Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 110 ft Tyrion Lannister, Celes, Daisy

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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 109:

Woody (Toy Story) is Fodder line
Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) is Mid Fodder
King Harkinan (Legend of Zelda CD-i) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Princess Daisy (Mario series)
Celes Chere (Final Fantasy VI)
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Nominate Winnie the Pooh

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Tyrion: Fodder Line. Game of Thrones has had no impact on gaming, has it? But people love it, and it's every bit as relevant in pop culture as something like Star Wars. It's just that the characters haven't endured long enough for them to be anything above a Midcarder. Tyrion is one of the top 5 from that show for sure (alongside the likes of Cersei, Daenerys, Arya, and uhhhh IDK) so I put him relatively high even though he hasn't had a game. I might be overrating him, though.

Daisy: High Fodder. We have no data for her because her one contest appearance was a first-round exit against Peach in 2006, which is disregarded since it's the purest form of SFF. The fact that she hasn't made a contest since is very bad for her chances. Very, very bad. However, she's been in Mario spinoff games galore, which a lot of people have played, so they at least know who she is. I reckon she beats Low Fodder easily and most of Mid Fodder, so High Fodder feels right. She's a weaker High Fodder though.

Celes Chere: She's only been in two contests. Fewer than I thought. While that's bad, she did pull 30% on Knux in a 3-way with SFF not in her favor (game-wise) and 39% on The Boss in 2006, when MGS was in its prime. Those are both good. As FF6 is timeless, but still quite old, I err toward Fodder Line for her. She could advance against the right opponent, but probably won't be making Round 3.
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Tyrion I honestly have no clue on - I haven't watched GoT and don't know a lot about it. I will say High Fodder since, while there have been GoT games, they haven't made a huge impact from what I've seen. And the GoT series isn't nearly as ubiquitous as something like Star Wars or LOTR.

Daisy I will say Fodder Line. I think she would have been anti-voted heavily in the past for being "annoying", but her appearance in Smash was well-received and she isn't nearly as annoying in spinoff roles as she was in the Gamecube era. Plus Peach boosted in CBX which is a good sign for her.

Celes is Fodder Line - I think she looked around that strength in CB9. And FF6 characters should retain strength on Gfaqs.

nominations:

Taylor Swift (Band Hero)
Miltank (Pokemon)
Guzzlord (Pokemon)
Undyne (Undertale)
Rowlet (Pokemon)
Swampert (Pokemon)
Tepig (Pokemon)
Wartortle (Pokemon)
Rayquaza (Pokemon)
Alvin (Tales of Xillia)
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For Tyrion, I guess I'll go with High Fodder on account of GoT's great popularity (and Tyrion in particular being its apparent most popular character), even though much of that seemed to turn into open hate with the final season.

I have a hard time buying Daisy being any better than Mid Fodder. There's a select few very vocal fans who care a whole lot about her, while the rest of the world is apathetic at best, and inclined to outright antivote her at worst. That's not a good look for a Mario character on GameFAQs, and Daisy very much lacks the joking groundswell of someone like Waluigi or the respect votes of Peach and even Pauline to an extent.

Celes should be around the Fodder Line, I agree. While her previous results have been pretty hideous, Terra has looked great of late, which makes me think Celes also should have boosted a bit.
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Day 111 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78024701
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