Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 421 ft Mr Saturn, Jessie (Toy Story), Fester

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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 420:

Willy Wonka (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory) is Mid Fodder
Helmasaur King (Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past) is Low Fodder
Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth (Futurama) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking result:

Rin Tohsaka (Fate/stay Night) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Mr. Saturn (Earthbound/Mother series)
Jessie (Toy Story)
Uncle Fester (The Addams Family)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Captain Marvel (Marvel)

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Mr. Saturn (Earthbound/Mother series) - mid fodder

I figure itll be recognizable as that thing from Smash and the resulting apathy votes combined with Earthbound votes will be enough to beat low fodder. Jeff or Paula might beat him due to rSFF?

Jessie (Toy Story) - low fodder

I believe in nobody from this franchise beyond Woody and Buzz.

Uncle Fester (The Addams Family) - low fodder

Memorable theme song and the franchise pops up again now and then but no, not quite enough going for him. I think even Beetlejuice would beat him due to having his name in the franchise title.

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Captain Marvel (Marvel) - low fodder

I havent seen her movie and am not really into MCU discussion/fandom but I think shed struggle to get votes from anyone who hasnt? And with MCU having wound down a little for now due to lack of recent follow up Im not convinced the movies enough.

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Mr. Saturn is a serious contender for joke rally. High tier.

Mid Fodder for Captain Marvel IMO. I wouldn't underestimate the modern pop cultural force that is the MCU, even on a site like GameFAQs. Agree with Axem otherwise - I don't exactly think Fester is the Addams Family character of choice, for one.

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agree with Metalmind. Captain Marvel is still a pretty recent movie, and she should be pretty well-known as the strongest MCU hero. I also don't particularly have confidence in Toy Story characters who didn't debut in the first movie.

Fester is probably middle road in terms of popularity compared to other Addams Family character, but he did have a namesake game in Fester's Quest that some of the Gfaqs oldies are probably aware of.

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Day 422 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78901221

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