Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 618 ft Igor, Michael Vick, Jin Kisaragi

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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 617:

Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers) is Low Fodder
B.B. Hood (Darkstalkers) is Low Fodder
Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) is Low Fodder

Re-Ranking Result:

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) is now High Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Igor (Persona series)
Michael Vick (Madden NFL 2004)
Jin Kisaragi (Blazblue)

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Nominate:
Spiny (Mario series)
Smiley Face (Minesweeper)
Unicorn (Robot Unicorn Attack)
Biggs (Final Fantasy...VII, I guess)
Wedge (Final Fantasy...VII, I guess)
J-Block (Tetris)
Z-Block (Tetris)
S-Block (Tetris)
T-Block (Tetris)
O-Block (Tetris)
Grimer (Pokemon)
Clefable (Pokemon)
Kabutops (Pokemon)
Dialga (Pokemon)
Palkia (Pokemon)
Steven Stone (Pokemon)

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Low fodder for all 3

Igor is recognizable as a Persona staple, but all Persona characters are Low Fodder at best

Michael Vick is years removed from his time served and would probably just barely be low.

Blazblue has enough of a following for Jin to finish low, but nothing more.

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I guess low for all.

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All 3 Low Fodder

ZeroSignal620 posted...

Igor is recognizable as a Persona staple, but all Persona characters are Low Fodder at best

I wouldn't call Yu Narukami fodder for getting 25% on Vivi. (And he may be stronger now with Golden on PC.)

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LAW Fodder for Michael Vick - I'm thinking of Bo Jackson here, except with nothing to go in the place of the portion of voters with fond, nostalgic memories of Tecmo Super Bowl. Also, it's a bit much to say all Persona characters are Low Fodder, even if you don't consider Joker one because he's transcended his series, but Igor won't be one of the exceptions.

Nominate Gimli for re-ranking, because Gimli = Gandalf probably isn't a thing, based on my admittedly limited LotR knowledge.

Also, nominate the following:
AxemRedRanger posted...

J-Block (Tetris)
Z-Block (Tetris)
S-Block (Tetris)
T-Block (Tetris)
O-Block (Tetris)
Grimer (Pokemon)
Clefable (Pokemon)
Kabutops (Pokemon)
Dialga (Pokemon)
Palkia (Pokemon)

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second all of axem's nominations. Agree with Low Fodder for Igor and Jin. I think only really big Persona fans will be voting for Igor, and Blazblue is probably not getting anyone over low.

For Michael Vick I will go with LAW Fodder. Most of Gfaqs will know who he is since he was a notable big time NFL player in the 2000s. However the run-and-pass QB play that Vick innovated has been done better by a dozen or so players since his early 00s debut, which I think removes the incentive for a lot of football fans to vote for him. Plus I don't think Gfaqs will be so quick to forgive his specific scandal.

agree with re-ranking Gimli. I think I said mid for him way back but he ended up making high fodder overall.

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I guess I can go LAW for Vick.
re-rank Gimli

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Day 619 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79333127

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