Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 548 ft Juri Han, Mr. Sandman, Pidgeot

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half_silver28
12/20/20 9:48:39 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 547:

Porygon (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Marowak (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Mordecai (Borderlands) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Juri Han (Street Fighter IV/V)
Mr. Sandman (Punch-Out!)
Pidgeot (Pokemon)

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half_silver28
12/21/20 1:03:16 PM
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I am not super confident but I will say Mid Fodder for Juri. She has been a fan favorite since her first appearance in Super Street Fighter 4, and seems to be far and away the most popular character from that game. Her SF5 design hasn't gotten the same praise as her original one, but it does provide her with TJF.

Low Fodder for Mr. Sandman. He may even be close to law range, since I think every other Punch-Out opponent is likely stronger than him. But he is at least recognizable as a character from that series and is an absolute unit.

First of all I'm surprised that we haven't rated Pidgeotto yet, so nominate Pidgeotto.

Mid Fodder for Pidgeot. It's a cool Big Bird that highly resembles Pidgeotto and is recognizable due to its long head feathers. A lot of players likely used it in gen 1 as well. However it is not particularly notable considering every generation has its own Big Birds.


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half_silver28
12/21/20 9:21:49 PM
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nominate Colonel Radec (Killzone)

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AxemRedRanger
12/22/20 12:17:16 AM
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I guess mid fodder for Pidgeor, low fodder for the others.
I dont believe in Street Fighter IV.

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MetalmindStats
12/22/20 12:26:39 AM
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Agree with Axem. I can't see TJF being enough to put a SFIV debutant on par with the character non-SF fans remember best and most fondly besides the big four.

Second Pidgeotto.

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12/22/20 12:43:51 AM
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