Terra lost her biggest supporter. Just because its raytan doesn't suddenly make her illegitimate. What if lefty was gone? Or Inviso? Certainly Cecil and Kuja might not perform as well, but I don't think that means suddenly they aren't very popular and without specific users they wouldn't perform as well anymore.
It's a fluke brought on by wanting to spite someone who isn't here as well as a guy no one liked apparently. I don't really get the whole "punish the person by eliminating their character" philosophy, but obviously tons of people here buy into it or last contest wouldn't have happened.
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Still smilin'
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