Board 8 > Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters Special Edition: Day 3 [smfffc]

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Rules:

- You personally (No bots/scripts/lending of accounts) can save 2 characters per hour.
- A character needs 3 votes to be saved.
- 3 unique users need to save a character for that character to be saved.
- Ambiguous (i.e. "Cid" or "Cloud") or "If X, then Y" saves will not count.
- Last character unsaved is eliminated.
- No alts, no rallying, no post deletion/editing (unless correcting an update), no spoiler tags.
- If you want to update, make sure it's accurate.
- Only LeonhartFour can start up new topics.
- Community Rule is in effect. Deliberate rules violations will result in bans.

THE LIST [23]:

Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca
Auron
Balthier
Barret Wallace
Celes Chere
Cloud Strife
Delita Hyral
Jecht
Kain Highwind
Kuja
Laguna Loire
Lightning
Locke Cole
Noctis Lucis Caelum
Squall Leonhart
Tidus
Tifa Lockhart
Vivi Ornitier
Wiegraf Folles
Yuna
Zack Fair
Zell Dincht
Zidane Tribal

ELIMINATED [2]:

24. Ramza Beoulve
25. Ignis Scientia

TOP 25 RANKINGS:
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3. Ramza Beoulve
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21. Ignis Scientia
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Cloud
Jecht
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Kuja
Ashe

Delita
Wiegraf

This is still sad
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Vivi
Auron
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VeryInsane posted...

This is still sad

yes poor Ramza...
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Vivi
Locke
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Tidus
Noctis
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Kain
Kuja
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Cloud
Noctis
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Yuna
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Delita
Jecht
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Lightning
Squall

Tidus
Tifa
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Lightning
Wiegraf
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Zidane
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Lighting
Yuna
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Cloud
Zack
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Guess I should have paid more attention to this. Poor ramza

Barret
Yuna
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Squall
Laguna
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Tidus
Squall
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Vivi
Zidane
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THE LIST [17]:

[1] Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca kateee
[1] Auron Bane_Of_Despair
[0] Balthier
[1] Barret Wallace Maniac64
[0] Celes Chere
[2] Delita Hyral VeryInsane, TheArkOfTurus
[2] Jecht TexWolf_1729, TheArkOfTurus
[1] Kain Highwind Janus5k
[2] Kuja kateee, Janus5k
[1] Laguna Loire ecksgem
[1] Locke Cole mnkboy907
[2] Noctis Lucis Caelum MZero11, Arti
[1] Tifa Lockhart Xuxon
[2] Wiegraf Folles VeryInsane, DoomTheGyarados
[1] Zack Fair KommunistKoala
[0] Zell Dincht
[2] Zidane Tribal red13n, Mewtwo59
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Celes
Zidane
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Barret
Zell
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Noctis
Zell
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Celes

trading Celes
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Wiegraf
Delita
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GuessMyUserName posted...

trading Celes

for Auron

Celes
Noctis
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Noctis

@Bane_Of_Despair

Safe
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Auron
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huh I should probably pay attention to other posts past the update

Laguna
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Barret
Zell
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Kain
Balthier

Laguna
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THE LIST [9]:

[1] Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca kateee
[2] Auron Bane_Of_Despair, GuessMyUserName
[1] Balthier kateee
[2] Jecht TexWolf_1729, TheArkOfTurus
[2] Kain Highwind Janus5k, kateee
[2] Kuja kateee, Janus5k
[1] Locke Cole mnkboy907
[1] Tifa Lockhart Xuxon
[1] Zack Fair KommunistKoala
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Auron
Kuja
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Trading for Locke auto.
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Locke

for Tifa
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Tifa

Again for Locke
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Jecht
Locke

For Kain, please.
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Kain
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Balthier
Tifa
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THE LIST [3]:

[1] Ashelia Ashe Bnargin Dalmasca kateee
[2] Balthier kateee, ecksgem
[1] Zack Fair KommunistKoala
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Ashe
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Balthier
Ashe
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R.I.P. ZackFAQs
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Revenge for all those years ago
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13. Zack Fair (Final Fantasy VII)

The Good: I actually really liked Zack even before Crisis Core came out. The optional scene in Final Fantasy VII that shows you what really happened to Zack is so good. I remember my mind being blown the first time I accidentally stumbled onto that thing. Of course, finding out that Zack, not Cloud, was the one who actually came to Nibelheim as a First Class SOLDIER with Sephiroth was a crazy revelation, too. That's my favorite part of FFVII, and even though Zack doesn't have a big role in it, he's a key to its resolution. It's cool how important he is to the formation of Cloud's character even though you never meet him in the game. One of the more understated things about him in Crisis Core that I like is how he befriends Cloud even though he's a First Class SOLDIER and Cloud's just a regular grunt.

The Bad: I don't have a lot bad to say about Zack himself, but I always think it's weird when series use prequels to retroactively impact scenes in the main game. Zack is the one who convinces Tifa to name the bar Seventh Heaven and the one who suggests Aerith should sell flowers, among other things. The dumbest one is when they have Zack fall through the roof of the church just like Cloud did for no reason whatsoever. They also retroactively make his relationship with Aerith a bigger deal, I guess just so they don't make the Clerith fans too mad by giving her a cool guy who's just like Cloud to be with in the afterlife.

The Best: Of course, Crisis Core builds up to the recreation of that one scene in Final Fantasy VII, and I wasn't sure if they'd be able to top the original. Well, they did. First of all, "The Price of Freedom" is one of the best songs in the series. Secondly, having Zack nearly take down an entire battalion of Shinra soldiers by himself instead of having him get offed by a few grunts was a good change. Then that final charge to Cloud about him being his living legacy was really well done and emotionally touching. That's the one retcon (that speech perhaps being the catalyst for Cloud getting his memories mixed up with Zack's) in Crisis Core I thought was well executed. I like Zack's obsession with wanting to be a hero because I like my heroes to be heroic, as I've stated, so it's good to have a character on the same page.
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Zack's weird because I felt like people liked him way too much before Crisis Core

Now I feel like Crisis Core kinda justifies people liking him a lot but I feel like it didn't really change that many people's opinion on him.
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