Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 156 ft Palutena, Storm, Jimmy Hopkins

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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

Results from Day 155:

Ash Ketchum (Pokemon Puzzle League) is a Midcarder
The Flash (DC Comics) is High Fodder
Emmett "Doc" Brown (Back to the Future) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Palutena (Kid Icarus)
Storm (X-Men)
Jimmy Hopkins (Bully)
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Palutena: Mid Fodder. She's in Smash, so by rule she can't be Low Fodder, but I don't see people caring enough about her or her games for her to be anything higher than Mid. TJF may apply, but she still only got 27% on L-Block in 2013, so I kinda doubt that will help her much.

Storm: High Fodder, I guess? I don't remember if the most popular female X-Men member is her, Rogue, or Kitty Pryde, but I think there's enough going for her that she's the strongest of this trio.

Jimmy: Low Fodder. A Rockstar game that's over 10 y/o isn't going to amount to anything. New Rockstar protagonists tend to start out as High Fodder, so an older one doesn't have a prayer.
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In my heart, Jimmy Hopkins is a championship contender
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Palutena I say is High Fodder. She didn't look good in 2013, but keep in mind she was going up against L-Block during a contest where both Reddit and 4chan were out in force - a very favorable situation for the block. That was also before she was in smash, which boosted her popularity a bit. And Palutena's Guidance became a thing as well.

Storm will also be High Fodder. She might have been stronger 10 years ago, but she just hasn't been as relevant in recent memory due to the current state of the X-Men series. Storm has a long history of being playable in X-Men games and Marvel vs Capcom and has been a major character in most of the cartoons. She was also big in the first X-Men movie trilogy, but fell out of focus since then. Another factor going against her is her lack of a single distinctive look to use for a contest pic.

Low Fodder for Jimmy for the reasons BCT stated.
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half_silver28 posted...

That was also before she was in smash, which boosted her popularity a bit.

That was also when Kid Icarus Uprising was recent enough to impact the voting.
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Nominating YHVH(sp?)(SMT series)

MegaWentEvil posted...

Nominating YHVH(sp?)(SMT series)

Been there done that got low fodder.

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Palutena - mid fodder
Storm - high fodder
Jimmy Hopkins - Low fodder

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Palutena - mid fodder
Storm - high fodder
Jimmy Hopkins - Low fodder

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Day 157 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78135358
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