Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 373 ft Mothra, Mr. Krabs, Peter Venkman

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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 372:

Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers) is Low Fodder
Sparkster (Rocket Knight Adventures) is Low Fodder
Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Mothra (Godzilla)
Mr. Krabs (Spongebob games)
Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters)

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Re-rank Trump

Nominate Barack Obama (Madden NFL)

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nominate Obama

Low Fodder for Mothra. I don't think any non-Godzilla (as in not Godzilla himself) Kaiju are going to get much in terms of support, but Mothra is one of the better known ones so she should at least be solid low.

Mr. Krabs is Mid Fodder simply for the sheer amount of memes had has from the early seasons of Spongebob. I'd even consider higher, but some people likely don't care for a crab so greedy he sold Spongebob's soul for 62 cents!

I will say Mid Fodder for Peter Venkman. He's easily the best-known of the Ghostbusters and has been a main character in the movies, animated tv show and the games. Plus its Bill Murray.

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Low Fodder for all.

Krabs is close to Mid Fodder, but I'm not convinced that all that many voters would even care to vote for SpongeBob in a GameFAQs character battle, let alone any of the side characters who should all be a fair bit weaker.

Meanwhile, Venkman is not quite iconic enough and doesn't quite have enough of a video gaming legacy to do much for anyone who isn't a huge fan of a movie and/or TV series that are both a bit too old for GameFAQs as a whole.

Third Obama, and also third reranking Trump I guess.

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nominate Bill Clinton (NBA Jam: Tournament Edition)

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Think I'll go all Low Fodder too.

Nominate Squidward (Spongebob)

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nominate Squidward

Day 374 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78791988

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