Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 240 ft Shredder, Kain, King of All Cosmos

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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 239:

Zangief (Street Fighter) is Mid Fodder
Whispy Woods (Kirby's Dream Land) is Low Fodder
Popo (Ice Climber) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Chuck Norris (Chuck Norris Superkicks) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Shredder (TMNT)
Kain (Legacy of Kain)
The King of All Cosmos (Katamari Damacy)

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Re-rank M. Bison

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Shredder mid

nomations Mowhawk kid from wrestle war

Kain and King of All Cosmos are Low Fodder - neither looked good in CB9 (I didn't even remember both being in that contest).

It might be a bit of stretch but I will give Shredder High Fodder. He's an iconic villain with a LOT of appearances under his belt. The only TMNT-related media I can think of that didn't give him a large role was the third 90s movie. He has a pretty consistent design and was a "cool" villain at the right time to hit the Gfaqs demographic. And the name "Shredder" is peak late 80s edgy. My only concern is that voters won't have a good view of him nowadays, due to how incompetent Shredder was at fighting the turtles most of the time.

Re-Rank Terry Bogard

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Kain: Low Fodder
King: Low Fodder - We are profoundly disappointed; the size of our disappointment is immeasurable.

Shredder: High Fodder - This just makes sense, based on our previous working assumption that all the Turtles are around the Fodder Line or better.

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Same votes as half silver.

Shredder wont be super good but childhood nostalgia and solid video game connections should give him a decent floor.

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Day 241 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78385469

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