Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 252 ft Triss Merigold, Megaman Volnutt, R2D2

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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 251:

Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat) is Mid Fodder
Jack Bauer (24: The Game) is Low Fodder
Blaze Fielding (Streets of Rage) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Triss Merigold (The Witcher)
Megaman Volnutt (Megaman Legends)
R2D2 (Star Wars)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Mickey Mouse

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Triss Merigold (The Witcher) - Mid fodder

Important secondary character from strong but probably not overpowering 2010s game -> mid fodder

Megaman Volnutt (Megaman Legends) - Fodder line

I think Mega Man Legends is basically a paper tiger. They were not particularly popular games back in the day. Legends 3 became such a cause celebre because Capcom got people's hopes up only to dash them in a very ugly way and its cancellation happened around the same time that all other announced Mega Man games were cancelled. The amount of people that cared about Mega Man Legends for its own sake was comparatively limited. At this point, with Mega Man at least sort of back with Mega Man 11 out, Keiji Inafune's reputation in tatters and his Mighty No. 9 project kind of a failure, and so many years having passed, I think people are kind of over it.

Still got Mega Man in his name though; good for him too. If, say, the localization had screwed up hilariously and called him Rock Volnutt, he'd likely be low fodder.

R2D2 (Star Wars) - High fodder

Mickey Mouse - Fodder line

I think Kingdom Hearts III being out, reasonably popular, and not a disaster helps a little. Think I'd rank Riku in this tier at this point were he eligible even though his Bayonetta performance probably suggests high fodder.

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Triss - agree with Mid Fodder

Megaman Volnutt I will deviate on and say Low Midcarder. Legends seems to be much more fondly remembered than the Battle Network games, and the Legends 3 cancellation was a big deal that some people are still salty about to his day even though the OG Mega Man did end up coming back. And Volnutt also has a much stronger resemblance to the OG Mega compared to EXE.

Agree with High Fodder for R2-D2, because Star Wars is crazy.

Agree with Fodder Line for Mickey Mouse. Everyone knows him and he is well-liked in Kingdom Hearts. Beyond that though, its a toss-up on whether or not the average voter grew up with Mickey cartoons or games.

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nominate:

Sun Shangxiang (Dynasty Warriors)
Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Rex (Toy Story)
Poe Dameron (Star Wars)
Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)
Mike Wazowski (Monsters, Inc.)
Sulley (Monsters, Inc.)
Jessie (Toy Story)
Elastigirl (The Incredibles)
Dory (Finding Nemo)
Barbie (Barbie, Toy Story, etc.)

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Re-rank Donald Duck

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Agree with Axem's votes.

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Day 253 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78413806

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