Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 607 ft Lusamine, Necron, Krusty the Clown

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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 606:

Snoop Dogg (Def Jam: Fight for NY) is Low Fodder
Kintaro (Mortal Kombat) is Low Fodder
Machop (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Lusamine (Pokemon Sun and Moon)
Necron (Final Fantasy IX)
Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Wonder Woman (DC Comics)

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Nominate:
Junpei (999)
Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa)
Lance Bean (Contra)
Jimmy Lee (Double Dragon)
Ninetales (Pokemon)
Golbat (Pokemon)
Graveler (Pokemon)
Phi (Virtues Last Reward)
Akihiko Sanada (Persona 3)
Ronald Mcdonald (M.C. Kids)

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Low fodder for Necron and Kristy
No clue for Lusamine

No one knows who Necron is until the end of Final Fantasy IX, the dude's on the back end of Low Fodder.

Krusty might get good support from anyone who's watched The Simpsons over the past 30 years, but I don't think he gets enough to escape low fodder.

Re-rate: Wonder Woman - Mid Fodder. Four major movie appearances in the last 5 years helps, but she still pales in comparison to Superman and Batman


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Nominate Sigma (VLR)

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Nominate Oxen (Oregon Trail)

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Wonder Woman is Fodder Line at worst. She's too well-known to be otherwise.

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I'll agree with ZSig's Necron and Krusty ratings. Lusamine is also Low Fodder as a notable human character from post-DPP Pokemon (see also N's 2013 match, for example).

As for Wonder Woman, I'll go with High Fodder (but probably on the high end) because she's got Godzilla syndrome: lots of media appearances, but hardly anything voters will actually care about, leaving her to surf on reputation. Mid Fodder seems too low considering that's where we've ranked Aquaman, Captain Marvel, and various random X-Men, but maybe we've just overrated broader fictional characters in general.

I'll also third the Benjamin, Exeggcute, and Luneth nominations.

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Agreed with low for todays three.

Think Ill go Fodder Line for Wonder Woman. Could maybe see high fodder but putting her in the same tier as Flash feels wrong.

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agree with axem's ratings. Lusamine has the hot MILF thing going on but Gen 7 is too late for Gfaqs to care much for her. Necron will obviously pretty weak but at least he's notable for being a "giant space flea out of nowhere" final boss for FFIX. Krusty I feel hasn't been popular for a long time - he might have been forgotten completely if not for supplying Skinner with steamed hams Krusty Burgers in 1996.

For Wonder Woman, she's one of DC's biggest characters and much more popular than the likes of Aquaman and Flash. Her newest movie wasn't well-received but I don't see her falling under the fodder line as long as she's getting pushed in big budget productions.

nominations:

Junpei (999)
Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa)
Lance Bean (Contra)
Jimmy Lee (Double Dragon)
Ninetales (Pokemon)
Golbat (Pokemon)
Graveler (Pokemon)
Agatha (Pokemon)
Bruno (Pokemon)
Steven Stone (Pokemon)
Sigma (Virtues Last Reward)
Oxen (Oregon Trail)

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Day 608 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79311737

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