Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 126 ft Spock, Kirk, Lufia

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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 125:

Goemon (Goemon) is Low Fodder
Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) is Low Fodder
Donald Trump (The Apprentice) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Spock (Star Trek)
James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
Lufia (Lufia/Estpolis Denki)
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So Star Trek has a ton of video games, but I don't know if any are particularly notable. So my ratings will be tentative for the duo.

Spock I say is Mid Fodder since his name and appearance is recognizable and he's probably the most popular character from the series on Gfaqs.

Low Fodder for Kirk since he isn't as distinct as Spock.

Low Fodder for Lufia since the series is really, really niche. There is a fanbase still lurking around the site I'm sure, but the votes she pulls in from that will only just get her out of LAW fodder range.
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Spock: Fodder Line. RIP Leonard Nimoy, and LLAP.

Kirk: Mid Fodder. I mean, Shatner is a legend, but I don't see people caring anywhere as much about him as they would Spock. The memes aren't there like they are with Spock or Picard, either. But I see him at least beating any Low Fodder.

Lufia: Low Fodder. Yeah, she's not LAW Fodder, but it's not a series you see people talking about much.
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Nominate:

Sparkster (Rocket Knight Adventures)
Ristar (Ristar)
Gex (Gex)
Taj (Diddy Kong Racing)
Jean Grey/Phoenix (Marvel)
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We did Gex already, he was Low Fodder.

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Honestly I try to check the rankings ahead of time to see who we have already done, but I just slipped up this time, even though I checked it specifically to make sure we didn't do Jean yet!

Nominate: Elise (Sonic '06)
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Spock (Star Trek) - Mid fodder

James T. Kirk (Star Trek) - Mid fodder

Lufia (Lufia/Estpolis Denki) - Low fodder

Lufia II is the main reason anyone cares about that franchise and Lufia is only in the first game. She's riding entirely on the franchise (in the west) sharing her name to accomplish anything and it's not even a very strong franchise. Lufia II is probably mid fodder at best.

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Spock: Fodder Line. "Vulcans are three times stronger than humans and twice as fast."

James T. Kirk: Mid Fodder.

Lufia: Low Fodder.

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Nominate:

Jareth (Labyrinth)
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Sure, I believe that Spock generally stands out more and is likely to be stronger in a contest than Kirk. As such, I'll vote High Fodder for Spock, and I'll agree with Mid Fodder for Kirk and Low Fodder for Lufia.
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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Nominate: Elise (Sonic '06)

you already nominated her lol

nominations:

Darkman (Darkman)
Martin Riggs (Lethal Weapon)
The Crow (The Crow: City of Angels)
The Phantom (Phantom 2040)
The Rocketeer (The Rocketeer)
The Shadow (The Shadow)
Sparkster (Rocket Knight Adventures)
Ristar (Ristar)
Taj (Diddy Kong Racing)
Jean Grey/Phoenix (Marvel)
Jareth (Labyrinth)
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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Agree with metal mind
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I don't even remember my own nominations lol, I'm getting lazy.
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Day 127 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78065967
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