Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 387 ft Archer, Nebula, BB-8

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half_silver28
07/05/20 12:29:04 AM
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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 386:

Tom Brady (Backyard Football) is Low Fodder
Joe Musashi (Shinobi) is Mid Fodder
Valkyrie (Marvel) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Lilith (Borderlands) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Archer (Fate/stay night)
Nebula (Marvel)
BB-8 (Star Wars)

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MetalmindStats
07/05/20 7:37:18 AM
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First off, it seems you forgot to bump G&W up to High Fodder after our reranking a few days back.

Anyways, I think Low Fodder best fits all three of these characters.

Archer's from a niche source that I'm not convinced can even propel a single character above Low Fodder. Even if it could, though, Archer is no longer that character now that we've aged past the point of 'looks like Dante' mattering much in a character battle setting.

Nebula's probably on the high end of Low Fodder due to her MCU significance plus the general appeal a character like this has here. The problem is that she's possibly the major MCU character to which 'just there' best applies as a consensus descriptor despite her plot importance in Endgame, with Vision being the other competitor.

I feel like BB-8 would pretty much be the ideal gauge of voters' opinions on the Star Wars sequel trilogy, given that he's essentially its mascot, and that hardly anyone loves or conversely dislikes him (unlike Rey for example, who we probably ought to rerank). Unfortunately, after a well-liked start in The Force Awakens, I get the strong impression that most prospective voters stopped caring once they watched The Last Jedi and especially The Rise of Skywalker.

However, rather than proposing reranking Rey, I'll instead continue following my existing plans by nominating Inkling for reranking. Yes, the Splatoon games have been spectacular mainstream successes, but they've never shown any strength to speak of on GameFAQs, presumably because we hardly play multiplayer-centric games anymore. That leaves Inkling as practically just another member of Smash Ultimate's huge roster as far as most voters are concerned (case in point: they couldn't even leverage abundant Smash Ultimate hype into a CBX appearance), which makes our existing ranking look awfully generous.

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AxemRedRanger
07/05/20 10:25:55 AM
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Re-rank Tom Nook

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half_silver28
07/05/20 12:43:11 PM
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agree with metalmind's ratings.

Archer is no longer relevant to the Fate series, but he is a greatly praised character so I don't think he drops to law. For Nebula I think she is borderline mid due to her importance in Endgame, however I have yet to see Guardians of the Galaxy 2, so I don't know how big her role was there. And BB-8 is just "tiny not-R2".

Agree with Re-ranking Inkling. I think our original ranking did assume that the Splatoon series would have strength. But Splatoon 2 did not do well in GOTD2, so yeah.

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AxemRedRanger
07/05/20 10:17:19 PM
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Archer (Fate/stay night) - Low fodder
Nebula (Marvel) - Low fodder
BB-8 (Star Wars) - Low fodder

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half_silver28
07/05/20 10:45:16 PM
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