Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 323 ft The Thing, Tony Montana, The Lizard

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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 322:

Lemming (Lemmings) is Low Fodder
Gamora (Marvel) is Mid Fodder
Koopa the Quick (Super Mario 64) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Ben Grimm/The Thing (Marvel)
Tony Montana (Scarface The World Is Yours)
The Lizard (Marvel)

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Mid Fodder for The Thing. He's easily the most recognizable and well-liked F4 member, and was the only major character in the 2000s F4 movies who had an overall positive response.

Low Fodder for Tony Montana. Scarface is simply too old and the games Tony appeared in didn't make a big enough impact (nor his Payday 2 appearance).

Low Fodder for the Lizard. I think only first tier Spider-Man villains will really be worth much in a contest, and I don't think the Lizard is really there. Plus Lizard looked pretty goofy in Amazing Spider-man, his only movie appearance not counting Curt Connors in the Raimi trilogy. He'd have to be in an MCU movie to move up imo.

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I swear I nominated Glover.

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

I swear I nominated Glover.

you have now - added.

Also everyone needs to nominate some of the characters sitting at 2 votes. I don't want to have to randomize that whole group to decide the next day.

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Nominate:
General Grievous (Star Wars)
Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff (Marvel)
Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
Ultros (Final Fantasy VI)
Servbot (Mega Man Legends)
Athena Cykes (Ace Attorney)

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Agree with half_silver.

Reluctantly on The Thing but...I dunno, he just seems like a low-key iconic superhero even if my investment in Fantastic Four is minimal?

Didn't remember so I had to google what The Lizard looked like in Amazing Spider-Man. Yeah that's not great.

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Nominate Carnage (Marvel)

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I'll also nominate Carnage, Andrew Ryan and Servbot.

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Agree with half_silver, though I'd guess Tony Montana is pretty close to LAW at this point.

Third Andrew Ryan, Servbot, and Ultros.

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Day 324 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78648513

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