Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 97 ft ? Block, Shaggy, Earthworm Jim

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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 96:

Lenneth Valkyrie (Valkyrie Profile) is Mid Fodder
Baby Metroid (Super Metroid) is High Fodder
Trish (Devil May Cry) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

? Block (Mario series)
Earthworm Jim (Earthworm Jim)
Shaggy Rogers (Scooby-Doo games)
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? Block is High Fodder. It seemed ok in CB9, but there's going to be less support for joke characters today. I think it will be able to beat a lot of lesser fodder due to pure recognition. The block has been in a LOT of popular games after all.

Earthworm Jim I think can manage Mid Fodder. I don't think there's a huge amount of nostalgia for his games, but most people on Gfaqs should at least know him and his unique design should help get him some votes.

Shaggy is. . . High Fodder? I'm not too sure. Shaggy is iconic in his own right, and I think he is somewhat relate-able to Gfaqs. And I'm sure he will get memed a bit upon appearing in a match. Shaggy using 3% of his power is LAW tier.
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Agree with Silver. Earthworm Jim is Mid Fodder on a good day, so he's at the low end of that tier. I really don't know how to gauge ? Block or Shaggy - both are iconic for different reasons and it's very hard to gauge how either would do.
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? Block: Agree with High Fodder.

Earthworm Jim: Agree with Mid Fodder.

Shaggy: I say he's Mid Fodder, because I'm unwilling to put much stock into Scooby-Doo characters on a video game website.

Nominations:
Blaze Fielding
Booster (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
Ho-Oh
Marx (Kirby)
Smithy (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Seymour Guado
Terry Bogard
Travis Touchdown
Vile (Mega Man X)
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? Block (Mario series) - High fodder
Earthworm Jim (Earthworm Jim) - Mid fodder
Shaggy Rogers (Scooby-Doo games) - Mid fodder

Everyone knows the Scooby Doo characters but I don't think there's gonna be much passion there. Also the franchise's contribution to gaming is negligible.

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Nominate:
Terry Bogard
Claptrap
Mallow
Vyse (Skies of Arcadia)
Bidoof
Freddy Fazbear
Greninja
Hector (Fire Emblem)
Viewtiful Joe
Golbez (Final Fantasy IV)

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agree with my man Metalmind

also nominate Terry Bogard
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MetalmindStats posted...

Also, you missed my Woodstock nomination a few days back.

Added.

nominations:

Booster (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
Woodstock (Snoopy Flying Aces)
Marx (Kirby)
Smithy (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Kellam (Fire Emblem Awakening)
Nowi (Fire Emblem Awakening)
Jaffar (Fire Emblem)
Bernadetta (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Cynthia (Fire Emblem Awakening)
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Day 98 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77991468
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