Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 31 ft Link's Grandma, Tracer, Guybrush

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half_silver28
06/26/19 9:22:45 PM
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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 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 30:

Meowth (Pokmon) is a Low Midcarder
Carl "C.J." Johnson (GTA: San Andreas) is Mid Fodder
George Washington (Assassin's Creed IIl / Civilization) is Fodder Line

Here is today's trio to rank:

Link's Grandma (Legend of Zelda Wind Waker)
Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island series)
Tracer (Overwatch)
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Underleveled
06/26/19 10:23:47 PM
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Link's Grandma - high fodder. Maybe has some joke appeal plus Link IS in the name.

Tracer - low fodder. D. Va sucked a big one and she is supposedly the strongest possible character Overwatch could put up.

Guybrush - mid fodder. This hasn't changed in almost 20 years and I see no reason for it to now.
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Johnbobb
06/26/19 10:38:00 PM
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Tracer - Mid Fodder. Yeah, D.Va sucked, but I still argue Tracer would do better than her. Tracer's the face of the game (literally the face on the package) and definitely the one non-fans would more easily recognize
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MetalmindStats
06/26/19 10:47:31 PM
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Link's Grandma: High Fodder - I pretty much agree with darkx here.

Tracer: Low Fodder - I see no reason she would be the strongest Overwatch character. From what I understand, she has mixed, rather love-it-or-hate-it reception even among Overwatch fans. Being part of an ensemble means she can't necessarily defy that to best fan-favorite D.Va despite being the face of her game.

Guybrush Threepwood: Low Fodder - In almost 20 years, Guybrush has never once looked like Mid Fodder. On top of that, there actually is potential reason for him to have become even weaker - he failed to even make CBX after securing midpack seeds in the previous four character battles.

Nominations:
Eevee
Impa (The Legend of Zelda)
Nightmare (SoulCalibur)
Ryo Hazuki (Shenmue)
The King of All Cosmos (Katamari Damacy)
Vyse (Skies of Arcadia)
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half_silver28
06/26/19 11:12:59 PM
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Link's Grandma is Mid Fodder. Joke support has kind of dried up in contests, and she only really has her association with Link to draw from.

Tracer is Mid Fodder. D.Va looked bad, but not low fodder bad, and I think Tracer won't be far from her. She does have some sex appeal, and the fact that she is the face of the game keeps her out of low fodder range imo.

Guybrush is Low Fodder, same as always.
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TheCodeisBosco
06/27/19 12:00:34 AM
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Link's Grandma - Mid Fodder. I see this joke going over about as well as Matt the Mii... but at least better than Sandal, or something?

Guybrush Threepwood - Low Fodder. I can't see him ever making a bracket again at this point. If he did, he'd get stomped even harder than his previous appearances. I think he's a great character, but too much time has passed since his heyday and he has little "apathy vote" appeal.

Tracer - Mid Fodder. I think she can beat the worst of the worst - like Guybrush - through sheer recognizability. But overall, GameFAQs took to Overwatch about as well as a college kid takes to decaf coffee, and I can't see her winning against most of the pack.
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half_silver28
06/27/19 6:20:05 PM
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MetalmindStats posted...

Ryo Hazuki (Shenmue)


Ryo was in CBX, though definitely can't blame you for forgetting that. It took me until now to remember

nominations:

Jin Kazama (Tekken)
Brock (Pokemon)
Winnie the Pooh (Kingdom Hearts)
Hero/The Luminary (Dragon Quest XI)
Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate)
Tom Nook (Animal Crossing)
Vyse (Skies of Arcadia)
Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (Mass Effect)
Nightmare (Soul Calibur)
Captain America (Marvel)
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half_silver28
06/27/19 9:36:02 PM
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