Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 611 ft Ronald Mcdonald, Lance Bean, Bruno

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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 610:

Akihiko Sanada (Persona 3) is Low Fodder
Golbat (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Hide (Nioh 2) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Ronald Mcdonald (M.C. Kids)
Lance Bean (Contra)
Bruno (Pokemon)

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Nominate:
Bo Jackson (Tecmo Super Bowl)
Michael Vick (Madden NFL 2004)

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Ronald Mcdonald (M.C. Kids) - Low fodder
There were several McDonalds games back in the day but none were very popular. I feel nearly nobody's gonna be voting him on his games and don't feel he's particularly well liked in general. A tier lower than the KFC Colonel would seem possibly a little harsh so I guess low in low fodder?

Lance Bean (Contra) - Low fodder
Should be fine for low fodder. His name might mean slightly less than Bill Rizer's but it's partly because Bill's name is already worth so little that he got ranked in low despite being from such a well-known game.

Bruno (Pokemon) - Low fodder
Don't think he's a particularly memorable as an opponent or a character.

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agree with Axem. Ronald isn't really relevant anymore but Gfaqs will at least recognize him since he was pushed in the 90s and probably give him some joke votes.

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Nominate Tentacruel (Pokemon)

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Nominate Tentacruel (Pokemon)

seconded

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Agree with Axem and third Tentacruel.

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Agreed with Axem. Bruno may be Gen 1 Pokemon trainer who is actually in a pretty good number of games but I don't think anyone actually cares about him.

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Day 612 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79319772

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