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Okay so we have a whopping 35 Nominations (I'm adding one last one as I write this) to sort through so I broke them down according to game as well as a brief synopsis of what they do. For "how they work" - google it or refer to the prior thread, I'm trying to keep this accessible.
How Voting Works
1. The vote will be open for 7 days.
2. You can vote for as many as you like.
3. Ties are okay but the lowest ties will have a tie-breaker round if they make more than seven winning entries. (i.e. 6 entries win but then two tie for 7th place, those would have a tiebreaker).
4. Use this opportunity to tell us which ones you voted for and why. Remember that your explanation may make it into the frontpage article! If you wish to remain anonymous but still have your entry considered, just be sure to let us know.
Whole Series
Phoenix Down On An Undead Boss - In some games such as 6 and 8 you can instantly KO bosses who are undead by using a Phoenix Down
FF1
Stair Teleport To Endgame Glitch - Self-Explanatory
The Peninsula of Power - A small patch of land available early on hosts some monsters from much later in the game, making it ideal (though difficult early on) to power level.
FF2
Command Spamming / Attacking Self - Because of FF2's broken stat system you could attack yourself or enter and then cancel commands to individually raise your stats an insane amount in a single fight.
FF3
Item Duplication - Self-Explanatory
Item Overwrite Trick - Using this trick you can actually change what your items are.
FF4
Item Duplication (Underflow) - Self-Explanatory
Bypass Event Glitch (Mist Skip) - Allows you to skip Mist and keep Kain in your party, as well as affecting a few other party members.
64 Door Heirarchy Glitch - Uh, look here. Basically crazy shit happens.
FF6
Vanish + Doom / X-Zone - This trick allows you to instantly kill almost anything in the game including bosses.
Lete River Level Up Trick - A trick that allows unlimited leveling in a given spot; simply leave the A button pressed down and let the game sit for a few hours!
Death Time Travel Exploit (Drillmet) - By triggering a certain series of events you can effectively "restart" the game with either the airship available early, or General Leo in the party.
Sketch Bug - Crazy Shit Happens, sometimes good, sometimes bad
Game Over Glitch -Not sure
FF7
Final Attack + Revive / Phoenix - If mastered, this materia combination basically makes you unkillable.
W-Item Duplication - Item Duplication Glitch
"Run Away" to prevent Back Attacks - By starting to flee then stopping when you are back attacked your characters face the right way and negate the extra damage dealt.
Quadra Reflect Glitch - Only the first spell of a Quadra Magic pair will be reflected, allowing the other three to pass through.
Yuffie Time Travel Glitch - Allows you to travel through the game with the power of Yuffie. More here.
Overflow Glitch-Messes with the internal math to produce vastly higher than expected numbers (often damage or AP) More here.
FF8
Infinite Rosetta Stone, D-District Prison - Allows you to get multiple of this valuable item.
Escaping After Drawing 100 Spells to Avoid Leveling - Handy Low Level trick to get plenty of spells but acrue no EXP.
Disc 1 Lionheart (and other Ults) - Through a series of steps mainly involving playing Triple Triad and using Card Mod you can obtain ultimate weapons on the earliest disk.
FF9
Using Tents In Battle - Tents heal but can also inflict status effects. Use them on your enemies.
FFX
AP-> Overdrive + Ally Overdrive Setting AP Farming (FFX) - Allows you to earn obscene AP just from standing around in battle.
FFX-2
Catnip Gunner - This trick allows you to, at low HP, deal insane damage with the Gunner's "Trigger Happy" ability.
FFXII
For these I'll link to Fangu's excellent post: https://thelifestream.net/forums/showpost.php?p=745441&postcount=5
Seitengrat chest manipulation ("Meme bow") (IZJS only) - Allows you to obtain a beta test weapon.
Dead Character Glitch ("DCG") - Overloads the queue capacity to nerf a powerful boss; Yiazmat
Underflow glitch ("Less than zero % glitch") - Guarantees you will always land a debuff on enemies.
Despawning ("Immobilize") trick - Removes enemies.
ATB resetting - Changing equipment to allow you to bypass ability cooldowns.
Dustia respawning - Leaving an area before the EXP / LP prompt leaves the screen will not register the kill, allowing some unique enemies to stay alive and be farmed.
Item Inversion Accessory - An accessory which reverses the effect of healing items allows you to deal fixed damage to otherwise tough opponents using healing items.
FF: Tactics
Level Down, Brave / Faith Manipulation - Allows you to tweak your stat, mainly Brave and Faith to create a team that is impervious to spell damage and has a high chance for reaction commands to trigger (such as Counter or Blade Grasp)
Ninja Calculators - After learning all Math skills, take your calculator through the Rogue set, specifically Ninja to boost their Speed stat, allowing for incredibly fast Math casting which can basically break any sense of challenge.
How Voting Works
1. The vote will be open for 7 days.
2. You can vote for as many as you like.
3. Ties are okay but the lowest ties will have a tie-breaker round if they make more than seven winning entries. (i.e. 6 entries win but then two tie for 7th place, those would have a tiebreaker).
4. Use this opportunity to tell us which ones you voted for and why. Remember that your explanation may make it into the frontpage article! If you wish to remain anonymous but still have your entry considered, just be sure to let us know.
Whole Series
Phoenix Down On An Undead Boss - In some games such as 6 and 8 you can instantly KO bosses who are undead by using a Phoenix Down
FF1
Stair Teleport To Endgame Glitch - Self-Explanatory
The Peninsula of Power - A small patch of land available early on hosts some monsters from much later in the game, making it ideal (though difficult early on) to power level.
FF2
Command Spamming / Attacking Self - Because of FF2's broken stat system you could attack yourself or enter and then cancel commands to individually raise your stats an insane amount in a single fight.
FF3
Item Duplication - Self-Explanatory
Item Overwrite Trick - Using this trick you can actually change what your items are.
FF4
Item Duplication (Underflow) - Self-Explanatory
Bypass Event Glitch (Mist Skip) - Allows you to skip Mist and keep Kain in your party, as well as affecting a few other party members.
64 Door Heirarchy Glitch - Uh, look here. Basically crazy shit happens.
FF6
Vanish + Doom / X-Zone - This trick allows you to instantly kill almost anything in the game including bosses.
Lete River Level Up Trick - A trick that allows unlimited leveling in a given spot; simply leave the A button pressed down and let the game sit for a few hours!
Death Time Travel Exploit (Drillmet) - By triggering a certain series of events you can effectively "restart" the game with either the airship available early, or General Leo in the party.
Sketch Bug - Crazy Shit Happens, sometimes good, sometimes bad
Game Over Glitch -Not sure
FF7
Final Attack + Revive / Phoenix - If mastered, this materia combination basically makes you unkillable.
W-Item Duplication - Item Duplication Glitch
"Run Away" to prevent Back Attacks - By starting to flee then stopping when you are back attacked your characters face the right way and negate the extra damage dealt.
Quadra Reflect Glitch - Only the first spell of a Quadra Magic pair will be reflected, allowing the other three to pass through.
Yuffie Time Travel Glitch - Allows you to travel through the game with the power of Yuffie. More here.
Overflow Glitch-Messes with the internal math to produce vastly higher than expected numbers (often damage or AP) More here.
FF8
Infinite Rosetta Stone, D-District Prison - Allows you to get multiple of this valuable item.
Escaping After Drawing 100 Spells to Avoid Leveling - Handy Low Level trick to get plenty of spells but acrue no EXP.
Disc 1 Lionheart (and other Ults) - Through a series of steps mainly involving playing Triple Triad and using Card Mod you can obtain ultimate weapons on the earliest disk.
FF9
Using Tents In Battle - Tents heal but can also inflict status effects. Use them on your enemies.
FFX
AP-> Overdrive + Ally Overdrive Setting AP Farming (FFX) - Allows you to earn obscene AP just from standing around in battle.
FFX-2
Catnip Gunner - This trick allows you to, at low HP, deal insane damage with the Gunner's "Trigger Happy" ability.
FFXII
For these I'll link to Fangu's excellent post: https://thelifestream.net/forums/showpost.php?p=745441&postcount=5
Seitengrat chest manipulation ("Meme bow") (IZJS only) - Allows you to obtain a beta test weapon.
Dead Character Glitch ("DCG") - Overloads the queue capacity to nerf a powerful boss; Yiazmat
Underflow glitch ("Less than zero % glitch") - Guarantees you will always land a debuff on enemies.
Despawning ("Immobilize") trick - Removes enemies.
ATB resetting - Changing equipment to allow you to bypass ability cooldowns.
Dustia respawning - Leaving an area before the EXP / LP prompt leaves the screen will not register the kill, allowing some unique enemies to stay alive and be farmed.
Item Inversion Accessory - An accessory which reverses the effect of healing items allows you to deal fixed damage to otherwise tough opponents using healing items.
FF: Tactics
Level Down, Brave / Faith Manipulation - Allows you to tweak your stat, mainly Brave and Faith to create a team that is impervious to spell damage and has a high chance for reaction commands to trigger (such as Counter or Blade Grasp)
Ninja Calculators - After learning all Math skills, take your calculator through the Rogue set, specifically Ninja to boost their Speed stat, allowing for incredibly fast Math casting which can basically break any sense of challenge.