Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 191 ft Michael Jordan, Nero, Megatron

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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 190:

Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark) is Mid Fodder
The Merchant (Resident Evil 4) is Mid Fodder
Severus Snape (Harry Potter) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Michael Jordan (MJ: Chaos in the Windy City)
Nero (Devil May Cry series)
Megatron (Transformers)

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Michael Jordan (MJ: Chaos in the Windy City) - Mid fodder
Nero (Devil May Cry series) - Mid fodder

I think he was probably like high fodder back in 2008 when he was fresh off DMC4. He would clearly have faded in the interim though, and while he does have DMC5 going for him now, I don't think enough of gamefaqs cares.

Megatron (Transformers) - Mid fodder

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Mid Fodder for MJ solely due to exposure and the fact that many of the 30+ Gfaqs users will clearly remember the Bulls dynasty led by Mike. And of course Space Jam.

I do think Nero makes High Fodder - he seemed to be better-liked in DMC5 than he was in 4 all those years ago.

Agree with Mid Fodder for Megatron. He is recognizable by name and was a generally "cool" villain (effectiveness and later movie appearances aside). But I feel that he lacks a single iconic design, which Optimus has.

Also I will nominate Charles Barkley (Shut Up and Jam) for Re-ranking. His ranking was very early on before the rating tiers were clearly established, and Shut Up and Jam Gaiden was the cited reason for him being Mid Fodder. While Gaiden is relevant to this site due to being an RPG it is still a pretty niche game, so I think it isn't actually enough to get Chuck out of Low Fodder range.

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Michael Jordan: Mid Fodder
Nero: Mid Fodder - I have no reason to believe that GameFAQs in general cares about DMC5, even if the DMC series in general wasn't noticeably weak - a disadvantage in an era when design and 'cool factor' are less important than ever before.
Megatron: Mid Fodder

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Day 192 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78265851

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