Forum:Veterans Day - Discussion

The Veterans Day tournament will be held in one week, starting Monday 7th September.

Competing Robots
There is one major problem that must be sorted. Of all the teams that fought in Extreme 1 and/or Series 5, seven of them fought in the First Wars and are therefore valid for this tournament, which wouldn’t work as a knock out tournament. The teams are;


 * Chaos 2
 * Diotoir
 * Killertron
 * Napalm 2
 * Plunderbird 5
 * Pussycat
 * Wowot

Fortunately this problem can be easily sorted. We could remove Pussycat, because by this stage none of the team members that fought in the First Wars were part of the team. (Robert Herrick left after Series 4).

However, I knew removing Pussycat would not be too popular, but fortunately there is an alternative. As you can see on the GBH talk page, we know for a fact the robot was up and running in 2001, and it is possible they entered, seeing as the Barberous website mentions “a funny robot shaped like a racing car” at the Series 5 qualifiers. Team Joint Effort fought in Series 1, so that would make a round eight. Usually, I wouldn’t want to bend reality like this, but we’ve never conclusively proven the team didn’t enter Series 5, so I guess an exception can be made.

Now some of you may be wondering “What about Mortis? They were supposed to fight Axe Awe in the Wild Card Warriors”. However, checking the Iron Awe website, it says that Mortis were unable to attend, so we can’t really include them.

Also, I know for a fact that Rex Garrod was competing at live events as late as 2003 with Cassius 3, but he would be unwilling to return to the show, so we can’t include him. I know I would be bending what we know if we included GBH 2, but the fact is we know for certain Mortis and Cassius did not enter Series 5/Extreme 1, whereas GBH 2 may well have done as we’ve never proven it didn’t.

Oh, and I don't want to hear any complaints about "Can't we just leave out Napalm as its a pile of rubbish" etc. Veterans Day is a tournament for teams that fought in Series 1, and Dartford Girls Grammer fought in Series 1, therefore Dartford Girls Grammar will be in the Veterans Day Tournament and that is final.

Ultimately, the choice is yours. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 11:40, August 31, 2015 (UTC)

To omit Pussycat, vote here


=To include GBH 2, vote here==