Tough call, but I lean toward Rikku's Theme.

Ending - Until the Day We Meet Again

Ending - Until the Day We Meet Again 4-3 Rikku's Theme

Well, will ya look at that. Great battle, and the Ending Theme makes the top 3! Look forward to seeing it in the final. And... all the character themes have been wiped out! Well, maybe there is something to this Ending theme? We'll see...

Next up are:

Tri-Finals - Battle 2

Infiltration! - Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ffx2music/2/05%20-%20Infiltration!.mp3)

A track I'm thrilled to see in the top 6. I love it, but I never expected it to make it this far due to being "unknown". Kudos to all who voted for it. Will it make the final?

VS.

Yuna's Ballad - Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ffx2music/2/11%20-%20Yuna%27s%20Ballad.mp3)

One of this game's more known themes. Seeing as it's a piano theme and it's popular among X-2 fans, I think most of us knew it would make the top 6. Final 3 maybe?


I fear it'll lose (I sure hope not), but I pick Infiltration!
Not even a contest. I've said before I'm not a huge fan of YB, plus Infiltration is one that I think it would be cool if it won.

Sorry, but this is where voting for Infiltration ends for me, at least for now, unless it ends up winning this battle, at which point I'll have to reevaluate. But I really like Yuna's Ballad-- don't know what about it doesn't suit you, Zak, but I find it lovely.

Mmm, Yuna's Ballad for me as well..sorry, Zak :)

Yeah... Sorry, but Yuna's Ballad for me too.

Alright the time has passed but considering the DNS being down and the ridiculously small number of votes, I'll extend this a couple days.

Yuna's Ballad

Okay, I'm tired of waiting... five votes isn't much but it'll pass.

Yuna's Ballad 4-1 Infiltration!

So Yuna's Ballad is now in the final three... Infiltration! has had it's day. The final battle's gonna be exciting!

Now, the last member of the final three shall be determined...

Tri-Finals - Battle 3

Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves - Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ffx2music/1/01%20-%20Eternity%20-%20Memory%20of%20Lightwaves.mp3)

This one is outstanding and no surprise it made it this far. It outdid it's "Troupe" remix, but one of the greater piano pieces to come about. Let's see how it will do!

VS.

Under Bevelle - Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ffx2music/2/10%20-%20Under%20Bevelle.mp3)

The other phenomonal chase music, which I believe is, though very different, a fair match to it's above opponent. Really happy to see it made it this far. Top 3 for it?


Unlike the last two battles I'm not particularly leaning against either one. I love them both but I happen to actually prefer Under Bevelle cause it's less known and not one I hear all the damn time and probably will be the underdog and I love the chase music.

Under Bevelle

Eternity - Memories of Waves and Light

Eternity - Memories of Lightwaves

Under Bevelle

Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves

Hmmm, we can't go on like this... it appears we have a tie. That's a first in the tri-finals... 3-3.

Slavka gets the honor of breaking it since she surprisingly hasn't voted.

Eternity - Memory Of Lightwaves. I think my internet must be acting up again, since I could've sworn I posted this before...

Alright then, Eternity wins this one and makes the top three! It's been a long, hard, well deserved road for Under Bevelle.

Now the final... usually we have seperate battles to decide who's gonna be in third place, but now that we have THREE finalists instead of four, I'm just gonna have them go all out, the least votes gets the bronze medal... and so on. It's that simple, just choose between three who you want to win!

So let's check out the variety we have here...

FINAL BATTLE - THREE WAY

Ending - Until the Day We Meet Again! - Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ffx2music/2/28%20-%20Ending%20-Until%20the%20Day%20we%20Meet%20Again-.mp3)

So here we have an Ending theme...

VS.

Yuna's Ballad - Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ffx2music/2/11%20-%20Yuna%27s%20Ballad.mp3)

...A significant piano theme...

VS.

Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves - Listen Here (http://lamda.bluelaguna.net/ffx2music/1/01%20-%20Eternity%20-%20Memory%20of%20Lightwaves.mp3)

...Another significant piano theme and the main menu theme.

Yeah, I'm through with descriptions. But it's not like we need them by now.

As for my vote... well, as much as I wasn't too thrilled with the results of either of the tri-finals, at least it makes it an easy vote for me. Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves, hands down.

Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves for me.

Right, despite this being a tri-final, it's really pretty easily between two for me, those being Yuna's Ballad and KUON ~ Memories of Waves and Light. That decision, on the other hand, is really very close. Quite a close one. That said, though, I'm going for Yuna's Ballad. If KUON ~ The Troupe Performs were still in it, it might have my vote, but it isn't.

..I prefer the Troupe version, but this is as close as it gets. Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves.

After much deliberation, Yuna's Ballad.

Ending - Until The Day We Meet Again. I like them all pretty much equally, so I thought I'd be different.

Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves

Yikes! Tough choice but I am going to have to go with Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves

YAY WE'RE FUCKING BACK... finally.

Although it seems pretty clear who the winner's gonna be, I'ma give this a couple more days for people to vote.

Eternity - Memory of Lightwaves

Uh...did all our posts get deleted?

Please see this thread (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=64127)...

Yes, 10 days worth (See thread in General Discussion)

Well...I'll just repost my list of the five missions then.

Machina Mayhem - Just fight fight fight mission. Nothing special about it except the culprit subplot in the next two chapters.
Follow that O'aka - I think that's the name of it...you just runa fter the git, bring him on the ship and you're done. Boring.
Can you dig it? - Dig up one item in Bikanel and...you're done. How exciting.
Concert Cleanup - Fight fight fight mission and beat a pretty easy boss. No real astounding reward or plot value for this either.
YRP, THe Scalpers Three! - Sell some tickets for easy Gil but if you did the Guadosalam trick, it's really unnecessary and dull.

Those are my five missions...again.

Okay, in case any guest reads and cares and missed it, EMoL won the music rumble.

Will start this one soon... though I disagree with some of the missions you said.
But I gotta keep to my word.

EDIT: I see you changed your mind a little, I recall "Shave the Hypello" being there. I thought about maybe replacing that as the one not to be included with one of the ones you mentioned that I disagreed about. But nah, I'll just include "Shave the Hypello".

Okay, everything's all set. 37 missions, minus the above five, makes 32.


Round 1 - Battle 1

Track Down the Troupe!

This mission takes place in Macalania Forest, chapter 3. Tracking down the look-alike musicians that have similar names and personalities to the ones Barkeep brought. Except they're more talented, they need something to do now that their temple is destroyed.
Reward for this mission is a Haste Bangle.

VS.

Youth League Tournament!

This event in the Mushroom Rock Road in Chapter 5 can only be accessed if you gave the sphere to the Youth League. Going down the 'shroom road and fighting random league members including some familiar faces like Yaibal, Elma, and finally Lucil. The reward besides an episode complete is getting to explore inside the headquarters and get Nooj's Sphere. You do, however, get to fight Elma if you chose New Yevon, except that's in Chapter 2 and that time it's personal.


I gotta go with Youth League Tournament!

Youth League Tournament!, easy.

Track Down the Troupe!

Youth League Tournament

Track Down the Troupe!

Youth League

Youth League Tournament. In terms of mission pace it's like comparing a snail to a Formula 1 car, sorry.

Youth League Tournament solely for Lucil's speech.

Youth League Tournament!

So uh...bumpage.

Anti-Existence, I'm well aware of this, I haven't forgotten about it.

What happened was, two days into the round, I had made a long post ending this and posting the next round, and I lost it because the browser froze. Haven't been bothered since. Sorry... won't happen again, will be two days from now.

Youth League Tournament! 7-2 Track Down the Troupe!

Fighting familiar faces seems to be much more interesting than finding three clowns in a forest. Not that the troupe isn't awesome, though.

Round 1 - Battle 2

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate

The FIRST ever "Mission". Involves running up Mt. Gagazet in a race against the Syndicate, if you beat them in time you get an early Muscle Belt. Being first always has an advantage, so will this mission win?

VS.

The Last Cactuar

Note: The entire Cactuar sidequest consists of multiple missions, all of which are used here, seperately. So, if you will, vote based on the segment of the sidequest of which the mission consists.
And, this mission consists of the one time you get to go in the Cactuar cave, full of overgrown mutated fiends (later found in Via Infinito) find Fraiela to summon the Great Haboob, who has a pretty clever idea for Level 10 of the Cactuar minigame. Oh... and of course, the Jumbo Cactuar boss fight. Of course, not the last bossfight of the whole thing, but the last boss for this mission. Reward is the Covenant of Growth GG.


The first touch is always good, but I gotta go with The Last Cactuar. The whole Cactuar minigame was I think my favorite in the game, wouldn't be surprised of one of it's missions won.

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate

I'm also going with Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate-- it was a fun mission to start things off and a good mission in general.

The Last Cactuar I have no idea why I enjoyed this mission but i did.

I give it to Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate. The Muscle Belt was a kickass accessory to get early Don't you also get the Black Mage Dressphere through the sphere you find there of the old guy?
Definitely awesome and I never bothered with the Cactuar sidequest.

Anti Existance, 3 things.

-Bold your votes from now on. At least if you're gonna make a long paragraph and mention the other one (no problem with that at all, I do it all the time).
-Yeah you do get the black mage but I don't consider it a "mission reward" as it's long after the mission is over (before you even beat Boris) and its part of the story. The mission itself isn't about the sphere, it's about chasing/racing them.
-Never done the Cactuar Sidequest? Wow, you are missing out.

Hmm. I'll go with Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate.

The Last Cactuar for me.

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate 4-3 The Last Cactuar

Close, but expected win as being the first mission does have an advantage. There are more Cactuar missions coming soon anyway...

Round 1 - Battle 3

Run the Gunner's Gun Gauntlet!

Aha, here we have a mini-game. The mission itself is in chapter 2 in Besaid, and you must get 500 points. Also, the quirk with this is that if you go for 100% in one shot, you MUST get it on your first run. As a reward, you get the Enigma Plate GG. You can also keep doing this mini-game for higher rewards, but your score is carried on in New Game Plus, so you can only even get one Adamantite, which is the ultimate reward. There is also in Chapter 5 a more challenging version of this mini-game in Besaid Temple's cloister.

VS.

Masterpiece Theater

The great Djose experiment challenge. One of my favorites. Involves beating the Experiment, and beating it again on maximum levels, after digging for parts. The Al Bhed are pretty tough in their creations, but now they can't control their own. There is also a Blue Magic hidden by maximizing the "Special" stat. If I recall, this boss made it to the finals in the previous rumble. Reward is a volume of "Magical Dances" which helps complete the Songstress Dressphere.


Really tough choice and close call on this one. I loved the Gunner's Gauntlet mini-game, though frustrating at times, but the ingenuity and originality of the Experiment mission and the little secrets it holds, like the Blue Magic and the way to get some of the manuals, and all the desert secrets you discover along the way, I have to say Masterpiece Theater. Takes a while, but one of my favorite parts in the game.

Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater, if only because I loathe that Gunner's Gauntlet.

Masterpiece Theater, if only because I loathe that Gunner's Gauntlet.

Okay, time's up, I usually wait longer if there's less than six votes, but this seems surprisingly one-sided anyway.

Masterpiece Theater 5-0 Run the Gunner's Gun Gauntlet!

The Experiment wins again... it's just so popular, that thing...

Round 1 - Battle 4

The Cactuar Connection!

The cact-war is on! This is the main Cactuar mission, with the Gatekeepers, which can be started in Chapter 3 but can only be completed in Chapter 5. A rather creative mini-game, in terms of how each of the levels vary. Probably one of my favorite mini-games.
The whole mission's reward is... well, after "The Last Cactuar" is completed, this one is completed once you get back to the Desert out of the cave. Except, no rewards yet until you complete the following mission, which will show up soon...

VS.

A Fallen Genius?

Chapter 5, Thunder Plains. This is the mission that takes place once the towers get attacked, and are taken over by Chimeras (or Rhyos or whatever they're called). Each tower's reward depends on how well you calibrated it. One tower actually holds this mission's boss, Humbaba, a Behemoth who uses Meteor upon dying. The reward for this mission is the "Valiant Lustre" GG.
Also, afterwards you can do the stuff in the cave with Cid and the Machina Panzar, and the "math cave" as I call it. That is, the long haul of getting the Force of Nature accessory. But none of that is part of the mission.


I vote for The Cactuar Connection. Much more interesting. I did like that Thunder Plains cave though, that was one of my favorite parts in the game, but too bad it's not part of the mission. If it was, it just might have had my vote.

The Cactuar Connection

The Cactuar Connection

The Cactuar Connection!

The Cactuar Connection

I would go against the grain and choose A Fallen Genius?
but..........

The Cactuar Connection was better.

guj - I don't get what your choice is, I'm assuming it's Cactuar, but next time, only bold the one you picked.

Cactuar Connection 6-0 A Fallen Genius?

What I said about the 6-0 wipeouts... well, this time the Cactuars emerge victorious.

Round 1 - Battle 5

Pest Control

This is the mission in Kilika Chapter 3, involving stopping the fiends at the temple there by getting to Dark Ifrit. Fortunately, all Ifrit can summon up is some Daevas. Kilika is so controlled in this game that this is the first time you actually get to go as far as inside the temple. As well as Ifrit, the fiends, and the feeling of deja vu, there is also a Samurai Dressphere hidden. Reward is... well, advancing further in the story, as this is a mandatory mission.

VS.

Tourist Trap

This mission is also in Chapter 3, and also involves visiting a familiar place for the first time in X-2 that didn't let you in before: The Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. The tourists must be rescued in an order based on their personality, including some quirks which may trick you. They give you energy cores which let you go further in (as well as the Besaid Key), and rescue the last two tourists. Finally the big boss at the end is no picnic, Dark Yojimbo. The hardest of the aeons in my opinion, better watch out for that Zanmato!
For all that, the reward is the Tetra Master GG.


Tourist Trap gets my vote. Yojimbo was hard in a good way, and the last two tourists' descriptions made me laugh. Also the puzzle itself with the tourists reminded me of one of those puzzles from Wayside school or something.

Tourist Trap

Pest Control for me. I love Yojimbo and that boss fight but gathering all those tourists was more annoying than anything. on the other hand in pest Control you get, as you noted, the Samurai Dressphere. My fav deressphere for Rikku. (though Lady Luck and Berserker are close)

SORRY

Pest Control

Hoorah it's all tied up now.

Tourist Trap, good battle though.

Pest Control

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap 4-3 Pest Control

Nice close battle, but it appears people enjoyed fighting Yojimbo more than Ifrit. Of course, the quest itself adds up for it...

Round 1 - Battle 6

Foggy Fiend Frenzy

Just a little filler mission for something to do in Mushroom Rock Road in Chapter 1. Involves getting to the end through the fiends, and sneaking around the Drowsy Ochus... reward is a Glass Buckle and the Heart of Flame GG.

VS.

Claim the Treasure Sphere!

Also in Chapter 1, this mandatory mission takes place in the Zanarkand Ruins. Involves meeting a lot of sphere hunters including the Kinderguardians, another run in with Syndicate goons, and finally Isaaru's "quiz". Following that you get to visit a new previously non-existant area, and fight the Guardian Beast boss. Reward is... half a sphere, and advancing the story.


I go with Claim the Treasure Sphere!
Just because.


BTW my internet access may be limited next wee as I'm going away for the holiday.

Claim the Treasue Sphere.
Fighting the Sanctuary Keeeper, I mean Guardian Beast, and Isaaru's "now tell me what is the meaning of life?" made it far more awesome than anything in Foggy Fiend Frenzy.
Plus you might just run into a Tonberry in FFF (I have encountered it at least once per playthrough) and man that takes FOREVER if you try to fight it at this point. I won every time but ended up using up most of my MP and switching dresspheres like crazy.

"To marry a Hypello!"

Claim the Treasure Sphere!

Claim the Treasue Sphere

Claim The Treasure Sphere!

That was an easy one... I appreciate the commentary Mr. Existance

Claim the Treasure Sphere! 8-0 Foggy Fiend Frenzy

Foggy Fiend Frenzy, though it involved Maroda and finding the Den of Woe's first Crimson Sphere (which I forgot to mention, I wonder if the results would have been different if I brought it up, if it would have affected your vote it would be nice to know), is nothing compared to Isaaru's quiz and revisiting Zanarkand.

Round 1 - Battle 7

Where's Wakka?

A nice little mission at the beginning that let's us catch up with the old FFX characters and know what they're up to. Wakka's gone to a new previously-nonexistant cave in Besaid. You must speak to the Aurochs and get clues to the ciphers needed to enter the cave which are different every game. After that, you fight the Flame Dragon and claim the Sphere, which is unfortunately not of Wakka's parents, but of just a clue to finding some GG later. Reward is the Protection Halo GG and the White Mage Dressphere!

VS.

Shave the Hypello?

Shave me! Please shave me! A Hypello was off delivering goods to Tobli on the Moonflow and got caught up with bandits. You must recover them all to get all the percentage. Reward is the Helios Guard GG and the Gun Mage Dressphere!


Gotta go with Where's Wakka?

I posted this AFTER you Agent, but for some reason it showed up on the previous page so I'll post it again.

That was an easy one... I appreciate the commentary Mr. Existance

Claim the Treasure Sphere! 8-0 Foggy Fiend Frenzy

Foggy Fiend Frenzy, though it involved Maroda and finding the Den of Woe's first Crimson Sphere (which I forgot to mention, I wonder if the results would have been different if I brought it up, if it would have affected your vote it would be nice to know), is nothing compared to Isaaru's quiz and revisiting Zanarkand.

Round 1 - Battle 7

Where's Wakka?

A nice little mission at the beginning that let's us catch up with the old FFX characters and know what they're up to. Wakka's gone to a new previously-nonexistant cave in Besaid. You must speak to the Aurochs and get clues to the ciphers needed to enter the cave which are different every game. After that, you fight the Flame Dragon and claim the Sphere, which is unfortunately not of Wakka's parents, but of just a clue to finding some GG later. Reward is the Protection Halo GG and the White Mage Dressphere!

VS.

Shave the Hypello?

Shave me! Please shave me! A Hypello was off delivering goods to Tobli on the Moonflow and got caught up with bandits. You must recover them all to get all the percentage. Reward is the Helios Guard GG and the Gun Mage Dressphere!


Gotta go with Where's Wakka?

Goddammit... why are all my posts appearing above the last four? Okay, this is my last attempt. This round was over, if this appears above for some reason, then it concluded after Agent's post below. Refer above to the next battle's details.

Claim The Treasure Sphere!

Claim the Treasure Sphere!

Wow. Total blowout so far.

I'm also going with Claim the Treasure Sphere!, though I'm not sure I see myself voting for it past this round.

Where's Wakka?

Er, what battle are you voting on?

Agent, pay attention. Look above. I already attempted to commence the following round twice, and then clarified that the posts kept appearing earlier. Scroll up.

All the posts that you see above, my last THREE posts before this one, were after your vote, Agent. They just appeared off.

And edit yay it's working now.

Where's Wakka but neither mission was that great and I doubt I'll vote for it again.

Agent, pay attention. Look above. I already attempted to commence the following round twice, and then clarified that the posts kept appearing earlier. Scroll up.

All the posts that you see above, my last THREE posts before this one, were after your vote, Agent. They just appeared off.
What the heck... whoa, okay. All right, my vote for the current battle is Shave the Hypello.

Where's Wakka

Where's Wakka

Not enough votes, but still, the 6rh wouldn't have made a difference. It's kind of the board's fault for shafting my post a few notches up unnoticed.

Where's Wakka 4-1 Shave the Hypello?

Wakka wins, as catching up with old characters and discovering new places is always interesting.

Round 1 - Battle 8


Clean Sweep

Clasko was traveling with you, but now this is how his story ends. After letting him off at the former Calm Lands arena, he wants to make it a Chocobo ranch, except it's filled with fiends. Clearing them all is a trick as you must find out which one is real, cause it is facing a different direction.
Reward is the Alchemist Dressphere and the Highroad Winds GG.

VS.

Showdown in the Sands

The final mission of the Cactuar story, and that would be, defeating a boss (which happened to be the champion of the boss rumble), Angra Mainyuu! One of the hardest bosses in the game, worthy of a whole mission consisting of it's battle alone. Reward is the Mercurial Strike GG.

Showdown in the Sands gets my vote.

Clean Sweep

Meh...Showdown in the Sands I guess.

Showdown in the Sands - yay

Showdown in the Sands


...but only just.

Clean Sweep, if only because you get the Alchemist Dressphere for it.

Showdown in the Sands

I hated Clean Sweep if only for the damn Queen Couris and their Blaster AKA Instant Death move. Made me throw a Phoenix down on someone and then they'd fucking use Thandaga on the person I revived so the person of course be at low Hp and would be wiped out by it.
Bleh.

That's great Anti-Existence, but unless you're responding to something someone said in a post (i.e. someone were to ask "why does everyone hate Clean Sweep") or making a comment about the round in general (which is fine), what you said could have been included in the vote post. Just don't wanna digress too much into discussion here, that's all.
P.S. I notice you seem to hate missions that are actually challenging... haha maybe I should have reconsidered how to decide what to eliminate. Oh well haha

Hn, I'll go with Clean Sweep

Showdown in the Sands 5-3 Clean Sweep

Close battle, but did you really expect a mission relating to a previous rumble champion to not make it past the first round?

Round 1 - Battle 9

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Wow... long mission here. This mission, mandatory for the storyline, and closing Chapter 2, involves passing a lot of things and solving a lot of puzzles and getting a lot of rewards. Finally you get to explore Bevelle a little more and it's secrets, after only being able to go there once in FFX.
So after allying with the Syndicate, you get to take care of the alarms, solve the Hexagon puzzle with Georapella and Precepts Guard (getting a Ribbon if you know how to manipulate it more), then manipulating the Gaol puzzles for two more unique accessories, and finally solving the puzzle leading to the Dark Knight Dressphere, a very useful one. After that, you get to face Baralai for the first time after an emotional scene (and he has Blue Magic to offer), followed by Dark Bahamut, ending the mission and the chapter!

VS.

No Way, Djose!

Another mandatory mission which is also a chapter closer! Except this time it doesn't really last until the end of Chapter three. This mission involves the "Friendly Neighborhood Gullwings" getting the fiends out of Djose Temple by fighting Dark Ixion. Figures Ixion would be upset with his temple being taken over by scientists. Reward is the Unwavering Guard GG.
Unfortunately the whole Farplane ordeal with first seeing Shuyin and being "all alone" isn't part of the mission, so I can't really talk about that. :-P

I vote for Infiltrate Bevelle. Loved every moment of it, and I think it was my favorite mandatory storyline part, no question at all!

P.S. Like I said in the description, would be preferred if you don't use the "I'm all alone" thing as a reason to vote against Djose (I know a lot of people hated it), as the mission is just up to Ixion.

I loved all the Dark Aeon battles, but facing Dark Bahamut and seeing Yuna's distress was definitely one of my favorite parts -if not the favorite part- from the entire game.

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!
Awesome mission. You get to hear the awesome track of Bevelle's Secrets and Bevelle Underground. On top of this you have two sweet boss fights with Baralai and Dark Bahamut.

Infiltrate Bevelle! Easy Choice

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!

I predicted this would happen... even though Djose is kind of a significant mission.

Infiltrate Bevelle! 9-0 No Way, Djose!

Again, with all this mission's interesting stuff, and once again it being associated with a rumble finalist (Under Bevelle), we have a predictable win, and a somewhat predictable blowout, even though Djose is a chapter ender.

Round 1 - Battle 10

Follow That Moogle!

Ah, a little FFX homage. This is the closing mission for Luca's "Episode Complete", which isn't much of a challenge, just involves following an imaginary Moogle only Yuna can see around Luca for some flashbacks of Tidus and some interesting dialogue scenes with YRP. No reward for this Mission, just an Episode Complete to check off.

VS.

Secure the Agency!

Back in Chapter 3. After paying O'aka (or not paying him), seeing as this is the Chapter where fiends take over the temples, despite Macalania temple sinking, the fiends made it out of there. Just fight six consecutive battles, that's all. Afterwards an Al Bhed guy confirms it by saying the fiends came from the lake, which the temple is at the bottom of. Rewards involve the Pride of the Sword GG, AND the Berserker Dressphere!

This will probably lose, but I hope I'm not the only one voting for Secure the Agency!
A mission should be at least something more than walking around town, no matter how lame six battles may seem. Plus, Berserker Dressphere... need I say more? Next to no rewards at all...

Follow That Moogle!

Secure the Agency. Even though the Chimeras kept killing me (especially with that flameball attack) it was still fun. And the Berserker Dressphere...on Rikku..oh baby.

Random Trivia tidbit #106-- it's actually possible to abandon the Follow That Moogle! mission. Have Yuna talk to Rikku and Paine and agree to board the Celsius. Only way to end up with Episode Concluded status in Luca instead of Episode Complete.


Anyway, I'll go for Secure the Agency. Fun mission, Berserker dressphere and cool plot stuff involving O'aka.

Follow That Moogle!

Follow That Moogle!

We've got a 3-3 tie here...

Solaris, I choose you! Break it.

So hard to choose . . .Secure the Agency.

Very well then...

Secure the Agency! 4-3 Follow the Moogle!

Not at all what I expected... very close battle! Guess I was wrong in my assumption that anything involving Moogles has a hard chance of losing, must have overestimated them. But yeah, O'aka and the Berserker Dressphere... didn't think about that.

Round 1 - Battle 11

Awesome Sphere Heist

Our first chapter-closing mission. For the first time we get to explore Kilika area more and go in the forest, but this forest is MUCH more controlled in terms of where you can go, so you get a linear path. Sneaking inside is half the challenge, but you can nail another bird with this stone and collect all the monkeys! After that, you must eavesdrop to learn about the password pattern, then sneak up past the guards (getting the Menace of the Deep GG), and fight one last boss, YSLS-ZERO. You won't get to explore the temple, but you do get the Sphere.
Of course, later you must make the big choice...

VS.

Battle Blockade

This mission takes place in Mt. Gagazet, Chapter 3. Garik has gone mad, about to bring on the war any minute. You must climb the mountain and defeat him, and the fact that he disabled the teleporters makes this more of a challenge. You can get Mighty Guard from him, and the Wishbringer GG as a reward!
This is an interesting mission because the toughness of the battle depends on how you answered the Ronso's questions. Also, whether you do this mission or not makes some huge differences throughout Macalania and Guadosalam, and is almost another "big choice" like it's opponent.


But, Awesome Sphere Heist gets my vote.

Battle Blockade.

Secure the Agency won? Ya'ay! I had thought it was going to win, but then it looked like it was going to lose. Anyway, Awesome Sphere Heist, I'm not generally much of a fan of anything involving the Ronso.

Battle Blockade for me. I liked the Ronso subplot in X-2. I also like how Garik never actually gives up his mission to destroy the Guado. At least from what he says it sounds like he still wants to kill them.

Awesome Sphere Heist

Battle Blockade

Battle Blockade

Battle Blockade 4-3 Awesome Sphere Heist

Well I sure was not expecting this, great close battle tied three times. So will the Ronso dominate again? Garik was the silver medalist in the boss rumble somehow!

Round 1 - Battle 12

Where's Tobli?

So, a chapter 4 mission, not one we see very often...
After spending the last three chapters trying to avoid Tobli, YRP realize they need his help with the concert, but now he's gone mad and on the run because of debts. So, you must chase him through the Moonflow all the way to the entrance to Guadosalam. Tobli's really determined, why with the hover... after that shoopuf shenanigan, it's safe to say, anything goes for Tobli!
Reward at the end is the Black Tabard GG.

VS.

Who Needs an Invitation?

This mission takes place in Chapter 2, and is only accessible if you chose New Yevon to give the sphere to. When you go to Mushroom Rock, the Youth League have declared the Gullwings an enemy so you must fight through them. On the way you may run into Nooj in the Den of Woe, get a Crimson Sphere, and the scene varies depending on who you chose. At the end, however, you meet Elma and fight her. We already had a mission where you fight her, except in this case it's personal. After you beat her, you get the Shining Mirror GG (again only obtainable if you choose New Yevon) and a Kinesis Badge!

Where's Tobli gets my vote on this one.

Where's Tobli is hilarious and it gets my vote. Chasing after Tobli (and watching the others chasing him wither) is fun!

Where's Tobli is hilarious and it gets my vote. Chasing after Tobli (and watching the others chasing him wither) is fun!

Where's Tobli?

Well doesn't look like I'll win this one but Who Needs An Invitation? takes my vote. I loved beating the crap out of the Youth League. I just wish they would have punched Nooj when he mouths off to you.

Where's Tobli?

Where's Tobli?

Where's Tobli 6-1 Who Needs an Invitation?

Humor is always a factor, and chasing Tobli sure was entertaining. Plus, any mission that involves missing stuff to have to do would go unnoticed...

Round 1 - Battle 13

Protect Besaid Temple!

The Friendly Neighborhood Gullwings' first mission. Beclem wants to burn down the temple in Besaid because he thinks it's the only way to stop the fiends, but Wakka doesn't want that to happen. So, in you go and fight Dark Valefor. And yes, it can use Energy Blast as well as Energy Ray. No big rewards yet except moving the story forward. Now you opened up the Cloister Gunner's Gauntlet... which doesn't really give much

VS.

Two Birds, One Stone

Chapter 2's "Strip Search"... so you go to Djose, pick up Yuna's Special Dressphere, Floral Fallal! That's your reward, Mission Compl... oh wait, here comes the Syndicate, so now you get your Special Dressphere as well as a uniform!

BTW, I realized I included "Strip Search" in the rumble as a Mission, but I'm gonna take it out since we have the three parts of it and it'll seem stupid and replace it with one of the ones I omitted at the beginning. I will choose myself.

As for this round... meh, Protect Besaid Temple I guess.

Protect Besaid Temple!

Protect Besaid Temple!, certainly.

Protect Besaid Temple!

Bah. The bitter taste of defeat.

Protect Besaid Temple for me though. i mean...did anyone actually use the Special Dresspheres?

Protect Besaid Temple!

Protect Besaid Temple

Protect Besaid Temple 7-0 Two Birds, One Stone

Well, what a wipeout... I guess I'm a little surprised, seeing how much people hated aeons in the Boss rumble. Well, down goes our first strip-mission.

Round 1 - Battle 14

Behind the Scenes

One of the first "Missions" in the game, depending how you do things. This takes place in Luca in the first chapter, and it shows what happened from Yuna's point of view during the scenes at the start of the game with Luca and Leblanc stealing the show, which is pretty cool. The only mission-ish part of this is the handing out of the balloons, since there are exactly 10 people who want them and some are tricky to find.
After that you just get to view the alternative scenes during the "Real Emotion", and an optional percent-worthy scene which results from having used the crouching Moogle at the beginning of the game on the docks to replenish health, who is now revealed to be the real Yuna. Kinda cool how that ties in. Reward is the Healing Wind GG.

VS.

Water We Doing Here?

The second uniform-stealing in Bikanel Desert. This mission opens up the Oasis, where Logos is hiding with some Goons. Before being ambushed, you pick up Rikku's Special Dressphere, Machina Maw. After beating Logos, you get a uniform as well as the Hour of Need GG.


Behind the Scenes for me. I love when there's deja-vu from other characters' perspective, especially in TV shows and movies.

Behind the Scene but doubt I'll vote for it again.

Behind the Scenes-- the other was very basic, not much happening at all. Very by-the-book, easy mission.

Behind The Scenes, though neither particularly appeal.

Behind the Scenes

I am forced to agree with everyone above me.

Behind the Scenes

I am forced to agree with everyone above me.

Thanks for making this endable, I was getting bored and frustrated with facebook being broken and all and needed something to do. Anyway...

Behind the Scenes 6-0 Water We Doing Here?

This looks like it was a wipeout, though surprisingly not due to you all being fans of "Behind the Scenes", but instead the other one being rather weak. I actually really liked "Behind the Scenes" and feel it deserved more credit, but hey, why am I even complaining, it won a wipeout. That's TWO uniform missions down.

Round 1 - Battle 15

Note: This is the battle that "Strip Search" was gonna be in, but then I realized I'm including all three in this as individual Missions, and there isn't really a "Mission Complete" screen for that one anyway. So, I replaced it with one of the five that we (or rather, Anti-Existence) eliminated at the beginning. After looking over the five, and their crucialness to the plot and their rewards as well as other factors besides the action of doing the mission, I'm pretty sure I made the right choice. And it is...

Concert Clean-Up

The other one of two Missions in the awkward Chapter 4. But this is actually more important, because the reward besides moving the story forward, is the icon scene that this game was most commercialized for: Yuna's concert! And as for the mission itself, this time you get to go in one of the two new caves in the Thunder Plains that didn't exist in X (the easier one, since it's mandatory and all), go up and down a series of steps and find your way to the Zalamander. That boss, I believe, made the top 5 in the boss rumble, so I thought it would be awkward not to include it. Plus, the concert...

VS.

Spring Into Action

Two of the Uniform Missions went down pretty hard, now it's all up to this one. This mission takes place in Gagazet, and even though it's akin to the other two StripSearch missions, for some reason it doesn't involve Paine's Special Dressphere. But anyway, this one actually takes longer than the other two, part of the fact because it's Mt. Gagazet which is a pretty long haul. But the Mission itself doesn't start yet until you actually get to the area before the cave and the wall that you couldn't previously climb, which also didn't exist in X. Not to say that the obstacles of jumping between rocks and going through passages isn't long. But anyway, there are two way to end this: One is pretty weak, if you just walk to the springs, you get the "peeping-Tom-wings" scene, fight Ormi, and get the uniform, but if you go to the boulder and FALL in the spring, Ormi and the goons run away and you get a pretty long-winded memorable entertaining scene (competition for the concert eh) with the three ladies. On the way down, however, you still have to fight Ormi and the goons.
The latter is the one you're supposed to do for better percent anyway, not sure if they both give a "Mission Complete", but either way you get a Uniform and the Stonehewn GG.


I expect this to be interesting. I'm going with Spring Into Action, which will be officially the first vote in favor of one of the uniform Missions.

Actually, I think there is actually an individual Mission Complete screen for Strip Search, but anyways... Spring Into Action as the second favorable vote for a uniform mission, as the Hot Springs sequence really is hilarious.


Ah... I really needed that. - Yuna

Concert Clean-Up

Spring into Action The whole scene with the hot springs is nothing more than a tease, though.

Concert Clean-Up

Spring into Action. Breast comparison ftw.

Spring Into Action

Spring Into Action 5-2 Concert Clean-Up

I guess the Zalamander is only good when it comes to thinking of it as a boss... but anyway, the last "uniform mission" standing, unlike the others, has a victory! One of them had to do it...

Anyway, last battle of round one! Bring it on...

Round 1 - Battle 16

Faking and Entering

One of the conclusive missions of Chapter 2, that involves sneaking inside Chateau Leblanc after acquiring the three uniforms, disguised as a Fem-Goon. You start off being ordered to massage Leblanc after "Noojie-Woojie" leaves, which is one of the most... interesting mini-games (better watch your volume if you're playing it while your parents are on the same floor). Later, you get to go in the secret passage, then get caught and play some tag with Ormi/Logos/Leblanc as you explore their rooms and have about three run-ins with them, until they finally surrender the other half of the sphere to you and become allies. Reward is the Healing Light GG, but there are also some goodies in the room, like Crimson Spheres. If I recall, the music for this mission "Infiltration!" made the final 6 in the last rumble... so there's that factor as well.

VS.

Cuckoo For Chocobos!

Ah, Chocobos. This mission takes place on the Mi'hen Highroad in Chapter 2, and is divided into three mini-games. After meeting Calli, she says she wants to see Chocobos again, and as one happens to turn up, you must chase and catch it. First part involves following Rikku and collected feathers which earn you treasures, as I'm sure you all remember. Part 2 involves blocking the Chocobo depending on which direction it tries to dodge Yuna. Finally, the last part you just trigger scenes by following the dots on the map. After finally catching, Calli needs help! Time for a boss, fight, the Chocobo Eater.
Reward is the Selene Guard GG. And having Calli and Clasko aboard.

As much as I like Chocobos, I liked Faking and Entering better. At that point along with "Infiltrate Bevelle", I was actually starting to like this game.

Oh, geez. I really like both. Cuckoo for Chocobos, since it'll probably lose.

Faking and Entering

Cuckoo for Chocobos

Cuckoo For Chocobos

Faking and Entering. Loved this mission.

Well what do we know... we have a tie. Figures the last round would be tough. I'm actually surprised these two tied, though.

Anywho, Purrr, I choose you this time! Break it.

Faking and Entering

Alright! That was fast.

Faking and Entering 4-3 Cuckoo For Chocobos!

As cool as Chocobos are (they sure were competition), sneaking into Chateau Leblanc which was a place you could only visit once in FFX, and the awkward minigame, how can you resist that. Let's not forget, the Syndicate becoming allies... this mission's the last one to make it to Round 2.

The round will commence shortly...

And so, the 16 Round 2 participants have been matched up. I'm fast I know.

Ready?

Round 2 - Battle 1

Where's Wakka?

A mandatory mission, even though it leads to a Sphere that's not core-plot related. But the fun of it is reuniting with all your old friends and seeing what they're up to... and of course finding the ciphers. Gives Besaid a new feel... oh, and the White Mage Dressphere reward.

VS.

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate

First Mission in the game. Need I say more? I mean... "Wait, this is Gagazet?" Yeah... disasteriffic!

I vote for Where's Wakka. I actually never get tired of that one.

Outrun The Leblanc Syndicate

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate

Outrun the LeBlanc Syndicate.

Where's Wakka?

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate

Where's Wakka?

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate 4-3 Where's Wakka?

Close battle, but the first mission always has some sort of advantage. As does anything involving the Syndicate.

Round 2 - Battle 2

Protect Besaid Temple!

First Friendly Neighborhood Gullwings mission in Besaid, Beclem wants the temple burnt because he thinks it might stop the fiends, so you go in and stop them yourself by fighting Dark Valefor.

VS.

Masterpiece Theater

The mission involving the Experiment. Fight it, then find the hidden repair manuals and dig up assembly parts for it in the desert. Challenge it at max and claim the reward! Possible Blue Magic that can only be learned if its Special is 5, and a nice scene for Paine fans afterwards.


Masterpiece Theater for this one.

Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater is the clear winner for me.

Masterpiece Theatre

Masterpiece Theatre just becuase it's gonna win this one. lol

Masterpiece Theater

Protect Besaid Temple!

Would have been a wipeout at 6, but we're a day late anyway...

Masterpiece Theater 6-1 Protect Besaid Temple!

Besaid and Valefor are cool and all, but naturally, the Experiment mission has a lot more to do and uniqueness, which is probably why it was in the final of the boss rumble. A victory for it for now, we'll see how it makes it...


Round 2 - Battle 3

Secure the Agency!

This is the near-concluding mission for the O'aka sidequest. Six consecutive fiend battles, followed by an Al Bhed gasping out his last words and giving you the Berserker Dressphere.

VS.

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Concluding mission of Chapter 2. Very long winded... Hexagon puzzle, tunnels, Gaol, more tunnels, Dark Knight Dressphere, Baralai, Dark Bahamut... I'm probably forgetting something but this one one packed mission!


Infiltrate Bevelle for this one.

Secure the Agency!

Infiltrate Bevelle

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle

Infiltrate Bevelle

Infiltrate Bevelle! 5-1 Secure the Agency!

Once again, Bevelle slaughters. Way too much going on in this mission for it to lose... in fact, I'm surprised Secure the Agency got a vote. Heh... must have something.

Anyway... bring on the next one.

Round 2 - Battle 4

Showdown in the Sands

The boss fight with Angra Mainyuu, who was the boss rumble champion. That "Unnatural Selection" fiend you keep encountering is now defeatable in a pretty intense battle...

VS.

Behind the Scenes

Cool task of getting to see a bigger picture of what happened at the beginning of the game in Luca. How did it all happen, how did they come to be there...

This is actually a tough call for me (probably not most of you), but I'll go with Showdown in the Sands.

Showdown in the Sands. Because it's not much competition here.

Showdown in the Sands

Showdown In The Sands

Showdown in the Sands

Showdown in the Sands

Yep, thought so, thanks for making this fast...

Showdown in the Sands 6-0 Behind the Scenes

Angra Mainyu is proving once again to be a strong entity...

Round 2 - Battle 5

Tourist Trap

A small puzzle involving a little logic, some surprises, and a boss who is actually somewhat challenging. The Cavern of the Stolen Fayth has a lot to offer in terms of treasure as well, and you need to think about the order... and Yojimbo is no picnic, especially with the effect they made Zanmato do...

VS.

Battle Blockade

Another climb up the mountain to defeat Garik. He's got some Blue Magic to offer, and the battle is interesting because it's toughness varies, and whether you decide to overtake this mission or not has a big effect on one storyline.


I enjoyed Tourist Trap more, I liked figuring that puzzle out on getting everyone though I'm afraid it will lose... but this battle should be interesting.

I also enjoyed Tourist Trap more. I may be the only other one, but it gets my vote.

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap.

Battle Blockade

Tourist Trap 5-1 Battle Blockade

Well, I guess we underestimated a bit, as Tourist Trap slaughtered in this battle. I guess more people see the fun in that than I thought.

Round 2 - Battle 6

Faking and Entering

The fun task of infiltrating Chateau Leblanc once you get the uniforms. Explore the secret passages, massage Leblanc, fight her a few times until she gives up and they become allies.

VS.

Where's Tobli?

One of the only two missions in Chapter 4, chasing Tobli through the Moonflow. A lot of hilarious stunts he pulls off, until you finally catch him. Who would have imagined what he's capable of...


Now, Tobli may be capable of pulling off a lot of things, but Faking and Entering gets my vote. I'll be amazed if Tobli pulls off winning this battle as well.

Yeah, I guess we did underestimate. This one is tough... yeah, I go for Faking and Entering also.

Faking and Entering

Damn, I missed another one.

Anyway
Faking and Entering. Want it to go all the way. Or close to.

Where's Tobli? I never liked Faking and Entering all that much.

Where's Tobli?

Faking and Entering 4-2 Where's Tobli

Anything involving the Leblanc Syndicate is hard to resist...

BTW, what happened to everyone? Time's passed but only 6 votes... come on!

Round 2 - Battle 7

Youth League Tournament!

Chapter 5's tourney in the MRR. You only get to do it if you chose the Youth League, and it involves battling against familiar adversaries, including Elma and Lucil! Also for the first time you get to go in the headquarters freely without running into a cutscene.

VS.

Spring Into Action

Part of Chapter 2's "Strip Search"... the other two parts got off pretty quickly, it'll be interesting if this one wins twice. Then again, it does have the springs scene... :P

Spring Into Action, that's my choice. BTW, THE FFX RUMBLE STARTED, GO VOTE IN IT!! :-D

Spring Into Action for me, also.

I can't let Youth League Tournament! go without at least one vote. Lucil's speech is just as awesome as the hot springs scene.

Youth League Tournament solely for Lucil's speech.

Youth League Tournament!

Youth League Tournament!

Youth League Tournament! 4-2 Spring Into Action

Again I am surprised, I guess that for a mission with a popular scene, it sure had some victorious competition! Lucil and her tournament get this one, good battle though.

Last battle of Round 2!

Round 2 - Battle 8

Claim the Treasure Sphere!

Chapter 1, one of the mandatory missions. Go to Zanarkand, find the password, take Isaaru's quiz, fight the Guardian Beast, and claim the treasure sphere... er, half of it.

VS.

The Cactuar Connection

Starts in Chapter 3, ends in 5. Find the ten Cactuars, and play mini-games catching them. Watch out, some of them have tricks, and some are hard to find!


Zanarkand's mission is fun, but it's no Cactuar Connection.

Claim the Treasure Sphere!

The Cactuar Connection

Claim the Treasure Sphere! Fuck that cactuar-shooting minigame.

The Cactuar Connection

Claim the Treasure Sphere! Fuck that cactuar-shooting minigame.

QFT. That minigame is among the most annoying I've encountered.

Claim The Treasure Sphere!

Wow, what a close battle!

Claim the Treasure Sphere! 4-3 The Cactuar Connection

I wasn't expecting this... but I guess the Zanarkand mission had a bit of entertainment and humor to it. Poor Cactuars are underappreciated, it seems.

Aaaaand that concludes Round 2, time to start round 3, consisting of 4 battles! I'll start shortly.

Here we go, top 8, determining the top 4! Quarterfinals:

Round 3 - Battle 1

Youth League Tournament

The Youth League Tournament that involves going down the road and battling various Youth League members including friends we've met... Lucil's speech seems to have been helping this one win a lot lately. Let's see if it's good enough for what comes next...

VS.

Infiltrate Bevelle

The long chain of events at the end of Chapter 2 after you leave Leblanc's and become allies. Under Bevelle, Bahamut, Dark Knight Dressphere, Gaol, Baralai... and more.

I like Lucil's speech, but I think it's not worthy enough for Infiltrate Bevelle! to lose to it.

Youth League Tournament - for some reason I am not overly fond of Infiltrate Bevelle. Maybe it's because I like the Youth League better.

Infiltrate Bevelle

Youth League Tournament

Infiltrate Bevelle

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Would be great if we didn't have the same 6 of us voting every time... we need more! Though I appreciate that at least all 6 of you are still participating...

Infiltrate Bevelle! 4-2 Youth League Tournament!

Lucil's speech is cool, but I guess it got old... anyway, yay for Bevelle making the final 4!

Round 3 - Battle 2

Masterpiece Theater

This mission sure seems to have been doing a lot of wipeouts... well, it is the Experiment, after all, and we all know how popular that was.

VS.

Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate

This mission seems to be popular because it's the first official mission, which is understandable... but, is it competition at all for the Experiment?


I'm sticking with Masterpiece Theater.

Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater. Not much competition though.

Masterpiece Theater. This is easy, let's make it quick.

Zak, seeing as there are only six of us, maybe it's time to consider changing the blowout condition...

4-0 does seem kinda unfair, even though it probably isn't.

But still, I'd probably do it if we were earlier in the rumble and not in the Q-finals.

If it helps my vote makes it 4-1

Outrun the LeBlanc Sydndicate

Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater

Well, at least we've got 7 people this time...

Masterpiece Theater 6-1 Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate

The Experiment mission wins again, making the top 4 once again! Better luck next time, Syndicate!

Round 3 - Battle 3

Showdown in the Sands

The raging battle with Angra Mainyuu... Angra was the winner of the boss rumble, will the mission involving it be a finalist here?

VS.

Tourist Trap

Cavern of the Stolen Fayth puzzle involving the tourists and their personality traits and getting them out in order... and the battle with Yojimbo! Competiton for the AM battle? Let's see...

Showdown in the Sands

Hmm... yeah, Tourist Trap is good, but I'm going with Showdown in the Sands.

Showdown in the Sands

Showdown in the Sands

Tourist Trap

We only have five votes... I usually don't let a battle end until there are six, but I haven't voted yet, and I would have voted for Tourist Trap.

Normally I'd wait a little in this situation, but it looks like it's decided anyway.

Showdown in the Sands 4-2 Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap may be exciting, but Angra Mainyuu seems like a much more interesting boss battle, I guess. Once again, it makes the final four!

Last deciding battle of the quarter finals, and this one is a little interesting:

Round 3 - Battle 4

Claim the Treasure Sphere

The competition in Zanarkand for a sphere, with a lot of things a long the way... well, half a sphere...

VS.

Faking and Entering

...And the race for the other half, through Leblanc's quarters! Ormi, Logos, massage, secret passages, etc.

Which half of the sphere will it be? Faking and Entering is the clear choice for me.

Faking and Entering for me as well. The massage minigame, the wall o' spikes and the final boss battle were sweet.

Faking and Entering

Faking and Entering

Faking and Entering

Okay, only five votes, and the time is way over, but it seems we have a clear winner anyway.

Faking and Entering 5-0 Claim the Treasure Sphere!

Zanarkand's mission has had it's day... going on a sneaky little adventure into a part we got to only briefly see once in the prequel, seems a lot more appealing final-4 material.

That concludes the third round and quarterfinals... now we're at the end, it's pretty funny how these are almost the same as the boss-rumble finalists.

I'll start with them shortly..

Okay.... semifinals start now! I'm gonna wait a little longer in between those, unless of course there is a blowout.

Semifinals - Part 1

Infiltrate Bevelle!

This mission's come a long way... probably because of it being a long mission and very action-packed. Go through the familiar cloister, solve the hexagon puzzle, go underground a bit, solve Gaol's puzzle, make a path to the Dark Knight Dressphere, encounter Baralai and Bahamut. Make of that what you will...

VS.

Masterpiece Theater

Another mission with a lot of elements. Beat the Experiment at the lowest levels, find the manuals which are hidden in creative ways, and at the same time get a feel for digging! That "Annihilator" attack it uses is a hidden Blue Magic only used when special stat is maxed. As you dig you may also uncover some secrets in the desert, like coins and Al Bhed Primers, so you can kill many birds in one stone doing this mission!

Each one has a good case making this a hard choice for me now. I shall place my vote later if at all.

Masterpiece Theater

Infiltrate Bevelle

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Hmmm... I think I'll go with Infiltrate Bevelle because it has more things MT doesn't.

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Infiltrate Bevelle!
Did anyone else notice Yuna holding her arms out and shouting "You must stop!" like another person...? They never even commented on this.

The Anti-, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Could you quickly explain that one for everyone here?

Yuna (skip to about 8:25. Sorry I culdnt find a shorter vid)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wqLdMOT0uU

Lenne (skip to :44)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgTra6xNxaM

Masterpiece Theater

Infiltrate Bevelle!

Okay, it's time...

Infiltrate Bevelle! 6-2 Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater finally met it's match... the long-winded Bevelle mission. That one does have a lot to offer, so it was bound to happen! Though, that doesn't take away from the Experiment's mission making the top 4! We'll see it again soon enough in the battle for the bronze.

But first, we must finish off the semifinals.

Semifinals - Part 2

Showdown in the Sands

The raging battle with Angra Mainyu, who was the champion of the boss rumble! Will it take the medal again?

VS.

Faking and Entering

Sneaking into Leblanc's house, who was also a finalist among the bosses! Massages, spheres, secret passages... and this also precedes the "Infiltrate Bevelle" mission, imagine if this won!


Angra Mainyu is great, but Faking and Entering gets my vote. It may be an exciting battle, but as far as the mission goes, it's just a battle.

Faking and Entering It may be the horny teenager in me but satisfying LeBlanc is just not beatable.

I don't get what's so amazingly awesome about Infiltrate Bevelle. My vote for this battle is Faking and Entering, only because while Angra can be tough, he's really not too bad if your characters are reasonably powered up.