Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 91 ft Tingle, Sweet Tooth, Gengar

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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

Results from Day 90:

Yugi Moto (Yugioh) is Mid Fodder
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) is a Low Midcarder
Wheatley (Portal 2) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Gengar (Pokemon)
Tingle (Legend of Zelda series)
Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal)
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genger is my dad's favorite pokemon, so high fodder. my dad also pronounces his name "gin-gur" so

I have no fucking idea what's up with Tingle anymore, do people hate him or do people now love him? And if they do love him, is it ironic or unironic? Uh, high fodder.

Sweet Tooth is probably mid fodder based on design and recognizability. I think he's on the cover of every Twisted Metal game and you can find beat up old copies of those at every corner drug store.
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Summer 2013 Contest - Division 1 - 27 Seed

Division 1 Round 1 --- Tingle, 3463 [11.97%] - Link, 21024 [72.67%] - Isaac (Binding), 4443 [15.36%]

allen why do you do this

round 1 sff matches are never fun
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Tingle: Tingle is an interesting case. He's adored in Japan for whatever reason, yet absolutely reviled everywhere in the West, although around here that's changing given how many of us are approaching his age (ugh). However, he's recognizable as a Zelda character that has appeared in several games to this point (Majora, Wind Waker, Four Swords, and probably one or two of the handheld ones IIRC). His only prior match is the one Zen posted, where he got SFFed to death by Link, only attaining joke votes. I give him Fodder Line, personally, because he's so recognizable. He'll get joke votes (though that's not many anymore) and votes from Zelda fans. He will likely advance to Round Two, unless he gets a seriously bad draw like Sonic or Luigi.

Gengar: Low Midcarder. Like Magikarp, he's an extremely memorable Gen 1 Pokemon that has a LOT of fans, although he got hit by a major Nerf Bat a couple of years ago which ruined his competitive viability. He's also a ghost. Given how many people probably have used Gengar at one point or another, I see him getting plenty of votes.

Sweet Tooth: Mid Fodder. Agree with Zen.
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i actually forgot how much play Gengar gets, he was even playable in Pokken, right?

I'll bump him up to fodder line although I dont want to get in the habit of rating gen 1 pokemon high all the time, there's gotta be a limit
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I say High Fodder for Tingle. He's iconic in a weird way and definitely has fans, but I think many of them only like Tingle ironically and won't vote for him over a character with more legitimate popularity.

Agree with Low Midcarder for Gengar and Mid Fodder for Sweet Tooth.
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Gengar: Fodder Line is my vote; it should acquire a decent level of support due to its status as a highly popular Gen. 1 Pokmon, but it isn't a Pokmon that nostalgic voters who played the series only as kids would remember and be inclined to vote for against most opponents.

Tingle: First off, he actually has had matches before 2013. 24% on Sora in 2006 was fine, but fodder characters always seem to overperform against Sora due to his antivote complex, and that should go double for someone like Tingle. There was also 2007, where he got destroyed by a Pit who only had Brawl hype, though an all-Nintendo match with Mudkip to suck up the joke vote was admittedly far from the best possible scenario.

As for the present, I think Big the Cat is a very good comparison for his place in terms of appeal and likely strength, so Mid Fodder. I don't feel Tingle's vast series strength advantage matters in this context, since there's only a limited set of people who would vote for a character like him against most entrants anyways.

Sweet Tooth: I say Low Fodder, because I don't think being recognizable means anything on a site like GameFAQs if no one actually respects or cares about you.

Nominations:
Ares (God of War)
Bidoof (Pokmon)
Bubsy
Frieza
Hades (God of War)
Miku Hatsune
Paine
Rambi the Rhino (Donkey Kong)
Saruman the White (The Lord of the Rings)
Shaggy Rogers
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Gengar (Pokemon)- Fodder line
Tingle (Legend of Zelda series) - Mid fodder
Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal) - Low fodder
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Nominate:
Green Ranger/Tommy Oliver (Power Rangers) (https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7703)
Marle (Chrono Trigger)
Lavos (Chrono Trigger)
Schala (Chrono Trigger)
Lugia (Pokemon)
Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
Wakka (Final Fantasy X)
Kimahri (Final Fantasy X)
Seymour (Final Fantasy X)
Sin (Final Fantasy X)
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Second green ranger
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AxemRedRanger posted...

Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
Wakka (Final Fantasy X)

These 2 were rated on previous days - I believe both ended up Mid Fodder

nominations:

Tommy Oliver (Power Rangers)
Hades (God of War)
Lugia (Pokemon)
Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
Sin (Final Fantasy X)
Cloud of Darkness (Final Fantasy III)
Rosa Farrell (Final Fantasy IV)
Rubicante (Final Fantasy IV)
Galuf (Final Fantasy V)
Boko (Final Fantasy V)
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What I read:

"How would they do in a contest? 91 ft Tingle"

Holy fuck a Tingle that's 91 ft. tall? WTF is wrong with you people's brai- Oh. Never mind.
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whoops

nominate:
Michael Jordan (MJ: Chaos in the Windy City)
Delita Hyral (Final Fantasy Tactics
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Day 92 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77976153
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