Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 399 ft Chosen Undead, Bianca, Tarzan

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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 398:

Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4) is Mid Fodder
Galuf (Final Fantasy V) is Low Fodder
Moogle (Final Fantasy series) is High Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Blaze Fielding (Streets of Rage) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
Bianca Whitaker (Dragon Quest V)
Tarzan (Disneys Tarzan)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Cynthia (Pokemon)

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I will say Low Fodder for the Chosen Undead - I'm not sure that the Chosen's canon appearance is all that well-known, and voters may not be inclined to vote for a Chosen that is not -their- created character.

Bianca I will put at Mid Fodder. I don't think DQV is hugely popular on the site, but the iconic Dragon Quest character design combined with TJF should be enough to boost her.

Low Fodder for Tarzan. His games for the N64 and Playstation were not particularly good or well-remembered, and Tarzan the movie is probably third tier Disney at best.

Mid Fodder for Cynthia. Despite being from Gen 4, she is one of the fan-favorite waifus of the entire Pokemon series and stands out due to being the first female champion. G4 is probably the cutoff for human Pokemon characters being worth anything though.

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I think Mid Fodder fits better for the Chosen Undead. Yes, their canon appearance isn't terribly recognizable, but they're still the protagonist of a game this site has really sparked to, and the Dark Souls fanbase feels more character-centric than comparable cases such as Skyrim to offset the Dragonborn's comparatively iconic look.

Likewise, I'm going to opt for Low Fodder for Bianca in a close decision, mainly to offset my bias. This is a tough case, because we have very little info on DQV's possible contest strength here. However, our best indicator in the DQV Hero's 2013 match doesn't look great - I'm not particularly inclined to credit barely beating Rinoa with Aerith in the match, nor barely avoiding a doubling from Aerith at FF7's nadir with Rinoa in the match. That makes sense, since we're talking about a game that didn't come out in English until 16 years after its release, and even then only in the form of limited print runs and random mobile ports.

I will agree with Low Fodder for Tarzan and Mid Fodder for Cynthia, though.

I'll also nominate Charmeleon (Pokmon) and Oddjob (GoldenEye 007) for ranking.

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second Oddjob and Charmeleon

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Agree with Metalmind.

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Day 400 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78855031

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