Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 419 ft Yami Yugi, Red Knight, Lois Lane

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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 418:

Raikou (Pokmon) is Mid Fodder
Swampert (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Woodstock (Snoopy Flying Ace) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Atem/Yami Yugi (Yugioh)
Red Knight (Castle Crashers)
Lois Lane (Superman games)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Garfield (Garfield games)

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Nominate Captain Marvel and Jar Jar Binks for re-ranking.

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As opposed to regular Yugi, Atem has both the iconic look and about a dozen memes as backup (MONSTER CARDO). I'll put Atem at High Fodder - he'd be stronger than Kaiba but I'm not confident enough people care for the Yugioh series to get him any higher.

Low Fodder for Red Knight. I don't really hear about this game anywhere any more, so I have a hard time believing Gfaqs will care much. The knight design is very recognizable though and Castle Crashers is considered a good indie game, so I don't think he'd be anywhere close to law.

Low Fodder for Lois Lane - people are going to care less about her than Mary Jane who we put at low fodder.

Garfield's first rating was based on rally potential due to memes from the r/imsorryjon Subreddit, however it seems that the popularity of the memes has died down a bit. That said Garfield was a very popular newpaper comic in the 90s and it did have a decently well-known cartoon. His franchise isn't as big as Peanuts but I think he is still iconic enough to be Mid Fodder.

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

Nominate Captain Marvel and Jar Jar Binks for re-ranking.

You may nominate one character per day for this

In other words, pick one.

Anyways, I'm going to err towards Mid Fodder for Atem, because Yu-Gi-Oh is a bit too young relative to our voterbase to support anything higher.

Agree with halfsilver otherwise. This is not the site for Garfield memes, but the character does have a solid baseline level of name value, aided by forced apathy votes. It's unfathomable to think he'd be a whole tier worse than Tom here, for example.

I'll also nominate Azula, Billy Lee, Bulma, Cactuar, Cadence, Coco Bandicoot, Cthulhu, Cyan Garamonde, Espeon, Fina, Finn, Gloria, Harry Du Bois, Hela (Marvel), Helmasaur King, Hsien-Ko, Jack Frost, Jessie (Toy Story), Jolteon, Kassandra, Leviathan (Final Fantasy), Maggie Simpson, Maria Renard, Marin (Links Awakening), Moltres, Mr. Saturn, Okabe Rintarou, Omanyte, Princess Ruto, Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, Psylocke, Queen Brahne, Quina Quen, Rayne, Relm Arrowny, Rita Repulsa, Sami, Sam & Max, Scyther, Stan Lee, Starmie, Thief (Final Fantasy), Toejam & Earl, Uncle Fester, Wartortle, and Willy Wonka for ranking.

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@LinkMarioSamus I will count your Jar Jar re-rank nomination as your one for day 420 nice

I guess I will push up a re-rank that's been at 2 votes for a while and nominate Rin Tohsaka for re-ranking. She does have some extreme waifu popularity, but I think could struggle if she gets stuck with a headshot only for her match pic. Plus she's only a main character in the original Fate/Stay Night and its adaptations - unlike Saber who is prominent in the vast majority of Fate media.

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Agreed with halfsilver.

Nominate Hubert J Farnsworth, Harry du Bois, Maria Renard, Mr. Saturn, and Omanyte.

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Re-rank Captain Marvel

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Day 420 nice is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78897137

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