Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 130 ft Jar Jar Binks, Incineroar, Boko

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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 129:

Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings) is Mid Fodder
Black Panther (Marvel) is High Fodder
Pokmon Trainer Ethan (Pokmon Gold and Silver) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars)
Incineroar (Pokemon)
Boko (Final Fantasy V)
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Jar Jar: Low Fodder. Can't think of any reason why anyone would vote for a much-reviled Star Wars character, even if he is recognizable. I see a ton of people just anti-voting him because "he's annoying" - so he's the rare example of a Star Wars character that's probably worth zero.

Incineroar: High Fodder. One of the most popular Pokemon in recent memory, but it's still recent memory, and I don't see people who aren't Pokemon fans voting for him. S&M being as awful as they were doesn't help matters, but I still think him being in Smash as well as being popular - his wrestling appearance will help, too - lets him beat Mid and Low Fodder. A lot of people know Pokemon, too.

Boko: Mid Fodder. Tied with Kratos Aurion in the 3-ways in his lone appearance with only getting 20% on Zero. Kratos getting that many votes in 2013 is impressive for High Fodder like him. It's not impressive for Boko, who has only made that one contest as opposed to several. JRPG mascots be damned, I guess.
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Nominate:

Asterix (Asterix)
Arkantos (Age of Mythology)
Sniper Wolf (Metal Gear Solid)
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Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars) - Low fodder

Incineroar (Pokemon) - High fodder

his wrestling appearance will help, too

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4090

couldn't resist.

Boko (Final Fantasy V) - Mid fodder

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Nominate:

Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers)
Eddie Valentine (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Judge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
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agree with Mid Fodder for Boko and High Fodder for Incineroar.

Meesa thinks Jar Jar Binks is Mid Fodder for the memes that are bound to pop up if he was in a match.

nominations:

Asterix (Asterix)
Arkantos (Age of Mythology)
Sniper Wolf (Metal Gear Solid)
Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers)
Eddie Valentine (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Judge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
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Jar Jar Binks: Low Fodder - Meesa sympathetic to the argument that memes and people growing to ironically like him will push him higher, but unlike Big for example, meesa don't quite think he's fully there yet.

Incineroar: Mid Fodder - In my estimation, love-it-or-hate-it is not a good place for a post-DPP Pokmon to be, and it should be weaker than Greninja, who I already consider on the low end of High Fodder.

Boko: Agree with Mid Fodder, as his previous result indicates.

Nominations:
Blaziken
Dawn
Green/Leaf
James
Jessie
Kris
Lugia
May
Piplup
Raichu
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Day 131 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78075618
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