Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 287 ft Isaac Clarke, Prince Zuko, Marx

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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 286:

Marill (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored) is Low Fodder
Jade (Dragon Quest XI) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)
Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Marx (Kirby Super Star)

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Nominate Kyle Crane (Dying Light)

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Isaac Clarke - low fodder

Got quintupled by LFFed Samus.

Zuko - low fodder

Demographics and lack of games people care about work heavily against him and Im not sure he even beats Aang.

Marx - low fodder

kirby super star might have half-decent strength but I dont think people have ever cared much about Marx as an actual character. I dont think even being a boss in smash ultimate is necessarily enough. Then or now hes always pretty much just been a boss fight. Not convinced hes stronger than Waddle Dee.

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Getting quintupled by one of the strongest Noble Niners isn't the end of the world for Isaac, and I'm not sure that Sandbag leeched very much from Samus. He's still Low Fodder though, since Dead Space hasn't been relevant for a while.

Zuko would absolutely beat Aang - he's the most popular character from Avatar and is constantly talked about as having a great character arc in the series. However the fact that Avatar premiered in 2005 hurts him quite a bit on Gfaqs. The site demographic was in their teens at the time and thus "too cool" to watch Nick anymore.

I will say Mid Fodder for him, since I think a not-insignificant number of voters would have watched Avatar later on due to the high praise the series gets on the internet.

Agree with Low Fodder for Marx. I think people just don't like him in general for being a scumbag in Super Star.

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Agree with Axem.

Nominate Kyle Crane.

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Day 288 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78506275

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