Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 181 ft Stay Puft Man, Trevelyan, Peppy

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half_silver28
12/04/19 8:18:36 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

If you feel that a character has been over or under-ranked, or if a new development has come up that would affect their contest strength, you may nominate them for a re-ranking. You may nominate one character per day for this, and 3 votes are needed to get them on the slate. One character with 3 votes will come up for re-ranking today.

Re-ranking Nomination List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V6dx-tu-FD1rCxbX69eQwEzE7x1F6nNRNFochYHu1dc/edit?usp=sharing

Results from Day 180:

Frieza (Dragonball Z) is High Fodder
Jack Krauser (Resident Evil 4) is Mid Fodder
Cell (Dragonball Z) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Alec Trevelyan (Goldeneye 007)
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters)
Peppy Hare (Star Fox)

Today's Re-ranking:

Venom (Marvel)

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half_silver28
12/04/19 10:58:20 PM
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I don't see many people caring for Trevelyan despite being in Goldeneye - people were not playing the game for its robust story and in fact probably have a negative view of the characters in the game minus Bond himself. And the remake no longer had access to Sean Bean's likeness for Trevelyan, likely diluting his strength further. Low Fodder for him.

Mid Fodder for Stay Puft on account of nostalgia for Ghostbusters, and probably being the single most recognizable character from the franchise.

Mid Fodder for Peppy. The only reasons I see people caring about him are DO A BARREL ROLL and USE THE BOOST TO GET THROUGH, which are pretty decent reasons to be fair.

High Fodder for the re-rank of Venom. By far the most popular Spidey villain, with many playable game appearances under his belt and a not COMPLETELY terrible solo movie. Said movie also helps put Venom's joke of an appearance in the Raimi series behind him.

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LinkMarioSamus
12/05/19 7:12:36 AM
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Nominate:

Ring (Sonic)
Ring (Superman 64)

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AxemRedRanger
12/05/19 1:26:05 PM
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Alec Trevelyan (Goldeneye 007) - Low fodder
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters) - Low fodder
Peppy Hare (Star Fox) - Mid fodder

Today's Re-ranking:

Venom (Marvel) - High fodder

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half_silver28
12/05/19 6:08:16 PM
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nominate Ring (Superman 64)

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half_silver28
12/05/19 9:23:40 PM
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I will nominate Godzilla for re-ranking. To me mid fodder seems low for such a recognizable character, who makes major movie appearances every few years and is the most iconic giant movie monster of all time. And there are also a LOT of Godzilla games including some that likely have a fanbase on the site (Destroy All Monsters).

And I just realized I forgot to post the result of the Kuja re-ranking. Kuja is now High Fodder.

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ertyu0078
12/05/19 10:09:40 PM
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Low staypuff
mid on Alec

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MetalmindStats
12/06/19 1:33:22 AM
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I'll concur with Axem's rankings, and also nominate Mother Brain for reranking. Similarly to Kuja, everything else Metroid-related has improved since Villains, yet if you believe our ranking, Mother Brain has dropped since then. Also, I missed Mother Brain's day, which may have caused her to wind up lower than she otherwise would have been.

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AxemRedRanger
12/06/19 8:37:09 AM
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Re-rank sly cooper.

Just because Crash/Spyro/Jak/Ratchet (but mainly the first two) have boosted over time doesnt mean he will. Unlike those four, Sly Coopers games had neither much mainstream popularity nor scratching gamefaqs specific itches going for them. He cant benefit much from nostalgic remembrance if the vast majority never played his franchise and he was never relevant or popular in the first place.

He also only ever made two contests.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/1741-midgar-division-round-1-sephiroth-vs-sly-cooper
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5181-character-battle-ix-division-5-round-1-sly-vs-francis-vs

i see zero improvement in 9 years. If you set Lugia to 20% in the x-stats since we rated him fodder-line, 2013 Sly is probably within 1% of 2004 Sly. Crash and Spyro already looked much improved over their worst showings by that point. Id say these are borderline mid-to-low fodder performances, not high. Jak was ranked high fodder, probably correctly, and hed wreck Sly.

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half_silver28
12/06/19 2:41:56 PM
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