Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 357 ft Jin Kazama, Kim Possible, George

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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 356:

Ragna the Bloodedge (Blazblue) is Low Fodder
Ulala (Space Channel 5) is Low Fodder
Abe (Oddworld) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles) is still Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Jin Kazama (Tekken)
Kim Possible (Kim Possible)
George (Rampage)

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nominate Curious George

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I'll go with Mid Fodder for Jin, Low Fodder for Kim, and LAW Fodder for George

Jin is definitely the best of these three. He was bad but not super bad in 2005. He was the star of Tekken 3, a game I wouldn't be too surprised if it actually had some strength as it is a very iconic PS1 game, and also a big part of another really popular Tekken game in 5. I do think Heihachi is stronger but it would be close.

Kim Possible is a well-liked show with almost everyone who remembers it, and Disney themselves still remember it, but I can't really see it being this site's thing. She doesn't have any (notable) games either. She has enough nostalgia that I can't see her being LAW Tier.

Rampage is too old and too forgotten to make any real impact here. We don't really like really old arcade games except for Pac-Man, and we barely even like that. There was the movie that came out a couple years ago I guess, but I don't think that'll help much. Going through the full list, a Rampage character reminds me of Dirk, who has absolutely no strength. So, George doesn't either.

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Jin Kazama (Tekken) - Low fodder

I think Tekken's just faded so far over the years that I don't have confidence he's still worth something.

Kim Possible (Kim Possible) - Low fodder
George (Rampage) - Low fodder

I do think the movie is enough to save the main three from LAW but they're probably not too far off.

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Nominate Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (DC Comics).

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I'll say Mid for Jin - starring in Tekken 3 is very relevant since it's likely far and away the strongest in the series, and his continued importance in the Tekken series along with the popularity of the Devil Jin form should give him more strength than his dad Kazuya.

Low Fodder for Kim and George. Kim Possible is not really a Gfaqs type of character and I think George avoids law range since Rampage was popular in the late 90s and early 00s, whereas someone like Dirk the Daring left their peak in the 80s.

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Day 358 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78749477

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Yes go Kim Possible

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