Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 263 ft Vile, Raziel, WarGreymon

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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 262:

Marvin the Paranoid Android (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) is LAW Fodder
Spike (Ape Escape) is Low Fodder
Etna (Disgaea) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Vile (Mega Man X)
Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
WarGreymon (Digimon)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Mudkip (Pokemon)

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Nomation Reptile from mortal kombat

Vile (Mega Man X) - Mid fodder

Think he's relying a lot just on MMX being a strong game just to get to mid fodder, I don't think he's cared about much. I'd take some popular but unimportant bosses like Metal Man and Storm Eagle over him.

Raziel (Legacy of Kain) - Low fodder

RIP Legacy of Kain

I should play Soul Reaver.

WarGreymon (Digimon) - Low fodder

hell if I know.

Mudkip - High fodder

The meme is ancient and it lost to totodile twice in favorite water-starter polls. Wasn't far behind though and it's still a pretty well-liked starter in a game that has a little strength and some pretty good starters. The meme at least does something to make it memorable.

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ertyu0078 posted...

Nomation Reptile from mortal kombat

We already ranked him as high fodder.

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I will go Low Fodder for Vile and Raziel and Mid Fodder for WarGreymon.

I don't think Vile is really that popular, though he will come close to mid due to his recognizable design and strength of his game. Raziel is from a long-dead franchise and won't be stronger than Kain.

WarGreymon is a recognizable "badass" Digimon from the early games and anime series. And I think there is still a fanbase for Digimon present on the site (that Digimon Sleuth game did well in polling a few years back).

Agree with High Fodder for Mudkip. That's about where the starter poll placed him. The meme doesn't mean much anymore but it was so pervasive that everyone will likely remember it.

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I agree with Axem's votes. Vile's role in the MMX series is too important for him to be worthless, even though I doubt people will care very much. On the other hand, Cyber Sleuth might have some strength, but individual Digimon seem to have too diffuse a fanbase to exceed Low Fodder.

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Oh ok then how about smoke then

Day 264 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78438915

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