Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 358 ft Cream the Rabbit, Batgirl, Ralph

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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 357:

Jin Kazama (Tekken) is Mid Fodder
Kim Possible (Kim Possible) is Low Fodder
George (Rampage) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Cream the Rabbit (Sonic)
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (DC Comics)
Ralph (Rampage)

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Cream the Rabbit (Sonic) - Low Fodder
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (DC Comics) - LAW Fodder
Ralph (Rampage) - LAW Fodder

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Go batgirl thow I like the Alicia silverstone batgirl the most

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Low Fodder for Cream. She's been around for a while, but I don't think she has many playable appearances. Like many supporting Sonic characters Cream has faded into the background of the series - and I don't see much reason for Gfaqs to care about her.

Mid Fodder for Batgirl. She doesn't have anywhere near the recognition or gaming history that Batman has, but she absolutely has the bat-look and the bat-name. Plus Barbara does have some significance in both comics and tv/movies.

Low Fodder for Ralph using the same reasoning as George. Rampage was popular in the late 90s/early 00s and had some recent relevance due to the movie. I think it's likely that a lot of Gfaqs has at least some experience with the series.

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Why are putting cartoon characters in this

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nominate:

Albedo (Xenosaga)
Axel Steel (Guitar Hero)
Bret "Hitman" Hart (WWE/WWF games)
Commander Video (Bit.Trip Runner)
Eddie Riggs (Brutal Legend)
Ellis (Left 4 Dead 2)
Face McShooty (Borderlands)
Gabe Logan (Syphon Filter)
Ghaleon (Lunar)
Hades (Kid Icarus)
Kat (Gravity Rush)
Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters)
Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango)
Matt the Mii (Wii Sports)
Nathan Hale (Resistance)
Officer Tenpenny (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)
Peacock (Skullgirls)
Prince of all Cosmos (Katamari)
Recette (Recettear)
Sandal (Dragon Age)
Teemo (League of Legends)
Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3)

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Low Fodder for Cream is obvious. However, I'm leaning towards Low Fodder for Batgirl and LAW Fodder for Ralph. Yeah sure, Batgirl has the look and the name, but will that really be enough to convince voters to care? I don't think so. Meanwhile, Ralph is merely the player 3 of a not terribly popular or well-remembered 90s series, and lacks the kaiju appeal holding up George and Lizzie or George's central role in the recentish movie.

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Cream - low fodder

nobody cares but should have the recognizability to not be LAW

batgirl - low fodder

Im not really with it on the Batmans but I dont think shes had an important role in much stuff this site would care about? Im a little skeptical about Robin in high fodder, even so I guess shes low.

Ralph - LAW fodder

little weird to go here when George and Lizzie were low but those probably werent far from LAW and I dont think his design is gonna be very attractive to people who dont already who this is.


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poor Ralph : (

Day 359 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78751903

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