Here are the Rules
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Each player has been chosen from a pool of 64 players and grouped into divisions based on characteristics with other players. For example, Division A is the redneck crew! There will be 2 winners to advance from each division based on results of head to head battles with each member of the division. Division winners will advance with a record of 3-0 or 2-1. If somehow there is a tie for any battle, a tie breaker will be determined based on a random voting to take place via IRC at the time of the counting. Once again, the criteria of what "fail" means is strictly up to the voter. That person could be just slow witted, a person you'd never play with, a person you'd never eat with, a bad attacker, banker, mod, leader, speller, ANYTHING.

To vote
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Players will be matched up with another player. If you are in a group that includes yourself then you may NOT vote for yourself. If you don't know someone in a group then please do not simply skip that selection, just pick the person with the name you dislike the most or some other criteria that works for you. Copy and paste the voting list and then remove the player that you "don't" want to advance t the next round. For EXAMPLE:

Division 1

BC Cougar vs. Arganon.

- Your Vote:

Division 1

Arganon

Pretty simple right? If not, then consider yourself a strong contender for failcup champion =p

Winners
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Aside from the excitement of advancing and the fun and chatter we will have, the top 3 players will receive special prizes. #1 will win a not yet determined prize but will be announced when winners are placed. #2 and #3 will win a vip and a thank you for being a good sport badge made of invisible material mailed to 1907 santa clause lane and available for pick up between 4:29 and 4:30 am on sundays only.

The deadline for voting will vary because...well...I'm a human and I have stuff to do =p But each Heat will more than likely be 1-2 days long to give time for voting and speculation. Winners will have a week to claim prizes. If that person is no longer participating in IC then their prize will be forfeited to another who is currently and actively around. Such as the case was with Arganon who won last year's failcup and immediately disappeared from IC lol

Disclaimer
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This is not an attempt to be mean, rude, prejudiced or anything of that nature to anyone in the community. We have some fun people and we have some not so fun people here, but overall we've all contributed to what has grown to be a tightknit online family here over the past 10-11 years and as all families do, we argue and bicker but we are all still family. Anyone being completely out of line or disrespectful will suffer consequences such as forfeiture of prize, being removed from the tournament or otherwise. I realize people will campaign for or against votes but once again, lets all have fun and keep things like that to a bare minimum. Any other questions, please post them here or find me via chat. Happy Voting!

Conference A

Division 1 (Rednecks!!!)

HydroP
Whiteshadow
Scorp
Arby3

Division 2 (Menstruals)

Wendy
Xara
KT
Pain

Division 3 (Uh...Wtf did you just say??)

Melvin
Woodchucks
Dixie
Portgas

Division 4 (Bad Randoms)

DYT
Cloud
Artic
Tryme

Conference B

Division  1 (Worse Randoms)

Lew Lew
Fygaro
King
PickleArmy

Division 2 (Alcoholics Annonymous)

TheBigOne
The Unknown
Dpenguins
Undeath

Division 3 (The President Bush Boys)

The Yell
Zarf Beeblebrix
Flint
TCO

Division 4 (Fail Force 5)

Insane
Primo
Orbit
Glenn

Conference C

Division  1 (Shadyyyyyy nap deals!)

Genesis
Spam
Oxygen
GX Reborn

Division 2 (De-Leeters)

Luster
IC Death
AA
Lee

Division 3 (Rogue Tag Candidates)

Baratheon
Gwynedd
Aleph
Ocho

Division 4 (The Money Clique)

Zidi
Torqez
Gondor
Noir

Conference D

Division  1 (The Attack Team)

Nolio
Airwing
Colorado
RisingDown

Division 2 (The Rage Crew)

KTiger
Teddy
Render
Glue

Division 3 (The PW Noobs)

Flashy
Rest
Rogue
Khorinis

Division 4 (PW Noobs v2.1)

Tsunami
MotherJedi
Snailex
Humanity