Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 100 ft Edward Elric, Turok, Claptrap

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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 99:

Giant Enemy Crab (Genji: Days of the Blade) is Low Fodder
Pit (Kid Icarus) is High Fodder
Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Turok (Turok series)
Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Claptrap (Borderlands)
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I don't know much of anything about the Turok series but I'll say Low Fodder for him. It's been over 10 years since the last game and I don't see much of anyone caring about the games today.

Ed Elric I say is Mid Fodder. He's the main protagonist of the series, but I think the sheer number of "fan favorite" characters from FMA causes Ed to get lost in the shuffle. And there hasn't been an actual FMA video game in a very long time.

Claptrap is Mid Fodder. He slightly edged out Lenneth in CB9, and I expect him to still be around there due to making appearances in every Borderlands game.
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Turok: Low Fodder

Edward Elric: Mid Fodder

Claptrap: Low Fodder

I was considering Mid Fodder for Turok, but his N64 games have surprisingly poor average GameFAQs ratings. As for Claptrap, CB9 happened when Borderlands 2 was brand-new, and characters with similar appeal to him have tanked since then.
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Turok (Turok series) - low fodder

Recognizable name makes it hard to for LAW. First two games got remastered recently too.

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) - Mid fodder

In general the only anime characters I have faith in are the big household names that made themselves impossible to ignore and Ed isnt quite that. But I figure both the old Adult swim faithful and modern anime fans will know and generally like him and that might be worth a little.

Claptrap (Borderlands) - Mid fodder

was probably high fodder in the past but a lot of western characters crashed hard in 2018. Dont see Claptrap entirely escaping that.

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nominations:

Mr. Krabs (Spongebob games)
Omanyte (Pokemon)
Rogue (X-Men)
Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)
Diglett (Pokemon)
Cleopatra (Civilization series)
Jolteon (Pokemon)
Slowpoke (Pokemon)
Erika (Pokemon)
Arcanine (Pokemon)
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Day 101 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77999042
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