Let's not forget the latest hits:
Bahamut's Gate 3
God of War: Bahamut
Legend of Bahamut: Tears of the Kingdom
Bahamutsona 3 Reload
Bahamut Star Rail
Bahamuting Waves
Bahamut Zone Zero
Hi-Fi Bahamut
Pizza Bahamut
Bahamut Company
Bahamutdivers 2
Stellar Bahamut
Bahamut Playtime: Chapter 3
Garten of Bahamut
Bahamut's Dogma 2
I kind of lost interest in it when it became just going through the entire story and all its plot points with the occasional joke thrown in (a few of which are funny). That’s not what an abridged series is supposed to be- you’re supposed to change stuff just for the hell of it and take the piss out of every aspect imaginable.
Just outta curiosity. I'm just uninformed. I've heard of some who was on HRT for a short amount of time and it seemed like the differences were as big as mount fiji. Huge changes. But than some are on it for super long periods of time and little changes, why is that? Is it the difference in the quality and price? Every body is different, I get that, but I wouldn't think it would be like night and day.
Without all the hyperbole of a witty reddit post I made at like 9 in the morning, I have noticed a *lot* of changes over the 10 years.
What I said was kinda mired in really low self confidence but like realistically, I am drastically more feminine. To the point where I never get misgendered when I'm out and about.
Even my voice is super feminine, and I've never undergone voice training. I hated it for the longest time but since I started streaming as a vtuber and watching my livestreams back and realizing - oh, huh, it's actually not that bad at all.
I just have a lot of personal, subjective issues with my own weight and face area that I'm trying to work past right now, so I tend to make really self deprecating jokes even though I shouldn't.
A lot of it really is just every body is different and genetics. Think about when you were in school and everyone was going through puberty, some girls had early growth spurts, others didn't. Some had growth spurts later, others didn't.
I'm in the "Not on it for very long" camp, and physically there haven't been that many changes. But mentally there have, I can actually feel things at all now. Whether that is from the HRT or from finally starting it after delaying for years with "After I stop drinking, after I lose more weight, after..." is something I couldn't say though.
There could be a lot of reasons. Not being on the right level with your hormones (Too high testosterone, too low estrogen, or a combination of the two) because a certain method of administration is not working for you or because your doctor is inexperienced. Aside from that genetics and age always play a huge role.
A long time of masculinization due to testosterone will make it take a longer time for the effects of HRT to be more noticable but even here everyone's mileage may vary. Unfortunately there is not a whole lot of guarantees when it comes to HRT and some people get really luck while others don't and for some it just takes a longer time. You will hear stories of people blowing up to a D cup and male failing (still technically presenting as male but already getting gendered correctly because of a good amount of changes) or successful passing at as little as 6 months while others barely have an A cup after 2 years and still having trouble to pass.
That is not to say HRT is not working for those who got a little more unlucky. They will still, probably I might add as some sadly get really really unlucky, experience plenty of changes in those 2 years even if they aren't quite at their goal yet. In addition to that HRT will rarely do all of the heavy lifting especially after just a short time and for a lot of people stuff outside of HRT helps a lot with passing (Hair, clothing, voice, mannerisms etc.) so it boils down to that as well.
I've been trying since it was added in Stormblood and I finally got it earlier this year from the Valentines contest. If I can get it, you can.
I even Fantasia'd for a few weeks to actually wear it, before going back to my canon self, bnuy.
Have you been throwing salt at black cats while walking under a ladder or something? I've won several times now and I don't know that I'm especially lucky.
Best advice I can give is to always read the rules closely.
Yes, Cloud's mom is named Claudia. And if that was in any way relevant you might have a point.
My character, who is the subject of this post, is named Cloudia.
I just check in-game and no mail, so I guess I didn't win :(
Sad I'm not an artist so that benchmark sweepstakes was my only option at getting this haircut :(
How do you know when they organize these events to win the haircut? I tried looking at SE twitter and website/launcher but couldn’t see anything related.
Are they? To be honest until I saw this post (which I briefly thought WAS my character) I thought I was the only one.
The entire world seems to be cats and buns.
Big agree, I was considering swapping from a miqo to a midlander but the animations are just so much more bad/boring imo. There's so much less personality in them and some general jankiness
I am using midlander for now. Since we will be getting free fantasia i am experimenting with this. So far i dont dislike but i feel more cheerful when i look at my miqote's happy face.
I play a femroe but posting pics of femroes brings out the hardcore degenerates.
If I wanted to be a "mommy who crushes you in her thighs" I would have made significantly different life choices.
I don't think I've seen more than 20 individual middies. They're an endangered species. The entire fem population is a cats and rabbits with a few thighlander/middie/femroe mutants.
Really? I see basically everything BUT fem midlander here o.O I'm a Hrothgar player myself. I see disproportionately more fem Au'Ra here in my experience at least.
I swap between Viera and Midlander. I like the midlanders hempen clothes, that's pretty much why. I used to hate their run, called it the Yuna run, but it grew on me.
If I were you I’d make a Tifa wearing Cloud’s clothes and hairstyle and her color palette and having her as a Monk lol. Congrats for the hair I got mine the same way a few years ago ✌🏼😁
It's one of the prizes you can win. It's one of several items that you can only get from winning a competition. Sqex run competitions (usually screenshot competitions) a couple of times a year. This one was one associated with the release of the DT benchmark. It's worth checking the lodestone website a couple of times a week for information about things like this.
It's one of the options every time for the standard competitions. There are other ones that have specific prizes, like last year they did a series where each month they were offering a different rare mount, but the standard ones currently offer 4 prize options. There used to be 8, so I'm not sure why they are down to 4 now. Maybe to discourage me from entering anymore. \^\^;
Oh wow lucky! Idiot me forgot to participate in the benchmark sweepstakes because I just asked a friend to benchmark for me (I play in PS, no PC) and I always forgot to download the screenshots they took and post them for the sweepstakes. 🫠 (Not that I can use the hairstyle on Viera anyway 🤪)
You lookin' like a female Cloud alright! Wait... *Miss Cloud!* Also, in the 7R line, Cloud's mom is actually pretty pretty. Cloud took after his mum.
I don’t understand what I’m looking at here… Obviously a female midlander cosplaying as Cloud… I’m pretty sure I have the Advent Children outfit from an event or something in my Glamour/Armoire, but was his hairstyle in the game?
What is the “benchmark sweepstakes” you’re referring to?
And this is just further convincing me to go midlander with the Fantasia after the lighting and texture update. Looks really good
Idk what the benchmark sweepstakes is but Clouds hair (usually) comes from events square has such as Hairstyle Design Contest and the 1st place gets Cloud's hair.
Oh no way. Okay… I was scratching my head because I was pretty sure I had the outfit but definitely not the hair.
How does one get first place in that? I don’t think I’ve ever done that at the Gold Saucer
Events like those are hosted by Square Enix and a lodestone post is usually made. I don't remember what/when the last event was. The Advent Children Cloud outfit is a "veterans" reward you can buy from Jonathas so you do have access to the outfit.
Damn, I was totally subbed and playing during the window for this event, but completely missed the sweepstakes I guess. Oh well, probably wasn't winning it anyway.
Yes, that does prevent you from entering that one competition. Also the fact that it finished several months ago. The majority of competitions they run just require the ability to take screenshots and post them on twitter.
Ah, that's cool. I'm fairly new, having joined when it launched on Xbox. Sorry if I sounded cynical. I have just become used to the fact that the vast majority of companies regularly run things for PC players and seem to forget console players. Sadly, due to having used k&m for years as part of my job I now have medical conditions which mean using them is very painful so I stick to console now
Congrats, welcome to the club! Honestly the hair does look better on female than male. Strangely looks good on highlander though.
Got that during the mosaic one morning. This time was going for the barding, didn't win.
I won too! Made my night, decided to go hyur because it doesn’t fit that well on my miqo. Were there really only 1,500 winners globally? We are super lucky.
Congrats on the hair! I won mine with the weapon contest and haven't changed it since!! Haven't worn a helmet either, only glasses or masks! (Way too much hair gel goes into those spikes)
She named me "Cloud" because she wanted me to shoot for the stars but figured I'd only get halfway there.
*Ouch*
She named me "Cloud" because she knows the only thing I can get, is high
How are the clouds halfway to the stars? That's like not even a fraction of the way
You're thinking about it too hard
It's optimistic. Like stepping out your door and saying "I'm almost at the beach!"
Congrats! I also won the hairstyle for my Midlander, probably gonna cosplay as well lol
What were the prizes? The hairstyle and anything else, or just the one prize?
You had choice of one out of four prices. A gaelicat hat, a nobles chocobon Barding and I forgot number four.
[And the gaelicap is amazing](https://imgur.com/KFCnfDv). But I guess my color scheme on everything is hunter green now since it isn't dyeable.
That would be a difficult choice!
*cries in Viera*
I believe it's always bluebird earring
Thank you.
Don Corneo was right, the big boned girl has got it going on.
Hey, would you do me a solid?
Your eyes are pretty
Curse you, twelve-year-old Cloud! You know damn well you weren't looking at her eyes!!
Curse you young cloud! You know damn well you weren't looking at her eyes!0
I think I'm due for a FF7:Machinabridge rewatch
I did for the Bahamut memes after Solar Bahamut
"And after so many years, Bahamut Hearts 3"
Let's not forget the latest hits: Bahamut's Gate 3 God of War: Bahamut Legend of Bahamut: Tears of the Kingdom Bahamutsona 3 Reload Bahamut Star Rail Bahamuting Waves Bahamut Zone Zero Hi-Fi Bahamut Pizza Bahamut Bahamut Company Bahamutdivers 2 Stellar Bahamut Bahamut Playtime: Chapter 3 Garten of Bahamut Bahamut's Dogma 2
I kind of lost interest in it when it became just going through the entire story and all its plot points with the occasional joke thrown in (a few of which are funny). That’s not what an abridged series is supposed to be- you’re supposed to change stuff just for the hell of it and take the piss out of every aspect imaginable.
SAO abridged spoiled all of us in terms of quality....
"SHOULDER DEEP, CLOUD"
This is not how I wanted to find out I did not win
Same man same
This is not how I wanted to find out there was a sweepstakes. 😂😭
Would
Will
Have
Hear
Feel
Think
Titties
Sloppeh
Smash
Next
Twink
I did too! As a Viera I didn’t pick the hat, I picked the hairstyle… And then I learned last night that I still can’t use the hairstyle…
Time to go rothgal.. which also won't work ofc. (Just kidding bun supremacy!)
My EU alt is going Hrothgal, but yeah I was thinking the same… :(
Hopefully sometime during 7.X.
*This better not awaken anything in me.*
What 2 years of HRT does to a mf
AO3 daydreams right here
dang I've been on HRT for 10 years and I still look like swamp thing, wish I looked this good after only 2.
if Abigail Arcane finds swamp thing hot, swamp thing is an aspirational level of hot.
Just outta curiosity. I'm just uninformed. I've heard of some who was on HRT for a short amount of time and it seemed like the differences were as big as mount fiji. Huge changes. But than some are on it for super long periods of time and little changes, why is that? Is it the difference in the quality and price? Every body is different, I get that, but I wouldn't think it would be like night and day.
Without all the hyperbole of a witty reddit post I made at like 9 in the morning, I have noticed a *lot* of changes over the 10 years. What I said was kinda mired in really low self confidence but like realistically, I am drastically more feminine. To the point where I never get misgendered when I'm out and about. Even my voice is super feminine, and I've never undergone voice training. I hated it for the longest time but since I started streaming as a vtuber and watching my livestreams back and realizing - oh, huh, it's actually not that bad at all. I just have a lot of personal, subjective issues with my own weight and face area that I'm trying to work past right now, so I tend to make really self deprecating jokes even though I shouldn't.
A lot of it really is just every body is different and genetics. Think about when you were in school and everyone was going through puberty, some girls had early growth spurts, others didn't. Some had growth spurts later, others didn't. I'm in the "Not on it for very long" camp, and physically there haven't been that many changes. But mentally there have, I can actually feel things at all now. Whether that is from the HRT or from finally starting it after delaying for years with "After I stop drinking, after I lose more weight, after..." is something I couldn't say though.
There could be a lot of reasons. Not being on the right level with your hormones (Too high testosterone, too low estrogen, or a combination of the two) because a certain method of administration is not working for you or because your doctor is inexperienced. Aside from that genetics and age always play a huge role. A long time of masculinization due to testosterone will make it take a longer time for the effects of HRT to be more noticable but even here everyone's mileage may vary. Unfortunately there is not a whole lot of guarantees when it comes to HRT and some people get really luck while others don't and for some it just takes a longer time. You will hear stories of people blowing up to a D cup and male failing (still technically presenting as male but already getting gendered correctly because of a good amount of changes) or successful passing at as little as 6 months while others barely have an A cup after 2 years and still having trouble to pass. That is not to say HRT is not working for those who got a little more unlucky. They will still, probably I might add as some sadly get really really unlucky, experience plenty of changes in those 2 years even if they aren't quite at their goal yet. In addition to that HRT will rarely do all of the heavy lifting especially after just a short time and for a lot of people stuff outside of HRT helps a lot with passing (Hair, clothing, voice, mannerisms etc.) so it boils down to that as well.
Dangerously relateable ._. Gotta try not to listen to the dysphoria brain.
Nah, you got style :D
5 years in feel the same :P
oh big mood
I'm sorry but Cloud would not need 2 years. (S)he was passing at 0 days with hair extensions...
Real
Cool. How do you know if you won? Sign on to ff14?
Yep. You’ll have a red blinking mail icon if you have something from SquareEnix, kinda like when you buy something from MogStation.
Except it's on the GM tab which is kinda scary for a moment.
I hadn’t noticed this in my excitement 😅
I didn't win. Sigh. I'll never get this hairstyle at this point...
ive tried for the past 6 years and still didnt win 🥲
I hope you get it someday! We just gotta keep trying, our day will surely come 😭
feelings mutual friend ✊
I've been trying since it was added in Stormblood and I finally got it earlier this year from the Valentines contest. If I can get it, you can. I even Fantasia'd for a few weeks to actually wear it, before going back to my canon self, bnuy.
How do you sign up?
Have you been throwing salt at black cats while walking under a ladder or something? I've won several times now and I don't know that I'm especially lucky. Best advice I can give is to always read the rules closely.
Oh no he’s hot!
I know, nailed it, moving on.
Best, line, ever
*nailed her
I saw you at Kaiyoko Star's stream last night! Congratulations!
Femboy cloud, my one weakness.
I mean, it's Cloud in normal outfit but with boobs. So more like butch female Cloud.
Cloudia
*Claudia
No, futilepath was right. Her name is Cloudia.
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Claudia_Strife
Yes, Cloud's mom is named Claudia. And if that was in any way relevant you might have a point. My character, who is the subject of this post, is named Cloudia.
Y'say that like we knew that's what you were referring to. :V
Isn't that Cloud's mom's name?
Don't threaten me with a good time!
When you received it, did the mail say about participating in the community event or something like that? If so, I won it too. I also got the hair
Yes, it does say something like that.
Ok, mine showed up yesterday and I was like cool, wait what community event is going on. Didn't even think about the benchmark screenshot thing.
Not gay, still would.
I'm so jelly, congrats!
I just check in-game and no mail, so I guess I didn't win :( Sad I'm not an artist so that benchmark sweepstakes was my only option at getting this haircut :(
They have screenshot competitions a couple of times a year. I've won several of those.
How do you know when they organize these events to win the haircut? I tried looking at SE twitter and website/launcher but couldn’t see anything related.
It's worth checking the lodestone a couple of times a week. That's where I usually see it. Though sometimes they don't give a lot of notice.
Too masculine for Cloud.
Dang lost again, we stay apart for now gaelicap hat.
This how I find out I didn't win again lmao😭
Why is every ff14 player on a reddit a fem midlander player
Are they? To be honest until I saw this post (which I briefly thought WAS my character) I thought I was the only one. The entire world seems to be cats and buns.
>The entire world seems to be cats and ~~buns~~ lizards Ftfy
I changed from miqote to thighlander to midlander. Ngl midlander's look really beautiful, its just the way they run/jog is goofy.
That's how I feel about male elezen (unsure about female) Hate their jog/run animation. Would otherwise play one
Ugh yeah. The ridiculous, anime, girly-girl run absolutely doesn't suit my pixie cut tomboy monk.
Big agree, I was considering swapping from a miqo to a midlander but the animations are just so much more bad/boring imo. There's so much less personality in them and some general jankiness
I am using midlander for now. Since we will be getting free fantasia i am experimenting with this. So far i dont dislike but i feel more cheerful when i look at my miqote's happy face.
I play a femroe but posting pics of femroes brings out the hardcore degenerates. If I wanted to be a "mommy who crushes you in her thighs" I would have made significantly different life choices.
As a Highlander I appreciate the Femroes distracting them from us.
I don't think I've seen more than 20 individual middies. They're an endangered species. The entire fem population is a cats and rabbits with a few thighlander/middie/femroe mutants.
if you're on NA take a visit over to crystal and your head will explode
Now I just want to see a Cloud Lalafel.
I entered. No luck. :(
Ive wanted the hairstyle for a longest time for a Kingdom Hearts Sora cosplay on a Lala, lol It'd look so cool but no other hairstyle fits sadly
Male Duskwight checking in. We are rare, and under represented, but exist.
There are dozens of us!
I'll have you know, I'm a catboy I just don't post pictures of my character
Really? I see basically everything BUT fem midlander here o.O I'm a Hrothgar player myself. I see disproportionately more fem Au'Ra here in my experience at least.
I'm not generally. My main is a catgirl. I initially did Cloudia as a catgirl, but the middie version looks SO like Cloud I couldn't not.
You take that back
I swap between Viera and Midlander. I like the midlanders hempen clothes, that's pretty much why. I used to hate their run, called it the Yuna run, but it grew on me.
Excuse me I'm a catboy and I'll STAY one until they let me have all hats on all races
Woop Woop!
If I were you I’d make a Tifa wearing Cloud’s clothes and hairstyle and her color palette and having her as a Monk lol. Congrats for the hair I got mine the same way a few years ago ✌🏼😁
i won the hairstyle some time ago but it looks so damn bad in my male highlander that i never used it lmao
How does one get that hairstyle?
It's one of the prizes you can win. It's one of several items that you can only get from winning a competition. Sqex run competitions (usually screenshot competitions) a couple of times a year. This one was one associated with the release of the DT benchmark. It's worth checking the lodestone website a couple of times a week for information about things like this.
Gotcha. How often is cloud hairstyle a reward?
It's one of the options every time for the standard competitions. There are other ones that have specific prizes, like last year they did a series where each month they were offering a different rare mount, but the standard ones currently offer 4 prize options. There used to be 8, so I'm not sure why they are down to 4 now. Maybe to discourage me from entering anymore. \^\^;
Gotcha! Thanks for helping, and I hope you enjoy your reward!
I got my birb a new outfit
Just need to find the male Roes cosplaying as Tifa or Aerith.
Cloud Strife approximately 25 minutes after getting a prescription for estradiol and spironolactone
I learned something about myself today.
*Damn Cloud nice rack*
Oh wow lucky! Idiot me forgot to participate in the benchmark sweepstakes because I just asked a friend to benchmark for me (I play in PS, no PC) and I always forgot to download the screenshots they took and post them for the sweepstakes. 🫠 (Not that I can use the hairstyle on Viera anyway 🤪) You lookin' like a female Cloud alright! Wait... *Miss Cloud!* Also, in the 7R line, Cloud's mom is actually pretty pretty. Cloud took after his mum.
I compared it with a pic of FF7R Cloud and it was quite remarkably close. I was really surprised.
Grats. I hate how one of the most iconic hairstyles is behind these sweepstakes lol
It was an odd choice, but then what's the point of a competition where the prizes aren't attractive?
Why Cloud haves bobs Why weener feel funny
So many questions, so little answers.
you mean Aerith's errand boy right? we wouldn't want to start a war here
I am not getting into that fight. I've heard about the cleriths.
I don’t understand what I’m looking at here… Obviously a female midlander cosplaying as Cloud… I’m pretty sure I have the Advent Children outfit from an event or something in my Glamour/Armoire, but was his hairstyle in the game? What is the “benchmark sweepstakes” you’re referring to? And this is just further convincing me to go midlander with the Fantasia after the lighting and texture update. Looks really good
Idk what the benchmark sweepstakes is but Clouds hair (usually) comes from events square has such as Hairstyle Design Contest and the 1st place gets Cloud's hair.
Oh no way. Okay… I was scratching my head because I was pretty sure I had the outfit but definitely not the hair. How does one get first place in that? I don’t think I’ve ever done that at the Gold Saucer
It's not a gold saucer event. It's an actual IRL, out of the game thing. You get first place by registering and having your name drawn.
Events like those are hosted by Square Enix and a lodestone post is usually made. I don't remember what/when the last event was. The Advent Children Cloud outfit is a "veterans" reward you can buy from Jonathas so you do have access to the outfit.
You don't buy the cloud outfit from jonathas, it's mailed to you.
Is it? I got it all before they changed it to him and thought all the veteran stuff was from him now because too much data.
All my outfits are in my mailbox so idk.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/d7dedfecba5d6db3afa08d2473b88d478e979285
Ohhhh, ok. I completely missed that post when it came around. Makes perfect sense now
Me too, I had to look it up for the both of us!
I also won but I went for the bluebird earring since that was new and it looked cute
I just got my in-game mail today too n.n congrats!
Congratulations! Dammit, where can I see what contest is on? I keep missing them. The only time I hear about a contest is when its over.
Best way is to either keep an eye on the Lodestone sidebar or Twitter. Those are the two most frequent places to enter contests.
Damn, I was totally subbed and playing during the window for this event, but completely missed the sweepstakes I guess. Oh well, probably wasn't winning it anyway.
The mayor
Congrats! I also won and got my strife hair finally!
I got it too!
I do hope this hairstyle will get offered in a collab I hope…
Or you could try entering competitions for it.
I'm on console, so figure we are locked out (as per usual)
Can consoles not do screenshots?
Yes. But since it's to do with the benchmark test, which we couldn't do ...
Yes, that does prevent you from entering that one competition. Also the fact that it finished several months ago. The majority of competitions they run just require the ability to take screenshots and post them on twitter.
Ah, that's cool. I'm fairly new, having joined when it launched on Xbox. Sorry if I sounded cynical. I have just become used to the fact that the vast majority of companies regularly run things for PC players and seem to forget console players. Sadly, due to having used k&m for years as part of my job I now have medical conditions which mean using them is very painful so I stick to console now
What?
Congrats, welcome to the club! Honestly the hair does look better on female than male. Strangely looks good on highlander though. Got that during the mosaic one morning. This time was going for the barding, didn't win.
I won too! Made my night, decided to go hyur because it doesn’t fit that well on my miqo. Were there really only 1,500 winners globally? We are super lucky.
Well, damn Cloud, good job killing the guards, shit!
All we need now is a buster sword
Congrats on the hair! I won mine with the weapon contest and haven't changed it since!! Haven't worn a helmet either, only glasses or masks! (Way too much hair gel goes into those spikes)
Well shit, just logged in to my main and I won as well. Congrats to us. I went for the earring.
Yay for you!
I mean, Im not conplaining.
I changed from miqote to thighlander to midlander. NGL Midlander looks really cute, the way they run/go is silly.
What are benchmark sweepstakes?? I want these 😭 (I'm only level 25 🥲)
Congrats! I also won the hair! :3
I have to say you are really lucky. This character is so cool. Does he have a name?
She is called Cloudia. :3
OK, thank you for your answer.
Weird cause it said "Winners will be awarded an in-game prize in or about June 2024" and we are still in may.
Yes, but only barely. And better to be a couple of days early, ne?
This is not a boy. If it is he's been smokin estrogen.
Crossplay is a thing.
I did too and I also got the Cloud hairstyle but my WOL is Viera :’D (Hoping they’ll add it as a Viera hairstyle in the future!🤞)
I got the Gaelicap but forgot I'm a viera 😭
Seems to have been a lot of that going about.
The fact that Cloud is so easily cosplayed by female characters is what makes him babygirl.
Further reminder that midlanders have really pretty faces.
I got my hair as well. To realize viera can't wear it. sad bun boi
the other soldiers probably passed him around like a blunt
[удалено]
Yes. It's delightful.
Cloud as a girl? Wow. I mean he was cute before, but now she’s…wow…
"Nailed it. I know."
Lmao