Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 215 ft Milla Maxwell, Eevee, Sazh Katzroy

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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 213:

Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) is Low Fodder
Ivy Valentine (Soul Calibur) is Mid Fodder
Hero/Solo (Dragon Quest IV) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Eevee (Pokemon)
Milla Maxwell (Tales of Xillia)
Sazh Katzroy (Final Fantasy XIII)

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Eevee: Fodder Line
Milla: Mid Fodder
Sazh: Low Fodder

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Agree with Mid Fodder for Milla and Low Fodder for Sazh. The Xillia games and Milla were popular, but Milla has had her spot as the stripperific Tales protagonist co-opted by the more popular Velvet. Sazh was probably more popular before FFXIII came out than after. I don't think anyone cared for him in the XIII series.

Eevee though I will say is a Low Midcarder. Eevee and its evolutions are incredibly popular, and have been since gen 1. It's ability to evolve into many different forms is unique even to this day, and gives it the ability to fit in any team of Pokemon. And it is really, REALLY cute. Eevee was popular enough to be the mascot of Let's Go alongside Pikachu - I see Eevee having enough to jump the fodder line.

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Eevee: Low Midcarder. Super popular Gen 1 Pokemon with gobs of evolutions that people also like. Had a game where it was the star come out in recent memory, which helps Pokemon.

Milla: Mid Fodder. I love Xillia and all, but yeah, she's got all the makings of getting clobbered, and at least 50% of her votes would come from TJF. That's the only reason she's not Low Fodder.

Sazh: Low Fodder. He's a weak FF playable from a game that most people felt was just okay.
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Eevee - Fodder line

i dont think Lets Go matters at all.

I also seem to have a weird unpopular opinion that Eevee itself sucks and its only in most peoples parties for maybe 10 minutes before they evolve it, so why care about the base form? Kinda hoping at least a few people agree with me!

Millia Maxwell - Mid fodder

TJF character from not wildly popular or acclaimed but decently known modern jrpg.

Sazh - No rating

havent played FFXIiI but I was under the impression he was the one party member even some haters of the game didnt dislike? I guess that just gets him to apathy at best though.

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Eevee - Mid Midcarder
Milla Maxwell - Mid Fodder
Sazh Katzroy - Low Fodder

Thanks to the Pokemon Let's Go games, Eevee has been cemented as the secondary mascot after Pikachu. Last contest showed that Pikachu is a Near Elite and Eevee is almost as popular as Pikachu, but popularity doesn't necessarily translate to strength so Eevee is probably much weaker than Pikachu. Still, it should be enough for Eevee to be above the fodder line. My strength valuation of Eevee is probably around that of characters like Fox or Phoenix Wright.

No comment on the other 2 characters as I'm not familiar with them.
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Day 216 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78323799

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