Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 200 ft Anna, Reno, Kenny McCormick

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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 199:

Broly (Dragonball Z) is Mid Fodder
The Mask (The Mask) is Low Fodder
Koopa Paratroopa (Mario series) is High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Anna (Fire Emblem series)
Reno (Final Fantasy VII)
Kenny McCormick (South Park)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Ariel (Disneys The Little Mermaid)

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Re-rank Urbosa.

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Anna will be Low Fodder. All her game appearances were very minor prior to FE Awakening, and I don't get the feeling she was a particularly popular character there, at least not among Gfaqs. She was in plenty of games since then including Three Houses, but in most of them you had to buy DLC to actually play as her. I only see hardcore FE fans voting for her in a contest.

I don't see Reno doing better than Mid Fodder. I don't think the site cares that much for minor characters in FFVII (see: Midgar Zolom). Reno's a funny guy with a recognizable design, so I'm sure there are some people who would vote for him. But not over anyone with a semblance of strength.

Kenny I think will be Low Fodder. I can easily see him getting anti-voted on purpose, with the intent of putting up "OMG They Killed Kenny" threads on the board after the match.

Ariel I will say is High Fodder. I don't remember where I ranked her the first time around. But I think she will be very slightly weaker than Belle. Ariel has the advantage over Belle in terms of design, but Beauty and the Beast is a far more popular movie than The Little Mermaid. The latter doesn't even have a disappointing live-action remake to meme on yet.

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Anna (Fire Emblem series) - Low fodder

Her pre-Awakening appearances are worthless, yeah.

Reno (Final Fantasy VII) - High fodder

reno is actually a character unlike Zolomy!

Kenny McCormick (South Park) - Mid fodder

south park fear

Ariel (Disneys The Little Mermaid) - Mid fodder

I think this site's the wrong gender for most Disney females to do much. Her movie is neither particularly relevant nor do I think it particularly high ranking among Disney movies either - while it's not low, at the very least Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Lion King have gotta all be above it, Toy story too if you count Pixar. I have trouble seeing Disney movie heroines having significant waifu appeal among this crowd either. (apologies to yoblazer)

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Nominate Tiny Tina (Borderlands)

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I'll agree with all of Axem's votes. Reno and Ariel are both around the border of Mid and High Fodder for me, while Kenny's on the border of Mid and Low Fodder.

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Now that I think about it, there are some other factors that might drag down Ariel. While her world did appear in Kingdom Hearts and KH2, there are some that despise the sudden gameplay change it brought about in 2. Also the Gfaqs demographic may view Ariel as immature due to her actions in the movie, and relate better to her father.

I'll change my vote on her to Mid Fodder.

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Day 201 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78287152

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