Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 152 ft John Lennon, Golbez, Jean-Luc Picard

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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 151:

Captain America (Marvel) is a Low Midcarder
Rocky Balboa (Rocky) is Low Fodder
Emma Frost (X-Men) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Golbez (Final Fantasy IV)
John Lennon (The Beatles Rock Band)
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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I think it's safe to say that with the impending release of a brand new television series centered on Picard, he will win with a 99.999999999999% victory against Golbez and that other guy.
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High Fodder for Golbez. He's the main antagonist of FFIV and central to the plotline, and his connection to Cecil should help as well. Golbez is memorable due to his intimidating design and character depth - something many game villains lacked at the time. He and Cecil also did pretty well against Luigi/Waluigi in rivalry rumble, better than Cecil would do solo against Luigi. Though it might have just been because the Luigi/Waluigi rivalry is kind of a joke.

Low Fodder for John Lennon. I think when it comes to the Beatles, it is McCartney that gets the most recognition for contributing to classic songs. Lennon obviously has Imagine and many other well-liked songs, but there are a few things I think will lose him some votes.

First is his many controversies: Yoko Ono, "The Beatles are more popular than Jesus", and his abusive treatment of his son and first wife. Second is the fact that his picture will be from Beatles Rock Band, which I believe mostly depict the Fab Four from the early Beatles era (1964 or so). They all looked similar at the time, so John will have a hard time standing out.

edit - ok it took 2 seconds for me to prove myself wrong on the second point. But I don't think the pic will make much difference either way for Lennon.

High Fodder for Picard. I don't know much of anything about TNG, but Picard is one of the most popular Star Trek characters along with Kirk and Spock. And since he is instantly recognizable, I think he is much closer to being at Spock's level than Kirk's.
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I like reading this topic series

It's too difficult to accurately contribute most of the time
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I'll just concur with all three. It would take a lot to convince me that any significant number of voters would vote for a real-life person in a video game character contest.
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Golbez - Mid fodder

Golbez has a lot of presence and works well enough in FFIV but I dont think hes cared about too much.

And yeah, that Rivalry Rumble result was mostly Waluigi ruining Luigi. They got tripled by the Pokemon Trainers after that.

John Lennon - Low fodder

Picard - High fodder

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It is difficult to judge ratings for most the characters in this topic. But anyone who wants to contribute can do so by nominating some of the characters stuck on the nom list at 1-2 votes, or put in some new nominations.

On that note, nominate:

Ruby Rose (RWBY/Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle)
Weiss Schnee (RWBY/Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle)
Blake Belladonna (RWBY/Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle)
Yang Xiao Long (RWBY/Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle)
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Day 153 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78125369
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