Board 8 > How would it do in a contest? Day 342 ft Articuno, John Romero, Nidoran F

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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 341:

Metal Face (Xenoblade Chronicles) is Low Fodder
Carl Frederickson (Up) is Low Fodder
Harle (Chrono Cross) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Articuno (Pokemon)
John Romero (Doom 2)
Nidoran F (Pokmon)

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Articuno (Pokemon) - High fodder

same as Zapdos

John Romero (Doom 2) - John Romero's about to...get himself ranked low fodder?

If this site actually still cared about Doom before the reboot, maybe Romero would be worth something as a joke character. Instead, 2009 Doom got tripled by Link to the Past despite Donkey Kong Country leeching the latter.

Rank it down.

Nidoran F (Pokmon) - Low fodder

With the caveat that if we ever get another contest where the gender of characters is a factor and it gets in, it's mid due to the joke value. I don't think we will, since even assuming nominators don't pick anything new that would break the system or raise awkward questions, SBAllen would still have to assign gender to stuff like Commander Shepard, Dragonborn, and L-block. Best just to not go there.

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votes bret hart Butterfree Batgirl
Articuno mid

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Nominate:

Aika (Skies of Arcadia)
Fina (Skies of Arcadia)
Drachma (Skies of Arcadia)
Gilder (Skies of Arcadia)
Ramirez (Skies of Arcadia)
Galcian (Skies of Arcadia)
Lan Di (Shenmue)
Shenhua (Shenmue)
Tikal (Sonic Adventure)
Pachacamac (Sonic Adventure)
Egg Carrier (Sonic Adventure)
Tornado (Sonic series)
Death Egg (Sonic series)
Space Colony ARK (Sonic series)
Bottle Ship (Metroid: Other M)
Death Star (Star Wars)
Death Star II (Star Wars)
Starkiller Base (Star Wars)
Katherine Brewster (Terminator)
Marcus (Terminator: Salvation)
X Parasite (Metroid Fusion)
BSL Space Labs (Metroid Fusion)
Chaos Emerald (Sonic series)
Master Emerald (Sonic series)
Fighting Wire Frame (Super Smash Bros. Melee)
Fighting Alloy (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
Ancient Minister (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
Primid (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
Heckran (Chrono Trigger)
Yakra (Chrono Trigger)
Azala (Chrono Trigger)
King Boom Boo (Sonic Adventure 2)

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Agree with Axem. Articuno is probably a tiny hair weaker than Zapdos. John Romero is an alright joke entrant but Gfaqs doesn't care about jokes that much anymore. And Nidoran F will only get recognition and joke votes.

nominate Makoto Niijima for Re-Ranking. I think Persona 5 did well enough in GOTD to put possible concerns about the game's strength to rest. And Makoto is definitively the most popular party member/waifu of the game in the West, and I haven't seen as much as a negative word against her. This hasn't been true for most Persona 4 and 5 party members: even Chie and Futaba have their detractors. I think part of the reason Joker but actually not Joker did poorly in 2018 is that Persona 5 wasn't old enough yet - it usually takes longer than a year for the fickle Gfaqs voters to truly embrace a game and its characters.

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Also agree with Axem.

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Day 343 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78706280

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