About the code...
For those of you unfamiliar with how these codes work, it began with... I think the Geek code, awhile back. So that geeks could tell at a glance what variety of geek the other geeks around them were. ^_^ Soon we had the Goth Code, and the Star Trek Code... the list goes on and on.
But here's where the FF Code comes in: on a certain Final Fantasy message board I post on, we noticed people were asking the same questions over and over - How old is everyone here, what was the first FF game you played, who's your favorite character... We were giving the same answers over and over every couple weeks. A few of us decided there must be a way to stop the repetition, and thus was born... The FF Code!
This is how it works: answer each of the categories below by using the choices given, each of which has a variable. These variables are strung together to form your very own, unique FF code, which you can then post in your autosig, or on your homepage, or wherever you get people asking you what you think about the FF series. (Just make sure you provide a link back to this page so they can decode it. ^_~)
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Version 2.0 Info:
FF1 character classes have been added to the character list. (Otherwise it would be just villains, and hey - who knows? Maybe someone's a big fan of that little black mage. ^_^)
FF8 characters have been added.
Supporting characters have been added.
To avoid spoilers (such as characters who switch sides partway through the game, or the names of final bosses), and to avoid the problem of characters who are alternately thought of as heroes or villains (such as "Delita" in FFT or "the Turks" in FF7) there will no longer be separate hero/villain lists. Instead, each game will have a list of "characters".
Since heroes, supporting characters, and villains are all in one list, the "favorite character" question really can be anyone. There will still be a category for favorite villains, though. However, your favorite character could very well be a villain. Especially if you hated the heroes in the game. Please be realistic when filling these out, though - you may hate Relm passionately, but she's not technically a villain. ;)
New option in the "Games played" section, for those who have played the demo of a game, but not the actual game yet.
Some new questions in the "Board related" section, since a lot of the stuff in there wasn't relevant anymore, plus it left some people at other boards I frequent out.
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Section 3: Personal Info
Completely optional. Fill out only what you choose to, or none at all.
[P]
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Age
(A)
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Your age, or if you don't want to be specific...
-- Palom/Porom (little kid)
- Gau (preteen)
= Yuffie, Squall (teenager)
+ Celes, Cloud... most characters actually
(young adult)
++ Barret, Cyan (adult, broad category)
+++ Strago, Tellah (..advanced in years)
-
Height
(H)
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Your height, or again, if you don't want to be
specific...
-- Midget
- Short
= Average
+ Sorta tall
++ Gigantic!
-
Weight
(W)
-
No one really wants to get specific here, do
they? ^_^;; So...
-- Skin and bones
- Supermodel material (which is unhealthy, by
the way. Stupid magazines!)
= Average
+ Chubby
++ Tub'o'lard
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Gender
(G)
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Choose the one (hopefully just one!) and the
modifiers that apply.
M Guess.
F Two guesses, first one doesn't count.
H ...Hermaphrodite?!
- Modifiers:
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a Androgynous looking
g Gay/lesbian
t Transvestite!
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Eye color
(E)
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Choose the one that best describes your eyes...
Bk(black), Br(brown), Bl(blue), Gr(green),
Gy(grey), Hz(hazel), Vi(violet), Al(albino)
Rd(red)
- Modifier:
-
g Glasses
-
Hair color
(T)
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Choose up to 2 that best describe your hair color...
Bk(black), Br(brown), Bd(blonde), Rd(red),
Au(auburn), Wh(white), Gy(grey), Gr(green),
Bl(blue), Vi(violet), Pk(pink)
- Modifiers:
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d Dark
l Light
f Fake/dyed
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Hair length
(L)
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Choose the one that best applies.
-- Bald (Yang)
- Buzzcut (Barret, Raijin)
= Average (Cid Highwind, Locke)
+ Shoulder length (Cecil, Selphie)
++ Long (Vincent, Terra)
+++ *really* long! (Sephiroth)
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Location
(P)
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Abbreviate your state/province or country, and
if you like, add directional modifiers (ie:
swMI = southwest Michigan, or nAB = northern
Alberta)
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Character you're most like, personality-wise
(R)
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Choose just one from the characters list above.
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Character you most look like
(C)
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As above, choose one from the list of characters.
Hopefully with the new characters in v2.0, this section will be more useful to more people. ;)
And now you're done! Your code should look something like this example (which is my own code):
[G](B)1(#)1b,4b,5b,6b,7b,8b,Mb,Tb(F)8(C)Lg,Se,Cl(V)Se(O)++(D)A(R)=
[B](H)+(B)Ff,Fp,Xg,Pk-(N)Sr(A)Mk(I)+
[P](A)+(H)-(W)-(G)F(E)gBr(T)Br,dAu(L)+++(P)swMI(R)Ca(C)Kl
Bound to confuse and amaze your friends... unless you provide a link back to this page so that they can decode it. ^_^
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Thanks again to Crono & Dekar for that wonderful Javascript encoder! Thanks as well go out to Sycho for lists of characters/enemies from FF3j, and Daniel Seltzer for doing the same for MQ! And as before, thanks to Ziguld, Froborr, J. Parish, and Shane for help with the characters/villains lists from FF2j, FFV, and FFT. Thanks to Entreri-X for a suggested question and double-checking/suggesting characters for the FF8 section, as well as PsYcHo_CiD, Azriel, and Hawkeye for the same kinds of stuff... And thanks also go to... well, pretty much everyone on the RPGamer FF series and PSX message boards for their support and enthusiasm, and really everyone who suggested things to add. In addition to the ones mentioned above... hmm, Game Cat, Agamemnon, and Kusader come to mind right away, but I bet there's people I'm leaving out... Anyway, hope you like your code!
