Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 586 ft AFGNCAAP, John Connor, Nova

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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 585:

Ashley Riot (Vagrant Story) is Low Fodder
Tira (Soul Calibur) is Low Fodder
Dr. John Hammond (Jurassic Park) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

AFGNCAAP (Zork)
John Connor (Terminator series)
Nova/Richard Rider (Marvel)

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LAW Fodder for AFGNCAAP, because it's very possible that half of B8 won't even get the joke, let alone the entire rest of the site.

Low Fodder for the other two. John Connor is an important, even somewhat iconic character from a series with two well-remembered movies here, but he's certainly no John McClane. Meanwhile, Nova is about as GameFAQs-irrelevant as an important Marvel Comics character can be, but playable status in UMvC3 alone is probably enough to best the likes of Caim.

Third Aerodactyl, Goldeen, Magmar, Omastar, and Weedle, and also nominate Beedrill (Pokemon).

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agree with metalmind and second Beedrill

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agreed.

Nominate:
Doga (Ys)
Ash Williams
Beedrill


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second Dogi (Ys series)

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MetalmindStats posted...

it's very possible that half of B8 won't even get the joke, let alone the entire rest of the site.

I've played Zork and I have no idea what that stands for.

I looked it up.

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Day 587 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79271202

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