Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 564 ft Curly Brace, Caterpie, Hercules

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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 563:

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

Here is today's trio to rank:

Curly Brace (Cave Story)
Caterpie (Pokemon)
Hercules (Disney's Hercules)

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Low Fodder for Curly Brace. I think Gfaqs probably does like Cave Story to an extent - It arguably started the indie game boom and is on a billion different consoles. Cave Story got absolutely rolfstomped by Link to the Past in the 2015 game contest, but I suspect the CS fandom overlaps significantly with that of Zelda.

Mid Fodder for Caterpie. It's a weak joke of a Pokemon, but it is cute and got a lot of exposure in the very first episodes of the Pokemon anime.

I'll give Hercules Mid Fodder. Like Hades he has plenty of KH exposure, plus he's the namesake of his movie.

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I guess I agree with halfsilver but Hercules is really pushing it.

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I can't agree on Hercules, sorry. I just don't see being the namesake of a third-tier Disney movie that came out a bit too late for most of this site being a whole tier stronger than his fan-favorite villain. In other words, Low Fodder for Hercules. Agree with halfsilver otherwise, though.

Nominate Trevor Philips for reranking on the basis that John Marston barely pushes Mid Fodder and he's the sole playable protagonist of a much more story and character-focused Rockstar game of similar strength.

Also, it was Axem who seconded Xianghua, not me. That being said, I'll third her anyways.

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second re-ranking Trevor Philips.

Day 565 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79227718

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