Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 592 ft Randi (SoM), Malekith, Elwood Blues

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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 591:

Aerodactyl (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Magmar (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Randi (Secret of Mana)
Malekith the Accursed (Marvel)
Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers)

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For Randi I will say Mid Fodder. Gfaqs definitely seems to like SoM, despite the relatively recent remake failing to make an impact. I doubt they care about Randi in particular, but he does look a lot like Crono, which will be to his advantage.

LAW Fodder for the other 2. Malekith's only relevant appearance with in Thor 2, probably the single most forgettable MCU movie. For Elwood, The Blues Brothers is simply way too old for me to have any faith in its watch rate on Gfaqs. Plus it just does not seem like Gfaqs' type of movie at all. The 2000 sequel movie and related games were terrible by all accounts so they won't help either.

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Nominate Machamp.

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second Machamp

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I think I'll agree with halfsilver. I'm high on SoM's potential in the hopefully forthcoming GotD 90s contest given its visibility as a premier, well-liked Square JRPG of the SNES, and it stands to reason there's only so much weaker its main protagonist can be than his game.

Third Dratini, Kakuna, and Machamp. Also, nominate Gastly (Pokemon), Popoi (Secret of Mana), and Primm (Secret of Mana).

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second Primm, Gastly and Popoi

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nominate Bitores Mendez (Resident Evil 4)

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Agreed with halfsilver but Im borderline on Randi.

Nominate Gastly, Primm, and Popoi

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Day 593 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79282191

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