Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 197 ft Dyna Blade, Hans Gruber, Vamp

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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 196:

Velociraptor (Jurassic Park) is Low Fodder
Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa) is Low Fodder
Mecha-Godzilla (Godzilla) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Dyna Blade (Kirby Super Star)
Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2)

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Low Fodder for Hans, Mid Fodder for the other two

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Nominate:

Koopa Paratroopa (Mario)
Lakitu (Mario)
Spiny (Mario)
Lubba (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Kyle Reese (Terminator)
Newt (Aliens)
Jake Sully (Avatar)
Patches the Hyena (Demon's Souls)

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Just realized I forgot to put up the re-ranking that was due for today. I will get it up on the next day.

I agree with LMS's ratings. Hans is a memorable villain, but only appeared in one movie in the 80s. Even though the movie is Die Hard, it won't be enough to make Hans more than Low Fodder. Dyna is a major character in Kirby Super Star with an appealing design, and has appearances in Air Ride and the Kirby anime. I think she has enough to be Mid, barely. Same with Vamp - he's a memorable character in MGS2 and also a major character in 4. Though I'm not sure how well his design will go over on Gfaqs.

I will nominate Lubba as well.

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Dyna Blade (Kirby Super Star) - Low fodder

at least crocmire was from something strong!

Hans Gruber (Die Hard) - Low fodder

Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2) - Mid fodder
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4533-southwest-division-round-1-frog-vs-magus-raiden-vs-vamp

Doesn't look like the performance of a team where one of the two is worthless so at one point Vamp was probably worth something. I'll guess he's still got enough in the tank for mid fodder.

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I rated Dyna Blade as Mid Fodder on the misconception that he's (?) a boss in Smash Ultimate, but then I remember that's actually Marx. So change rating to Low Fodder.

Was considering rating Hans LAW Fodder, but if Jar-Jar can make it to Low surely Hans can?

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I'll agree with all three of Axem's votes.

To comment on Hans briefly: Jar-Jar isn't a relevant comparison here because he's slowly but steadily becoming ironically well-liked, whereas Die Hard has been Die Hard for ages. At the same time, people care enough about Die Hard and remember Hans himself well enough that LAW Fodder shouldn't be a serious consideration.

I'll also nominate Ariel for re-ranking. Simply put, I believe her current ranking overestimates how much GameFAQs cares and is willing to vote for her and her movie - particularly since we have her over Belle, and her only advantage in comparison is a slightly more distinct/recognizable design.

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Well it was also because John McClane was ranked as Mid Fodder.

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Day 198 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78280408

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