Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 138 ft Tyler Durden, Son Gohan, Slimer

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half_silver28
10/16/19 9:19:07 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 137:

Prince Sidon (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) is Fodder Line
Loki (Marvel) is High Fodder
John Wick (John Wick Hex, etc) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Z)
Slimer (Ghostbusters)
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half_silver28
10/16/19 10:05:02 PM
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Low Fodder for Tyler Durden. The Fight Club game wasn't good, and I don't see Tyler as an especially popular character. Even fans of the movie may or may not like Tyler enough to vote for him.

Son Gohan I will say Fodder Line for. Everyone knows him and he is decently well-liked, and he has a lot of iconic moments in the anime. He is in most of the games too. But he might fall if he gets a Great Saiyaman pic or something silly like that.

Slimer I don't even know where to start on. I guess Mid Fodder because he's basically the series mascot of Ghostbusters.
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BlueCrystalTear
10/16/19 10:10:53 PM
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Tyler: Low Fodder.

Gohan: High Fodder. I don't know him, because I don't watch DBZ. I don't see him doing all that well, but he can beat Low or Mid Fodder.

Slimer: Mid Fodder. Recognizable, but the true mascot is the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
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MetalmindStats
10/17/19 4:36:24 AM
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Tyler Durden: Low Fodder - I can't see the people who have merely watched and liked Fight Club before caring, which leaves its dedicated fanbase, and that's not enough to get him any higher.

Son Gohan: Fodder Line - He could be the third most popular Dragon Ball character only behind Goku and Vegeta, and he has a great shot at looking very similar to Goku in his match picture.

Slimer: LAW Fodder - As recognizable as he supposedly is, he has never had any sort of role or appearance that would convince anyone who doesn't fondly remember 80s TV shows to vote for him against any opponent they like at all or even faintly recognize. Both the aforementioned shows and the movie itself are too old to fit into GameFAQs's ideal early 90s nostalgia zone, so he isn't going to get any help there.

Even on the point of recognizability, I can only speak anecdotally to my experience of thinking he was one-and-the-same as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (and the original movie's genuinely recognizable poster ghost, for that matter) at the time I nominated him. I have since watched Ghostbusters (and its sequel), but I wouldn't say that speaks positively of whether anyone who hasn't seen the movie(s) or TV show(s) recently will be able to recognize him.

Nominations:
Balrog
Dhalsim
E. Honda
Felyne (Monster Hunter series)
Frank West
Monster Hunter (Monster Hunter series/Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite)
Rathalos (Monster Hunter series)
R. Mika
Sagat
Vega
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BlueCrystalTear
10/17/19 9:30:25 AM
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Yeah, change my vote for Slimer to Low Fodder

I don't think he's LAW though. I think he beats enough characters in the Low Fodder tier simply because he's more recognizable than they are.
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AxemRedRanger
10/17/19 10:12:52 AM
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Tyler Durden (Fight Club) - Low fodder
Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Z) - Fodder line

Not sure whether Gohan or Piccolo would be better and Piccolo's placement looks at least plausible so I'll put Gohan in the same tier.

Slimer (Ghostbusters) - Low fodder

I don't think most people care about this thing if they only watched the movies; it's some some decent scenes but it's not really important there. You probably have to have watched the cartoon, too. I feel like Ghostbusters was big enough that most users (at least in North America) probably watched and liked at least the first movie at some point even if it was before their time but the cartoon and general Ghostbusters craze is another matter. Even in nerdy circles I don't think 80's cartoons are something most people are gonna bother digging into unless they have nostalgia for them; too long and formulaic. And even then I'm not sure the cartoon left the strongest impression among the era's youth compared to say Gi Joe/Transformers/Thundercats/Voltron/TMNT, possibly because it was based on a popular movie which remained the cornerstone of the franchise. I do think recognizability will ultimately save Slimer from LAW fodder, though.

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half_silver28
10/17/19 9:30:36 PM
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