Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 556 ft Arya Stark, Cersei Lannister, Doomsda

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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 555:

Michel Bollinger (The House in Fata Morgana) is LAW Fodder
Exeggutor (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Clefairy (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Winnie the Pooh (Disney/Kingdom Hearts) is now Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Arya Stark (Game of Thrones)
Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Doomsday (DC Comics)

Today's Re-Ranking is:

Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)

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I will say Mid Fodder for Arya and Cersei.

Arya seems to be one of the most popular characters from GoT. I'm not sure about Cersei but she is an attractive major character in the show, and epitomizes the spirit of GoT.

Low Fodder for Doomsday. He's well-known as the villain who killed Superman, but ultimately I don't think people like Doomsday. He's essentially just an ugly Broly.

I will say Fodder Line for Buzz. He's a big fan favorite and essentially a co-protagonist in the first 2 movies with Woody. Plus he's gotten his own show and starred in the Toy Story 2 game, which is praised as one of the best licensed games out there. It might be possible that both Woody and Buzz should be high fodder instead, but I think they deserve respect similar Aladdin and The Lion King. The first 3 Toy Story movies together are able to match the renown of big Disney movies on this site I think.

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Doomsda

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Doomsday - LAW fodder

most of gamefaqs is probably a little too young for killing Superman in the mid 90s to matter too much and he couldnt even stay dead a year, nobody cares about Doomsday outside of that afaik, and were not really comic fans here.

Cersei - low fodder

theres a certain type of gamefaqs user I dont think will respond well to a female villain like this. Never really kept up with the show too much though, could be wrong.

agreed with halfsilver on the others.

I had a buzz lightyear as a kid. I suspect a decent chunk of gamefaqs did.

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Nominate Velma, Fred, Daphne, and Scrappy.

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I still think High Fodder fits Buzz better, considering how anomalous it would be for the less important fan favorite to be on par with the main protagonist here (and given that Toy Story is probably a bit too young for our voters). Otherwise, agree with Axem I guess.

Also, nominate Velma, Fred, Daphne, and Scrappy.

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Third the rest of the Scooby gang

Day 557 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79209481

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