Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 584 ft Nidorina, Dazzler, Simea

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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 583:

Beast (X-Men) is Mid Fodder
Colossus (X-Men) is Mid Fodder
Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Nidorina (Pokemon)
Dazzler (X-Men)
Simea (Crystalis)

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Nidorina (Pokemon) - Low fodder

The final Nido evolutions are popular for their wide selection of usable TMs, looking cool, and being available early. Nidorino is in the Red version intro. I don't think Nidorina has much in comparison.

Dazzler (X-Men) - Low fodder

probably the worst x-men character we've done. I nominated her solely because she was playable in the Arcade game. It's not enough to look even halfway respectable.

Simea (Crystalis) - LAW fodder

Crystalis is very weak, its main having a default name isn't particularly well known, the name changes between version, and nobody really cares about this pink guy as a character.

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Nominate:
Ashley Riot (Vagrant Story)
Elhaym van Houten (Xenogears)
Regina (Dino Crisis)
Randi (Secret of Mana)
Tira (Soul Calibur)
AFGNCAAP (Zork)
Cleopatra (Civilization series)
Dr. John Hammond (Jurassic Park)
Axel Foley (Beverly Hills Cop)
John Connor (Terminator series)

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azuarc posted...

Sayori > Natsuki. She at least has the advantage of being the first girl you meet, and your friend next door. I imagine she'd be stronger than Natsuki or Yuri. (Even if Yuri is my favorite.)

Of course, but we already addressed that back on Sayori's day. Our idea is that DDLC's fanbase, while very small here, is dedicated enough that any of its important characters can escape LAW Fodder.

Anyways, I'll agree with all of Axem's ratings today. I'll also second Ashley Riot, Randi, and Regina.

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agree with axem and second the following nominations:

Ashley Riot (Vagrant Story)
Elhaym van Houten (Xenogears)
Regina (Dino Crisis)
Randi (Secret of Mana)

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Day 585 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79267851

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