Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 153 ft Adolf Hitler, Black Widow, Revali

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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 152:

Golbez (Final Fantasy IV) is High Fodder
John Lennon (The Beatles Rock Band) is Low Fodder
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Revali (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Adolf Hitler (Wolfenstein, Persona 2, etc)
Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Marvel)
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High Fodder for Revali. I see him being below Urbosa and Sidon, and I don't think his resemblance to Falco will get him a huge boost.

Mid Fodder for Hitler. I think he'll get some votes from people who just want to be edgy, similar to Satan. And some meme threads will inevitably pop up, probably featuring the old Hitler Reacts vid.

High Fodder for Black Widow. She was not a very well-known character outside of comics until the MCU made her incredibly popular; enough so to get a movie of her own. She gets some focus due to being the only female of the original Avengers and TJG will help her get some votes, but I don't see Gfaqs caring a huge amount for her. Almost all her game appearances are MCU-related and she doesn't have any cool powers like almost every other major character in the movies.
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Revali (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) - High fodder

Adolf Hitler (Wolfenstein, Persona 2, etc) - High fodder

Hitler got 4chan's support in Rivalry Rumble, and while it wasn't enough to even beat Sora/Riku, it's not implausible that outside interference could put him over nowadays. He could easily perform worse than where I put him, sure, but there's also a (probably low but not nonexistent) chance he really catches fire and even win the whole thing.

The most accurate placement would probably be N/A, though. t ain't 2011 anymore and after Charlottesville and all of the attention the far-right has gotten, Nazis winning polls isn't necessarily going to be treated as just irrelevant trolling. I really don't think Hitler is going to be allowed back no matter what the nomination rules say. "Hitler voted gamefaqs' favorite character" would be a bad look for the site.

Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Marvel) - High fodder

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Agree with Axem.
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Day 154 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78127850
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