Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 375 ft Mid-Boss, Great Mighty Poo, The Guy

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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 374:

Chop Chop Master Onion (Parappa the Rapper) is LAW Fodder
Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation) is Low Fodder
Don Paolo (Professor Layton) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Donald Trump (The Apprentice) is still Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Mid-Boss (Disgaea)
The Great Mighty Poo (Conker's Bad Fur Day)
The Guy (I Wanna Be The Guy)

Today's Re-ranking is:

Big the Cat (Sonic series)

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nominate Jack (Jackbox/You Don't Know Jack)

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Mid-Boss (Disgaea) - Low fodder

Laharl is high fodder at best. Think Mid-Boss would be upper end of low or so.

The Great Mighty Poo (Conker's Bad Fur Day) - Low fodder

Joke factor and his presence in Rivalry Rumble didn't cause Conker to tank, so he's probably not terrible but his game is weak enough that I can't really see a non-main character clear low.

The Guy (I Wanna Be The Guy) - LAW fodder

Let's face it, you're only going to see him by watching other people play the game.

Big the Cat (Sonic series) - Low fodder

People for the most part never liked Big the Cat much and I don't think any joke/meme potential he has would resonate much beyond maybe big Sonic fans - 3D Sonic fans, at that. And the most gamefaqs-relevant 3D Sonic game (Sonic Adventure 2) only includes Big in some brief cameos.

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Agree with Axem.

Second Cookie Masterson.

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agree with axem. The Kid is barely hovering above law range as is, so The Guy is definitely at home there. Big is definitely a huge meme character, but he doesn't have much else going for him after that. Sonic Adventure 1 I don't think is that far behind SA2, but it won't matter much since Big has no plot relevance and everyone hated his gameplay in SA1.

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Day 376 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78797960

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