1. Materia has become a word in your everyday vocabulary.

2. You and your friends have had long, complicated debates on whether Kefka (from FF3) could kill Sephiroth.

3. You broke down in tears when your friends told you that Aeris dies.

4. When you reached the point in the game where your worst fears come true and Aeris dies, you p plotted suicide, or you became depressed for over 6 hours.

5. You have so much gil, you have plotted the financial takeover of Shinra, Co.
(my cousin and I actually did this once, I might post what we had later, no promises.)

6. Whenever you hear the Aeris Theme, you get emotional, or cry.

7. You summon Shiva every battle, just because she turns you on.

8. You go around getting everyone in your community to sign a petition banning the future use of Mako energy.

9. You purchase some neon contact lenses and go around town claiming you have been infused with Mako energy.

10. You purchased a Playstation just for FFVII.

11. You hum and/or whistle FFVII music throughout the day

12. You have collected all of the Final Fantasy VII MIDIs that exist on the Net.

13. You have written entire orchestral arrangements for the FFVII Soundtrack

14. You have created your own Win95/WinNT Final Fantasy VII Desktop theme, complete with icons, sounds, and backgrounds.

15. You have a crush on Aeris or Tifa.

16. You search the Internet attempting to find nude pictures of Aeris or Tifa.

17. You actually produce nude pictures of Aeris and Tifa.

18. When you describe your girlfriend to all your buddies, it is always in terms of Aeris or Tifa.

19. You get upset when your friends call your "Materia Collection" a "Marble Collection."

20. You ask the museum's weapon specialist where the Materia slots in all of the weapons are.

21. When you get bored, you think of various ways someone could be obsessed with Final Fantasy VII (no comment).

22. You attempt to mass produce materia in your high school (or university) chemistry lab.

23.You are convinced that there really is a Promised Land, and you are determined to beat Sephiroth to it!

24. When you discovered that Cait Sith was a Shinra spy, you purchased a gun, just in case any of your friends were.

25.You practice using your "Materia" collection every day, but for some reason, you just can't get it to work.

26. You threaten the school bully claiming that all your materia are at master levels.

27. You threaten your teachers with the use of materia if they don't give you good grades.

28. You invested in a Gameshark(tm), just so you could ressurect Aeris.

29. Your friends have all sold their FFVII Strategy guides, beacuse all they need to do is ask you for information.

30. You can point out all of the errors in every FFVII Strategy Guide.

31. When you cast Knights of the Round, you name each knight as he attacks your unworthy adversaries.

32. You can never stay in one place for very long because you never know when or where those darn Turks will show up!

33. You have calculated the exact number of hit points for Ruby Weapon, Emerald Weapon, Ultimate Weapon, Bizarro Sephiroth and Safer Sephiroth.

34. You would begin a pilgrimage to Cosmo Canyon, but you just can't find the place on the map.

35. You are determined to spread the teachings of Bugenhagen throughout the world

36.You cried when Bugenhagen died!

37. You are trying to find textbooks on the Certa and their language, but you can't seem to find any.

38. You have actually found all 12 1/12 soldiers!

39. You go around town asking if anyone has seen a man in a black cape pass by.

40. You are still trying to get out of Midgar in less than 3:00 (I'm certain this is impossible.)

41. You can defeat a Midgar Zolom when you journey across the swamp for the first time.

42. You are determined to breed that ellusive Platnum Chocobo.

43. You have called the FBI on numerous occasions demanding that they place Chocobo Billy in the top 10 Most Wanted!

44. You know how to get a successful breeding, and do, on the first try EVERY game.

45. You are still trying to breed a chocobo better than Tieoh

46. You named RedXIII Nanaki, just to see if anything different would happen when you took him to Cosmo Canyon.

47. You can play and beat the game blindfolded. (yes, I mean literally)

48. You can beat the game with all your characters at a level lower than 20.

49. You name (or have considered naming) your kid(s) after FFVII characters.

50. When your biology teacher asks you to describe the process that occurs when a cell dies, you respond by saying: "I cast KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND ON IT!" then continue to describe in complete detail, the Knights of the Round spell.

51. When your history teacher asks you where the Knights of the Round Table came from, you respond with a wide grin and a happy voice, "In my pocket."

52. You act out the characters' voices each time they speak.

53. You say little blurbs as the materia casting movies proceed (i.e. "Commence Primary Ignition" when Bahamut Zero powers up.)

54. You know the exact location of every materia, weapon, item, armor, and accessory in the game by heart.

55. You've tried to reach in the screen and crush Yuffie when she steals your materia.

56. You've constructed a 6' long sword in metal shop, but you can't understand why it's so hard to perform Cloud's victory maneuver with it. (if you don't get this, think about how much a 6' long sword made of steel would weigh.)

57. You start an osterich ranch and dye all of your ostriches various colors and change it to a Chocobo ranch.

58. You went through the tedious task to order the FFVII Soundtrack.

59. Instead of taking your girlfriend (or boyfriend) out on a date, you take her to your room and show her the new materia you just got.

60. You can't go one day without saying something that has a relationship to FFVII.

61. The number 7 mysteriously appears in the answers to all of your math problems.

62. You've attempted to develop a Final Fantasy Club at your school.

63. You have every one of the FFVII action figures

64. You have beaten the games enough times that you know the answer to Bugenhagen's though prospect. (I wonder what we humans are...)

65. You call in sick to work/school so you can get extra time into your game

66. You have begun to hear voices in your sleep asking you questions about your past

67. You talk back to the voices you hear in your sleep.

68. You can beat the game while getting every item, and seeing every movie, in under 40 minutes flat.

69. Everytime you view a Raushawk (Ink blot) test, you see a picture scene from FFVII.

70. You begin to say "In my veins runs the blood of the Ancients. I am one of the rightful heirs to this planet," and you actually believe it!

71. You are nodding your head as you read this list.

If you know of any other symptoms that may also lead to a diagnosis of this condition, please E-mail me immediately, and I will assess the recomendation for addition to this page!

Disclaimer: This page is meant for HUMOR PURPOSES ONLY. The warnings and indications are used only for added effect.