General Spoon

I like both ground and sea artillery. It's the best. I still use Grit a lot when playing AW:DS, and Gage in AW:DoR. You misunderstood me. I really did mean infantry and artillery. Those two units make up the backbone of the metagame. Other cheap units (mechs, tanks, etc) are also seen in the metagame.

Please vote for what YOU think is the best/worst in the series for this round. The round will last for about a week or so, after which I will tally the votes, and will add the top three to a list in the opening post of the next topic. It would be nice if you nominate ideas for when I'm out of them. I'll keep track of the nominations. Please nominate only once a round. Please remember to nominate. Also, if your vote is not for one person/thing/etc, it will be thrown out. Your vote will also be thrown out if the FE game it is from is not stated if it is needed. This is mainly to avoid confusion. NEW RULE If you excessivly complain about the results of previous rounds, you will not be allowed to vote in these topics for a period of time that will be determined later. A list will be kept of those who will not be allowed to vote, and how many rounds until they can vote again. Previous winners (best) Best NPC: 1st- 3-13 Archer ; 2nd- FE10 Daein Army ; 3rd- Eltshan Best Swordmaster: 1st- Rutger ; 2nd- Lakche ; 3rd- Shanan Best Hair: 1st- Titania ; 2nd- Heath and Stefan (tie) Best Non-Final Boss: 1st- Black Knight ; 2nd- Alvis and Trabant (tie) Best Thief: 1st- Pahn ; 2nd- Matthew ; 3rd- Lifis, Volke, and Sothe (tie, FE10 Sothe can only be assumed) Best Personal Weapon: 1st- Graphcalibur and Pugi (tie) ; 3rd - Wolf Beil Best chapter: 1st- FE10 2-E and FE5 chapter 14 (tie) ; 3rd- FE6 Chapter 21, FE5 chapter 24x, FE5 chapter 13, FE4 chapter 5, FE5 chapter 22, FE9 chapter 13, FE9 chapter 26, FE8 Ephraim's Route chapter 11, FE10 4-5, FE9 chapter 17, and FE10 3-E (tie) Best final chapter- 1st- FE9 ; 2nd- FE4 ; 3rd- FE5 Best final boss weapon- 1st- Judge ; 2nd- Flametongue and Loputousu (tie) Best Personality: 1st- Levin and Kieran (tie) ; 3rd- Wallace Best rapist or attempted rapist: 1st- Narshen ; 2nd- Oliver ; 3rd- FE10 opening movie soldiers Best tactician: 1st- Mark ; 2nd- Soren ; 3rd- Jeigan Book 2 Best Est Archetype: 1st- Nino ; 2nd- Sara ; 3rd- Zeiss and Pelleas (tie) Best GBA Critical animation- 1st- Lyn (Sol Katti) ; 2nd- Warrior (Axe) ; 3rd- Hector (Armads) Best Console Critical animation- 1st- Celice 1st attack ; 2nd- FE4 Swordmaster/FE10 Black Knight (tie) Best Epilogue- 1st- FE4 ; 2nd- FE10 ; 3rd- FE9 Best Gato Archetype- 1st- Athos/FE5 Sety (tie) ; 3rd- Galzus Best DS critical animation- 1st- Hero (2nd attack), Swordmaster (2nd attack), Mage, Lord, Berserker (1st attack) (tie) Best Form of Abuse- 1st-Favoritism; 2nd-FE9 BEXP Abuse; 3rd-Arena Abuse Best FE- 1st- FE4 ; 2nd- FE5 ; 3rd- FE7 and 10 (tie) Best Ruler: 1st- Alvis ; 2nd- Ashnard, Naesala, Caineghis, Dheginsea, Sanaki (tie) Best Gaiden chapter: 1st- FE7 19x(HM) and FE5 21x (tie); 3rd- FE7 19xx(HM) Best Unit: 1st- Levin!Arthur; 2nd- Ike (O_O); 3rd- Seth Best Merc/Hero: 1st- Dieck ; 2nd- FE3 Oguma ; 3rd- Skasaher Best Paladin (Anything that promotes into it as well): 1st- Seth and Aless (tie) ; 3rd- Titania Best Peg Knight: 1st- FE10 Elincia ; 2nd- FE4 Fee and FE3 Book 2 Paola (tie) Best Defense Chapter: 1st- FE10 3-13 ; 2nd- FE9 C8, FE10 2-E (tie) Best Archer/Sniper/Marksmen: 1st- FE10 Shinon ; 2nd- FE4 Jamka, FE7 Rebecca (O_O) (tie) Best Desert Chapter: 1st FE8 Scorched Sand ; 2nd FE10 4-3 ; 3rd FE7 Living Legend Most Hyped: 1st Lilina ; 2nd FE10 Haar ; 3rd Nino Best Addition to the Game Series: 1st Capture ; 2nd Weapon Triange ; 3rd Rescue and Skills (tie) Previous winners (worst) Worst NPC: 1st- The three generic Caelin soldiers in FE7 ; 2nd- Lachesis' 3 Pallies and FE8 Chapter 19 Armor Knights (tie) Worst Swordmaster: 1st- Karla ; 2nd- Shanam ; 3rd- Lucia Worst Hair: 1st- Vaida ; 2nd- Gheb, Lowen, and Makalov (tie) Worst Non-Final Boss: 1st- Aion ; 2nd- Toras ; 3rd Batta the Beast (6-way tie broken by a random number generator) Worst Thief: 1st- Cath ; 2nd- Daisy ; 3rd- Ricardo Worst Personal Weapon: 1st- FE9 Rolf's Bow ; 2nd- Sol Katti ; 3rd- Daim Thunder, Ettard, Amiti of FE9, and Caldabolg (tied) Worst chapter: 1st- Lyn's prologue normal mode ; 2nd- FE6 chapter 14 ; 3rd- FE7 Chapter 11 (Eliwood's tale), FE10 4-1, FE10 1-5, FE4 chapter 7, and FE7 16x/17x (tie) Worst final chapter: 1st- FE6 ; 2nd- FE10 ; 3rd- FE8 Worst final boss weapon: 1st- Dark breath ; 2nd- Nightmare ; 3rd- Ravager Worst Personality: 1st- Aran and Vika (tie) ; 3rd- Soren, Florina, Horace and Clarine (tie) Worst rapist or attempted rapist: 1st- Gheb ; 2nd- Oliver ; 3rd- General Lang, Eliot, Garnef, and Narshen (tie) Worst tactician: 1st- Malledus ; 2nd- Mark ; 3rd- Soren Worst Est archetype: 1st- Sophia ; 2nd- Est and Fiona (Tie) Worst GBA critical animation: 1st- Great Knight ; 2nd- Thief ; 3rd- Mage, Bishop, Pirate, Soldier, and Ewan (tie) Worst Console critical animation; 1st- FE10 Sword Armor ; 2nd- FE4 Mage Knight ; 3rd- FE4 Bow Users Worst Epilogue: 1st- FE9 ; 2nd- FE11 ; 3rd- FE8 and FE4 (tie) Worst Gato Archetype: 1st- Karel ; 2nd- Gato/Gotoh ; 3rd- Lehran Worst DS critical animation: 1st- Sorceror, General (Bow), Mage (tie) Worst Form of Abuse: 1st-Battle Save Abuse; 2nd-Arena Abuse; 3rd-RNG Stat Abuse Worst FE: 1st- FE1 ; 2nd- FE7 and 8 (tie) Worst Ruler: 1st- Desmond; 2nd- Dheginsea; 3rd- Mordred, Alvis, Darin, Talis, Nailah, Micaiah, Victor (7 way tie :o) Worst Gaiden chapter: 1st- FE5 24x; 2nd- FE7 19xx(HM); 3rd- FE5 14x, FE6 22x, FE7 31x(HM), FE11 16x (tie) Worst unit: 1st- Bantu; 2nd- Yuno and Lyre (tie) Worst Merc/Hero: 1st- FEDS Samson ; 2nd- Oujay ; 3rd- FE3 Samson Worst Paladin (Anything that promotes into it as well): 1st- Arran ; 2nd- Zealot ; 3rd- Vyland Worst Peg Knight: 1st- FEDS Est ; 2nd- FE6 Yuno ; 3rd- Sigrun, FE9 Elincia, Florina and Syrene (tie) Worst Defense Chapter: 1st- FE7 C15 ; 2nd- FE9 C13 ; 3rd- FE7 C18 (HM), FE7 C28 (HM), FE9 C8, FE10 1-5, FE10 3-5 (tie) Worst Archer/Sniper/Marksmen: FE6 Wolt ; 2nd- FE5 Ronan, FE9 Rolf (tie) Worst Desert Chapter: 1st FE6 Arcadia ; 2nd FE9 Chapter 15 ; 3rd FE10 4-3 Least Hyped: 1st Thomas ; 2nd FE10 Aran ; 3rd Eliwood ; Alm and Syrene (Tied) Worst Addition to the Game Series: 1st Reclass ; 2nd GBA support system ; 3rd Fatigue Nominations Best/Worst Lord Unit Best: Arum Worst: Eirika, though this is definitely influenced by mine always ending up screwed. The Lord Units you may choose from are: Marth (FE3 Book 1) Marth (FE3 Book 2) Marth (Shadow Dragon) Arum Cellica Sigurd Celice Leaf Roy Eliwood Lyn Hector Eirika Ephraim Ike (FE9) Ike (FE10) Micaiah Also, you may have noticed that the nominations have been cleared out. I felt that it was time to clean them out.

This round's over now.

AW's metagame is defined by infantry and arties.

Super Castlevania IV was one of the first SNES games too and it's still hailed as one of the best Classicvanias. Actually most of the first SNES games are still seen as timeless classics so I wonder what went so right with the SNES what didn't with all the other consoles. Perhaps it had something to do with the smaller market back then. Meaning, you actually had to make a good game if you wanted money.

It involves Kmart's policy on shoplifting.

I have heard a rather interesting piece of store policy, and am wondering if it is true.

I feel that I should point out that the number of soldiers we have lost in Iraq and Afghanistan combined is, compared to previous conflicts, a great deal lower (relatively).

or those of us who are interested in what a retired military has to say. BMC Harold Estes is real. In 2005 he was the president of the Honolulu Council of the Navy League of the United States. This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president. Dear President Obama, My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert. I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country. One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man. So here goes. I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. I can't figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: " We're no longer a Christian nation" " America is arrogant" - (Your wife even announced to the world," America is mean- spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.) I'd say shame on the both of you but I don't think you like America nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do for the obvious gifts this country has given you To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House. After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals." Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War ? I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers,husbands,and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around because we stand for freedom. I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected. Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man. Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue ..You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves. And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and conde mn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts who was putting up a fight ? You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are,terrorists. One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life but you're the Commander-in-Chief now,son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of. You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle. Sincerely, Harold B. Estes When a 95 year old hero of the "the Greatest Generation" stands up and speaks out like this, I think we owe it to him to send his words to as many Americans as we can. Please pass it on.

Nice. I'd be nice if this was true, and Ash would wake up. Then the show could mature for its older audience.

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Damnit, stupid pun. I'm going to miss this show :(

I don't understand why there isn't anything about it on the growth page. <_<

0% Growths parents only playthrough. This is also known as 0% Growths Garcia only playthrough.

I've checked the main site, but it hasn't told me anything about this.

...I still think that Mage Dragon is the stupidest name ever.

And I suppose that this is supposed to give us a false sense of pride, isn't it?

Phoenix, please tell me you don't plan on having any kids. Ever.

I should be able to run these again. TC, after this round is finished, please start the next one. I should be able to take over again from there.

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Ong?

No. No kidding. First guy doesn't know what irony really is.