Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 379 ft Starfire, Maki Genryusai, Sue Storm

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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 378:

Black Shadow (F-Zero) is Low Fodder
Dr. Breen (Half-Life) is Low Fodder
Red (Transistor) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Starfire (DC Comics)
Maki Genryusai (Final Fight)
Susan Storm/Invisible Woman (Marvel)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Madeline (Celeste)

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Nominate Samurai Goroh

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Re-rank Meat Boy

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nominate Min Min (ARMS)

Starfire I will put at Mid Fodder. Her match pic will get a lot out of the TJF, and she's well-known thanks to the Titans cartoon (reminder that TTG is still running). But doesn't have much of a gaming legacy and while the cartoon should have a pretty good watch rate among Gfaqs, I'm not sure that anyone who hasn't seen it would care for Starfire.

It's funny to me that Maki came up for rating before Guy or Cody. She's obviously Low Fodder - she's not particularly well-known and her only notable game appearances are Final Fight 2 and Capcom vs SNK 2. But she is a hot ninja girl, so she has that going for her.

Low Fodder for Sue Storm. She is by far the least popular member of the F4, however she still benefits some just by being an original member. Plus Jessica Alba played her in 2 movies in the 2000s, something that a lot of Gfaqs surely remember having been in their teens at the time.

Madeline can move up to Mid Fodder. Celeste did ok in GOTD2, despite losing to Rayman Legends. Madeline and her emotional journey are the centerpiece of the game, so she should receive nearly all of the game's strength.

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Nominate Abby (The Last of Us Part 2)

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I'll vote for Low Fodder for the three new characters and Mid Fodder for Madeline. The Teen Titans cartoon half_silver mentioned first aired in 2003, so I doubt it does much for any of its characters on a site like GameFAQs.

I'll also second Abby, Min Min, and Samurai Goroh.

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Starfire - low fodder

A lot of the gamefaqs demo probably watched Teen Titans back in the day of the first series but I dont think people have cared much about the property since. She probably is on the good side of low though.

Maki - low fodder

Sue Storm - low fodder

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Madeline - mid fodder

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third Abby

Day 380 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78808590

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