Greetings! My name is Roxas-Raine, though just Roxas is fine, anyway, welcome to my new and improved Okron Tournament! So, this is a bit of a remake of my previous Okron Tournament, which I started, but ceased writing for after a pent-up feeling of discontent left me feeling like I wanted to start anew.
After a number of attempts and working out all the kinks and feeling like I knew what I truly wanted, I have confidence in this remake, and I hope to have you all gain some for it too.
So, let's get into these questions if this is is your first time! And for those who have seen the previous Okron Tournament.
Question 1: What exactly is the "UVR"?
Answer 1: The UVR was a popular tournament vote-fic where characters from various fighting games were pitted against one another, to my knowledge, it spanned from the 90's all the way to the early 2000's. It was majorly successful and spawned many other spin-offs, like the Megamix Tournament, Battle of the Luminaries, and Tournament of Kikai which were created by SSBFreak, Tinyhammer, and Orange-Ratchet respectively, all three tournaments in their most recent entries can be found here on AO3. For previous entries for the former two, check out , you will not regret it.
Question 2: Why are there some franchises that are not from fighting games?
Answer 2: It's what makes every different UVR spin-off it's own thing, different from the real deal, is that they're not limited to just fighting games. For this, I still decided to have at least most of my roster be from fighting games to stay true to it's name.
Question 3: What are "Big Guys" and how is voting affected?
Answer 3: Big Guys can be two things: Boss characters or characters who 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, say there are four characters currently in the ring who are classified as Big Guys, so instead of the usual fifteen fighters being eliminated, nineteen of them will be tossed in the end.
Question 4: What exactly is "Fatigue"?
Answer 4: Regardless of a character's strength, fatigue will begin to set in at one point. So for every section a character survives, one automatic "die" vote is added to their score at the beginning of the next section, which further slims their chances of survival.
Question 5: How exactly do eliminations work?
Answer 5: The top 15 highest scoring fighters at the end of the section will get one elimination, regardless of if they actually survive or not. But, if there is a Big Guy in the ring, then the top fighter will get two eliminations as opposed to one. So, going back to the example on Question 3, if there are four Big Guys in the ring, then the top 4 fighters will get 2 eliminations.
Question 6: How do I vote?
Answer 6: Simple, I'll put up a voteform on every chapter after a section which you can fill out and post in your comment, or you can Inbox me it on here or note me it if you like. You must give fifteen "live" votes to the people you want to see survive the section, and fifteen "die" votes for the people you want to see get eliminated.
Warning, if there is an uneven amount, I'll personally even them out myself.
Question 7: The Second Chance twist, how will it work here, if it even is gonna be in?
Answer 7: Well, after experimenting with it twice, I realize that the virtue of being given another chance to succeed is very important, and it makes for some great voting dilemmas. But, sometimes it could lead to the screwing over of many good characters. So, instead of waiting five sections for five second chancers. A single Second Chance will be granted every section, except the first of course, up until a certain point, how is it earned? More on that later.
Question 8: Wow! That's a lot of extra nodes! Why?
Answer 8: I loved the original Okron Tournament's cast, but some things have become a bit dated, so an update is necessary. Not to mention, I've gotten into many nodes since 2020, and I just couldn't itch to use them any longer. So, in my opinion, the bigger the cast, the better.