Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 260 ft Mae Borowski, Zapdos, Balrog

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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 259:

Mileena (Mortal Kombat) is Mid Fodder
Cole Macgrath (Infamous) is Low Fodder
Demi-Fiend (Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods)
Zapdos (Pokemon)
Balrog (Street Fighter)

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Nominate Willow Ufgood (Willow)

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Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods) - Low fodder

Night in the Woods is not very popular here.

Chloe from Life is Strange got almost tripled by Lightning, who's probably around the fodder line. That puts Chloe at like ~10% in the x-stats. Mae could be substantially worse due to her game being so much more obscure.

The main thing in her favor is her character design not being bad or generic. I...think that's enough to save her from LAW but it's probably cutting it close.

Zapdos (Pokemon) - High fodder

Gen 1 legendary.
Not on a box, not a massive favorite, but fairly well-liked.

Balrog (Street Fighter) - Low fodder

Easily the weakest of the original four bosses. The weakest of the original eight playables are probably pretty close to the mid-to-low line, so Balrog is definitely past it.

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Mae Borowski: LAW Tier in my heart. Truthfully, Low Fodder, and as Axem said, she'd likely be LAW Fodder if her character design didn't stand out.

Agree with High Fodder for Zapdos and Low Fodder for Balrog.

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Nominate:

Shellder (Pokmon)

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agree with axem's rankings. Zapdos could be fodder line but I think it'd have to win over some Moltres or Articuno die-hards for that to happen. And Balrog is just not well-liked as a character, even among the SF fanbase. Though he is notable for being a hilariously obvious Mike Tyson ripoff.

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Day 261 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78431860

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