Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 9 ft Charles Barkley, Vegeta, Space Invader

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This is a new 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 both members of said duo are named in the title of a game (Banjo-Kazooie, Sam & Max Hit the Road, etc).

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 - 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.

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

Results from Day 8:

Thanos is Fodder Line
Donatello (TMNT) is a Low Midcarder
Jecht (Final Fantasy X) is a Low Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Charles Barkley (Shut Up and Jam)
Vegeta (Dragonball Z)
Space Invader (Space Invaders)
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Barkley: Low Fodder. Sports figures on GameFAQs, lol.

Vegeta: Midcarder. I'm not sure how to gauge Dragon Ball on this site. Dragon Ball has both being very relevant recently and in the old days, which should be a reason to give me a lot of confidence in Vegeta. But for some reason, I'm just not. It's Vegeta, him choking is such a Dragon Ball thing that I'm almost certain he would do it here too.

Space Invader: Mid Fodder. Nobody cares about Space Invaders here, but it could garner enough joke votes to beat the Guybrushes of the world.
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Barkley is Mid Fodder to me. Shut Up and Jam Gaiden is a somewhat popular meme game and I expect there are some fans of Charles' outspoken basketball commentary. I think that is enough to make him more then random fodder.

Vegeta is a Midcarder. He'll be weaker than Goku, who is the lead character in most DBZ games, but Vegeta is well-liked and recognizable in his own right.

Space Invader is Mid Fodder - it's a very old character who isn't relevant today. It'll mostly just get votes based on meme factor and references in other media (Futurama comes to mind).
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Charles Barkley + Space Invader: Mid Fodder: I don't think Space Invader is going to get any serious joke votes, nor that Barkley has much appeal on his own. Beating the Guybrushes of the world is a low bar, though, so I guess.

Vegeta: Low Midcarder: Dragon Ball doesn't feel like a series where any other characters will be close to the main character in strength.

Nominations:
Death (Castlevania)
Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong Country)
Dogmeat (Fallout)
Frogger (Frogger)
Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island)
John Wick (John Wick)
Red XIII (Final Fantasy VII)
Roy (Fire Emblem)
Rush (Mega Man)
Shadow (Final Fantasy VI)
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I would say that Vegeta and a few other Dragonball characters could have midcarder strength, just based on popularity.

nominations:
Roy (Fire Emblem)
Death (Castlevania)
Liquid Snake
Red XIII
Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
Sophitia Alexandra (Soul Calibur)
Cyclops (X-Men)
Igor (Persona series)
Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers)
Birdo (Mario series)
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Day 10 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77760271
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