Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 597 ft Cacodemon, Omastar, Kakuna

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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 596:

Clover Field (999/Virtue's Last Reward) is Low Fodder
Gastly (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Primm (Secret of Mana) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Cacodemon (Doom)
Omastar (Pokemon)
Kakuna (Pokemon)

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Cacodemon (Doom) - Low fodder
Don't think Doom enemies are gonna be this site's generic of choice.

Omastar (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
Being a fossil plus sorta good plus TPP meme

Kakuna (Pokemon) - Low fodder
"I really like Kakuna" said nobody ever.

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Nominate:
Cyberdemon (Doom)
Headcrab (Half-Life)
G-Man (Half-Life)
Spearow (Pokemon)
Kabuto (Pokemon)
Pinsir (Pokemon)
Venonat (Pokemon)

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second axem's nominations and agree with his ratings. Omastar will definitely benefit from Praise Helix and Kakuna's only claim to fame is looking extremely phallic.

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I don't really think Omastar benefits from Helix memes anymore, and I'm not sure it has much else going for it, but I guess I'll also agree with Axem's ratings. I'll also third Axem's nominations today.

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Day 598 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79291014

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