Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 176 ft Reptile, Freddy Kreuger, Poochy

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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 175:

Fiora (Xenoblade Chronicles) is Mid Fodder
Koopa Troopa (Mario series) is Mid Fodder
Dr. Thomas Light (Mega Man) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Freddy Kreuger (Nightmare on Elm Street/Mortal Kombat 9)
Poochy (Yoshi's Island/Yoshi series)
Reptile (Mortal Kombat)
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Mid Fodder for Freddy. He's an icon of horror, but he honestly hasn't been hugely relevant since the early 90s. Most of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies are a bit too old for Gfaqs to have reliably seen, and its been almost 10 years since the reboot movie (and it was terrible anyway). He'll beat low fodder based purely on being recognizable and having SOME fans thanks to his snarky personality, but that's it.

Mid Fodder for Poochy. Not because I think the site cares much about the Yoshi games, but because he's a cute dog (presumably).

I will just barely give High Fodder to Reptile. In the Gfaqs poll from a few years ago he placed slightly behind Johnny Cage and ahead of Liu Kang. He was a secret character in the first MK and playable in MK2, which I think makes him a bit more memorable than the rest of the pack. Plus he had the classic and popular MK ninja design in those games, and in fact, was the first in the line of palette-swapped ninjas following Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
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Nominate:

Cortana (Halo)
Sgt. Edward Buck (Halo)
Thel 'Vadam/The Arbiter (Halo)
Noble Six (Halo: Reach)
Prophet of Truth (Halo)
Iblis (Sonic '06)
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Dig dug

Freddy - mid fodder
Poochy - low fodder

i dont think hes even that cute.

Reptile - High fodder

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nominate Arbiter and Dig Dug
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Regina Dino crisis

Freddy: Low Fodder

Poochy: Low Fodder

half_silver28 posted...

but because he's a cute dog (presumably).

https://www.mariowiki.com/images/e/ee/YCW_Poochy_Sleeping.png

Ehh, he doesn't look enough like a real-world dog, and he definitely has less of a fanbase than Missile. Combine that with how GameFAQs sadly doesn't care about even Yoshi's Island, and I'm not expecting him to get anywhere.

Reptile: Mid Fodder

Liu Kang's probably the weakest major MK character, so placing ahead of him isn't some badge of honor. I'm also skeptical about MK characters in general, considering MK11 with its awful GameFAQs reception has been the only thing to happen with the series recently. Honestly, I'm giving him a lot of credit even saying he's about as strong as Guile.
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Freddy Kreuger - high fodder
Poochy (Yoshi's Island/Yoshi series) - mid-fodder
Reptile (Mortal Kombat) - high fodder

Koopa Troopa is definitely higher than mid-fodder.
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Im not sure even yoshis island fans would have much positive to say about poochy. Even if you argue segments with him are fun, they dont tend to endear players towards him! Poochy aint Stupid almost seems like it was named specifically to make people hate the dog.

Change me to mid fodder for Reptile. Those poll results really werent good and I doubt hes ahead of Guile.

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nominate Regina (Dino Crisis)

Day 177 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78212480
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