Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 555 ft Michel Bollinger, Exeggutor, Clefairy

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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 554:

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

Here is today's trio to rank:

Michel Bollinger (The House in Fata Morgana)
Exeggutor (Pokemon)
Clefairy (Pokemon)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Winnie the Pooh (Disney/Kingdom Hearts)

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Michel Bollinger (The House in Fata Morgana) - LAW fodder
Great character with good art but way too obscure to do anything. "Between Chester and Spring Breeze Dancin' in obscurity" is generally not something you want to be.

Exeggutor (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
Blue's got one in every lategame version of his team that doesn't include the Bulbasaur line and it's a kinda notably weird Pokemon in general. Gen 1 Psychic typing doesn't hurt.

Clefairy (Pokemon) - Mid fodder
I think it gets mentioned in connection with Mt. Moon several times and it uses Metronome in Smash? It's actually pretty good in RBY but you have to give it some valuable TMs for it to do much other than put stuff to sleep. Regardless, marginally notable for an RBY Pokemon is probably enough for mid fodder.

Today's Re-Ranking is:
Winnie the Pooh (Disney/Kingdom Hearts) - Mid fodder
I think Tigger's the clear fan-favorite so the 2 tier gap made me skeptical but regardless I don't think Winnie the Pooh is quite gamefaqs's kinda guy. Being so well known and with the Kingdom Hearts connection to keep him mildly relevant to our interests could plausibly get him mid fodder but that's probably it.

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Nominate:
Hades (Hades)
Jak and Daxter (Jak and Daxter series)
Pidgeotto (Pokemon)
Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank series)

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Agree with axem. Michel is super obscure and Exeggutor and Clefairy are well-known Gen 1 Pokemon, but not overly popular ones.

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Nominate:
Caterpie (Pokemon)
Cloyster (Pokemon)
Hypno (Pokemon)
Victreebel (Pokemon)
Arya Stark (Game of Thrones)
Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Doomsday (DC Comics)

for some reason Exeggutor is listed again on the nomination list so remove that.

Re-rank Buzz I guess.

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Second Caterpie.

Re-rank Buzz. I don't think he'd be weaker than Woody despite not being the -main- protagonist though. Buzz has typically been the fan favorite from the Toy Story series and starred in a cartoon of his own, plus the Toy Story 2 game he starred in was received much better than the Toy Story 1 games Woody has to his name.

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Agree with Axem, and second/third all of Axem's nominations today.

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Day 556 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79207466

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