Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 349 ft HAL 9000, Wilhuff Tarkin, Yellow

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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 347:

Baby Luigi (Mario) is Mid Fodder
Shanoa (Castlevania) is Low Fodder
Volgin (Metal Gear Solid 3) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Sypha Belnades (Castlevania)
Zell Dincht (Final Fantasy VIII)
Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil 4)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

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 348:

Sypha Belnades (Castlevania) is Low Fodder
Zell Dincht (Final Fantasy VIII) is High Fodder
Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil 4) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

CD-i Link (Link: The Faces of Evil) is now a Low Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rank:

HAL 9000 (Space Odyssey/Lego Dimensions)
Wilhuff Tarkin (Star Wars)
Yellow (M&M's Kart Racing)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Charmander (Pokemon)

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HAL 9000 (Space Odyssey/Lego Dimensions) - LAW fodder

It's a sorta notable pop culture thing but it's way too old. I would not be optimistic about the proportion of the site to have actually seen its movie (I haven't!) and there is no reason to care at all from a gaming standpoint.

Wilhuff Tarkin (Star Wars) - Low fodder

I don't think the average person isn't going to know who this is. At least Ackbar is visually distinctive.

Yellow (M&M's Kart Racing) - Low fodder

M&M characters

Charmander (Pokemon) - High midcarder

Like Squirtle I guess.

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Re-rank Simba

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I will say Low Fodder for HAL 9000. He is an iconic enough villain that a lot of people who haven't watched A Space Odyssey will know him, and perhaps even vote him over someone they don't know. That said I don't know why the heck they put him in a Lego game where 98% of the playerbase won't have any idea who he is.

Agree with Low Fodder on Tarkin and Yellow.

For Charmander I will say Midcarder. I don't think he'd be as strong as Squirtle, who is both in Smash and has more memorable anime appearances than Charmander.

I will also second Big the Cat for Re-Ranking. Big is a gigantic meme of a character and I think mid fodder is probably good for him, but there's a chance he could flop if opinions of him on the site are closer to Jar Jar than Slippy Toad.

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Agree with half_silver. I would guess that HAL would tangle with the Yuri Hyugas of the world on name value and the small minority of voters who really care about 2001, rather than being a Caim-level bottomfeeder. For another comparison, would a character from two Rocky movies, neither of which is the original, really be that much stronger than HAL in a contest?

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Day 350 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78727956

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