Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 491 ft Tommy Pickles, Rita Mordio, Ekans

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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 490:

Candy Kong (Donkey Kong Country) is Low Fodder
Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender) Low Fodder
Hope van Dyne/The Wasp (Marvel) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Tommy Pickles (Rugrats)
Rita Mordio (Tales of Vesperia)
Ekans (Pokemon)

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nominate Judith (Tales of Vesperia)

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Tommy Pickles (Rugrats) - Low fodder
For all that this show was popular and long-lasting, I kinda have the impression the gamefaqs demographic and similar groups just stopped watching it or caring much about it after a certain point. Maybe some of that's just me. Apparently a revival was announced recently?

Not sure I see people voting for literal babies even with nostalgia. That most of the games weren't very good does him no favors, either.

Rita Mordio (Tales of Vesperia) - Low fodder
Yuri Lowell looked okay in 2013. I don't think anyone else from his game would, though. Definitive Edition probably helps a little but not

Ekans (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
It was one of Team Rocket's main pokemon before evolving and it's name is Snake backwards.

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Nominate:
Bonk (Bonk's Adventure)
Slowking (Pokmon)
Betty Ross/Red She-Hulk (Marvel)

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Agree with Axem. Rita is one of the more popular Vesperia characters, but she isn't really a Gfaqs type of character at all. Rugrats doesn't seem to get the type of nostalgic praise that other Nick shows like Hey Arnold or even Rocko's Modern Life get. I guess it stands out as a "kids show" more due to starring babies.

second Bonk and nominate Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk (Marvel).

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oops. Wasnt paying enough attention and, clearly, dont know much about Hulk. Strike my earlier nomination for red she-hulk and nominate regular she-hulk.

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nominate Alex and Zombie (Minecraft)

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Also agree with Axem. Third Bonk.

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Day 492 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79050867

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