Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 547 ft Porygon, Marowak, Mordecai

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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 546:

Captain Syrup (Wario) is Low Fodder
Geodude (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Hobby (Excitebike) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Zangief (Street Fighter) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Porygon (Pokemon)
Marowak (Pokemon)
Mordecai (Borderlands)

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Mid Fodder for Porygon and Marowak.

Porygon has the infamous anime episode and is notable for being the expensive Game Corner prize in RBY. It also has a striking blocky design.

Marowak obviously has its appearance as the "ghost" in RBY, and has a decent signature move in Bonemerang.

Low Fodder for Mordecai. I don't think anyone from Borderlands is really going to be worth much due to how the series has died off on Gfaqs, and it doesn't help that Mordecai is only playable in the first game.

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Polygon - low fodder

the seizure episode and being the game corner prize make Porygon not totally obscure among Gen 1 Pokemon but I dont think people actually like the thing at all. If it had actually been strong and at least sorta worth the money and effort for more than just checking it off the Pokdex, maybe itd have something. did get evolutions in later gens but too little too late.

Agreed on the others.

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half_silver28 posted...

I don't think anyone from Borderlands is really going to be worth much due to how the series has died off on Gfaqs, and it doesn't help that Mordecai is only playable in the first game.

I would have been willing to consider Lilith prior to playing Borderlands 3. Her story fell off a cliff.

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Agree with Axem. Third Axl and Mr. Sandman.

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Day 548 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79189606

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