Board 8 > How would they do in a contest? Day 651 ft Alex Mercer, Piers (Golden Sun), Chao

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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 650:

Hendrik (Dragon Quest XI) is Low Fodder
Cloud of Darkness (Final Fantasy III) is Low Fodder
Politoed (Pokemon) is Low Fodder

Here is today's trio to rank:

Alex Mercer (Prototype)
Piers (Golden Sun)
Chao (Sonic series)

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The first two are low fodder and not even good low fodder. Id figure Piers as the weakest playable character on the first two games but really you aint playing Golden Sun for the character interaction anyways.

Gonna go low fodder for Chao too but it could be close to mid fodder I guess. Sonic Adventure 2, at least, should have a decent playrate and the Chao are kind of nostalgic.

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Agree with Axem, though I could see Alex Mercer being LAW given how poorly his strength has likely aged in the past 10+ years. Meanwhile, 3D Sonic everything has almost always disappointed in these contests, proving just how narrow a band its nostalgia really is here time and time again.

Nominate Oddish, Gloom, and Vileplume.
AxemRedRanger posted...

Id figure Piers as the weakest playable character on the first two games but really you aint playing Golden Sun for the character interaction anyways.

In this case, it might be worth reranking Mia and Saturos? I'm not at all familiar with Golden Sun's fanbase dynamics, but that makes the former's Mid Fodder especially sound questionable even if the first game has maintained all its GotD strength.

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Last Login: 4/10/2021 2:32:47 AM

hope halfsilver is okay

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Don't suppose anyone knows what he might be up to or another way to contact him?

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I have returned and agree with Axem. dealing with a lot of stuff rn but may get to restarting new topics this week

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Day 652 is up: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79416537

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