Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 613 ft Michael De Santa, Junpei, Sigma (VLR)

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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 612:

Franklin Clinton (Grand Theft Auto V) is Low Fodder
Graveler (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Agatha (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Michael De Santa (Grand Theft Auto V)
Junpei (999)
Sigma (Virtues Last Reward)

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Low fodder for all I guess. Zero escape dudes are probably pretty low in that tier though. Just not much reason to vote them if you didnt play the games they were in.

Michael is a GTA character thats not even the most popular from his game and that franchises characters dont have a great track record, especially as we get further from their games release.

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Agreed with Axem. Zero didn't fare very well in 2013, but that was back when 999 was the only Zero Escape game.

Also, nominate George Washington for re-ranking. He's a real-life person who pretty much no one will think of as a character in video games, plus his appeal likely skews about as much towards the US as the Oregon Trail Oxen.

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agree with Low Fodder for all today and second George Washington re-ranking. I imagine with how US-centric this site is he will be worth a decent amount, but I have thought in passing (and promptly forgot) that fodder line is a bit too much.

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Day 614 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79323403

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