Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 207 ft The Rock, Shy Guy, Groose

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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 206:

Garnet/Dagger (Final Fantasy IX) is High Fodder
Nier (Nier Gestalt) is Low Fodder
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Koopa Troopa (Mario series) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Shy Guy (Mario series)
Groose (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
The Rock (WWF No Mercy, etc.)

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Shy Guy - high fodder
Groose - low fodder
The Rock - low fodder

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Agree with High Fodder for Shy Guy. He doesn't have a huge presence as a generic enemy, but has way more personality than Goomba or Koopa Troopa in spinoff games. I think his funny behavior and recognizable appearance makes him enough of a favorite in those games to be high fodder.

Groose is Low Fodder - he lost to Lu Bu in 2013 when Skyward Sword was still a pretty recent game. At best he was mid fodder at that point, and I'm sure his strength has tanked along with the reputation of SS.

The Rock I think gets to Mid Fodder. He is a memorable wrestler, but most of his strength will be due to his acting roles. He's been one of the most visible action movie actors in the business for many years, and has even been in several video game-based movies. And people can smell, what THE ROCK is cooking!

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Shy Guy (Mario series) - Mid fodder

Just why less present and relevant in general than Goomba and Koopa Troopa.

Groose (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) - Low fodder

that one match groose had was hilarious
in a three-way match he had over 50% of the vote at the freeze a minute in, was still winning at the 6-minute update, and then ended up getting almost doubled

The Rock (WWF No Mercy, etc.) - Mid fodder

If there was ever a professional wrestler that could escape low/LAW fodder, this is probably that guy. I'm not sure he can actually do it but it's possible so I'll give him some credit.

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Shy Guy - Mid Fodder
Groose - loose Low Fodder
The Rock - Mid Fodder

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Shy Guy: Low Fodder - I feel like some people are just assuming Shy Guy will have real contest strength because they personally like him, rather than offering convincing arguments about why GameFAQs voters would care.
Groose: Low Fodder
The Rock: Mid Fodder - The key is that, as half_silver said, he won't be mainly deriving his strength from the niche that is professional wrestling.

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Nominate:
Kimberly Hart/Pink Ranger (Power Rangers)
Strong Bad (Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People)
Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
Raichu (Pokemon)
Old Man (The Legend of Zelda)
Navi (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
Michelangelo (TMNT)
Chaos (Sonic Adventure)
Abraham Lincoln (Civilization series)

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nominate Naruto for Re-Ranking

Day 208 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78304065

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