Entry Lives is a feature in Splash contests that determines how many losses a participant can incur before being eliminated.
What Are Entry Lives?
'Entry Lives' refers to the number of losses a participant can sustain before being eliminated. Each Entry Life is allocated per entry — if a participant has multiple entries, lives are tracked independently for each.
1 Life: Eliminated after the first loss.
2 Lives: Can sustain one loss; eliminated after the second. (One "mulligan.")
3 Lives: Allows three losses before elimination.
The maximum number of lives that can be set is 5 Entry Lives.
Configuring Entry Lives Before the Contest
Editable window: Entry Lives are fully editable before any entries are made. After entries are submitted but before the contest starts, changes can be made up to 48 hours before the first game (or 24 hours for Daily Survivor contests).
Setting Lives: Configure additional lives during this period if you want to allow multiple losses.
Finalizing Other Settings: Elimination formats and playoff schedules must also be confirmed during this period — they cannot be adjusted after entries are made.
Locked Settings After Contest Start
Once a contest starts, Entry Lives are locked:
Entry Lives cannot be changed after the contest begins.
Any change is applied going forward only — not retroactively.
Elimination Format: Cannot switch to double-elimination after the contest starts. Configure multiple lives before the contest begins if this format is desired.
Playoff Schedules: Must be included during contest creation — they cannot be added once the contest starts.
Workarounds: Manual Revivals
If Entry Lives were configured incorrectly and the contest is already live, you can use manual revivals to simulate additional lives in self-managed contests. Manual revivals are limited to three times per member during the contest. Eliminated members can be revived; booted members are permanently removed and cannot be revived through any means.
How to Use Manual Revivals:
Navigate to the Commissioner tab.
Select Manage on the contest.
Open Entrants Manager and click the Revivals tab.
Choose participants to revive and restore them manually.
Revivals become available only after the weekly slate of games is completed (e.g., after Monday night football in NFL Survivor contests).
Commissioners have exclusive permissions for revivals — participants cannot access this feature.
Contest Revivals
Contest Revivals allow users to continue participating after elimination. Revivals may be activated automatically (if multiple Entry Lives are pre-configured) or manually by the commissioner after the weekly slate ends. When revived, participants carry over their original Entry Lives and teams, subject to team reuse limits.
In Splash-managed contests, buyback flows are designed for paid events. In self-managed contests, revivals may involve offering additional lives to all participants automatically or reviving specific entrants manually.
Automation and Limitations
Automatic Revivals: If multiple Entry Lives are set, participants are automatically revived until all lives are consumed.
Manual Revivals: Commissioners can revive participants via the Revivals tab in Entrants Manager.
Revivals do not reset team reuse limits or Entry Lives.
Participants can't swap revived entries with other entries.
Timing: Revivals are available only after the weekly slate ends. The Entrants Manager shows "Coming soon" when inactive.
Access: Only commissioners can perform revivals (Commissioner tab > Manage > Entrants Manager > Revivals).
Buyback Settings
Splash contests include a Buyback feature (similar to mulligans) that allows participants to buy back into the contest under specific conditions. Configure this during contest setup under 'Buyback Settings.'
Be sure to double-check Entry Lives configuration before the contest begins — post-start changes are restricted. If errors occur, manual revivals provide a limited workaround.
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