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Final Fantasy III
CES Challenge FAQ by Paltheos
Version: 3.1 | Updated: 10/06/05 | Search Guide | Bookmark Guide
FFFFFFFFFFF C ++++++++++++++++++Brian Lundin+++++++++++++++++++ FFFFFFFFFFF E +++++++++++++++email@example.com++++++++++++++++ FFF S ++++++++++++++Version 3.1: 10/6/05+++++++++++++++ FFFFFFF C FFFFFFF E ================================================= FFF S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FFF C ------------------------------------------------- FFF E <<<<<<<<<<<<<<THE C.E.S. CHALLENGE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FFF S ------------------------------------------------- C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FFFFFFFFFFF E ================================================= FFFFFFFFFFF S FFF C The C.E.S. Challenge is essentially a game of FFFFFFF E FFVI in which only the mandatory characters FFFFFFF S (otherwise, Celes, Edgar, and Setzer) are used FFF C to complete the game with and are the ONLY FFF E CHARACTERS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GET. FFF S FFF C Your reward for this: different black-and-white E movies at the end of the game for Celes and VVVVV VVVVV S Edgar. VVV VVV C VVV VVV E ================================================= VVV VVV S VVV VVV C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VVV VVV E Version History VVV VVV S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VVV VVV C VVVVVV E Version 1.0- First version- included rules, VVVV S advice, obtainable espers, obtainable spells, VV C Edgar's tools, suggested final equipment, E powering up, the mini-walkthrough, copyright IIIIIII S information, and credits. It still needs a little III C work though. 8/31/03 28KB III E III S Version 1.1- Obtained the answer to the 'Shadow III C issue'; fixed the guide accordingly by adding III E Starlet to the Forbidden Espers, by adding Cure3 III S to the Forbidden Magic, and by fixing the section III C on Owzer's House. 9/1/03 31KB III E IIIIIII S Version 1.2- Tweaked the boss strategies against C Phunbaba and the Tentacles; added the note about E getting a Minerva early (thanks to MeepleLard on CESCESCESCESCESCES these); am considering adding a "low level section" (relatively to how I originally did it anyway) to all the boss strategies. 9/28/03 31KB Version 1.25- Made special note that neither the Ragnarok Esper nor the Cursed Shield can be acquired within the rules of this challenge (to those of you who didn't know or weren't sure). 10/5/03 32KB Version 1.4- Redid the guide's format; added ASCII art ^_^; merged section #1 and section #2 (sort of). 1/3/04 37KB Version 1.55- Fixed several incredibly stupid mistakes and improved on other things, all at fear of being lynched >_> <_<. Expect allot of new stuff coming shortly, particularly the lower level strategies, as opposed to the strategies up as of now, in which it's obvious there's been massive powering in the Dino Forest. Judging from what I want and what I have to work with, this may result in me playing a LLG up to the end of the WoB so that I can get every drop of potential out of my characters via stat boosts from espers via leveling. We'll see... Anyway, this update's more of a quick patch-up job to take care of the most pressing problems. My apologies for not having more; it's not exactly what I wanted, but it'll have to do until I proceed, which should be fairly soon. I've finally rectified the difficulties I've been experiencing on my emulator, so I should be able to do the testing needed for what I plan soon. I've got allot of stuff to do, especially in my other guides, so it may take a while for me to get back to this, but I assure you, I will. 6/28/04 44KB Version 3.0- Phew. It's been a while, hasn't it? I redid *all* of the boss strategies (and put them inside some ASCII art while I was at it for beautification purposes), annhilated the Final Equipment section, changed the Tools section to the section with a bad name >_>, and gave birth to the FAQ section. And, to those of you whom I promised ASCII art of a horizontal Magicite, sorry, but considering all of the ASCII art I've already added, I fear that throwing in any more will grab the attention and wrath of a blood-thristy mob howling "KB Hog!"... that, and I don't have a program to create complex ASCII art, never have, nor do I have teh skill at this present moment to create such a demanding picture. Anyway, that's it for the major overhaul. More minor stuff along the way but don't expect too much. 8/14/05 80KB Version 3.1- Primarily typos remedied. Another thanks to Novalia Spirit for pointing most of them out as well as for basic strategies for the Magics in Fanatics' Tower. 10/6/05 81KB ============================================================================== ````````````````````````````````````````````````` ` ` ` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ` ` Table of Contents ` ` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ` ` ` ` Section #1- Rules & Advice of the Challenge ` ` Section #2- Espers ` ` Section #3- Magic ` ` Section #4- Specials ` ` Section #5- Powering Up ` ` Section #6- Mini-Walkthrough ` ` Section #7- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ` ` Section #8- Copyright Information ` ` Section #9- Credits ` ` ` ````````````````````````````````````````````````` ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #1- Rules & Advice of the Challenge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Rules ----- 1) I've stated this before but let me reiterate- You cannot get any non-mandatory characters. This means that they cannot be selected in the character select screen in the World of Ruin (WoR). Only Celes, Edgar, and Setzer are permitted. 2) However, this does not mean that you can't make CONTACT with others characters. Just be sure that this contact does not bring him/her into the party. 3) All of these rules apply only in the WoR. You can play however you like in the World of Balance (WoB). ------ Advice ------ 1) Attempt this challenge only once you have completed the game normally at least once, not so much because of difficulty as of spoilers, which I won't even try to avoid. 2) Take advantage of level up bonuses with espers, learn all the magic you can, and get espers and better equipment as soon as possible. Obvious stuff really; I just felt the urge to make note of it. >_> 3) Due to this challenge's easiness and all, I advise (as in, won't recognize you as having completed the challenge unless you do this) you to avoid the following: a) Echo Screen -> Joker Doom b) Vanish -> Break/Doom/X-Zone/etc. (minus specific exceptions I've marked, for good reason) c) Flame Shields on all -> Merton-spamming d) 128 MBlock% e) Over-leveling :P Lv.30-40 is fine. Lv.20ish for the extreme. ;) f) Save-stating in-battle. I'm fine with save-stating and all, but 1) Doing it in-battle is kinda cheap and 2) The former would be understandable if this challenge were much, much harder, but it's not. You don't need to save-state "in media res", so don't. g) You don't have to do this one, but starting from the Floating Continent isn't a bad idea. >_> ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #2- Espers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Obviously, you won't be able to get all the espers due to character limitations. The following lists which ones you can get (and their locations) and which ones you can't. ---------------- Permitted Espers ---------------- Ramuh* Kirin* Siren* Stray* Ifrit* Shiva* Unicorn* Maduin* Shoat* Phantom* Carbunkl* Bismark* Golem: Purchase in Jidoor at the auction house for 20,000 GP after the escape from Vector. Zoneseek: Purchase in Jidoor at the auction house for 10,000 GP after the escape from Vector. Sraphim: Purchase in Tzen from the thief hidden in the trees for 3,000 GP. YOU MUST GET SRAPHIM IN THE WoB BECAUSE, IF YOU TRY TO GET IT IN THE WoR, YOU WOULD ALSO BE FORCED TO GET SABIN, AND THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. Palidor: On the beach of Solitary Island once you return with the Falcon. Fenrir: Win the first battle against Phunbaba in Mobliz. Tritoch: Defeat Tritoch in Narshe. Terrato: Defeat Umaro in Narshe. Odin: Touch his petrified body in the Ancient Castle. Bahamut: Defeat Doom Gaze in the Falcon. Raiden: Walk 5 steps south of the right chair in the throne room of the ancient castle and press X to trigger a secret staircase. Walk down the stairs to the right, walk down more stairs and talk to the queen statue. Crusader: Defeat all 8 dragons in the Opera House (1), Mt. Zozo (1), Fanatic's Tower (1), Phoenix Cave (1), Ancient Castle (1), Narshe (1), and Kefka's Tower (2). *: Espers are automatically obtained as part of the story. ---------------- Forbidden Espers ---------------- Starlet: Defeat Chadarnook in Owzer's House in Jidoor. (can't get this one either; thanks to Butterfly Madoushi for clearing up the confusion) Alexander: Defeat Wrexsoul in Cyan's Dream at Doma Castle (requires Cyan). Phoenix: Find Locke in the Phoenix Cave (automatically gains Locke). Ragnarok: Get from the old man in Narshe's weapon shop (requires Locke). ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #3- Magic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Out of the 54 magic spells in FF6, you can learn 49 for Edgar and Setzer (50 for Celes). Here they are. ---------------- Obtainable Magic ---------------- Cure, Cure2, Life, Antidote, Remedy, Regen, Fire, Ice, Bolt, Poison, Drain, Fire2, Ice2, Bolt2, Bio, Flare, Demi, Quarter, X-Zone, Meteor, Quake, W-Wind, Melton, Scan, Slow, Rasp, Mute, Safe, Sleep, Muddle, Haste, Stop, Berserk, Float, Imp, Reflect, Shell, Vanish, Haste2, Slow2, Osmose, Warp, Quick, Dispel. ------------------ Unobtainable Magic ------------------ Cure3- no Starlet or Phoenix Life2- no Phoenix Life3- no Phoenix Pearl- no Alexander; except Celes Ultima- no Ragnarok [esper] or Paladin Shield Alright, just a few fairly obvious comments on the spells: obviously, you can learn allot of them but unfortunately you miss out on some of the best spells. You lose out on the best healing spell (though, with certain equipment setups, there are actually better ways to heal >_>), Full Life, Auto-Life, the only holy-elemental spell available to you (except for Celes), and the ultimate magic attack. ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #4- Specials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Totally different from the original "Tools" section but appropriate. Here, I briefly cover character special capabilities (duh), and stuff you might want to avoid. As for the name... well, "Characters" didn't exactly fit since it wasn't fully in-depth, and everything else was either too long or inaccurate, so forgive the inept title. !!!!!!! !Celes! !!!!!!! ----- Runic ----- Ah, Runic. I've never been a big fan since its applications are so far and inbetween. Runic can indeed absorb any spell, but it can only absorb one, meaning that you have to keep Runicing for the effect to continue, which is a big downside. And the MP absorption isn't too great either, considering that Osmose works better in 99% of scenarios. The only real application I can think of is on the Third Tier of the final boss battle, but even then, it's the *third* suggested strategy, meaning there are (do the math) two superior approaches. ---------------- High Magic Power ---------------- Yeah, Celes easily has the highest Magic Power of the three characters, making her the ideal mage. So, Gem Box is a must. That's about it. >_> --------------------------------------------------------------- Genji Glove + Offering + Atma Weapon + Scimitar/Excalibur = Bad --------------------------------------------------------------- If you were at, say, Lv.50, 60, or anything above that, slapping on the above equipment set would pretty much yield OTKOs against... oh... ANYTHING! But, when you're at lower levels (30ish), what at higher levels was immortality becomes a liability. The damage output isn't that different from other forms of attack with more defensive equipment, and now you find Celes surrendering both Hands and both Relic slots to accomodate one command, leaving poor Celes with very little in terms of defense. !!!!!!! !Edgar! !!!!!!! ----- Tools ----- Tool List and Locations ----------------------- AutoCrossBow: Obtained simultaneously with Edgar ... 250 GP >_> NoiseBlaster: 500 GP BioBlaster: 750 GP Flash: 1000 GP Debilitator: 5000 GP Drill: 3000 GP Chain Saw: Fix Zozo's Clock in the Inn. The time is 6h10min50sec. Then grab it from the chest. Air Anchor: In the Fanatics' Tower, press X to activate the secret switch next to the treasure chest in the first treasure room, then open the chest in the newly open room one floor below. PS: Also, remember to put Edgar in the lead when purchasing tools so that you can get a discount. And the Commentary ------------------ Tools quickly become obsolete in the face of high level magic, especially early WoB Tools. However, Flash retains a little use early on, and Chain Saw's OHKO ability, the "in one turn" instant-death of Air Anchor, and the "add a weakness" Debilitator see a few uses. ----------------- The Dragoon Setup ----------------- Dragoon Boots + Dragon Horn + *insert high level Lance, e.g. Pearl Lance, Aura Lance, here* is Edgar's best form of physical damage, and probably one of the few non-"defense ignoring" physicals you ever use. Nevertheless, good applications aren't all that common, since magical damage does compare, but the few uses that continuous Jump (invincible while bouncing :D) offers are good ones. --------------------------------------------------------------- Genji Glove + Offering + Atma Weapon + Scimitar/Excalibur = Bad --------------------------------------------------------------- See Celes. !!!!!!!! !Setzer! !!!!!!!! ----- Slots ----- Slots, one of the most underrated abilities in FFVI. Despite the belief of many casual players, Slots is *not* random and is furthermore completely controllable. It's all a matter of working the timing. Now, each combination: 7 Flush- 3 Diamonds: Fairly high spell power and hits both sides when pincered but splits damage. Easy to master and good early on. Chocobop- 3 Chocobos: Basically a Meteor that can't hit Floating targets. Also easy to master and better than 7 Flush. H-Bomb- 3 Airships: Eh, the timing is hard to get and it's sometimes rigged against you, but it's tier-3 non-elemental damage, making it pretty darn good. Sun Flare- 3 Dragons: Setzer's best Slot damage, hands down. Basically, a weaker version of Ultima in damage and a free casting of Bahamut. *Highly recommended* you use this over Meteor. Magicite(ish)- 3 Bars: Very similar to Magicite, in that any random summon (whether you have the Esper or not ~_^) is used. Unreliable really, so avoid it. Joker Doom (good version)- 3 "7"s: Unblockable, unavoidable Lv.1 Doom on all opponents, or automatic victory. Very cheap (thus why it's rigged against you) indeed. Joker Doom (bad version)- 2 "7"s and 1 Bar: Unblockable, unavoidable Lv.1 Doom on all characters *on both sides*. Otherwise, since there's no way to revive a dead team in this challenge, everyone dies and it's a Game Over. Needless to say, AVOID IT! ------- GP Rain ------- Bluntly, a novelty. You need to surrender Slots (Slots>GP Rain) and a Relic slot in order to get an ability which throws money = to Setzer's level x 30. GP Rain doesn't inflict all that much damage *and* eats at your money supply. Just not worth it. ---------- Fixed Dice ---------- Setzer's best ST damage, no argument there. Its beauty lies in that it ignores MBlock%, Defense, Row, *and* Offering's split damage. Why? Fixed Dice's damage is calculated completely differently from regular weapons. Basically, Setzer's level * 2 * roll on Dice #1 * roll on Dice #2 * roll on Dice #3 = its damage. Otherwise, a the damage ranges from twice Setzer's level to 9999 (providing your level is at least 24 >.>). Combined with Quick and Offering, Fixed Dice x8 becomes a lethal, unstoppable force... or a small, little poof. But the chance of it destroying everything makes it all worthwhile. ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #5- Powering Up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once you get the Falcon, you can begin to power up. The best way to go about this is to first learn every spell in the game that you can. The Cactrot enemy in the desert near Maranda provide 10 Magic Points each, and, providing you can hit one, this is the most expedient method by which to learn magic. In addition, your actual level remains the same (as Cactrots yield 0 EXP. and you can Warp from everything else). Once you've learned all the spells you can, you *could* head to the forests on the northeastern to fight the dinos for experience. But... considering that you won't need that high a level to complete this challenge, you shouldn't stay too long. Esper bonuses? Almost exclusively Tritoch and Zoneseek. Only notable exceptions might be a couple levels for Bismark or Raiden on Edgar, if you're ****-bent on a physical (dragoon?) Edgar. Brief stat and strats: ********************************************************************** *Cactrot- Lv.27 HP-3 MP-60000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Ice,Water REWARD-Soft* *(sometimes) * ********************************************************************** Strategy: With 3 HP, the Cactrot doesn't seem that difficult an opponent. However, to compensate for his less than high HP, the little guy's enormous Defense, Magic Defense, and MBlock% make him a tough bug to squash, so use anything that ignores the three (e.g. Tools, Dice/Fixed Dice, Meteor, and Atma Weapon + Sniper Sight all for a quick kill). ********************************************************** *Tyranosaur- Lv.57 HP-12770 MP-420 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Ice * *REWARD-Imp Halberd (sometimes) * *Bracosaur- Lv.77 HP-46050 MP-51420 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Ice* *REWARD-Economizer (sometimes) * ********************************************************** Strategy: To be honest, I'd prefer you all not take any of these guys on, but, if you must, I'll let you Vanish/Doom them. With Meteor and Bite from the Tyranosaurs and Ultima, Disaster, and Sneeze from the Bracosaur, just about any other approach is suicide. But please, don't stay in the forest long. =/ You don't want to become too strong. ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #6- Mini-Walkthrough ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before I begin I would like to note that this is not a full walkthrough of the game because: 1) you can't do everything anyway because of the limitations, 2) this challenge is related to the WoR not the WoB, 3) I advised challengers to play the game through normally first anyway for additional ease as well as familiarity with the game and its environments. This walkthrough will simply point out places you should go, things you should do, bosses you should fight. In fact, this guide will mostly contain boss strategies. A few notes: to avoid sounding redundant, in boss strategies, 'healing when necessary' will be implied; read the boss strategies before you fight the boss because some parts of the strategy might mandate changing or doing something before the battle. For those of you wondering, only boss enemies of decent difficulty or length will merit a full strategy (equipment, damage listings, ASCII art). Finally, assume that the row a character is in is the Back Row, unless I explicitly say so otherwise. --------------- Solitary Island --------------- Treasures: None (for now anyway) After the fish-feeding sequence and the raft ride, you will appear on the coast of the central continent near Albrook. ------- Albrook ------- Treasures: None There's not much to do here. Buy some equipment or items and proceed north past Kefka's Tower and east onto the Serpent Trench. DO NOT ENTER TZEN. Doing so will start the sequence to get Sabin. If you didn't get Sraphim before, you can't get it now. Sorry. Anyway, head east and then north on the Serpent Trench to reach Mobliz. ------ Nikeah ------ Treasures: None Enhancers for Celes and Edgar and Diamond Shields for everybody! Once you find Gerad (Edgar), follow through with the story until you ride the boat to South Figaro. ------------ South Figaro ------------ Treasures: None Again, follow through with the story and then go to Figaro Cave. ----------- Figaro Cave ----------- Treasures: None Go to the recovery spring and jump on the turtle to enter a new area of the cave. Then proceed further to enter the basement of Figaro Castle. ------------------------- Basement of Figaro Castle ------------------------- Treasures: Crystal Helmet, Gravity, X-Potion, Ether, Regal Crown, Soul Sabre Because Edgar's equipment is optimized for the next battle, don't pick up the Crystal Helmet until after the Tentacles' battle. _________ / \ / Tentacles \ __/_____________\_________________________________________________________ / \ | Tentacle- Lv.33 HP-5000 MP-600 ELEMENT-Bolt WEAK-None REWARD-None | | Tentacle- Lv.31 HP-7000 MP-800 ELEMENT-Fire WEAK-Ice,Water REWARD-None | | Tentacle- Lv.34 HP-4000 MP-500 ELEMENT-Water,Earth WEAK-None REWARD-None | | Tentacle- Lv.32 HP-6000 MP-700 ELEMENT-Ice,Water WEAK-Fire REWARD-None | | | | Celes (25) Edgar (25) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer | | L-Hand Diamond Shield Diamond Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Regal Crown | | Body Gaia Gear Gold Armor | | Relic Running Shoes (empty) | | Relic Wall Ring (empty) | | | | Strategy: The fact that the tentacles are constantly seizing Celes and | | Edgar and draining their HP makes this fight annoying, especially because | | you must spend most of your time healing and little time attacking. | | Fortunately, you can get around that little problem, at least for Celes, | | by equipping Running Shoes and Wall Rings to her. The tentacles can only | | Seize Slow characters! Just Bio-alls from Celes and Flashes from Edgar | | for as long as he lasts should suffice. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ After defeating them, take Figaro Castle to the Kohlingen area. --------- Kohlingen --------- Treasures: None Head northwest from Figaro Castle to enter Kohlingen. Get Setzer and, after the cutscene, head southwest to Darill's tomb. If you need supplies, head to South Figaro/Figaro Castle where you can get a discount with Edgar in the lead. The shops there have everything you could get in Kohlingen... except Setzer's weapons... >_> Although, all you'll really need is a Diamond Armor for Setzer. ------------- Darill's Tomb ------------- Treasures: Genji Helmet, Crystal Mail, Czarina Gown*, Exp. Egg, Man Eater *-Wager the Czarina Gown for a Minerva at the Colosseum before Dullahan. Equip a Wall Ring to easily deal with the Sky Base awaiting you. Solve the puzzles of the tomb until you reach a save point. In the treasure chest nearby, you will find the Presenter. Cast Break on his head or summon Shoat to put an immediate end to the battle. Move further on into the tomb and read the inscription on Darill's grave to initiate a boss battle against Dullahan. ________ / \ / Dullahan \ __/____________\__________________________________________________________ / \ | Dullahan- Lv.37 HP-23450 MP-1721 ELEMENT-Ice WEAK-Fire REWARD-None | | | | Celes (25) Edgar (25) Setzer (25) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Man Eater | | L-Hand Diamond Shield Diamond Shield Diamond Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Crystal Mail Diamond Armor | | Relic Earrings Earrings Earrings | | Relic Wall Ring Wall Ring Wall Ring | | | | Strategy: Stick with the classic "Rasp him to death" (~200 MP) strategy | | for its quickness and efficiency. His melee is a mere nuisance, easily | | rectified by a Potion; Reflect???? is likewise with ease remedied by... | | er... >_> a Remedy (item, not spell, duh), and only Absolute 0 (~400 to | | Edgar and Setzer, 0 to Celes) is a concern, as everything else is | | reflected. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ After the cutscene, the Falcon is now yours. ------ Mobliz ------ Treasures: Ether After the sequence with Terra, you'll enter into your own battle with Phunbaba. ________ / \ / Phunbaba \ __/____________\__________________________________________________________ / \ | Phunbaba- Lv.31 HP-28,000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-Bolt WEAK-Poison REWARD-Fenrir | | | | Celes (25) Edgar (25) Setzer (25) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Man Eater | | L-Hand Diamond Shield Diamond Shield Diamond Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Crystal Mail Diamond Armor | | Relic Earrings Earrings Earrings | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Hero Ring | | | | Strategy: Well, now with barely enough HP to survive Blowfish, and extra | | characters to boot, Phunbaba shouldn't be too problematic. Bio smacks him | | for 2000+, and he flees after a few castings. Bolt3 and Solar Plex aren't | | too bad, since the battle endes so quickly. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ After getting Fenrir, go to Nikeah at the other end of the Serpent Trench. --------------- Solitary Island --------------- Treasures: (Now there's something) On the beach where you found fish to feed Cid, you'll now find Palidor. From here, have all your characters learn every spell they can via Cactrots in the Maranda desert. Next, make a quick Kefka's Tower raid, having the first party grab Fixed Dice before you Warp out (Note: Although the only way you can get out of most of the battles alive involves Vanish/Doom on the SrBehemoths and then Warping from the battle, if you don't want the experience. Understandable, yes?) --------------- Triangle Island --------------- Treasures: Genji Armor, Magical Brush, Fake Mustache, Ether, Red Jacket, Zephyr Cape, Hero Ring, Tack Star, Thunder Shield Get sucked in by the Zone Eaters on the northeastern island to enter Gogo's lair. Inside, you'll find a huge number of treasures. Just be sure not to speak to Gogo. Vanish/Doom on Outsiders and then Warp is the only way to avoid their experience. -------------------- Jidoor/Owzer's House -------------------- Treasures: Moogle Suit, Relic Ring, Potion, Ether, Remedy If you didn't get them before, you can now buy Golem and Zoneseek at the Auction House. You can enter Owzer's House and pick up the treasures, but you can't fight Chadarnook and can't pick up Starlet. -------------- Ancient Castle -------------- Treasures: Wing Edge, Ether, Graedus, Doom Darts, Magicite, X-Potion, Offering Punisher, Blizzard Orb, Gold Hairpin, X-Ether Katana Soul is easy enough to deal with. NoiseBlaster -> suicide. :) To find the Blue Dragon and the Queen's Statue, press "X" 5 steps in front of the right chair in the throne room. Learn Meteor from Odin before you turn it into Raiden. ___________ / \ / Blue Dragon \ __/_______________\_______________________________________________________ / \ | BlueDragon- Lv.65 HP-26900 MP-3800 ELEMENT-Water WEAK-Bolt REWARD-Scimitar | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Diamond Shield Diamond Shield Thunder Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Black Belt | | Relic Earrings Earrings Offering | | | | Strategy: Strategy: Bolt2s from Celes and Edgar for ~2500. Meanwhile, | | Setzer dominates with his Fixed Dice + Offering (56-39996! Woot!). None | | of the dragon's attacks pose a serious threat. Their damage is all a few | | hundred at most, which is easily repaired, and his physical is a measly | | ~200. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ __________ / \ / Master Pug \ __/______________\________________________________________________________ / \ | MasterPug- Lv.73 HP-22000 MP-1200 ELEMENT-Water WEAK-None REWARD-Graedus | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Diamond Shield Diamond Shield Thunder Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Hero Ring | | Relic Earrings Earrings Offering | | | | Strategy: His Cleaver attack can be deadly so put up Golem and Safe or | | just finish him off quickly with your best attacks. Also, he uses | | WallChange, so his weaknesses are not a constant. Other than Scanning, | | there's one other way to tell what his weakness is: what attack he uses. | | Specifically, Fire3 means Ice, Ice3 means Fire, Bolt3 means Wind, Bio | | means Pearl, W Wind means Lightning, Pearl means Poison, Quake means | | Water, and CleanSweep means Earth. Oh, that also means you should enter in | | Float. >_> Step Mine's a pain too unless you've been conservative. | | Anyway... yeah. Have Celes and Edgar flow with his elemental weaknesses | | while Setzer sticks with Fixed Dice. There is one other option: putting | | Master Pug to Sleep will stop him in his tracks, but you'll have to | | completely rely on magic to kill him. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ Before heading on, buy 6 Falchions in Maranda, go to the Colosseum and get 3 Flame Shields and 3 Ice Shields. Fixed Dice + Offering should dominate... if the dice rolls are auspicious. ----------- Opera House ----------- Treasures: None There's nothing here but another dragon. ___________ / \ / Dirt Dragon \ __/_______________\_______________________________________________________ / \ | DirtDragon- Lv.53 HP-28500 MP-16500 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Water,Wind | | REWARD-MagusRod | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Ice Shield Ice Shield Thunder Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Cherub Down Cherub Down Cherub Down | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Bwhahaha! The dragon will spend much of his time trying to | | remove Float status via 50Gs, but in vain *hugs Cherub Downs*, so taking | | him down should be a piece o' cake. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ ------ Narshe ------ Treasures: (without Locke, nothing really...) Almost all the doors in town are locked, so don't bother checking out the town (*IMPORTANT NOTE: With Locke outlawed, you can't get most of these town's treasures; this includes the Ragnarok esper (mentioned it before) and the Cursed Shield thus eliminating the only two ways to get Ultima*). Head straight to the snow field to fight the IceDragon and then to the cliff to fight Tritoch. __________ / \ / Ice Dragon \ __/______________\________________________________________________________ / \ | IceDragon- Lv.74 HP-24400 MP-9000 ELEMENT-Ice WEAK-Fire REWARD-ForceShield | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Ice Shield Ice Shield Ice Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Earrings Earrings Black Belt | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Fire2 from Celes and Edgar (~4000) and Fixed Dice from Setzer. | | As for the dragon, after Mute, he's been tamed, his physical hitting for | | only ~200. No problem. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ _______ / \ / Tritoch \ __/___________\___________________________________________________________ / \ | Tritoch- Lv.62 HP-30000 MP-50000 ELEMENT-Ice WEAK-Fire REWARD-Tritoch | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Ice Shield Ice Shield Ice Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Earrings Earrings Black Belt | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Strategy: Fire2 hits for more damage here (~6000[!]) and Fixed | | Dice x4. Rasp is his only irritating spell. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ Enter the hole left by Tritoch to enter Umaro's Cave. ------------ Umaro's Cave ------------ Treasures: X-Ether, Gauntlet Travel through the cave until you encounter the Pugs and then the Yeti after removing Terrato from the bones. ____ / \ / Pugs \ __/________\______________________________________________________________ / \ | Pugs- Lv.99 HP-14001 MP-11000 ELEMENT-Water WEAK-Fire REWARD-Minerva | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Ice Shield Thunder Shield Force Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Earrings Earrings Black Belt | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Vanish on your whole team (since unprovoked Pugs only use | | physicals), Mute on each Pug (since they counter magic with Pearl), and | | then lash out with Fire2 and Sun Flare on Slots. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ _____ / \ / Umaro \ __/_________\_____________________________________________________________ / \ | Umaro- Lv.33 HP-17200 MP-6900 ELEMENT-Ice WEAK-Fire,Poison REWARD-None | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Ice Shield Ice Shield Ice Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Earrings Earrings Black Belt | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Dunno why I'm bothering, given his easiness and all. Fire2s for | | ~4000 and Fixed Dice will quell the yeti's anger in the blink of an eye. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ Alright, now return to our Cactrot friends and have everyone learn W Wind, Quake, Quarter, Meteor, Fire3, Ice3, and Bolt3. Now, make a quick Fanatics' Tower run to the first treasure room in order to get the Safety Bit. And remember, Wall Rings are your friends up there. ------- Airship ------- Treasures: None With your new airship, the first thing you should do is fly about in the skies until you encounter DoomGaze. _________ / \ / Doom Gaze \ __/_____________\_________________________________________________________ / \ | DoomGaze- Lv.68 HP-55555 MP-38000 ELEMENT-Ice WEAK-Fire,Pearl | | REWARD-Bahamut | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Ice Shield Force Shield Thunder Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Safety Bit Wall Ring Relic Ring | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Fire3s deal ~4000, and Fixed Dice x4 is always a big help. This | | setup should handle *most* of what Doom Gaze can throw at you. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ Now that you have Bahamut, return to the Ancient Castle, trade in Odin for Raiden, and teach everyone Quick and Flare. To the Maranda desert yet again! ----------------- Cave in the Veldt ----------------- Treasures: Rage Ring, Tiger Fangs, Striker For completion purposes, you should really check this cave out as well; just be sure NOT to encounter Gau on the Veldt. Fenix Down on Allo Ver for the insta-kill. ________________ / \ / Senior Behemoths \ __/____________________\__________________________________________________ / \ | SrBehemoth (Gray)- Lv.43 HP-19000 MP-1600 ELEMENT-Ice WEAK-Fire,Poison | | REWARD-Behemoth Suit | | SrBehemoth (Orange)- Lv.49 HP-19000 MP-9999 ELEMENT-Poison WEAK-Fire,Pearl | | REWARD-Thunder Blade | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Ice Shield Ice Shield Ice Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Earrings Earrings Black Belt | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Quick -> Fire3 x2 nuked the first SrBehemoth in moments and at | | the drop of a Fenix Down, POOF!, the second was gone too. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ ------- Mt.Zozo ------- Treasures: Red Cap, Ice Shield, Thunder Shield, Aegis Shield, Gold Hairpin Enter into Mt. Zozo after buying the Rust-Rid from the merchant in the northern part of town. Collect all the treasures here and step on the switch in the northern part of the first room to fight the StormDragon. Leave without going to Cyan's room. ____________ / \ / Storm Dragon \ __/________________\______________________________________________________ / \ | StormDragon- Lv.74 HP-42000 MP-1250 ELEMENT-Wind WEAK-Bolt | | REWARD-ForceArmor | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Aegis Shield Thunder Shield Force Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Red Cap Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Genji Armor Crystal Mail | | Relic Earrings Earrings Black Belt | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Offering | | | | Strategy: Strategy: Quick -> Bolt3 x2 and Quick -> X-Fight (Fixed Dice) | | finishes the Storm Dragon in moments. | | On a side note, yes, I'm well aware that a Thunder Shield on Setzer rather | | than a Force Shield provides me with a setup invulnerable to Wind Slash, | | but Rage's damage is a much bigger threat, and, from what Storm Dragon has | | shown me, Force Shield was the better choice (Rage: Celes- ~400, Edgar- | | ~600, Setzer- ~300; Wind Slash: Celes/Edgar- 0, Setzer- ~150; Granted, | | Setzer took much more damage from the dragon's physical [around ~200 more, | | so ~400], but looking at the defense and magic defense changes, Force | | Shield>Thunder Shield, here nevertheless). | \__________________________________________________________________________/ --------------- Fanatics' Tower --------------- Treasures: Safety Bit, Air Anchor, Genji Shield, Stunner, Force Armor, Gem Box Fanatics' Tower is rough. Wall Rings all the way, of course, and stock up on 99 Tinctures before setting foot on the first level. Cast Float on everyone the instant you reach the second level (death by Quake = bad) and be prepared to switch in Flame Shields at any point on the highest levels (death by Merton = bad). Regardless, you can't protect against Meteor and W Wind, which will tear you apart allot. Thank God for the idiocy of Lv.80 and Lv.90 Magics casting Life3 on you. In general, Lv.60 and Lv.90 Magics will instill the most fear in you. The others? They're usually easily enough dispatched, albeit requiring a long time. Update: Thanks to Novalia Spirit, here are some strategies against the various Magics: L.10: Fenix Down since undead. L.20*: bounce Doom or Break. L.30: Doom or Break. L.40: Mute and Poison. L.50: Fenix Down since undead. L.60: Mute. L.70*: bounce Doom or Break. L.80: Doom or Break. L.90*: bounce Bserk then Poison. *: has Auto-Rflect status. ____________ / \ / White Dragon \ __/________________\______________________________________________________ / \ | White Dragon- Lv.71 HP-18500 MP-12000 ELEMENT-Pearl WEAK-None | | REWARD-PearlLance | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Atma Weapon Scimitar Fixed Dice | | L-Hand (empty) (empty) (empty) | | Head Red Cap Regal Crown (empty) | | Body (empty) Red Jacket (empty) | | Relic Hero Ring Hyper Wrist Offering | | Relic Wall Ring Wall Ring Wall Ring | | | | Strategy: Celes and Edgar in the Front Row. Start off with Mute on the | | dragon, crippling him. >_> Finally Berserk all of your team and watch them | | decimate the dragon. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ ___________ / \ / Magi Master \ __/_______________\_______________________________________________________ / \ | MagiMaster- Lv.68 HP-50000 MP-50000 ELEMENT-Varies WEAK-Varies | | REWARD-Megalixir | | | | Celes (28) Edgar (28) Setzer (28) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Man Eater | | L-Hand Aegis Shield Genji Shield Force Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Red Cap Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Red Jacket Genji Armor | | Relic Earrings Earrings Earrings | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Hero Ring | | | | Strategy: Well, you don't have Life3, Palidor won't let enough damage in | | the first two hits, and there's not a chance in **** you're surviving his | | Ultima final attack. So, you'll have to kill him the long way. After his | | first attack, promptly Berserk him and put Clear status on your team. From | | there, with your Magic Power emphasizing setup, Rasp him, keep on Rasping | | him (Celes- ~500, Edgar- ~300, Setzer- ~400) until you run out of MP, and | | Osmose your way back to maxMP. Rinse and repeat. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ ------------ Phoenix Cave ------------ Treasures: Wing Edge, Warp Stone, Dragon Horn, Ribbon Splitting into 2 parties with only 3 characters will really weaken you. Fortunately, fighting them isn't the idea, unless you're forced to *shakes fist at Phases*. Celes will form Party #1 (since she can most easily maximize MBlock%) while Edgar and Setzer shall become Party #2. __________ / \ / Red Dragon \ __/______________\________________________________________________________ / \ | Red Dragon- Lv.67 HP-30000 MP-1780 ELEMENT-Fire WEAK-Ice,Water | | REWARD-Strato | | | | Edgar (29) Setzer (29) | | R-Hand Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Flame Shield Flame Shield | | Head Red Cap Genji Helmet | | Body Genji Armor Force Armor | | Relic Earrings Gem Box | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring | | | | Strategy: NoiseBlaster from Edgar followed by Ice3 (~6000) + Quick + Ice3 | | + Ice3 + Osmose + Ice3. Red Dragon then Erasers himself (~1000) out of | | confusion and the cycle repeats (well, Osmose gets switched around in the | | lineup >.> due to Setzer's limited maxMP, but you know what I mean). | \__________________________________________________________________________/ Exit the cave without entering the final chamber where Locke awaits and prepare for the end... ------------- Kefka's Tower ------------- Treasures: Coronet, Fixed Dice, Minerva, Tack Star, Force Shield, Force Armor, Ribbon x2, Red Cap, Nutkin Suit, Gauntlet, Hero Ring, Aegis Shield, Megalixir, Rainbow Brush, Tack Star Undoubtedly be the toughest level in the challenge. Not only must you split into 3 parties of 1, but you must also face enemies stocked up with unblockable death and status attacks (even with Ribbon on). Therefore, I offer one and only one recommendation: RUN! You could duke it out with the hoards of enemy forces just itching for a chance to sneak in a grossly unfair Game Over, but, obviously, it's just not worth the risk. Once you're ready, land on Kefka's Tower. Edgar will form Party #1, Setzer Party #2, and Celes Party #3. The assignments seem to work out perfectly. ;) ____ / \ / Atma \ __/________\______________________________________________________________ / \ | Atma- Lv.67 HP-55000 MP-19000 ELEMENT-Poison,Water,Earth,Wind,Pearl | | WEAK-None REWARD-None | | | | Setzer (30) | | R-Hand Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Force Shield | | Head Red Cap | | Body Force Armor | | Relic Gem Box | | Relic Offering | | | | Strategy: Atma's elemental strikes hit only for ~300, and everything else | | is pretty tame, bar Flare Star which sends Setzer reeling for ~1200 | | damage. Otherwise, just Quick + Fixed Dice x8 as usual. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ _______ / \ / Inferno \ __/___________\___________________________________________________________ / \ | Inferno- Lv.67 HP-30800 MP-9700 ELEMENT-Fire WEAK-Ice REWARD-None | | Rough- Lv.69 HP-8000 MP-770 ELEMENT-Bolt WEAK-Ice REWARD-None | | Striker- Lv.67 HP-11000 MP-2600 ELEMENT-Ice WEAK-Fire REWARD-None | | | | Celes (30) | | R-Hand Enhancer | | L-Hand Aegis Shield | | Head Mystery Veil | | Body Minerva | | Relic Gem Box | | Relic Hero Ring | | | | Strategy: OTKO is the goal here, although a slower method of Meteoring | | Rough and Striker first could have worked too. Bolt3 (~7300~8000) + Quick | | + 3 Bolt3s + Bolt2 (~4000; not enough MP for another Bolt3) on Inferno | | ends the battle. | \___________________________________________________________________________/ ___________ / \ / Gold Dragon \ __/_______________\_______________________________________________________ / \ | GoldDragon- Lv.62 HP-32400 MP-4000 ELEMENT-Bolt WEAK-Water | | REWARD-Crystal Orb | | | | Setzer (30) | | R-Hand Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Thunder Shield | | Head Red Cap | | Body Force Armor | | Relic Gem Box | | Relic Offering | | | | Strategy: With a setup leaving you nary invincible, kill the 7th dragon at | | your leisure. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ ____________ / \ / Skull Dragon \ __/________________\______________________________________________________ / \ | SkullDragon- Lv.62 HP-32800 MP-1999 ELEMENT-Poison WEAK-Fire,Pearl | | REWARD-Muscle Belt (and Crusader) | | | | Celes (30) | | R-Hand Enhancer | | L-Hand Aegis Shield | | Head Mystery Veil | | Body Minerva | | Relic Gem Box | | Relic Ribbon | | | | Strategy: Minus Condemned/Disaster's death countdown, nothing the final | | dragon has can touch Celes. Fire3 (~9000) + Quick + 3 Fire3s -> Death. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ Woot! The final esper and Merton! Well, aside from the cheap Flame Shields on all -> Merton-spamming, yielding immortality, there are too many uses of Merton this late in the game. It's your call as to whether to Warp out, learn it, and then come back through the final dungeon again, as Merton's not key to finishing the game at all. ________ / \ / Guardian \ __/____________\__________________________________________________________ / \ | Guardian- Lv.67 HP-60000 MP-5200 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Bolt,Water REWARD-None | | | | Celes (30) | | R-Hand Enhancer | | L-Hand Aegis Shield | | Head Mystery Veil | | Body Minerva | | Relic Gem Box | | Relic Hero Ring | | | | Strategy: Due to the briefness and all of the battle, Ultros' attack | | program is all you'll see. His physical hits for ~200, and Tentacle for | | ~1100(!). Ouch, but certainly survivable (as everybody has ~1400 maxHP at | | this point, minus Red Caps). Stick to a good, old-fashioned Bolt3 (7000+) | | + Quick + Bolt3 x3 + Osmose pattern. Another pathetically quick battle. | | >_> | \__________________________________________________________________________/ _____ / \ / \ | The | | Statues | \ / \_____/ ____ / \ / Doom \ __/________\______________________________________________________________ / \ | Doom- Lv.73 HP-63000 MP-4800 ELEMENT-Ice,Poison WEAK-Pearl | | REWARD-SkyRender | | | | Edgar (30) | | R-Hand Pearl Lance | | L-Hand Force Shield | | Head Red Cap | | Body Force Armor | | Relic Dragoon Boots | | Relic Dragon Horn | | | | Strategy: Enter Dragoon Edgar! I had a vague plan of the idea to begin | | with, but, I wasn't quite sure it would actually top his Flare damage with | | his mage equipment (2000+ BTW). Fortunately, it does, although I did quite | | a few calculations in my head to be sure O_o (I won't bother writing out | | everything; it's simply too much, and I'd probably forget something | | anyway. Instead, if you have any questions about it, ask about the damage | | figures on individual scenario bases. Keep reading for additional info | | on... um... stuff that might remotely be related to your question. | | >_> <_<), and that was only at its minimum potential (as in, only two Jump | | hits). Each Jump hits for ~4000 damage (surprising for a character who has | | hitherto been nothing but a mage, ain't it?), or ~8000 damage, and each | | time holding the potential for up to a maximum of ~22000 damage (4 attacks | | of ~4000 + a Pearl of ~6000), or ~44000 damage (!) within the span of a | | single Quick! Granted, the probability of that happening is **** low, but | | the chances of minor bolsterings of the bare ~16000 per Quick is | | nevertheless appealing. However, you'll usually only hit for ~8000 per | | Quick, as an Osmose is needed every other turn to maintain Edgar's MP, and | | a Cure2 usually needs to be chucked in as well to compensate for Doom's | | damage, which, all in all, could have been worse. Physical hit for ~800 | | (post-Safe, mind you, although you're probably safer with a Golem | | summoning too), and Absolute 0/Ice3 for ~400. Pretty much it there; | | nothing too bad. Your only fears should be: 1) He Force Fields | | Pearl-elemental screwing you; 2) More importantly, N. Cross connects | | *and* gives Edgar Freeze status, effectively ending the battle. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ _______ / \ / Goddess \ __/___________\___________________________________________________________ / \ | Goddess- Lv.68 HP-44000 MP-19000 ELEMENT-Bolt,Pearl WEAK-None | | REWARD-Excalibur | | | | Setzer (30) | | R-Hand Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Force Shield | | Head Red Cap | | Body Force Armor | | Relic Gem Box | | Relic Offering | | | | Strategy: Feelin' lucky? Well, it doesn't really matter whether you do or | | don't; you have to face it one way or another. You see, Quasar is a OHKO | | (~2600!), even with a Red Cap, so you have to blitz her. As for her other | | damage, succinctly, Flash Rain ~800, Bolt3 ~500, Bolt2 ~300, Lullaby = | | you're screwed, Charm = you're more screwed. Other attacks, such as Love | | Token, be thankful for. On average, you should ft 16 to 20 Fixed Dice | | attacks *hugs Quick* before she nukes Setzer... or she died. (On a side | | note, the Cure2s thrown in between are always nervous moments.) Yeah, a | | big race against time. Wee! | \__________________________________________________________________________/ ___________ / \ / Poltergeist \ __/_______________\_______________________________________________________ / \ | Poltrgeist- Lv.67 HP-58000 MP-18900 ELEMENT-Fire,Wind WEAK-Poison | | REWARD-Aura Lance | | | | Celes (30) | | R-Hand Enhancer | | L-Hand Force Shield | | Head Mystery Veil | | Body Minerva | | Relic Gem Box | | Relic Safety Bit | | | | Strategy: By far the easiest of the statue battles. Minerva makes Celes | | invulnerable to all of Poltergeist's elemental strikes, Safety Bit takes | | care of Blaster, and Celes' 99 MBlock% deals with all of Poltergeist's | | second phase attacks (granted, not completely, but pretty darn close | | considering... *points ahead*). The plan: Keep Polty on a Stop leash for | | virtually the whole battle. Every two, three turns or so he breaks out and | | you have to Stop him again. Only Meteo (OHKO) can actually hurt Cels (bar | | Shrapnel, but you'll have him Stopped and have reduced his HP too far | | for him to pull it out by the time his ATB bar starts moving again) Just | | stick to the basic attack sequence: Flare (~3500-~4000) + Quick + Flare x2 | | + Flare/Stop + Osmose, and you'll be fine. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ The final battle is now! Prepare your equipment, save the game with Celes at the final save point, and have your three characters step on the three switches to initiate the spectacular cutscene and final battle!! >_> </double exclamation point!> _________________ / \ / The Final Battles \ ___/_____________________\________________________________________________ / \ | Celes (30) Edgar (30) Setzer (30) | | R-Hand Enhancer Enhancer Fixed Dice | | L-Hand Aegis Shield Force Shield Force Shield | | Head Mystery Veil Genji Helmet Genji Helmet | | Body Minerva Force Armor Force Armor | | Relic Gem Box Muscle Belt Offering | | Relic Hero Ring Hero Ring Gold Hairpin | | | | ______________ | | / \ | | / The First Tier \ | | __/__________________\_____________________________________________________| |/ | | Face- Lv.74 HP-30000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Fire REWARD-None | | LongArm- Lv.73 HP-33000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-None REWARD-None | | ShortArm- Lv.73 HP-27000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Water REWARD-None | | | | Strategy: Everyone should enter in Float status (BTW, Quake damage is | | ~1200 on all), and Edgar starts off the whole shabang by casting Break on | | Long Arm. Celes follows with with Meteor (C~2500, E~1800) + Quick + | | Meteor x3 + Osmose, and Setzer with Quick + Fixed Dice x8. Flares (C~4500, | | E~3300) and Fixed Dice x4 the rest of the way. Enemy physical - ~600 | | | | _______________ | | / \ | | / The Second Tier \ | | __/___________________\____________________________________________________| |/ | | Tiger- Lv.70 HP-30000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-Earth WEAK-Ice REWARD-None | | Hit- Lv.73 HP-28000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Poison REWARD-None | | Tools- Lv.73 HP-24000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Bolt REWARD-None | | Magic- Lv.72 HP-30000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-Earth REWARD-None | | | | Strategy: Have Edgar Mute Magic and Air Anchor Tools right from the get | | go, and the Meteor (slash Quick slash Osmose >_>) frenzy then begins, | | except Setzer who faithfully adheres to his throwing of dice. As for enemy | | damage, honestly, all of it is mediocre, so I won't bother you with the | | details. | | | | ______________ | | / \ | | / The Third Tier \ | | __/__________________\_____________________________________________________| |/ | | Sleep- Lv.71 HP-40000 MP-10000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-None REWARD-None | | Girl- Lv.58 HP-9999 MP-10000 ELEMENT-All WEAK-None REWARD-None | | | | Equipment Change: Flame Shields in L-Hands of Edgar and Setzer | | | | Strategy: Your first option is Fenrir or Golem against Calmness, so that | | you don't have to worry about losing a character. But, if you'd prefer not | | to summon (or just plain forgot the esper >.>), you can do one of the | | following (preferably the first for its superiority in dependability over | | the second): "I had two plans here to completely avoid Calmness wiping | | away a character from the last battle, the former of which I went with. | | The first involved me Rasping (C~300/ES~200)/Osmosing away Girl's MP so | | that she couldn't cast Life2 when I defeated Sleep. Sleep's resistance | | wasn't too bad: a Cure 2 made up for W Wind to prevent death from any | | following attacks (which inflicted minimal damage but still I needed a | | little HP restoration to survive them; although the random Condemneds | | ticked me off), and Merton was welcome. After Girl's MP was nuked, I | | Flared Sleep 'til his death (no Fixed Dice, I couldn't run the risk of | | killing Girl). Girl too then met her end via Fixed Dice x8. >_> One more | | thing: That "second" plan I briefly noted in passing. I planned to | | near-kill Sleep (Girl alive), leave Celes waiting, kill Sleep with Edgar | | or Setzer, and have Celes Runic every Life2 while Edgar and Setzer slay | | Girl. Kinda risky though, so I stuck with the first." ~Me *too lazy to | | change that block of text into a laid-out strategy for you* :P | | | | _________________ | | / \ | | / The Terminal Tier \ | | __/_____________________\__________________________________________________| |/ | | Kefka- Lv.71 HP-62000 MP-38000 ELEMENT-None WEAK-None REWARD-Victory! >_> | | | | Equipment Change: Reset to pre-battle specifications | | | | Strategy: The last hurrah! Woot! Flares, Fixed Dice x8, hold nothing back, | | and all that other suspense-raising lingo! Onto Kefka: HyperDrive (~3500) | | and Havoc Wing (~5500) are both OHKOs, Goner hit ~400 on all, tier-3 | | elementals around there too >_> (except on Celes). Ultima can blow all of | | your party away for ~2000, all but Edgar, clinging to life with but 200 | | HP (Good thing for the Muscle Belt plus, yay, Edgar finds his purpose :D). | | Eh, I didn't bother to check Meteor. Its damage yield would be less than | | Ultima's (ergo, survivable) and chances are you won't even encounter it | | anyhow. | \__________________________________________________________________________/ CONGRATULATIONS! ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #7- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q: What is the lowest level at which this challenge can be completed? A: Honestly, I can't be sure, since I never played this through as a "LLCESG", but, if I had to guess, I'd say around Lv.20. Given the single character parties at times and the limitations on spells and equipment, playing through at the absolute lowest level, 6, would get the party thoroughly annihilated. Q: Palth, what is this "Echo Screen -> Joker Doom" you keep talking about? A: Fair enough question. The Slots command is often set-up in order to make sure that you can't hit certain slot combinations. However, due to a glitch/bug, when you use an Echo Screen in battle, the lock on the Slots is disabled, and you can hit any combination (namely, the unblockable Lv.1 Doom on all opponents). Once you master the timing, it's very cheap, thus the advisory not to use it. The only catch is, it doesn't work 100% of the time, and the game will just outright refuse to let it work on some occasions. ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #8- Copyright Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section is just some legal information. This may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. This may be exhibited only within www.GameFAQs.com and www.neoseeker.com. ============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section #9- Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to Square for making this great game. Thanks to GameFAQs and Neoseeker for featuring this C.E.S. Challenge Guide. I want to thank the bonus mode in the PSX remake for providing me with some enemy data that I couldn't get. Thanks also goes to Nintendo's Player's Guide for Final Fantasy III for providing all the items in an area (though, due to limitations, you couldn't get all the items anyway). I would like to thank my brother Mark who, as far as I know, was the one who first thought up this challenge. Huge thanks to Butterfly Madoushi for answering the Shadow issue and informing me that you can't get Starlet. It saved allot of time for me. Kudos to MeepleLard for the tips on... um... put succinctly, ALLOT of stuff, to say the very least. There's no way I could have spotted by myself the sheer number of possible improvements Meeple found. Then again, this is my first FAQ, so it's... almost understandable that I made that many mistakes. >.> Similarly, thanks to assassin17, Novalia Spirit, and ArmorVil001 for any and all help rendered in my "Paltheos' CES Rebuff- Take 6" topic on the GameFAQs FFIII(U.S.) General Board. *sends out another thanks* This one's to Terii Senshi, for a few algorithms drawn from his guide. Although, >_> to be fair, a couple of the simpler algorithms I figured out by myself through observation. The inquisition about the Cursed Shield from crzyfreak1028 reminded me to make note about being unable to get both the Ragnarok esper AND the cursed shield. Thanks. Sorry, everybody, that was just gross negligence on my part to forget about that. Finally, if any one has any questions or comments about this guide please e-mail me at email@example.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Until next time, this has been Paltheos, wishing you good luck and happy gaming. -------------------------------- Copyright 2003-2005 Brian Lundin
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Now in its 11th year, Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back presented by Maverik is right around the corner with runners preparing costumes, finalizing van decorations and getting in the last of their training mileage. With more than 11,000 runners on the course this year, Ragnar Relay has provided detailed course information to minimize the impact the race will have on daily routines and commutes. Between June 27 at 3 p.m. and June 28 at 5 a.m. race traffic will be traveling through Morgan County and impact the roads posted below. For the complete course map visit, http://ragnarrelay.com/race/wasatchback/legs. Affected streets in Morgan and Mountain Green will include: SR-226 (near Snowbasin); Trapper's Loop; Hwy 30 (Old Hwy Road); 4300 N/Morgan Valley Dr; Young Street; SR-66/East Canyon Road; I-84; and Snowbasin. Morgan County residents are invited to showcase their city by supporting runners by cheering, helping them cool down with a spray from your hose or offering a cool treat. Your support makes all the difference. During the race, community members may reach Ragnar with any questions or concerns by calling or texting our race community hotline at 661-RAGNAR9 (661-724-6279). Prior to the race, Ragnar is hosting a pre-race party at SCHEELS in Sandy, Utah, on Thursday, June 26 from noon to 7 p.m. During the event, runners will pick up all of their vital race information, participate in safety briefing and van decorating contests as well as check out Ragnar's sponsors like Maverik, Clif and Nuun that will help them power through the race. The public is welcome to attend.
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Xudong Xie
Xudong Xie received a B.Eng. degree in electronic engineering and a M.S. degree in signal and information processing from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1999 and 2002, respectively. In September 2002, he undertook a Ph.D. degree program at the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and received his Ph.D. degree in February 2006. From March 2008 to October 2008, he was a Research Associate at the Department of Electronic Engineering, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. After becoming a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Xie joined the Department of Automation, School of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, as an Assistant Professor in February 2008, where he later in 2009 became an Associate Professor. His research interests include image analysis, pattern recognition, and computer vision.
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An LNB is a combination low-noise amplifier and block down converter. It converts the feeble 3,700 to 4,200 MHz satellite signal into a stronger 950 to 1,450 MHz signal which is easier to send over coaxial cable.
Phased locked loop LNB uses a phased locked loop (PLL) oscillator to make the LNB's frequency output as stable as it can be made at reasonable prices. Both Wegener and Cumulus Media Networks recommend PLL LNBs for use with their satellite receivers.
"Digital ready" LNBs are marketed as being "second best" to PLL. Yes, they are cheaper, but they also have poor stability specifications when compared to PLL LNBs.
What does "noise temperature" mean anyway? A very simplified explanation is as follows: Atoms vibrate in any substance that is above absolute zero in temperature. That means the atoms in the materials in the LNB amplifiers vibrate. These vibrations create "noise". The signal from the satellite is so minuscule, you do not want to add a lot of "noise" to the signal. So you want to find an amplifier with a low "noise temperature".
Typical LNBs are designed for a noise temperature between 20 degrees Kelvin and 80 degrees Kelvin. If you have an LNB at 120 degrees or 150 degrees, it's worth a few hundred dollars to replace it. Keep the old one on the shelf as a spare; it's cheap insurance.


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"The campaign is going well," he told a gathering of about 60 people at the Glass and Gear company. "I wish the country were going just as well." The campaign, he said, appears to be "peaking at just the right time, just a few weeks before the [primary] election. A lot of decisions are being made in the next few weeks."
With the Iowa caucuses coming on January 3 and the New Hampshire primary seven days later, candidates have only a short time to make their cases to voters. But with Congress scheduled to adjourn at the end of this week, Rep. Paul (R-Texas) will have more time out of Washington to spend in both Iowa and New Hampshire next week and in New Hampshire from January 3 until primary day January 10.
In New Hampshire, Mitt Romney still holds a double-digit lead lead over Gingrich and also possibly home-field advantage, having been Governor of neighboring Massachusetts from 2002-2006. Romney also has a summer home in the New Hampshire town of Wolfeboro on Lake Winnipesaukee. The Rasmussen poll has Romney at 33 percent and Gingrich at 22 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire's Republican primary. But Paul — at 18 percent — is closing on Gingrich in a primary that political experts have all but conceded to Romney. That makes a second-place finish all the more important, since the "expectations game" has always been a part of "spinning" the New Hampshire primary. A second-place finish by Paul would wildly exceed the expectations of a political and media establishment — whose ignoring of him through the early stages of the campaign prompted TV satirist Jon Stewart to wonder on his Comedy Central Daily Show why Paul was being treated "like the thirteenth floor in a hotel." Paul seemed pleased but not surprised by his showing in the latest polls.
"The momentum is building up and a lot of the candidates so far would come and go," he told reporters after meeting voters in Amherst, New Hampshire, Tuesday morning. "They would shoot to the top and drop back rapidly. Ours has been very steady growth — then in this last week or two there has been a sudden extra growth.'' Indeed, after Michele Bachmann defeated Paul by only 152 votes in the Ames Iowa straw poll in August and Texas Governor Rick Perry had just entered the race, TV journalists were nearly unanimous in announcing a "top tier" of candidates consisting of Romney, Perry, and Bachmann. Lately Bachmann has all but disappeared in the media coverage and Perry, with his stumbling and often incoherent performances in interviews and debates, appears also to have fallen out of contention.
And in Iowa, it is Romney who is sinking quickly. The Public Policy Polling survey shows Romney at just 16 percent, trailing both Gingrich with 22 percent and Paul at 21 percent, putting Paul in a statistical dead heat with the former Georgia congressman and speaker of the U.S. House.
At the Manchester stop, Paul delivered his message of limited federal government and a non-interventionist foreign policy to a mixed audience of Paul supporters and Independent voters. He named the federal departments of Education and Energy among those he would seek to eliminate and said his plan to cut one trillion dollars from the federal government in the first year of his administration would merely cut the federal budget back to where it was in 2006.
"I don't think too many people in '06 thought our government was too small," he observed wryly.
Asked what he would do to help the middle class, Paul said the government-inflated housing bubble near the end of the last decade and the bailouts of giant financial corporations have forced middle-class taxpayers to subsidize the wealthy, thus widening the gap between the middle class and the very rich. He also blamed the Federal Reserve, which he proposes to abolish, for printing more money, thereby devaluing the dollars of poor and middle-class workers.
When a woman asked about the difficulty of getting medical insurance for her son because of his preexisting heart condition, Paul said the budget cuts he is proposing would not cut Social Security, Medicare, or child health programs. He maintained, however, that the federal role in healthcare has raised the costs for everyone. A retired obstetrician, Paul said in the mid-1960s he worked at a Catholic hospital for $3 an hour "and nobody was turned away." A Shriners hospital in Galveston, Texas treats patients for free, he said.
Kevin Hallenbeck, who runs a private-sector training program for sales people, is an undecided voter who spoke with the candidate for a few minutes before his speech. He is not committed to any candidate, he said, but is favorably impressed with Paul. Hallenbeck, who had heard that Paul is an "isolationist," said he told the candidate, "I don't believe we should disengage from the entire world." He later said he was impressed by Paul's "thoughtful response."
"He basically said it's not our responsibility to tell other people how to live their lives and spend their money. And the other thing he said is that we can't afford it." He likes what he heard from Paul, Hallenbeck said.
"What I hear are core values coming though. I don't hear a stump speech," he said. "I like that."
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Milwaukee's Chronic Nuisance Ordinance and It's Improper Use Against Landlords
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Evictions, City of Milwaukee, Nuisance Properties / Comments
2. Many of the so-called nuisance activities are not activities for which a Milwaukee County Court Commissioner or Judge will evict a tenant for participating in. As this person stated, the writer indicaterd, when he tried to evict the tenant he was "laughed out of court." I have been involved in eviction trials where at the close of evidence, rather then evicting the tenant that was selling drugs out of my client's property, the Judger told the tenant that he really didin't need to have 20 people coming and going from his apartment between the hours of 11 pm and 3 am most nights of the week and that he should stop that activity as it wasn't fair to his neighbors. The Judge then denied my clients request for a judgment of eviction but rather scheduled the case for a staus conference in 60 days to see if things improved. If landlords cannot even get obvious drug dealers evicted how are they going to be able to have a tenant that littered, called 911, or made an excessive noise evicted?
3. Some of the 911 calls are legitimate calls for which the police should be called and the owner of that property should not be put in the position of having to choose between receiving a fine and having his/her property declared to be a nuisance or telling his tenants not to call 911 for real emergencies.
4. Oftentimes the property that is attributed with the call is not where the actual "nuisance activity" occurred. I heard of an instance where a woman had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend at her home and then fled, she then stopped at a nearby apartment complex and asked one of the tenant's if she could use her phone to call the police. Seeing that the lady was upset, the tenant allowed her to make the call. The lady called 911. As a result of the tenant being a helpful neighbor to the victim, the tenant's landlord was contacted by the police becasue the telephone call was considered to be an improper use of an emergency number.
I think the police and the Department of Neighborhood Services (which often gets involved in these situations) need to use some "common sense" and distinguish true nuisance activity from other activity rather than classifying everything as a nuisance.
I also think that it would also be helpful for the police and DNS to spend some time in eviction court and observe just how difficult it is to evict a tenant for anything other than failure to pay rent. Maybe after sitting in room 400 of the Milwaukee County Courthouse for an afternoon they will realize that they are living in an alternate universe if they think that a landlord can obtain an eviction judgment against a tenant who litters, improperly calls 911, makes loud noises, or loiters.
I have met with the new Commissioner of DNS, Art Dahlberg, along with other members of the AASEW board, and Mr. Dahlberg was also kind enough to speak at one of the AASEW's membership meetings. In speaking with the Commissioner, he has commented that he agrees that some common sense used when determining if something a a nuisance activity. It is my hope that the addition of some common sense will occur ASAP so that landlords like the one that emailed me above, are not being placed in such an unfair position.
If Milwaukee's Chrnoic Nuisance ordinance has been unfairly applied to you and your rental properties I would appreciate you providing me with the details by adding a comment to this post.


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Car enthusiasts from across the region are rolling into downtown Elkins for the Mountaineer State Street Machines Auto Extravaganza.
This annual, weekend-long event kicked off Friday at 5 p.m. with a Cruise In, which organizers said they expect to draw in more than 500 classic cars.
The fun will continue Saturday and Sunday with one of the biggest car shows in the state. Registration for the car show will be at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with the show opening at 9 a.m. both days.
The entry fee is $15 which includes a participation plaque and entry into drawings for hundreds of dollars in prizes.
Other events throughout the weekend will include a digital scavenger hunt and classic rock-n-roll music provided by disc jockey Dan Barkley. Concession will be on sale in the city park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce is hosting the events.
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Kirch empire nears break-up
Germany's troubled Kirch Gruppe is close to sealing a deal that could see shareholders Rupert Murdoch, Silvio Berlusconi, and Lehman Brothers take control of KirchMedia - the group's core free-to-air television and rights arm.
The investors have reportedly offered to inject about 800m euros into KirchMedia in return for control of the company.
The deal would dilute founder Leo Kirch's 72% stake to less than 50%.
Those behind the rescue package - which include Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Silvio Berlusconi's family-run media groups - are pressing for a decision by the end of the week.
A deal would lead to a major shake-up of German broadcasting as the country's biggest television broadcaster ProSiebenSAT.1, which is 52% owned by KirchMedia, would come under foreign ownership.
End of the empire
Kirch, one of Germany's best-known media groups with interests spanning television to publishing, has been negotiating a bail-out with creditors for weeks.
Mr Murdoch's News Corp and Mr Berlusconi's Mediaset - who have both declined to comment on the talks - along with Fininvest, Lehman Brothers and Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal together control 12.2% of KirchMedia.
Bayerische Landesbank, Commerzbank, DZ-Bank and Hypo-Vereinsbank are also involved after lending Kirch 3bn euros.
Kirch had amassed a 6.5bn euro debt pile from an acquisition spree and from its pay television operations.
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September 10, 2007
Huntsville, AL. –Tennessee built a 5-1 lead but couldn't hold on in the series deciding game five Monday Night in Huntsville and lose 8-7.
Huntsville with ahead 1-0 in the second Chris Robinson grounded out which scored Tyler Colvin who had doubled and was at third. Gary Cates the next batter gave Tennessee the lead with a line drive single score Issmael Salas who had also doubled and Tennessee lead 2-1.
Casey McGehee entered the plate in the third with two on and none out and crushed a three-run homerun over the centerfield wall to extend the Smokies advantage to 5-1.
Hernan Iribarren turned the tide in the bottom of the third with a two-run homer to get the Stars back to within two runs.
Huntsville then scored two more in the fourth, fifth innings and one in the seventh went ahead 8-5.
Robinson Chirinos in the eighth inning singled in Salas cutting the lead to two.
Then in the ninth Tennessee battled to score one and had the bases loaded when the game ended 8-7. Eric Patterson walked and moved to third on a one out Casey McGehee single. Tyler Colvin then doubled deep in the right centerfield gap moving McGehee to third but after Salas drew the intentional walk the rallied stalled.


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[photogallerylink id=69346 align=left]Cassie is dishing more details about her upcoming album we're all twidling our thumbs waiting for. *eyebrows raised* Cassie tells Nylon magazine, as she's featured in their July 2011 issue, that her new album, Electro Love, is going to be a "blend of a cool blend of pop, hip-hop, and ska." And she's aiming for an "Aaliyah" sound.
Here's an excerpt of what Cassie had to say in Nylon mag with writer Ysa Perez:
Tell us about your new album.
It's a cool blend of pop, hip-hop, and ska. It's urban Gwen Stefani meets Aaliyah. I hate referencing people but if you had to compare, that's it.
What's your favorite song on the new album?
"Lonely Disco Ball" which is about the end of the night when the party is done and everybody has left.
She needs to stick to modeling!
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Northern Ireland's best fish and chip shops named
After fierce competition two restaurants have battered the opposition and been named Northern Ireland's best fish and chip shops.
The Fish and Chicken Inn Ballymena and The Galley in Newry go forward to do battle with 18 others to be named the UK's best chippie, won last year by The Townhead Café in the Scottish borders.
The next stage of judging will whittle that number down to 10. The Fish and Chicken Inn and The Galley will now have checks on their product quality, staff training, innovation, customer service, shop décor and cleanliness, staff hygiene and food preparation techniques. Shops also face questions regarding their policies on sourcing seafood from sustainable stocks.
Brian Surgeon manager of The Fish and Chicken Inn said: "Getting to this stage of the competition recognises the hard work we've put in over the years. We deliver the best fish and chips time after time it's great for our customers to know that they are getting the best in the area. We'll be doing all we can to make sure we make it through to the next round."
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President-elect Barack Obama surprised many with his choice of an outsider to head the CIA, former Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta. While some members of Congress are skeptical of the choice, others say there have been a few successful heads of the spy agency who did not come up through the CIA ranks.
A new direction for U.S. intelligence?
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Hundreds of supporters lined the street Friday morning at 55th and Wolf roads in Western Springs, launching white balloons in memory of 14-year-old Kelli O'Laughlin.
Family, friends and classmates tragically said goodbye during the slain Indian Head Park teen's funeral, also protected by state police. Even community members who didn't know Kelli said they felt compelled to attend.
"I just wanted to show my support," said Karen Cairo, a resident in the area. "I have a daughter of my own. ... It's so sad what happened."
The family asked for privacy, but inside the funeral program, Kelli's parents included a poem, "For All Those Affected by Violence." On the back of the program, they included memories of Kelli, remembering her "sparkling eyes, delightful energy and the way she lit up a room."
Her young life was cut short when she was stabbed to death last week after she arrived home from school to a burglary in progress.
"She was a beautiful little girl, always happy, always smiling, big brown eyes with blond hair," said Beth Johnson, O'Laughlin's former teacher. "It's horrible someone could take a life of someone so innocent."
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez on Friday confirmed John Wilson Jr., 38, of Chicago was charged with first-degree murder and residential burglary in her murder. A judge denied Wilson bond.
Friends and family embraced in tears as they left Kelli's funeral, emanating the grief of the community.
"I loved the way her brother spoke," said Pat Sifferman, "how integral she ... to the family and she pulled everybody together and she was just a bright spot in the family."


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This inspirational anniversary card really connects with the spirit of what keeps a couple together over the years. The words Trustworthy, Supportive, Valued, and Appreciated, are all shown here in white behind a brilliant background displaying the sea hitting a rocky shore, with a sunbeam bursting through the top with its bright red and yellow colors. The card has been framed at the top and bottom by white banners, and along the bottom banner, the words Happy Anniversary are displayed in bright gold.


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Week of March 29th, 2010
Phase Two Pecan Street Project
Over the weekend the contractor will be installing fencing from 3rd Street to 2nd Street. In lot 43 the first and second rows of parking will be closed for the entire week. This will be about 50 spaces closed. At the end of this phase we will re- open 25 spaces.


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in, especially a lot of kids who don't do well with reading or
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By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
What happens to a Keizer City Councilor who steps out of line in dealing with the public?
According to Mayor Lore Christopher, the answer is simple: nothing.
During a work session Monday night, Christopher asked that a process be started, detailing what happens if a councilor needs to be reprimanded or disciplined in some way.
The topic was brought up in response to a complaint Christopher received from an Eagle Scout parent last Saturday regarding an interaction with councilor Ken LeDuc.
"We have no process for dealing with it," Christopher said. "If we act inappropriately, there is no process. There is nothing that says how we come to a decision. I think that starts with us. We need to police ourselves."
To read the complete article and other news from around the Keizer area, pick up a copy of the March 15 issue of Keizertimes, available at stores all around the area. To subscribe for just $25 a year, click on the 'Subscribe Today' link at the top of the page, call 503-390-1051 or visit our office at 142 Chemawa Road North in Keizer.


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RANCHO CUCAMONGA (AP) — An elderly Southern California man has been sentenced to 300 days in jail for molesting a 12-year-old boy he enlisted to help move furniture.
A Rancho Cucamonga judge on Friday ordered 81-year-old Clarence Gordon to serve the first 100 days of his sentence in San Bernardino County jail and the remainder of the time at home under house arrest. He must register as a sex offender.
The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin says Gordon was arrested June 18 after the boy told police Gordon molested him after inviting him to his house.
Gordon, a retired steelworker and married father of two, had asked the boy's mother if the boy could come over to help him move furniture.
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ReviewI am a Mazda guy. I love Mazdas. My first van was a used Mazda MPV and when I sold it, I got 500 dollars with 340,000 miles on it. I recently had a 95 MX-5 and absolutely loved to just drive drive drive. Then I had kids. So I went out and bought a SUV. (stupid me.) So I drove this SUV for 1.5 years and it was dull. plus it didnt help that I was getting 11 miles per gallon during hard times. So guess what I did? I comprimised and shopped around test drove. I got a Mazda 3 Hatchback. I love it,love it, love it. Beautiful car, fast and fun to drive. plenty of room for kids. So so happy with it. And no I don't work for Mazda.
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NAPERVILLE — As Naperville leaders approach a summer of searching for a new city manager, they admit it will be tough for candidates to fit the profile they have organized to help choose a new head staffer.
"I think we are looking for God," said Naperville Mayor George Pradel. "Well, maybe not God, but we are looking for someone who walks on water. We are looking for the top."


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PULLMAN — Last week's shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton is the latest example why the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum is developing a new youth violence prevention program, said Lyn Hughes, founder of the South Side institution.
"Our kids, and when I say our kids I mean black folks, are being killed and exposed to violence every day," said Hughes, who founded the organization in 1995.
"This new program is the brainchild of our president [David Peterson], who is working hard to get this program off the ground and on to the table."
The goal, said Hughes, is to raise $60,000 to launch the pilot "Museum 44, Where Hip Hop Meets History" program this year at the museum. Kids would be able to attend workshops catered to youth issues, such as unemployment and violence.
Because hip hop plays a big role in the lives of kids, Hughes said he plans to recruit hip hop artists to participate as guest speakers and mentors.
The program's title, Museum 44, derived from the election of the country's 44th president, Barack Obama.
After graduating from Florida A&M University, Peterson, president of the museum, worked for the State of Illinois, where he conducted research on youth.
"The result was that most youth are genuinely interested in the arts, employment and want to see business development in their community," he said.
The program could also be used as an intervention strategy.
"Most youth feel comfortable expressing themselves through the umbrella of hip hop, a cultural and musical genre that allows expression, without boundaries," said Peterson. "Hip hop music, its lyrics and culture are utilized as a tool that provides social commentary and emotional expression, which relates to the participant's overall life."
So far, the museum has raised $20,000. Hughes said she is hoping to raise an additional $20,000 at a planned fundraiser set for 5 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Marmon Grand, 2230 S. Michigan Ave.
Tickets are $100 and can be purchased online at the organization's website. The non-profit organization, 10406 S. Maryland Ave., will celebrate its 18th anniversary a week later on Feb. 25.
The museum is named after Asa Philip Randolph and Pullman Porters, who made up the membership of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union. Randolph was the chief organizer and founder of the union, which became the first black labor union in the country to win a collective bargaining agreement, according to historian Timuel Black.
Violence, said Hughes, has no color, gender or age preference.
"This epidmic of violence has spilled out into the streets of Chicago and is the main reason why we are losing so many youth," she said. "If this trend continues future generations would be wiped away especially in the black community where young, black men are the victims and the offenders."


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Rosler: Bees to stay the course
Brentford boss Uwe Rosler insisted his side would bounce back from the heartbreak of being 20 seconds from the Championship.
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Brentford boss Uwe Rosler insisted his side would bounce back from the heartbreak of being 20 seconds from the Championship.
This, after Doncaster snatched a 1-0 win to seal automatic promotion.
Brentford had their chance to seal automatic promotion themselves in the dying seconds after Clayton Donaldson had been bundled over in the box.
But on-loan Fulham striker Marcello Trotta wrestled the ball from first-choice taker Kevin O'Connor and blasted his penalty against the crossbar.
Rovers broke straight away and James Coppinger's injury-time winner settled the promotion shoot-out in a game almost totally dominated by the home side.
Rosler said everyone in the dressing room was "speechless" after Trotta's 95th-minute penalty miss.
"The circumstances in which we lost promotion are very difficult to take, but we will go away and have a few beers and then regroup to plan for Swindon," Rosler said.
But the German could barely conceal his anger after Trotta tussled with skipper O'Connor to take the penalty, which he then missed.
Rosler said: "He was not my first-choice taker, but that is not something I want to go into now. We will deal with it internally and then go again."
He added: "The most important thing now is that we pick ourselves up because we've worked all year to get here and we're not going to give it up.
"We didn't really play the way we can, but we can't feel sorry for ourselves. We just have to go again and learn from this experience."


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FERNDALE (WWJ) – A 70-year-old woman has been sentenced to probation convicted of growing marijuana at her home.
Barbara Agro of Lake Orion was working as a receptionist at the Clinical Relief marijuana clinic in Ferndale when it was raided last August. At that time, she told authorities she had marijuana plants growing at her home. Deputies searched the house and found 19 marijuana plants.
Convicted of manufacturing and delivering marijuana, Agro was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Wendy Potts to 90 days probation and 20 hours of community service.
"I couldn't ask for anything better from the judge. As far as I'm concerned, the judge is very fair against the protests of Miss Hand," said Agro.
Beth Hand, with the Oakland County Prosecutors office had argued for a longer probation period.
Agro, who said she was using medical marijuana for extreme arthritis in both knees, was also banned from using the drug while on probation.
"I'm not going to be able to do anything for pain," Agro told reporters. "All I can take is Tylenol, you know, and they can prescribe Tylenol with codeine, which kills your kidneys after a while. That's the only thing I've ever been able to take," she said.
Agro, along with several others, is still facing charges related to the Ferndale raid.


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During its lone action of the holiday break, the Skaneateles wrestling team went to Lowville and appeared in the Lewis County Duals, taking one of five matches.
The Lakers prevailed, 39-37, over South Lewis, mainly by dominating the upper weight classes. At 285 pounds, Cooper Pitman pinned Nathan Osborne in 31 seconds, with Jake Brillo (170 pounds) taking just 39 seconds to pin Brandon Delano.
Also, Jacob Kipp (195 pounds) claimed a forfeit and, at 182 pounds, Connor Gray pinned Darrel Roser in 3:11. Up at 113 pounds, Josh Brillo took exactly three minutes to pin Justin Levinsailor.
Elsewhere, Tyler Saunders dominated at 126 pounds, beating Ryan Baslow 14-2, as Max Collier got the other forfeit at 106 pounds.
Just before that, Skaneateles lost 54-30 to Ilion, though Pitman pinned Alex Marro in 1:01 and Jake Brillo took five more seconds to finish off Darren Lincourt.
Andrew Newton joined in at 120 pounds with a pin over Dan Sportello in 2:34, with Saunders topping Tyler Brown 12-6 and Ryan Dick, at 145 pounds, beating Robert Matousek 7-1.
Skaneateles took a narrow 42-35 defeat to host Lowville, who went 5-0 to claim the team title. The Lakers also fell 51-36 to Vernon-Verona-Sherrill and 52-27 to Copenhagen.
All this led the Lakers to a mid-season break, which takes up nearly two weeks. Skaneateles will practice and prepare for its next meet on Jan. 11, at Hannibal, which comes two days before a visit to Cato-Meridian.
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EDMONTON Imagine the plight of Daymond Langkow these days.
While his Calgary Flames teammates are trying madly to keep their playoff hopes from slipping away completely, the veteran centre is inching closer and closer to a return from the neck injury suffered a year ago.
Just think how desperately he wants to play with the hopes of being a difference maker over the final couple of weeks of the NHL season.
You want to get in, especially this time of the year every game is so important, Langkow said.
You want to get in and try and help the guys out. Just have to be patient.
Langkow has been practising fully for more than a week, but his return to game action isnt upon us yet.
Nothing really changed still day-to-day. Nothing new, Langkow said.
I feel much better and will just keep working hard and see what happens.
The Flames say they can fit Langkow and his salary of US$4.5 million under the cap, so its a matter of him being 100% ready to play.
However, it makes you wonder whether a 34-year-old with more that 1,000 games to his credit can get up to speed with the game at this stage of the season.
I cant answer that until I get the opportunity to play, so until that happens, well have to see, Langkow said.
You can only practise so much. The next step will be to get in a game, but when that will be, I dont know.
New gear for Kiprusoff
Call it a case of optimism, but goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was practising with new gloves and leg pads Friday.
The equipment was all-white, which may seem boring, but not to him.
I think it looks pretty good, Kiprusoff said.
To the Flames, that gear will look better if hes still using it beyond the April 9 regular-season finale.
Tough time for the kid
Greg Nemiszs NHL debut was set up to be a tough exercise.
The first-year pro received his first taste in Wednesdays 6-3 loss to the talented San Jose Sharks.
He ended up a minus-2 in 6:38 of action.