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Week 3 - Quarterfinals




Kefka (FF6) Kefka vs Endora Endora (OB)

superaielman
Endora can shift elements at will, fire off any spell she pleases at blistering speed, and laughs at any attempt to throw a status at her.

What she doesn't laugh at is high impact physical attacks on bosses. Say what you want about Kefka, Havoc Wing certainly counts as that.

Kefka: 47
Endora: 8

dark_yamiyugi
Ladies and gents, welcome to the ultamate God-like Death Match with Kefka and Endora! Kefka will possibly turn into his Final Form and then say "HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN! ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! YOU ARE ON THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION! YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE MAKE YOUR TIME... HA HA HA!!!"




Terra Branford (FF6) Terra Branford vs Yuna Yuna (FFX)

SageAcrin
The arena was tense.

Blows rained upon both contestants, and massive explosions were called forth. Summons were called, and Terra winced, but lashed back with her powerful magic...

"...why? Why?" Hiro said, staring down at the arena.

"Why in god's name did Yuna and Terra decide to settle this match with Star Ocean 3's VS Mode?" He said, watching Terra and Yuna anxiously work their controllers. "Terra's never even played a video game in her life, and it's outright painful watching her..." He said, watching Terra's Sophia walk into Yuna's Peppita's Fairy Friend attack.

"Yuna said it was the closest thing to a fair match they could get." The girl in the judge's box next to him said.

"...ugh, this is making me dizzy, I'm going to just look away until it's ended, okay?" Sophia said, pulling out a magazine.

Terra Branford: 24
Yuna: 48


Zophar (Lunar2) Zophar vs Genevieve Genevieve (VP1)

superaielman
Staring down at ther giant foe, Genevieve felt no fear. Indiscrimate had ruined many a tough foe, and Zophar was no exception. Much to her annoyance, however, a small blonde messager boy came running into the ring, sho

Genevieve's face filled with rage, as she towered over the messager boy. "What!? That wench -DARES- to claim the title as Melfice's primary rival? And says she's going to kill him before I can?

The angry lich stormed off, completely ignoring Zophar and her match.


A deep chuckle filled the arena after Genevieve had left. "So the plan is working?" Zophar's mere gesture with his hand shook the entire arena.

Roan smiled. "Hook, line, and sinker. The judges will DQ Genevieve any second. Then.. you fulfill your half of the deal."

The only response from Zophar was an arena shaking laugh.

Zophar: 42
Genevieve: 8

Meeplelard
When you hear the word "Zophar" you should immidiatly think the term "Win."

Genevieve, of course, is no exception.




False Althena (Lunar2) False Althena vs Melfice Melfice (G2)

superaielman
It had been a bit of a harrowing week for Melfice. Not only had his longtime DL rival Genevieve keep trying to kill him, this.. False Althena..

"Mmph. Looks like she didn't take too well to me calling her fat." That comment resulted in a few brawls backstage, where the two generally were evenly matched before they were broken up. Rumor had it Zophar had to physically restrain her from attacking him yet again. Melfice twirled Maken Valenborg, hunting for an idea.

He was interupted by the sound of Ryudo and Roan busting into his room. "Brother! I need your assistance! I can't reach the training rooms, as Zophar is apparently is attacking anyone on the way!" Ryudo was surprised when Melfice smiled out of the blue. "..Sure, Brother. Stay here for now, though. Roan, come with me."
---

The carnage on the way to the training halls was very obvious. The bodies of various fighters who had dared to challenge the area Zophar had claimed layed, shattered by his immense power. Much to his surprise, however, there was no sounds of battle in the area.

A young woman showing a lot of cleavage came up and smiled at Melfice. "Don't worry, handsome, the way's safe for now. A Silent Lake field is in effect." A Water Rune glowed in the woman's hand. As Melfice walked by her, he felt his spells cut off instantly. Breaking into a gentle smile, Melfice put his hand on Elaine. "My dear, I've got this. Go relax, while I get the DL security to handle this. Elaine shrugged and quickly left the area. "Dog face.." Nodding, he walked up to the now unrestrained Zophar, and stood directly in front of him. "I have a deal for you.."

---
Zophar was ENRAGED. How dare this puny mortal block his spells like this? He was Zophar, lord of all he saw! ..Or he was before. Now, he couldn't even swat Jogurt.

To his surprise, instead of fleeing, a very familiar looking man walked up to him, with a glint of amusement in his eyes. "It seems we have a few overlapping problems... it would be for our mutual benefit to address them." Zophar leaned in, and listened to the spiel.
---

"You have Genevieve to deal with this week as a match, and you've been affronted by that woman who is blocking your spells. Well, here's the solution.."
---

"MMM." Zophar rather liked this plan. Evil, sneaky, and required no real work on his part. "YOU WISH TO HAVE ME FALSE ALTHENA BRAG ABOUT BEING YOUR TRUE RIVAL, WHILE SAYING SHE WILL DEFEAT YOU? IN RETURN, YOU PROMISE THAT I WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FIGHT GENEVIEVE, AND I HAVE TO PERFORM ONE SMALL TASK.. THAT WILL END UP WITH THAT FOOLISH WOMAN DEAD, AND MY FALSE PROPHET TAUGHT A PAINFUL LESSON? I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A DEAL."
---

Melfice nodded once again. "Glad you saw reason. Have FA give a message to Roan to be delievered to Genevieve. I'll have Roan run it to her right before your fight... I'll be seeing you next week, Zophar."

-Arena-

Melfice saw Ryudo quickly enter his corner, signaling for him. "She took the bait. Genevieve will be here any second. I'll see you at my match." Melfice walked to the left side of the ring, and waited. He didn't have to, for long.

"You bastard. How dare you find another rival!" Without any delay, Genevieve fired Contaimate Energy off at Melfice. Barely dodging the attack, Melfice was still knocked several feet away from the recoil of the blast. He knew that he had the match won at this point.. but decided to have a little fun with the women who were trying to torment him. "Oh False Althena, looks like our match was.. cut short.. by this woman's interference. And to think, we could have settled things..."

The response from Althena was a shriek of rage, as she threw herself.. at Genevieve! "He's my kill! Stay away!" Firing off a Ray, False Althena charged at Genevieve.

The response from Genevieve was wordless and brutal, as Indiscrimnate was leveled at FA with it's normal brutal power. The blows quickly blurred into a bloody magical duel, with both screaming about wanting Melfice dead.

"Looks like it's time to move.." Melfice ran as fast as he could out of the arena, just as security came to break up the fight. Judging by the amount of time it'd take to get past security, he would be able to reach Ryudo's fight right before it started...

False Althena: 16
Melfice: 34




Hiro (Lunar2) Hiro vs Roufas Roufas (Saga)

superaielman
"You recorded the entire thing?!" Hiro looked over at Roufas with something not short of murderous rage.

"Yep. Your entire plot with Edge and Claude.. and the party while your girlfriend took a perverse dip in a Blitzball arena. I'm sure Lucia won't be happy..." Roufas just smiled at Hiro, without a whit of guilt on his face."Sigh. Fine." In disgust, Hiro threw down his sword and left the arena. "Never should have agreed to listen to what he had to say.. or to what Edge had to say.."

Roufas reached for his cell phone, and made a call. "It worked. No problem, TimeLord, I'll have those Ghaleon lackeys taken care of for you. Thanks again for using TimeRecord to pick up that entire.. event."

Hiro: 24
Roufas: 26

dark_yamiyugi
Hey, Hiro! Do me a damn favor... WIN THIS BATTLE!!!




Kanon (WA2) Kanon vs Neifirst Neifirst (PS2)

SageAcrin
"Grrrr....I'm going to slice them all in half!" Neifirst said, looking at her nearly-empty wardrobe. "Why would all of them want my clothes? Why? Augh! I spent 200,000 Meseta on all of that! I'll never replace that green silk dress with the chiffon, or the pink lace nightgown, or....." Neifirst slumped her shoulders, sighing.

"Hmph, is something wrong in here, girl? You could hear your shriek a mile off." A gruff voice said from the door.

"Huh?" Neifirst said, opening the door. "Oh, I was...um....frustrated about..."

"Oh, that. I'd heard of what Max did." Drachma said, walking into the room. "Hmph, just go get your clothes back yourself, girl. You're an adult, show some backbone."

"I tried!" Neifirst said, nearly wailing. "I got stuff back from a dozen people, but there's just too many people that have my clothes!"

"Just wait until your next match, all the perverts that have your clothes will be there." Drachma said, shrugging.

"But...I can't just kill them all. There's too many, and I can't think of any plans, and..."

"Oh, pah." Drachma said, annoyed. "I don't know how I got drug into this. Listen. I'll help you. Just shut up and let me do the work."

---

As Kanon and Neifirst entered the arena, a loud grumbling was heard from the crowd.

"Hey, what gives here!" Rapp said. "This isn't what was promised!" Sten yelled. "They said they'd be in bikinis!" Irvine yelled. "No, they said wet tee-shirts." Slust argued. "I'd heard see-through teddies." Stahn said, scratching his head.

"Ahem." A massive booming voice called out from the sky above the arena.

"Everyone in the ring has exactly five minutes to pass either the article of Neifirst's clothing they bought from Max, or a note saying where to get it, to a box near one of the entrances of the arena." Drachma called out through a loudspeaker, abord the Delphinus. "If I don't see enough of you worthless perverts passing along notes or clothes, you'll get to see the Moon Stone Cannon from a ringside view."

"Thanks, girls, for helping me out on this." Drachma said to Fina and Aika. "This was fun enough to be worth the trouble, and the Little Jack just wouldn't have had the full impact. Hah, look at them run with their pieces of paper."

"Oh, Drachma really did it!" Neifirst said happily, waving up at the ship. "I have to tha-OOF!"

"...did she forget we were fighting or something...?" Kanon said, staring down at Neifirst's unconcious body. "Odd, I'd never heard she was such a ditz before. Ah, well." Kanon said, walking out of the arena.

"...I think she needed all the help she could get." Drachma said, looking down at Neifirst's prone body being hauled out of the arena. "Say, what are you two looking at?" Drachma said, looking over at Fina and Aika whispering to each other.

"No, it can't..." Fina said. "Yes, it is." Aika said stubbornly. "Oh, here, Cap'n, give me that thingy to look through!"

"...It's called a glass, Aika." Drachma said, handing it to her. "Whatever. Hey, look, it..." Aika said, gasping. "Let me see." Fina said, grabbing the scope. "It is him!"

"VYSE!" Aika and Fina screamed out in unison, looking down at the unaware young man holding a brassiere. Before Drachma could move, Aika had shoved him out of the way, and Fina had reached for the controls...

Drachma simply stared, as half of the arena simply vaporised, and most of the rest burst into flames.

"......While I appreciate what you did, and why..." Drachma said, looking down at the ruins.

"You're still the ones paying for it." "What!? But I don't have that kind of..." "Huh? Cap'n, I..."

"Shut up before I throw both of you off the boat." Drachma said, shaking his head.

Kanon: 24
Neifirst: 14

dark_yamiyugi
Even though I bareley know Kanon, I'm 100% positive that she'll kick ass!




Geno (SMRPG) Geno vs Poo Poo (EB)

Cinny
Geno Whirl.

Poor little Poo doesn't stand a chance.

Geno: 47
Poo: 11

dark_yamiyugi
For this match, it is difficult to say because they are EQUALLY MATCHED! DUH!!




Shadow (FF6) Shadow vs Nel Zelpher Nel Zelpher (SO3)

SageAcrin
Let us see.

Shadow is a master of stealth.

Nel is also a master of stealth.

Shadow uses ninjitsu techniques and throws things to deal damage.

Nel also does much the same thing.

Shadow can become invisible.

Nel can make him become visible with magic, but does little damage.

Both are fast fighters, both are quite intelligent, and both are capable of doing whatever is neccisary in a practical, level-headed manner.

Shadow has legions of fans because he's a generic token ninja in a popular RPG with a mysterious past.

Nel also has legions of fans because her outfit is fanservicy and she has a maid's outfit.

The outcome is clear.

I suppose the judges would indeed say that Nel lost this match, as she left the ring before Shadow did.

However, watching the two of them slice through their rabid, horribly obnoxious, fans in a beautiful, yet horrifically deadly, dance, I'd say that both of them have won, this day.

And that, indeed, the purest of friendships are forged in a fanboy's blood.

Shadow: 31
Nel Zelpher: 25

dark_yamiyugi
Shadow: "I will sneak into your room when you are asleep using my bad-ass ninja skillz!"





Ryudo (G2) Ryudo vs Elaine Elaine (S3)

superaielman
Ryudo wondered if his luck could get worse. Not only was he facing a healer this round, but he couldn't even access the training grounds.

"Damn Zophar. No way I'll be able to get past him." His training partner Roan frowned, then scuffed the ground with his shoe. "Let's go talk to Melfice. Maybe he'll have an idea."
----

Ryudo heard several loud explosions coming from the area where Melfice was supposed to be duelling. "Looks like the plan worked." As Melfice came running to the ring, the bell to start the match rang. Ryudo drew his sword and began to power onto Sky Dragon Slash...

Elaine wondered why Ryudo was attack.. with his eyes closed. She saw a familiar, cute face behind him, mimicking his moves..

Then the world exploded in a flash of gold, and Elaine felt two crisscrossing blows land on her chest.

Then she felt no more.

----

Zophar's timing had been nothing short of brilliant. The golden flash of light had blinded everyone but Melfice and Ryudo, who had their eyes closed. While it only lasted for a few seconds, it was more than enough time for the brothers to knock Elaine out with Demon Horde and Sky Dragon Slash.

Melfice congratulated Ryudo on his win, then made his way over to Zophar. "I told you that it would benefit us both. Next week.. we'll see who's the better Godlike, eh?"

Instead of the usual laugh, Melfice got a silent nod from Zophar- a sign of respect from the normally contempous destroyer.

---

Ryudo wondered briefly what kind of fallout there'd be from this.. then shrugged. If nothing else, a win is a win, even if it requires outside assistance.

Ryudo: 29
Elaine: 25


Vivi Ornitier (FF9) Vivi Ornitier vs Blanca Blanca (SH2)

Ryu Hayabusa
Vivi couldn't believe his eyes. Instead of the cute white doggie he had expected to see,his opponent was a towering, monstrous humanoid with green skin and red hair!

"Hawrooo!!!" Blanka roared.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" the announcer said. "Due to a clerical error at the Multiverse Immigrations Office, Blanca from Shadow Hearts will today be replaced by Blanka from Street Fighter 2! Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!"

Vivi slammed a devastating thunder spell into Blanka's face, but the massive beast only howled in delight, absorbed the electrical energy, then rolled up into a ball and slammed into Vivi repeatedly, knocking him out of the arena.

"Excellent." the announcer growled. "Finish him!!"

Blanka jumped out and chased the confused Vivi around the stands, as pissed-off RPG fans filed to the ticket counter for a refund. To make a long-story short, Vivi was later declared the winner by default. But don't feel bad for Blanca - during his time in the Street Fighter universe, he humped Zangief's leg, gnawed the crap out of Ken, and crushed M. Bison
to win the championship.

Vivi Ornitier: 41
Blanca: 8

dark_yamiyugi
I know Vivi really well. I know that Vivi has really POWERFUL spells such as Firga and Blizzaga! So, I vote Vivi because he IS bad-ass!




Robo (CT) Robo vs Elly van Houten Elly van Houten (XG)

Meeplelard
Elly's tactics are fairly simple and effective. Grab your staff, and beat the enemy senseless with it, knocking them to sleep and continue beating them 'til they're dead.

Granted, there's two flaws with that strategy:
Flaw #1: Doesn't work on status immune folk.
Flaw #2: Doesn't work when your enemy is faster and has big massive damage that smacks your low defense and kills you before you go.

Robo decides its cute to take advantage of both flaws.

Robo: 45
Elly van Houten: 17


Dominia (XG) Dominia vs Tiamat Tiamat (FF1)

Sei
Dominia, for all her skills as a swordswoman, had one slight disadvantage in this match.

Tiamat was a dragon.

Dragons were as big as gears.

Gears had the tendency to kill humans in one blow.

Thus, the match was settled the moment Tiamat put her best foot forward, and stomped the Element leader flat.

Dominia: 10
Tiamat: 41




Rude (FF7) Rude vs Nikki Nikki (CC)

Meeplelard
Let's use Real Life logic to decide who wins this fight!

Rude punches things. When things get punched, they get hurt, sometimes fall on the ground unconcious, or in extreme circumstances that are unlikly, the person dies.

Nikki plays bad notes on his guitar. The end result of this is likly to just to annoy someone to the point of them punching you, and thus, see above results.

Rude: 49
Nikki: 11


Radius (CC) Radius vs Etna Etna (Disgaea)

SageAcrin
Ah, Radius, a dignified veteran of many battles.

A leader of his community.

One of the few people that can effectively wield a cane like a sword and pretend to sheath it.

An old man.

A very old man.

A man that is, right this moment, being carried out of the arena on a stretcher.

I guess Sexy Beam was too much for him. Even from a flat-chested girl.

Radius: 12
Etna: 39

Ngod@comcast.net
All right, radius is a pretty cool guy, but come on, look at etna, she is crazy! A crazy demon vs. a fairly skilled old man, not thinking radius would win this one.




Tai Ho (Suikos) Tai Ho vs Estella Estella (S3)

AAA
Ahh, the matches where games in a series face off. Sometimes the matches are truly epic, deserving of massive speculation and interpretation.

And other times a lame fisherman and a pathological liar mage have a scrubfest. Guess which time this one is?

Anyway, Estella's magic should fry Tai Ho. And after the match, they go their own seperate ways. Tai Ho goes to fish, gamble, and insert himself into far more powerful groups to the annoyance of all, and Estella goes back to making up silly rumors and frightening small children with her appearance.

Not that Tai Ho's appearance is anything to write home about.

Tai Ho: 24
Estella: 29


Gryz (PS4) Gryz vs Joker Joker (S3)

The Axeman
"Old man, stop drinking yourself stupid. You have a match in the morning. Come on."
Joker was a bit upset about his upcoming match with the Motavian, Gryz. "How am I supposed to beat someone like this? Not only is he a devestating hand with an axe, but he resists my strongest magics, too."
"Bah," said Ace, trying to sober his partner up. "Listen, you need to think outside the box. What do we know about Gryz?"
Joker sat up from his glass and stared at the other man, thinking. "Well... like I said, he's a slow, but strong axe-fighter. He's highly resistant to fire."
"Ok," said Ace. "What makes him so resistant to fire?"
"He's a Motavian," Joker began. "Apparently, it's some kind of a racial trait."
"Right. So he's essentially some weird owl thing, right?"
"Right."
"Well, who's to say he doesn't have some of the other features any bird would? Let's say he has hollow bones."
The older man started to pull back with sudden insight. "Yeah," he said, "Yeah! If he has hollow bones like a bird..."
"You could use your martial arts. Specifically, those attacks that target bones and bone structure..."
"And use his apparent strength against him! Brilliant!" Joker was standing up now, only a little drunk. "I can win now! I know it!"

When it was time for the fight to begin, Joker stood confidently facing Gryz. The Motavian gave him an odd look. "Are you going to start the fight?"
"Of course," Joker said. "Have at you!" Then, in a blur of movement, Joker charged straight for Gryz, got the Motavian into a powerful arm lock, and pulled with all his might.
A tremendous

Gryz: 34
Joker: 19

SageAcrin
POP!


Quest for Knowledge!

~DomaDragoon


DomaDragoon
"And, as the second round begins, we have a four-way tie, with two points apiece. This is still anyone's game, but Viki will have first selection from these categories..."

Viki tuned out Lucca's talking, instead choosing to look at a person with a funny hat.

"Viki, it's your selection," said Lucca, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

Viki smiled. "Hello!"

"Would you just choose a category?"

Viki tilted her head, subconsciously willing power to her Blinking Rune. "Teleportation?"

And her opponents vanished into thin air, leaving her alone on the stage.

"You have got to be kidding me," muttered Lucca.

Viki smiled. "I'm Viki!"


Lloyd: 11
Dekar: 15
Justin: 8
Viki: 21

Mad Fnorder
Viki has an edge in On The Map, having actually been pretty much everywhere on it. Or, so you'd think, except she never actually had a map the entire time. The rest is a failure for her, especially Science, since she violates the laws of physics and time-space constantly.

One MIGHT think Dekar likes Swords, and that's enough. But he also likes some axes. Frankly, there's not enough room in his brain for sword trivia once you get past Swinging Different Pointy Things Into Squishy Parts.

Justin....Yeah. Even worse at swords, having two other equip options. The rest is, well, beyond Justin.

Lloyd has maps. He's seen the whole world from sky level. He uses only swords, and there two at once. He's a decent cook. And most importantly, unlike the rest of these deliquients, he found time to STAY IN SCHOOL while saving the planet. Lloyd wins, and Professor Daravon drags the rest off for "Learning of Remedy Taking!".

Dream Match
~DL Staff


superaielman
Justin vs Rune. Duh.

Fenrir
Badrach vs Connie.

Grefter
We clearly need an official Jogurt vs Arngrim match.

gorha
Dream match: Solo vs. Sofia, the match that causes the universe to collapse on itself.

Hunter Sopko
Anastasia Valeria vs. Cecelia Lynn Adlehyde

Major Damage
Match of dreams: Rika vs. Neifirst

James_xeno
Can't vote for my dream match so...

Zophar vs. Necron
or
Zophar vs. Ghaleon

Though my true dream would be -
Zophar vs. Necron vs. Ghaleon (lol)

Either that or a season where all champions from each division go at it.