Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 119 ft John McClane, Ultimecia, Arthas

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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 there is a compelling reason for both characters to be linked (either co-starring in a game ala Banjo & Kazooie, or always appearing together like Callie & Marie from Splatoon).

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 there if at least 3/4ths of the voters for that day agree on the LAW Fodder rating, and no ratings above Low Fodder are given. If either of those conditions are not met, the character will not be eligible for the LAW Fodder tier.

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 118:

The Terminator/T-800 (The Terminator) is High Fodder
Ellen Ripley (Alien) is Mid Fodder
Michael Myers (Halloween) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

John McClane (Die Hard)
Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII)
Arthas Menethil (Warcraft)
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John MkKlane (Die Hard) - Mid Fodder

yippe kai yay mid fodder

Ultimekia (Final Fantasy VIII) - Mid fodder

Main villain of a widely played, strong-if-past-its-prime game and has been in Dissidia sinke the first one. Has the downside that people don't really kare about her but it's not enough for me to kall her totally worthless. I feel a little bad for putting Kuja in Mid Fodder if I'm going to tier friggin' Ultimekia there as well though.

Arthas Menethil (Warkraft) - Low fodder

Warkraft is just done on this site and I think Warkraft as a kurrently important part of internet kulture is also kind of done in general. Thrall was already mid fodder in 2013, I don't think Arthas would have done mukh better, and think they'd both be worse 6 years on. Name rekognition hasn't saved the GTA kharakters from the garbage pile and I don't think it'll save Warkraft either.

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Lol Axem (in a good way).

I agree with you about all three. Why McClane, though, after all I said about T-800? It's because, unlike the two Terminator movies, I get the sense that Die Hard is a truly beloved movie among GameFAQs' core demographic.

Nominations:
Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)
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I'm going to say Mid Fodder to all. Arthas I think is enough of a fan favorite to hit mid (barely) despite the popularity of WC taking a nosedive on the site.

second Scott PIlgrim
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Day 120 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78046958
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