Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 622 ft Wedge, Biggs (FFVII), S-Block

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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 621:

Harman Smith (Killer7) is LAW Fodder
Dialga (Pokemon) is Low Fodder
Clefable (Pokemon) is Mid Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Wedge (Final Fantasy VII)
Biggs (Final Fantasy VII)

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Nominate:
Giratina (Pokemon)
Heracross (Pokemon)
Fuuka Yamagishi (Persona 3)
Yukari Takeba (Persona 3)
Junpei Iori (Persona 3)
Ken Amada (Persona 3)
Shinjiro Araragi (Persona 3)

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Biggs and Wedge - Low fodder

i dont think theyre cared about that much and dont expect others with their names like in FFVI or FFVIII to help enough to o get them to mid fodder.
havent played the remake though.

s-block - mid fodder

S block generally isnt annoying like O sometimes gets and its got a more interesting shape.

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agree with axem. I also don't know if The Boys had enough exposure in FFVII Remake to potentially make mid, even considering that their names are iconic for the franchise.

also second axem's nominations I could've sworn we already rated Heracross but I guess not

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Agree with Axem, yeah. Third Horsea, Sandshrew, and Seel.

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Could easily see remake pushing the duo to mid fodder actually. I don't follow these too closely, but a quick glance at other rankings makes me believe they belong at mid fodder more than low fodder.

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nominate:

Sandslash (Pokemon)
Oddish (Pokemon)
Gloom (Pokemon)
Vileplume (Pokemon)
Bellossom (Pokemon)
Paras (Pokemon)
Parasect (Pokemon)
Mankey (Pokemon)
Primeape (Pokemon)
Poliwag (Pokemon)
Poliwhirl (Pokemon)
Poliwrath (Pokemon)
Politoed (Pokemon)
Ponyta (Pokemon)
Rapidash (Pokemon)
Magnemite (Pokemon)
Magneton (Pokemon)
Doduo (Pokemon)
Dodrio (Pokemon)
Dewgong (Pokemon)
Krabby (Pokemon)
Kingler (Pokemon)
Staryu (Pokemon)
Seadra (Pokemon)

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Day 623 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79340562

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