Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 36 ft Lulu, Butters, Palpatine

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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 35:

Rikku (Final Fantasy X) is a Low Midcarder
Catherine (Catherine) is High Fodder
Dangerous Ariana (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Lulu (Final Fantasy X)
Butters Stotch (South Park)
Palpatine (Star Wars)
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Lulu - high fodder I guess? She'd be noticeably weaker than Rikku I think.

Butters - mid fodder. Would probably be the third strongest possible South Park entrant, behind Cartman and Kenny. May be propelled to high fodder by Stick of Truth and Butthole.

Palpatine - high fodder. Would not be one of the strongest Star Wars contestants but wouldn't totally embarrass himself either.
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Lulu: Fodder Line - I agree with darkx that she would be significantly weaker than Rikku; I'm just higher on female FFX characters in general.

I also agree with Mid Fodder for Butters Stotch and High Fodder for Palpatine.

Nominations:
Donald Duck (Kingdom Hearts, etc.)
Dr. Eggman
Elizabeth (BioShock Infinite)
Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
Pichu (Pokmon)
Sarah Kerrigan (StarCraft)
Squirtle
Thrall (Warcraft)
Turok
Winnie the Pooh
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Agree with metalmind. I am also all about the ladies.

Second Mike haggar
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Agree with Fodder Line for Lulu. She's popular for her design and. . . assets, but she rarely plays more than a supporting role in FFX.

Agree with Mid Fodder for Butters and High Fodder for Palpatine. Palpatine is an iconic villain in his own right, but isn't really a character people like. He also has very few game appearances outside of straight movie adaptations. A lot of his strength comes from Star Wars prequel memes UNLIMITED POWER

nominations:

Mike Haggar (Final Fight)
Donald Duck
Sarah Kerrigan (Starcraft)
Dark (Aliens vs Predator)
King Kong (Peter Jackson's King Kong)
Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia)
Vega (Street Fighter)
Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
The Scarecrow (DC Comics)
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Nom:
Pichu
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Mai shirunai should be in a character battle

second Mai Shirunai
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Nominate ertyu
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Mai was rated on a previous day.

ZenOfThunder posted...

Nominate ertyu

what game is ertyu in?
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the game of life
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Day 37 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77836300
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