Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 367 ft Manny Calavera, Reimu, Marisa

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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 366:

Bret "Hitman" Hart (WWE/WWF games) is Low Fodder
The Kid (I Wanna Be The Guy) is Low Fodder
Orochi (Okami) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango)
Reimu Hakurei (Touhou)
Marisa Kirisami (Touhou)

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Feels like a Low Fodder day to me, unless I'm overestimating Manuel's 'skeleton in a suit' factor. Touhou's fanbase is way too dedicated to let anyone halfway likable drop to LAW.

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Just a bunch of Low Fodder stacked up.

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Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango) - Low fodder
Reimu Hakurei (Touhou) - Low fodder
Marisa Kirisami (Touhou) - Low fodder

Even if SBAllen didn't fix quite all of the Touhou cheating, I don't think any of the three we saw would be LAW without it.

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yep, this is an especially obvious Low Fodder for all day. Touhou has just enough of a fanbase here to keep the more popular girls out of law but that's it. Manny is from a cult game and only beats out characters like Francis Morgan due to his design.

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Low Fodder for all, though Grim Fandango feels substantially more popular and well-remembered than the likes of Deadly Premonition even on GameFAQs, and even before considering Manny's design. That's obviously not going to get him close to Mid Fodder, but still.

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Nominate Joe Musashi (Shinobi)

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Day 368 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78774945

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