Warning: Do not follow all the rules at once; your liver won't thank you.note
- Take a shot for every character considered to be OP in their work who gets Worf'd. Take another if it's by a character that's way below their weight class, and another if it's during the bloodbath.
- Two if it's a Magic School Bus character who does the worfing.
- Take a shot every time a limbless tribute does something that requires, well, limbs.
- Take a shot every time a tribute engages in cannibalism.
- Take a shot every time a certain character is nominated more than once.note
- Two if they secure a Hall of Fame spot more than once. Keep adding shots with each podium finish.
- Three if they were previously your tribute.
- Two if it's just a few seasons after their last nomination (with exceptions for Battle Royale or Death Battle nominations).
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's a RWBY, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Undertale, Polandball, Overwatch, Star Wars, Touhou Project, Danganronpa, Homestuck, Pokémon, Final Fantasy, Mortal Kombat, or My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic character.
- Three if it's Flowey, Sans, Temmie, Mettaton, Asgore, Frisk, Toriel, Undyne, Yang Xiao Long, Blake Belladonna, Roman Torchwick, Adam Taurus, Reaper, Widowmaker, Soldier: 76, Tracer, Roadhog, Kars, Yoshikage Kira, Dio Brando, Rohan Kishibe, Sayaka Miki, Steven Universe, Peridot, Sephiroth, Kanaya Maryam, Eridan Ampora, Lord English, Bill Cipher, Kirby, or Nemo.
- Four if they die again.
- For the Reboot, take two if it's a Kirby, Metroid, or Fate Series character.
- Three if it's Kirby himself for the first one or Ridley for the second.
- Two if they secure a Hall of Fame spot more than once. Keep adding shots with each podium finish.
- Take a shot whenever someone dies by getting ganged up on by a group of tributes or a group tribute consisting of an exceptional number of characters.
- Two if someone refers to it as the "Aang treatment" in the Original Generation, or if said tribute is killed by a group of tributes that includes said group tribute.
- Take a shot whenever a Crack Pairing happens during the season's regular bouts of Ship Tease.
- Two if an orgy is involved.note
- Take a shot every time someone mentions Brain Bleach.
- Take a shot every time a character does something that they wouldn't be able to do in their work.
- Take a shot for every Pun made by the host or one of the spectators.
- Two if it's Troper No. 9001.note
- Take a shot every time a character dies an improbable death (e. g. An Ice Person dying from hypothermia, someone who can breathe underwater drowning, a non-living object dying from poison or strangulation, a character who can fly falling off a cliff, etc).
- Take a shot every time someone tries to tempt fate.
- Take two if someone makes a point of not tempting fate, only for this to backfire on them.
- Three if the person doing this is President Stalkeyes.
- Take a shot whenever a recurring tribute gets the Butt-Monkey treatment.
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's Kars, Boba Fett, Asgore, Sans, Voldemort, Super Vegito, Roman Torchwick, SCP-682, Reaper, Snoop Dogg, or Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu.
- Three if any of the above dies in the bloodbath.
- Down the entire bottle if any of the above makes the podium and/or the most kills.
- For the Reboot, take two if it's Kirby.
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's Kars, Boba Fett, Asgore, Sans, Voldemort, Super Vegito, Roman Torchwick, SCP-682, Reaper, Snoop Dogg, or Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu.
- Take a shot every time a character forgets that they can escape certain deaths using their powers.
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's Kirby.
- Take a shot whenever a tribute kills their own blood relative.
- Two if it's filicide or Sibling Murder.
- For the Original Generation, take three if characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are involved.
- Two if it's filicide or Sibling Murder.
- Take two shots whenever the death count for the day reaches double digits.
- Take a shot when a tribute manages to land a podium finish without killing anyone.
- Two if they end up winning.
- Take a shot and facepalm whenever one of your tributes kills another of your tributes.
- Take a shot whenever a Moe character goes on a murderous rampage.
- Two if someone lampshades the fact.
- For the Original Generation, take three if it's a Cure, an Azumanga Daioh character, or a rabbit.
- For the Reboot, take three if it's an EarthBound (1994)/Mother character.
- Take a shot when a tribute does something that's actually rather in-character for them.
- Two if the host says "(character) does what (something related to said character) does" or any variation of it.
- Two if said event was specifically tailored to that tribute (e. g. Undyne suplexing a boulder, just because she can; a Homestuck character playing Sburb, etc.).
- Take a shot whenever a player reacts poorly to their tributes performing ineptly and dying unceremoniously.
- Two if it's Infinity Ryujin, Ichigo Montoya, President Stalkeyes, VengefulBale, or Warmaster23rat.
- Take a shot whenever someone asks who'll be the next host.
- Two if the person asking is Ichigo Montoya.
- Two if a host is found, but someone asks who's gonna runnote the season.
- Take a shot whenever tributes get into a rap battle/war with each other.
- Two if characters who are incapable of human speech are involved.
- Take a shot every time someone suggests a new custom event to be added.
- Two if it's Troper No. 9001, or if the event is some type of Cruel and Unusual Death.
- Take a shot whenever an inanimate object is nominated.
- Two if it's an abstract concept, location, or a celestial body, or if 4fterthought, The Gamechanger, or Absol Sigma's the one nominating it.
- Three if it makes it to the Hall of Fame, or if one of the players says something along the lines of "it's going to be one of those seasons" during the nomination period.
- Take two shots if two arena events happen in one season.
- Take a shot whenever a season averts the One-Steve Limit.
- Two if a player intentionally does this by nominating tributes who all have the same name.
- Take a shot when, during a Battle Royale or Murderers' Battle, a contender who did exceptionally well in one of the seasons leading up to it dies unceremoniously in the Bloodbath.
- Take two shots if two or more characters are nominated as one tribute.note
- Take another shot if it's a whole team of characters.
- Take four shots instead if it's a huge group of characters like "all of humanity".
- Add one more if The Gamechanger nominates it.
- Down the bottle if the presence of mixed-age group tributes causes the Clean Save to be used right away.note
- Take a shot whenever a character acts like the exact opposite of their canon selves.
- Take a shot whenever one tribute reveals to the other that they're their long-lost sibling or their parent.
- For the Original Generation, take two if a Pokémon is involved in the sibling reveal.
- Take a shot if a tribute kills a group tribute, but doesn't make the most kills at the end.note
- Do a Double Take and take another if they actually do.
- Take another shot if by killing said group tribute, the killer looks like an Omnicidal Maniac.
- Take a shot if a tribute declares themselves the Final Boss of the Hunger Games Simulator, only to die immediately after.
- Take a shot if they don't die and actually go on to be a podium finisher. For extra fun, you can also add extra shots depending on their place (third is one shot, second is two, and first is three).
- Take a shot for every tribute that dies in the bloodbath.
- Take another, facepalm, and play Losing Horns if your tribute steps off their podium too soon and blows up during the bloodbath.
- Take a shot every time a tribute finds another tribute's sock drawer.
- Take a shot whenever a tribute receives something from an unknown sponsor.
- Two shots if the thing in question is a live explosive.
- Add one shot to either of the above if someone sarcastically says that the tribute doing the receiving has supportive sponsors.
- Spit out your drink if it's revealed who the sponsor is.
- Take a shot if a tribute that doesn't normally wear clothes loses or gets their "clothes" stolen, or if they receive a wedgie from another tribute, or if someone compliments their "outfit".
- For the Original Generation, take two if any of the above happens to a pony.
- Down the bottle and scream in frustration if your tribute finishes in 4th place without the most kills, just missing the chance to be a podium finisher.
- Take a shot if a tribute gains a harem.
- Take another shot if it becomes the most popular harem anime of the current season.
- For the Original Generation, take a shot if a Ben 10 character dies before Day Five note .
- Take another shot if the character also died without getting a kill.
- Take another shot if the character also died in the Bloodbath, Day One, or Night One.
- Take another shot if the character was worf'd.
- Take another shot if the character gets a podium finish or most kills in a gag save.
- Down the whole drink if the character gets a podium finish or most kills in a CANON save.
- Take a shot if Eredars nominates a Square Enix character.
- Take a shot if Zanreo nominates a Neptunia, Consolers or Rhythm Game character.
- Take a shot if she nominates her favorite meme-related character, CATS.
- Take a shot if Troper No. 9001 nominates a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, or Magic School Bus character.
- Take another shot if she nominates Toriel or Carlos, her favorite characters from Undertale and TMSB, respectively.
- Add one more shot if she nominates Sans and Carlos together.
- Take another shot if she nominates Toriel or Carlos, her favorite characters from Undertale and TMSB, respectively.
- Take a shot if Ichigo Montoya nominates a Star Wars character.
- Take a shot if Infinity Ryujin nominates a Homestuck, Monster Hunter, or Len'en character.
- Take another shot if he nominates Clause or Suzumi Kuzu, his favorite characters from the latter.
- Take a shot if dave_the_assassin nominates members of his favorite band, Linkin Park.
- Take a shot if Psychedelicate nominates a character from Danganronpa or My Hero Academia.
- Two if she nominates Kazuichi Souda or Eijirou Kirishima, her favourite characters from the former and latter respectively.
- Take a shot if Sailor Tardis nominates a Winx Club Character.
- Take a shot if Hydraloonie nominates a Simpsons or a Transformers character.
- Take a shot if 4fterthought nominates a character from Toad Patrol.
- Take a shot if Star Android Jaguar nominates two tributes that are only vaguely similar/related.
- Take another if at least one of them has been nominated in a different Season.
- Take a shot if Mhazard nominates cute girls.
- Two if he nominates Sayaka Miki, Ribeyrolles, or a Kirby personification.
- Three if he nominates Kitaeri herself.
- Take a shot if Def Revenge 24601 nominates a character from SNK.
- Take another shot if it's a Boss character.
- Take another shot if the tribute dies and he congratulates their killer for their accomplishment.
- Take a shot if Emperor_Ing nominates a Terraria or Terraria Calamity character.
- Take a shot if Oggy 123 nominates a Kirby or EarthBound (1994)/Mother 3 tribute.
- Two if it's Kirby for the former or any of the Chosen Four for the latter.
- Three if it's the latter as one tribute.
- Two if it's Kirby for the former or any of the Chosen Four for the latter.
- Take a shot if Mhazard or leafsaber47 nominates a Girls' Frontline character. note
- Take a shot if Billy5545 nominates a Jojos Bizarre Adventure or Touhou Project character.
- Take a shot if you go to sleep and wake up to find one or both of your tributes dead the next day.
- Take a shot whenever a player predicts how their tributes will do before a season even begins.
- Take another if they're right.
- Take a shot whenever a tribute dies in an ironic fashion.
- Two if another tribute plays "Ironic" on their speakers after seeing the ironic death.
- Take a shot if someone nominates a clone of an existing tribute.
- Take another if it's Mhazard or Taco Badger, and another if the latter names the clone Ron.
- Take a shot whenever a certain tribute does a good job in one or more gag saves, only to perform much more incompetently and die unceremoniously in the actual season.
- Take a shot, then put the glass bottom-side-up if a tribute who performs poorly in a season does exceptionally well in the gag save after it.
- Take a shot when a tribute who's normally decent in their canon work becomes The Scrappy among players due to the simulator's random nature subjecting them to a case of Adaptational Villainy.
- Take a shot if a tribute who's a jerk or outright villain in their canon work is subjected to a case of Adaptational Heroism.
- Two shots if the players end up rooting for them.
- Take a shot whenever one tribute kills another for a petty reason.
- For the Original Generation, take two if a Danganronpa character does this.
- When he's hosting, take a shot when The Gamechanger intends to go to sleep after his last update, only to make one more because he can't.
- Take a shot if someone asks if there's any progress with tribute input/running/screening.
- Two if it's Troper No. 9001.
- Take a shot if a previous podium finisher and/or mass murderer winds up performing poorly in their next non-Battle Royale/Death Battle appearance.
- Take a shot if a fatal event that you submitted yourself kills one of your own tributes.
- Take two shots if it's the first appearance of the fatal event you submitted that kills them.
- Take a shot if both of your tributes are killed by the same tribute. If your reserves make it in and are killed by that tribute as well, make that two.
- Three if they both die in the same attack.
- Down the whole bottle if your reserves make it in and they all die in the same attack.
- Three if they both die in the same attack.
- Take a long shot if for whatever reason other than sleeping or other emergencies, the gap between updates is longer than usual.
- Three if the host is dave_the_assassin, Inactive Troper 19, or Tabby Girl 4.
- Take a shot if one of the players points out that a fatal event isn't actually worded in a way that suggests fatality.
- Take a shot if a tribute kills President Snow.
- Take another if Snow is killed more than once in the same season, or if he was nominated as a tribute.
- Add another if he was nominated as two or more separate tributes.
- Take another if Snow is killed more than once in the same season, or if he was nominated as a tribute.
- Take a shot if one of the players submits an event involving President Snow.
- Take another shot if the event revolves around a tribute killing Snow, a tribute getting killed by Snow, or a tribute getting romantic with him.
- Take a shot if a tribute accidentally kills another.
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's a My Hero Academia character who does it.
- Take a shot if a tribute turns into an Improbable Weapon User.
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's a Finding Nemo tribute.
- Three if it's either member (or all members) of the main trio (Marlin, Dory, and Nemo).
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's a Finding Nemo tribute.
- Take a shot whenever a tribute ends up being The Woobie.
- Two if said tribute is a jerk or villain in their source material.
- Take a shot if an arena event prompts particularly late in the Season.
- Take two shots if said arena event determines the final outcome of the Season.
- Take a shot if the reason a save ends up being a gag save and not the canon save is because of an early arena event.
- Two shots if there's more than one arena event in said gag save.
- Do a double take and then take a shot if an arena event, against all odds, manages to not kill any of the tributes.
- Take a shot if the Feast somehow doesn't prompt in a Season.
- Take a shot if nobody dies in the Feast.
- Take a shot if none of the tributes die during the Bloodbath.
- Take a shot if a tribute's only fatal attack during a Season is a multi-kill attack that lands them with the most kills.
- Two shots if they end up with a non-tied kill count (they're the only tribute with that many kills)
- Three shots if this happens in the Bloodbath or during the first 2-3 days, and yet another shot if they also die early.
- Two shots if they end up with a non-tied kill count (they're the only tribute with that many kills)
- Take a shot whenever a season has five or more tributes tied for most kills.
- Take a shot if five or more gag saves are posted between seasons.
- Two if Star Android Jaguar is behind all of them.
- Three if no runner has been decided yet.
- Two if Star Android Jaguar is behind all of them.
- Take a shot if someone asks if there are any spots left during the sign-up phase.
- Take a shot if both of your tributes die in the same update.
- Add another shot if this not only happens in the same update, but the same part. For example, Day One.
- Add another shot if they both die in the same event.
- Add another shot if this happens in the Bloodbath.
- Add another shot if it happens to Infinity Ryujin and he complains about it.
- Add another shot if this not only happens in the same update, but the same part. For example, Day One.
- Take a shot if a prophecy predicting that a certain tribute will ultimately kill the other or vice versa does not come true.
- Two if it's because one of the tributes involved decided to change their fate.
- Do a Double Take and spit out your drink if it actually does.
- Take a shot if a tribute gets killed or otherwise dies in the same way they killed another tribute.
- Take a shot if a player who has nominated a pair of siblings mentions the possibility of said siblings killing each other.
- Two if this actually happens in the season.
- Take a shot if any of the players say that they wish a particular gag save had been the canon season.
- Two if this is because one of their tributes was a podium finisher and/or mass murderer in the gag save.
- Take a shot if someone changes their tributes during the nomination period.
- Take a shot if someone nominates an alternate version of a canon character, canonical or otherwise.
- Two if they're nominated alongside their canon selves.
- Three if it's Mhazard who nominated them.
- Two if they're nominated alongside their canon selves.
- Take a shot if a troper says "(X), I am disappoint", "You had one job, (X)", "God dammit, (X)" or "Sigh" after one (or more) of their tributes dies.
- Two if it's Ichigo Montoya who says one of the former two or Infinity Ryujin who says one of the latter two.
- Take a shot if 4fterthought says "oof" after one or both of her tributes die.
- Take a shot if a tribute kills another tribute in a gag save and then proceeds to kill the very same tribute in the canon season.
- Give a toast to a newcomer and take a shot together if they get a podium finisher and/or mass murderer in their first season.
- Take a shot if two tributes belonging to the same player both become podium finishers in the same season.
- Two if all three of the season's podium finishers come from the same player.
- Do a Double Take and take three if that season's mass murderer also belongs to the same player, thus letting them sweep the entire season.
- Two if all three of the season's podium finishers come from the same player.
- Take a shot whenever the Sorting Hat sorts a tribute into an unfitting house.
- Two if it intentionally does just to mess with them.
- Down the bottle and facepalm if your reserves make it in, but all of your tributes die in the Bloodbath or on Day 1.
- Take a shot if a normally vegetarian tribute eats meat.
- For the Original Generation, take two if it's a pony who does it.
- Take a shot if someone nominates tributes, not knowing that it's the Battle Royale/Death Battle, when they should be nominating their contenders instead.
- Two if it's Arcada 188.
- Take a shot if someone suggests an event inspired by their own or someone else's tributes.
- Two if it's a variant of an existing event instead.
- Take a shot if two tributes perform a Fastball Special to kill a third one.
- For the Original Generation, take two if one or both of them are ponies, à la Princess Cadance and Shining Armor.
- Take a shot if a tribute breaks down crying upon receiving word about the death of a loved one on the first day, and if a player infers that said loved one is from the tribute's source material and they died offscreen.
- Take a shot whenever a particularly powerful tribute is kicked out of the Salty Spittoon for supposedly being "too weak."
- Take another shot if the tribute who got in is significantly weaker than them.
- Take a shot if two players switch roles in hosting/running.
- Two if Troper No. 9001 and dave_the_assassin do so.
- Take a shot if a tribute absorbs the Jinsei and corrupts Earthrealm in the process during the Bloodbath.
- Three if they're killed by another tribute before they could finish the job.
- Take a shot if a tribute snaps and kills several others at once.note
- Take a shot every time a group tribute wins in a competition against all the individuals.
- For the Original Generation, take two if someone brings up the Red Squadron incident from Season 174.note
- Take a shot whenever a tribute who didn't fare well under one nominator, especially if they've appeared in several seasons beforehand, performs phenomenally when another player nominates them.
- For the Reboot, take a shot every time a tribute consumes a strange food/drink labeled "Eat Me"/"Drink Me", causing them to grow taller/shrink.
- Two if it happens in the Bloodbath or if they die while doing so.
- Three if Xingo's feat in the pilot gets brought up if the tribute shrinks.
- Two if it happens in the Bloodbath or if they die while doing so.
- Take a shot if two similar events happen one after another.
- Two if it's the exact same event.
- Take a shot if a tribute wrongly calls out another for being a killer.
- Take a shot every time a tribute transforms into another species or disguises themselves as another tribute through Shapeshifting.
- Two if they turn into a Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot as a result of multiple transformations.
- Take a shot every time a tribute gets a power-up or transforms into a more powerful form.
- Two if they're immediately killed by a weaker tribute.
- Take a shot if a tribute gets punished or mistreated for their good deeds.
- Two if they're killed for them.
- Take a shot for every body part a tribute loses.
- Take a shot every time a tribute does something stupid.
- Two if it results in their death.
- Take a shot every time one of the players doesn't get the reference in an event.
- Two if it's Psychedelicate (in the OG) or Ichigo Montoya (in the Reboot).
- Two if Troper No. 9001 explains the event.
- Three if she does it before someone asks.
- For the Reboot, take two shots every time Starlight Glimmer kills one of Vengeful Bale's tributes.
- Three if she kills both or all of them.
- Take a shot every time a tribute celebrates their birthday.
- Two if they have a canon birthday and/or age, dating the season.
- Three if another tribute celebrates their canon birthday, but it's far from the first's, thus messing up the timeline.
- Two if they have a canon birthday and/or age, dating the season.
- Take a shot every time someone asks when the next update is.
- Two if it's dave_the_assassin, Ichigo Montoya, or Psychedelicate.
- Take a shot if a tribute gets into the exact same event twice during the same season, and another for each time it happens again.
- Two if the second time happens the day/night after the first time.
- Take a shot for every broken event that happens during a canon season.
- Two if Ichigo Montoya points out a grammatically broken one.
- Three if the event's a fatal event mistakenly made nonfatal or vice versa, and four if it happens in a season ran by Billy 5545.
- Two if Ichigo Montoya points out a grammatically broken one.
- Down the entire bottle and try to realize what's going on when a tribute subjects another tribute to the entire list of non-blacklisted fatal events.