Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 470 ft Genesis Rhapsodos, Weezing, Chansey

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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 469:

Regal Bryant (Tales of Symphonia) is Low Fodder
Curious George (Curious George) is LAW Fodder
Torchic (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Genesis Rhapsodos (Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII)
Weezing (Pokemon)
Chansey (Pokemon)

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Genesis Rhapsodos (Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII) - Low fodder
While the FFVII connection and "black-haired Cloud" was obviously a thing, I think Crisis Core itself was still important for Zack's former strength. Crisis Core used to actually be above the fodder line:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4114-southwest-division-round-1-final-fantasy-xii-vs-crisis-core
And even a lot of people who didn't particularly like Crisis Core overall seemed to still like Zack in it. But, probably in part because portable games tend not to endure for various reasons, I think a lot of Zack's decline between 2010 and 2013 wasn't (only) "normal" FFVII decline but people no longer caring as much about Crisis Core and Zack in particular. Zack not even getting into 2018 pretty much makes sense with that in mind. And if Zack is no longer special because Crisis Core has dropped off the map, then someone who has nothing other than Crisis Core is probably a total loser at this point even if maybe they could have done something at some point.

Weezing (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
Like Arbok, a prominent Gen 1 Team Rocket Pokemon.

Chansey (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
I dunno, Gen 1 Pokemon and there are a lot of them at Pokemon Centers and stuff?

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Nominate
Mr. Mime (Pokemon)

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Yeah sure, agree with Axem.

Also, nominate Chikorita and Mr. Mime.

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agree with axem.

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Day 471 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79005897

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