Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 188 ft Sherry Birkin, Helmaroc King, Kaiba

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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 186:

Nick Fury (Marvel) is High Fodder
Elena Fisher (Uncharted series) is Mid Fodder
Krystal (Star Fox) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil)
Helmaroc King (Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)
Seto Kaiba (Yugioh)

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Sherry is tough because her strength might be pic-dependent. I think she would be stuck at mid fodder if she got an RE6 pic, but I assume she will get an RE2 Remake pic. Right now that game is still fresh and will likely stay relevant until RE3 comes out, so I think Sherry gets to High Fodder. A year from now she might be back at mid.

Helmaroc King is Mid Fodder as a very recognizable boss character from Wind Waker, but no one will care for him beyond that, since he's pretty much just a big bad bird that appears a lot in the game.

Seto Kaiba is High Fodder because Screw the Rules! He has memes!

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Sherry low mid
Seto mid

Sherry: Mid Fodder - She's simply not an important or popular enough character to be worth much of anything. I'll be generous because RE2make is that rare new game to really click with GameFAQs, and it's still relatively fresh.

Helmaroc: Mid Fodder
Seto: Mid Fodder

I will also nominated Manfred von Karma for re-ranking. Godot looked like Low Fodder last contest, and there's no reason Manfred would be much stronger. Even Edgeworth was only Mid Fodder.

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I will second reranking Von Karma.

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Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil) - Mid fodder

RE2make is probably gonna be GOTY or runner-up so I'll throw her a bone. This is not a character I think anybody cared the slightest bit about before she came back in RE6 and people not liking that game limited how much it could do for her.

Helmaroc King (Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) - Mid fodder. Barely.
Seto Kaiba (Yugioh) - High fodder

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Yeah I guess re-do Von Karma.

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I will change my Sherry vote to Mid Fodder.

Day 189 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78257927

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