Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 192 ft Kermit the Frog, Faby, Wall-E

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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 191:

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

Here is today's trio to rank:

Faby (Flappy Bird)
Kermit the Frog (The Muppets games)
Wall-E (Wall-E)

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Faby I see as LAW Fodder. I don't think much of anyone cares about Flappy Bird in 2019.

Kermit I will say is Mid Fodder. He's an iconic character who people generally like, but I don't see voters caring strongly enough to vote him over anyone with a semblance of strength.

Wall-E I will say Mid Fodder, I guess? Opinions on his movie will probably be polarized between "cute robot love story" and "overly-preachy dreck" on Gfaqs. Wall-E might get a few votes just for being a cute little robot, but has close to nothing in terms of relevant game appearances.

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Would Wall-E really be stronger than Mad Max or Rocky? I guess he might due to being a robot?

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to be fair I had voted Mid for Rocky.

nominate:
Mr. Burns (The Simpsons)
Ned Flanders (The Simpsons)
Seymour Skinner (The Simpsons)

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Faby: LAW Fodder
Kermit: Low Fodder - Might be Mid, but will GameFAQs really care?
WALL-E: Low Fodder - If people are really polarized about his movie (which isn't the sense I've gotten, at least), there's no chance in hell he's any stronger than this.

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Faby (Flappy Bird) - LAW fodder
Kermit the Frog (The Muppets games) - Low fodder

People know him but his appeal heavily skews mainstream family-friendly rather than nerd. Also maybe a little older than optimal? No notable games either.

Wall-E (Wall-E) - Low fodder

Mad Max's setting and imagery were highly influential, but at least in North America, I think the films themselves had faded hard by the turn of the century from any space in the popular consciousness they might have once held. Even if I don't think much of Wall-E, I'd think of course he beats Mad Max, who pretty much only has the pseudo-recency of Fury Road in his favor.

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Day 193 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78268406

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