Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 396 ft Vanille, Human Torch, Valkyrie

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This is a topic to rate the contest strength of potential newcomers in the current contest environment.

I will pick the characters to rate and discuss for each day from user nominations - whoever the 3 most nominated characters are at that time. If there are more than 3 I will pick randomly. You can nominate any number of characters at any time, but you cannot nominate the same character twice.

All characters who were present in the 2018 Character Battle will NOT be eligible. Otherwise you can nominate any character that has appeared in video games; even comic book characters. This will exclude real-life athletes who have only appeared in long running sports series, however I will accept those who have their own games such as Shaq. I will accept nominations for iconic gaming duos too, if there is a compelling reason for both characters to be linked (either co-starring in a game ala Banjo & Kazooie, or always appearing together like Callie & Marie from Splatoon).

Each day will have a separate topic, and nominations will carry over. As far as actually rating the character's contest strength; I ask that users rank a characters potential strength with one of the following qualifiers - LAW Fodder, Low Fodder, Mid Fodder, High Fodder, Fodder Line, Low Midcarder, Midcarder, High Midcarder, Near Elite, Elite, LAW Tier (capable of beating Link). I will average all the ratings given to a character to come up with their final ranking. I have included a highlighted entrant from Character Battle X on each tier of the strength rankings below, to provide a baseline for each.

Note that LAW Fodder is meant to be a tier reserved for the weakest possible characters to put into a contest. A character will only be placed there if at least 3/4ths of the voters for that day agree on the LAW Fodder rating, and no ratings above Low Fodder are given. If either of those conditions are not met, the character will not be eligible for the LAW Fodder tier.

Current Character Strength Rankings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1AIhHywBiLd6VAMZMNEGX-HW2td8u1D0Iw_tzHsORw/edit?usp=sharing

Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KnSBDzppzPK5Ug1zmx8_x0bG4tqFDMPPH2k8J3s8sk/edit?usp=sharing

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 395:

Chocobo (Final Fantasy series) is High Fodder
Penelo (Final Fantasy XII) is Low Fodder
Ghost Rider (Marvel) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Oerba Dia Vanille (Final Fantasy XIII)
Human Torch/Johnny Storm (Marvel)
Valkyrie (Gauntlet series)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Callie & Marie (Splatoon)

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I don't really know about Vanille, but I recall people not really liking her, so I will say Low Fodder. Probably a strong low fodder based on the waifu factor.

Low Fodder for Human Torch. He is slightly iconic, but I'm just not seeing any reason for Gfaqs to care about him. He was portrayed as a bit of a jerk in 2000s Fantastic Four movies, and aside from that he's just "the fire guy" in a bunch of Marvel games the site hasn't played.

Low Fodder for Valkyrie. Not because Gfaqs cares about Gauntlet, but because of TJF. She could potentially drop to law if they use an old sprite for her match pic though.

Low Fodder for Callie and Marie. Splatoon 2's performance in GOTD2 proved the series isn't nearly as strong as we previously thought when these 2 were first rated. The NPC fan-favorites of the series thus won't be worth more than your average bad fodder.

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Generally agreed with halfsilver but I cant quite get behind Vanille a tier below Fang. I guess mid fodder for her.

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nominate Moogle (Final Fantasy series)

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I guess I'll agree with Axem. Imagine if Allen had actually allowed FFXIII to make GotD to give us a little more hard data on the potential of its non-main protagonist characters, though.

I'll also nominate Amicia de Rune for ranking, plus Blaze Fielding for reranking, on the basis of being from a series GameFAQs simply doesn't care about and likely hasn't even played. Only those few who still remember the series are likely to have had Blaze as a premier childhood/teenage crush.

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Day 397 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78847345

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