Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 316 ft Youngster Joey, Mufasa, The Devil

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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 315:

Skyla (Pokemon Black & White) is Low Fodder
Alex Kidd (Alex Kidd) is Low Fodder
Kazuya Mishima (Tekken) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Youngster Joey (Pokemon)
Mufasa (The Lion King)
The Devil (Cuphead)

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Joey is Low Fodder because I'm not sure that enough people will recognize that he is the Top Percentage Rattata trainer. If they include a Rattata in his match pic he'll probably be mid but I don't see that happening.

Mufasa I will give Mid Fodder because his death was a notable fictional tragedy for a lot of the Gfaqs demographic as kids. He is also has a very recognizable design and voice, and is just a cool cat (heh) in general.

Low Fodder for the Devil. Even considering some players probably never even made it to his boss fight, I don't think he is liked well enough to have a lot of support. Though he could get some troll votes ala Satan depending on his match pic.

Nominate King Dice (Cuphead)

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Agree with half_silver. Second King Dice.

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Yeah, agree with halfsilver.

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Day 317 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78622913

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