Hello Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for your interest, but before we get too far, there might be some things necessary to clear up, so no one is in the dark.

First off: Disclaimer: All Characters belong to their respective games. I only own the original characters (Benet Snatch, Merak, etc.), and the plot.

Question 1: What type of story is this?

The Polaris Games is a Rumble-esque crossover votefic built and designed in the same style as the Ultimate Video Rumble (UVR), Megamix Tournament, Infinity Grand Prix, and many more. There are probably several fics like this, but those are perhaps the most well known. Picture multiple fighting game characters in a single ring.

Question 2: How can you have a votefic based on fighting games if you don't have some of the more popular games, like UMVC3?

When I designed this, I went for diversity and slimmed-up rosters. Of all of the nodes mentioned, only three are above 30. I wanted to keep the number reasonable, so I had to cut some of them out.

Question 3: I'm not too familiar with all these games. What are they exactly?

For those not full blown fans, I'll give a description of each:

Super Smash Bros and Playstation All-Stars are dreammatch rumble games for Nintendo and Playstation respectively. Each focuses on the what-ifs, of the various mascots and franchises duking it out in arena style matches. Mario vs. Link, or Kratos vs. Nathan Drake, for example. Street Fighter x Tekken, meanwhile, is a crossover of sorts, but more tag-based, featuring the characters of Street Fighter and Tekken.

Pokken is a fighting game dedicated to Pokemon fighting each other, exclusively focusing on some of the more diverse characters in the franchise.

One Piece: Burning Blood is a fighting game revolving around the popular anime One Piece, featuring the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as their captain, Monkey D. Luffy tries to become King of the Pirates.

BlazBlue and its respective games follow Ragna the Bloodedge, a high-priced bountyhead seeking the Azure Grimoire, and its characters fighting in an recovering, cyberpunk world.

Guilty Gear Xrd, the third installment of that franchise, covers the conflict of Gears and humanity, with individuals strong enough to rule countries. In Xrd, Ramethal Valentine declares war against humanity.

Galactic Wrestling, Arcana Hearts, Power Stone,and Skullgirls are specialized in their rosters. Galactic Wrestling follows loosely the storyline of Ultimate Muscle, and all its combatants are superhuman wrestlers. Arcana Hearts follows several school-girls empowered by aspect spirits called Arkanas, and Skullgirls follows multiple young women of peculiar traits, trying to get a hold of an artifact called the Skull Heart. Power Stone is more focused on travelers skilled in urban combat (using everything as a weapon) trying to find gems to empower their wishes.

Soul Calibur 3, covers many a medieval warriors' pursuit for the Soul Edge- a blade rumored to grant power beyond their wildest dreams, but actually enslaves its host to its bidding, all to satiate its hunger. Some seek the Soul Calibur, and a few seek to destroy them both.

The King of Fighters covers the collection of teams across the world, all trying to demonstrate their own superiority and representing their country for the best ratings...and maybe more.

Killer Instinct, the world is run by UltraTech, which employs the Killer Instinct Tournament for its own goals of prizes and testing out their own pet projects.

More information on each game can be found on Wikipedia or Tvtropes, or their respective websites. If I get something wrong on the character, by all means, as critics as well as fans, you can call me on it.

Question 4: What is the voting format?

After each section, a voteform will be placed up, listing the competing fighters for that section. At the start of each section, 30 competitors will be in the ring. Of these, 18 will be eliminated, and the 12 with the highest Live vote total will advance. Die votes will be subtracted from live votes. Voters shall select 12 competitors to live and 12 competitors to die, with 6 neutral spots. 12 survivors is static: It will not vary.

Bonus matches, as the story progresses, shall also be brought up. These shall be placed in the same format.

Question 5: Fatigue has been used in prior spinoffs like this. Will that be the case as well?

Yes, but only after the second section competitors survive in. At the third section, all survivors will have one automatic die vote for each section they survive thereafter.

Question 6: How are eliminations determined?

The highest ranked spots, #1, #2 and #3 will eliminate three people. #4 and #5 will eliminate 2 people a piece. #6-10 will eliminate 1 person a piece. People that get spots #11 and #12 will not eliminate anyone. They are survivors, not power-players for that section.

Question 7: How do I vote?

You can leave your voteform in the reviews, or you can personal message me at Albatross Zeta, with a completed voteform. All voteforms must be completed by the prescribed deadline, and must have the 12 live and 12 die votes. An uncompleted voteform will not be tallied, but bonus match voting is optional.

If you have any other questions or comments, you can send them in a PM or review. Please be civil and do not spam me either.