Welcome back to week 4 of season 28, my friends! The semifinals are upon us! Who won last week? Well, if you just can't wait, then check out the Results to see for yourself! **Importantion information for newcomers! Please click This Link to go to a post made by our moderators that should hopefully answer several of your questions! If you have any more, simply feel free to go to the forums and ask!** The semifinalists of Godlike are now going to face off. Kefka's almighty powers versus Lloyd's magical prowess. Havoc Wing versus a massive array of spells, the two will have a war! Tir, the bearer of the Soul Eater, now must face off against Fou-Lou, the Dragon God. The power of Judgement will not be pushed against the power of the Dragon God himself. These two forces are not to be trifled with! Red has handily defeated all his opponents thus far. However, now he must face the mighty Princess of Pandora, Purim! (Ha ha, that was fun!) Red's ability to transform into Alkaiser will come in very handy in this battle, but I wonder if even the Re-Al Phoenix can crack Purim's powerful Lucid Barrier? Meanwhile, Fei's alternate persona, Id, will try and defeat the True Fire Rune bearer, Hugo. Hugo's prowess with his blade and his rune will hopefully see him through this battle, but he must endure powerful Deathblows from Id while he's doing it. Lucian's swordsmanship will again be put to the test against a new opponent. This time, he must try and best Flea, the magician. Flea and his feminism have seen him through quite a few matches, but now he will be put to the test. Lucian's powerful blows will be nothing against his confusion, or so he hopes! King Albert is also facing someone who will challenge his ability. Jerin wishes to continue her winning streak and intends to use Albert to that end. Albert will use his powers and abilities over Wind to try and best the girl, but Jerin has several powerful spells, as well as healing and buffing to count on. Sophia now must face someone she may have a bit of trouble with. Hervey is the type of guy she just really doesn't like: headstrong with a quick temper. Sophia will do what she does best, heal and whittle away at Hervey as he tries to defeat her. Hervey will hopefully be able to take her out in just a few attacks. Finally, Genis will be using his mighty intellect and his mighty spell prowess to take out Ward. Ward, unfortunately, has a very strong Limit to rely on that may take Genis out in one hit! Genis will have to be very careful not to get hit, so he'll put everything he's got into one spell! So, don't sit there! Get on over to The Arena as fast as you can, my friends! Don't forget about Not Ranked either! You should be sure to vote there if you have yet to do so! People are always welcome at The Forums so please head on over! Newcomes are invited to join and take part whenever they'd like. My friends, don't dally! Hurry over to The Season 28 Week 4 Topic and make sure you have some conversations with your friends about what's going on! One last thing, my friends. We are ranking the four finalists in our topic. Please come and cast a vote! All votes are appreciated! Just click on the Season 28 Ranking Topic link and be on your way! **Everyone, listen! Have you ever wanted to take part in our Bonus Matches? Have you ever had a great idea you thought would make an awesome match? Well here's your chance! Just go to the Bonus Match Ideas Post and read all about it! It has been my pleasure to see you all this week, my friends. I hope that you will always come back to my humble weekly introductions, for I always enjoy seeing you. Welcome to Behind the Scenes, currently the highest rated show among the "bloodthirsty sociopath" demographic! On today's show, we'll look in horror at a Final Fantasy 8 character in the semifinals... ...see if we can actually get Young Master McDohl to speak... ...and attempt to convince Purim to put on an impromptu performance of "Can't Touch This". For now, though, let's start with the star of our show, Chisato Madison! Hello. There's a margarita out there with my name on it, so let's get this over with. Our first guests are from Light. Please welcome Hervey and Ward. Greetings. ... Hervey, are you upset at the fact that people aren't giving you as much credit as they did Sigurd? They're not? Why? Let's see. It could be the "me too" syndrome, or it could be the fact that your victories to date are against a Chrono Cross scrub and Rafa. Or maybe they just hate you. How dare they slander my name! I'll keelhaul those morons! Right. You go do that. Well, at least that's a little more original than making them walk the plank. Thank goodness for small favours. ... Speaking of small favours, and I know I'm going to regret this, but... Ward. ? It's a well-known fact here in the DL that what happens at the end of our games and what goes on here aren't always the same thing. After all, if that was the case, how could bosses show up? ... The point is, if you wanted to, you should be able to talk. After all, you could at one point. So I'm wondering why you don't. ... Come on, anchor man. The jig is up. Actually, it's more of a harpoon. Hah! Another victory for investigative journalism! (Is it just me, or is Chisato starting to scare you, and not in a "maiming and killing" kind of way?) (I worked for a tree. Nothing my bosses do really fazes me anymore.) So, why the deception? Laguna. If I don't talk, I can pretty much ignore his ramblings with impunity. And what if he's watching the show now? It's Laguna. He'll have forgotten all about it by next week. That's true. Aw, he's not so bad. You didn't have to hang around him for over twenty years. Well, that's true. Why aren't you still in the green room? We haven't called for you yet. Blame him. And you'll never, ever steal My Lady's einherjar's equipment again? All right! All right who? *sigh* All right, oh mighty consort to the One True Goddess. And don't you forget it! See? Not my fault. Oh, just get out of here. You're boring, anyway. Hey! I was talking to Lucian. Oh, sorry. No matter. Honour is served. My Lady will be pleased. Jerin, one question, and one question only - will you be able to fight Albert without flirting with him? I could, but where's the fun in that? I like your style. Maybe we should talk more after the show... Bring out the Heavies quickly, before I lose my lunch. All right. Red, Purim, you're up! Greetings, citizens. I'm not going to sing. Aw, pretty please? No. It's just as well. I've heard you sing, and you're rather bad at it. But I only sing in the... you pervert! What? There's something wrong with the Millennium Fair now? What are you talking about? I've never been to the Millennium Fair! Then it must have been an imposter! Rest assured, young lady, I shall find that ruffian and show her the power of justice! You know, you sound more and more like Gordon every day. Never! Enough of the walking superhero cliche. I'm much more interested in Purim's singing, as it were. Back off, skull! Morte, down boy! Sure, spoil all my fun just because it's against the morals of decent society. Bah on you, I say! Just shut up and bring the last guests in. Yeah, yeah. Here's Tir McDohl and Lloyd, and sadly Tir's the manlier of the two. ... Hey! Do we have to interview them? Seriously. I mean, even if Tir would talk to us, he's frightfully dull. And Lloyd's a has-been. His glory days are behind him. *shrug* Has... HAS-BEEN! How dare you! Seriously, though. Lloyd, there was a time when, even if people didn't respect you in the ring, they at least knew not to piss you off. Lest you stupidly summon some nameless horror that would destroy us all. But now? You're dull, washed up, finito. But, but... waaaaaaaaah! Dart, they're being mean to me! Help me! And you're sure it was Melbu who took the powers that were supposed to be Shana's? I hate seeing grown men cry when I haven't hit them, so let's finish up. And once more the show reaches depths unseen before. Oh well, it pays the bills. For all of us at Behind the Scenes, good night. Goddesses, we really need to start screening our guests more thoroughly. Cameras off. But... but... !_!