Dustin, get over yourself already. I think you're takin this way too seriously.
"Just more pointless discussion between people who only just discovered the FF series when 7 came out."
I live for pointless discussions.
For the Official Record, I rented the original Final Fantasy, but the free copy of Dragon Warrior I got with my Nintendo Power (re?)subscription got a lot more play. Don't you dare try to out old-skool me - I've forgotten more about old games then most of these punks will ever know. :P