Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 522 ft Airman, Bridget (GG), The Blob

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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 521:

Carmilla (Castlevania) is Low Fodder
Bo Peep (Toy Story) is Low Fodder
Ms. Green (M&M's Kart Racing) LAW Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Airman (Mega Man 2)
Bridget (Guilty Gear)
The Blob (X-Men)

There may be a delay on the next few days going up.

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I will say Mid Fodder for Airman. He should at least be as strong as Metal Man was, if not more so thanks to I Can't Defeat Airman memes.

Low Fodder for Bridget. Everyone is Gay for Bridget is a peak 2007 meme, but Bridget is still one of the most memorable GG characters and arguably popularized his character archetype. Now if they would only bring him back to the series...

Low Fodder (barely) for Blob. He's a great meme in the X-men arcade game and appears in a lot of other games, plus is a major character in X-men Evolution. And he's just a funny character in general seeing as his mutant power is "being fat".

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half_silver28 posted...

I will say Mid Fodder for Airman. He should at least be as strong as Metal Man was

Think Ill go low for Air Man. I dont trust the memes and while Metal Blades was never going to be enough for Metal Man to be good, it probably does make him better than almost any robot master besides maybe Guts Man.
agreed on the others.

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Nominate:

Cut Man (Mega Man)
Axl (Mega Man X7)
Ivan (Golden Sun)
Mia (Golden Sun)
Alex (Golden Sun)
Lickitung (Pokemon)
Abra (Pokemon)
Pidgey (Pokemon)
Rhydon (Pokemon)
Nidorino (Pokemon)

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Agree with Axem. Nominate Cut Man, Lickitung, Abra, Pidgey, Rhydon, and Nidorino.

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second all of Axem's nominations that I haven't nomed yet

Day 523 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79133814

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