Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 355 ft Deckard Kain, Rodin, Norman Jayden

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half_silver28
06/02/20 9:37:34 PM
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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 354:

Ramirez (Skies of Arcadia) is Low Fodder
Judge Dredd (Judge Dredd) is Low Fodder
Iori Yagami (King of Fighters) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Makoto Niijima (Persona 5) is still Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Deckard Kain (Diablo)
Rodin (Bayonetta)
Norman Jayden (Heavy Rain)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Dunban (Xenoblade Chronicles)


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half_silver28
06/03/20 5:24:03 PM
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Low Fodder for Deckard Kain - he looked bad in 2008 and he'll be worse now with Blizzard anti-votes.

Rodin I will give Mid Fodder. He's a major supporting character in both Bayonetta games and playable in 2's multiplayer mode. He seems like a pretty cool guy too. The games do have decent strength which was somewhat masked by terrible bracket placement in GOTD2.

Low Fodder for Jayden. I'm not sure how much of Rain's dwindling fanbase even cares for this guy.

Mid Fodder for Dunban. Xenoblade is far stronger now than it was in 2013; to the point where most of the main cast should be able to have some strength.

On that note, nominate Reyn for Re-Ranking.

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AxemRedRanger
06/03/20 8:13:27 PM
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Same rankings as halfsilver.

Rodin could conceivably be worse. Hes got an Assist Trophy though, which I figure is worth benefit of the doubt.

Deckard would be really bad if he came back but not LAW-worthy.

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MetalmindStats
06/03/20 8:20:39 PM
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I'll err on the side of Low Fodder for Rodin, just because I can't see him measuring up to Jeanne, and I doubt an Assist Trophy will make voters care.

Otherwise, I also agree with half_silver. Norman's probably close to LAW, but Heavy Rain didn't look terrible in GotD.

I guess I'll third re-ranking Reyn.

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half_silver28
06/03/20 9:36:19 PM
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