Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 499 ft Sam and Max, Sinistar, Rude

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half_silver28
10/26/20 9:19:46 PM
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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 498:

Dark Queen (Battletoads) is Low Fodder
Chain Chomp (Mario series) is Low Fodder
Kano (Mortal Kombat) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Sam & Max (Sam & Max Hit the Road)
Sinistar (Sinistar)
Rude (Final Fantasy VII)

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AxemRedRanger
10/27/20 4:10:09 PM
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Sam & Max (Sam & Max Hit the Road) - Low fodder

It's mainly character design that's making me hesitant to go LAW.

Sinistar (Sinistar) - LAW fodder

He hungers.
Does anybody under 40 care?
...Does anyone over 40 actually care?

Rude (Final Fantasy VII) - Mid fodder

Weaker than Reno but maybe sort of not totally worthless?

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half_silver28
10/27/20 5:16:14 PM
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I'll say Low Fodder for Sinistar - he has an iconic design and is the namesake of an old but pretty popular arcade game. Gfaqs may not have been 80s kids but I think most of them will at least know Sinistar.

Agree with Low for Sam & Max and Mid for Rude. Rude is probably worth something due to his significance in FF7 and gets a decent amount of exposure in Remake.

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MetalmindStats
10/27/20 5:42:33 PM
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Agree with Axem I guess.

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half_silver28
10/27/20 9:25:05 PM
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