Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 180 ft Frieza, Cell, Jack Krauser

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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

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 179:

Trunks (Dragonball Z) is High Fodder
Dalton (Chrono Trigger) is Low Fodder
Porky/Pokey Minch (EarthBound/Mother 3) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Frieza (Dragonball Z)
Jack Krauser (Resident Evil 4)
Cell (Dragonball Z)

Today's Re-ranking:

Kuja (Final Fantasy IX)
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High Fodder for the pair of DBZ main antagonists. I don't see Frieza or Cell being as popular as Piccolo, but both are iconic villains with a ton of screen time and game appearances. Frieza has more recent relevance due to being a major player in the Tournament of Power arc of DBZ Super, but I think he will suffer a bit due to not being a "cool"-looking character. Cell will likely find more support from the site.

Mid Fodder for Krauser. He's a memorable character from a game the site really likes in RE4. Krauser maybe could have been high fodder once upon a time, but RE4's strength has likely fallen on the site judging by Leon's drop in CBX.

I think I went high fodder for Kuja last time, and I will stick with High Fodder. He was mid back in 2005, but FFIX was not yet held in high regard at that time. He is kind of a sympathetic villain and has a strong connection to Zidane, so I think he has enough to get to high.
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I will nominate Venom (Marvel) for re-ranking. His ranking took place in the wake of the news that Spider-Man was being forced out of the MCU. With that crisis averted, Venom will no longer suffer Sony hate-fueled anti-votes.
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sure, Im up for re-ranking Venom.


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Lucia from devil may cry 2

Nominate:

Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
Pris (Blade Runner)
Zhora (Blade Runner)
Rachel (Blade Runner)
Raymond Stantz (Ghostbusters)
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters)
Claus (Mother 3)
Krystal (Star Fox)
James McCloud (Star Fox)
The Merchant (Resident Evil 4)
Dr. Alan Grant (Jurassic Park)
Sgt. Al Powell (Die Hard)
Tim "The Toolman" Taylor (Home Improvement)
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Frieza (Dragonball Z) - High fodder
Cell (Dragonball Z) - High fodder

Jack Krauser (Resident Evil 4) - Mid fodder

I'm a little hesitant to give him even that much credit. He's got a couple really cool sections and I guess he's the "cool" antagonist but in the grand scope of the game he feels sorta inconsequential, in a game that's almost 15 years old and seemed to be declining in strength. RE2make will probably enable the franchise in general to at least tread water since 2015 though so I guess I'll go barely Mid Fodder.

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nominate Roy Batty, Alan Grant and Tim Taylor

also Lucia

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I'll concur with all of half_silver's votes. If there's one FF9 character who I'd take to have not gotten any stronger since Villains, it's Kuja. That being said, I do think he'll be closer to Fodder Line than the Mid Fodder our consensus previously put him at.

I'll also support reranking Venom.

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Day 181 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78227124

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