Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 554 ft Pious Augustus, Talim, Tigger

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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 553:

Marina Liteyears (Mischief Makers) is LAW Fodder
Trico (The Last Guardian) is Low Fodder
Muk (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Pious Augustus (Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem)
Talim (Soul Calibur)
Tigger (Disney/Kingdom Hearts)

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I'll go with Low Fodder for all three. Talim is reportedly the most popular SC character among the fanbase, ahead of Ivy, Taki, and Sophitia, all of whom we've placed at Mid. However, there's no evidence more than a minimal SC fanbase persists here. That leaves Talim with her SCII introduction at a shortfall relative to the aforementioned three, who had all established their positions as series staples by then, before voters likely stopped caring about the series.

As for the others, ED looked not-completely-terrible in GotD and remains well-remembered by its players, and Pious seems to have the most screentime of its cast; meanwhile, I'm simply not convinced that voters care about Winnie the Pooh in general whatsoever.

Nominate Petey Piranha (Super Mario Sunshine) and Tauros (Pokmon).

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Nominate Peter Pirahna and Tauros

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agree with metalmind and third Petey and Tauros

Talim being the fan favorite doesn't count for a whole lot and the SC characters we rated higher have either TJF or something else going for them.

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Nominate:
Pidgeotto (Pokemon)
Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank series)

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Think I'll agree with low fodder for all but that Winnie the Pooh has no place in High fodder if Tigger is in low.

Re-rank Winnie the Pooh

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second re-ranking Winnie the Pooh.

high fodder might be too high for him, but I do think Pooh himself is significantly ahead of every other character from his series. He's the namesake of the series and the main character, and he has a sizeable role in all of the KH games. Plus there's all the REDACTED memes he has going for him.

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Third re-ranking Winnie the Pooh - though I likewise believe Pooh being two tiers ahead of Tigger is reasonable, I've also thought Pooh's been overranked for a while.

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Day 555 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79205455

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