Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 40 ft Great Deku Tree, Mog, SA-X

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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 39:

Darkseid (DC Comics) is Mid Fodder
Bart Simpson (The Simpsons) is Fodder Line
Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Mog (Final Fantasy VI)
SA-X (Metroid Fusion)
Great Deku Tree (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
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Mog is tough to place, but I'll say High Fodder. Boko is a decent comparison, and Mog will be stronger due to being from a more popular game.

SA-X will be a Midcarder. Dark Samus is more well-known, but SA-X has the advantage of looking almost identical to Samus herself.

Great Deku Tree is High Fodder. I don't think a whole lot of people are going to vote for a tree over any legitimately popular character. He's well-known enough from OoT to get to high fodder range.
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nominations:

Green Lantern (DC Comics)
Shadow (Final Fantasy VI)
Majora (Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Raphael (TMNT)
Phillip J. Fry (Futurama)
Sir Daniel Fortesque (MediEvil)
Macho Man Randy Savage (WWF/WcW games)
Agrias Oaks (Final Fantasy Tactics)
Rayne (Bloodrayne)
Heishiro Mitsurugi (Soul Calibur series)
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where the rating crew at bump
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Sorry I didn't post sooner; I've been struggling about what to say regarding these characters.

SA-X: Low Midcarder if only because Dark Samus is a more well-known/liked character and actually has Samus in her name.

I agree about Mog and Great Deku Tree.
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Agree with metalmind
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yeah I guess Mog and Deku Tree are not particularly exciting entrants lol

Day 41 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77846491
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