NORMAL RULES -Normal UCA rules apply (specifically, no rallying or editing) -Two users will start in the ring, and one will be added every half hour (as close to :00 and :30 as possible) until all 40 have entered. -Users are eliminated at 0HP, unless they skin the cat (see below). -You may hurt one person in the ring per entry period. (NB: That's per entrant, not "wait a half hour." If the next entrant enters at 4:00, you can hurt at 3:59 and then again at 4:01.) -You may not hurt the same user in consecutive periods, unless one of them is your extra hurt (see below) you must either hurt somebody else or wait for a period. -Once all users have entered, you must wait half an hour before voting a second time, and an hour before hurting the same person. Extra hurts still bypass both of these rules. -If for some reason an entry is more than 5 minutes late, consider the Rumble "paused" until further notice. -The last entrant standing will get an Undisputed Title Shot at Epopmania X!
NEW RULE: EXTRA HP BASED ON ENTRY NUMBER Earlier competitors have extra points in order to give them more of a fighting chance.
Entrants 1-2 will start on 16HP Entrants 3-10 will start on 15HP Entrants 11-15 will start on 14HP Entrants 16-20 will start on 13HP Entrants 21-25 will start on 12HP Entrants 26-30 will start on 11HP Entrants 31-40 will start on 10HP
All previous rules still apply.
EXTRA RULES FOR PARTICIPANTS -If you are in the ring and your vote is the one to eliminate a contestant, you get +1 HP. You may go above your starting HP in this fashion. -All participants have one "extra hurt" that may only be used while that participant is in the ring. You may use it at any time, and it counts towards neither how often you can vote or how often you can vote the same person. (So in period one, I could hurt Strife. In 2, I could hurt eddv and use my EXTRA hurt on Strife. In 3, it's been two periods, so I can regular hurt Strife again. The extra hurt is unaffected by rule 4.) If a competitor has used their extra hurt, the "#" by their name will be replaced with "X".
SKINNING THE CAT
-Entrants have the ability to "skin the cat", ie, hold on to the proverbial ropes to prevent elimination. -If eliminated, you have 5 minutes to post on xx:xx:00. However, you will have only ONE attempt at this, so time your attempt carefully. You must make it clear in your post that you are skinning the cat. -If you successfully skin the cat you will return to the Rumble with 2HP. -If you are at 1hp and somebody uses their double hurt on you, you are eliminated automatically and rendered unable to skin the cat. -If you eliminate someone while in the Rumble without using your double-hurt, you don't get the bonus point until either the 5-minute "skin the cat" period passes or they fail in their skin-the-cat attempt. -You may only skin the cat ONCE.
