Board 8 > Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XXIV: Final Results and Discussion

(+) Yeah! (+)

the estheims are a very powerful family in VIII I'll have you know

a V is literally just the top half of an X okay

also I was gonna wait til the dffoo art was revealed but now I suspect the topic's gonna 500 before then so fine

DFFOO has finally done it, brought us all the long awaited character that begins with an R that should've been added years ago

https://twitter.com/7Itsomar/status/1575329137677328384

Shepard

Nimrook also isnt in FFIX

what would the Tetra master version of blitzball even be like

LiquidOshawott posted...

Nimrook also isnt in FFIX

what would the Tetra master version of blitzball even be like

Sphere Break

> that feel when anyone has freedom in this contest to support gimmicks/fringe characters and have fun and a good time without being singularly obsessed on particular outcomes

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/9/AAC56kAADwX5.jpg

MartinFF7 posted...

> that feel when anyone has freedom in this contest to support gimmicks/fringe characters and have fun and a good time without being singularly obsessed on particular outcomes

trust me, I get the feeling, it's why I had to walk away after I gave up hosting

Martin I'd like to remind you that you rooted against Aeris in last year's final

MartinFF7 posted...

> that feel when anyone has freedom in this contest to support gimmicks/fringe characters and have fun and a good time without being singularly obsessed on particular outcomes

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/9/AAC56kAADwX5.jpg

Its a lot more fun.

andylt posted...

Martin I'd like to remind you that you rooted against Aeris in last year's final

The tragic clown

andylt posted...

Martin I'd like to remind you that you rooted against Aeris in last year's final

Yes thanks for that... for me every year is about rooting for a long-deserved winner and that year was Kefka's! Just edging out Aerith who had her own "deserving" claim since he had the deeper contest history. Every year other than my first year when I didn't know any better, oh to dream of another depth Cissnei run...

Strictly in my opinion, the Lightning-Squall-Kefka-Ramza stretch has emptied the cupboard of characters that I "feel" like deserved a win, other than my own of course. Or maybe that's all just cognitive dissonance on my part but hey, we'll see what next year brings and what new challengers come up to the mat. I certainly feel about Aerith the way I felt about Lightning or Kefka in those years and there's no competition there!

Speaking of new challengers, I am really more interested in the nominations topic, let me make that post I keep putting off...

andylt posted...

I believe there's some playable moogles that haven't been in yet.

Did somebody say...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/7/AAC56kAADwdp.jpg

In Final Fantasy VI, there are 10 moogles in Narshe that are temporarily playable.

finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Ten_Moogles

Because they're named characters, they are eligible to be nominated into SMFFFC. So why not nominate all ten into the contest at once?

For peak efficiency and to avoid any mishaps, I figure the best way for MoogleQuest XXV to work would be knowing the list of who wants to nominate the moogles ahead of time. So if you "pledged" to participate, I'd be tracking the pledges and determine who needs to nominate which moogles (double and single noms) to satisfy all conditions, and then when the nomination topic goes up I'd give you the list of moogles you need to nominate. With enough "pledged" members, we can use our nominations to get all 10 Narshe Moogles into the contest!!

(Alternative option is you just do your own nomination of moogles and some of us just work around what others have done to "fill in the blanks", as it were, though the more coordination that occurs the better our chances of pulling this off!)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/8/AAC56kAADwdq.jpg

It's a challenge to see if it's doable, and I think there's a great opportunity here for users who never nominate any characters during the nomination process to pitch in on this quest. Though I feel like those users probably aren't the ones popping into the nomination topic when it goes up or this results topic almost 2 weeks after the contest ended, but you never know...

And hey, even if you do normally nominate, but you're feeling good about the current slate of characters you'll need to support, why nominate in more to add to your workload? That's 1 double + 5 single nominations that'd be going to waste otherwise, which could instead be donated to the cause!

Worried about some character you support getting booted? There's 10 freebie hard boots right here to lessen your worries!

https://i.imgur.com/mJWWbRi.gif

I'm sure you have questions:

Ok this is ridiculous, why do this?
Why climb a mountain? It's a fun challenge just to see if we can do it!

How many "pledgees" do we need to pull this off?
It depends how much we want to push our luck on this - it would naturally be heartbreaking to only get 8 or 9 Narshe Moogles in instead of all 10 in at once. It's truly a one-shot deal for all 10!

The entry cutoff this year occurred with 8 noms, so if we aim for that at a minimum - and time/structure the nominations in such a way to win any tiebreaker possibilities - it looks like 12 users would be the minimum needed.

At "84" combined noms, that'll give 8 noms to six moogles and 9 noms to four; the six moogles would each receive 48 of the 60 "single" nominations as the first action, in order to satisfy the tiebreakers ("number of nominators, and then by nomination order") with the remaining 12 singles and 12 doubles being allocated to the remaining four. Though that is assuming perfect "pledging" with coordinated nominations, the ideal scenario for sure.

To be even more safe, an extra 13th user would let us get 9 nominations on each moogle so coordination would be less of a need in that case.

We have rules against deals involving future contests, doesn't this break that?
No? No deal is being made here, I am literally giving you nothing other than the joy of participating in this challenge!

"But I want to nominate in [some character softbooted this year / hardbooted 2 years ago / long-forgotten trash from the raytan era / Wakka]"
Stop thinking about it, it's not worth your time.
Look into my eyes.
Nominating in lost causes and frivolous characters is temporary.
THE GLORY OF 10 NARSHE MOOGLES ALL ENTERING THE CONTEST AT THE SAME TIME IS FOREVER!

So, are we going with the GBA or SNES names?
If we're at the point where we need to make that decision, we've already won!!!

Alright that's the post... there is now a non-zero chance I replay FF6 before the next contest and name Locke "MartinFF7" so I get that screenshot perfect.

Anyways, some food for thought over the next 7 months or so!

andylt posted...

Martin I'd like to remind you that you rooted against Aeris in last year's final

I'd also like to remind Martin that he has essentially euthanized Sephiroth and Cloud in favor of Cissnei. It wasn't humane either.

Not Martins fault nobody gave a shit about either

He also personally killed Cissnei one year

Mistakes were made, succeses were had. I have a rich and diverse saving history!

GenesisSaga posted...

I'd also like to remind Martin that he has essentially euthanized Sephiroth and Cloud in favor of Cissnei. It wasn't humane either.

Ah if I weren't afk I'd post the Lea Cissnei comic, the greatest.

Compared to the ladies, Seph just can't compete, he is so far down the priority queue. Though after seeing this tweet, I dont know...

https://twitter.com/MarioTime1985/status/1577824133622255616

LiquidOshawott posted...

Not Martins fault nobody gave a shit about either

What?

MartinFF7 posted...

Did somebody say...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/7/AAC56kAADwdp.jpg

In Final Fantasy VI, there are 10 moogles in Narshe that are temporarily playable.

finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Ten_Moogles

Because they're named characters, they are eligible to be nominated into SMFFFC. So why not nominate all ten into the contest at once?

For peak efficiency and to avoid any mishaps, I figure the best way for MoogleQuest XXV to work would be knowing the list of who wants to nominate the moogles ahead of time. So if you "pledged" to participate, I'd be tracking the pledges and determine who needs to nominate which moogles (double and single noms) to satisfy all conditions, and then when the nomination topic goes up I'd give you the list of moogles you need to nominate. With enough "pledged" members, we can use our nominations to get all 10 Narshe Moogles into the contest!!

(Alternative option is you just do your own nomination of moogles and some of us just work around what others have done to "fill in the blanks", as it were, though the more coordination that occurs the better our chances of pulling this off!)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/8/AAC56kAADwdq.jpg

It's a challenge to see if it's doable, and I think there's a great opportunity here for users who never nominate any characters during the nomination process to pitch in on this quest. Though I feel like those users probably aren't the ones popping into the nomination topic when it goes up or this results topic almost 2 weeks after the contest ended, but you never know...

And hey, even if you do normally nominate, but you're feeling good about the current slate of characters you'll need to support, why nominate in more to add to your workload? That's 1 double + 5 single nominations that'd be going to waste otherwise, which could instead be donated to the cause!

Worried about some character you support getting booted? There's 10 freebie hard boots right here to lessen your worries!

https://i.imgur.com/mJWWbRi.gif

I'm sure you have questions:

Ok this is ridiculous, why do this?
Why climb a mountain? It's a fun challenge just to see if we can do it!

How many "pledgees" do we need to pull this off?
It depends how much we want to push our luck on this - it would naturally be heartbreaking to only get 8 or 9 Narshe Moogles in instead of all 10 in at once. It's truly a one-shot deal for all 10!

The entry cutoff this year occurred with 8 noms, so if we aim for that at a minimum - and time/structure the nominations in such a way to win any tiebreaker possibilities - it looks like 12 users would be the minimum needed.

At "84" combined noms, that'll give 8 noms to six moogles and 9 noms to four; the six moogles would each receive 48 of the 60 "single" nominations as the first action, in order to satisfy the tiebreakers ("number of nominators, and then by nomination order") with the remaining 12 singles and 12 doubles being allocated to the remaining four. Though that is assuming perfect "pledging" with coordinated nominations, the ideal scenario for sure.

To be even more safe, an extra 13th user would let us get 9 nominations on each moogle so coordination would be less of a need in that case.

We have rules against deals involving future contests, doesn't this break that?
No? No deal is being made here, I am literally giving you nothing other than the joy of participating in this challenge!

"But I want to nominate in [some character softbooted this year / hardbooted 2 years ago / long-forgotten trash from the raytan era / Wakka]"
Stop thinking about it, it's not worth your time.
Look into my eyes.
Nominating in lost causes and frivolous characters is temporary.
THE GLORY OF 10 NARSHE MOOGLES ALL ENTERING THE CONTEST AT THE SAME TIME IS FOREVER!

So, are we going with the GBA or SNES names?
If we're at the point where we need to make that decision, we've already won!!!

Alright that's the post... there is now a non-zero chance I replay FF6 before the next contest and name Locke "MartinFF7" so I get that screenshot perfect.

Anyways, some food for thought over the next 7 months or so!

YAY!!!

Let's do something Legendary. And once the contest starts, no one who helps get them in is in any obligation to save them
if they have other priorities.

i obviously offer the pledge by the way.

nominate Mog (FF3 US Commercial)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15qmRzn2Pc

SirAuron posted...

What?

well Gen was saying that its Martins sole fault for them going out all these years

hes not the only saver!

andylt posted...

Martin I'd like to remind you that you rooted against Aeris in last year's final

We could have avoided this darkest timeline this WHOLE time???

LiquidOshawott posted...

well Gen was saying that its Martins sole fault for them going out all these years

hes not the only saver!

He's the only one with FF7 in his handle though! Hence my running joke from two contests ago that he should change his handle to MartinFF7CC. He might not have put them down intentionally, but I distinctly recall him saving Cissnei over one or both of Cloud/Seph in a bottom ten scenario and that resulting in one or both of them being eliminated at some point.

Obviously that's not solely on him as no one else made the right choice there, myself included, but all I'm saying is that his image made no sense because he absolutely DID have the freedom to support a fairly fringe character. It's just others will see right through it and refuse to pick up your slack if you do that. The key is to not care what anyone thinks and push Isaaru or Ghido or Cissnei without giving a flying poop where your actual favorites finish.

gotta nom Belle to take that 7 away and just get MartinFFCC

Saving Cissnei over Sephiroth sounds good to me, keep it up

GBA names or I don't bother.

Sephiroth has been known to attack young girls with swords, killing him off in order to save young girls everywhere is a fine decision

MartinFF7 posted...

> that feel when anyone has freedom in this contest to support gimmicks/fringe characters and have fun and a good time without being singularly obsessed on particular outcomes

> that feel when anyone has freedom in this contest to support gimmicks/fringe characters and have fun and a good time without worrying about them being booted in 98th place when they miss a round due to time zones

3 contests ago Gen, it was XXI where Seph and Cloud were something like 38 and 37 and Cissnei was 34 (hence the delightful Lea comic).

But yeah, those days are long gone, but also should be the expectation I'd save any FF7 character, though I'll probably never shake that. If I'm back earlier next time it's literally just going to be the ladies I save (and I can safely say that since Yuffie is still hard booted, phew). So whatever happens, happens.

bwburke94 posted...

GBA names or I don't bother.

Fine whatever, let's get you on the pledge list:

1. Martin
2. MWC
3. burke

...only 9 or 10 to go!

Grimlyn posted...

gotta nom Belle to take that 7 away and just get MartinFFCC

fffffffffffff she is so good and perfect but I'm telling you I can't support her if you get her in! Give Tonbetty her shot imo

dffoo art for Reks revealed
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/0/1/AAeYFbAADxbl.jpg

Time for the Reksdemption Run!!

(I'm joking)

At this point I think its very possible Rikkus Brother makes it before her

What the what?

Wow that is a lot of deleted posts

that's a lot of missing posts

Apparently it's all Nanis trying to spam the topic to 500 so he doesn't have to look at it or think about it anymore.

Cough don't support FF IX because of this maidenless behavior cough

Better yet, support Eiko and help her survive long enough that Nanis eventually has to support her too!

Just keep pushing FFT and FF8 to screw over Nanis

makes sense

GenesisSaga posted...

Apparently it's all Nanis trying to spam the topic to 500 so he doesn't have to look at it or think about it anymore.

Cough don't support FF IX because of this maidenless behavior cough

Exactly!

No seriously just let it go to 500

gelboooru

kefka

I just realized that I could just hide the topic so it wouldn't bother me

But it's too late for this now

Year of GLR ahoy