Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 338 ft Dirk the Daring, Ethan Winters, Lucia

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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 337:

Melia Antiqua (Xenoblade Chronicles) is Mid Fodder
Wooloo (Pokemon Sword & Shield) is Low Fodder
Jade (Beyond Good & Evil) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Results:

Booker DeWitt (Bioshock Infinite) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Dirk the Daring (Dragon's Lair)
Ethan Winters (Resident Evil 7: Biohazard)
Lucia (Devil May Cry 2)

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Dirk the Daring got blown out by -Max Payne- in his only contest appearance. Sure it was 2002 but I don't expect him to have gotten any stronger then. LAW Fodder for him.

Low Fodder for Ethan Winters. I know next to nothing about RE7 but he seems to be a major character, and the game didn't do bad in GOTD despite its bad seeding. He's too much of a generic mcdude to be considered for mid though.

Low Fodder for Lucia as well. She just has the misfortune to be stuck in DMC2 which absolutely no one likes.

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It's close, but I'll give Ethan Winters Mid Fodder credit, given the surprising strength of the game he's the main protagonist of, along with his series in general. Agree with half_silver about the other two.

I'll also nominate Bugs Bunny for re-ranking. Bugs might be more well-liked than Mickey here, but that's no guarantee with respect votes in mind, and Bugs has a non-existent video gaming legacy in comparison.

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Agree with halfsilver.

I feel RE7 benefitted from being an acknowledged good game in a well known series that has been looking good lately rather than being something people necessarily care much about so Im not gonna have much confidence in Ethan.

Re-rank Bugs, yeah.

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Day 339 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78695619

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