Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 322 ft Lemming, Gamora, Koopa the Quick

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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 321:

Athena (God of War) is Low Fodder
Hades (God of War) is Low Fodder
King Dice (Cuphead) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Ecco (Ecco the Dolphin) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Lemming (Lemmings)
Gamora (Marvel)
Koopa the Quick (Super Mario 64)

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Re-rank Doctor Doom.

No MCU appearances yet, the 2015 Fantastic Four movie was a flop, and nobody really cares about the 2000's FF films. He could conceivably still be good enough for mid fodder based on comics and video game appearances but without relevance, probably not high.

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Nominate:
Tony Montana (Scarface The World Is Yours)
The Lizard (Marvel)
Cyclops (X-Men)
Cave Johnson (Portal 2)

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Low Fodder for Lemming. Lemmings are iconic to an extent, but the series hasn't really been relevant since the 90s, and I don't think many people actually like the suicidal idiot Lemmings.

Mid Fodder for Gamora since she's been a major focus of several MCU movies and is a hot alien girl. I'm sorry little one. . .

Low Fodder for Koopa the Quick. He doesn't look any different from a regular Koopa, but I don't think that people actually like him due to frustration over his race in Mario 64.

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Lemming (Lemmings) - Low fodder

Not really gamefaqs's type of game and no current relevance.

Gamora (Marvel) - Mid fodder

I guess.

Koopa the Quick (Super Mario 64) - Low fodder

I guess being "a koopa" helps a little and anyone who got anywhere in SM64 should have met him but don't think people are gonna care.

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Also agree with half_silver I guess.

Second re-ranking Doctor Doom.

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Day 323 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78644652

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