Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 4 ft Strider, James Bond, Tina Armstrong

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This is a new 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 both members of said duo are named in the title of a game (Banjo-Kazooie, Sam & Max Hit the Road, etc).

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 - 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.

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

Results from Day 3:

M. Bison is a Low Midcarder
Dark Link is a High Midcarder
Mickey Mouse is a Low Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rate:

James Bond
Strider Hiryu (Strider series)
Tina Armstrong (Dead or Alive)
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Bond: Highly affected by pic factor, to the point where I can't tier him.
Strider: No meaningful contest history, as he beat a nobody then got tripled by Link. High fodder, maybe?
Tina: Mid fodder. As we later learned, beating a pre-HL2 Gordon Freeman isn't much of an accomplishment.
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Nominating ExDeath(FFV)

bwburke94 posted...

Bond: Highly affected by pic factor, to the point where I can't tier him.

probably should have specified that this is the Pierce Brosnan Bond from the original Goldeneye. I could see Daniel Craig's Bond being used as well - you can do rankings for both if you like.
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James Bond: Midcarder - GoldenEye looked to be right in between the Midcard and High Midcard tiers in 2015. I'm erring on the side of caution here because I think a lot of the people who are fans of GoldenEye aren't necessarily going to vote for Bond himself in a match. That being said, I think film fans could compensate for that to an extent.

Strider Hiryu: High Fodder - 2002 was a halcyon time for these contests. Strider has done nothing to maintain his relevance since, though his cool design and limited fanbase should still be able to carry him a bit.

Tina Armstrong: Mid Fodder - She's purely a TJF platform at this point, which I feel has a pretty low floor without significant extra factors such as appeal or series popularity to bolster it.

Nominations:

Catwoman (DC Comics)
Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
Exdeath (Final Fantasy V)
MegaMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
Mohandas Gandhi (Civilization)
Rayman (Rayman)
Rocket Raccoon (Marvel Comics)
Slime (Dragon Quest)
Space Michael Jackson (Space Channel 5)
Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
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James Bond - Low Midcarder he gets respect for Goldeneye but not much else. Daniel Craig Bond is High Fodder.
Strider - Fodder Line, I think he is well-liked despite not having much relevance today.
Tina - Mid Fodder, she isn't even one of the better-known DoA characters and Gamefaqs doesn't care about 3D fighters.

I will be going out of town for the holiday weekend and will have limited internet access. So this topic may be staying up until Monday night. And I probably won't be able to update the nominations until then either.
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James Bond - Low-Midcarder. I guess? Picture aside, I think it's still hard to gauge whether people are going to give a damn.
Strider - Fodder Line. It's kinda weird he equaled Scorpion's percentage on Link back in the day. Feel like he managed that performance out of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 relevance?
Tina - Mid Fodder. But the real question:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7265-division-4-round-1-bowser-vs-gordon

Given Gordon's most recent performance, who wins a Gordon vs. Tina rematch? Will the legend be reborn?
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back on line now, next round will be up shortly.

my nominations for this round:

Rayman
Superman
Giovanni (Pokemon)
Slime (Dragon Quest)
Gandhi (Civilization)
Ms. Pac Man
Trevor Philips (GTA V)
Toejam & Earl
Sypha Belnades (Castlevania)
Trish (Devil May Cry)
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Day 5 is up now: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77744541
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