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Announcing: Character Battle 14 (for real, this time)!
Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:30I'm nuts. But I'm gonna do it. We're gonna take the Character Battle all the way up to 11 (or 14)!
Coming Summer 2012:
A character battle contest rich in history.
A character battle contest with characters from over a dozen games.
A character battle contest with characters from one of the world's most famous video game franchises.
How many characters? 128 of them.
That's right. For the first time since Character Battle 8 (Winter 2008), the 128-character battle format is making a special appearance. Why?
Because for a series that has been around 25 years, a 64-character format is just not big enough.
I bring you:
Yes, indeed! Character Battle 14: Dancing Mad brings the Final Fantasy cast back for an encore! However, this is simply not going to be a rehash of the very first Character Battle contest (done in the summer of 2004!). In the past 8 years, we've had several new Final Fantasy games, and plenty of new characters to love and hate. However, the past 25 years have brought us some of gaming's (certainly if you're an RPG fan) most memorable characters, scenes, and music. To honor them, we bring them back for a 128-character battle to determine who, exactly, remains standing as the most memorable.
While I'm still working out logistics and how I'm going to work this (after all, it's been 4+ years since I used the larger format), I now bring the floor to you. I am asking you now to recommend characters from this amazing franchise. Before you send me a complete list of every character from the past 25 years, please read the following guidelines.
As this will be a 128-character battle, there will be 4 divisions of 32 characters.
1) I am using characters from the MAIN NUMBERED SERIES only. To clear up any confusion, I will be utilizing characters from the following games: Final Fantasy 1, 2, 3, 4 (including The After Years), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (including 10-2), 11, 12, 13 (including 13-2), and 14.
2) Doing the math, this means that I'll be using approximately 7-9 characters from each game, depending on the size of each game's cast. Some games may be more represented due to a smaller cast size in some games, especially the early ones which didn't have a massive cast.
3) With that in mind, I ask that give me no more than 20 suggested characters. I would appreciate it if you give me characters from multiple games. If you give me a block of 20 characters from just one or two games, I'm chucking your list.
4) Also keep in mind that the star characters from each game are pretty much going to be in the final bracket (Cecil, Locke, Terra, Cloud, Sephiroth, Squall, etc), so if possible, try to give me a list of supporting characters. If you can't, I'll understand.
5) Since I am using a seeded bracket once again, the more suggestions for a particular character, the higher they will be placed in the divisions.
Suggestions can be given to me in a variety of ways:
1) Facebook—leave me a message, don't post to my wall. I want the suggestions to be sent to me only and not seen by the public.
2) LiveJournal comments (if you still use LJ).
3) Email: lloire1119@hotmail.com, subject line as “CB14 suggestions.”
4) If you happen to catch me on a messenger program, you can find me at: AIM—Xcbrian2; Yahoo—LLoire01; MSN—lloire1119@hotmail.com
The suggestion period will end on May 25, which will give me time to then create a contest bracket and hopefully get signups started in early June.
I look forward to seeing what your minds come up with for characters! Any questions, please ask.
Coming Summer 2012:
A character battle contest rich in history.
A character battle contest with characters from over a dozen games.
A character battle contest with characters from one of the world's most famous video game franchises.
How many characters? 128 of them.
That's right. For the first time since Character Battle 8 (Winter 2008), the 128-character battle format is making a special appearance. Why?
Because for a series that has been around 25 years, a 64-character format is just not big enough.
I bring you:
Yes, indeed! Character Battle 14: Dancing Mad brings the Final Fantasy cast back for an encore! However, this is simply not going to be a rehash of the very first Character Battle contest (done in the summer of 2004!). In the past 8 years, we've had several new Final Fantasy games, and plenty of new characters to love and hate. However, the past 25 years have brought us some of gaming's (certainly if you're an RPG fan) most memorable characters, scenes, and music. To honor them, we bring them back for a 128-character battle to determine who, exactly, remains standing as the most memorable.
While I'm still working out logistics and how I'm going to work this (after all, it's been 4+ years since I used the larger format), I now bring the floor to you. I am asking you now to recommend characters from this amazing franchise. Before you send me a complete list of every character from the past 25 years, please read the following guidelines.
As this will be a 128-character battle, there will be 4 divisions of 32 characters.
1) I am using characters from the MAIN NUMBERED SERIES only. To clear up any confusion, I will be utilizing characters from the following games: Final Fantasy 1, 2, 3, 4 (including The After Years), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (including 10-2), 11, 12, 13 (including 13-2), and 14.
2) Doing the math, this means that I'll be using approximately 7-9 characters from each game, depending on the size of each game's cast. Some games may be more represented due to a smaller cast size in some games, especially the early ones which didn't have a massive cast.
3) With that in mind, I ask that give me no more than 20 suggested characters. I would appreciate it if you give me characters from multiple games. If you give me a block of 20 characters from just one or two games, I'm chucking your list.
4) Also keep in mind that the star characters from each game are pretty much going to be in the final bracket (Cecil, Locke, Terra, Cloud, Sephiroth, Squall, etc), so if possible, try to give me a list of supporting characters. If you can't, I'll understand.
5) Since I am using a seeded bracket once again, the more suggestions for a particular character, the higher they will be placed in the divisions.
Suggestions can be given to me in a variety of ways:
1) Facebook—leave me a message, don't post to my wall. I want the suggestions to be sent to me only and not seen by the public.
2) LiveJournal comments (if you still use LJ).
3) Email: lloire1119@hotmail.com, subject line as “CB14 suggestions.”
4) If you happen to catch me on a messenger program, you can find me at: AIM—Xcbrian2; Yahoo—LLoire01; MSN—lloire1119@hotmail.com
The suggestion period will end on May 25, which will give me time to then create a contest bracket and hopefully get signups started in early June.
I look forward to seeing what your minds come up with for characters! Any questions, please ask.
