Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 441 ft Ernst Blofeld, Erika, Yang

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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 440:

Coco Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot) is Low Fodder
Nidoking (Pokemon) is High Fodder
Stan Lee (Marvel games) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond games)
Erika (Pokemon)
Yang (Final Fantasy IV)

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Blofeld - low fodder

Bonds nemesis but gamefaqs hasnt seen/doesnt care about most of the movies hes in. To the point Id say his parody Dr. Evil being stronger is very possible.

Erika - low fodder

Brock and Misty have hundreds of anime episodes, Giovanni got some screen time there occasionally and was a reoccurring boss fight in the game, Surge gave us a couple Pikachu vs Raichu battles, Kogas a ninja and an Elite Four member, and Sabrina got hyped to hell in the anime.

Erika brought us...Ashley?

Yang - low fodder

Unlike most of the FFIV non-final party members hes actually around a decent bit. He doesnt do much that should annoy people either. If people care about him specifically even a little, he should probably be mid.

I dont think people will care.

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agree with Low for Blofeld and Yang but I will say Mid Fodder for Erika. Even though she was completely different in the anime, she's still a character everyone will remember just by being a Kanto gym leader (and due to the old pervert outside her gym). Plus there's the waifu factor.

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I think I'll agree with all three of Axem's ratings, though I'll concede that placing any Gen. 1 gym leader a tier below the likes of Madeline and Meat Boy might be a bad bet.

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Day 442 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78943968

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