Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 608 ft Luneth, Exeggcute, Rhyhorn

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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 607:

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

Re-Ranking Result:

Wonder Woman (DC Comics) is now Fodder Line

Here is today's trio to rank:

Luneth (Final Fantasy III)
Exeggcute (Pokemon)
Rhyhorn (Pokemon)

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Nominate:
Hide (Nioh 2)
Lorelei (Pokemon)
Bruno (Pokemon)
Agatha (Pokemon)

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Luneth (Final Fantasy III) - Low fodder

FFIII DS seems like something a lot of people played at the time but didn't really care for and based on what I tried of it the characters were pretty whatever.

Exeggcute (Pokemon) - Mid fodder

At least its weirdness is memorable I guess?

Rhyhorn (Pokemon) - Low fodder

Rhyhorn arrives so late that I don't see many people caring for it and I don't think its design stands out much.

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Low Fodder for all today. Being a literal pile of eggs is funny, but I don't see Exeggcute getting a whole lot of support out of it. Its evo gets more exposure and is much more memorable.

Luneth has it rough being the exclusive protagonist of a DS-exclusive remake. He'd need a major reappearance to be worth anything considering he wasn't in Dissidia.

second Hide (Nioh 2)

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Agreed with halfsilver.

Nominate Bo Jackson (Tecmo Super Bowl), Franklin Clinton (Grand Theft Auto V), Michael De Santa (Grand Theft Auto V), and Michael Vick (Madden NFL 2004). Also, third Baraka, Hide, and the Oxen.

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Nominate:
Franklin Clinton (Grand Theft Auto V)
Michael De Santa (Grand Theft Auto V)

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second Bo Jackson, Franklin, Michael De Santa and Michael Vick. Vick is technically going against nomination rules, but I guess he is acceptable since he was the cover athlete for Madden 2004 and notably busted in that game.

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Day 609 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79313492

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