Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 454 ft Andrew Oikonny, Bloodrayne, Smaug

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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 453:

Zachary Taylor/Black Ranger (Power Rangers) is Mid Fodder
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) is Low Fodder
Espio the Chameleon (Sonic) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Goose (Untitled Goose Game) is now Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Andrew Oikonny (Star Fox)
Rayne (Bloodrayne)
Smaug (The Hobbit)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Solaire of Astora (Dark Souls)

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Andross' enemy is MY enemy!

Low Fodder for all today. No one really cares about Andrew, and probably just find him annoying if they do. Bloodrayne hasn't been relevant in a long time, but Gfaqs is old enough to remember Rayne and she should have TJF going for her too. Smaug won't be overly awful due to being a dragon and the namesake of the second Hobbit movie, but I don't think he'll get much support due to the bad reception The Hobbit movies got.

For Solaire I will say Fodder Line. I'm not overly confident in him, but he has probably gotten stronger than he was in 2013 simply due to Dark Souls rising in popularity.

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Yeah, agree with Low Fodder for the three new rankings. It's hard to say anyone will actually care about Smaug given his source material.

Likewise, agree with Fodder Line for Solaire. There's probably more of a case for him to be higher than lower, but I'm not necessarily sure Solaire's strength will have taken an identical trajectory to his series.

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Agreed on all.

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Day 455 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78971420

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