Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 117 ft Wonder Woman, Cait Sith, Axel

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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 116:

Vault Boy (Fallout) is Mid Fodder
Elizabeth (Bioshock Infinite) is High Fodder
Vyse (Skies of Arcadia) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Axel (Kingdom Hearts)
Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
Cait Sith (Final Fantasy VII)
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Axel: High Fodder. Has never advanced. Hasn't been in a contest since 2010, and that was by vote-in. I don't think many people care about him, but he's recognizable enough to beat up fodder, so yeah.

Wonder Woman: Midcarder. I can say that Gal Godot has helped her case TREMENDOUSLY, and I can definitely see her getting votes from the vast majority of the females that come visit that day (I know that's like 15% of votes but still). Diana's instantly recognizable and iconic in her own right, but she didn't become viable until 2016 when the hype train for the movie left the station. She's gone from High Fodder to a Midcarder in the past three years. Insane.

Cait Sith: High Fodder. FFVII is a much-beloved game on this site, so that surely helps his/her/its case, but he/she/it has never made a bracket (nor have Yuffie and Red XIII), and that goes to show you that he/she/it is one of the throwaway playables from that game. While new exposure from FFVIIR will certainly help matters, I don't see him/her/it putting up much of a fight against anyone. He's not iconic.

...also, my "he/she/it" meme for Cait Sith is a decade old now? Holy shit. My hair just turned gray.
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Nominate:
Dart Feld (The Legend of Dragoon)
Jimmy Hopkins (Bully)

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Nominate:

Max Rockatansky (Mad Max)
Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
John McClane (Die Hard)
Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop)
Ellen Ripley (Alien)
Sarah Connor (Terminator)
T-800 (Terminator)
T-1000 (Terminator)
The Thing (The Thing)
Michael Myers (Halloween)
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Axel - High Fodder

He looked High Fodder in 2010 but didn't come back after that even for a 243-character bracket and KH has looked worse since then. Maybe KHIII will help a bit though.

Wonder Woman - Low Midcarder

A little skeptical but I figure she might be worth something. Agreed that she would have been vastly worse before the movie.

Cait Sith - High Fodder

He may be an FFVII party member but he's always been clearly the runt.

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Nominate:
Okabe Rintarou (Steins;Gate)

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Axel: Mid Fodder

2018 was the exact opposite of a good sign for KH all around, particularly what it indicated about KH3 hype, and to no great surprise, even GameFAQs has since met the final product with a collective shrug. As such, a decline from what was likely Fodder Line strength in 2010 and High Fodder strength in 2013 (even though he didn't make it) looks inevitable.

I agree with Axem otherwise.
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Nominate:

Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
John McClane (Die Hard)
Ellen Ripley (Alien)
Sarah Connor (Terminator)
T-800 (Terminator)
T-1000 (Terminator)
Michael Myers (Halloween)
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I agree with metalmind. I don't see Axel being very strong after KH III flopped on the site.

nominations:

Jimmy Hopkins (Bully)
Okabe Rintarou (Steins;Gate)
Max Rockatansky (Mad Max)
Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry)
Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop)
Sarah Connor (Terminator)
T-1000 (Terminator)
The Thing (The Thing)
Michael Myers (Halloween)
Carlos Santana (Guitar Hero)
Samurai Jack (Samurai Jack)
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Change me to mid fodder for Axel.

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Day 118 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78041961
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