Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 21 ft Black Mage, The Grinch, Madeline

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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 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 20:

Death (Castlevania series) is High Fodder
Scrooge McDuck (DuckTales) is High Fodder
The Joker (DC Comics) is a Midcarder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Black Mage (Final Fantasy)
The Grinch (Grinch games)
Madeline (Celeste)
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Black Mage - Midcarder. Highly recognizable and nostalgic. Vivi probably gets a ton of his strength just from the resemblance. Plus 8-bit Theatre.

The Grinch - Mid fodder. Not the right place. And Smash Bros. fans will be anti-voting him in droves. If Link vs. Santa is any indication though, his strength could increase if his match were held close to Christmas, but not higher than fodder line, and that's being super generous.

Madeline - Low fodder. I see her being right on par with Hat Kid.
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Noms:
Ecco the Dolphin
Michael Jackson (Moonwalker)
Buzz Lightyear
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Underleveled posted...

The Grinch - Mid fodder. Not the right place. And Smash Bros. fans will be anti-voting him in droves. If Link vs. Santa is any indication though, his strength could increase if his match were held close to Christmas, but not higher than fodder line, and that's being super generous.

Madeline - Low fodder. I see her being right on par with Hat Kid.

Agreed on both of these. As for Black Mage, I'm going to say Fodder Line. Recent trends for early Final Fantasy (before 6) have been less than optimistic, and design-based characters who don't draw their appeal from TJF have universally declined. I don't think the multiple layers of nostalgia can do enough to make Black Mage a contest force, because I fundamentally don't feel GameFAQs cares about the character.
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Anyone have a link to the wiki page containing all character's tier rankings that we voted for after the last contest?

I am really bad at navigating that wiki.
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Cavedweller2000 posted...

Anyone have a link to the wiki page containing all character's tier rankings that we voted for after the last contest?

I'm guessing you mean this?

https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Ranking_the_CBX_Characters_by_Contest_Strength
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That's the one. Thanks a lot
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Black Mage I think is a low midcarder. Nostalgia and the factors underleveled mentioned get him above the fodder line, but that's his ceiling.

Agree with Mid Fodder for The Grinch and Low Fodder for Madeline.

nominations:

Homer Simpson
Woody (Toy Story)
Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
Serge (Chrono Cross)
Felix (Golden Sun)
Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil 5)
Ayla (Chrono Trigger)
Venom Snake (Metal Gear Solid V)
Doomslayer / Doomguy (Doom)
Jim Raynor (Starcraft)
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Day 22 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77798627
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