Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 216 ft Rosa Farrell, Creeper, Thrall

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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 215:

Eevee (Pokemon) is a Low Midcarder
Milla Maxwell (Tales of Xillia) is Mid Fodder
Sazh Katzroy (Final Fantasy XIII) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Rosa Farrell (Final Fantasy IV)
Thrall (Warcraft)
Creeper (Minecraft)

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Rosa Farrell (Final Fantasy IV) - Low fodder

setting the standard for bland love interests since 1991

Thrall (Warcraft) - Low fodder

sorry warcraft, gamefaqs users have real jobs now
liberate hong kong

Creeper (Minecraft) - Low fodder

Creeper was maybe not completely terrible in 2013 but whatever meme/joke power it might have had is gonna be gone now. More generally, Minecraft is one of those stupid thing that kids with seemingly infinite time to spend play nonstop. The appeal for a gamer who was already grown up or close to it when it launched and is even older now is going to be near zero. May the crotchety old men of gamefaqs kill it with fire should it ever darken our contests again.

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Rosa is a character I think most of Gfaqs will be apathetic about; even among FFIV fans. But her official art will allow her to benefit from TJF, so I think she makes Mid Fodder.

Thrall - I mean if even Arthas is low fodder nowadays, then I don't see how Thrall would be worth anything. He looked like Mid Fodder at best in 2013, even taking a bad pic into consideration. Low Fodder for him.

Creeper I say will be Low Fodder. I just don't think there are many Minecraft fans on the site, and there definitely won't be any coming in just to vote for a blocky green guy.

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Nominate:
Goose (Untitled Goose Game)
Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Claude (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Dimitri (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Sam Porter Bridges (Death Stranding)

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Mid for Rosa, Low for the other two. Minecraft is good though; granted, I'm saying that as someone who's a good 10 years younger than the average GameFAQs user, but still.

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Rosa has to be Low, not even the biggest of FF4 fans care the slightest bit about her

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Day 217 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78326129

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