Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 654 ft Kurisu Makise, Parasect, Jenna (GS)

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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 653:

Franziska Von Karma (Ace Attorney) is Low Fodder
Ken Amada (Persona 3) is Low Fodder
Sheba (Golden Sun) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate)
Parasect (Pokemon)
Jenna (Golden Sun)

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I guess all low fodder.

Kurisu probably isnt worth much because almost nobody heres really played the VN but the anime is probably popular and watched enough to save her from LAW. Id figure shed be weaker than Okabe but she almost has as many people who favorited her on MAL. Not confident the rest of the cast is worth anything.

Parasect is just not gonna be strong.

I continue to not think too much of Golden Sun non-main party members, especially those not on the first games main team.


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Agreed, and nominate Ponyta, Rapidash, and Rika Furude.

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Who who and who?

Jk

All low fodder. Kurisu Makise could potentially even be LAW even though she is a good character.

agree with axem. Parasect is kind of notable for its design; being completely overtaken by the parasitic mushroom on its back. Paras and Parasect were the focus of a Gen 1 anime episode, but yeah, I don't think many people were actually using the line in-game.

I'm gonna go ahead and give a short update regarding why I suddenly disappeared for 2 weeks -

I had a major medical event occur that put me in the ER and ICU for much of that time. It was about a week and a half before I had access to my computer again, and any energy to spare to get it set up. I have pre-existing conditions which definitely led to this event, which is now considered a chronic illness. I am discharged from the hospital but have now relocated back to Ohio so my family can care for me, and so I can see specialist doctors in the state for further treatment.

Admittedly I don't have much will to continue this series, but for now I will just put it on hold for a few days since I have a lot of stuff to get in order at home this week.

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Me and metalmind were concerned about your absence and hoping everything was alright. Sorry to hear about your medical issues, that really sucks. Hope your treatment goes well. Take all the time you need.

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Me and metalmind were concerned about your absence and hoping everything was alright. Sorry to hear about your medical issues, that really sucks. Hope your treatment goes well. Take all the time you need.

I'd just like to echo this, to which I'm sorry I don't really have anything to add.

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Update - I will actually be having surgery on Monday and be focused on recovery after that. Thus I will be placing this topic series on hold for a few months.

Thank you for the well wishes and thanks to Metal and Axem in particular for continuing to support HWTDIAC into the "nominate random Pokemon" phase.

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