Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 562 ft Ratchet & Clank, Velma, Specter

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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 561:

Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk 2077) is Low Fodder
Tauros (Pokmon) is Mid Fodder
The Player (Terraria) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank series)
Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo)
Specter (Ape Escape)

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Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank series) - Fodder line
Clank helps Ratchet but at best I think it only moves him from one end of the tier to the other.

Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo) - Low fodder
My glasses. I can't see without my glasses.

Specter (Ape Escape) - Low fodder
I think he's in all the games whereas AFAIK Spike was only in the first one so he might not be much worse?

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Nominate:
Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)
Cervantes (Soul Calibur)
Chai Xianghua (Soul Calibur)
Captain Commando (Captain Commando

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I'll agree with Axem. I though about going mid with Velma, but she was kind of a one note character in the original series and nowhere near the level of Scoob or Shaggy.

Third Mabel PInes

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Also agree with Axem, especially since Up Your Arsenal has never looked remotely good in these contests.

Nominate Balloon Fighter and Roger Murtaugh, since apparently you missed them on the previous day.

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third Roger Murtaugh

Day 563 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79223426

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