Board 8 > Save My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters XX: Day 29 [smfffc]

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75. Rufus Shinra
CVIII - 64/75
CIX - 23/75
CX - 60/75
CXI - 24/75
CXII - 40/75
CXIII - 44/75
CXIV - 94/102 (Booted)
CXVI - 51/100
CXVII - 8/100
CXVIII - 51/100
CXIX - 70/100
CXX - 75/100

The path of a middle priority is a difficult one, as Rufus has spent the last decade or so dealing with. He's never quite managed to string together top half performances, just narrowly missing it in that XVI-XVII-XVIII string, and he has only two other placements in the top 50%. Rufus falls from 45.53% to 43.90%, and thanks to the middle of the rankings being tightly notted, drops 8 spots to 66th.

74. Relm Arrowny
CI - 24/40
CII - 23/45
CIII - 29/50
CIV - 43/55
CV - 52/60
CVI - 59/65
CVII - 58/70
CVIII - 41/75
CIX - 53/75
CX - 51/75
CXI - 44/75
CXII - 31/75
CXIII - 8/75
CXIV - 65/102
CXV - 94/100 (Booted)
CXIX - 44/100
CXX - 74/100

Relm is one of those characters that always managed to hang on for another year, but was never really a threat to do much of anything. In seventeen appearances, only three have made it to the top half, with her lone top 10 coming in the madness that was CXIII. That said, Relm's been around long enough that it takes a lot worse than this to really drag her down. She only takes a quick drop from 38.18% to 37.52%, holding steady at 78th in the STATS.
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MartinFF7 posted...

oh hey, thanks Chris, that totally wasn't necessary but is appreciated. I'll get on the Vincent Train when it's necessary.... I'm all-in on Cissnei right now

I know, but the God of Death was not going to take Cid H today. Maybe someday soon, but not today.

Cissnei is another favorite of Koala's so I have no problem with that~
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also, have a list of the first character eliminated after boots every year

(better known as "the FFVII Zone")

1st - Locke Cole
2nd - Lenna Charlotte Tycoon
3rd - Elena
4th - Cid Highwind
5th - Eiko Carol
6th - Cid Highwind
7th - Leila
8th - Cait Sith
9th - Red XIII
10th - Rubicante
11th - Xezat Matias Surgate
12th - Edge
13th - Gau
14th - Red XIII
15th - Mog
16th - Luneth
17th - Bartz Klauser
18th - Agrias Oaks
19th - Sephiroth
20th - Rufus Shinra
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At least I can look back on CXVII fondly. Wait isn't Seymour's best placement also 8th? Seems I have a curse to overcome.
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Seymour got 8th in CXVI, yes
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What is Vincent's best finish?
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Darn, I liked Faris
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Vincent's best finish was 10th in CXVII
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Hey Charon remember all of those years where you said Vincent needed to do better and that I was also evil.

Year of Vincent man. Let's do a team up!
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Is there anyone whose STATS have already gone up?
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probably Wakka
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I would imagine Lenne too
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i would imagine Lenne doesn't even have stats yet
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Hasn't Lenne been booted twice? I think this would be her debut in stats

I might be wrong though
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as of this round, there are FOUR characters guaranteed to go up

you have named two of them
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oh I guess technically that would mean she has no stats to go up if it's her debut, fair enough
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guessing Cyan and maybe snow as the other two
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X-Death has been booted a lot so maybe him
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i've been playing since XII and i don't remember Lenne ever being in so her already being in the stats is certainly a surprise to me
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Cyan is the third

Snow and the tree are incorrect
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Xuxon posted...

i've been playing since XII and i don't remember Lenne ever being in so her already being in the stats is certainly a surprise to me

Lenne's original run (naturally) overlaps with Shuyin's - both debuted in CIV and were booted in CVIII
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Probably Cid P
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captaincanadian was on the right track, for the record
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Oh yeah Serah
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X-Death's been booted a lot but he has had a decent amount of okay runs so he's not really that low.

I think a lot of people like him a little but I'm the most reliable early saver of his and I'm not a very good anchor in general.
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Serah is correct

Cid P was an excellent guess, though - so excellent that I double-checked and he actually does start going up as of today
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Lopen posted...

X-Death's been booted a lot but he has had a decent amount of okay runs so he's not really that low.

I think a lot of people like him a little but I'm the most reliable early saver of his and I'm not a very good anchor in general.

15th/75 in CXI and 35th/100 in CXVI keep him out of the lowest of the low tiers, yes
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Ima guess Elena

Edit: Oh whoops all four were guessed I see. WELL I'M SURE SHE'S CLOSE.
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Ashe skinned the cat phew
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Is Wakka not the obvious answer?
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Oh, he was so obvious he was answered before the question was asked.
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Y'all are poops
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I for one find it very sad that Wakka's STATS are so abysmal that literally making it past the boot rounds causes them to increase.

My question is, taking no other character on the bubble into consideration, what placement does Wakka have to reach to once again escape the illustrious Bottom 10 all-time?
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he could die tomorrow and he'd escape it - or at least, he would until Lenne (63rd) and Cyan (58th) passed him

for a guaranteed escape, he needs to survive 2 more rounds in order to move up three spots and guarantee bottom 11 at worst
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Woohoo!
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