Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 412 ft Edward Muir, Roadrunner, DQXI Erik

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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 411:

Captain Planet (Captain Planet and the Planeteers) is Mid Fodder
Dana Scully (The X-Files Game) is Low Fodder
Bullwinkle J Moose (Rocky and Bullwinkle) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Edward Chris von Muir (Final Fantasy IV)
Roadrunner (Looney Tunes)
Erik (Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Kylo Ren (Star Wars)

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Re-rank Indiana Jones

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Nominate:
Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)
Yami (Okami)
Atem/Yami Yugi (Yugioh)
Joey Wheeler (Yugioh)
Woodstock (Snoopy Flying Ace)
Tyranitar (Pokmon)
Ruby Rose (RWBY/Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle)
Red Knight (Castle Crashers)
Plankton (Spongebob games)
Oddjob (GoldenEye 007)
Mercy (Overwatch)
Issun (Okami)
Dragonite (Pokemon)
Charmeleon (Pokmon)
Carlos Oliveira (Resident Evil 3)
Arcanine (Pokemon)

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Apparently Indy was rated far back enough that we put him at Low Midcarder. I had thought he was high fodder until I actually checked. Regardless I agree with re-ranking him. The Indy movies are extremely popular, but they probably have a comparable watch rate to Back to the Future, and were most relevant in the 80s (Crystal Skull is mostly forgotten, which is probably for the best). Indy has the advantage of (technically) being the namesake of his series and does have some actual relevant games, but low mid is way too high for him.

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nominate Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)

I'll say Low Fodder for everyone today.

The Spoony Bard is probably one of the weakest FF4 party members. Not particularly great in battle and is literally only memorable for the "spoony bard" scene.

I don't think anyone actually likes Roadrunner - he's pretty much the Jerry of Looney Tunes to Wile E's Tom Cat.

Erik doesn't particularly stand out as far as JRPG thieves go, and from what I can see doesn't have a huge role in the main story of DQXI.

Kylo Ren will see anti-votes in the same manner that Rey will, thanks to the subpar characterization in Rise of Skywalker. He probably actually got it worse than Rey considering Rey was already criticized as being a Mary Sue, and Kylo was handled better prior to RoS.

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I think Erik can barely reach Mid Fodder, since he's quite well-liked for being the Luminary's best bud who has his back through thick-and-thin (second place in that Famitsu poll), plus he's famous for being the most OP member of DQXI's cast in battle despite fitting into the thief archetype.

Low Fodder does seem right for the other three. FFIV is a stronger game from a stronger series than DQXI, plus it fits well into voters' nostalgia zone, but I don't think Edward really has anything else going for him.

I'll also nominate Jin Sakai, Atem/Yami Yugi, and Joey Wheeler.

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Agreed with Metalmind I guess

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Day 413 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78882436

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