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Been on a call since finals ended and I've expected to see some posts from certain users I haven't seen yet, I wonder if they're still coming. But anyways.

Congrats to VI and the Ramza crew for getting the win, "Yes, rich Ramza!" finally achieved! As I mentioned in Day 98 topic, this was what I thought would be the 2nd best final at the time and looks like it played out nicely with strong activity and save totals again. It's a good win but damn if it isn't bittersweet. That's it for Tactics character runs now, right? or is it Wiegraf time???

Also out 10x-ing the Aerith crew 39-30, if there's one thing I noticed since I came back the Ramza team was dedicated, fast saving, multi-trading, solid. It was a well-earned win.

That being said, definitely heartbreaking for me and I'm sure others, since it really felt like it could've gone the other way. Ramza is a great winner but he still felt to me like a character for whom a finals loss is still a "win", a great run that's a prize in itself, while Aerith could overcome last year's narrow defeat and not suffer again. I knew it'd be close despite what anyone else was musing, but stating the obvious here for anyone paying attention, I never would've expected the number of saving flips that occurred between Day 98 and the Finals.

I just can't recall the extent of anywhere near that in the 5 SMFFFC finals I've participated in thus far, the number of dedicated Aerith savers & traders who went heavy for Ramza in the finals was just such a dagger in the heart. I can't recall a block of Delita savers saving Squall, or Kefka savers saving Aerith last year. Or even Edward savers saving Lightning though maybe that's not the best analogy... maybe it happened but I just didn't realize it or wasn't paying attention. But with a 54 save loss, 3 of those users flipping could've given her the win, it's just a really tough pill to swallow. All I can hope is we're hopefully all back on the same team for the journey next year, through Day 98 and the finals.

Anyways, I want to thank a bunch of Aerith savers but I'll save that for a different post. Definitely trending back to "taking a game way too seriously" mode here, even if I only participated for like 10 days, it's like riding a bike - I can feel the weight of the 3+ months that TotallyNotMI and others put into carrying her to this point only to fall short, again.

Really I just hope we can run it back next year, I hope we can bring in more people to the cause - play the original, play the remake, she really is a wonderful character!! "Third time's the charm" run begins tonight I guess.

Oh also, I don't have any "preference ranking" stats since I wasn't around to do that properly but I've got some other contest-related stats I'll probably drop in here in the next day or two.