Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 620 ft Pat Sajak, Steven Stone, O-Block

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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 619:

Maximillion Pegasus (Yugioh) is Low Fodder
Spiny (Mario series) is Low Fodder
Lorelei (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Re-ranking Result:

Gimli (Lord of the Rings) is now Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune)
Steven Stone (Pokemon)
O-Block (Tetris)

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Not trying to be rude but what is the point of these polls at this point...

Low fodder for all three today...

at this point the goal is to rate every Gen 1 Pokemon

Agree with Low Fodder for all today. Pat Sajak only gets out of law range due to the sheer number of Wheel of Fortune that exist. I haven't looked into it but I would not be surprised if WoF games predated the NES.

Steven is. . . a perfectly ok champion I guess? He's recognizable but I don't think people care about him.

O-Block is probably going to be the weakest Tetris piece - it's just a damn square. If it wasn't recognizable as a Tetris piece it would easily be law fodder.

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They continue out of force of will at this point, and knowing the three of us who are its regulars, they probably will keep continuing for a while yet.

Anyways, agree with halfsilver's ratings. Steven tried to be Cynthia before Cynthia, but he wasn't even Emerald's champion, and I'm not certain Cynthia belongs as high as we've rated her anyways.

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Yeah, all low fodder.

Im assuming thats Moonroofs alt?

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Pat Sajak solos

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Day 621 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79336710

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