Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 489 ft James Hetfield, Hornet, Pepper Potts

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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 488:

The Stranger (Bastion) is Low Fodder
Lucifer (Shin Megami Tensei) is Mid Fodder
Jeane (Suikoden) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

James Hetfield (Guitar Hero: Metallica)
Hornet (Hollow Knight)
Pepper Potts/Rescue (Marvel)

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Low Fodder for all today.

Any frontman for a band will need to be very well-known in their own right to be worth anything, and James Hetfield doesn't really qualify.

Hornet is a popular character from Hollow Knight but not the lead, and I don't think she has the exposure to be more than low fodder.

Pepper will be very weak but I think she doesn't fall down to law due to being a major character in all of the Iron Man movies. I am also assuming she won't get Gwen Paltrow anti-votes.

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Yeah, all low fodder.

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Yeah, all low fodder.

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James is incredibly well-known I'd say!

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Snake5555555555 posted...

James is incredibly well-known I'd say!

Eh, I'd probably agree that Metallica is incredibly well-known even on an insular site like this, but is James (or any other individual member) really that big of a name given that the average voter will pretty much only know him for Metallica? I'm not so sure. Heck, even to the extent that a given voter knows James for Metallica, is that really going to lead to a vote in a hypothetical video game character contest? Contrast all that with say Freddie Mercury or John Lennon, both of whom have fame and reputations distinctly beyond the reach of their mega-popular bands.

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Yeah I guess you're probably right on the vote part in particular.

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Day 490 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79047079

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