Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 92 ft Luke Skywalker, Bubsy, Rey

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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 91:

Gengar (Pokemon) is Fodder Line
Tingle (Legend of Zelda series) is High Fodder
Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Bubsy (Bubsy series)
Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
Rey (Star Wars)
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Bubsy: Low Fodder. Take the likes of Big and Tingle, subtract games people actually care about, and you get Bubsy.

Luke Skywalker: Normally, I would say the Star Wars hierarchy goes something like this: Vader > Han > Luke > Leia/Obi-Wan > everyone else. However, I suspect lingering hate of the new Star Wars movies among a significant segment of voters, and the consequent antivotes, will be a roadblock. I would say the order in terms of least to most antivotes among such voters is more like this: Vader/Obi-Wan > Leia > Luke > Han. With that in mind, my vote is that he's a Low Midcarder.

Rey: I'm going with Mid Fodder; as discussed above, GameFAQs is exactly the type of audience to hate Disney's extensions of the Star Wars series, with Rey being the ultimate symbol of what aggrieves such people about the things Disney's done with the franchise.

Nominations:
Akira Howard (Astral Chain)
Athena (God of War)
Boko
Gundham Tanaka
Gwyn (Dark Souls)
Kaepora Gaebora (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
Papyrus (Undertale)
Totodile (Pokmon)
Trish
Yoda (Star Wars)
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I almost want to say mid for Bubsy, but Low Fodder is what I'll stick with. He might get memed a bit, but it would take a lot to make up for his lack of decent games.

Luke I say is a Midcarder. I don't think he absorbs a huge amount of hate from the failings of The Last Jedi, mostly because Rey and some other new characters are there to take the heat instead. Luke is Star Wars personified - the light side to Vader's dark side. Add a lightsaber to the pic and I think he will do fine.

Mid Fodder seems right for Rey. I don't think Gfaqs likes her very much, and will vote for a wide variety of game characters over the polarizing protagonist of modern SW.
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nominations:

Akira Howard (Astral Chain)
Baldur (God of War)
Bidoof (Pokmon)
Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars)
Papyrus (Undertale)
Dancing Girl (Final Fantasy)
Relm Arrowny (Final Fantasy VI)
Cyan Garamonde (Final Fantasy VI)
Genesis Rhapsodos (Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII)
Elena (Final Fantasy VII)
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Bubsy - low fodder
Luke - midcarder
Rey - mid fodder
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Day 93 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77978383
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