Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 209 ft Navi, Alm, Tali'Zorah

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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 208:

Kimberly Hart/Pink Ranger (Power Rangers) is Mid Fodder
Raichu (Pokemon) is Fodder Line
Old Man (The Legend of Zelda) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Alm (Fire Emblem Gaiden/Echoes)
Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (Mass Effect)
Navi (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Naruto (Naruto games)

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Alm I will put at Low Fodder - FE Echoes did ok on the 2017 portable poll but did not make the GOTY poll. I don't think that's enough to put the game's male protag above low fodder.

Tali I will put at Mid Fodder. She's one of the most popular waifus from the game, but I think her design won't win her many points. Plus some fans might anti-vote her due to not being -their- ME waifu, or the controversial reveal of her face.

Navi should at least be High Fodder. She's an iconic "helper" character and honestly, she isn't as annoying as some make it seem. The "Hey! Listen!" memes may be more of a benefit than a hindrance as well.

Naruto I say is Mid Fodder this time around. He isn't especially well-liked as a character, but the Naruto franchise is big enough that I think most Gfaqs have either watched it and/or played some of the many Naruto fighting games. Sharing the name of the series will be enough to put him above low fodder.

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Nominate:
Red Ranger
Sazh
Serah
Vaan
Wreck-It Ralph
Villager

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Re-rank catwoman

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Alm - Low fodder
tali - mid fodder

I could see hugh fodder too but not making a contest and mass effect not looking good says not to expect much. Mass effect 2s relatively poor 2015 results suggest to me that Garrus and shepards bad showings in 2018 were not just a screw andromeda reaction, either.

navi - mid fodder

Im not so willing to overlook the oh my god Navi shut up factor and if she was actually liked by a lot of people I think shed have gotten in before now.

naruto - mid fodder

a little too young to do much. The average gamefaqs user was 18 when naruto started airing on us television. There were people the show hit hard for though in the younger set and he has name value from sharing the franchises title. Actually having decent/good (or so I hear) games that got timely us releases helps a little too. I think hes a little sketchy but willing to go with mid fodder.

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nominate Saitama (One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows)

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Alm: Low Fodder
Naruto: Mid Fodder

Tali: Mid Fodder - Skewing conservative here because she didn't make 2013's field and Mordin did, even though the latter didn't debut until ME2. That implies to me she isn't quite the fan favorite she'd need to be to reach High Fodder.

Navi: Mid Fodder - Fun(?) fact: when I imagine the phrase "Hey! Listen!", it's in the voice of Veronica from Dragon Quest XI, rather than Navi's voice. I would have to guess it's a much more positive association.

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Day 210 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78308750

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