Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 114 ft Bugs Bunny, Viewtiful Joe, Blue

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half_silver28
09/21/19 9:55:10 PM
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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 113:

Ariel (Disneys The Little Mermaid) is Fodder Line
Mallow (Super Mario RPG) is Mid Fodder
Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)
Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe)
Pokemon Trainer Blue (Pokemon)
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BlueCrystalTear
09/21/19 10:16:00 PM
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Pretty sure Mallow was Low Fodder, since the two Mid Fodder votes seemed convinced he was weak.

Bugs: Fodder Line. I don't know what video games he's been in. I really don't. He's a MASSIVE icon, however, and for that alone he will beat anybody that's not recognizable to most voters. That should help him, but I don't see him winning against, say, Jill.

Joe: Mid Fodder. He was in a game or two and a few fighting games, but nobody cared about him in those so he's not even in them anymore. I don't see him being able to beat anyone as he's become quite obscure, but at least he had his heyday that some people will remember. He was High Fodder in 2013, getting 2nd in his threepack with Frog and Handsome Jack, so a drop by one tier - to the bottom third of Mid Fodder - sounds right.

Blue: Midcarder. He beat Nathan Drake at Drake's peak after taking advantage of a Star Fox SFF-fest but before getting into one with Pikachu himself. He got third place alongside Red in the Rivalry Rumble that nobody remembers... but hasn't made any other bracket. If he gets in one, he's powerful.
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half_silver28
09/22/19 10:10:47 AM
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I agree with Fodder Line for Bugs. He has been in plenty of games but none of them were really good or memorable. And I think a lot of the younger contest voters won't have a large attachment to Bugs due to not growing up with reruns of the classic cartoons.

I agree with Mid Fodder for Viewtiful Joe.

I will go with Blue as a Midcarder as well, but for me it's kind of close between that and low mid. Pokemon was significantly boosted in CB9, and whether or not he will get "Gary Oak" votes is the deciding factor between the tiers for me. I think he will get them.
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half_silver28
09/22/19 4:38:58 PM
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nominations:

Vincent (Catherine)
Kyoko (River City Girls)
Julianne Jill Stingray (VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender)
Pepsiman (Pepsiman)
Palmer (Final Fantasy VII)
The King (Sneak King)
Elesa (Pokemon)
Ronald Mcdonald (M.C. Kids)
Sylveon (Pokemon)
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
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AxemRedRanger
09/22/19 4:47:48 PM
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Bugs - Fodder line

Another really old icon. Probably has stronger non-video game appeal than the Mickey crew but much less of a gaming legacy even without considering Kingdom Hearts.

Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe) - Mid Fodder
Pokemon Trainer Blue (Pokemon) - Midcarder

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half_silver28
09/22/19 10:12:29 PM
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