Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 245 ft Miku Hatsune, Error, Lisa Simpson

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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 244:

Caim (Drakengard) is LAW Fodder
Captain MacMillan (Call of Duty) is Low Fodder
Fran (Final Fantasy XII) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Miku Hatsune (Project Diva series)
Error (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link)
Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons)

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Miku Hatsune (Project Diva series) - low fodder

Probably pretty bad but enough of a following to avoid LAW.

Error (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link) - low fodder

Would probably be weaker than CATS but it helps that most people have actually played his game (albeit many of those didnt get to Error) and may have heard his line even if they hadnt. I could see him tripling Green Biker Dude or something ridiculous like that.

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) - mid fodder

recognizable and has her fans but the gaming community does not like feeling preached to or told theyre bad for rather contentious political or social reasons and Lisa Simpson...yeah.

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Lisa isnt even as popular then her brother Bart

Miku I feel has enough to be Mid Fodder. Gfaqs definitely has its fair share of weebs (for lack of a better term), as evidenced by characters like Neptunia making CBX, and Miku is much better-known. As far as people voting for her on the basis of her music or rhythm games, I think it will be very hit or miss. The rhythm games are good (I played the one on PS3) but the play rates are probably not. She has a few iconic songs (Leekspin, Popipo, etc) that a lot of people on the site should be familiar with. This should give her an advantage over low fodder characters, at least with the majority of weeby voters.

Agree with Low Fodder for Error. I think the meme is less well-known than "This guy are sick", and Zelda 2 isn't exactly a popular game.

Agree with Mid Fodder for Lisa.

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Low Fodder for Miku I guess. Also, Low Fodder for Error and Mid Fodder for Lisa.

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Neptune only made it in because I rallied for her.

Day 246 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78396501

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