Neon Genesis Rurouni Taikai
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Neon Genesis Rurouni Taikai was a side tournament held at TaikiaWiki forums beginning on June 17, 2005. Hosted by JSG and Seril, Neon Genesis Rurouni Taikai (or NGRT for short), has the unfortunate honor of being the first tournament ever to be totally cancelled (Survivor VI, of course, was cancelled as well, but it was eventually redone as Rurouni Taikai I). Although the tournament started well, the level of participation dropped significantly with each new round. Coupled with this, JSG, the main host, was stricken with a major bout of writer's block, thus becoming unable to continue with the story. After Round Three, he and Seril announced that they were planning to cancel the tournament. At the insistence of several of the participants, however, they agreed to take a day off and try one last round. In the meantime they set up the UNOmake Round while JSG attempted to get his inspiration back, and Round Four was posted on June 21, 2005. In spite of the original protest at cancellation, participation did not improve and JSG continued to suffer from writer's block. At the end of the round NGRT was cancelled for good.
At this point, Luna, acting in the interests of the few participants who were working on actual storylines, took over the tournament as the Second Survivor XVII Beta. Some participants continued on as their initial chracters, while others picked new characters. Participation initially rose, although the majority of posts consisted solely of votes due to the tournament's new nature as a beta. Although Round One ran on schedule, Round Two fell behind, and Round Three was left unfinished.
Finally, on July 2, 2005, Switchblade, with the permission of both JSG and Luna, stepped in and wrote a conclusion for the chaotic tournament's storyline.
The storyline, as originally planned by JSG was largely a successor to Rurouni Taikai Solid, both in terms of plot and tone. Following his defeat in RTSo, Hideaki Anno was rebuilt as a cyborg and set about to gather powerful artifacts from various locations. Intergalactic mercenaries Jack Evergrey and Billy Aina were hired to stop Anno, and were joined on their mission by the busty warrior Sadie Aic and superbeing Nabeshin. The first several rounds were spent tracking down Anno and fighting his Angels.
When the tournament became the Second Survivor XVII Beta, the hosting duties were assumed by the character of Somnia, and the rounds consisted of fighting the Angels to protect various artifacts.
Finally, in the end, Anno was destroyed not by the actions of any of the hosts or sponsors, but rather when the planet he was currently on was devoured by the giant robot Unicron. (It should be noted that, quite unintentionally, this deus ex machina ending fit very much with the tone of JSG's original plan for the ending. In that case, Anno was to have fought the finalists to a standstill, only to decided at the last minute to give up and go off to a cave to work on the sequel to Neon Genesis Evangelion.)
As the tournament was cancelled, there was no official winner declared.
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Rounds
Round One: Round Won - The Greatest City On Earth! MAYBE! (New York City, New York, USA)
Round Two: Round Too - It's Bound To Get On Your Nerves! (NERV Headquarters, Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Round Three: Alrededor de tres - De nuevo a Outerspace otra vez (Spaceball 01, Spaceballs)
UNOmake Round: Round ? - the UNOmake (Prinny Land, Disgaea)
Round Four: Round Fore - SHINE BRIGHTER! (The Lost Ground, sCRYed)
Round One: Fusion Tournament Round Whatever - When Angels Attack! (Shinra Building, Final Fantasy VII)
Round Two: Fusion Tournament Round Something - Slumber Party (Dorter Trade City, Final Fantasy Tactics)
Round Three: Fusion Tournament Round Boof - Something's Fishy (Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia, Shadow Hearts: Covenant)
Other Important Threads
Short Trailer
Trailer
Official Artwork Thread
Drafting Thread
Character Description Thread
Introduction Thread
Character Changing Thread
Conclusion
Continuity
Battle System
NGRT utilized the SEICHUUSEN GODANZUKI! system. SEICHUUSEN GODANZUKI! was an acronym made up of the first letter from each of the twenty classes available. The first nineteen were available to sponsors, while ! was only available to sidekicks and fallen. The voting system was generally slanted towards healing, augmented by a number of offensive items. Of particular note is the fact that the traditional roles of the A-Votes and R-Votes were reversed.
Second Survivor SXVII Beta Battle System
This part of the tournament used a more advanced prototype of Survivor XVII's battle system, adjusted from the form used in the First SXVII Beta.
Awards
No awards were given out at the end of this tournament.
Roster
NGRT allowed the use of any character who has appeared in any piece of commercially released fiction, provided they did not break the Divinity Ban. A specific clause allowed the sponsoring of real people, provided they had appeared in a work of fiction. Two kinds of Personal Assists were allowed. The first was Assist Type A, the standard kind of Personal Assist allowed in other tournaments. The second was Assist Type B, which was Wolverine from Marvel Comics' X-Men franchise.
| Final Round* | Sponsor | Character | Type A Assist | Type B Assist | Starting Class** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | San Draco | Alex Louis Armstrong (Full Metal Alchemist) | --- | No | Crusader |
| n/a | Nif | Bud (Legend of Mana) | --- | No | Hibiki's Student |
| n/a | Thirdtwin | Captain N (Captain N: The Video Game Master) | Hinata Hyuga | Yes | Engrish Professor |
| n/a | AsylumXKP | Conker (Conker's Bad Fur Day/Conker Reloaded) | Burger King | Yes | Hibiki's Student |
| n/a | Cirrus | Deadpool (Deadpool/Cable & Deadpool) | Creepy Merchant Guy | Yes | Anti-Hero |
| n/a | Wayne | Duke (Threads of Fate) | Duff McWhalen | No | Inventor |
| n/a | Onyx | Guitar Wolf (Wild Zero) | General Grievous | No | Silver Haired Psycopath |
| n/a | Curley W | Jason Soe (Secret of Evermore) | Vader | Yes | Undermancer |
| n/a | Dry | Kusanagi (King of Fighters) | Joe Higashi | No | Hibiki's Student |
| n/a | Peptuck | Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil series) | HK-47 | Yes | Uber |
| n/a | Luna | Lisa (Legend of Mana) | Guri | No | Engrish Professor |
| n/a | Helmar | Minsc (Baldur's Gate series) | That Man | Yes | Zeon Soldier |
| n/a | Alexander Krizak | Mint (Threads of Fate) | Lady Shantotto | No | Dominatrix |
| n/a | Switchblade | Rikku (Final Fantasy X/Final Fantasy X-2) | Paine | No | I'M RICK JAMES BITCH! |
| n/a | Lucent | Space Butler (Excel Saga) | Puchuu | No | Crusader |
| Round 2 | LordLocke | Hawking Albert Lugae (Final Fantasy IV) | Balnab | Yes | Inventor |
| Round 2 | Rain | Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones series) | --- | No | Normal |
| Round 2 | Magus | Keanu Reeves (real life) | Eddie Gordo | No | Uber |
| Round 2 | Cyntalan Maelstrom | Pedro (Napoleon Dynamite) | Cholo 1 and Cholo 2 | Yes | Inventor |
| Round 1 | Crusader | Ecco the Dolphin (Ecco the Dolphin) | J. Jonah Jameson | No | I'M RICK JAMES BITCH |
| Round 1 | Tenshi Kain | Super Intelligent Chimpanzee (The Simpsons) | Captain Planet | No | Gorilla |
| Sidekick | Southern Comfort | Malk Content (Vampire: the Masquerade) | Piter de Vries | No | ! |
| Sidekick | Coin | Marvin (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) | C-3P0 | No | ! |
| Sidekick | CarlyCheeese | Napoleon Dynamite (Napoleon Dynamite) | --- | No | ! |
| Sidekick | Baka | Stranger (Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath) | Chippunk Army | No | ! |
| Sidekick | Ashilyn | Yomiko Readman (Read or Die) | --- | No | ! |
*Characters with an n/a in this space were still active when the tournament was cancelled.
**Fallen characters had their class changed to !.
Second Survivor SXVII Beta Roster
As with most betas, the Second SXVII Beta had no limits on acceptable characters. As this part of the tournament was a beta, there were no eliminations.
| Sponsor | Character | Personal Assist | Element |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSG | Playstation 2 (Sony) | --- | Light |
| CarlyCheeese | Arthur (Ghosts and Goblins) | --- | Dark |
| Ashilyn | Yomiko Readman (Read or Die) | --- | Light |
| AsylumXKP | Conker (Conker's Bad Fur Day/Conker Reloaded) | --- | Air |
| Curley W | Jason Soe (Secret of Evermore) | Vader | Earth |
| Helmar | Sentai Squirrel Squad (Suikoden II) | --- | Earth |
| Thirdtwin | Captain N (Captain N: The Video Game Master) | Hinata Hyuga | Fire |
| Onyx | General Grievous (Star Wars: Clone Wars/Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith) | --- | Dark |
| Dry | Kusanagi (King of Fighters) | Joe Higashi | Fire |
| Switchblade | Rikku (Final Fantasy X/Final Fantasy X-2) | Paine | Air |
| Lucent | Space Butler (Excel Saga) | Nabeshin | Water |
| Peptuck | Xykon (Order of the Stick) | --- | Dark |
| Tenshi Kain | Piastol (Skies of Arcadia Legends) | --- | Water |
| Alexander Krizak | Mint (Threads of Fate) | --- | Light |
