Board 8 > How would you do in a contest? Day 345 ft Carnage, Parappa, Carmen Sandiego

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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 344:

Wolf Link (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) is a Low Midcarder
Saitama (One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows) is Low Fodder
Aika (Skies of Arcadia) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Carnage (Marvel)
Parappa (Parappa the Rapper)
Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)

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Carnage is kind of tough for me to rate but I will say Low Fodder. He is a symbiote that resembles Venom which should be positive, but he lacks the gaming history that Venom has. Also he is an extreme example of an early 90s "dark and edgey" character, which I think will be a negative when it comes to getting votes. He is set to be in a movie next year which will probably elevate him to mid assuming it doesn't suck.

I almost want to give Parappa mid, but -losing to Vercetti in 2007- doesn't inspire confidence. And I don't think enough people view Parappa the Rapper as a nostalgic game from the 90s to bump him up. Low Fodder.

I will also say Low Fodder for Carmen. There's definitely law considerations here, but I think a lot of the oldies on Gfaqs do know who she is still. Also she's got a cool hat.

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Or assuming the movie even comes out at this rate.

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How would *I* do in a contest? Probably not well. I did win the guru, though...that's got to count for something.

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well, guess this series is renamed now

Day 346 ft ertyu, Ulti, SBAllen

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Two of these characters were in a prior contest and their low fodder status was cemented. The other I've never even heard of. So I feel safe to label all three as Low Fodder

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I'd go with all low fodder too.

Carnage would have always been weaker than Venom but has probably fallen even further. Would have probably been worth something in 2002 though.

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Yeah, Low Fodder for all three, with Carmen and PaRappa being close to LAW.

I guess I'll third reranking Meta Knight just to clear a name from the list.

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low for all 3

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Day 346 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78714500

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