Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 426 ft Cthulhu, Leviathan, Katara

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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 425:

Relm Arrowny (Final Fantasy VI) is Low Fodder
Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars) is Low Fodder
Starmie (Pokemon) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Cthulhu (Call of Cthulhu)
Leviathan (Final Fantasy)
Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

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I will say Low Fodder for Cthulhu. He hasn't had a huge impact on video games despite having a series named after him - Cthulhu has more of a history with tabletop games. He has been parodied and copied enough times that I think a lot of people may see him as a "stock" character in a similar manner to someone like Robin Hood.

I'm not entirely sure on Leviathan, but I will give it High Fodder. It is a cool sea dragon and one of the best-known summons in the FF series along with Bahamut. It's also one of Rydia's signature summons.

Low Fodder for Katara. If Aang and Zuko are low fodder, I don't see how Katara avoids it even if she has the waifu factor.

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no way Leviathan is above Cthulhu

Mid Cthulhu
Low Leviathan


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Mid for Levithan.

Leviathan isnt in FFVI (until advance anyways) or FFX and I just dont think hes that cared about but hes still sorta a recognizable series icon dude.

low for the others. Dont see gamefaqs caring much about Cthulhu. Cthulhu saves the world isnt exactly gonna be a world beater, hes not prominent enough in popular culture or peoples childhoods, and this site is way too pop to care about actual old literature they didnt have to read for school.

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Agree with Axem.

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Day 427 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78910639

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