Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 529 ft Mike Jones, Cut Man, Ben (Full Thrtl)

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half_silver28
11/30/20 11:58:35 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 528:

Dr. Wright (SimCity) is Low Fodder
Nidorino (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Matthew (Golden Sun: Dark Dawn) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Ivysaur (Pokemon)

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half_silver28
12/01/20 1:51:54 PM
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LAW Fodder for both Mike Jones and Ben.

Startropics has only seen Virtual Console re-releases since 1994 and while both games are NES Classics, I think very few people will even recognize Mike as the series protagonist. He might get some "Who? Mike Jones!" meme votes but that won't be enough to escape law.

Judging by a 2013 Gfaqs poll, Full Throttle seems to be comparable to Grim Fandango and Sam & Max in popularity. However the protagonists of those games are well-liked and stand out in terms of design. Ben is. . . just a big dude.

I will (barely) say Mid Fodder for Cut Man. He's one of the best-known robot masters along with Guts and appeared in every episode of the Mega Man cartoon with him. Plus he has a lot of cameos and boss fights in MM games beyond his debut in 1.

Fodder Line for Ivysaur. Multiple playable appearances in Smash give a good boost to what would be the weakest middle stage of a Gen 1 Pokemon, but I don't think it is enough to put above the Fodder Line and match its final stage.

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AxemRedRanger
12/01/20 3:42:07 PM
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Nominate:
Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune)
Eivor (Assassin's Creed Valhalla)
Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!)
Alph (Pikmin 3)
Luma (Mario series)
Malboro (Final Fantasy)
Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)
Wendy O. Koopa (Mario series)
Roy Koopa (Mario series)
Morton Koopa Jr. (Mario series)
Lemmy Koopa (Mario series)
Larry Koopa (Mario series)
Iggy Koopa (Mario series)

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AxemRedRanger
12/01/20 3:48:04 PM
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Agreed with halfsilver.

A banana pic for Mike Jones probably wouldn't hurt but not sure even that would save him.

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half_silver28
12/01/20 5:43:26 PM
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second Pat Sajak and Eivor.

I'm mostly doing this just for the heck of it, but third Re-Ranking M. Bison. I mostly agreed with his first placement since he is not only a well-liked villain but has a multitude of enduring memes from the SF cartoon and movie, and aging gamers like those on Gfaqs seem to genuinely like Raul Julia's portrayal of him from the movie. He looked bad in his only contest appearance but that was in 2005, when the main Street Fighter series was essentially dead - and people were sick of the lazy fighting game ports and rehashes that Capcom had been releasing the prior year.

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MetalmindStats
12/01/20 6:18:44 PM
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I'll still say Low Fodder for Cut Man, as I'm not convinced any other individual Robot Master matches Metal Man's level even though MM1's slate is generally more iconic than MM2's. Game playrate and memories presumably matter too.

Agreed otherwise, and third Eivor and Ichigo.

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half_silver28
12/01/20 9:53:01 PM
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