Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 315 ft Skyla, Alex Kidd, Kazuya Mishima

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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 312:

The Traveler (Journey) is Low Fodder
Blade (Marvel) is Low Fodder
Vaan (Final Fantasy XII) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Claptrap (Borderlands) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

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 314:

Infinite the Jackal (Sonic Forces) is Low Fodder
Ristar (Ristar) is Low Fodder
Boo (Mario series) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Skyla (Pokemon Black & White)
Alex Kidd (Alex Kidd)
Kazuya Mishima (Tekken)

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Mid Fodder for Skyla, and you know why. Two Large Reasons.

Low Fodder for Alex Kidd, though he's pretty close to law. Too old for most of Gfaqs to care about, but his history as the former mascot of Sega should get him some votes from oldies.

So Tekken 7 got completely wrecked by Smash Ultimate, but I'm not going to go all in on the series being worthless since it definitely got hit with fighting game LFF in that match. That said I think Kazuya ends up as Low Fodder for looking like generic mcjapanesedude, and for being absent from the most popular game in the series in Tekken 3.

I just now realized I completely mucked the OP for this topic. Just. . . ignore the first part of it lol.

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Nominate:

Glover (Glover)
Old Man Statue (Sonic Adventure)

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Skyla (Pokemon Black & White) - Low fodder

just not quite buying it. Even if she could make mid fodder with a good pic, she gets an in-game sprite or a face shot and she's done.

Alex Kidd (Alex Kidd) - Low fodder

Outside Sonic, Sega doesn't have much presence on gamefaqs. The Master System definitely doesn't due to the heavy North American presence. Again, probably not far from LAW.

also I just played Miracle World during the past week and was kind of surprised it...wasn't good? I guess the variety probably gave it some novelty back in the day but I thought the two castles and the platforming level before the first castle were like the only good levels.

Kazuya Mishima (Tekken) - Low fodder

Yoshimitsu performed not-abysmally in 2013 but he also had Soul Calibur to draw from. Tekken being such a core PS1 franchise inclines me to think its more popular characters, while probably low fodder, are not absolute bottom of the barrel.

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Nominate:
Commander Keen (Commander Keen)
Gary Oak (Pokemon Puzzle League)
Starfy (The Legendary Starfy)
The Devil (Cuphead)
Mugman (Cuphead)
Mufasa (The Lion King)

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nominate Starfy, Commander Keen, Glover

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Agree with half_silver and Axem again.

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Me and him had different votes on Skyla this time!

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Me and him had different votes on Skyla this time!

Oh whoops, I meant to agree with your votes (as usual), but I also wanted to include half_silver, because I was thinking they'd be the same votes as usual.

So yes, agree with Axem, to clarify.

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Day 316 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78618600

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