Posting here due to popular demand, also available on Mafia Universe at this link. I'm going to have to just copy and paste the formatted thread over, because Dragonmount's forum software doesn't recognize UBB code tags. I have no easy way to edit the posts on this site, but we'll see how it goes! The second two groups have been posted since this game started. See below: Round 1B eScape (FF14, 23) vs Besaid Island (FF10, 88) Descendant of the Shinobi (Battle Edit) (FF7R, new entry) vs Fealty (FF14, 63) Over That Hill (FF9, 13) vs Devil's Lab (FF6, 111) Real Emotion (FFX2, 5) vs Freya's Theme (FF9, 166) Jesters of the Moonless Night (FF9, 24) vs Find Your Way (FF8, 133) The Thousand Tables (FF16, new entry) vs Matoya's Cavern (FF1, 46) The Chase (FF7, 14) vs Seeking Power (FF12, 101) What Angel Wakes Me (FF14, 5) vs Perfumed Eves (FF14, 29) Round 1C To the Place of Gods (FF12, 25) vs Martial Law (FF8, 63) Shinra, Inc. (FF7, new entry) vs Autumn Footfalls (FF11, 17) Battle Theme 2 (FF2, 3) vs Lovely, Dark, and Deep (FF16, 12) Beyond the Darkness (FF10, 4) vs The Extreme (FF8, 191) Relm's Theme (FF6, 4) vs Sixteen Bells (FF16, 19) The Crystal Tower (FF3, new entry) vs The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah (FF11, 37) Unwound (FF14, 8 ) vs Battle 1 (FFMQ, 17) Titan Lost (FF16, 9) vs The Place I'll Return to Someday (FF9, 140)

This is a Final Fantasy music knock-out game. 128 songs from the Final Fantasy franchise will be paired head-to-head. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pick a winner in each pairing. * The track list consists of last year's top 32 and 96 tracks voted in from an original pool of 320. Pairings are seeded based on recent and all time performance. * I will be posting the match-ups in groups of 8 every few days, but all brackets (A-H) will remain open until r2, so feel free to go back and vote if you missed one. * The first round will remain open at least until 7 people vote. * Tracks will be listed with their cumulative total all time votes. * There is absolutely no standard criteria for voting. * In the event of a tie, the statistical underdog always wins. * DO NOT edit vote changes into your original posts. Make a new post. An edit will very likely be overlooked. * New this year: FF7 Remake/Rebirth will be joining the game, with 5 of its preliminary 6 entries surviving qualifiers. Due to timing with the OST release, Dawntrail will have to wait another year. * New this year: Qualifiers for 2026 are getting a shake-up with a new draft-style election process. Everyone will get to guarantee a few personal favorites make the final cut. I'll announce the full process at the end of round 1. Coming into this year, 17 tracks stood as participants in every single round of 128 since the game's original run in 2012. All 17 of them survived this year! This is the first time I can remember that we didn't have at least one old guard track fail to advance. The 12 year and counting contenders are: All games will be represented, though FF1 only managed to push through a single track in Matoya's Cavern and FF2, FFT, and FFCC only have two entries each. Thanks to the addition of FF7R, a grand total of 21 games will be represented in the event. FF14 will have the largest showing with 16 entries, followed by a higher than usual concentration of tracks in FF9 (13), FF8 (12), and FF7 (11). FF16 also got 12 tracks through, many carrying over from a strong showing in its 2024 debut. Last year set the record for first time entries with 40. This year, we're introducing a more modest 17, bringing the all time participants count to 297. Another 25 tracks that missed the cut last year are back in the mix, meaning 86 of our entries made it this far a year ago. Moreover, out of the previous 11 winners, only Still More Fighting went home early. Relative to most recent years, expect a lot of familiarity in this mix. Previous Winners 2014: Dancing Mad (FF6) 2015: Bombing Mission (FF7) 2016: Vamo Alla Flamenco (FF9) 2017: Still More Fighting (FF7) 2018: Freya's Theme (FF9) 2019: Opening Theme (FF6) 2020: You're Not Alone! (FF9) 2021: Eternal Wind (FF3) 2022: Clash on the Big Bridge (FF5) 2023: Endwalker - Footfalls (FF14) 2024: Main Theme (FF7) Our seeding format permits me to talk about some interesting early match-ups, and the most notable one I think comes in the first bracket. Valley of the Fallen Star has slipped down to 35th place in recent years but was once as high as 7th and will be facing 2nd all time Liberi Fatali. These two met once before, and Liberi Fatali barely came out ahead 5-4. Former winners Main Theme (7) and Clash on the Big Bridge will meet in round 2 if they survive the first. Same goes for Endwalker-Footfalls and Dancing Mad. Neither have squared off before. A showdown between Dark Messenger and Birth of the God is also looming. Last time they met, Birth of the God pulled off the win 5-4. So without further ado, game on! Round 1A: In the Sky That Night (FF13, 9) vs Main Theme (FF7, 68) Queen's Blood (FF7R, new entry) vs Clash on the Big Bridge (FF5, 200) Only a Plank Between One and Perdition (FF8, 3) vs Eyes On Me (FF8, 51) The Boundless Ocean (FF3, 29) vs Wizardly (FF14, 44) The Pioneers (FF11, 31) vs Vivi's Theme (FF9, 47) Hamartia (FF16, new entry) vs Home Sweet Home (FF5, 148) Valley of the Fallen Star (FF7, 108) vs Liberi Fatali (FF8, 269) Cosmogony (FF15, new entry) vs Yuna's Theme (FFX2, 8 )

One Winged Angel didn't even survive the qualification rounds to get in the game. Don't look at me; I voted for it lol

I think it should let you post now. There's an authorization delay to catch spam bots but it's listing you as actively registered now. That being said, I could certainly make a thread for it here after work (although I might forget!)

huh did not expect ubb tags to not work Looks like you just paste it and it auto-formats, and then you have to mess with it to add text. I'm too old for this fancy technology.

Hey @Cairos, I'm still running that annual FF music game if you're interested. Just started the 2025 edition today. [url=https://www.mafiauniverse.com/forums/threads/53777-The-Music-of-Final-Fantasy-A-Knock-Out-Tournament-2025-Edition]Thread's available here[/url] though I could definitely post it on DM as well if there's interest. I had a thread for it here a couple of years a while ago.

I actually said on discord I might dust it off today and then promptly did nothing of the sort

You know what feels good? Filing your taxes for free in under 30 minutes. I was stuck in the belief that turbotax was normal and not robbing me blind for so many years XD

I find the fact that this is a requirement really funny for some reason.

I have a fully completed and ready to roll bastard 60p if you prefer

looking at a 16-17p, wonder if we can muster that

ok I built like half a game in the 30 minutes since I posted that it will be closed role madness, theme is AQUATIC LIFE

uhh... oh yeah lol

Definitely interested in playing this.

Darthe, Key, DPR, me? Or did Chris have one?

Congratulations Zander on your minority village rand. 😉

In the one I played I deliberately kept Macdougall alive with me until F3 and got him mislynched while he impotently spammed angry people faces.

Official Vote Count VERBAL - 1 (Seph) Not Voting - Dice, Gudrean, Verbal, Zander 3 votes to Lynch This is a Hybrid Hammer/Deadline Game Day 3 ends 10pm BST on Saturday 12th Aprl Day 3 Timer https://stagetimer.io/r/UVDHPDFH/

Personally, Gods and Demons was one of my all-time favorites. I got to be the Demon.

lol I mean I guess it could be one of those reasons

Friends, I think we have an obligation to prevent Ithi from retiring from Mafia.

Whenever we get a mod list together I would definitely like to go in the queue. I don't have a particular build in mind, but I'm looking forward to sitting down and coming up with something when I have a free evening. 🙂

I salute you champion. I went twice and both years I had to decline my semi-finals invitation because I didn't have time to play two games without a substantial break in between so lol I'm not doing that again.