Before we begin, I have a few things to say that you guys might want to know so you aren't in the dark about this story…
Question 1: What is UVR?
Answer: The UVR, or "Ultimate Video Rumble" was a series of votefics that inspired both the Megamix Tournament and other similar stories like it. The format was the same in that it was a mass-crossover fighting fic, but it spawned a lot of spinoffs back in the day, including mine.
Question 2: I remember your old Megamix Tournament stories. Why did you never finish them?
Answer: My first two tournaments were fine and I finished them, but as I was midway through the third one I got bogged down with other projects that took precedent and anytime I tried going back to it I found that I had lost the spark I had to keep it going so eventually I decided to just pull the plug and move on.
Question 3: So what made you decide to come back and try again?
Answer: In recent years there has been a bit of a resurgence in UVR-styled votefics, and reading them made me nostalgic for Megamix again. Enough that I eventually decided to try and start it again. I'll try my hardest to keep at it this time and keep myself from discontinuing it like I did last time all those years ago…
Question 4: What are 'Big Guys'?
Answer: Big Guys are one of three things: Boss characters, certain characters I deem real powerful or people that are just really big. For each Big Guy in the ring at a time, one extra fighter will get eliminated at the end of the section. For example, Chang Koehan, Sagat, Bowser and the Eternal Champion all get into the arena. Instead of the usual fifteen fighters getting eliminated, nineteen will be ousted instead.
Question 5: Why are Kratos and Kirby Big Guys, then?
Answer: Have you SEEN what those two are capable of canonically? Out of all the non-big, non-boss characters that are super-powerful, I don't think anyone deserves that status more than those two.
Question 6: How do the elimination counts go?
Answer: The top fifteen fighters in each section will get at one elimination, no matter if they survive the section or not. However, if there's a Big Guy in the ring, the top fighter will get two eliminations instead of just one. So if there are four Big Guys, the top four fighters will get two eliminations.
Question 7: How does fatigue matter?
Answer: Everyone gets tired after a while. So for every section a fighter survives, one automatic 'die' vote is given to them at the beginning of the next section, making their survival that much harder and making "Live" votes matter all that much more. For example, Ryu has survived for four sections and Ken has survived for three. At the beginning of the next section, Ryu will have four automatic "Die" votes and Ken will have three.
Question 8: How do I vote?
Answer: You can fill out a voteform and post it in your review, simple as that. You must give out fifteen "Live" votes for the people you want to see survive the section, and fifteen "Die" votes for the people you want to see get eliminated. If there's an uneven amount, I'll even them out myself. In the event of a tie in votes between two characters, the priority will be given to whoever entered the ring last.
Also note that there are side matches going on outside the arena with each section. If there, are, simply say whom you'll like to see win the side matches.
Question 9: Why isn't the whole cast of Playstation All Stars here?
Answer: While…MOST of the cast of that game was fine, there were some I thought were a bit of a stretch to be considered "Playstation" characters. So, to offset this, I've taken out those characters like Big Daddy, Fat Princess and Evil Cole and replaced them with other characters I feel would have been better fits in addition to a few more.
Question 10: Why did you split up the Smash Bros node?
Answer: Smash Bros. Ultimate has…A LOT of fighters. To offset this, I took some of the reps, gave them their own nodes and brought down the Smash numbers to make them more-manageable. I also realized too late that this meant I needed to make some cuts to other nodes I otherwise would have used, but I didn't want a roster too big it would overwhelm me.
