Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 381 ft Corona, Mr. Burns, Patrick Star

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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 380:

Abby (The Last of Us Part 2) is Low Fodder
Kaim Argonar (Lost Odyssey) is Low Fodder
Akira Yuki (Virtua Fighter) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Meat Boy (Super Meat Boy) is now Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Corona (Crusader of Centy)
Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)
Patrick Star (Spongebob)

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The only notable thing about Crusader of Centy to me seems like it is one of the rarest Genesis games and has nno re-release. This thing is just...too obscure, man. Being a Zelda-like or RPG can only take you so far. I think LAW Fodder. That's a serious limitation. I should note here I had never heard of the game until this topic.

Though Mr. Burns is well known, I don't think that many people actually care about him. Leaning Low Fodder.

Patrick Star has so many memes I can't see him being under Mid Fodder.


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yes no one has heard of Crusader of Centry (hence why it took so long to find the main character to nominate). However the mere fact that his name is "Corona" gives him massive potential to pick up joke votes as long as the aptly-named virus is around, so I say Low Fodder for him. He'll drop back down to law at some point next year.

It's Mr. Burns in a contest match. . . kill it!

Low Fodder. He is well-known and some people might like him, but he'll be anti-voted due to being a comically cruel mizer, and anti-voted a second time as a joke.

Agree with Mid Fodder for Patrick. He has a lot of memorable memes from the early episodes of Spongebob and has a larger presence in games than the likes of Squidward or Mr. Krabs. However I expect he'll see some anti-voting due to the annoyance he became in later episodes of the show.

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Corona (Crusader of Centy) - Low fodder

I played this game by total coincidence a few weeks ago. Wasn't impressed. Did a double take this week where I went "wait, wasn't the main guy's official name Corona what the hell."

Low fodder off joke votes but otherwise so weak that he might have lost to Spring Breeze Dancin' a year ago.

Mr. Burns (The Simpsons) - Low fodder
Patrick Star (Spongebob) - Mid fodder

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Corona - LAW fodder
Burns - Low fodder
Patrick - Low fodder

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Day 382 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78813049

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