Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 186 ft Poison Ivy, Clyde, Hayley Williams

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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 185:

Mythra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) is Mid Fodder
Slippy Toad (Star Fox) is Mid Fodder
Snake (Snake) is LAW Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Poison Ivy (DC Comics)
Clyde (Pac-Man)
Hayley Williams (Guitar Hero/Paramore)

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Poison ivy low
clyde mid

I say High Fodder for Poison Ivy - she's a villain with a lot of visibility in Batman games and animated series (she was also pretty hot in Batman & Robin, admittedly). She's got TJF and is just visually appealing in general, plus her relationship with Harley Quinn is. . . fairly popular to say the least. Fodder line is possible here, but I am not sure how her particular brand of environmentalism will go over on the site, and I also think her strength could be somewhat pic-reliant.

Mid Fodder for Clyde. Extremely recognizable character that no one will really have strong feelings for.

Hayley might have been worth something back in 2010 when she first made her Guitar Hero appearance, but I don't think the site cares too much nowadays since Hayley has grown up and Paramore became more of a pop group. I'll give her Low Fodder since there's probably still a small fanbase for her and Paramore on the site. And some voters almost certainly would've had a CrushCrushCrush on her back in the day, which will also help.

And I think now's as good a time as any to nominate Nemesis (Resident Evil 3) for re-ranking. RE3 Remake has been officially announced and is not too far way, so I think Nemy deserves a second look.

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nominate Red Gyarados (Pokemon GSC)

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Poison Ivy: Mid Fodder - I'm loath to trust any Batman villain besides the actually relevant Joker and Harley Quinn; plus, Poison Ivy's popularity isn't exceptional even by those standards.

Clyde: Low Fodder - I can't see him not being weaker than Ms. Pac-Man, who's barely Mid Fodder to me.

Hayley: Low Fodder - Paramore Twitter boobs

Second reranking Donkey Kong Jr.

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Nomation shyguy from Mario bros

I will also nominate Shy Guy. Was waiting for another rating on Hayley but it probably wouldn't make a difference, and Ivy would need a fodder line vote to change her ranking.

Day 187 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78251440

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