Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 604 ft Emperor Septim, Fearow, Amanda Ripley

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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 603:

Emperor (Final Fantasy II) is Low Fodder
Venonat (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Frozone (The Incredibles) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Emperor Uriel Septim VII (Oblivion)
Fearow (Pokemon)
Amanda Ripley (Alien: Isolation)

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I will say Low Fodder for Septim. His largest roles were in the first 3 Elder Scrolls games and was only in the beginning of Oblivion. I don't see any NPCs from the series being worth much unless there's a fan favorite I'm not thinking of.

I will say Mid Fodder for Fearow. It's a Gen 1 mon that I'm sure plenty of people had on their team, and was better than Pidgeotto thanks to its high attack stat. Plus its a big bird that draws comparisons to Ho-Oh.

Low Fodder for Amanda Ripley. She only appears in one game, but that game does get a decent amount of praise. Having the Ripley name and resemblance to Ellen will keep her from slipping to law range too.

also re-rank Crewmate. Among Us' popularity seems to have mostly died down, and Gfaqs likely doesn't much care for the SUS memes anymore. It might still be popular with kids but they aren't on this site.

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Agreed with halfsilver for todays three

Re-rank Sakura

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Agreed with halfsilver for todays three

Re-rank Sakura

I guess I'll concur with all of this.

Also, nominate Jax, Kintaro, and Kung Lao.

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Nominate Rhyhorn (Pokemon)

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second Rhyhorn

Day 605 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79306424

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