Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 301 ft J. Jonah Jameson, Sif, Mary Jane

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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 300:

Leonardo da Vinci (Assassin's Creed series) is Mid Fodder
Lance (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Paula (Earthbound) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Nightcrawler (X-Men) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

J. Jonah Jameson (Marvel)
Sif (Dark Souls)
Mary Jane Watson (Marvel)

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Mary Jane low
J Jonah get mid

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I WANT PICTURES OF SPIDER-MAN gets Mid Fodder. Could be high if he has a big role in the next Spidey movie.

Sif is Low Fodder. It looks like he's a DLC-exclusive boss.

Low Fodder for Mary Jane. I don't think anyone really likes her - but she might get close to jumping a tier if she gets TJF in her match pic.

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J. Jonah Jameson - low fodder.

Hes fun but I have very little confidence in comic characters outside the big heroes and villains. If hes gotten a major role in an mcu movie, maybe.

Sid - Mid fodder

Giant wolf with a sword from a game with reasonable play rate.

Mary Jane Watson - low fodder

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Agree with Axem. Sif also feels like a fan favorite, or maybe it's just the circles I'm in.

Third re-ranking Nemesis.

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Day 302 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78563594

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