Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 361 ft Albedo, Peacock, Nathan Hale

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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 360:

Eddie Riggs (Brutal Legend) is Low Fodder
Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters) is Low Fodder
Face McShooty (Borderlands) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Albedo (Xenosaga)
Peacock (Skullgirls)
Nathan Hale (Resistance)

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Low fodder for the first two, LAW fodder for Nathan Hale. Hale got doubled by Laharl in 2007, and then couldn't even get nominated despite two more Resistance games released.

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Nathan Hale was LAW Fodder when he debuted and might somehow be worse now. So, that one's easy. LAW. How pathetic do you have to be to get doubled by Laharl?

Albedo is...not good. He reminds me of Ramirez or whoever the guy from Skies of Arcadia that went up the other day is but KOS-MOS is way stronger than Vyse. I'll go with Low Fodder for him, though he doesn't have all the crossover appearances KOS-MOS has Xenosaga does have its fans and those people would know him.

The one time we saw Peacock, she lost to Captain Viridian. Skullgirls has gotten a lot more popular since then though and is probably the best-known indie fighting game, so I do think Peacock would win a rematch. We still don't really like indies or fighters and god I don't know what we think of those two words together. The fighting game fanbase, Skullgirls' own fanbase and Peacock's wacky 30s cartoon design should be enough to put Peacock barely above the LAW I'd guess. Low Fodder.

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Nominate:
Marisa (Touhou)
Reimu (Touhou)
Cirno (Touhou)
Don Paolo (Professor Layton)
Queen Slug-for-a-Butt (Earthworm Jim)
LeChuck (Monkey Island)
Rodrigo Borgia (Assassin's Creed)
Galcian (Skies of Arcadia)
Ky Kishe (Guilty Gear)
Mid-Boss (Disgaea)
Saren Arterius (Mass Effect)
Dr. Breen (Mass Effect)
Dr. Fetus (Meat Boy)
Crazy Redd (Animal Crossing)
Orochi (Okami)
The Kid (I Wanna Be The Guy)
The Guy (I Wanna Be The Guy)

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oops, one more

Black Knight (Fire Emblem)

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Albedo (Xenosaga) - Low fodder
Peacock (Skullgirls) - Low fodder

barely.

Nathan Hale (Resistance) - LAW fodder

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Agree with Ranticoot & co., though I'll say that Ranticoot's way overstating Laharl's weakness circa 2007. Hale wasn't LAW Fodder back then, nor was he even all that close.

Also second all of Axem's nominations in posts 4-5.

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Also, I think every character that's ever been in a bracket at this point was either in the 2018 bracket (and hence ineligible), we've already covered them, or I've nominated them. Possible I missed someone somewhere, though.

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agree with Low for Peacock and Albedo and LAW for Nathan "Literally Who?" Hale.

nominate:

Marisa (Touhou)
Reimu (Touhou)
Cirno (Touhou)
Queen Slug-for-a-Butt (Earthworm Jim)
LeChuck (Monkey Island)
Rodrigo Borgia (Assassin's Creed)
Galcian (Skies of Arcadia)
Ky Kiske (Guilty Gear)
Saren Arterius (Mass Effect)
Crazy Redd (Animal Crossing)
Orochi (Okami)
The Kid (I Wanna Be The Guy)

edit - nominate Black Knight (Fire Emblem) too

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Day 362 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78758937

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