Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 278 ft Adam Jensen, Beetlejuice, Leah

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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 277:

Goombella (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) is Low Fodder
He-Man (He-Man) is Low Fodder
Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice)
Leah (Stardew Valley)

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I will say Low Fodder for Adam, but he is very close to hitting mid. He had no issues dealing with Marisa in CB9, and there are definitely some fans of the series still on the boards based on Deus Ex making GOTD. But it's probably pretty small since it was only a 10 seed.

Mid Fodder for Beetlejuice - everyone knows him and the Beetlejuice x 3 meme (though not that his name is actually Betelgeuse). The original movie from the 80s likely doesn't factor in, but the 90s animated series is in the right spot for nostalgia from the Gfaqs demographic. There's even a musical now.

Low Fodder for Leah. I definitely don't see any Stardew characters getting out of low.

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Agree with Low Fodder for Adam Jensen, because I anticipate him being a bit weaker than his Mid Fodder game.

Betelgeuse: Low Fodder - even if I wasn't so low on the potential of most broader fictional characters on a video game website, he'd still have to deal with being listed under an unrecognizable name.

Also agree with Low Fodder for Leah - while Stardew should by all rights be a top 5ish indie game this GotD, one of its characters would need to be a player character who's not just a player-created avatar to escape Low Fodder.

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Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) - Low fodder

He did not terribly on Vivi, to the point he's got some wiggle room to fall and still make mid. Hard to have confidence in him holding up though. Might re-rank if his game impresses.

Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice) - Low fodder

No confidence people still care in 2020. I watched the show but barely remember it at this point.

Leah (Stardew Valley) - Low fodder

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Day 279 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78478502

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