Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 70 ft Vercetti, Rouge the Bat, Montezuma

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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 both members of said duo are named in the title of a game (Banjo-Kazooie, Sam & Max Hit the Road, etc).

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

Results from Day 69:

Ripto (Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!) is Low Fodder
Marche Radiuju (Final Fantasy Tactics Advance) is Low Fodder
Amy Rose (Sonic series) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Montezuma (Civilization series)
Rouge the Bat (Sonic series)
Tommy Vercetti (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
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oh, missed one

Montezuma: Low Fodder. Historical figures that some people might be unable to pronounce the name of probably aren't going to do well in something like this. An Aztec emperor from a genre that's not as popular as it once was (when Age of Empires and Starcraft were EVERYWHERE) isn't going to do well. At least he looks cool, so that's what makes me think he's not at the way bottom of the barrel.

Rouge the Bat: Low Fodder. Sonic, sure. But whatever. She's not Sonic, Tails, Knux, or Eggman. She's not as recognizable. She's not going to beat very many people, especially given how Sonic's series popularity has waned. That movie might give a good spike, but in a character battle, it only helps Sonic.

Tommy Vercetti: Mid Fodder. Do I really need to explain why? He's a GTA protagonist. Every single GTA protagonist is Mid Fodder. They're only capable of beating the total unknowns since, historically, people don't care much about them 'round these parts. Given how ancient Vice City is by now - and it has aged HORRIBLY - I'd say Tommy is easily one of the weakest GTA protags and, like Claude, is THIS close to being Low Fodder.
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Agree with Low Fodder for Montezuma. He has some design appeal and there is some support for Civ on the site, which keeps him from LAW fodder range.

I say Mid Fodder for Rouge. She is remembered for her roles in Sonic Adventure 2 and Heroes and won't get horribly anti-voted, but is often out of focus in the games and people always complain about her voice acting.

I say Vercetti is Low Fodder. Vice City has not stood the test of time well, and Vercetti looked awful in CB9.
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Wasnt tommy in character battles

ertyu do you ever read the op of topics you participate in

low fodder for montezuma

mid fodder for rouge, she has her fans. fans of tits.

vercetti can swing mid fodder still I think. not sure, open to bumping him down to low.
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Vercetti is low fodder. Going from chilling in close matches with DK and Kefka in 2003-2005 to getting doubled by Crash in 2013 isn't a decrease in strength, it's completely falling off the face of the earth, and it's only going to get worse for him. His only hope is that Vice City has cemented itself into super popular nostalgia and I don't think it has.
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i forgot how bad 2013 was for him, yeah make vercetti low fodder for me.
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ZenOfThunder posted...

i forgot how bad 2013 was for him, yeah make vercetti low fodder for me.

...yeah, I'm gonna second this. I too was on the fence, but getting doubled by Crash in '13? Yeah, Low Fodder.
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Well I thought we were doing characters that havent been in one yet case I name a lot of characters that havent been in one yet

ZenOfThunder posted...

mid fodder for rouge, she has her fans. fans of tits.

I also concur with Low Fodder for Montezuma and Vercetti.

Nominations:
Cait Sith (Final Fantasy VII)
Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
Kanji Tatsumi
Metroid Prime
Mugman (Cuphead)
Nina
Ryu
Sabin Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
Satan
YHVH

Also, Axem nominated Nemesis, which isn't reflected on the document.
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Nominating Akuma.

nominations:

Ryu (Breath of Fire)
Satan (Shin Megami Tensei series)
Metroid Prime
YHVH (Shin Megami Tensei series)
Nina (Breath of Fire)
Blanka (Street Fighter)
Lolo (Adventures of Lolo)
Jasmine (Pokemon)
Ragna the Bloodedge (Blazblue)
Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto 4)
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Nominate Yusuke Urameshi
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Day 71 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77923307
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