Lurker > v_charon

Probably still has the same result, no thanks.
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Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin
And he saw corruption everywhere, except within
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Seems about right unless there are some XII votes to be dug up.
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Basch lives!
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Shouting "Basch lives!" would feel good right now.
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I think that vote spells doom for my H3 chances though.
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Legend has it HBK will no sell this #3 ranking and get back up to win after all.
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Vayne
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Ba'Gamnan
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Mortal Kombat
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Tifa
Lara
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Sean Bean in Kholat springs to mind.
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Basch
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Ba'Gamnan
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RIP Leblanc
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Vayne
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Oh I'm early.
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Tali
Claire R
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Tifa
Lara
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th3l3fty posted...

because this

The thing is that "Dark Nation" was deemed at the time, by you I think, to be a species. The remake is the "accurate" version of the game now, in terms of character names, and in that game he's called Darkstar. I mean... it really sounds to me like the reasoning to not call him Darkstar is pretty weak.
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Drakeryn posted...

(also I was being facetious about him being iconic but I do like him. I got him in mercs as an ability lol)

Oh... good >_>

I mean I don't dislike him. He's cool, in theory and design I mean. There's nothing of substance to speak of but he looks cool and I like the idea of Rufus having a pet for whatever reason. My positive feelings on Dark Nation are all because of Rufus basically.

Same with Interceptor. It isn't really fun to see the dogs do better than their masters though, at least not to me. They just don't hold any interest for me without that main character they're attached to.
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And I think your opinion of the name is silly too? Who really cares, seriously? I was saying he should be called Dark Star, and then remarked it was a dumb name, in my opinion. Not sure if it's necessary to tag on the part about it being my opinion or why you have this axe to grind over it.
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Yeah, Final Fantasy. When I think of "realistic name" that's the series I go to.
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Are you guys really trying to say Dark Star is a dumber name than Dark Nation

Dark Star sounds like a 13 year old emo named him. Dark Nation is at least sort of original and looming. It definitely sounds a lot more badass in actuality.
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lefty probably unfamiliar, most likely. He really should be Dark Star, as dumb of a name change as that was. He was deemed "not a character" even as Dark Nation before the remake.
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Grimlyn posted...

having only played classic ff7 I don't know what dark nation is

I mean, he's the dog you fight when you first meet Rufus.

That's literally it.
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th3l3fty posted...

you say this every year

I think he's said it this year. >_>
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I mean I consider myself the top Rufus fan on the board and to call Dark Nation iconic is... yeah, incorrect. No one was at all interested until the last couple of years SMFFFC wise, and this is a very old contest. This is a new fascination that will most likely, as all of these things do, not last very long after this contest (if there's even any interest by next year). Iconic characters don't need 16 years to debut and have interest lost in the span of a contest.

As far as Genesis, he's definitely not iconic because he makes all of his appearances in spinoff games. That said, he is at least a major character in one of those spinoffs (arguably the most liked/played one of them, and a game that probably propelled another character to win a contest). He's definitely not on the level of Dark Nation. Cissnei would be the next lowest because she's a supporting character in a sidegame. Jessie I'd rank far above all 3 though due to her treatment in the Remake. Not sure how she's even in the conversation with the other 3.
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th3l3fty posted...

has any game sunk further than VIII?

XIII is having a pretty bad year considering the last two years and all. I don't know if there's a good comparison to make statistically, but it seems a little strange for the games to have a combined 3 characters remaining.
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Has 8 ever been this shit?
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Ashe
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Basch
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Bagamnan
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Lightning
Pyrrha
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Jill V
Blake
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Year of XII!

Or something.
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The man claims he's a millionaire, is god's gift to the world and is the most important man on Earth.

But he has like 6 hours of his life each day to troll a nearly dead message board. He should just be ignored by the entire board so he couldn't see anything when he logged in for the daily trolling session. The reaction would be hilarious.
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Lara
Fiona
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VeryInsane posted...

NR for Ramza

Get Vayne next round, please.
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Ramza
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Bagamnan
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Vayne
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This would probably be Vlado's wet dream, but then he'd be stuck in a world dominated by liberals so I dunno.
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Yeah Garland from IX is completely different in design and function.
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Shaduln posted...

I can't claim full responsibility for the top 10, but hi that's when I started participating.

I mean usually when a character gains a new supporter, yeah that tends to be the start of improvement of their fortunes. I just really didn't recall him making a top 10 at all, or having a lasting staying power within the top 40 for many years now. Then again the most recent contests have been full of shenanigans and I guess certain things during these last few years have had a more lasting impact. At least to me personally.

He's a little typical for my liking but he's kinda cool in Dissidia I think. Great design of course, and there's something to be said for what I consider to be the first "real character" in Final Fantasy history.
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I guess I kinda forgot what sort of run Garland has been on for the last 4 contests. Impressive, yet somehow a little unmemorable for whatever reason.
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Still needed over 20 votes into Hour 3 to end the round... again, highly improbable it's "soon".

There was a lot less stalling than usual for whatever reason today.
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Meh, I should have held.
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Knocked down etc
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