Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 546 ft Captain Syrup, Geodude, Hobby

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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 545:

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

Here is today's trio to rank:

Captain Syrup (Wario)
Geodude (Pokemon)
Hobby (Excitebike)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Zangief (Street Fighter)

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Nominate:
Alex Mercer (Prototype)
Emil Castagnier (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World)
Maxwell (Scribblenauts)
Louis (Left 4 Dead)
Zoey (Left 4 Dead)
Mordecai (Borderlands)
Asch the Bloody (Tales of the Abyss)
Jin Kisaragi (Blazblue)
Harman Smith (Killer7)
Kun Lan (Killer7)
Flynn Scifo (Tales of Vesperia)
Henry Cooldown (No More Heroes)
Skorge (Gears of War)
Mr. Sandman (Punch-Out)
Barthandelus (FFXIII)
Beast (X-men)
Colossus (X-men)
Dazzler (X-men)
Juggernaut (X-men)
Jubilee (X-men)
Iceman (X-men)
Scarlet Witch (X-men)
Quicksilver (X-men)
Guy Cecil (Tales of the Abyss)
Judith (Tales of Vesperia)
Slowbro (Pokemon)
Raticate (Pokemon)
Clefairy (Pokemon)
Pidgeot (Pokemon)
Exeggutor (Pokemon)
Muk (Pokemon)


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Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were already done. Second all other nominations.

Low Fodder for today's Trio.

Captain Syrup is a decently recognizable Ninty character with a name that stands out, but she doesn't have a large number of game appearances so I am not confident in her strength. She could potentially benefit from TJF depending on the pic she gets though.

Geodude has a funny name but I just don't think anyone really cares about it. Brock has one in the anime but it doesn't have much in the way of significant battles - it usually gets beaten fairly quickly.

If this character's canon name was "Excitebiker" I'd be willing to give them more credit. But I don't think many people are aware of the Hobby name, and I think that will prevent some people from making the association to Excitebike.

For Zangief I will say High Fodder. He's no shoto or Chun-Li, but he is one of the original world warriors and a pretty big fan favorite. His design really stands out and his boisterous personality make him a likeable guy - both in-game and in his appearances in the Street Fighter movie and Wreck-It Ralph. Plus he is the defining character of the grappler archetype in fighting games.

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I'm still going to say Mid Fodder for Zangief because I'm not convinced he's a step above Guile - among the SF fanbase, sure, but I don't think that really matters on GameFAQs. Also, I'm loath to overrate my favorite SF character.

Agree with halfsilver otherwise. Third Juri, Marowak, Nidoqueen, Sakura, Tigger, Virus, Maxwell, Mordecai, Slowbro, Raticate, Clefairy, Pidgeot, Exeggutor, and Muk.

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Agreed with halfsilver.

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Day 547 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79187762

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