Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 563 ft V (Cyberpunk), Hades, Mabel Pines

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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 562:

Ratchet & Clank (Ratchet & Clank series) is Fodder Line
Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo) is Low Fodder
Specter (Ape Escape) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

V (Cyberpunk 2077)
Hades (Disney's Hercules)
Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)

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Have I not done this before? I don't see her listed anywhere, though...

Nominate: Jaina Proudmoore (Warcraft III)

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Nominate:

Jonathan Irons (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)
The F Key (Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)

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LMS nominated Maxwell Lord awhile back and I was going to second it based on him being in the new Wonder Woman movie but has he ever actually made it into a game?

Nominate:
Hogger (Warcraft) (Surely we must have done him at some point. He made it into a bracket and even advanced past Round 1!)
King Watinga (Mario Paint)
Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
Cid (Final Fantasy Tactics)
Metapod (Pokemon)
Nidoran M (Pokemon)
Venomoth (Pokemon)
Bellsprout (Pokemon)
Curly Brace (Cave Story)
Hercules (Disney's Hercules)
SBAllen (Smurfgame)
President John Henry Eden (Fallout 3)

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Apparently not, whoops.

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V (Cyberpunk 2077) - Low fodder

A well-earned low for now. Maybe if the game ever gets properly fixed and is then considered pretty good and popular, I'd be willing to consider marginal props.

Hades (Disney's Hercules) - Low fodder

He's an amusing villain but I don't think his movie ranks particularly highly among that era of Disney films.

Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls) - Low fodder

Most of gamefaqs didn't watch or care about her show.

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I'll say Mid Fodder for Hades. He has a sizeable role in all of the main Kingdom Hearts games plus BBS, which I think it enough to make up for Hercules being a third tier Disney movie.

Agree with Low Fodder for the others.

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Agree with Axem. Outside of the main game duo and Sora himself, Kingdom Hearts just doesn't seem to mean very much here anymore.

Nominate Hades (Final Fantasy).

Also, second/third Jaina, Hogger, Martian Manhunter, Cid (FFT), Venomoth, Curly Brace, and Hercules.

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second FF Hades

Day 564 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79225652

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