Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 540 ft Hitomi, Thunderbolt Ross, Ace Harding

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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 539:

Pepsiman (Pepsiman) is Low Fodder
Ivan (Golden Sun) is Low Fodder
Taki (Soul Calibur) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Hitomi (Dead or Alive)
Thunderbolt Ross/Red Hulk (Marvel)
Ace Harding (Deja Vu)

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Low Fodder for Hitomi. Her default costumes in the main DoA games distinctly do NOT give her TJF, which is the biggest (heh) thing DoA girls have going for them. I don't see her approaching mid unless they randomly give her DoA Extreme art for her match pic.

I will (barely) say Low Fodder for Ross. I have not seen the Civil War movie, which is probably his most important appearance in the MCU. He is very well-known for a comic side character and has a cool name too. I wouldn't expect Red Hulk to be used for his pic, but he could be mid if that happened.

Easy LAW Fodder for Ace Harding. He's a generic mcdetective dude from an old point and click game. Deja Vu has seen ports to NES, GBC and VC on a few modern consoles, but I doubt many people have even heard of the game.

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Agree with halfsilver. I feel like Ross could easily be LAW in the absence of a Hulk pic, but I'll demur on balance of the possibility.

Second reranking Galeem and nominate Emerald Weapon, Ruby Weapon, Captain Syrup, King Hippo, and Ultimate Weapon.

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nominate Virus (Dr. Mario)

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Agreed with halfsilver

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Day 541 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79173756

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