Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 614 ft Ninetales, Baraka, Tentacruel

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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 613:

Michael De Santa (Grand Theft Auto V) is Low Fodder
Junpei (999) is Low Fodder
Sigma (Virtues Last Reward) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Ninetales (Pokemon)
Baraka (Mortal Kombat)
Tentacruel (Pokemon)

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Ninetales (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
It's no Arcanine but I think people generally like this thing and its design.

Baraka (Mortal Kombat) - Low fodder
Probably one of the weakest playable guys from the first two games?

Tentacruel (Pokemon) - Low fodder
It was in the theme song and had one episode it was pretty prominent in but no.

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Nominate:
Kaine (Nier)
Machoke (Pokemon)
Golem (Pokemon)

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Re-rank George Washington

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second axem's nominations

I will actually say High Fodder for Ninetales. It is a pretty popular Pokemon even among Gen 1 mons, and was arguably a better in-game pick than Arcanine prior to the physical/special split. lol physical Fire types.

Agree with Low Fodder for Baraka.

Tentacruel is close but I will say Mid Fodder for it. It is remembered for being in the anime opening, and a giant one was in an infamously banned anime episode. Plus it was a good Pokemon to use in many game gens due to its solid stats, typing and movepool.

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Ninetales still wasn't a good choice to use in-game (and has nothing else going for it beyond its fair popularity), and no one likes Tentacruel even if it was decent in some generations. Agree with Axem, though I could go either way on the two Pokemon.

Also, third Golem, Kaine, and Machoke.

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Day 615 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79325288

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