Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 482 ft The End, Auric Goldfinger, Sigurd

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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 481:

Hulk Hogan (WWF/WCW/WWE games) is Low Fodder
Austin Powers (Austin Powers) is Low Fodder
Dry Bones (Mario series) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

The End (Metal Gear Solid 3)
Auric Goldfinger (007: Nightfire)
Sigurd (Fire Emblem Geneology of the Holy War)

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The End (Metal Gear Solid 3) - Low fodder
General consensus is that he's one of the best bosses in his game but beyond the connection to Quiet that's about all he is. He's not a very photogenic guy, either.

Auric Goldfinger (007: Nightfire) - Low fodder
Unlike pretty much every other James Bond villain, Goldfinger's name is in his film's title and the theme song is all about him too. Helps a little that his movie is more or less the consensus best pre-Goldeneye James Bond film too. Doesn't even come close to letting him get higher than low fodder, though.

Sigurd (Fire Emblem Geneology of the Holy War) - LAW fodder
With Seiken Densetsu 3 finally officially released, what are the most popular games left in the English-speaking world with only fan translations in English (or no translation at all)? Mother 3 is probably #1. Fate stay Night is probably #2 (maybe not #2 here but still top 10). FE6 and FE4...might be next? I don't think that's enough to save Sigurd from LAW unless the Fire Emblem fanbase will vote for a character whose game they haven't played but he'd probably beat the likes of Spring Breeze Dancin'.

This was my logic, and then I remembered how popular Fire Emblem Heroes is, and that people voting him in decent numbers without playing his game actually might not be that unlikely. I'm still going with LAW but I guess it could be sorta close?

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I'll say Low Fodder for all. I think Sigurd being distinctly recognizable as a Fire Emblem lord and having that Heroes exposure is very likely enough to boost him above the level of Caim. Heck, I'd probably even take him over Goldfinger, seeing as the latter doesn't appear to have been in GoldenEye 007.

I'll also nominate the following characters:

• Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)
• Garchomp (Pokmon)
• Jeane (Suikoden)
• Jowy Atreides (Suikoden)
• Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)
• Riou (Suikoden)
• Scizor (Pokmon)
• Steven Universe (Steven Universe)

Additionally, I'll nominate Bidoof for reranking, on the basis that its joke value is more-or-less dead even in communities that are actually tuned in to memes and the like, let alone a site where less than a third of regular voters are under 30.

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agree with metalmind's ratings. second nominations on Scizer, Garchomp, Jeane and Jowy.

second re-ranking Bidoof. It never had much going for it beyond memes, which won't have a huge impact on today's contest environment.

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Day 483 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79032854

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