Fall 2014 SNES FF Relay FAQ

The Players (follow them on Twitch for more Final Fantasy speedruns along with other games!):

Dream Team:
FF4-Neerrm - http://www.twitch.tv/neerrm
FF5-Deln - http://www.twitch.tv/deln
FF6-Dreamboum - http://www.twitch.tv/dreamboum

Team Tellahthon:
FF4-crumps2 - http://www.twitch.tv/crumps2
FF5-Incalex - http://www.twitch.tv/inkalex
FF6-LCC - http://www.twitch.tv/thelcc

Team Ultros Boogie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=260oetpb9mM):
FF4-FeralPigMan - http://www.twitch.tv/feralpigman
FF5-HappySquid - http://www.twitch.tv/happysquid89
FF6-Essentia - http://www.twitch.tv/essentiafour

Team Y Burn:
FF4-Khobahi - http://www.twitch.tv/khobahi
FF5-Jenja - http://www.twitch.tv/jenja23
FF6-eLmaGus - http://www.twitch.tv/elmagus

Commentary:
FF4
obdajr - http://www.twitch.tv/obdajr
nocashnocash - http://www.twitch.tv/nocashnocash
Deuceler - http://www.twitch.tv/deuceler

FF5
Dragondarch - http://www.twitch.tv/dragondarchsda
puwexil - http://www.twitch.tv/puwexil

FF6
Brossentia - http://www.twitch.tv/brossentia
puwexil - http://www.twitch.tv/puwexil

4-Way Race View: http://www.twitch.tv/puwexil
日本のミラー (Japanese Restream): http://com.nicovideo.jp/community/co1286632


The Games:
FF4: SNES version (FF2US) - Any% no 64-door glitch (Mist clip and any glitches except 64-layer OK)
FF5: SFC version with RPGe 1.10 English patch (Item duplication/Kiss of Blessing glitches OK)
FF6: SNES version (FF3US) - Any% no sketch glitch (all other glitches OK)

Timing: Start timer at 'New Game' selection, End timer at final boss's death

Bonus Game Options (winning game will be raced at twitch.tv/puwexil the weekend of Sept 20-21, at a time that works for all of the runners):
Secret of Mana (Any% 1p2c): StingerPA, Yagamoth, Crow!
Lufia 2 (Any%): HappySquid, Vultuz, ViiMan, eLmaGus
FF Mystic Quest (Any%): FFGamer86, Vultuz, eLmaGus, Jenja
Chrono Trigger (Any%): Essentia, eLmaGus, Jenja, Obdajr

Get your bonus game vote in at http://www.strawpoll.me/2555647

Bonus game vote awards for race place (per game) and audience voting (entire relay):
1st place: 8
2nd place: 6
3rd place: 4
4th place: 2

Bonus game incentives - vote awards 4/3/2/1 by rank, for incentives where ties are possible, the ties will share a rank (so if the teams get 3/2/2/1 hits on Edward, the 3 will get 1st place and 4 bonus game votes, both 2's will get 2nd place and 3 votes, and the 2 will get 3rd place and 2 votes).
FF4:
# of times Tellah hits Edward - ranked highest to lowest
# of EGGs encountered (3x EGG battle counts as 3) - ranked highest to lowest

FF5 (RNG sympathy votes):
# of turns to learn Goblin Punch (ranked highest to lowest)
# of Dark Shock misses on Gilgamesh 3 and Atomos (combined, ranked highest to lowest)

FF6:
Opera performance (as ranked by 'professional' judges)
Time to save Cid (timed from gaining control of Celes to "I feel much better" text box, time rounded down to nearest full second and ranked lowest to highest)


Special Thanks:
Chris Hanel (http://chrishanel.com) for the gorgeous stream overlay graphics and animations.
Alex Van Camp (http://www.alexvan.camp) for the stream overlay backend and database.
Edenal (http://www.twitch.tv/edenalsda) for use of his RTMP restreaming server, which gives the runner restreams smooth framerates and allows the commentators to watch with low delay.
Kari Fry (http://karifry.com) for drawing the relay and team logos.
Jenja (http://www.twitch.tv/jenja23) for making the relay promo trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PASFY0tmH_A).
Cookie (http://com.nicovideo.jp/community/co1286632) for hosting the relay Japanese restream on Niconico.
0xwas (http://www.twitch.tv/0xwas) for writing the Japanese FAQ, on the relay rules and English game version/community rule differences.
romscout and Twitch for helping promote the relay.
And YOU for watching!