Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 182 ft Cortana, Luca Blight, Sonic Ring

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half_silver28
12/06/19 2:41:40 PM
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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 181:

Alec Trevelyan (Goldeneye 007) is Low Fodder
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters) is Low Fodder
Peppy Hare (Star Fox) is Mid Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Venom (Marvel) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Cortana (Halo)
Ring (Sonic series)
Luca Blight (Suikoden)


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half_silver28
12/06/19 6:13:49 PM
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Mid Fodder for Cortana. She's hot (and technically naked) and everyone knows her - but Gfaqs REALLY just does not care about Halo. Case and point is Master Chief barely looking like a fodder line character.

Low Fodder for Ring. I'm not really sure how the generic collectible from the Sonic games will attract joke votes in the same vein as the ? Block, or even the FFVII chair.

Low Fodder for Luca Blight. He looked bad back in 2005, and the Suikoden series hasn't had a game release in NA since 2009. And Luca's game is especially obscure to boot.

I will also nominate Sly Cooper for re-ranking. High Fodder does seem too high for him considering his series is less popular on the site than Ratchet & Clank or Jak.

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LinkMarioSamus
12/07/19 6:58:26 AM
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Nominate Mother Brain for re-ranking, plus:

Finn (Star Wars)
Poe Dameron (Star Wars)
Thardus (Metroid Prime)
U-Mos (Metroid Prime 2)
Admiral Dane (Metroid Prime 3)
Ghor (Metroid Prime 3)
Gandrayda (Metroid Prime 3)
Rundas (Metroid Prime 3)

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half_silver28
12/07/19 9:36:56 AM
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nominate Rundas and U-Mos

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MetalmindStats
12/07/19 1:08:19 PM
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Cortana: Low Fodder - I'm not sure what level of sex appeal is necessary to get GameFAQs voters to pick a virtual-looking Halo character over anyone they remotely care about, but I'm hard-pressed to believe Cortana has it.

Luca Blight: Low Fodder - I want to say Mid Fodder, but the case simply isn't there for it.

Ring: Low Fodder

I will also nominate Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark), Pok Ball (Pokmon), and Sly Cooper for reranking.

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AxemRedRanger
12/07/19 7:02:00 PM
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Cortana - low fodder
luca blight - low fodder

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6131-best-game-ever-day-21-round-2-zelda-ocarina-of-time-vs

That was really good compared to expectations and suikodens also looked much better than it used to in series polls. People talked up Suikoden ii for years and years as this really great hidden gem PS1 rpg that nobody could play without shelling out over a hundred bucks or piracy and then it finally got put on psn. I think its play rate could be surprisingly decent. With how bad vyse keeps looking despite skies of Arcadia staying steady I wouldnt call luca mid fodder without seeing him actually come back but he could be fairly close.

Ring - low fodder

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AxemRedRanger
12/07/19 7:05:27 PM
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Nominate
joanna dark
jason (heavy rain)

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LinkMarioSamus
12/08/19 7:46:47 AM
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Nominate:

Norman Jayden (Heavy Rain)
Madison Paige (Heavy Rain)
Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)
Jason Mars (Heavy Rain)

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half_silver28
12/08/19 10:01:13 AM
#9:


nominate Joanna Dark, Poke Ball, Jason Mars and Scott Shelby.

Day 183 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78236850

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