to topple.

Cyan

Cid was cool and all but Cyan just rocks

Cyan. Great character. Sad, sad story though. :(

As cool as FFIV's Cid was, he doesn't stand a shot at beating my favorite VI character, Cyan.

Cyan

Cyan. Great character. Sad, sad story though. :(

Yeah, forgot about it again. Don't worry, I'll see this rumble through, unless I die of old age first...

Cyan 6
Cid 0

Yep, another whitewash for a VI character. And it doesn't look like changing, at least not this battle:

Setzer Gabbiani (VI)
vs
Arc I-don't-need-a-surname (III)

Arc beat Gordon to get this far, while Setzer crushed Rydia. Even Rydia could take this guy. Fight!

No surprise --- Setzer. I barely remember FFIII. It wasn't a bad game, but FFVI stands out far more.

Setzer

Setzer, surely.

Setzer

Setzer. God, how the heck can someone like Setzer be fighting such an insignificant character as Arc?! What a waste of time.

Setzer

Setzer, at least he had a backstory!

Setzer Gabbiani

Though I'm very disappointed that Rydia lost. =(

There is nothing to say about that last battle that hasn't been said, but Yui's sig made me lol, so it wasn't a complete waste of forum space...

Edgar Roni Figaro (VI)
vs
Cecil Harvey (IV)

Cecil is a girl's name. Fight!

That's tough..but Cecil's just boring so Edgar.

I'll vote for Edgar, seeing as he was more useful in battle. I still like Cecil though.

Edgar Roni Figaro

Cecil Harvey

Sabin was the more interesting of the two brothers for me --- Cecil.

Cecil because Dark knights and Paladins are still my favorite job class.
Also Cecil is not a girls name it was a Common French name I belive back in the War between England and France in the 1400s to 1500s would give a better info but my History books are still packed somewhere in my boxes.

Edgar. Just because.

I'll vote for Edgar, seeing as he was more useful in battle. I still like Cecil though.

Edgar, Chainsaw made me lol.

For a moment there, it looks like Cecil might achieve an upset... but it was not to be.

Edgar 6
Cecil 3

Figaro Bro A is through to the quarter-finals, IV suffers a blow with their protagonist dropping out.

Relm Arrowny (VI)
vs
Faris Scherwiz (V)

Faris seems to be almost as popular as Galuf, judging by the first round, and Relm hasn't been seriously challenged yet. Interesting to see how this will turn out.

I liked both.

But I'm going to have to say Faris. I found her a lot more entertaining.

Faris
Relm is okay but Faris is a warrior woman anyone who has seen firefly knows the quote I am refering to.=)

I loved Firefly but Relm because I can't bare to see her shut out, which I get the feeling would happen otherwise.

Relm Arrowny, because I hated Faris' poor accent and predictable story.

Relm.

One of my ultimate favourite FF Classic characters. =)

Relm, she's an artist!

Relm, the character is simple and few words are spoken, but awesome nonetheless!

Relm

Faris

Faris 3
Relm 6

This battle was quite close, but Relm just had too much support from the fans of FFVI.

Locke Cole (VI)
vs
Edward "Edge" Geraldine (IV)

Locke, like Relm, went up against an FF2 character in round one, and Edge scraped through against Lenna. I don't see Edge putting up a lot of resistance though.

Relm did amazing, I expected a loss!

Locke Cole, no question this time. I have no particular attachment to Edge.

Locke is a well-developed character, and a likable one too. Edge, on the other hand, hardly has any development, if at all.

Locke Cole

Locke's funnier.

Locke Cole

Both are good from the famous Treasure hunter/thief problem to the Courtship of Lady Rydia each have their moments but in the end...

Locke Cole Thief with Delusions of Treasure Hunting and apperantly a Ladies man.

I think Edgar was the lady's man. Locke was only Celes's man. He did save Terra first, but didn't made any kind of move on her.

Locke Cole

Hynad: We can discuss the characters at length... in another thread. This is a rumble, so no discussion, only voting.

Locke wins by default. I've never gotten too far in IV.

Locke Cole, of course. A much more fun type of thief.

"Wheeeeeee!!!"; that is the sound of Locke being catapulted into the next round by a 9 vote whitewash.

We only have one more battle to finish off Round 2, and that is between the last FFIV character remaining in this rumble, and the second Figaro brother.

Sabin Figaro
vs
Tellah

Mr. Thou versus Old Man With 90 MP. Fight!

Tellah Blitz over FF IV's Meteo?

Tellah

Tellah gets major points for the spoony bard line, but Sabin was just more fun to me overall.

Sabin Figaro

The cooler of the brothers --- Sabin

Sabin Figaro, aka Mr Thou.

Sabin because man could he do damage if used right

As for tellah not the only user of Meteo since much cuter rydia got it as well as much older FusoYa as well. Tellah though is a classic espically for the Spoony bard line as Prak said.

Sabin.

Sabin Figaro, aka Mr Thou.

This is too bad. I liked Tellah. But Sabin takes it easily.

This is too bad. I liked Tellah. But Sabin takes it easily.

Also, Vivi Fire, wasn't Mr. Thou Cyan? ^_~

Edit: zomg. :D Okay, I did forget that!

If I may be allowed to interject, it actually was Sabin that Gau referred to specifically as "Mr. Thou," and then Sabin indicated Cyan stating "Mr. Thou's that one, over THERE!!" And then... Gau: "Mr. Thou! Hurry up! We're leaving!!" Sabin: "Hey! I told you once, I'm not Mr. Thou!!!"

Good, someone pointed it out! Nice observation Agent.

Anyways, Sabin.

Sabin ftw.

Sabin

We had a good turnout for this rumble, the best so far I think. :) The result was never in doubt:

Sabin 12
Tellah 2

Now here's where it gets serious. We're down to the final eight, Galuf and the seven FFVI people.

Celes Chere vs Galuf Halm Baldesion
Cyan Garamonde vs Setzer Gabbiani
Edgar Roni Figaro vs Relm Arrowny
Locke Cole vs Sabin Rene Figaro

The first fight of the round is against Celes and Galuf, the latter quite possibly the favourite to take out this rumble, as he was added by request. Fight!

Celes

Celes

There are enough VI characters in this already, and Galuf pawns. Galuf.

Galuf.

Celes Chere

Celes Who can resist the Hot Blonde Bombshell with a brain in her head? Plus she kicks so much ass its not even funny.

Galuf 100% --- Celes was certainly not my favorite FFVI character and Galuf was tops and deserves this vote. And, honestly, FFV deserves at least one spot in the semi-finals.

Celes Chere she can sing!

There are enough VI characters in this already, and Galuf pawns. Galuf.

Galuf

I found Galuf to be more entertaining. Celes was alright to start with but she annoyed me later on in the game.

Galuf definetly

Galuf 7
Celes 5

It looked like Galuf might have been bailed out early, but thanks to a last run of votes, justice prevailed in the end. The next battle pits two very different characters against each other:

Cyan Garamonde
vs
Setzer Gabbiani

Setzer has met the path of least resistance so far, against Rydia and Arc, and Cyan seems to have more support as far as I can tell. This should be a good battle.

Fight!

Setzer

Setzer

Cyan

Cyan

Setzer.

Cyan

Setzer

Difficult. But I far prefer Mr. Thou.

Now the voting gets tougher. I love both characters very much, but the deeper-going story which makes Cyan simply wonderful, it just gets my favour. =)

Setzer

Cyan.

Definitely have to support Cyan on this one --- found his character far more interesting and definitely cooler in battle.

Setzer

Setzer

Wow, 7-7. I love both characters... but I'll have to take Setzer.

Setzer 8
Cyan 7

It was a very good battle... but Setzer took it by the skin of his teeth. Next up is the only female character remaining, and Figaro Bro Number One.

Edgar Roni Figaro
vs
Relm Arrowny

I don't like Edgar's chances here... but Setzer caused an upset in the last battle, so anything could happen.

Fight!

Relm.

Easily.

Relm

Edgar

Edgar

Edgar Roni Figaro

Edgar

Relm.

Easily.

Edgar.

Easily.

Relm chick with the attitude over the womanizer king

Edgar

Relm. I don't know, I just like her!

Ah. My favorite is out. So I definitely have to support Relm here and hopefully see one of my faves through to win this thing.

Edgar

Edgar 7
Relm 6

With the second close battle in a row, Edgar sneaks through with the final vote. Let's see if his brother can follow suit:

Locke Cole
vs
Sabin Rene Figaro

Hmm... I'd say Locke will win, but then again, I also said Cyan and Relm would make it through to the semis. -_-

Fight!

Hmmm. I'll go Sabin.

Locke Cole

Locke

Locke , Sabin has the awesome Blitz, but Locke wins by personality.

Sabin

Sabin, no doubt.

Locke. The two figaro brothers made the final in the ff6 rumble. I would rather see two others have a chance.

Locke. With ValiantKnife and AtmaWeapon, he is simply the most powerful attacker in the game. In addition, he had a better personality. I can only see a few other characters who I think are better, and none are left in this rumble.