Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 469 ft Regal Bryant, Curious George, Torchic

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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 468:

Decoy Octopus (Metal Gear) is Low Fodder
Dodongo (Legend of Zelda series) is Mid Fodder
Caeda (Fire Emblem) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Regal Bryant (Tales of Symphonia)
Curious George (Curious George)
Torchic (Pokemon)

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Regal - low fodder
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1q46rpXCfrg

that aside, Regal just doesnt have much plot importance in Symphonia.and hes not a fan-favorite. People dont generally dislike him but Im thinking its not enough.

Curious George - LAW fodder
I didnt really believe in Sesame Street for the Big Bird rating recently, because for most of those without kids of their own I dont think gamefaqs will care at this point. That said I and many acknowledge Sesame Streets importance, that its good at what it does. and that the world would probably be a worse place without it, even if that doesnt necessarily mean were gonna vote its characters over much in our video game character popularity contest. Whereas if Curious George disappeared, Im not sure anyone whose age is in the double digits would even really mind unless theyre making money off of it.

Torchic - mid fodder
Like Treecko, a tier below Mudkip.

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Regal - LAW fodder

Curious George - LAW fodder

Torchic - Mid fodder
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Agree with axem. I think a lot of Gfaqs will know Curious George, but won't be likely to care about him at all. The Man with the Yellow Hat would probably due better since his design at least stands out.

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Nominate:
Alex (Street Fighter III)
Drachma (Skies of of Arcadia)
Gilder (Skies of Arcadia)
Enrique (Skies ofArcadia)

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Also agree with Axem. ToS characters are bad in these contests, but not bad enough that any party member will be threatening LAW Fodder, which even the infamously weak Jade Curtiss from a much less popular Tales game was comfortably above in 2013.

It also might be worth reranking Piplup if we're unanimously agreeing that Treecko and Torchic are Mid Fodder, but I won't go there just yet.

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Day 470 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79003851

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