FF6 Tenkarider's contest (accessible even to casuals)

Thank you very much!!

I don't mind even if someone will attempt task #1 after 2 years, starting from today, honestly... i will just be glad of that

Don't worry about failures... it's quite normal to die in my tasks:
When i say accessible even to casuals i don't mean it's easy, but just that exists at least one bulletproof solution to my task, which is always the one who takes more time than the other ways.

1 week's left until the end of the task, the usual reminder.

I wonder if this hack is compatible with ROTDS? If it's not maybe you could adapt the challenge to make it fit in the framework?

There's no chance this hack may be compatible with ROTDS, since that hack is deeply hacked in all its aspect
Adapting it, is something i won't do, btw: those tasks are already changed enough to give a unique experience... besides i'd need to know deeply ROTDS to adapt something to it, but i'll wait some time before actually starting to play it.

Sorry for the delay, but at least now i have both the results of task#4 and the new task, ready to be downloaded!

So... Let's start from task #4 features and my run, i chose the route that no one used... actually i made an error in the design of the task, and so trying to farm some EsperPowder from the merchants takes forever, due to not have any elemental weakness.

Task #4 features:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWJrige_ZV4

My run(Esper route) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IXjNeaqBmo


Before the results... a note about the run of Dessyreqt... he broke the no Kutan bug rule(or at least, he did exactly what i didn't want players do... surpass the guard at the beginning of Locke's scenario).
So i added to the time of his run the extimated time he should had to spend for escape from Figaro through the house... + 01:23 to be precise.
Despite that flaw, his run is the one i liked most... very clean and risky at the same time... the only thing i never understood is why he left empty the shield slot of Locke... is there something that i don't know about evasion?


Here's the result:

First - Jackimus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7B6yfMP-d4

Second - Lockirby2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwKlaYqHF9Y

Third - Dessyreqt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CkN_nXHOk

Fourth - Cecil188
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yV0xsKgg6E


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And now here's the new task!

Task #5 : Don't Suplex the train!!!

Here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/1o8e34...+patch.rar





Place: First save point of Phantom train

Area of the task: Phantom train;

Enemies: Phantom train;

Task goal: Stop the train and reach the other station(task's timer ends as soon as the first character jumps out of the train and lands on the station platform).

Rom version: 1.0(headered)
What's hacked: Ghosts, the enemies, dialogues, a bit of changes on sub map, customized colors of most sprites, event editing, spell editing


Sabin, Cyan and maybe also Shadow? entered in the Phantom train and now they are trapped... they must stop the train.
But something is different this time: Do you remember all the enemies that you, or maybe other challenger have slain? Most of them are here(one enemy in particular is not dead for real, but he wanted to troll you), ready to say goodbye to this world, but the train made them a promise: he gave 'em the chance of get their revenge on you, if they'll manage to kill you they'll surely rest in peace, without any regret...
For aiding the undeads, he made impossible to escape from battles, so you're gonna use any possible help from the environment and neutrals/allies...
And finally, the train will be very strong: you cannot just go and beat him, there are many possible means to win, besides the situation is still to be defined: you can choose among 2 different srm files... How do you wanna start? with or without Shadow? The travel in the train will evolve in a complete different way, according to this first decision, anyway if you won't use Shadow, remember that you'll be able to recruit even the second ghost.
Always with or without Shadow there will be one thing in particular that you'll be or not be able to do... it's up to you the choice.

There's some extra warning to tell you: There's some rare or particular "Guest" here and there... some of them will be met no matter what, others are optional and few ones will be met in case of bad luck...

This task may result hard, and it's probably the longest to finish until now... enjoy yourself!


Time start: Beginning of November 24;

Time end: The end of December 24/5... Merry christmas!


When you record the task, the task's timer starts as soon as you load the save.
Enjoy the task!!

PS. Psycho Cyan bug is forbidden!

If you didn't want me to phase through the NPC you should have said "no phasing through NPCs", since "Kutan bug" to me means "don't recruit Celes." Of course I missed the Figaro Tea solution anyway, so it's a moot point... guess I'll have to look a little harder next time, though I only spent an hour or so on routing.

As to why I took off the shield? I couldn't reliably get to low health with it on. I suppose, I could have put it back on for the trip to KillerArmr, but I honestly didn't think about reequipping it.

Sorry for that... you're right: it's my fault, since when i read about kutan Bug, they described the whole process, from skipping the guard until fighting the TunnelArmr... so i thought that Kutan Bug implied automatically all the travel

Obviously, combined with Figaro tea strategy, the skip NPC trick would have lead you to the first position, that's why i didn't want that...

Yeah, the whole point of my tasks is to investigate and find all the useful clues, if you miss some, another challenger may beat your run choosing an unexpected route... That's also a way to give a sense to all my work behind on the particulars(quite time consuming).

Oh, i see... so it was just a matter of luck that chain of misses... despite it wasn't accepted by me that route, i still have to congrat with you to have done all that travel, alone with near death Locke and, most important, with an unarmed Celes... i mean, you survived without runic! even if Task Manager changes his target, his spells still can target you

Btw i changed idea... the last day will be 29 instead of 25...
I take this chance to remind that task #5 will end within 10 days.

Sorry for the delay... in exchange i've the new task too.

There's no need of task's features video, because the following next 3 videos shows basically all what the task has to offer.
On a side note looks like no one noticed/was interested at getting the hidden Exp. egg, which was near to the dummied Fairy Ring location, as mentioned from a hint of the task.

My run is based on shadow, i get the Task Manager and Moogle Charm... there was a lot of space for some improvement, especially because i didn't buy Sprint shoes and other errors...




Here's the result:

First - Lockirby2




Second - Cecil188




Unfortunately Jackimus was busy... hopefully he'll submit something later.
About Dessyreqt... well, he's a rare guest.
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Here's the new task:

Task #6: Ghost army

Here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/36bt7y...+patch.rar

Place: Narshe's snow battlefield, before Kefka's assault

Area of the task: Narshe's snow battlefield;

Enemies: A bunch of Liars;

Task goal: Banish Dark Kefka, the task ends when Kefka disappear, after he starts to spin;

Rom version: 1.0(headered)
What's hacked: You, the enemies, battle dialogues, customized/added monster sprites, spells;

The 3 groups finally reach Narshe, But the enemy is already invading Narshe... Kefka? no...
An Imposter? Neither: An imposter of the imposter!
This task has a similar structure of the first task, but i won't do the same error of the last
time... actually the winner will be decided following different rules, but let's add some plot
to this task before, just to make things funnier...

Some month ago in ID a weird story happened: due to darkkefka being logged out for a while, an
imposter pretended to being him, when he has been unmasked, it started a discussion, meanwhile
he generated also Tenka Rider(my poser), Hart Hunt(Hart-Hunt's poser) and S'tann(Stann was the
original, but there was a weird symbol above the 'S' so i'll just call him "Stann?")...
At the end Archael appeared and made some justice: happy ending in ID... the end? maybe.

They have been kicked out from ID, but they moved out inside my hack, while i was planning it.
What you have to do is smash them here and now: if you defeat Dark Kefka, then even the others
will go away, but it would be better if they just die here, so that they will never bother
anyone else, so there will be a score to decide the winner, here are the rules:


1) You get the score ONLY if the kill is done and it's done from you(if you get GP);

2) You start with ~2300 GP: that's the starting score:

3) Only the 4 mentioned above imposters of the imposters will drop GP;

4) If you finish the task before 10 minutes, then you'll receive 1000 extra GP for any minute
that it still have to pass... - if your time is 6:25, you'll get 4000 extra GP;
- if your time is 7:00, you'll get 3000 extra GP;
- if your time is 7:59, you'll get 3000 extra GP;
- if your time is 10:00 you won't get extra GP.

5) On the other side, if it will take you more than 20:59, starting from 21:00, you'll start
to lose 500 GP from the final value each minute... until you finish the task;

6) Hart Hunt and Stann? are a rare spawn, there's some luck behind finding them, btw they
can be slain more than 1 time;

7) Tenka Rider is Dark Kefka's bodyguard: unless you really know what to do, you MUST avoid
him, on a side note don't steal him what he already stole to me: Without it, he couldn't
even exist... he would react really bad to that.

8) The Task Manager is quite difficult to figure out how to get it... around the battlefield
you'll find some hint about what to do... kinda like a password;

9) The rom is locked, that means that FF3usME won't be able to open it and you won't be able
to cheat with that password: now, this task is intended to not being seen from inside, so
even if you know how to unlock it, you should respect my will to not open it and figure
out the solution in the fair way, like a true player;

10) You must clear the task to being valued, among the players with a valid run, the winner is
the player which has the highest GP amount, in the improbable case of a draw, then the
tie-break is settled with time(the lowest), another draw is impossible, unless the run
are identical.


Time start: Beginning of January 5;

Time end: The end of February 5;


When you record the task, task's timer starts as soon as you load the save.
Enjoy the task!!

PS. It's not allowed to get some level, die and then load the save, because in that way you'll
bring with you the exp and probably even GP, so... absolutely no.

More or less a week is left before current task's timer ends... friendly reminder.