Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 266 ft Shao Kahn, Roger Rabbit, Sagat

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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 265:

Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss) is Low Fodder
Venusaur (Pokmon) is a Low Midcarder
Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat)
Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Sagat (Street Fighter series)

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Shao mid
roger low
sagat mid

Shao: Low Fodder
Roger: Mid Fodder
Sagat: Low Fodder

Nominate Pablo Sanchez (Backyard Sports)

Just noticed you've got a second Scott Shelby listed in the nomination totals.

Nominate:

Goombella (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
Paula (Earthbound)
Veronica (Dragon Quest XI)
Jade (Dragon Quest XI)
Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Ori (Ori and the Blind Forest)
Booker DeWitt (Bioshock Infinite)
Captain Viridian (VVVVVV)
Isaac (The Binding of Isaac)
Edward Kenway (Assassin's Creed IV

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Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat) - mid fodder

The big bad back when Mortal Kombat was at its peak seems like he should be worth something.

Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) - low fodder

Don't think he matters too much all these years later.

Sagat (Street Fighter series) - mid fodder

Probably on par with Dhalsim and E. Honda around the borderline between mid and low?


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Shao Kahn: Agree with Mid Fodder, I guess.

Roger Rabbit: Agree with Low Fodder.

Sagat: Low Fodder - Dhalsim and E. Honda are both Low Fodder to me, plus Dan/Sagat looked awful in the Rivalry Rumble.

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Agree with Mid Fodder for Shao Kahn and Low Fodder for Roger Rabbit. Judge Doom might legitimately be better-remembered than Roger himself even though he's supposed to be the star.

I will say Mid Fodder for Sagat. Anything involving Dan is bound to be laughably weak, I wouldn't really blame Sagat for the failure of the Dan/Sagat rivalry. Sagat is remembered more for his rivalry with Ryu and TIGER spam than anything else.

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Day 267 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78445604

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