Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 75 ft Silver the Hedgehog, Steiner, Asura

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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 - 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

Results from Day 74:

Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) is Low Fodder
YHVH (Shin Megami Tensei series) is Low Fodder
Optimus Prime (Transformers) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic series)
Adelbert Steiner (Final Fantasy IX)
Asura (Asuras Wrath)
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Silver: Mid Fodder

Steiner: Mid Fodder

Asura: Low Fodder
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Mid Fodder seems right for Silver. He is not particularly well-liked, but I could see him getting some meme support thanks to gems such as "It's no use!", and his general cheesiness as a character. He is the dumb heroic version of Shadow in that it feels like he belongs in a fanfic instead of the canon Sonic series.

Mid Fodder for Steiner. He strikes me as similar to Wakka as a divisive character in his game. There is a lot more outspoken hate for Wakka, but the difference in popularity between FF9 and X prevents Steiner from being stronger.

I will say Low Fodder for Asura. There's nothing about him that gives me confidence in his strength. Gfaqs did not take to Asura's Wrath at all, and it has been 7 years since the game came out. No rereleases or other content have come out since then. And I don't think his design will win many points either.

nominations:

Bumblebee (Transformers)
Judy Hopps (Zootopia)
Nick Wilde (Zootopia)
Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Kraid (Metroid)
Sothe (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn)
Ky Kiske (Guilty Gear)
Sosuke Aizen (Bleach)
Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney)
Gomez Addams (The Addams Family)
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agree with metalmind
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Day 76 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77934900
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i'd win the whole fuckn thing

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