Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 542 ft Polygon Man, Launchpad, Roy Batty

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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 541:

Ruby Weapon (Final Fantasy VII) is Low Fodder
Kilik (Soul Calibur) is Low Fodder
Ronan the Accuser (Marvel) is LAW Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Polygon Man (Playstation All-Stars)
Launchpad McQuack (DuckTales)
Roy Batty (Blade Runner)

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Nominate Darkwing Duck.

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Second Darkwing Duck

Polygon Man is LAW Fodder. I don't think his origins as the original Playstation mascot will be relevant, since he apparently only appeared in print ads before being replaced. And I kind of doubt Gfaqs cares much for PSAS nowadays - a mascot platform fighter that isn't Smash.

Low Fodder (barely) for Launchpad. He's a main character from both Ducktales series and memorable for crashing his plane all the time without injury. Plus his design is recognizable as a Disney Duck.

LAW Fodder for Roy Batty. As praised as the original Blade Runner is, it is still a bit of a niche movie from 1982. Those who have seen the movie may recognize his name, but there's a fair chance that others won't actually figure out that he's the "tears in rain" guy.

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Nominate:
Colonel Radec (Killzone)
Emmett Graves (Starhawk)
Fat Princess (Fat Princess)
Nariko (Heavenly Sword)
Toro Inoue (Doko Demo Issyo)
Dusty (Gravity Rush)

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second Emmett Graves (Starhawk), Fat Princess (Fat Princess), Nariko (Heavenly Sword), Toro Inoue (Doko Demo Issyo)

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Polygon Man (Playstation All-Stars) - LAW fodder
Smash end bosses outside Master Hand probably aren't worth much and Polygon Man...isn't in Smash.

Launchpad McQuack (DuckTales) - Low fodder
The gamespot best sidekick contest champion returns!
He's a main character in both DuckTales and Darkwing Duck and has minor roles in the NES games. A good chunk of the site should at least know who this is, especially if Scrooge is high fodder.

Roy Batty (Blade Runner) - LAW fodder
Too much of a "who?" unless you're a major fan or have seen the movie recently.

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Re-rank Galeem

Nominate Specter (Ape Escape)

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I'm almost surprised we hadn't already ranked Emmett considering Zen was one of this series' original regulars.

Agree with Axem, and second/third all of Axem's nominations today.

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Third Specter

Day 543 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79178273

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