Forum:Wiki Wars

Wiki Wars is a competition between members of Robot Wars Wiki on the robot combat video game, Robot Arena 2. The competition is filmed by RA2, and hosted on his YouTube channel. Wiki Wars has become a yearly tradition to celebrate the anniversary of Robot Wars Wiki, and is usually held during the first few months of the year.

Wiki Wars 1 (2009-2010)
The original idea for Wiki Wars was conceived by Helloher and Thyrus in November 2009. Users who wanted to enter would be able to create their own replicas or request that a replica be made by another user. 10 users entered the competition, and two byebots were added to create a 12 robot draw, in a format similar to that of the Dutch Series 1 heats. The competition took placing during December 2009 and January 2010, with X-Terminator (captained by Christophee) defeating Delldog (captained by Thyrus) in the final battle.

Wiki Wars 2 (2012)
After the success of the first competition, discussions soon began regarding a second, but as RA2 was initially too busy to host it, discussions were postponed. The idea was revived by Christophee in September 2011 as a celebration of the wiki's fourth anniversary in February 2012. Once again, users were able to create their own replicas or request one to be made by another user. 16 users entered the competition, which would take the format of a straight knockout. The competition took place in January and February 2012, with Gravity (captained by Helloher) defeating Thor (captained by Llamaman201) in the final battle.

Wiki Wars 3 (2014)
In January 2014, RA2 began preparations to hold a third competition to celebrate the wiki's sixth anniversary. This time around, users would not be able to create their own replicas, and instead would submit a list of replicas which had been made by RA2, who would choose which one of those choices would represent each user. A record number of 22 entries were made, and two byebots were added to create a 24 robot draw, in a format similar to that of the Dutch Series 1 heats. The competition took place from February to April 2014, with 13 Black (captained by Jimlaad43) defeating Hyperactive (captained by Headbanger14) in the final battle.

Wiki Wars 4 (2015)
In December 2014, RA2 began preparations to hold a fourth competition to celebrate the wiki's seventh anniversary. Just like the previous year, users would submit a list of replicas made by RA2, who would choose each user's representaive from that list. 18 users entered the competition, which would take a round-robin format similar to that of the International League Championship. The competition began in March 2015.