Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 137 ft Prince Sidon, John Wick, Loki

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half_silver28
10/15/19 9:46:04 PM
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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 136:

Sigma (Mega Man X) is High Fodder
Donkey Kong Jr. (Donkey Kong Jr.) is High Fodder
Urbosa (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) is Fodder Line

Here is today's trio to rank:

Prince Sidon (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Loki (Marvel)
John Wick (John Wick Hex, etc)
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BlueCrystalTear
10/15/19 10:00:57 PM
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Prince Sidon: Midcarder. I might be biased because his autograph is right below Urbosa's (I still think she's a tier low, personally), but he's a tier above her. He is the strongest NPC exclusive to BOTW simply because of how much Internet popularity he gained; my immediate reaction to him was "This guy is a real piece of work." He's infinitely memorable despite only being in like five scenes and the memes are everywhere. Plus, BOTW.

If you're wondering about the other three, I'll be getting two of them in a month (Zelda and Revali) and at least one of Daruk and Mipha at the same convention next year. They like their BOTW voice actors.

Loki: High Fodder. He's a villain, not a playable character, and his impact in video games is minimal (he's not even playable in MvC!). Still think he's somewhat strong given his role in the first Avengers movie, which is something most people on this site have seen, but he's probably only going to beat Low or Mid Fodder.

John Wick: Mid Fodder. His game just came out, so we should probably wait to rate him until we see how things are in a couple of months. His movies are there, sure, but I don't necessarily see him as being overly strong because I don't see much in the way of topics about his movies. I may be wrong on him, however.
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half_silver28
10/15/19 11:26:04 PM
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I will say Fodder Line for Sidon. He only makes a few notable appearances in the game, which to me is not enough for him to be a midcarder or low mid - regardless of the number of meme images he has. And I don't see him outperforming characters like Midna who have bigger roles in Zelda games.

Agree with High Fodder for Loki.

I'll say High Fodder for John Wick because 1. It's Keanu 2. He does have other game appearances such as Payday 2
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MetalmindStats
10/16/19 4:27:14 AM
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Sidon: Fodder Line - I question whether voters who have played and liked BOTW but aren't properly part of its fanbase would care about a not-overly-prominent NPC, and I doubt the memes have reached far outside the fanbase considering I hadn't even seen or heard of him 48 hours ago. Additionally, I almost certainly overrated Urbosa, based on the very same points I brought up yesterday.

Loki: High Fodder

John Wick: Mid Fodder - I'm already giving him a lot of credit by saying he won't be worthless as a recently-introduced movie character on GameFAQs, without significant gaming roles. That's no more than he deserves, however, considering his combination of name/design value (character and actor alike) and movies that young male internet users care about.

Nominations:
Ant-Man (Marvel)
Asterix
Doctor Octopus (Marvel)
Mace Windu
Mystique
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
The Green Goblin
The Riddler
The Scarecrow
Tyler Durden
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AxemRedRanger
10/16/19 11:04:33 AM
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Prince Sidon (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) - Fodder line

I think Gamefaqs users are too damn old for the memes to matter much.

Loki (Marvel) - High fodder

John Wick (John Wick Hex, etc) - Mid fodder

His game appearances all do nothing for him but big recent movie character that gamefaqs would probably be into might at least separate himself from low fodder.

Nominate:
Neo (The Matrix)
Rika Furude (Higurashi)

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half_silver28
10/16/19 5:59:01 PM
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nominations:

Ant-Man (Marvel)
Doctor Octopus (Marvel)
Cyborg (DC Comics)
Raven (DC Comics)
Starfire (DC Comics)
Deathstroke/Slade Wilson (DC Comics)
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half_silver28
10/16/19 9:19:19 PM
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