Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 310 ft Shang Tsung, Tiny Tina, Clementine

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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 309:

Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto 4) is Low Fodder
Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil 5) is Low Fodder
Starman (Earthbound) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Tiny Tina (Borderlands)
Clementine (The Walking Dead)

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Low Fodder for Shang Tsung. He was the final boss of the first Mortal Kombat, with an old man design that was never really used again for him. After that he got an unappealing design that somehow managed to stick until MK9 rebooted the series. He actually looks good in MK11, but 2019 is far too late for him to redeem himself.

Low Fodder for Tiny Tina as well. She didn't look bad in 2013 but Borderlands was far more relevant back then. Plus she is just an NPC support character in her appearances outside of BL2 DLC, so I don't think she will have retained her popularity.

Despite TWD losing to Bastion, I think Clem can still be Mid Fodder. She's probably the part of the series that held up the best, being the focus of the entire series and a protagonist praised for her emotional development.

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Low fodder for all.

I got no faith in Telltale whatsoever.

Re-rank Handsome Jack.

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Shang low

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A 310 foot Shang Tsung would be pretty hard to beat in Mortal Kombat

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Low Fodder for all. Clementine, at best, barely looked like Mid Fodder when The Walking Dead's popularity and general relevance were at their peak.

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Day 311 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78600103

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