Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 265 ft Tear Grants, Venusaur, Scott Pilgrim

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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 264:

Sonya Blade (Mortal Kombat) is Mid Fodder
Charmander (Pokemon) is a Low Midcarder
Ares (God of War) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)
Venusaur (Pokmon)
Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)

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Nominate:
Pink Gold Peach
Baby Mario

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Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss) - Low fodder

Jade is at around the top end of low fodder so she'd have to be notably better than him to break into mid. I don't think there's any question that Jade is the most popular non-Luke character either. So she'd be relying heavily on TJF. Don't think it's gonna work here.

Venusaur (Pokmon) - Low Midcarder
Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) - Low fodder

It's possible we underranked Wreck-it Ralph but I'm much more confident Scott Pilgrim belongs here.

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Agree with Axem's votes.

I'll also second the Baby Mario and Pink Gold Peach nominations.

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Agree with Low Midcarder for Venusaur and Low Fodder for Scott Pilgrim.

I'll say Mid Fodder for Tear. She's the only character from TotA who might be able to get somewhere based on her design, and has TJF to boot. I think this puts her above someone like Jade who is well-liked, but has no chance of getting votes from anyone who isn't a fan of TotA. Tear is generally well-liked too, and TotA should still be a popular game on the site.

nominate Baby Mario.

also I will nominate Charmander for Re-ranking. Putting it a tier below Bulbasaur just seems off, when its evo line is the most popular in original games.

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Day 266 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78443150

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