Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 203 ft Freya Crescent, Zeus, Poke Ball

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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 202:

Daxter (Jak and Daxter) is Low Fodder
Lakitu (Mario series) is Mid Fodder
Monster Hunter (Monster Hunter series/MvC: Infinite) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Freya Crescent (Final Fantasy IX)
Zeus (God of War)
Pok Ball (Pokmon)

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Low on all 3

High Fodder for Freya. She's a reasonably well-liked playable FF character with a unique design that helps her stand out. She also gets some memorable moments in FF9, like the Festival of the Hunt and her emotional scenes in Burmecia. However her plot importance pretty much ends completely halfway into the game, leaving her somewhat forgotten compared to Garnet, Vivi and even Beatrice.

Mid Fodder (barely) for Zeus. I'm not really sure how well-liked he is, but he is a major character in multiple GoW games and the Greek God appears in plenty of other media including Disney's Hercules.

Poke Ball seems like another "joke" that won't catch on with the site. However it will still be Low Fodder due to how iconic of an object it is.

nominate Goomba for Re-ranking. Also nominate Hercules (Disney's Hercules) and Electrode (Pokemon)

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Mid for all three. Even in an era where jokes are dead, it would be a mistake to underestimate the appeal of a wildly iconic object from a top 5 series here.

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reluctant high fodder on Freya, mid fodder for the other too.

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Day 204 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78294194

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