Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 460 ft Raine Sage, Mr. Blonde, Lunafreya

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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 459:

Sylveon (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Kadabra (Pokemon) is High Fodder
Wobbuffet (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Raine Sage (Tales of Symphonia)
Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret (Final Fantasy XV)

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Sure. Re-rank Links grandma

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Low Fodder for Blonde and Lunafreya. Luna obviously will get waifu votes, while Blonde only escapes law consideration thanks to his iconic "Stuck in the Middle with You" scene in Reservoir Dogs.

I will say Mid Fodder for Raine. Most people seem to like her and she is an important character throughout the game's story. She gets most of the focus in regards to the fantasy racism present in the game, plus gets used a lot in battle due to being the White Mage of the party.

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Raine Sage (Tales of Symphonia) - Low fodder
Raine is mostly inoffensive and decently likeable and relevant for a non-main character, but I don't think that's gonna be enough for someone who doesn't have fan-favorite status or noticable TJF, from a game whose characters have struggled so much here.

Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs) - LAW Fodder
I saw the movie once like a decade ago and liked it, but I couldn't have told you which guy Mr. Blonde was without looking it up. Mr. Pink I remember because of how he complained about having to be Mr. Pink but none of the other names stuck. Even a picture might not have solved the issue, especially one in a small match pic from a PS2 game. Also, while it's an influential and well-received movie and one Tarantino's later reputation would draw more attention to, its box office exposure was negligible and outside film buffs and Tarantino fans I just don't think it's really caught on as a big thing - I don't think much of gamefaqs is going to have seen it.

Lunafreya Nox Fleuret (Final Fantasy XV) - Low fodder
FFXV character.
Not Noctis.
Not even one of Noctis's bros.
Nope.

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Agree with Axem.

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Day 461 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78985457

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