Do you really need to make this round. It's way too obvious who's going to win. Regent Cid is!!! Yeah... right...

I vote for Vivi...

I'm voting for Regent Cid, just because I fear the pro-Vivi fever I know is around and I don't want him to go any further. Probably wasting my time though.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Yep, definitely wasting your time. ;) Vivi owns.

(+1 for Vivi btw ;))

Nah. Cid for me. I mean, he has an awesome theme tune (the piece which plays in Lindblum Castle). On top of that, he has the uncanny ability to rustle up the resources and man power to build and complete an airship within a day (well, that's how long it seemed it took them to complete the Hilda Garde 3 anyway!). And his relationship with Hilda was pretty strange yet humerous...

I'm sorry Vivi lovers, but I'm voting for 'Regent Cid' here...

(Nods to the Kuja score.) Heh, that's more like it...

... Anyways, I'm gonna vote for Vivi. The guy can cause some serious damage with his later level spells. Although not using Ultima sucked a bit. Oh well. Vivi it is.

My vote goes out to Vivi. Definite kawaiiness~

Vivi, Black Mages rule

Ok, Vivi 6-2 Cid. Vivi wins easily enough. Thanks for voting all. Next rumble is...

Mikoto

vs

Thorn

This is a battle of random guys i popped in. Begin!

Mikoto definetely. SPOILERS AHEAD


Mikoto was a character you could sympathaise with, as although she carried the same cold, aloof persona as the rest of the regular Genomes, when Zidane came to his senses in Pandemonium she started to show the same, caring personality of her 'brother'. And, after you defeat Kuja and the Iifa Tree begins it's 'reaction', you see Mikoto standing there, apparently concerned for Zidane and Kuja.

Zorn and Thorn were just obnoxious little creeps (and yes, both were pretty much identical in character so I'll refer to them together even though the 'poll' is only for Thorn.

So, Mikoto it is for me.

Mikoto

I'm voting for Mikoto. Mikoto was Zidane's "sister," while Thorn was just one of two annoying clown guys who kept trying to find ways to cause you trouble throughout the game.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Vote for Thorn, I will not!

I liked Mikoto. :D

Ok, 4-0 to Mikoto. Win, Thorn does not. Getting there, thanks for the votes again. Next up is:

Freya

vs

Cinna

Let it Begin!

Okay, let's see.

Freya - likeable dragon knight with cool skills and a neat story.

Cinna - Weird member of Tantalus with a hammer as his main gimmick.

I'm voting for Freya.

Freya, Dragon knights rule

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Cinna's.. weird. Definitely Freya.

Originally posted by Dante

Dragon knights rule

Ah, that's meant to be Dragoon actually! Square stuffed up the translation for that job class in FFIX. I mean, 'Dragon Knight'? Doesn't have the same ring to it as 'Dragoon', but then, that's just me.

Anyway, I have to agree with everyone who chose Freya. Besides being a Dragoon, and Dragoons rock, any character named after a Norse goddess is all right in my books! (She's named after the Norse Goddess of Fertility actually.).

So, Freya it is for me.

Cinna's an OK character, probably one of my most favorite Tantarus member (after Blank and Zidane; god I hate Marcus......). But I'd have to vote for Freya cause she's pretty good with the spear with some great abilities early on...

Ok then. Thanks for the votes again as Freya wins comfortably at 5-0. Coming close to the end soon, we're on to the next rumble of round two...that is...

Quina

vs

Benero

I can kind of guess who will win, but you never know. Begin!

Man, I love Quina! ("Good food made with heart!") I'll gladly cast another vote for Quina.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I find no yummy-yummies in this thread, so I cook you for breakfast!

Quina. ;)

Quina......, You have Problem?

I'll vote for.......

Be-Quina.

Quina wins easily as expected. So, the final rumble of Round 2 is:

Puck

vs

Mog

:P nice. Begin!

Mog!!!! she's so cute

Mog! I didn't nominate him last round and hated having my submission lose to him, but there's no way I'm voting for the rat-kid! Especially since he beat my other submission!

Oh, and a question: what about Beatrix? She quite handily won her first round rumble and you say this is the final rumble of Round 2, but she hasn't shown up. Come on! She rocks, she has to be in.

Edited to add - Oops! Mog is a girl! Everybody remember: Mog is a "she," not a "he."

Mog! KUPO!!! Like before, I find Puck obnoxious, so once agian, it's MOOGLE POWER for me!! Kupo, KUPO!

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Mog, kupo!

Awwww dammit i missed one...or two XD. Thanks for pointing that out Agent. I was gonna start it now, but might as well wait and see if there's any more votes.

All right, whenever you're ready. Glad to know that Beatrix will still be in.

K then. This is as good a time as any...4-0 to Mog. NOW we're in the last rumble of Round 2. It's a good one.

Beatrix

vs

Amarant

Let the lost battle begin!

Beatrix all the way! Come on, Beatrix is the best holy knight in any Final Fantasy game and the hottest chick in Final Fantasy IX.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I liked both... I'll say Amarant because I used him a lot and I didn't mind his personality (whereas some people hated it ;)).

Although Amarant was cool, with his flamming hairdo, flippant remarks, and cold, aloof personality (understandable, seeing as he harbours hatred towards Zidane, the runt who framed him for robbery years before), my vote is once again with beautiful General Beatrix.

No more needs to be said, really!

Amarant cos well hes the loner Person in the game

I vote for Beatrix... Amarant had to lighten up... Amarant got annoying after awhile to me because of this... I thought Amarant was cool (he was gonna be on my best party before FFIX came out!) But then I saw how he is and him not doing a victory pose at the end (well up until mid Disk 3...) and I started to hate him...

Beatrix scrapes through 3-2. Thanks again for the votes.

3rd Round

Quarter Finals time. Here are the contenders in no particular order.

Zidane
Kuja
<del>Freya</del>
Vivi
Quina
<del>Mikoto</del>
<del>Mog</del>
<del>Beatrix</del>

So we'll start with:

Freya

vs

Quina

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Have I mentioned that love Quina? I have? Okay, well, I'm voting for Quina again. (Quina: "You no see, Zidane?"
Zidane: "See what? I saw you guys talking into space." Quina: "I see... You still have long way to go, Zidane.")

Lady Freya gets my vote

"I could not bring peace to Burmecia and thus fulfill Sir Fratley's wish."
"But now, all I can do is protect this beautiful place."

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I'm voting for Quina; I don't think I need to put a quote/reference in again. ;)

I vote for Freya...

first it was 1-1, now it's 2-2. I'm not waiting for 3-3. I'll end this one. I vote Quina. Quina's just funny, and kewl. Also, Quina has that frog mini-game which is cool. Freya's just...typical honourable rat-girl :P. So Quina wins that one.

Edit: *possible spoiler*
The next rumble is:

Zidane

vs

Mikoto

Brother vs Sister...begin!

Yaay, Quina wins again! Okay, this time I'm voting for Zidane. He has a lot more character, cool theme music, cool lines and well, just rocks.

Rat boy Vs Rat girl. Hmmm...

I'm gonna put my money on Zidane. Mainly because he's an actual main character in the story, and Mikoto doesn't really get involved in the game until late on. Although quite often sibling rivalry creates some surprising results.

Nah, I'll stick with rat boy.

Zidane hands down on this one

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Hmm... Zidane.

Zidane, easily. Mikoto's just came across as too much like Rei Ayanami of Evangelion fame. Besides, Zidane had too many hilarious one-liners in the game, and well, he was just a cool character.

So, my vote's for everyone's favourite furry-tailed, chick-chasing Tantalus member! lol

Then, Zidane wins unanimously. Agent0042, how do you do that thing which crosses out words on the text? That would help right now. Ok, next rumble being...

Kuja

vs

Mog

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Kuja. No contest. Kuja wins. No contest. He'll just Ultima the Mog to death and move on to crush Zidane and all others left in his path. Kuja not to win this tournament now would be a travesty of justice. A travesty.

Yeah, Kuja. He wins. Hands down. No doubt.

My vote goes out to Kuja. No queston about it.

(Remembers the stampede of Shriners who came in last time and voted for Kuja.) (Votes for Mog) (Sighs and weeps in a corner, knowing that Mog isn't going to win.)

(Okay, so I'm not really weeping.)

Mog gets my vote, never much liked Kuja

Mog. Kuja's flamboyance and charisma is no match for the little moogle's charm and cuteness! Kupo!

So, Mog for me. Kupo!

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Yeah, Mog. Kuja was just scary. :erm:

KUJA

A vote for Kuja is a smile in itself.

Don't you like smiles? ;_;

kuja ... it's his midriff ... how could i resist ?

Kuja!
Probably the most intellectual FF villain ever.
How can YOU even hesitate?

Ah, the Kuja battles always bring in the most votes. And again, Kuja wins, but never easily. Kuja wins 5-4. Very close indeed. Kuja was almost beaten by a Moogle. Scary. Agent0042, how do you do that line through the words?

Next rumble is...

Vivi

vs

Beatrix

Let the last rumble of round 3 begin!

<del>Beatrix</del> Vivi.

Yeah, the little black mage will win this, even though it'll probably come back to haunt me when he defeats Kuja in the next round using his stick. Or something.

And Kie, it's HTML code that does the line through. < del > Text is inserted here. < /del > Just close the spaces together. (I would show it properly, but it keeps on doing the damn line through for me...)

Argh! That just had to happen! Well, looks like there goes the hottest chic in the game and the best holy knight from any Final Fantasy. Come on folks, look at her? What do you see? Beau-ty. Man, I love her. Oh well. Anyway, I'm voting for Beatrix.

Oh and regarding the slash through, I've always done it using < strike > text is inserted here < /strike >. But I guess the other way works too.

Beatrix. How could it be anyone but? I mean, Vivi's cute and all but, even with all his Black Magic, he still can't beat the holy general!

*Remembers seeing Vivi get royally thumped by Beatrix using Shock*

Beatrix it is for me...

*starts humming Rose of May...*

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Funny that I'm voting for Vivi considering I hardly ever used him, and thought that Beatrix was better in battle; I just really liked Vivi's part in the story.

Vivi, black mages rule and i am one hee hee

vivi i really liked his part in the story one of ma fave FF guys too ever:D

Very well then. Vivi wins 4-2. Thanks for the votes. And now we enter...

4th Round: Semi-Finals

The 4 contenders are... (in no particular order)

Vivi
Zidane
Quina
Kuja

And for the 1st of 2 battles in the round, this one just for BZ...

Kuja

vs

Vivi

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Vivi all the way baby yeah, mages rule

Man, Beatrix's gone. The one that I really wanted to see win is gone. Okay, all right, deep breaths. Anyway, looks like maybe this is finally a chance to unseat the Kuja fanatics. I'm voting for Vivi.

The fact that Kuja made the game about ten times more enjoyable than it would overwise had been without his presence there, he should win this rumble, then go across to the rest of the Final Fantasies, stomp a hole in every other character before coming unstuck to Cecil at the end.

But that's another battle for another time at another... Yeah, okay.

I vote Kuja, but I get the feeling his luck's gonna run out.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Vivi all the way. :D

Whoa... that�s the battle of the century!
The all time cutest playable character against the sex symbol of Final Fantasy... Guess what.

I vote for Kuja.
Do your best, baby.

This is obviously going to be a landslide for Vivi.. sigh...

So therefore, my vote's for Kuja. Although I don't hate Vivi - far from it - it's just that I feel he's over rated for what he is, where there are other characters in FFIX just as good, if not better than the little Black Mage. But that's just my opnion.

So, Kuja it is for me. (Even though it's fighting a losing battle.)

kuja again ... purely for the fact that he looks hawt in pixels XD!

I'm voting for Vivi because he's kawaii and it always goodf to go against the winning crowd just to see what happens.

And we've hit a deadlock. Kuja 4-4 Vivi. Hot semi-final action indeed. I suppose I'll let the next person decide it...I don't want to be the badguy and pick one over the other.

Vivi! Booya! :)

Vivi wins it then. Nuff Zed, I'll let the arguements and fatal bashings go on when people vote for the next character to go to the final...

Zidane

vs

Quina

Let the 2nd last rumble begin!

I knew this was coming and it's a toughie. I'm giving my vote to Quina. I just like him/her better and find him/her more useful.

Zidane defo man, quina was kool but was annoying sumtimes:P

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Hmm.. Quina was actually quite funny sometimes, but I thought Zidane was a really good main character... I'll go with Zidane. :)

I vote for Zidane. Quina was funny at times but he was a really weird character whose blue magic kinda helped out, but then quickly became not as useful as others...

Zidane, obviously. Quina was funny, but was lacking something which made her a really intriguing character (searching the world for new foods to eat doesn't come across as being particulary interesting).

So, Zidane it is for me.

Zidane!!!!!!!!! tailness........

Ok, that ends that. Zidane with a comfortable win of 5-1. Thanks for voting.

ROUND 5: FINAL

Here we are, another final is here. This one won't be a comfortable victory (unless any strategy was used), so let's get on with it.

Zidane

vs

Vivi

So, let it begin!

Zidane! I've voted against both him and Vivi in previous rounds, but Zidane is way cooler.

Vivi is a mage, hes a black mage, hes cool with me, i vote for him

I vote for Vivi. Seriously, Zidane cannot compare with such a great character... Zidane's cool and stuff but in the end, he got somewhat annoying... Vivi on the other hand was easier character to love and use. In fact, he's the only one of his type (black mage). Zidance is an attacker (and a theif but...) and there are 4 different attackes to choose from. Vivi is the only black mage, with the only offensive magic save for Holy, some of Quina's blue magic which aren't really effective, and Eidolons if you count them...

True, but Zidane has an attack with guaranteed 9999 damage, whereas Vivi doesn't.

Zidane. Like I've said before, Vivi is somewhat over-rated, so I'm going against the Vivi fan-club here and voting Zidane.

*Watches Zidane Grand Lethal poor little Vivi to Terra!* (with apologies to all the Vivi lovers on FF Shrine)

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Hmm... I'm gonna have to go with Vivi. I'm looking at this from the storyline side rather than battle or I would have voted Zidane, but I thought Vivi was the better charcater. I thought Zidane was good too, but Vivi was so well developed, so I just have to go with him.

Originally posted by Agent0042
True, but Zidane has an attack with guaranteed 9999 damage, whereas Vivi doesn't.

True, but you have to work alot to get theivery to do 9999... Plus Vivi can do double Flare (or any other spell) during Trance and can do up to 19998... Yeah Flare is unlikely to do 9999 all the time, but it still does 9999... During Trance, if each of Vivi's Flare does atleast 5000, then he did more than Zidane could do... :) :confused: :eye: :erm:

Actually, Vivi can only do 9999 with Flare at level 90+ (unless fighting something with a fire weakness) whereas Zidane does 9999 with grand lethal much earlier in the game, and level. Anywho, Vivi wins 3-2 I believe. So, the winner is...

VIVI!!!!!!!!!!

Good on the little weak black mage thingy :P.

What now...any suggestions?

Well, maybe Bosses? Locations? We haven't done either yet.

Well, we'll do....places then, so I can do boss research. I'll pick out the places at random as I go along, more fun that way.

So, let's waste no time.

First Rumble of round 1...

*spoilers*

Alexandria (History: Run by Queen Brahne until Bahamut kiled her. Alexandria's queen became Garnet and was destroyed soon afterwards. At the start, it was considered the evil, but it became good after the new queen reigned. Was everntually fully rebuilt. Key places are the underground escape, the bell tower and Ruby's theatre.)

vs

Qu's Marsh (Quina's home. Contains many many many frogs and good weapons for Quina. No history available. Key place are the frog places and the passage to Fossil Roo I believe.)

So let it begin!

It's gotta be Alexandria. Frog-catching was cool, but you know, Alexandria, so many good FMVs and stuff and all sorts of other things.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Alexandria (before the events of disc 3 at least), it's a really nice place to live, and there's the big castle too, I just liked the whole place. :)

Alexandria. There's just no comparison. Next to Lindblum it's one of my favourite places in Gaia (not the least because Garnet lives there too... oo oooo).

Alexandria

Well, Alexandria wins easily then.

Next rumble...

*spoilers*

Burmecia (Got destroyed in the previous war before FF9...where you fight Beatrix for the first time...and lose. Also where you first see Kuja, and it ends Disk 1 there also. Key place is the large room with Brahne, Kuja and Beatrix...you learn stuff there.)

vs

Oeilivert (Place where you verse Ark at the end. Has secrets of Gaia in it. Key places are the shrine of the heads and the round room with the Gaia projection on.)

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Oeilvert sux. Burmecia.

Burmecia, cool city

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Oeilvert has annoying music. In fact, so does Burmecia, so that's nothing to judge by... :p I liked Burmecia more anyway, I'd like to have seen what it was like before it was destroyed too.

I like Oeilvert's music actually, especially the haunting Gregorian chant used in the room with the spooky robotic heads (A Transient Past), with both themes remixes of The Place I'll Return to Someday. But, I digress.

Anyway, because of that , I'll go against everyone and vote for Oeilvert, if only because of the awesome music.

So, Oeilvert it is for me.

And incidently Roukie, Burmecia was destroyed by Alexandria at the start of the game, not in another war which happened before the game. It was the first city that Brahne attacked with the Black Mage Army following the Prima Vista's escape from Alexandria.


SPOILER

If you go to the North Gate linking Alexandria with Burmecia straight after leaving the Evil Forest in disc 1, the party finds the gate locked with smoke rising from above the gate, faint sounds of battle drifting across and black flags flapping in the breeze - Alexandria's war decleration - Steiner says so himself.

Therefore, by the time your party arrives at Burmecia, it's already been ransacked and lies in ruins, (the royal palace where you fight Beatrix is actually still smouldering from the invasion), with most of the citizens having fled to Cleyra. Just thought I'd clarify that.

*SPOILERS*

Well, Burmecia wins (yes it was destroyed after the game started, I should play FF9 again, but like I said, I'm just trying to remember most of things, no research involved) and a comfortable one also of 3-1.

Next rumble is...

Lindblum (The 3rd out of the 3 big powers that I've mentioned, and it also gets destroyed. It's damn big, and the music ain't shabby. Key places are the airship docks, Regent Cid's palace and Dragon's Gate I believe it's called.)

vs

Dali (Little village past South Gate after the Ice Cavern...well, you can get a model ship of some sort from the coffee quest there...and that's about it. Key places are that coffee guy's place and the underground mines where Black Mages are made.)

So, let it begin then!

Lindblum gets my vote, Dali was just 2 small for a place for me, Lindblum offerd alot more, as Roukie said, the music isnt that bad also

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I'm saying Lindblum too. I liked the idea of a city inside a castle, seems like a good idea, and it's easy enough to get around. The music in the castle did get pretty annoying I thought, but I liked the music in the districts... and I just liked the overall setting of the place.

Lindblum, definetely. For my reasons, consult my post in the thread 'Where would you live?' in this very Forum at http://forums.ffshrine.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9869

Don't get me wrong. Dali was nice and quiet (well, except for the whole Black Mage manufacturing racket though), but, it seemed too backward (and the mayor was a single-minded avairitic creep too). So, Lindblum for me.

I'll vote against the crowd... I vote for Dali cause it's a peaceful little villiage... One of the peacefullest places to live in... But, the "mysteries" going on are weird but it'd be fun to "figure" them out...

Lindblum is too technical for me... I'd get lost in 10 seconds... Not much to really do there either, except the Festival of Hunt but you can always go to Lindblum from wherever you live... :eye:

Yeah, I'm going for Lindblum too. I like the city in a castle thing as well and the whole palace and everything.

Let's end this futile battle. Lindblum wins 4-1. Thanks for voting.

Ok next is.....

*possible spoilers*

Desert Palace (Kuja's little puzzle fun quest...a bitch to get through at any level. Key places...ummm, mostly rooms with damn torch puzzles. There's a teleporter too :P)

vs

Ice Cavern (that cave with ice and the first Black Mage guy appearing. I honestly can't say any key places)

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a bitch to get through at any level.
Unless you're using LV5 Death, which will kill any enemy there except the boss. Anyway, I'm voting for the Ice Cavern.

Hmmm... tough choice. Both have good design, cool music, and awesome NPCs (Moris's infamous outburst after 'thawing' him out in the Ice Cavern, and all of the wisecracks and one liners at the Desert Palace!) Hmm.. oh what the hell, Desert Palace for me, if only because of the funny comments made there (especially when your party is confined and Cid (who's still a frog) has to try and free them! And it has it's own airship dock, with the 'borrowed' (read - hi-jacked) steam powered Hilda Garde I airship parked in it!

So, Kuja's little secret hideaway it is for me.

Ice Cavern, cool name, cool place

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Ice Cavern. The Desert Palace was too annoying, I kept missing just one candle and so had to go back and check the whole place again... :mad:

I like both of them... It sucks that you can't go back to either of the two after exiting... Although you can for the Ice Cavern but not after leaving Dali... :(

I vote for Ice Cavern...

Ice Cavern prevails 4-1. Ok, thanks for the votes...time for another 2 victims.

*SPOILERS*

Cleyra (Gets destroyed basically at the start of disk 2. Surrounded by whirlwinds and really...isn't exciting. Key places are the church and the place where you save puck from that boss.)

vs

Daguerrio (I think that's how it's spelt. The city atop a tall hill that has those dragons that level your party. Anyway, it's got the Namingway thing that lets you change party's names. You can get Excalibur there and the Synth shop is useful. Key place is the middle floor with that name changer guy.)

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I vote for Daguerro (sp?)... None of the two are any of my fav.s but Daguerro wins my vote cause it's somewhat good and Cleyra was annoying/boring to me. D. has some nice weapons and synthed items too... Cleyra was just a tree with a villiage on it... It did have some good potential as a cool place but it was easily lost once it got destroyed and with that annoying music...

I'm going for Cleyra because I always thought it was really cool looking and Daguerro never really excited me that much.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I'm gonna say Cleyra too. Daguerreo wasn't too interesting, and I thought the idea of a town being built at the top of a tree surrounded by a sandstorm was very original.

Cleyra, it was just different

Daguerreo I guess for me. Cleyra was nice, but the music plain sucked, there wasn't really much of interest (well, until Beatrix and the Alexandrian Army crash the place!), and it was a pretty silly design too - I mean, a town built in a giant tree? Cliched!

Daguerreo at least had all the cool item and weapon stores, plus the guy who's obssessed with FFIV's Namingways, an old man who holds Excalibur, along with Gilgamesh lurking around trying to look important. That, and because I like reading, the whole concept of a town that's effectively a library really appealled to me!

So Daguerreo it is for me.

Cleyra scrapes through 3-2. We ran outta time before a comeback was possible.

Next rumble...

Chocobo Forest (A forest where you dig and get things...)

vs

Chocobo Lagoon (A lagoon where you dig and get things...)

That's all the important information you need. Begin!

Definitely Chocobo Lagoon for me because it is way easier to find a lot of treasures and rack up a good total. Plus, the chocobo forest has those stupid annoying ledges anytime after your chocobo gains the mountain ability, whereas the lagoon doesn't have anything annoying like that. The only advantage of the forest in my opinion is its convenient location, but it's not nearly enough.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I preferred the lagoon too for the same reasons, those ledges in the forst could get so annoying. Also, I found that the lagoon was by far the easiest place to get a "perfect" game (8 treasures in the minute).

i also must go for the Lagoon, same reasons

Ok, I thought the Lagoon was better and more fun. It wins 3-0.

Next up...

Chocobo Air Garden (Has Ozma and the rest of the chocographs. Harder to find things.)

vs

Chocobo Paradise (When you get a gold chocobo, you can go here, see some chocobos and get a card.)

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Also, I found that the lagoon was by far the easiest place to get a "perfect" game (8 treasures in the minute).
Exactly! That's what I was thinking of. That's how you get so many points because you get the huge bonus for the perfect score.

My vote for this one is definitely the Chocobo Paradise. The Air Garden is annoying how it moves around and is the worst place for playing "Chocobo Hot and Cold." (Because you have to keep zipping from one side to the other it's so hard to get a good score.) The only cool thing about it is Ozma and he isn't even all that exciting. The Chocobo Paradise was pretty neat, with the fat chocobo and all and the whole Mene plotline, although they should have included the fat chocobo theme music. (But hey, they did include the famous moogle theme in the game, so maybe that's asking a bit too much.)

I totally agree Agent0042. Chocobo's Paradise for me. It really did look like my idea of a 'heaven on earth', although the constant swarks of the chocobos was annoying, it was appropriate.

And the whole concept of Fat Chocobo being the chocobo king was fitting as it was clever as another early FF reference (well, at least this time around he didn't eat items on board the Invincible, later reguigtating them again when needed this time around though, like he did in FFIII! lol)

Chocobo Paradise, i liked getting the card:o

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I'll say the Chocobo Prardise too. Although the Air Garden had Ozma which was a.. fun battle to say the least, it was so annoying to dig up chocographs there as said. The chocobo's paradise was a nice calm place and I liked it.

I vote for Chocobo Paradise. Everyone said the reasons already...:erm:

Chocobo's Paradise wins too easily.

Next up...

Mog Central (You get an item if you deliver all the mognet letters)

vs

Conde Piete (place with the Scottish accent peoples. No real importance except leads you to Eiko after you get married)

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I can't stand Conde Petie. I'll take Mognet Central, if only because you get to hear the cool moogle theme.

You've got mail, Kupo!

Mognet Central definetley. Condie Petie just can't compete. I mean, the remix of Mog's Theme in Mognet Central is fitting, and is quite nice to see the moogles busy when they've got their machine up and running again after Artiemcian stole the machine's lubricant to make his coat shiny!

The cute little moogles are always in a class of their own! Kupo! So, Mogent Central for me, Kupo! (Damn, now I can't stop saying that!)

Yeah Mognet central. My bad. I can't really stand Conde Piete either.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Mognet Central, for all the reasons given above. ;)

I can care less about these two... I guess I'll vote with the crowd for Mognet Central...

Mognet central!!!!!!!!!!! reasons been given

Ok, Mognet Central wins.

*SPIOLERS*

Next up...

Black Mage Village (Secret Village of Black Mages that were Kuja's slaves. Key place would be the graveyard)

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Earth Shrine (Only shrine where you actually fight in so I include it. Has bitch-of-a-boss Earth Guardian inside)

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Black Mage Village. I mean, the Black Mages are cool, in how, despite their child-like innocence, they accept responsobility for their past actions and eventually accept their looming fate with remarkable courage and maturity. Plus, the music is sad yet upbeat - an awesome electronic melody harking back to the earlier piece Limited Time, in the same style of FFVIII's Man With the Machine Gun. That, and the fact you can even, with Doga's Artifact and unne's Mirror, play a hidden music track from FFIII on the gramaphone in the Inn - Show Me the Truth.

The Earth Shrine was cool though - Lich was every bit as menacing as he was all the way back in 1990 in the original FF1 - and the music (Successive Battles) was suitable for the quick yet tense moments spent negotiating the many traps to reach the Earth Guardian. However, I still perfer the Black Mage Village though.

I vote for BMV... That is my favorite location in the entire game!!! Yeah the shrine scenario was pretty cool BUT we're voting for the location and only one of them... So to me, it can't compete. But it never had a chance for me anyways...

Black Mage Village. Not only was it cool, but if you activated the music box, you could also hear a song from one of the older games, which was neat. And there was quite a bit to do there and also some good gags.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I'm voting for the Black Mage Village too. It was a nice place, hidden away from everywhere, and you actually get to find out a lot more about the black mages there, which was nice.

Well, BMV goes to an easy victory, thanks for voting.

Still having a fair few left, moving right along...

*SPOILERS*

Iifa Tree (Place where you fight that huge mist guy that uses your fire attacks to kick your ass. That would be the key place, where you fight him and see all the lifestream-like stuff)

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Memoria (Final place of the game. Has every card in the game here I bet, those Phantoms have everything. Key place is the end place where you fight Kuja and Necron)

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I dunno if you get the Namingway card from these Masters... I doubt it...

Anyways, I vote for Iifa Tree... It's a scary, but cool place... Has a pretty good storyline plot and an awesome, ironic boss... Memoria, to me, was a disappointment to me as the "final area". It's too long... Getting from the beginning al the way to the end will take a while, plus with all those random encounters too... The Guardians were cool but that still cannot make up for the bad location...

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I liked the Iifa Tree too, you learn quite a bit there, and the music kinda grew on me after a while too... :erm:

I'm voting for Memoria, I actually didn't even like the Iifa Tree that much. Memoria had all of the cool bosses and Card Phantoms and stuff and I didn't think it was that bad of a dungeon. No more so than FFVII's (FFIII U.S.) As for the Card Phantoms, I don't think they have every card, just quite a few of them. But there are certain ones you can only get from the card players at the stadium at Treno, I think.

Yeah, you do get the Namingway card from them. Believe me I missed it in Kuja's place so I got it there.

Though I'm not quite sure which to vote for... I'll go w/ Memoria

I'm voting for Iifa Tree as well. Enough said~

SPOILERS AHEAD


Technically, the Iifa Tree and Memoria are one and the same, as Memoria is floating above the Iifa Tree, and self-destructs after you've bet the final boss.

So therefore, I guess I'll go for Memoria. I mean, it has a cool name, the whole concept is bizzare and cool at the same time (being created entirely from the party's deapest memories, as it's name suggests), and it also makes the final dungeon as a part of the story, unlike most RPGS where the final dungeon is just being an obstacle course filled with really nasty monsters before you face the last boss.

Also, having Garland's spirit explaining the meaning of life and the creation of Gaia to Zidane as the party explored deeper into the place added an extra degree of uneasiness, especially as the game's logo, the Crystal of Life, was right at the end of it - and so was Kuja - who's now totally lost all reason and sanity - and wants to destroy the crystal - thereby destorying the Universe with it.

Having to fight the Four Fiends of Chaos from FFI as the Four Guardians of Terra in Memoria, also was an interesting twist to long-time FF fans, as was Deathguise, who looks very much like Doomgaze from FFVI, appearing to be yet another reference to a past FF game, which was one of the main reasons why I liked FFIX so much!

So, Memoria it is for me.

400th post on the thread. Great stuff. Thanks for voting everyone. here's to another 400, if we have to vote for the blades of grass around Lindblum, we'll get to 800.

So, as a tiebreaker, I vote Memoria. I believe it has more "stuff" in it, like Hades' Synth shop where you get Ark, many bosses etc...

So without further ado, next rumble is...

Ipsen's Castle (Place where you go to get those Shrine things. It's kewl cause it inverts youer stats, allowing your to learn abilities from older and weaker inventory)

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Madain Sari (Eiko's home. Village of the Summoners (when there were some. Has the wall of Eidolons and that's about it.)

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I'm voting for Madain Sari. There's some cool stuff that happens there, not to mention that it eventually becomes Lani's home. It is also the home of a lot of moogles, as well as Eiko, a favorite character of mine.

I found the Ipsen's castle thing sort of lame. It inverts your weapons, but magic still works like normal, so you can basically just pound enemies with magic.

Madain Sari. Despite the obvious disability of being pretty much in ruins when Zidane and co visit, thanks to a certain soul-powered airship and it's cold, technocratic master from another world, the Eidolon Wall is pretty spooky, especially the music (and it's also quite sad too when you do the quest to discover Garnet's real name when you can read the extra messages about the true nature of the Eidolons, and the final thoughts of Eiko's tribe.)

The fact that the place is now overrun with moogles too is cool as well, plus you also fight Amarant there as well, who is totally cool. Finally, when Zidane and Vivi share that little... 'rite of male bonding' (i.e., they 'crossed swords', I cracked up laughing, remembering how I used to do just that with my friends in the boys toilets when I was 8! lol

Annnnnnyyyyyway... Madain Sari it is for me. Ipsen's Castle gains points for funky design and good music though...

Hmmm, Madain Sari wins 2-0. Thanks to the 2 people that voted. Guess interest is losing. Well, people will be happy to know that this next rumble is the last for Round 1. And it is...

*SPOILERS, as usual*

Mt Gulug (Well, I'll include the spiritual place before it for this, the mountain itself has a better quality song version of the Gurugu Mountain in FF1, and sounds awesome. No real special places, except at the bottom with Hilde and Mog turning into Madain.)

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Treno (I don't believe I've done this one, so I thought I'd save it to last. Auctions, Card Games, a shop with a large monster and a stellazzio crazed woman, everything the body needs. Also has an underground passage to Alexandria)

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I'm voting for Treno. Enough said~

I vote for Mt. Gulug... I wish we could have done more there, and probably actually be able to go there other than the one time...

I'm with Treno. There's a lot of stuff to do there. You also get meet Dagger's mentor there, "Toot," "Toodles," or whatever his name is, as Baku would say.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Treno has so much more to do, isn't as easy to get lost in, and doesn't scare the shit out of you with Red Dragons jumping out of the sides of buildings when you've got the volume turned up pretty high. I think it's pretty obvious that I prefer Treno. The only thing I prefer in Mt. Gulug is the music, and that's still not one of my favourites in the game, so Treno it is.

Tough choice.. I think I'll say Treno though, as it's just a far more interesting place, what with all the mini-games and ATE sequences (especially early in disc 3), plus the Auction, where you can gain some pretty cool stuff, like the Dark Matter, so Garnet can summon Odin, and the specail 'FF Items' (Unne's Mirror, Doga's Artiefact, Griffin's Heart, the Rat Tail and the Magical Fingertip - all required to gain Excalibur later, along with a hidden piece of music from FFIII at the Black Mage Village).

That, and the fine divide between the Nobles and the poor was almost blurred, to the point where the Nobles were pretty much living right on top of the working poor... quite sad really, even more so because it happens in real life too...

So, Dark City Treno it is for me (although Mount Gulug wins points for Lady Hilda and the cool music from FFI - Gulug Volcano)

Originally posted by Agent0042
I'm with Treno. There's a lot of stuff to do there. You also get meet Dagger's mentor there, "Toot," "Toodles," or whatever his name is, as Baku would say.

Dr Tot :P.

Treno wins easily then.

And with that, we move onto:

ROUND 2

The 12 contenders are...

Alexandria
Burmecia
Lindblum
Ice Cavern
Cleyra
Chocobo Lagoon
Chocobo Paradise
Mognet Central
Black Mage Village
Memoria
Madain Sari
Treno

4 short of a perfect rumble, but we'll improvise.

Without further ado, let's begin...

Mognet Central

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Lindblum

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I vote for Lindblum... Too lazy to post why... :(

Lindblum. I like Mognet Central, but there really much to do there, so Lindblum easily tops it.

Lindblum. Reasons? Big buildings. Steam power. Airships, and LOTS OF 'EM. A booming artists corner. Equals one happy struggling manga artist (that's me...).

Time to send the moogles off to pasture. It's Lindblum for me.

Ok, Lindblum wins. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Alexandria

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Ice Cavern

This may be obvious...begin!

Yeah, I'm voting for the obvious one, Alexandria. The Ice Cavern didn't excite me at all.

Yeah. Alexandria has far more to do than a cavern full of ice (which melts later in the game anyway..). Plus, being close to Garnet is reason alone for liking Alexandria. Sweet, sweet Garnet... oo oooo...

So, let Ice Cavern melt into nothingness; Alexandria it is for me.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Hmm... let me take a lot of time to think about this one...





















Alexandria. :D

I vote for Alexandria although I still like the Ice Cavern...

Then Alexandria wins. Thanks for voting...

Moving along, we now have:

Chocobo Lagoon

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Chocobo Paradise

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Lagoon, just because you can get so much good stuff there.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I thought that the Lagoon was the best place for digging up treasures. The paradise was nice, but I never really felt the need to be there for more than a few minutes, so I'm voting for the lagoon.

Chocobo's Paradise. The Lagoon was nice, but not that interesting. The Paradise was just far nicer to look at (plus it was always fun to startle the chocobo bathing in the pond near Fat Chocobo by jumping off the slide! lol)

So, Chocobo's Paradise it is for me.

Ok, Chocobo's Lagoon slips through 2-1. Thanks again for voting.

Onwards!

Burmecia

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Madain Sari

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Let's see, two towns, both sort of destroyed. I'll go for Madain Sari.

I too vote for Madain Sari... I like the the whole summoner town part to it and the events that took place there (and the person who lived there).

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Burmecia is crap. I didn't mind Madain Sari too much, even though annoying Eiko lives there.

Madain Sari. Burmecia's music was cool, but apart from that it didn't really have much going for it. Madain Sari at least was a town... of sorts... And at least there were no random battles there, unlike Burmecia (the sole battle at Madian Sari was the showdown between Zidane and Amarant.).

Plus, it was fun doing the several mini-quests there, the moogles were cute as always, the little 'bonding-scene' between Zidane and Vivi was hilarious, and finally, the Eidolon Wall has a certain air to it, enhanced by the cool music.

So, let ruined Burmecia drown under it's ceaseless rain - Madian Sari it is for me.

I'm voting for Madain Sari because I liked the moogles there and it's historic background.

Ok then...a suprising victory for Madain Sari who kicks the literal crap out of Burmecia.

Next up, 2nd last rumble of Round 2...

Black Mage Village

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Cleyra

May not be an easy choice. Begin!

Black Mage Village for me because well, Cleyra, sooner or later, "BOOM!" and also the Black Mage Village has neat stuff like the music boss and of course all of the black mages and later the genomes are there.

Black Mage Village. Awesome music, cool design, endearing story, and well.... it has the Black Mages in it! Cleyra is just a big tree house that came off second best in an encounter with Odin (note... Odin's lance Gungnir never misses it's target! - little Norse mythology tidbit there!).

So, the Black Mage Village for me.

I vote for Black Mage Villiage. Cleyra was annoying with the aweful music... And those stupid villagers...

I'm voting for Cleyra because I like the fact it's situated inside a tornado, it didn't bore me as much as Black Mage seemed to and there's nothing like going against the crowd.

I vote for Cleyra as well. A village in a tree in a tornado sandstorm. How awesome is that? :D

Originally posted by Nymph VanTassel
I vote for Cleyra as well. A village in a tree in a tornado sandstorm. How awesome is that? :D

Pretty damn awesome. But as awesome as it is, it's not enough to beat BMV, which goes to the 3rd round, winning 3-2. Thanks all, for voting.

The last rumble of Round 2 is...

Treno

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Memoria

Another toughy, Begin!

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Damn, missed the last round.. oh well, I was gonna vote BMV anyway, so it didn't really make a difference. ;)

I'm gonna say Memoria this time. Although it was a bit.. weird there, it was supposed to be, and I thought it was a reat final dungeon. Treno had stuff to do there, but I thought Memoria was a much better location overall.

Treno.

Treno. Cool, jazzy music, lots to do, and you can't beat the eternal night-life!

So, Treno for me.

Treno wins 2-1 then. Thanks for voting.

So, with that, we move onto:

Round 3!!!

And this will include a few rumbles. 2 rumbles of 3 to start off with, YOU CHOOSE THE ONE YOU WANT TO BE ELIMINATED OUT OF THE 3

So let's begin. The 6 contestants are:

Alexandria
Lindblum
Chocobo Lagoon
Black Mage Village
Madain Sari
Treno

And the first 3 are:

Alexandria

vs

Treno

vs

Chocobo Lagoon

Remember, choose the one you like least. Begin!

I'm voting for Alexandria because I liked the town and the castle.

Aren't we voting for the one we want eliminated? These partucular rounds can be so confusing...

I have to say I like Chocobo Lagoon the least. Treno's pretty close to it though... So in the end, I'd vote for Alexandria out of these 3... :) But otherwise, eliminate the lagoon...

Yeah, Roukie did say in bold to pick the one you want eliminated. And so I go for the Lagoon. It was fun, but really, well, it was just a lagoon. A fairly small lagoon.

Chocobo Lagoon.

Alexandria and Treno are some of my favourite cities in FFIX. So, I vote off Chocobo Lagoon. Therefore, Chocobo Lagoon....

You are the weakest link! GOODBYE!

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I didn't mind any of them that much, really... I'd probably say the Chocobo Lagoon because there was the least to do there...

Seems some people just look at who's versing -_-. Even bolding wasn't enough.

Well, that ends that. Chocobo Lagoon is outta here. Thanks for voting.

Next up, well, it's obvious who's versing, but I'll say it anyway.

Lindblum

vs

Madain Sari

vs

Black Mage Village

REMEMBER, YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE ONE YOU WANT ELIMINATED

And if that doesn't work, I give up on people. Begin!

Madain Sari

I vote out Lindblum...

So long, Madain Sari...

I vote out Madain Sari... You're outta here!

Madain Sari is outta here. Still in round 3, we have two normal rumbles up...

Contenders are:

Treno
Alexandria
Black Mage Village
Lindblum

And the first up is...

Alexandria

vs

Black Mage Village

Now it gets tough. Begin!

I vote for Black Mage Villiage. I like all of those black mages...

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Hmm... tough one. I'm gonna go with Alexandria though, I really liked that place.

I'm assuming we're back to voting for the one we like so accordingly, I vote for Alexandria. Tough choice, but the fact that Alexandria is Garnet's home decides it for me.

Sorry Black Mages, but your time has come... Alexandria for me.

Alexandria

Black Mage Village

Well, Alexandria wins that then and goes onto the final. 2nd last rumble is now upon us. Thanks for voting.

And the contenders are...

Lindblum

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Treno

Guess this could slide either way. Begin!

Treno

Lindblum for me! Treno's night life just can't compete with Lindblum's sheer style! And besides, it has lots of airships, and in FF, airships are cool!

Lindblum. Really, the city in a castle thing is very cool.

Very well...thank you for voting...Lindblum wins 2-1. And so here we are...the end...

4th Round: Final

Let's see who's up.

Alexandria - The evil turning good empire.

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Lindblum - The always good, always on your side empire.

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I'm with Lindblum all the way.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Damn, this is a really difficult one because I really likd both of thsoe places... I'm gonna go with Alexandria though, I liked how the city seemed to peaceful and everything was so great there. The idea of having a city inside a castle was a good one, but I still prefer Alexandria over Lindblum.

Damn. This is too hard to choose! Oh what the hell...

*pulls out a 1 gil coin from his robes and tosses it into the air*

Heads - Alexandria
Tails - Lindblum

*catches the coin, and it's............ (cue drum roll).........*

HEADS!!

So the Royal Kingdom of Alexandria for me! Long live Queen Garnet!

Lindblum

I vote for Alexandria...

Ok then. Thanks to Vivi FF...the winner is...

ALEXANDRIA!!!!

w00tness. So..what next? Shall we do a Boss one?

Boss's sound cool

Originally posted by Roukie
Ok then. Thanks to Vivi FF...the winner is...

ALEXANDRIA!!!!

Hey, that's the second time the happened to me on this Rumble... :)

I say bosses should be next...

Erk, Lindblum lost. Yeah, bosses are very cool. Fight!

Ok then, Bosses it is...I won't list them...because I need to think of some first. But while I think...you can vote on the first rumble...

Earth Guardian (Boss of the Earth Shrine. You kind of need Auto Float or you're finished.)

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Gizamaluke (The serpent boss of Gizamaluke's Grotto...not too simple)

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I'm voting for Gizamaluke because he has some cool items that are rather tough to steal, which made him really hard when I was playing to get the Excalibur II and I needed some of those items.

Gizamaluke is actually easy to beat once you have caught up to his tricks but seeing as I can't remember what the Earth Guardian I was like I'm going to have to vote for Gizamaluke. Anyways, he was the first boss I ever remember having some sort of problem with.

I'll vote for the Earth Guardian (Lich at Memoria). Although I dislike both of those bosses, I think the Earth Guardian looks cooler. Hey, it's a skeleton!

Gizamaluke first boss i had a problem with so gets vote, (like Autumn said)

Hmm....

Gizamaluke because he has a better name!

The Earth Guardian/Lich for me. Probably because he's a re-occuring boss from FFI. He's pretty hard though, seeing as you only have Zidane and Quina in your party at the Earth Shrine. But it's a different story in Memoria. All you have to really watch out for are his instant death attacks. Other than that, he's a pushover, as long as your party is well advanced.

P.S. Zidane didn't really plan his parties very well for the assualt on the Four Shrines. He should have sent Eiko and Garnet to the Earth Shrine, seeing as how they're White Mages, and would take care of any pesky undead very very quickly! Guess battle tactics aren't really his strong point. lol

Although the Earth Guardian is Lich at Memoria, he ain't Lich at the Earth Shrine, and that's the one I'm talking about (as stated in the location of it). Lich may come up later.

Gizamaluke goes to the 2nd round...and the Earth Guardian goes back to the Earth. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Meltigemini (Zorn and Thorn nsort of fuse together and become this easy to beat boss at the bottom of Mt Gulug)

vs

Taharka (The boss with too much HP...takes a while to kill, but not difficult. Has good stuff to steal. Boss of Ipsen's Castle)

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Meltigemini. He may have been kinda easy, but he stopped me cold for a while when I was trying for Excalibur II. (Yes, I may be basing a lot of my votes on how difficult certain bosses were when I did that sidequest.)

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Taharka was just annoying. Guess who my vote goes with. And no I'm not biased here. At all. Really. :angel:

Meltigemini, easily. Taharka seemed too pointless at that part of the game, simply existing as a 'guardian' to dispatch before you can get the mirrors to unlock Terra's gateway.

Meltigemini on the other hand, was a fitting end to those two obnoxious little creeps Zorn and Thorn, and it was a remarkably easy boss to get rid of too. Just have Garnet cast Mini on it and it's a wimp. It's only attack you have to be wary of is Virus, which if you happen to have a healthy supply of Vaccines on you, then it's nothing to worry about. Otherwise you won't recieve any AP after the battle (as it's a boss you don't gain experience anyway..).

I vote for Meltigemini... I never got what the name meant, until now... :)

Ok, thanks to Bahamut Zero, we have a list of bosses...there are conveniently 32 ones to use. Or so I thought...

Baku
Prison Cage
Plant Brain
Black Waltz #1
Black Waltz #2
Black Waltz #3
Gizamaluke
Beatrix
Ralvurahua
Antlion
Zorn and Thorn
Ralvuimago
Lani
Hilgigars
Soulcage
Amarant
Ark
Valia Pira
Meltigemini
Taharka
Earth Guardian
Silver Dragon
Garland
Kuja
Nova Dragon
Maliris
Tiamat
Kraken
Lich
Deathguise
Trance-Kuja
Necron
Hades
Ozma

So, without further ado...let's continue. Meltigemini takes the high HP boss down in 4 hits (the votes).

Next up...

Hades (In Memoria...in the place that looks like it's underwater...you go behind the rock to right and fight him. Not too hard in my terms...I beat him first shot. Plus when you beat him, he opens up an awesome Synth shop)

vs

Black Mage #2 (You fight him in Dali before you get on the airship. Not very difficult)

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Hades, definitely. This seems like a mismatch to me.

"BBRWWHAHA!! Princess! Stay there while I kill the others!"

Yeah right, as if anyone would listen to that!

Despite his lame attempts at intimidation, Black Waltz #2 is nothing compared to the awesome Hades.

Athough Hades wasn't too hard to fight, he had awesome music (Hunter's Chance, from the Festival of the Hunt in disc 1), and of course, once you defeat him, he opens up the ultimate Synthesis Shop, which gives you access to, amongst other things, the Pumice, Ethers, Tin Armour, and Save the Queen!

What does Black Waltz #2 give you? A lot of HP to fight and some pretty silly trash-talk. Sure, he had some decent stuff to steal, but other than that, he wasn't really anything to write home about.

So, Hades for me, the Ultimate Synthesist!

Hades, better boss

I vote for Hades... He's much cooler than Black Waltz #2... But Black Waltz #3 is IMO, the better Waltz...

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Yeah, Black Waltz 2 was a bit crap. I liked Hades.

Black Waltz #2 waltzes out the door as Hades goes to round 2. Thanks for voting.

Next up...one I want to get out of the way.

*SPOILERS*

Kuja (When you fight him at the end of Disk 3 in his normal state. Then he goes Trance and uses Ultima.)

vs

Trance-Kuja (He stays Trance for a much longer time than Zidane and co. can. Odd. You fight him at the end of Disk 4 as Trance and he seems less invincible than when he destroyed Terra)

Let the Kuja battle Begin!

Trance-Kuja. This form has cooler attacks.

Defineately, Trance-Kuja! Ultima is awesome but it also sucks because Vivi can't use it...

Trance-Kuja, better attacks

"I can't believe you beat Deathguise. Well, no matter. My time is almost up. Time to die everyone!!"

Trance Kuja, without a doubt. He looked cool, his music was awesome (Dark Messenger), the setting was brilliant, and well, he rocked! His original form was cool enough, but his whole 'Trance' form made him one of the best 'almost the final bosses' in the FF series! Rock on Trance Kuja!

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Both were pathetically easy to beat, but Trance Kuja was an overall much better boss, so I'm going along with the majority here. ;)

Ok, I think we know who won there. Thanks for voting. Trance > Non-Trance.

On with the rumbles. Next up...

*SPOILERS*

Zorn and Thorn (Well, I decided to do these together because they attack exactly the same. They fight you when you're about to save Garnet in Alexandria on Disk 2.)

vs

Lani (Amarant's partner told by Brahne to retrieve the Falcon Claw. You fight her when you enter Fossil Roo.)

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I never had too much trouble with either of these bosses. I'll go with Zorn and Thorn because you couldn't have Quina in that battle and so Limit Globe wasn't an option.

I vote for Lani. She's a more interesting character and less annoying then Zorn and Thorn...

Lani. Zorn and Thorn just aren't in the same league as the gorgeous bounty hunter. Sure, she was pretty hard, but I really liked her personality, not to mention the sexual tension between herself and Amarant. Zorn and Thorn were just two obnoxious little creeps who I were glad to see meet their demise at the bottom of some dank pit.

So Lani for me.

Lani - Babe, bounty hunter chick person.

Zorn and Thorn - Funny clown psychotic dudes.

I think I'm gonna' go Lani for this one..

Lani ofcorse,

Zorn and Thorn i didnt have a problem with

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Lani for me, she was actually almost a challenge.