Video Game Draft 2011: Round 7 Voting

[Suwako Moriya]

Pick up to three out of the sixteen characters for this round. The three you choose will challenge the final boss. Or they might just site down and have tea. Wait, there's a difference?

[Suwako Moriya]

Played The Game
Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)
Purim (Secret of Mana)
Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
Sir Arthur (Ghosts 'n' Goblins)
Torneko (Dragon Quest 4)
Farah Oersted (Tales of Eternia)
Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
Collete Brunel (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
Crono (Chrono Trigger)

Well, Yuna is more for X than X-2. Barely played X-2. Maybe one day, I'll try it again.


Familiar With Through Other Means
Totooria Helmold (Atelier Totori)


Do images and hype count? Hey, it's not my fault that NISA is taking their time.....


Votes
Farah Oersted (Tales of Eternia)
Collete Brunel (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
Totooria Helmold (Atelier Totori)

Farah is awesome and perhaps one of my favorite girls in the Tales series ever! She's also the main one that I tend to control while playing the game.

Collete is "love" and the only one that might rival Presea when it comes to Symphonia characters. Oh, and her weapon is nice.

As for the third vote, I know my experience with her is limited, but screw that, I'm still voting for Totooria.

Let's face it the chances of me hating her are low anyway. Plus, the artwork of her makes it hard to resist voting for her. Also, given who I drafted, voting for her would feel right.

[HitokiriShadow]

Characters from Games I've Played
Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)
Beatrix (Final Fantasy 9)
Torneko (Dragon Quest 4)
Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy 7)
Collete Brunel (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
Crono (Chrono Trigger)
[I've played Persona 3, but I didn't get far enough to meet Aegis]

Characters I Particularly Like
Totooria Helmold (Atelier Totori)
Collete Brunel (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)


Votes
Totooria Helmold (Atelier Totori)
Collete Brunel (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
Beatrix (Final Fantasy 9)


Collete is cute, hilarious, and awesome, and also my character, so that's vote #1. I'm making a rare exception for Totooria and voting for a character from a game I haven't actually played, because she's just adorable and I've fallen in love with her just from the trailers. Uhhhh, guess I'll go with Beatrix for my third vote for being a badass.

[Serial Experiments Nobue]

Let's see now... candidates for this round:

Yuna
Beatrix
Aegis
Aerith
Crono

A pretty simple round, actually. Aerith and Aegis are instavotes. Crono gets vote number three because Chrono Trigger.

There's some characters I'm still hoping to see show up in later rounds, because I really want to vote for them. That will only be possible if someone has drafted them. :sd:

[ilmaestro]

Good grief, so much harder than a round 7 should be. ;_;

Riesbyfe (my character, she would do so well in this draft under different circumstances imo)
Aegis
Jade

are my votes, but Totori, Erica, Yuna, Beatrix, Aerith and Collete were all in the running.

[Draneor]

Wow. Four characters who I could potentially vote for. But it was easy enough to decide to go with Totori, Purim, and Aerith. Totori, because she's just adorable, and Aerith because she was another first love.

I, uh, actually had to look up who Purim was since I always knew her by "girl." I guess they gave her a name in a later translation? Anyway, sorry Yuna. You lost to a formerly nameless character from a nostalgic SNES game.

[EmperorBrandon]

I, uh, actually had to look up who Purim was since I always knew her by "girl." I guess they gave her a name in a later translation? Anyway, sorry Yuna. You lost to a formerly nameless character from a nostalgic SNES game.

I think it's the case of her having a default name originally in the Japanese version but not in the English version, though I'm not sure (never looked up on that).

[Jimmie M]

My votes for Round 7:

Jade (Beyond Good & Evil)
Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)
Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)

[Classical]

Characters I'm familiar with:

Yuna (Technically I've only played X and not X-2, but I'm still counting her)
Beatrix
Aegis
Aerith Gainsborough
Collete Brunel (same as Yuna in that I've only played Symphonia 1)
Crono

Well, Crono gets my first vote not just because he's my draft character, but because he's Crono. He's not a man of many words, but I still like him a lot. Anyway, second vote goes to Aegis because she's love. The situation for the last vote is an interesting one. I've only played like two hours of Tales of Symphonia, but I *really* like Collete. She's just too cute and adorable, and from what little I've seen of her, I like her personality a lot. As for the other characters, I like Yuna, Beatrix, and Aerith, but not quite as much as to just pass over Collete and give any one of them a vote. My feelings tell me Collete, so the last vote goes to her.

[goku94567]

I decided to go with Aegis, Jade, and Crono. All 3 were pretty much instavotes for me. Another pretty easy round for me, Aerith was a very close 4th, but I'm playing BG&E HD right now so I've got Jade on my mind.

[Merliwolf]

Ooo lots of old school snes love going on here.

First Pass:
Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)
Purim (Secret of Mana)
Sir Arthur (Ghosts 'n' Goblins)
Aegis (Persona 3)
Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
Crono (Chrono Trigger)

Purim is definitely autovote, being the lovely girl I used like mad in secret of mana for so many hours.
Aegis is honestly not one of my favs from P3, but I think I'll vote for her as being stronger than most of the rest here.
My last vote probably ends up between Yuna, Aerith and Chrono. Two FF girls and the protagonist of one of my favorite of all time. Chrono really doesn't have much personality... but I think he'll get the vote in the end just from the strength of the game.

[Buckeye]

My votes are in for this round. As much as I love Colette, the three FF gals form a perfect theme for this round. So I went with Aerith, Beatrix, and Yuna. No question that Aerith and Beatrix get votes. Too bad that the story unfolded the way it did for Aerith and I rather have Beatrix on the party rather than her fully armored lover. As for Yuna, I could have left her off in favor of Colette, but the theme stuck.

[Konoha]

Went with Dirk, because his inclusion amused me; Arthur, for classic, tear your hair out hard fun, and

Erica Fontaine, an insta-vote because she is from the best game ever made (imho of course ;p).

[Senku]

Potential Votes
Totooria Helmold (Atelier Totori)
Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
Aegis (Persona 3)
Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
Collete Brunel (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
Crono (Chrono Trigger)

Beatrix is perhaps the best stereotypical knight of the entire FF franchise. Totori just seems way too awesome to not vote for. The third vote is difficult again this round. Aerith is alright, but I like Collete more. Crono has massive nostalgia going for him, and I really liked Aegis's role at the end of P3. So who to choose...

Votes
Beatrix
Totooria Helmold
Crono

Apologies to Aegis and Collete.

[Westlo]

Aegis, Crono and Jade with Aeris/Aerith the one missing out.

[something]

Have played the game:
Purim (Secret of Mana)
Crono (Chrono Trigger)

Votes:
Purim (Secret of Mana)
Totooria Helmold (Atelier Totori)
Collete Brunel (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)

1) Because I loved the game, and she had a lot of personality for a nameless (in the US release) character. EB, I looked it up when I first noticed you drafted her, and according to wiki that was her name in the original JP manual. "The Japanese release referred to the three protagonists as Randi, Primm and Popoi in the manual,[32] while the Western versions omitted the default names and first acknowledged them with the enhanced port on the iOS." it says. So I guess it could be Purim or Prim or Primm.
2) Same reason as Cordelia, the design is just godly. She's utterly adorable.
3) Based on fanart I was deciding between Farah and Colette. They're boh quite cute, but long hair won, and Colette got the vote.

[EmperorBrandon]

1) Because I loved the game, and she had a lot of personality for a nameless (in the US release) character. EB, I looked it up when I first noticed you drafted her, and according to wiki that was her name in the original JP manual. "The Japanese release referred to the three protagonists as Randi, Primm and Popoi in the manual,[32] while the Western versions omitted the default names and first acknowledged them with the enhanced port on the iOS." it says. So I guess it could be Purim or Prim or Primm.

Oh yeah, I think I did end up reading over that on wiki (and must have forgotten already :sweat:). Didn't know she was officially romanized "Primm" until after I drafted her.

This round I gave my vote to her, and to Beatrix who is one of the coolest FF females for me. I used the Gameshark one time to get her in my party one time before, which was neat.

I also gave a vote for Crono. Don't know what it is exactly, but even though he doesn't speak, I find him pretty awesome too.

[Suwako Moriya]

3) Based on fanart I was deciding between Farah and Colette. They're boh quite cute, but long hair won, and Colette got the vote.

Well, at least your third vote was still for a Tales girl. And Colette is one of the better ones. Those that tell you otherwise are just not worthy.

[Buster Blader 126]

Characters I've played with:

Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)



Yeah, that's it. Technically I played X and not X-2, but yeah, same character. I really like Yuna anyways, so instant vote.

I'm so far behind in Persona 3: FES that I haven't gotten to Aegis yet, but her design is intriguing and I'm curious as to how she'll play out later on, so I voted for her. Perhaps it's the birth of The Persona Factor?

Last vote went to Aeris because of her design, & I saw Advent Children. One day I shall play FF7 for more than five minutes.

[Fencedude]

Would conceivably Vote for:

Totooria Helmold (Atelier Totori)
Erica Fontaine (Sakura Wars 3)
Yuna (Final Fantasy X-2)
Purim (Secret of Mana)
Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
Aegis (Persona 3)
Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII)
Kay Faraday (Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth)

Standard elimination reasons

Top Five:

Totooria Helmold
Yuna
Beatrix
Aegis
Aerith

Really easy to narrow this one down.

Votes:

Totooria Helmold
Beatrix
Aegis

Totori is, of course, completely adorable. And my pick. Beatrix is badass, and by far the best part of FFIX, and Aegis is just the most adorable anatomically incorrect robot girl ever.

[Suwako Moriya]

Wow, I never realized the Aegis could be such an effective shield. I mean none were able to get through it's defenses. Oh, wait Aegis is a character, I'm getting things mixed up again.

Yes, I know Crono also says 12, but I only count 11 real votes for him. Also, yes I realize I still have scores from other rounds to add up eventually...

Regardless, it's nice to know that at three other people appreciate the awesome of the Farah.

[Suwako Moriya]

Note: To deal with ties, I am following the method that I've seen used before. Let's say two people manage to tie for first place position. Both of them would get points based on that position.

The next person in line would get points based on third place position based on the fact that two people are ahead of them in terms of position. That's what it boils down to.

Position 1 is worth 16 points. Position 16 is worth 1 point. Now then for the scores as of round 2. Feel free to correct any errors you see.


Round 7 Scores
goku94567: 16 Points

Classical: 15 Points

Betenoire: 14 Points

Senku: 14 Points

JackC: 14 Points

HitokiriShadow: 11 Points

Fencedude: 10 Points

Spirit Of The Stage: 10 Points

Nosredna: 8 Points

EmperorBrandon: 8 Points

Jimmie M: 8 Points

TnAdct1: 5 Points

Suwako Moriya: 5 Points

Nork22: 3 Points

Jaynin: 2 Points

ilmaestro: 1 Point


Total Scores
goku94567: 87

Nosredna: 86

TnAdct1: 77

Betenoire: 76

Senku: 72

Jaynin: 67

Fencedude: 66

Classical: 66

Jimmie M: 64

HitokiriShadow: 64

EmperorBrandon: 60

Spirit Of The Stage: 57

JackC: 55

Nork22: 47

ilmaestro: 44

Suwako Moriya: 28

[Nosredna]

Congrats goku94567!

Thanks to everyone who voted for Kay! Glad to know other people like The World's Greatest Thief.

[Jimmie M]

Not too bad a result for Jade-Thanks to everyone that voted for her!
Congrats to goku94567 on winning the round!

[goku94567]

Thanks to everyone who voted for Aegis!