Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 467 ft Joe Montana, XC2 Jin, Treecko

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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 466:

Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad) is Mid Fodder
Arbok (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Blossom (Powerpuff Girls) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Joe Montana (Joe Montana Football)
Jin (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Treecko (Pokemon)

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Joe Montana (Joe Montana Football) - LAW Fodder
Sports star that's probably a little too old for even most of the minority of gamefaqs users who care about football to care about.

Jin (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) - Low fodder
Xenoblade 2 impressed but I'm still kinda doubtful about its cast being particularly strong. Never played the game though.

Treecko (Pokemon) - Mid fodder

I feel like Gen 3 was the last time the starters might generally be worth a little? Treecko might even beat out Gen 2's Chikorita. I do think there's a tier gap between Mudkip and the others though; I think that thing's past notoriety is worth at least a little.

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agree with Axem. Joe Montana is considered one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history and should have decent recognition, but I don't think sports stars as old as him will get much in the way of votes.

Jin could be borderline, but he isn't a protagonist in the main XC2 story so I don't think he gets above low.

I'm not too confident in Treecko, but it should be pretty well-known and has a lot of anime appearances due to Ash having one.

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Also agree with Axem.

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Day 468 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79000234

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