Mister Goober
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Hello dear friends.
Lots of things, if not most, in Final Fantasy 8 make perfect sense. For example, we get the concept of guardian forces. Religious and spiritual thought in the real world speak of higher beings that influence the course of human events. There's also the concept of exams being done by students like the Fire Cavern exam and the 'real mission' exam that Squall, Zell, and Selphie underwent during the very early parts of the game. There's even the concept of salaries as soon as the party becomes officially employed mercenaries.
But the card game (Triple Triad) is a bit tricky. Yes, it's easy to imagine it being a legitimate side activity among the main characters. After all, real card games exist in the real world. What is unreasonable, however, is the card modding and the special 'elite' character cards and even the mere GF cards. Firstly, there's that question of what makes all cards convertible to items. If that really is the reality of them, what is stopping the Trepe Groupie from outright sacrificing his Quistis card to Squall for the sake of its magic ability? What is stopping the CC group from sacrificing their special boss cards to SeeDs who actually in fact need good stuff to card mod? Are these cards something mystical and could only be obtained through a GF's card ability? Considering how there is no "Card Factory" in the game, it's reasonable to think that they are. Either way, the game didn't explain the lore behind cards and their combat utility.
I gotta know this stuff because I wanna write a Final Fantasy 8 fanfiction and I need to know this aspect of the game.
Please help. Thank you, dear friends.
Lots of things, if not most, in Final Fantasy 8 make perfect sense. For example, we get the concept of guardian forces. Religious and spiritual thought in the real world speak of higher beings that influence the course of human events. There's also the concept of exams being done by students like the Fire Cavern exam and the 'real mission' exam that Squall, Zell, and Selphie underwent during the very early parts of the game. There's even the concept of salaries as soon as the party becomes officially employed mercenaries.
But the card game (Triple Triad) is a bit tricky. Yes, it's easy to imagine it being a legitimate side activity among the main characters. After all, real card games exist in the real world. What is unreasonable, however, is the card modding and the special 'elite' character cards and even the mere GF cards. Firstly, there's that question of what makes all cards convertible to items. If that really is the reality of them, what is stopping the Trepe Groupie from outright sacrificing his Quistis card to Squall for the sake of its magic ability? What is stopping the CC group from sacrificing their special boss cards to SeeDs who actually in fact need good stuff to card mod? Are these cards something mystical and could only be obtained through a GF's card ability? Considering how there is no "Card Factory" in the game, it's reasonable to think that they are. Either way, the game didn't explain the lore behind cards and their combat utility.
I gotta know this stuff because I wanna write a Final Fantasy 8 fanfiction and I need to know this aspect of the game.
Please help. Thank you, dear friends.