This post is here simply to inquire into who is planning to attend NYCC in a few weeks. I'm sure if you're reading this and planning to go, you're also interested in participating in the Word to Your Moogle contest SquareEnix is running. I'm also more than sure those of you who are interested in participating are also interested in winning.

I will be there, and I have discovered an 18 letter word that would tie us with the other two groups.

I'm posting this up here to start preparing for this event. Rumors abound that there are words longer than 18 characters hidden within the Final Fantasy series. After scouring nearly every resource available to me this 18 letter word and the two already used at the previous two events are the longest I could discover, the next longest being 16 characters. If such a word exists, there's only one way to find it. We must scour the script of each and every single Final Fantasy title. If a 19+ character word exists, it would be a reference to something in game. It won't be an item, monster name, ability name, or anything of the sort. It might be a character's alternate, unknown name. It might be something ancient referenced once in the story. It could be some sort of technical term or apparatus. What ever it is, it's probably only mentioned once, buried within the game script, and nigh-undetectable on any wiki or database (As these are the primary resources I scoured and turned up no such 19+ character word.)

Over the next two weeks I will be scouring scripts, and playing through Final Fantasy titles in a desperate search for this rumored word, but there is little chance I will be able to find it by myself without help. Since this contest is all about teamwork and group puzzle solving, I thought I would turn to the community to help in this endeavor. Obviously, the longer the word, the better! The more people who win this contest, the happier everyone will be. (Except maybe those people from SDCC or PAX.)

For those unfamiliar with the rules, it's pretty simple:

- The word must be from the Final Fantasy universe. (Not sure if common words used casually in an in game conversation will work, so if you find such a word, you might want to find a back up.)

- The word must have no spaces, hyphens, or apostrophes.

- The word must be English, and not translated from another language. (We've seen that the Great Katana names from XI will work, but translating a word from Japanese to English will not work.)

I've set up a facebook group to discuss this, but not sure if it's against forum rules to post it so I've refrained from doing so. I'd also like to ask that if you do find a 19+ character word, please refrain from publicly posting it. I would hate to see any one's hard work get taken by someone else. If you have any questions about the contest or the legality of specific words, feel free to contact me and I'll do my best to answer them.

So... who wants to win a custom FF XIII-2 console?