Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 407 ft G. Akechi, Gestahl, Solus zos Galzus

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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 406:

Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes) is Mid Fodder
Nurse Joy (Pokmon) is Mid Fodder
Serena (Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Goro Akechi (Persona 5)
Gestahl (Final Fantasy VI)
Solus zos Galzus (Final Fantasy XIV)

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Mid Fodder for Akechi. He seems to be decently well-liked by P5 fans for his role in the story and general character, and some of his memorable moments like delicious pancakes.

I will say Low Fodder for Gestahl - I don't think many people will really care for him, seeing as Kefka is widely known as the big villain of FF6 and not old man Gestahl.

I don't think Solus will be able to clear Low Fodder. A sizable part of his story was prior to or in the vanilla FF14 release, which I don't think is very well-known. Plus he's a villain who is only fought in one expansion and doesn't have the design to really bring in votes.

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Agreed with halfsilver.

I might have goofed nominating Solus when his other name would probably be cared about more? I doubt he could get to mid anyways though. despite his good press, you have to get pretty far into ffxiv to give a damn so hed probably be screwed either way.

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I'm going to say Mid Fodder for Gestahl - despite not being the big villain of FFVI, I still think he's too important a character from too strong a game to sink to Low. However, I will agree with Mid Fodder for Akechi, barely, and Low Fodder for Solus.

I'll also third the Roadrunner, Taz, Elmer Fudd, and Porky Pig nominations.

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Day 408 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78871695

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