Alot of people are comparing Seed to SOLDIER or SeeD to the legions of noobs in blue. Butthe poll clearly says Shinra. That means both SOLDIER AND the legions of noobs in blue. And not all the SeeD's were anywehre near the strength of the party you control. Even when you were a level 7 or whatever, according to Quistis you and Seifer were in a class of your own. If two lv 7's are in a class of their own when compared to actual SeeD's, on average I'm guessing SeeD's aren't all that tough. Shinra's legions of idiots in blue definately have the advantage in numbers; and SOLDIER absolutely destroys them in strength. true, I haven't seen any SOLDIERS use the end, though I've also never seen a SeeD blow up the sun or call a celestial body nearly 1/3 the mass of the earth to do their bidding. Sephiroth once defeated 10000 Wutai soldiers by himself. And those Wutai Soldiers, much like SeeD, were nothing but trained men and women with slightly above average strength. And only ONE garden even used GFs, the rest have nothing but the attack command. Meanwhile, ALL SOLDIER members are infused with Mako and use Materia. Even the noobs in blue have materia. And did i mention Shinra's "Injecting fetuses with Alien DNA and infusing them with Mako" department? Yeah, they tend to make some pretty nasty fighters in there. And Hojo was mass producing monsters in Mako reactors. Not to mention Shinra has the Sister Ray. All in all, SeeD wouldn't stand a chance against Shinra.