Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 616 ft Bo Jackson, Golem, Phi (VLR)

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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 615:

Kaine (Nier) is Low Fodder
Jimmy Lee (Double Dragon) is Low Fodder
Machoke (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

George Washington (Assassin's Creed IIl / Civ) is now Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Bo Jackson (Tecmo Super Bowl)
Golem (Pokemon)
Phi (Virtues Last Reward)

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Bo Jackson (Tecmo Super Bowl) - LAW fodder
Besides general issues with athletes I think he's a little too old and that non-sports fans here just aren't going to give the slightest crap about any Sports stars who were big before their time. Also, despite its fame in some circles, Tecmo Super Bowl was second-to-last in the 2009 x-stats and I doubt there's a single other game in that bracket it could beat. I'd say any bracket but I suppose there's always Adventure.

Golem (Pokemon) - Low fodder
Stronger than Graveler, but probably weaker than Geodude?

Phi (Virtues Last Reward) - Low fodder
Prominent, likable Zero Escape character

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Re-rank Gandalf

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I'll say Low Fodder for all. Tecmo drew Mario 3 in 2009 and very likely would have beaten either of its other opponents 1-on-1 back then, let alone now, plus Bo Jackson seems quite thoroughly associated with that game around here.

Also, nominate B.B. Hood, Jedah Dohma, and Rubeus Hagrid.

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agree with metalmind. Most of Gfaqs should know Tecmo and how busted Bo was in the game. Losing in 2009 shouldn't be held against Tecmo considering it got thrown into an incredibly bad matchup thanks to era division.

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Day 617 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79328992

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