Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 545 ft Mitsurugi, Emerald Weapon, Einstein

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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 544:

Ultimate Weapon (Final Fantasy VII) is Low Fodder
Crimson Viper (Street Fighter) is Low Fodder
Nariko (Heavenly Sword) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Heishiro Mitsurugi (Soul Calibur)
Emerald Weapon (Final Fantasy VII)
Albert Einstein (Command & Conquer)

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Low Fodder for all today.

People probably at least know who Mitsurugi is, but I doubt they care about him. He's about as generic of a samurai as you can find in gaming, but he looks cool at least.

Same argument for Emerald Weapon as was made for Ruby W.

Obviously everyone knows who Einstein is - but I don't think people like him enough to vote him highly. Opinions on him and his life vary wildly. If anything would put him over, it might be "Hey Einstein I'm on your side!" from Star Fox.

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Agreed with halfsilver.

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Nominate:
Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
Tigger (Disney/Kingdom Hearts)
Marowak (Pokemon)
Nidoqueen (Pokemon)
Sakura (Street Fighter)
Juri (Street Fighter)
Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat)
Baraka (Mortal Kombat)
Jax (Mortal Kombat)
Kintaro (Mortal Kombat)

Re-rank Zangief (Street Fighter)

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second axem's nominations

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Agreed with halfsilver.

Mitsurugi is apparently one of the most popular SC characters, but without TJF or something similar, I doubt that's enough for Mid Fodder on 2020 GameFAQs.

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Day 546 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79185727

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