Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 572 ft Astro Bot, Jaquio, Metapod

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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 571:

Alexandra Roivas (Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem) is Low Fodder
Victreebel (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder
Hades (Final Fantasy) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Astro Bot (Astro Bot: Rescue Mission)
Jaquio (Ninja Gaiden)
Metapod (Pokemon)

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Astro bot - LAW fodder
no VR game or character is worth anything here outside of pure design.
Jaquio - low fodder
Unlike most bosses of his era, hes got a name given in-game and some dialogue. Also a pretty memorable fight, though in part its due to the dick move pulled if you lose. And then theres more afterwards! Could certainly see LAW fodder though. Absolutely nobody gives a damn about this dude as a character.
Metapod - low fodder
nobody likes metapod.

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I'll give Metapod Mid Fodder for Harden memes and the related Metapod vs Metapod battle from episode 4 of the anime. Agree with axem on the other 2.

I've moved to the west coast so new topics will be going up later in general.

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half_silver28 posted...

I've moved to the west coast so new topics will be going up later in general.

Welcome!

Also, I'll agree with Axem; though Half-Life: Alyx didn't look totally worthless here, that's also obviously not a comparable situation. I don't see the factors halfsilver mentioned helping people remember Metapod half as much as it looking like a green (or just unripe) banana, which obviously won't bring votes.

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Day 573 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79243762

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