Rurouni Taikai Solid
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Rurouni Taikai Solid: Another Damn Tournament was a side tournament held from October 19, 2002, to October 28, 2002, on the Random Insanity forums. Hosted by Onyx and Crusader, Rurouni Taikai Solid was a humourous tournament in which Hideo Kojima recruited characters from any video game that was released in North America and had them search for his pants, which had been stolen by his brother, Tetsuya Takahashi. Hideo was also helped by two beings known as Onyx and Crusader, gods within The Omniverse and second only to the great MacBauer. The plot behind the theft of Hideo's pants was eventually revealed to have been masterminded by Hideaki Anno, who was defeated by the winner of the tournament, Dry's Rugal Bernstein.
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Rounds
Round One: The Search Begins (New York City, New York, USA)
Round Two: Wars That Are In The Stars (Tallon IV, Metroid Prime)
Round Three: Let's Kick Shell (The Technodrome, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Omake Round: Welcome to Earth! Again! (New Jersey, USA)
Round Four: The Night Beckons (Castlevania, Castlevania series)
Round Five: Koko Desu Ka? (The House of Blue Leaves, Kill Bill Volume 1, and Tokyo, Japan)
Round Six: Fight Night (Sealed Cave Casino, Final Fantasy VI)
Final Round: Catch That Fucking Plumber!!! (World 1-1, Super Mario Bros.)
Afterparty: It's a Celebration! (Dee Vine Nightclub, New York City, New York, USA)
Other Important Threads
Trailer
Drafting Thread
Character Description Thread
Introduction Thread
Continuity
Coming soon.
Battle System
Rurouni Taikai Solid featured a job system based on the class system of the Massive Multiplayer Online RPG (MMORPG) Final Fantasy XI. At the beginning, sponsors had a choice of six basic jobs: Warrior, Monk, White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, and Thief. Once they reached Level 2, they had a choice of a subjob of the six basic jobs to compliment their main job. At Level 3, they could choose an advanced job as their new main job. These advanced jobs were Paladin, Dark Knight, Ranger, Samurai, Ninja, and Dragoon. At Level 4, they could use Level 2 abilities of their subjobs, but no one ever reached this level.
Awards
Roster
Rurouni Taikai Solid allowed participants to sponsor defined characters from any video game that had been released in North America (or games that were part of a series that had a game released in North America in them), provided that character did not violate the Divinity Ban and was not in poor taste. Sidekicks were initially allowed; however, all sidekicks were promoted to sponsors at the start of the tournament due to low turnout. A variation of fluffy sidekicks known as assists were allowed.
| Final Round | Sponsor | Character | Assists | Final Job* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Dry | Rugal Bernstein (King of Fighters series) | --- | DRK/MNK |
| Final Round | Thirdtwin | Strider Hiryuu (Strider series) | MR. JONES | NIN/RDM |
| Final Round | JSG | Captain Falcon (F-Zero series) | Remy | PLD/WAR |
| Round Six | Helmar | Minsc (Baldur's Gate series) | Boo | SAM/WAR |
| Round Six | Rain | Han Solo (Super Star Wars series) | Chewbacca | NIN/MNK |
| Round Six | Moogle | Darunia (Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time) | Kaepora Gaebora | DRK/MNK |
| Round Five | Seril | Cait Sith (Final Fantasy VII) | --- | NIN/RDM |
| Round Five | Dareon | Bam Margera (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series) | George Carlin | MNK/RDM |
| Round Five | Luna | Santa Claus (Star Ocean 3) | VP Hamster Mukki | BLM/WHM |
| Round Five | LordLocke | Zeke (Zombies Ate My Neighbors) | --- | DRG/RDM |
| Round Four | Magus | Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal series) | The Preacher | THF/MNK |
| Round Four | Peptuck | Chris Redfield (Resident Evil) | Zell Dincht | MNK/WAR |
| Round Three | Curley W | MegaMan Volnutt (MegaMan Legends series) | Jason Soe | THF/RDM |
| Round Three | FnordFromAbove | Green (Gunstar Heroes) | Seven Force | MNK |
| Round Three | Switchblade | MegaMan (MegaMan series) | Rush | WAR |
| Round Two | AsylumXKP | Chen Stormbrew (Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne) | Ratso Steamwheedle | MNK |
| Round Two | Alexander Krizak | Erik the Swift (The Lost Vikings series) | Olaf the Stout and Baleog the Fierce | WAR |
| Round Two | Pin | Flonne (Disgaea) | Pin | MNK |
| Round Two | Baka | Abe (Oddworld series) | Mudokans | WHM |
| Round One | Tenshi Kain | Pope Zera Innocentius (Grandia II) | --- | WHM |
| Round One | The Damned | Illyana Rasputin (Exiles) | --- | RDM |
| Round One | Exeter | Kid Chameleon (Kid Chameleon) | Joe Musashi | RDM |
| Round One | Cirrus | Batman (Batman) | Guile | MNK |
| Sidekick1 | SouthernComfort | Gatey (Final Fantasy VIII) | --- | --- |
* Final Job counts the character's last job or jobs as an active sponsor.
1 SouthernComfort was allowed into the tournament as a special sidekick. He received no votes or gameplay-affecting means.
