Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 333 ft Francis York Morgan, R. Mika, FLUDD

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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 332:

JC Denton (Deus Ex) is Low Fodder
Stanley (The Stanley Parable) is LAW Fodder
Flint (Mother 3) is LAW Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition)
Rainbow Mika (Street Fighter)
F.L.U.D.D. (Super Mario Sunshine)

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Francis is definitely bordering on law but I will give him Low Fodder. I think most people who played Deadly Premonition will be inclined to vote for him, being a cult game protagonist and all.

R. Mika is Mid Fodder for being TJF personified - the revealing wrestling costume helps too. Plus her comeback in SFV was pretty big (reminder that the game made it as a 10 seed in GOTD despite how hard it got bashed during the first year of release).

I guess I'll give the FLUDD Mid Fodder. It's kind of in a similar place to Cappy, but with a lot more potential for nostalgia votes.

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I nominated FLUDD because the final level in Super Mario Sunshine is named Corona Mountain lol.

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Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) - LAW fodder

Probably the strongest guy wed have put in LAW yet.but hes proven himself to be really bad.

Rainbow Mika (Street Fighter) - low fodder

I ask some resemblance of recognizability and/or likability of TJF characters who want mid fodder and I dont think shes really got it. The problem with caring about whatever she does in Street Fighter V is that most people ignore or outright dislike Street Fighter V.

F.L.U.D.D. (Super Mario Sunshine) - low fodder

I had Super Mario Sunshine winning a division in GotD 1.

Never again.

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Agree with Axem.

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Nominate:
Yuri Hyuga (Shadow Hearts)
Alicia Melchiott (Valkyria Chronicles)
Welkin Gunther (Valkyria Chronicles)

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I'll change my vote on Francis to LAW Fodder. But as far as the FLUDD goes, Sunshine much better-liked now than it was 10 years ago.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7757-whats-your-all-time-favorite-3d-super-mario-game

Sunshine easily beats out Galaxy 2 and 3D World and is close to Galaxy 1 according to this

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also nominate Alicia Melchiott and Welkin.

Day 334 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78680306

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