Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 230 ft Atreus, Admiral Ackbar, Serious Sam

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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 229:

Zubat (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Crazy Hand (Super Smash Bros. Melee) is Mid Fodder
Hero (Dragon Quest V) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Atreus (God of War)
Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars)
Serious Sam (Serious Sam)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Erdrick/Hero (Dragon Quest)

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Nominate: Error (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link)

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Votes ashley

ertyu0078 posted...

Votes ashley

WarioWare or Resident Evil 4?

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@ertyu0078 I assume you wanted to vote Warioware Ashley - let me know if you wanted Ashley Graham instead

Mid Fodder for BOI and It's a trap!

reminder: Serious Sam has won a contest match and Cecil Harvey has not. Sam is obvious LAW Fodder.

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Actually, since it's ertyu, I would assume Ashley Graham was the intended nomination, though it's better if ertyu clarifies that. Also, Zubat's ranking should be Mid Fodder, which is the average of ertyu's Low Midcarder vote with the other three Low Fodder votes.

As for today:

Atreus: Mid Fodder because God of War '18 is legit here (something that still somewhat surprises me tbh), and Atreus is a prominent, well-liked character from it. That being said, he's still not the player character, and he's still from a modern Western game, so I'm not willing to get too crazy here.

Ackbar: Low Fodder because he's simply too minor a character to get all that many votes even if he is a fan favorite.

Sam: LAW Fodder
Erdrick: High Fodder

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I want the Ashley from resident evil

Atreus (God of War) - Mid fodder

the game that introduced him put Kratos back into contention for our strongest western character so Ill assume he might be worth something until proven otherwise.

Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars) - Low fodder

Its a testament to Star Wars popularity and its fans insanity that such a peripheral character is even being considered for anything other than LAW fodder.

Serious Sam (Serious Sam) - LAW fodder

he was LAW then and hes LAW now

Erdrick - Mid fodder

The 8 and 11 heroes have (probably) acceptably strong games AND smash.

Erdrick just has Smash.

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MetalmindStats posted...
Also, Zubat's ranking should be Mid Fodder, which is the average of ertyu's Low Midcarder vote

ertyu0078 posted...

I want the Ashley from resident evil

both fixed on doc

also forgot to re-rank Erdrick. Agree with High Fodder since Erdrick is the "legendary hero" of the DQ series and thus has a bit of renown despite the original DQ trilogy not being overly popular. And smash of course.

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Day 231 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78362668

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