Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 150 ft Seifer, Doctor Octopus, Psyduck

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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 149:

Space Michael Jackson (Space Channel 5) is Mid Fodder
Kraid (Metroid) is Mid Fodder
Groot (Marvel) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII)
Psyduck (Pokemon)
Doctor Octopus (Marvel)
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Seifer mid
Psyduck low
Dr Octo mid

Seifer I will say High Fodder for. He's a major character in FFVIII and seems to be well-remembered as Squall's main rival. He didn't look too good in 2013, but he was up against another FF character and Knuckles, who is a much more popular "rival" character.

Psyduck I will put at Fodder Line. Most voters will remember his antics from the anime - popping out of Misty's poke ball at random and just overall being a doofus. He also has sparse moments of glory when his headache powers activate. That said his design isn't that appealing, and Psyduck isn't a particularly memorable mon in the games themselves. Being a gen 1 mon can only get you so far on its own.

Doc Ock I think is High Fodder. He is one of the top Spidey villains and has been a major character in pretty much every Spider-Man game and cartoon. His incarnation in Spider-Man 2 is also pretty popular, and the Doc's design in general is iconic. I do think that we underrated Venom at mid fodder too.
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Seifer: High Fodder

Psyduck: Mid Fodder - On the basis of the question "why would the average GameFAQs voter vote for Psyduck?" having no satisfactory answer.

Doctor Octopus: Mid Fodder - Staying consistent with my Lex Luthor vote, since I very much doubt he's more than one tier weaker.

I still stand by my Venom vote, at the time, because I still think a notable portion of GameFAQs voters would have been petty enough to antivote him due to Spider-Man leaving the MCU. However, now that the situation's resolved, I would say Venom is currently High Fodder.

Nominations:
Farfetch'd
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Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) - High fodder
Psyduck (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
Doctor Octopus (Marvel) - Mid fodder

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Nominate:

Korath the Pursuer (Marvel)
Nightmare (Metroid)
Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Ashley Graham (Resident Evil 4)
Ramon Salazar (Resident Evil 4)
Jack Krauser (Resident Evil)
Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil)
William Birkin (Resident Evil)
Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
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nominations:

Jack Krauser (Resident Evil)
Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil)
William Birkin (Resident Evil)
Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Nightmare (Metroid)
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Day 151 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78120600
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