Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 177 ft Adam Malkovich, R.O.B, Peter Griffin

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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 176:

Freddy Kreuger (Nightmare on Elm Street/Mortal Kombat 9) is Mid Fodder
Poochy (Yoshi's Island/Yoshi series) is Mid Fodder
Reptile (Mortal Kombat) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Adam Malkovich (Metroid)
R.O.B. (Gyromite)
Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
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correction on the above: Reptile actually ended up as High Fodder. I corrected it on the doc but it's too late to update on the OP
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Adam - LAW Fodder. Metroid fans will be more likely to vote against him and nobody else will care about Commander McDude.

R.O.B - Mid Fodder. He's been in a few Smash games by now but that's all he has going for him.

Don't know about Peter but I doubt he breaks fodder.
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Agree with LAW Fodder for Adam and Mid Fodder for R.O.B. A lot of people don't even know who Adam is, and those who do are very likely to anti-vote him. R.O.B. has never appeared in a contest despite being present in the last 3 smash games, so one can conclude Gfaqs doesn't care about him. He is mid fodder due to being recognizable and in smash, but that's it.

Peter is Mid Fodder. Quite a few voters will have nostalgia for the earlier seasons of Family Guy, in which Peter was a bumbling yet dedicated father and husband. But later seasons flanderized him into a bumbling selfish jerk. That along with the decreased quality of the show will hurt him some, but Peter is recognizable enough that I think he stays above low fodder.
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If Jar-Jar can be low fodder can't Adam at least reach that? Then again Jar-Jar is much more well-known.

Nominate:

Sam Witwicky (Transformers)
Mutt Williams (Indiana Jones)
Walter Peck (Ghostbusters)
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Adam - LAW fodder

nobody would remember or care if not for the controversy and nobody who cares about that is voting him.

R.O.B. - he actually hasnt been eligible in previous contests. Originated as a hardware peripheral rather than an actual character so sballen ruled him out.

mid fodder regardless though. Might just be the weakest smash character actually. Game and watch at least has seniority and a cool gimmick.

Peter griffin - low fodder

Do people still like family guy in 2019?

liked the show back in the day but I dont really want anything to do with it at this point.


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I agree with Axem about all three.

Adam could be Low Fodder because it wouldn't take very many ironic/joke votes, but I'm skeptical. Jar Jar is far more prominent and ironically popular.

ROB might be Low, but I'll err on the high end.

As for Peter, Futurama > Family Guy here, and I'm generally not inclined to put much stock into multimedia characters.
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Day 178 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78215079
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