Thanks man. I ultimately enjoy these, especially at the end. I'll definitely start it at a more active time next year. Starting in the dead hours worked before to give early entrants a chance but I think now it's a bit less necessary.
That said, Scare is also the second-earliest contestant to win the Rumble apart from Shad (#8) so maybe the way I did it this time was right.
Not to be confused with XIII_minerals.