Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 53 ft Guy Who Are Sick, Belle, Aiden Pearce

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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 - 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 that if all posters for that day unanimously agree on the LAW Fodder rating. If any rating besides LAW Fodder is given, the character will not be eligible for the tier. All LAW Fodder ratings will then count as Low Fodder.

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 52:

Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson's Moonwalker) is High Fodder
The Genie (Disney's Aladdin) is Fodder Line
Bass (Mega Man) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Aiden Pearce (Watch Dogs)
Belle (Disney's Beauty and the Beast)
Guy Who are Sick (Final Fantasy VII)
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Aiden - low fodder. Great character but not the kind of game that appeals to GameFAQs voters whatsoever.

Belle - fodder line. Super recognizable and nostalgic. Probably dead even with Genie.

Guy Who Are Sick - low fodder. Nameless NPC. If joke votes can't save Zolom from this fate then they won't save him. When it comes to a poll against anyone with even the tiniest tinge of significance or popularity, this guy are dead.
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guy who are sick would be low fodder just because his picture would be trash no matter what, it would be like some weird speck. i think people might get confused.

Aiden Pearce would also be low fodder because if people actually did recognize him they'd want to anti-vote him.

Belle would be mid-fodder, she's recognizable but idk how many people on gamefaqs are frothing at the mouth to show support for a mid-tier disney princess
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Agree with darkx about the Guy Who Are Sick and Zen about Aiden.

For Belle, I will say High Fodder. I do not feel most of GameFAQs is inclined to vote for a Disney princess; however, at least she's a Renaissance character who won't get many antivotes, unlike Elsa.
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Agree with Low Fodder for Guy Who Are Sick. Zolom is more significant of a character and did terribly. I don't think Guy will get enough joke votes to be more than low fodder.

Agree with Low Fodder for Aiden. Not really popular or remembered at all on Gfaqs.

For Belle I will go in the middle and say High Fodder. I think she is somewhat pic dependent, and might improve to fodder line if she gets a pic with her yellow dress. But more than likely she'll just have her basic getup.
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nominations:

Alm (Fire Emblem Gaiden/Echoes)
Beat (Dragon Ball Heroes)
Dyna Blade (Kirby Super Star)
Irvine Kinneas (Final Fantasy VIII)
Jigglypuff (Pokmon)
Mr. Freeze (DC Comics)
Sabrina (Pokemon)
Nina Williams (Tekken)
Axel (Kingdom Hearts)
Alice Margatroid (Touhou)
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Noms:
Ace Harding (Deja Vu)
Ifnkovhgroghprm (King's Quest)
Rather Dashing (Peasant's Quest)
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Day 54 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77875945
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