Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 172 ft Bartz Klauser, Agro, Star-Lord

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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 171:

Birdo (Mario series) is High Fodder
Ninten (Earthbound Beginnings/Mother) is Low Fodder
Wander (Shadow of the Colossus) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Star-Lord (Marvel)
Agro (Shadow of the Colossus)
Bartz Klauser (Final Fantasy V)
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Kyle madgian from parasite eve 2

Nominate Franz Sanchez (License to Kill/007 Legends)
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ertyu0078 posted...

Kyle madgian from parasite eve 2

he's added and I didn't forget Eve - she's on there.

Mid Fodder for Star-Lord and Bartz, Low Fodder for Agro. Star-Lord is too much of a normal guy to stand out much in the MCU, and I think he'll get some anti-votes as a result of his actions in Infinity War. Bartz is recognizable by name unlike the Warrior of Light, but FFV is a pretty obscure entry in the series, so he'll mostly be relying on Dissidia for his votes. Gfaqs loves SotC, but do they love it enough to vote for a realistic-looking horse? I think the answer is no - I doubt a realistic horse will get "cute animal" votes. Mostly people who really love SotC will be voting for the horse here.
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Same rankings as half silver.

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Bump
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half_silver28 posted...

he's added and I didn't forget Eve - she's on there.

You marked LMS as the nominee.

I'll concur with all three votes.
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fixed and Day 173 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78194529
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