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Week 3 - Quarterfinals




Sephiroth (FF7) Sephiroth vs Ryu Ryu (BoF3)

DragoonJay
Let's review here - Sephiroth's first appearance, he gets beaten by a team of fighters, the oldest of which isn't even 30. Next, he goes solo against a grade-school age fighter... and loses. Obviously, this means that Sephy's weakness is youth.

Ryu, hoping to capitalize on that, decides to fight in his child form. The child form that gets knocked out by a crane. The child form that also gets knocked out by an NPC who seems to spend all his time chopping wood. The child form that gets smacked around left, right, and center by Balio and Sunder again and again... Noticing a pattern here?

Maybe Ryu should have thought his plan out a bit more.

Sephiroth: 15
Ryu: 6

MeepleLard
Ryu is a PC, Sephiroth wins, yawn. We've seen this before. Good thing his opponent next week is NOT going to be a PC, FINALLY.




Zio (PS4) Zio vs Fou-Lu Fou-Lu (BoF4)

MeepleLard
Zio works for Dark Force who is the spawn of Profound Darkness, which you could call some god.

Fou-lu is a god.

Therefore, the instant Zio walks in, Fou-lu immidiatly starts playing with his mind and forcing him to do his own bidding, in this case, hitting himself with his own Black Wave, since see, to Zio, a "dark force" isn't any different than THE Dark Force, and Fou-lu has all the dark energy he needs to make Zio his slave.

...Or there's just the fact that Dark Wave hurts a lot more than Zio's Black Wave, and that Fou-lu is Faster and More Durable. That works too...

Zio: 3
Fou-Lu: 13


Freya (VPs) Freya vs Yuna Yuna (FFX)

MeepleLard
Yuna: Anima!
Freya: Yah! *Watches Anima die*
Yuna: Bahamut!
Freya: Can you withstand this? *Bahamut dies*
Yuna: Shiva
Freya: *Blats her with Critical Flare*
Yuna: Ixion!
Freya: Prepare to Be Cleasned! Divine Assault! Ether Strike!
Yuna: Ifrit!
Freya: ...Darn it, I'm out of attacks.
Yuna: Really? Oh, that's too bad
Freya: YAH!! *Blasts Ifrit into oblivion*
Yuna: What the? Didn't you say you were out of attacks?
Freya: Yes, it doesn't mean I can't recycle my own ones, I was trying to put on a show.
Yuna: ...Vale...
Freya: Ha! *blasts Valefor before it arrives*
Yuna: ...for...darn it. I concede.

Freya: 14
Yuna: 5

DragoonJay
Yuna can call upon the darkest powers of all - pop music. One casting of Summon Britney Spears should be enough to take down the goddess of fertility.




Terra Branford (FF6) Terra Branford vs Shizel Shizel (ToE)

RC
Having fought in two battles so far, Shizel thought that it would work like in-game, and being her third battle, turned into Nereid-Shizel.

...don't disqualifications just blow?

Terra Branford: 8
Shizel: 6

Zenthor
Terra stared Shizel down. "Your run ends here," she stated as she transformed into her esper form.

"Esper, Craymel, all the same, all fuel for the Dark Aurora..." Shizel uttered passively, raising her head and arms, drawing in little balls of light.

"What did you sa--" Terra started, before being knocked out of morph.

She watched as her morph form was absorbed by Shizel. "How did you... no matter. I'll just morph again." Try as she might, Terra found that she was unable to morph back.

With Ultima and Drain at a weakened power, it was only an Eternal Fatality and a Summon demon later before Terra was on the ground.

DragoonJay
*insert humorous piece about Shizel shizzling Terra's nizzle, or whatever the whippersnappers call it nowadays*





Crono (CT) Crono vs Celes Chere Celes Chere (FF6)

Dark Holy Elf
It was the night before her second RPGDL match, and Celes was anxious.

"That Crono poses quite the problem," she mused. "Or, more accurately, his Vigil Hat does. Immune to Berserk, Imp, and Muddle... he'll be a difficult one to take down..."

She considered. She could always fall back on her defensive magic and simple attack spells, but that seemed risky. Surely there had to be another way? At times like this, Celes knew what she had to do. She turned to the one person should could trust for advice.

"Granddad Cid? I need your help coming up with a plan..."

***

The match was about to begin. Crono watched his opponent enter the arena. Oddly, Celes was nothing like what he had expected. She was supposed to be a cold, insensitive fighter. Instead, she appeared strangely cheerful.

"Here!" she said, walking up to him. "Have a fish! It's yummy!"

Crono was confused. Why was she offering him fish? Not that it didn't look appetising...

"I gave these to my granddad when he was sick," said Celes. "They cured him of his illness. Or maybe they didn't, it really depends who you ask. Anyway, since they saved his life, I like to honour that memory by giving them as gifts. You like fish, don't you?"

Crono shrugged, accepting the gift. He noticed, a second too late, that Celes had been wearing gloves as she handed him the fish.

Crono, just touching the fish, suddenly felt violently ill. He fled from the arena.

Celes wore a cruel smile as she accepted her victory by default. "Like I said," she finished, more to herself than to the now-departed Crono. "It depends on who you ask. Maybe the fish saved him... and maybe they killed him."

She brushed away a few quick tears. "Don't worry, Granddad. Your death wasn't in vain, after all..."

Crono: 6
Celes Chere: 22

Pipe Dreamer
"Sure, he's the Silent Death now, but in a moment he'll be freezing to death! HAHAHAHA!" said Raja as Celes started chanting her Ice 3 spell.

In a curious role reversal, Crono froze to death while Raja was striken dumb thanks to dozens of Mute spells aimed from all around the Arena.

"An altogether more pleasant situation, don't you think?" asked Celes.

MeepleLard
Due to large amounts of debates going on with this match, the judge decided it would be best if they both did a singing Contest.

Crono spent the WHOLE night practicing and he had everything down perfectly. When the match Came, he forgot one little detail: He can't speak. When he tried to sing, nothing came out. He hoped his opponent made another fatal mistake...

Imagine Crono's suprise when he her Celes sing not only her song perfectly, but an entire opera score as is without any problems, and he found out that Celes had a side job as an Opera Star.

Moral of the Story: Cheezy Opera Singers who are Former Imperial Generals > Thunder Based Silent Protaganists. This is almost always the case...well, it should be, its just a comparison that doesn't get applied often enough to consider.

chipstick85@aol.com
It's a damn shame for Crono that in FF6 you need to be able to talk to cast a spell... hence "mute" stops enemies from using spells. Since Crono is already mute this causes him to lose out on his Illuminaire attack and the match.




Lede (FFT) Lede vs Elmdor, Mesdoram Elmdor, Mesdoram (FFT)

DragoonJay
"So we meet again. When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master," said Lede.

"Only a master of evil, Lede!" cried Mesdoram.

"Well, yes. That was the general point there."

In response to his subordinate's sarcastic reply, Elmdor swiped at Lede with the Masamune.


And then a tactical nuclear launch obliterated one of the opponents.

"So it's over. We got rid of the great evil," said Ramza. But his compatriot seemed less than enthused.

"Always two there are - the master, and the apprentice," Professor Daravon said.

"But then who was defeated? The master, or the apprentice?"

Lede: 5
Elmdor, Mesdoram: 16

Dark Holy Elf
Chameleon Robe, for immunity to Stop Bracelet: 5000 gil.
Jade Armlet, for immunity to Shadow Stitch and Seal: 10000 gil.
Hamedo, for physical immunity: 1200 Monk JP
Protecting yourself in case your own hired assassins ever turn against you: Priceless.




Feena (G1) Feena vs Edgar Roni Figaro Edgar Roni Figaro (FF6)

Pipe Dreamer
Edgar was sure he had the match in the bag. This poor girl sleeps with Justin, of all people! Who could be easier to seduce? He had not, however, counted on Feena bringing a secret weapon to the battle.

"This is my daughter, Justine," said Feena with the pride typical of a parent, but there was a slight bit of triumph in the voice also. Edgar was somewhat unnerved, but decided to go on with the plan.

"Isn't fighting for some meaningless trophy an insult to the world's premiere adventurer? I'll bet the bedrooms in Figaro could offer you a far more satisfying sort of adventure, if you know what I mean!" he said, with a roguish wink.

"An adventure, Mommy? Could I go too? Pretty please?" asked a grating, sugar-sweet voice from Edgar's waist level.

It went on and on like this, until Edgar gave up in despair and impaled himself upon his Drill. Feena left the Arena with a triumphant smile, making a mental note to buy a big bag of sweets for Daddy's girl.

Feena: 14
Edgar Roni Figaro: 3

Super
Edgar, for all of his attempts to hit on women, was and is a gentleman. Therefore, like any decent gentleman, he'll snub any woman who's into... questionable habits. As proven by Feena's clothing, weapon choice, and taste in men, it's obvious that Edgar is going to simply pass on this match with Feena, and once again try to get the attention of Terra.

DragoonJay
Wanted: A bedside nurse to bring me back to health. Must be pretty and sweet. No Time Gate-using women apply. Contact E. Figaro.




Princess Toadstool (SMRPG) Princess Toadstool vs Geno Geno (SMRPG)

DragoonJay
In the Middle Ages, there was an innate order to the feudal system. God came first, followed by the royalty, and so on. Princess Toadstool is royalty. But Geno comes from a higher power. If Peach doesn't want to upset the natural order of the universe, she better do herself a favour and not show up to this match.

Princess Toadstool: 2
Geno: 19

Pipe Dreamer
Seriously, is there any way to make a match that was over two seconds after it began sound interesting or clever?

If there is, I certainly don't know about it. So I'll just provide a short summmary: Geno Whirl, the end.





Izlude Tingel (FFT) Izlude Tingel vs Garnet til Alexandros Garnet til Alexandros (FF9)

RC
Garnet started out the battle by casting Odin. Sorta.

In the locker room, she had accidentally picked up Viki's staff by mistake. So when she tried to summon Odin, she actually summoned PS1 Odin.

Needless to say, that would not have been so effective if Odin hadn't appeared right over Izlude, and smashed him into unconsciousness by landing on his head.

"I wonder what would've happened if I'd summoned Ark..." Garnet wondered as she was proclaimed the winner.

Izlude Tingel: 10
Garnet til Alexandros: 12

DragoonJay
A Final Fantasy character cannot be targeted while they're in the air from jumping. That includes spells. So Izlude just keeps on jumping on poor Garnet's head until she gets knocked out.




Flea (CT) Flea vs Rassius Luine Rassius Luine (ToE)

Super
"Dragon FLASH!" Rassius Luine's trademark attack seemed to have little effect on Flea. A few seconds later, dozens of tiny cuts crisscrossed Flea's face.

"MY FACE! NOOOOOOO!" Flea left the arena sobbing. His vanity was his downfall...

Flea: 6
Rassius Luine: 10


Sgt. Joe (S3) Sgt. Joe vs Paula Paula (EB)

MeepleLard
Joe casts Silent Lake. Now, lets do a comparison here:
Ducks can fight physically well. Suikoden 3 has shown us this with Sgt. Joe and Rhett.
Daycare center 13 year old Caretakers can't fight. Earthbound showed us this with...Paula.
Sgt. Joe holds a big scary (appropriatly yet oddly named) Duck Halberd, which can go smacky smacky or slicey slicey, depending on your interpretation.
Paula uses a Frying Pan.
Being hit on the head with a frying pan hurts in a comical fashion.
Sgt. Joe himself has a comical appearance as is.
Be is fighting Prowess, Weapon, or Comedic Value, Joe has this match in a Silent Lake war. What? No Silent Lake? Oh, Joe still has Healing and Paula still has...games lowest HP...

Sgt. Joe: 7
Paula: 3


Alma Beoulve (FFT) Alma Beoulve vs Lucca Ashtear Lucca Ashtear (CT)

MeepleLard
Lucca spent the whole few nights figuring out a strategy to baet Alma, and she fINALLY had one.

Little did Lucca know, Alma had the help of all of Ivalice to come up with a counter strategy, and mind you, as good as Lucca is, she can't match the mines of an entire country...

When Lucca entered, she waited for her Opponent to do something. Imagine her suprise when Alma grabbed the Virgo Stone nad transformed into Altima before Lucca's very eyes and destroyed her MP. Now, Lucca is too smart to fall for such a trick...or rather, she's too smart to fight a big Red Angel who is about to rip her int 2, so, she honorably steps down.

Alma Beoulve: 21
Lucca Ashtear: 4

Shoat the Slayer
It's unfortunate, but a quick look at Alma's stats reveals that she has enough MP to either cast Mbarrier or a string of Ultimas, not both. So she could have Shell, Haste, and Reraise while she attacks with a staff, or she can try to outdamage Lucca without these advantages. CT Flare >> FFT Ultima, anyday.





Bowser Koopa (SMRPG) Bowser Koopa vs Gremio Gremio (S1)

Dark Holy Elf
Unlike Jacques, Gremio was actually ready for the OLD SK00L Bowser Butt-Stomp.

He just wasn't fast enough to get out of the way.

Bowser Koopa: 18
Gremio: 2


Rufus Shinra (FF7) Rufus Shinra vs Miranda Miranda (LoD)

DragoonJay
A Final Fantasy character cannot be targeted while they're in the air from jumping. Rufus attempts to emulate this by grabbing onto his helicopter and shooting at Miranda. Unfortunately, his aim is a little shaky from all the movement, a statement that can't be shared by Miranda. Especially when she decides to target the helicopter and bring it down.

Rufus Shinra: 0
Miranda: 20


Mallow (SMRPG) Mallow vs Thomas Thomas (S3)

Zenthor
Evasion, Evasion, how you save him.

Magic, magic, how you kill him.

Mallow, Mallow, how you use Magic.

Thomas, Thomas, how you lose now.

Mallow: 16
Thomas: 1


Saki (G1) Saki vs Mustadio Bunanza Mustadio Bunanza (FFT)

Veryslightlymad
I'm sorry, everyone. I admit... it was I who was responsible for Saki's win, this week. Yes, I, VSM illegally interfered with Mustadio's performance.

You see, I snuck into the Light Waiting room, before the match began, and I had my hired help switch his ordinary gun with a stone gun.

Mind you, I made the idiotic mistake of hiring Relm to do the painting, and had to fight off a high-powered, sentient firearm, but I won't bore you with the details.

At any rate, the match began, and ol' Musty promptly turned into a large rock. After much investigation, they deemed that he'd equipped an illegal weapon, and was thus disqualified. Saki, who had received outside assistance was also disqualified. Both contestants lost, but since Mustadio was a large rock, he lost more. Saki advanced to the next round, and both fighters lived happily ever after.

Well, not Mustadio, because I also paid them to release some pigeons and black chocobos, once the match had finished.

As for me, I wandered off into the sunset that day, Relm sketching me living images of the Hollywood elite, and me having to fight them off, because they wanted to kill me more than have sex with me. (Like real women. That Relm is a genius) Luckily, I still had Mustadio's real gun.

Some day, I might look back on that fateful match and realize just how immature I was. Then again, I got my revenge on Mustadio, and in a manner of speaking, got to bang most of the most attractive women in show business. And in the end, isn't that all that -really- matters?

Saki: 11
Mustadio Bunanza: 5

Dark Holy Elf
Mustadio surveyed his opponent from the other side of the arena. A pure fighter, he knew. She held her sword in her left hand. This was almost too easy for a sniper like himself...

The match began. Saki charged. Mustadio didn't blink, taking careful aim at her sword arm. He waited until Saki had almost reached him. Then he fired.

Saki gave out a yelp of pain. She dropped to the ground, clutching her left arm in pain. "You... brat!" she cried. "How dare you resort to such coward tactics as an Arm Aim?"

Mustadio shrugged. "It's how I win," he said to the woman crouching on the ground in front of him. He pointed the gun at her chest. "Any last words?"

"Yes," the Garlyle Sergeant said, breathing through the pain, still clutching her left arm. "There's... something you should know about me..."

"And that is?"

"I'm not left-handed," said the officer with a sneer.

"So?" said Mustadio, not understanding. Then, "... oh. I see," as Saki quickly grabbed her sword with her right hand, and ran him through with it.


Screwed for all Time

vs

~Pipe Dreamer


MeepleLard
No matter how you scale the FF8 charactesr, the VP mages STILL have something FF8 characters do not:
Magic.
What is magic? In RPGs, it holds us, it sees us, it keeps the Universe together. You must embrace it.
You'll always here in RPGs how Magic is an exciting and deadly force. Such examples of this are FF6 how Terra's magic ability is special, or how Rune in PS4 is special cause he can use True Magic, among other things.
So what does FF8 Have? A gun, a gun/sword, fists, a Nunchaku, a whip, and a wierd flying thing, a dog to go with the wierd flying thing. Well, as far as I know, you never here about the Mystical Whip of Holyness, or the Fists of Yore!

And then there's the fact that the following Equasion is also applied:
FF8 Character alone = Sucks
FF8 Characters as a Team = Still sucks
VP Mages alone = Sucks even more than FF8 alone
VP Mages as a Team = Quite a strangely powerful force that you don't wanna fight unless your Worker 8 or Chris Lightfellow
And if we apply each games own Rules to the match...
FF8: 3
VP Mages: 4
FF8 doesn't like these odds...


FF8: 3
VP: 20

VSM's Angry, Angry, ANGRY ghost
Doesn't Mystina have RPGDL legal Great Magic, provided she builds up the energy? On a TEAM she can get that energy, yeah? And then it's "You must desire respite from thy empty existance. Thou shalt HAVE it" and so forth.