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Tournaments / Re: Nyarlathotep's Dungeon: Week 18

« on: July 21, 2008, 11:55:29 PM »

Team Tranquil - Okay, so Lucia can give the team status protection... don't think it matters all that much, though.  For the BoF1 fight, BoltX Songstress, Hold Eiko.  If Yuri's revival is on a L2 fusion... do I buy him having it at this time?  Not sure, so I'll assume he doesn't.  Yuri then OHKOs someone, probably Nina since she can hit him with Hold and revive Deis while the team has no offense.  Deis has non-elemental damage on par with BoltX (expensive though it may be), so Eiko eats that and goes boom.  Yeah, I'm not inclined to be generous here, and the team isn't clearing the floor without revival.  Fail.

Team Tide - Yeah, I don't think Garnet eats Explode on the first turn.  Is it enough?  Not sure.

Team Tonfa - This is tough for the team, the PS4 fight in particular.  They do not pass.

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Light Prelims 3

« on: July 21, 2008, 07:33:26 PM »

Tao (SF1)   vs   Ox - No vote
Tao (SF1)   vs   Amarant - Not a SF1r mage
Tao (SF1)   vs   Paine - No vote
Tao (SF1)   vs   Hellion - Not a SF1r mage
Tao (SF1)   vs   LC Chan (S2) - Not a SF1r mage
Tao (SF1)   vs   Gen (Saga) - Didn't get Gen, no vote
Tao (SF1)   vs   Karn - No vote
Tao (SF1)   vs   Lowen - Not a SF1r mage
Tao (SF1)   vs   Rude -  Absorbs Fire?  This is sad.  What the hell is a Turk doing beating someone?  FAIL, Tao, FAIL.
Tao (SF1)   vs   Irvine - No vote
Tao (SF1)   vs   Malak - Malak slaughters someone, hell freezes over
Tao (SF1)   vs   Kelvena - This is fricking sad
     
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Ox - No vote
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Amarant - Not happening
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Paine - No vote
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Hellion - Pure Suikomage gets dunked into the lake
Meg (Suikos)   vs   LC Chan (S2) - Better scrub.
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Gen (Saga) - No vote
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Karn - No vote
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Lowen - Uhh... yeah
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Rude - Not a Turk
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Irvine - No vote
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Malak - Untruth gests dunked into the lake to me, so... yeah.  Not that it matters much to me.
Meg (Suikos)   vs   Kelvena - Kelvena just fails.

This is wrong... so very wrong...
     
Mallow   vs   Ox - No vote
Mallow   vs   Amarant - FF9 equips and such. Err... um... on thinking about it and looking stuff up, the whole equip nonsense doesn't matter much, since Amarant takes magic better than physicals.  Still, it's not like Mallow's damage is particularly good, so... Amarant heals and tries to apply Doom, I guess.  Works for me.
Mallow   vs   Paine - No vote
Mallow   vs   Hellion - S1 Mother Earth rune > Mallow, methinks
Mallow   vs   LC Chan (S2) - Seems obvious.
Mallow   vs   Gen (Saga) - No vote
Mallow   vs   Karn - No vote
Mallow   vs   Lowen - Wow... this is close.  Depends on who goes first here.
Mallow   vs   Rude - This, however, is not
Mallow   vs   Irvine - No vote
Mallow   vs   Malak - Mallow's physical damage isn't that much worse than Shocker to me, and he has healing.  Untruth's damage sucks even factoring in Mallow's MDef, unless Malak gets lucky and hits him with it more than once.  Haha to that happening.  Malak's own healing, on the other hand, relies on his pathetic accuracy.
Mallow   vs   Kelvena - Again, Kelvena fails.

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Heavy Prelims 3

« on: July 18, 2008, 11:47:09 PM »

Abstain on the Gen4 starters, only went with Piplup.

Bart   vs   Lynx - CC boss not named Miguel.  Not inclined to vote on PC form, which would likely eat evade whoring.
Bart   vs   Tristan (OB) - No vote
Bart   vs   Garland (FF 9) - Stop, methinks.  Physical status blocker includes Stop?  Doesn't really matter.  Topic says Psychokineses ignores evasion and Garland 3HKOs with it at worst and is faster.
Bart   vs   Sarah (S3) - No vote
Bart   vs   Dias - Thinking Dias is accurate enough to deal with the evade buffing
Bart   vs   Veronica (SH 2) - No vote
Bart   vs   Grobyc - Evade buffing vs. CC
Bart   vs   Ursula (FE) - Evade buffing vs. FE
Bart   vs   Milda - Um... could G1 skills miss?
Bart   vs   Canas - Evade buffing vs. FE
Bart   vs   Jessica (L1) - Don't think Jessica can't do anything about the evade
Bart   vs   Flea - Think the confusion is more than Bart can handle.  XG has storebought mental status blockers?  Good enough for me.

Lexis   vs   Lynx - CC Boss not named Miguel.  PC form would eat Stun Shocker if I felt inclined to vote on it
Lexis   vs   Tristan (OB) - No vote
Lexis   vs   Garland (FF 9) - Stop, methinks.
Lexis   vs   Sarah (S3) - No vote
Lexis   vs   Dias - Confusion
Lexis   vs   Veronica (SH 2) - No vote
Lexis   vs   Grobyc - Stun Shocker
Lexis   vs   Ursula (FE) - Stun Shocker
Lexis   vs   Milda - Milda Hit OHKOs Wait... buffing L2 defense is actually meaningful?  Well then... Milda opts for the ID axe instead.  A physical string gives Lexis enough for one shot of Stun Shocker at best.  Don't think Lexis pulls it off in the time it gives him.
Lexis   vs   Canas - Stun Shocker
Lexis   vs   Jessica (L1) - Stun Shocker
Lexis   vs   Flea - Maybe?

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Tournaments / Re: Nyarlathotep's Dungeon: Week 17

« on: July 16, 2008, 11:47:49 PM »

Team Tranquil - Tenative pass.  Apparently Beatrix's damage gets scaled to endgame, making things a lot easier.

Team Tide - Looking at stuff... it doesn't look like Simon is capable of much, and since he's the largest unknown factor to me... pass.

Team Tonfa - Not sure if Cloud can survive the boss room long enough to get a limit off.  Tenative fail, open to arguments.

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Godlike Prelims 3

« on: July 15, 2008, 05:36:43 PM »

Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Ryu 4 - Not feeling Barbarossa respect
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Ness - Yep.
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Songi - I should probably abstain here, seeing as how I haven't seen Songi's final form.
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Lugia - Tanky.
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Rika - Resists fire
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Zio - My Zio respect is well into the negatives
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Rapp - No.
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Jerin - Uncertain
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Asellus - Possibly.
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Grenseal - Grenseal was the one with the Thunder Rune, right?  Probably doesn't matter either way.
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Percival (S3) - No vote
Barbarossa (VP)   vs   Richard (S5) - No vote

Worker 8   vs   Ryu 4 - Is obvious.
Worker 8   vs   Ness - Is more obvious.
Worker 8   vs   Songi - No vote
Worker 8   vs   Lugia - Think Lugia has the tools to handle this
Worker 8   vs   Rika - Yep.
Worker 8   vs   Zio - When in doubt, I disrespect Zio.
Worker 8   vs   Rapp - Not happening
Worker 8   vs   Jerin - Again!
Worker 8   vs   Asellus - Yep.
Worker 8   vs   Grenseal - Suiko1 physicals.  Ha.
Worker 8   vs   Percival (S3) - No vote
Worker 8   vs   Richard (S5) - No vote

Riou   vs   Ryu 4 - Ryu can't get Holy resistance.  Ha.
Riou   vs   Ness - Think Ness can take a Forgiver Sign.
Riou   vs   Songi - No vote
Riou   vs   Lugia - Lugia, however, cannot.
Riou   vs   Rika - Eliminat.  Ha.
Riou   vs   Zio - Haha Zio.
Riou   vs   Rapp - No.
Riou   vs   Jerin - Depends if Forgiver Sign gets blocked by Mirror.
Riou   vs   Asellus - Yep.
Riou   vs   Grenseal - More yep.
Riou   vs   Percival (S3)
Riou   vs   Richard (S5)

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Light Prelims 2

« on: July 12, 2008, 03:28:39 AM »

Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Lance (Brig)- Khan vs. someone competent.
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Greco (CC) - Again.
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Orlha (CC) - And again!
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Vivi - Oh god this is pathetic.  Vivi wishes his statuses weren't so bloody inaccurate.
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Tifa -Uhh... yeah.
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Kyle (L1) - ha
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Lyonesse - More pathetic. Charm is actually accurate?  Shows what I know.
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Pierre (CC) - Pierre fails so hard it isn't even funny.
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Logg - No vote
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Ernest (SO 2) - THE FAIL, IT BURNS
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Janus (VP) - Kneejerk
Kahn (BoF 4)   vs   Nanami (S2) - ...

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Tournaments / Re: Nyarlathotep's Dungeon: Week 16

« on: July 09, 2008, 05:48:42 PM »

The problem is that Eiko's resources aren't really stellar at this point, so she probably only has one shot of Fenrir here and not much left for healing if she uses it.  It can probably handle the tanks or the bosses, though.  Topic lists Songstress as having Silence at this point, so that can handle the buffers before things get dangerous.

Hmm... now that I think about it, the SH2 people only have to be competent here.  Eiko Fenrirs the tanks, and Lynx is the only one in the fifth room who's vaguely threatening, so Team Tranquil passes.

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Tournaments / Re: Nyarlathotep's Dungeon: Week 16

« on: July 09, 2008, 02:31:34 AM »

Team Tide | Sasarai (TER), Arnaud, Ephraim, Garnet, Duran(Light)
[Floor 4a]
*For this floor, all damage and healing is reversed. All status healing spells inflict that status at 100% (Including Life -> ID), all status-inflicting spells remove that status (ID -> Life) and all Buffs or debuffs do the opposite (Saner would reduce speed and evasion) These spells can be targetted at enemies or allies.
*All resources normally used for Healing are infinite, as well.
Team Tide vs. Fei and Bart
Team Tide vs. Rosa and Cecil
Team Tide vs. Ziggy, Shion and KOS-MOS
Team Tide vs. Robo and Frog
Team Tide vs. Rune and Chaz

I think I know enough to be sure about this.  Fei and Bart aren't really threatening.  Garnet being above average speed and the other enemies save for Chaz and Frog (I think) being less so also helps, as does the team not being sunk if she gets offed on the last room.

Abstain on the other two teams for now.  I have no idea what Team Tranquil is capable of offensively at this point due to being absolutely clueless on Yuri, and I don't know half of what Team Tonfa is up against.

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Heavy Prelims 2

« on: July 08, 2008, 07:34:42 PM »

Colm   vs   Tana - WTA and such.
Colm   vs   Tiamet (FF1) - May change if DoS Tiamat is better than I remember her being.
Colm   vs   Adel - No vote
Colm   vs   Bruiser - No vote
Colm   vs   Ashley (WA 2) - Obvious enough.
Colm   vs   Elmdor - This is painful.
Colm   vs   Cador - Yeah, no.
Colm   vs   Heath - Doubling should be enough to overcome Heath's WTA here.
Colm   vs   Sceptile - No vote
Colm   vs   Arche - Also fairly obvious.
Colm   vs   Kashell - Evasion works, I guess.
Colm   vs   Flare - No vote

Wiegraf   vs   Tana - Yep.
Wiegraf   vs   Tiamet (FF1) - Unsure
Wiegraf   vs   Adel - No vote
Wiegraf   vs   Bruiser - No vote
Wiegraf   vs   Ashley (WA 2) - Also unsure
Wiegraf   vs   Elmdor - Is just better.
Wiegraf   vs   Cador - Again, no.
Wiegraf   vs   Heath - Yep.
Wiegraf   vs   Sceptile - No vote
Wiegraf   vs   Arche - Kneejerk
Wiegraf   vs   Kashell - I guess
Wiegraf   vs   Flare - No vote

Poco   vs   Tana - Ouch.
Poco   vs   Tiamet (FF1) - Again, vote may change.
Poco   vs   Adel - No vote
Poco   vs   Bruiser - No vote
Poco   vs   Ashley (WA 2) - Depends on who goes first.
Poco   vs   Elmdor - Ouch again.
Poco   vs   Cador - Survives the opening offensive.  Cador wishes he could actually keep up the pressure.
Poco   vs   Heath - *sigh*
Poco   vs   Sceptile - No vote
Poco   vs   Arche - Arche without TP is sad.
Poco   vs   Kashell - Poco can't really handle non-suck VP fighters.
Poco   vs   Flare - No vote

Nash (Lunar)   vs   Tana - Avoids getting status'd on the first turn.  Ouch.
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Tiamet (FF1) - Unsure if he can petrify her in time.
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Adel - No vote
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Bruiser - No vote
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Ashley (WA 2) - WA2 vs. status
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Elmdor - Don't see how Nash isn't 2HKO'd here.
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Cador - Brig vs. status
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Heath - FE vs. status
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Sceptile - No vote
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Arche - Stone Check and Dark Robe means Nash only has his physical.  And Silence.  Have fun with your Mint-level damage, Arche.
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Kashell - VP vs. status
Nash (Lunar)   vs   Flare - No vote

Zidane  vs   Tana - FE vs. status  Wait, Soul Blade is evadable?  Shows what I know.  Makes this less lame, anyways.
Zidane  vs   Tiamet (FF1) - *sigh*
Zidane   vs   Adel - No vote
Zidane   vs   Bruiser - No vote
Zidane   vs   Ashley (WA 2) - WA2 vs. status
Zidane   vs   Elmdor - Oh hey, Elmdor has a bunch of status immunities. 
Zidane   vs   Cador - Brig vs. status
Zidane   vs   Heath - FE vs. status
Zidane   vs   Sceptile - No vote
Zidane   vs   Arche - *sigh*
Zidane   vs   Kashell - *sigh again*
Zidane   vs   Flare - No vote.

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Godlike Prelims 2

« on: July 05, 2008, 10:39:36 PM »

Artea   vs   Diekbeck - Abstain.  Don't know AtL2 Diek as well as I'd like.
Artea   vs   Lamington - No vote
Artea   vs   Jecht - No vote
Artea   vs   Kato - No vote
Artea   vs   Nate (P1) - Kneejerk based off what I know.  Open to arguments
Artea   vs   Hrist - No vote
Artea   vs   Garai - Yeah, no.
Artea   vs   Lyn - Isn't doubled, likely 2HKOs, not seeing a KE crit happening before then, which Lyn needs.  Evasion may be enough to change my vote, but I'd have to see Lyn as going first, which I don't think I do.
Artea   vs   Zerase - No vote
Artea   vs   Legretta - No vote
Artea   vs   Surt - Haven't seen Surt, no vote.
Artea   vs   Maya (WA 3) - No vote.

Demi   vs   Diekbeck - No vote
Demi   vs   Lamington - No vote
Demi   vs   Jecht - No vote
Demi   vs   Kato - No vote
Demi   vs   Nate (P1) - Also a kneejerk, also open to arguments here.
Demi   vs   Hrist - No vote
Demi   vs   Garai
Demi   vs   Lyn - Don't see Lyn pulling this off at all.
Demi   vs   Zerase - No vote
Demi   vs   Legretta - No vote
Demi   vs   Surt - No vote
Demi   vs   Maya (WA 3) - No vote

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Heavy Prelims 1

« on: July 04, 2008, 09:00:05 PM »

Dekar   vs   Nina (BoF 1) - Been said.
Dekar   vs   Cecil - Healing IPs are silly.
Dekar   vs   Dart (LoD) - See above
Dekar   vs   Richard (S5) - Can't vote
Dekar   vs   Yuiri - Can't vote
Dekar   vs   Alicia (VP2) - Can't vote
Dekar   vs   White Wizard - Not inclined to see IPs as unevadable.
Dekar   vs   Red 13 - Probably shouldn't vote
Dekar   vs   Kyle (L1) - Yep.
Dekar   vs   Pahn - Yep.
Dekar   vs   Salome (S3) - Can't vote
Dekar   vs   Alef (SF 1) - Mages in the remake suck.

Eiko   vs   Nina (BoF 1) - Hold
Eiko   vs   Cecil - Yep.
Eiko   vs   Dart (LoD) - Yep.
Eiko   vs   Richard (S5) - Can't vote
Eiko   vs   Yuiri - Can't vote
Eiko   vs   Alicia (VP2) - Can't vote
Eiko   vs   White Wizard - Yep.
Eiko   vs   Red 13 - Probably shouldn't vote.
Eiko   vs   Kyle (L1) - Haste and not being OHKO'd should be enough.
Eiko   vs   Pahn - see above
Eiko   vs   Salome (S3) - Can't vote
Eiko   vs   Alef (SF 1) - Mages in the remake suck

Beowulf   vs   Nina (BoF 1) - FFT equips are silly.
Beowulf   vs   Cecil - Status
Beowulf   vs   Dart (LoD) - Status
Beowulf   vs   Richard (S5) - Can't vote
Beowulf   vs   Yuiri - Can't vote
Beowulf   vs   Alicia (VP2) - Can't vote
Beowulf   vs   White Wizard - Yep.
Beowulf   vs   Red 13 - Probably shouldn't vote
Beowulf   vs   Kyle (L1) - Yep.
Beowulf   vs   Pahn - Yep.
Beowulf   vs   Salome (S3) - Can't vote
Beowulf   vs   Alef (SF 1) - Unholy slaughter.

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Tournaments / Re: Nyarlathotep's Dungeon: Preparation, Rules, and Picking a Team

« on: July 03, 2008, 07:12:39 PM »

Let's see...

Rika (4)
Arc (3)
Lilka (2)
DoS White Wizard (1.5)
Moulder (.5)

I wonder how far this team can go before the lack of offense catches up with them.

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Tournaments / Re: Proving Grounds: Light Prelims 1

« on: July 02, 2008, 10:37:42 PM »

Cai   vs   Katt (BoF 2) - I think?
Cai   vs   Norris (CC)
Cai   vs   Oswin (FE 7)
Cai   vs   Rhett (S3) - Can't vote
Cai   vs   Bowser
Cai   vs   Alhazad
Cai   vs   Spar
Cai   vs   Fargo - Doesn't Cai have 1 Red, 1 Blue, 1 Green?  I thought Zemeckis was the one with 2 Red.
Cai   vs   Kid (CC)
Cai   vs   Rinoa - Can't vote
Cai   vs   Akaghi - Can't vote
Cai   vs   Lowe (SF) - Probably.

Camus   vs   Katt (BoF 2)
Camus   vs   Norris (CC)
Camus   vs   Oswin (FE 7)
Camus   vs   Rhett (S3) - Can't vote
Camus   vs   Bowser
Camus   vs   Alhazad
Camus   vs   Spar
Camus   vs   Fargo
Camus   vs   Kid (CC)
Camus   vs   Rinoa - Can't vote
Camus   vs   Akaghi - Can't vote
Camus   vs   Lowe (SF)