Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 232 ft Megaman.EXE, Vulcan Raven, The Kid

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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 231:

Ron Weasley (Harry Potter) is Mid Fodder
Smithy (Super Mario RPG) is Low Fodder
The Avatar (Ultima) is LAW Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Megaman.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
Vulcan Raven (Metal Gear Solid)
The Kid (Bastion)

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Mega EXE I will say is a Midcarder. He doesn't resemble OG Mega in the same way that X does which will likely cost him a few rungs of strength, but he still has Mega Man name along with a beam sword, so he should still do ok for himself. I'm sure there are some fans of the Battle Network series still lurking on the site that will vote for him, but I think that potential voter base is smaller than what the Legends series would get.

Low Fodder for the other 2. Vulcan is a pretty minor villain in the MGS series, and I don't think the protagonist of Bastion will have enough fan vote support to break Low Fodder. It is a pretty niche game despite definitely having a fanbase on the site, and I think it's somewhat telling that it didn't make the 2015 Games contest.

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EXE: Fodder Line - The Battle Network sub-series is way less popular than the X sub-series, so I doubt he'll be able to hold a candle to X. There's only so much strength I can see a weak set of games, and more importantly the doppelganger factor, getting him as such.

Agree with Low Fodder for the other two.

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Megaman.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) - Fodder line

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3156-who-is-your-favorite-version-of-mega-man

honestly better than I was expecting, although I assume he'd do much worse nowadays. Feels right to squeeze him in between "occasionally gets in and does decent when he does" Proto Man and "hasn't been seen since Villains unless Rivalry Rumble counts" Dr. Wily.

Vulcan Raven (Metal Gear Solid) - Low fodder

Kinda close to Mid fodder but I'm thinking no dice. Maybe he could have made it back when Metal Gear was at its peak on this site but even then he had no real relevance by that point.

The Kid (Bastion) - Low fodder

His game was a long time ago now, the game is probably gonna be real weak, the game was fairly short, and the main character is mute and gets completely overshadowed by the Stranger's narration. I'm not sure how well even people who played through it once like eight years ago are going to remember him.

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Nominate Megaman Volnutt (Megaman Legends)

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nominate The Stranger (Bastion)

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Day 233 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78367225

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