Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 485 ft Beatrice, Jowy Atreides, Scizor

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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 484:

Crewmate (Among Us) is Low Fodder
Joshua Bright (Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky) is Low Fodder
Dragonair (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Bidoof (Pokmon) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Beatrice (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Jowy Atreides (Suikoden)
Scizor (Pokmon)

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Nominate:
Rean Schwarzer (Trails of Cold Steel)
Persian (Pokemon)
The Punisher (Marvel)
The Stranger (Bastion)
Lusamine (Pokemon Sun and Moon)
Growlithe (Pokmon)
Hope van Dyne/The Wasp (Marvel)
Pepper Potts/Rescue (Marvel)

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Re-rank Aquaman (DC Comics)

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Beatrice (Umineko no Naku Koro ni) - LAW fodder
Board 8 cares about Umineko. The site as a whole has no clue what it is. I don't think Beatrice is going to be visually appealing enough to people who don't know who she is to make up for that - she's not really a TJF character.
Jowy Atreides (Suikoden) - Low fodder
Based on Suikoden II's 2015 results, I could buy Luca Blight being mid fodder. I'm not willing to be nearly so generous for Jowy.
Scizor (Pokmon) - Mid fodder
It's a fairly well-liked GSC evolution of a decently well-liked RBY Pokemon.

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Low Fodder for Beatrice. She doesn't have TJF but she is the fan favorite character of the series, and Umineko does have a reasonably popular anime adaptation. She'll be on the lower end of low fodder range though.

Agree with axem on Jowy and Scizor.

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Agree with Axem. Second Persian and third The Stranger.

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second Persian and Rean Schwarzer.

I guess I'll third re-ranking Aquaman even though I think he's close to high fodder range. He gets joke recognition both from Super Friends reruns on Cartoon Network and the Aquaman video game, plus he notably appeared as a non-joke in the Justice League cartoon.

Day 486 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79038850

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