Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 274 ft Jean Grey, Rayquaza, SHODAN

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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 273:

Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3) is Low Fodder
Edward Kenway (Assassin's Creed IV) is Mid Fodder
Mii (Wii Sports, etc.) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Jean Grey/Phoenix (Marvel)
Rayquaza (Pokemon)
SHODAN (System Shock)

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Jean Grey/Phoenix (Marvel) - Mid fodder

She's a very prominent X-men so probably mid fodder by that alone but I don't think she's well-liked at all.

Rayquaza (Pokemon) - Mid fodder

Probably a bit weaker than Kyogre and Groudon and close to low.

SHODAN (System Shock) - Low fodder

The vast majority of gamefaqs hasn't played her franchise.

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Nominate:
Rogue (X-Men)
Seymour Skinner (The Simpsons)
Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)
Lance (Pokemon)
Lt. Surge (Pokemon)

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Agree with Mid Fodder for Jean Grey and Low Fodder for SHODAN.

Jean will get all of her votes off of TJF and being a cool character IN THEORY. Unfortunately the movies almost never get her right, from X-Men The Last Stand to the recent Dark Phoenix movie that literally everyone hated.

SHODAN is just too obscure to be stronger than Low Fodder, and System Shock 3 still isn't out after more than 20 years.

For Rayquaza however I say High Fodder. Yes it was on the box of Emerald which isn't nearly as meaningful as Ruby or Sapphire, but it was still in the latter 2 games. And it is significantly more popular than Kyogre or Groudon due to being a fucking SKY DRAGON. The vast majority of players likely used Rayquaza on their team due to the design, or how purely OP Rayquaza was in terms of attack power. I was absolutely one of those players.

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Agree with Axem. Yes, Rayquaza is easily more popular than Kyogre and Groudon, but it comparatively lacks in recognizability among casual Pokmon players thanks to only being on Emerald's boxart.

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Day 275 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78464161

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