Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 115 ft Winnie the Pooh, Missile, Chair

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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 114:

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) is Fodder Line
Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe) is Mid Fodder
Pokemon Trainer Blue (Pokemon) is a Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Winnie the Pooh (Disney/Kingdom Hearts)
Chair (Final Fantasy VII) yes, this is literally a chair from FFVII
Missile (Ghost Trick)
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Nominate Vault Boy.

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Winnie the Pooh: High Fodder. We're not all Full Throttle here. Winnie the Pooh is either someone you have huge nostalgia for or someone you don't care about at all - and I think more people who come here err toward the latter.

Chair: Low Fodder. As far as joke entrants go, this has to be one of the jokiest. I don't think very many people are going to care, and the only ones who will are those who find it "hysterical" and FF7 fanboys, and even some of the latter might not care. I don't get it, personally. Some people might.

Missile: Mid Fodder. The last time he was in a contest, he beat Kerrigan in the three-ways when neither had a prayer against Crono. That alone means he's not Low Fodder. He got almost 20% on Crono, too. However, I don't see him beating anybody, so he can't NOT be some kind of fodder, and time probably hasn't helped his case. But you know what does help him? "Aw, cute doggie." I presume that's why he did so well the last time.
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Winnie the Pooh (Disney/Kingdom Hearts) - Mid fodder

I think the franchise aims way too young and unless/until people have kids themselves perhaps I'm not convinced many really go back to it or think of it as remotely important to them.

Chair (Final Fantasy VII) - Low fodder

Which chair exactly? The details could be important! President Shinra's or what?

Missile (Ghost Trick) - Mid Fodder

Kerrigan spent the last 8 hours of the poll slowly shaving 250 votes off Missile's lead so I do think Missile probably would have lost to her without his early 4chan rally - which I don't think he'd get again if he came back. Still good enough for mid fodder but maybe not by much. All hail DogFAQs.

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I'll agree with High Fodder for Winnie. I think there is a decent amount of nostalgia for the various cartoons he has appeared in, though I'm not sure how relevant his appearances in games are on the site. He is also an icon in his own right.

The Chair I believe is a chair in Aerith's house. I don't remember who first nominated the chair but they provided a pic at the time. Anyway I agree with Low Fodder. I think enough people will recognize that this is an "object" from Final Fantasy VII, which is enough to beat the LAW fodder tier weaklings.

Agree with Mid Fodder for the doggo.

nominations:

Torgo (Manos: The Hands of Fate)
Demogorgon (Stranger Things)
Adam Malkovich (Metroid)
Kylo Ren (Star Wars)
Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Ghost Rider (Marvel)
Torchic (Pokemon)
Kitty Pryde (X-Men)
Joey Wheeler (Yugioh)

I've just about run out of characters to nominate at this point, so I urge all rating participants to Ctrl+F through the list of nominations and vote for anyone you think could be interesting for this topic.
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nominate Tyris Flare (Golden Axe) as well
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...Let's make sure I don't forget today's slate, like I did yesterday.

I agree with Axem about all three. Pooh lines up with my votes on similar characters, the Chair is a very obvious joke, and Missile looked not-awful in 2013.
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not gonna vote, but just want to note that Winnie the Pooh is the 3rd-highest grossing franchise of all time, just after Pokemon and Hello Kitty
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actually fuck it I will vote

Winnie the Pooh: Low Midcarder. I think he's drastically underseeded here as one of the most recognizable faces in media. Definitely on par with the likes of Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny
Chair: Low Fodder
Missile: Mid Fodder (is his huge following just a B8 thing? I always see people talk about the character but nobody ever talks about the game he's from)
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Day 116 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78036876
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Winnie the Pooh (Disney/Kingdom Hearts) - mid-carder
Chair (Final Fantasy VII) - low mid-carder
Missile (Ghost Trick) - mid-fodder
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