First, the basic cup rules:
I will begin each match by prompting the studio audience (that would be anybody not in the cup and anybody not competing in the current match) for various story elements. After 24 hours, I will select the elements from among those suggested (or I will just go ahead and make up my own) and I will create the rules for the match. The contestants of the current match will then have 24 hours to post their rules-compliant entries. The 1st round will require the contestants to combine 2 elements in their comics, the 2nd round will have 3 elements, the 3rd round will have 4 elements, and the finals will have 5 elements.
Voting will begin after both entries are posted or 24 hours have passed since the rules for the current match were posted, whichever comes first. Any cup participant not competing in the current match can vote. Voting will cease 24 hours after both entries have been posted. I will extend deadlines if you tell me in advance. At the end of voting, the contestant with the most votes at that time advances. I will act as a tie-breaker in the event of a tie.
I know these deadlines are a bit less generous than in previous cups, but I'd like to keep the pace up to keep this thing from lasting months. I intend to not count weekend days (I am not sure what kind of internet access I will have on weekends for the next couple of months) in the deadlines, so I want to keep things moving along during the week.
Also, any of these 24-hour periods are somewhat flexible. I ain't gonna get up at 6am to do cup business if that's when a certain 24-hour period is over. As we go along, it may become apparent that 24 hours isn't realistic anyway, so I'll play it by ear.
Here are the 1st round brackets (I wrote a Javascript to randomize the seedings):
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Match #1:
fuzzyman
vs.
kramer_vs_kramer
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Match #2:
ladyjdotnet
vs.
crabby
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Match #3:
skagg
vs.
flickguy
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Match #4:
ElTigreMask2K
vs.
lara7
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Match #5:
andydougan
vs.
Big Evil Dan
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Match #6:
habnem
vs.
evil_d
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Match #7:
Kevin Keegans Perm
vs.
DexX
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Match #8:
Spankling
vs.
attitudechicka
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And off we go...
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