Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 634 ft John Madden, Anise Tatlin, Sandslash

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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 633:

Arc (Arc the Lad) is Low Fodder
Mankey (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Primeape (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

John Madden (John Madden Football)
Anise Tatlin (Tales of the Abyss)
Sandslash (Pokemon)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Eric Cartman (South Park)

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John Madden John Madden John Madden Low Fodder.

Low Fodder for Anise and Sandslash. Anise is probably the least-liked of the TotA cast, but does have some fans. Sandslash is a middle-of-the-road and pretty unremarkable Gen 1 Pokemon, but at least it's a cute spiky boi.

I will say High Fodder for Cartman, but it is definitely close. Gfaqs may not care as much for South Park as we previously thought, but Cartman is the standout from the series. For comparison Butters was rated mid fodder a long while back, but I think that's accurate since he is a fan favorite.

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Agreed with halfsilver although Anise might cut it pretty close.

Nominate:
Gloria (Bravely Default II)
Seth (Bravely Default II)

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Also agreed; Eric is probably one tier above the next best South Park characters, and those are probably better than Low Fodder just as we rated them?

Nominate Chimchar and Turtwig.

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Day 635 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79365429

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