Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 168 ft Phillip J. Fry, Big Rig, Clank

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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 167:

Bub (Bubble Bobble) is Low Fodder
Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy I) is Mid Fodder
Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Big Rig (Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing)
Phillip J. Fry (Futurama)
Clank (Ratchet & Clank)
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Big Rig is going to be LAW Fodder. Not many people are actually going to get the "joke" here, and even those who do get it are unlikely to vote for a terrible-looking truck over an actual character. It still might beat Dancin' though.

Fry is High Fodder due to the memes and the fact that Futurama was a very popular show among the demographic of the site - the Futurama game won't make a difference. Shut Up and take my Vote!

I thought Clank had made a contest before but apparently not since I can't find him. On the basis of Clank having stronger associations with the Ratchet and Clank than fellow sidekick Daxter, I will say Mid Fodder for him. I also think he's better liked than the annoying weasel.
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Big Rig is not the name of any vehicles in big rigs and therefore would get 0 votes

Big Rig (Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing) - Low fodder
Phillip J. Fry (Futurama) - High fodder
Clank (Ratchet & Clank) - Mid fodder

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Big Rig: Low Fodder
Phillip J. Fry: Mid Fodder
Clank: Mid Fodder
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nominations:

Yuri Hyuga (Shadow Hearts)
Koudelka Iasant (Koudelka/Shadow Hearts)
Karin Koenig (Shadow Hearts Covenant)
Grigori Rasputin (Shadow Hearts Covenant, Fate/Grand Order, etc)
Al Capone (Shadow Hearts From The New World)
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Day 169 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78174964
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