Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 427 ft Toejam & Earl, Quina Q, Billy Lee

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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 426:

Cthulhu (Call of Cthulhu) is Low Fodder
Leviathan (Final Fantasy) is Mid Fodder
Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Toejam & Earl (Toejam & Earl)
Quina Quen (Final Fantasy IX)
Billy Lee (Double Dragon)

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Cthulu deserved better- it's the embodiment of multiple genres

Leviathan doing better than ifrit is dubious

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Cthulhu may have deserved it but on a site where people barely read books, he ain't gonna get it.

Point on the latter, though. Re-rank Ifrit.

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Toejam & Earl (Toejam & Earl) - Low fodder

"Earthworm Jim but weaker" is my thought process here.

Quina Quen (Final Fantasy IX) - Mid fodder

Quina is largely irrelevant but they're a playable character from an at this point fairly strong Square game and despite lack of relevance I don't think they're actually disliked?

Billy Lee (Double Dragon) - Low fodder

More of an actual character than the Contra dudes but his series was probably never quite as popular and has faded way worse.


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Nominate:
Eiko Carol (Final Fantasy IX)
Amarant Coral (Final Fantasy IX)
Selphie Tilmitt (Final Fantasy VIII)
Gogo (Final Fantasy VI)
Umaro (Final Fantasy VI)
Gau (Final Fantasy VI)
Strago Magus (Final Fantasy VI)
Yang (Final Fantasy IV)
Palom (Final Fantasy IV)
Porom (Final Fantasy IV)
FuSoYa (Final Fantasy IV)
Lenna Charlotte Tycoon (Final Fantasy V)

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agree with axem on ratings and second all nominations. Quina seems to be fairly well-liked despite his irrelevance.

and sure re-rank Ifrit. I think Leviathan is likely stronger but Ifrit is another recognizable summon with a lot of appearances.

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Nominate:
White Mage (Final Fantasy)
Fighter (Final Fantasy)
Monk (Final Fantasy) (I assume Black Belt would get Aerith;d?)

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Agree with Axem and third any of Axem's nominations today I haven't already. Also, rerank Ifrit.

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Day 428 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78912930

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