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Date: Sunday, July 25th 2010 4:19am CDT
Categories: Heavy Metal War,
Transtopia
Posted by: Burn |
Credit(s): Burn
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Ever since Ryan flicked the switch on
Heavy Metal War game, the HMW forums have been graced with many creative players. Some kitbashed, some photoshopped, some simply wrote fics while others drew renditions of their characters. But they all brought their HMW characters to life in some form.
Jason Tyler is a relatively new player to the game but he's kept on with the HMW creative tradition.
Drawing inspiration from the hugely popular
Mosaics and HMW mission logs, Jason has created a short three part series entitled "Firestormers".
Anxious for more? Then stay tuned as Jason is working on the "Inferno" series based on the "Inferno" mission texts.
Date: Thursday, May 20th 2010 4:46pm CDT
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Burn |
Credit(s): Dragonslayer
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Alright Autobot Commanders, time to pay attention. Autobot Commander Dragonslayer has put together a little scalp hunting contest for you to compete in.
That's right, an
AUTOBOT ONLY contest. A little friendly rivalry between you and your fellow Autobots and all you have to do is what you normally do, hunt down and stasis lock a few Decepticons.
Here are the details!
Dragonslayer wrote:That's right, Autobots! It's time for a little friendly competition with a scalphunt! The rules are as follows:
* Event will begin on Sunday, May 23, at 12:00 pm Central Daylight Time and will end on Saturday, May 29, at midnight CDT
* Claims may be tracked in the upcoming Claims Thread (for those who have access to Iacon)
* Only Missions with at least 3 combatants a side will count
* To make up for limiting missions and rarity of alts, you will be allowed to claim the same Decepticon more than once
Your targets will be Decepticons with the following altmodes:
Raze
Watchdog
Darknight
Fireheel
Whirlwind
Pandemic
Stand Off
Road Rage
Rundown
Cloudrazor
Diesel
Spectre
All participants will receive an icon similar to the Autobot Spartan symbol in my avatar or sig, with the color representing the number of kills you registered (bronze, silver, gold, etc.). In addition, the top 3 players will receive an energon bonus, courtesy of RevengeofStarscream and the Bank of Iacon: 1st place will receive 600,000, 2nd place will receive 300,000, and 3rd place will receive 150,000.
So get ready! Then hunt begins midday on Sunday...Good luck!!
To read the backstory to the hunt that Dragonslayer has written, and to join in on any hunt related chatter,
check in on hunt central here
NOTE: HMW Staff apologise in advance to those Autobot Commanders that currently do not have access to Iacon, the Autobot faction forum. Rest assurred though that there will be plenty of other competitions in the future that we hope you'll stick around to participate in!
Date: Sunday, February 28th 2010 2:04pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Mkall |
Credit(s): Redimus GTS
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Legacy of the Quintessons
Due to problems caused by the recent hardware failure, the tournament will start as a traditional tournament with all missions ending with '0' and '5' counting. First official mission will be: 191305
Running Dates:
Sunday 28th Feb, 9pm GMT*
- Sunday 14th March, 9pm GMT
Event Tagline:
Two mighty combiner groups lead task forces into “The Graveyard”.Which group can lead it’s faction to the Quintesson’s lost knowledge?
Event Format:
A 2 week tournament with a kills related mini-game.
In an age long past…
Cybertron has not always belonged to The Transformers. Not long after the first Transformers came on line the planet was found by an empire under the control of a race known as the Quintessons.
The Quintessons saw the abilities of the Transformers and realized they had found the perfect weapon with which to expand their empire. The early Transformers, unaware of the wider galaxy, welcomed their arrival. All too quickly the Transformers had become slaves to the Quintesson Empire. Using the Cybertronian body as inspiration the Quintessons developed the Sharkticons, simple minded brutes that served as their foot soldiers, and their elite warriors known as Allicons.
However, the Cybertronian minds yearned for freedom, and the Transformers revolted. Slowly but surely, the drove the Quintessons off the planet. Such was their desire for freedom that it still drives the Transformers of today. The leaders of the rebellion became the first Primes, and the Quintessons passed into myth, for no living Cybertronian remembers that dismal age.
Their defeat on Cybertron marked the start of the Quintesson’s downfall. Soon enough their empire had collapsed as their numerous enemies banded together to drive the Quintessons from the worlds they claimed. Eventually their home world of Quintessa was at risk of being overrun. The Quintessons chose to destroy their home world rather than allow it to be captured. Their reign was over.
However…
Driven mad by their loss, the Quintessons became obsessed with regaining control of Cybertron, trying increasingly desperate gambits to seize control of the world. Eventually they struck a deal with the unholy entity known as The Fallen. While The Fallen’s ultimate aim remains a mystery, the goal of the Quintessons was clear. Sending in an invasion force of Sharkticons, the Quintessons began their war to retake Cybertron.
Ultimately, they failed. Faced with a common foe, the Autobots and Decepticons fought side by side to ensure the Quintessons could not restart their empire. Facing defeat, The Fallen betrayed his allies, unleashing an ion storm that destroyed the Quintesson fleet. As the surviving Quintessons fled they left their wrecked ships as testament to their foolishness in making such an unwise bargain.
Still, the Cybertronian forces were broken by the effort of fending off the invaders, and old enmities quickly tore the alliance apart. Neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons had the resources to claim the wrecked ships and so they were left untouched. Over time this region of Cybertron’s solar system became known as the Quintesson Grave or, often, simply “The Graveyard.”
Untouched, but not forgotten.
Time passed and the war for Cybertron continued as both sides recovered from the injuries inflicted. All the while the Transformers kept an optic trained on the sky, wondering if the Quintessons would return, or what they had left behind as they tried to escape the wrath of The Fallen.
The Present.
After the reintegration of the splinter factions known as the Maximals and the Predacons, both factions have found them selves with more resources than they have had for megacycles. The Autobot high command has decided to risk it’s new found wealth in a make or break mission to retrieve the scientific and technological knowledge left by the Quintessons in the The Graveyard, and have amassed a large task force led by Computron.
However, the Decepticons have learnt of this plan and committed a rival force, led by the mighty Devastator, to beat the Autobots to the Quintesson’s treasures. Now the race is on as both sides seek the treasures left behind in the wake of the Quintesson’s defeat.
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Legacy of the Quintessons: Main Tournament.
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Only special tournament missions can count towards the final result.
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Valid missions must have at least one warrior from both factions to count.
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Each faction’s total final total will be the sum of all their wins, multiplied by a value derived from the Seek and Destroy/Cut Out Their Supply Lines result.
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The victorious faction will unlock the ability to use the Quintesson’s technology, in the shape of these new and improved alts**
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Legacy of the Quintessons: Mech of War.
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Competition to discover the most deadly commanders.
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Only kills landed in valid tournament missions count.
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All kill claims are to be posted in the Tournament Claims Thread (to be posted).
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All claims must include a link to the mission, plus the timestamp, your character’s name and the vanquished character’s name.
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Example: 01:14 Behalter Maximus punches Bullet-cjb.
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[url=(address of mission)]00:00 Your character does something to Their character.[/url]
[url=/heavymetalwar/view_mission.php?mission_id=190631]01:14 Behalter Maximus punches Bullet-cjb.[/url]
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The most effective commander from each faction will win the chance to select any alt from the rotation to be permantly assigned to their team
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The most effective commander of all will also win**
a unique, slightly overpowered***
weapon.
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Tournament created by Redimus
Story and Mission texts created by Kaijubot
With thanks to Mkall.
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Due to the recent problems, the start of the tournament may be delayed, and if access to the database cannot be gained within the first few hours, the tournament will begin using the old system of missions ending in '0' and '5'.*
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All prizes are dependent upon restoration of the required tools for the database after the recent problems.**
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The name of the weapon is entirely up to the winner, and they will be required to pick it’s stat requirement. From the stat requirement, the power of the weapon will be calculated to be slightly more powerful than normally allowed by the stats. *
Date: Tuesday, January 5th 2010 1:13pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Comic Book News,
People News,
Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Delicon |
Credit(s): Jim Sorenson
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Our good friend Jim Sorenson has just dropped us a line to let us know about the latest post he's made on his Disciples of Boltax blog.
This time around, he treats us to some backgrounds from "Roll for it." Diehard G1 fans will most likely remember that this was a first season Sunbow cartoon episode. In fact, it was only the 5th ever Transformers show aired and just the 2nd after the initial mini-series.
We have excerpted part of the sketch, but to see the rest of the image along with a lot of other cool stuff, be sure to check out Jim's blog by visting boltax.blogspot.com or by clicking
here.
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Date: Monday, November 2nd 2009 3:24am CST
Categories: Site News,
Site Articles,
Heavy Metal War,
Transtopia
Posted by: Dead Metal |
Credit(s): Transtopia, HMW
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So it's the 2. of November which means the dead-line for the Transtopia HMW art contest is reached. If you haven't submitted your entry by now we're sorry but we can no longer except it.
The HMW team will now review the entries and announce which one they choose to be the official game map for Heavy Metal War.
Thank you for your entries.
Date: Monday, October 12th 2009 6:02am CDT
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Mkall |
Credit(s): Psychout
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As most of you know, Moggy has decided he wants something a bit more colourful than the 1982 ZX-Spectrum graphics we have currently, so we've decided to up the ante on the altmodes making them larger and more detailed (this 2009 after all!) Whats more, we've also decided to add
robot modes,
weapons and
armourinto the mix as well.
So, to put it simply: If there is an alt, robot mode, weapon or eve a piece of armo
ur you want in the game, please make an icon for it using the instructions below (now with Youtube tutorial video's!!!) and add it here along with its name and where you got the picture from. The staff will then add it into the game in depending on its suitability and how early Burn had to get up that morning.
Using the below instructions, I was able to make these 2 alts as an example:
Soundwave -
Bugatti Veyron -
http://blogs.sun.com/bigadmin/resource/ ... veyron.jpg
The first thing you'll notice is that they both look very 'grey'. This is because they are formatted so they can be custom coloured like the ones we have now just in much greater detail, so this is how they should look when done correctly.
With a bit of practice its quite simple. I made these on PaintShopPro 10 in about 10-15 mins. per alt, and its pretty much the same on Photoshop, and so if you have any problems we'll be on hand to answer them.
Feel free to have a go - and try some robot modes too!
Ill try and get an example of a robot mode up tonight for you...
Enjoy!
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Altmode/Robotmode/Weapon/Armor/Special Equipment Video Walkthrough
Step 1:
Open Image in Art Program
Step 2:
Select all background imagery that isn't going to be a part of the altmode. I do this using the "Magic Wand" selection tool that let's me select by color, hue, traditional or other choices. I make sure to go over the image to make sure I am selecting any background imagery that shows through holes or spaces that should be see through.
Step 3:
Invert selection so that the image I want to keep is what is now selected.
Step 4:
Copy selection and paste as a new image. This gives me the image I want to save as the alt on a clean transparent background and makes the image on as small of a canvas as possible.
Step 5:
Select all the background area again and create a new raster layer. Highlight the new layer and fill in the selected area with the HMW page background color. Then clear the selection.
Video Walkthrough Steps 1 through 5
Step 6:
Using selection tool of your choice select either the what you will choose to be the main color or the details. Once selected goto EDIT and CUT. Then Paste as a new selection. Move the selection till it is positioned where it was before you cut it out. Once placed, promote the selection to a layer.
Video Walkthrough Step 6
Step 7:
Clear the selection. The change to the main color layer and change it to black and white. (Check the different color filters so that you can fine the lightest conversion). Then go to the properties of the main color layer and change the transparency to 40%. The rest of the video is me making a new layer to test for color. I recommend doing this to make sure it is going to look right.
Video Walkthrough Step 7
Step 8:
Resize the image to 90 pixels at it's widest dimension. Then change the canvas size to 100x100 pixels being sure to keep the image centered. Then fill in the background of the newly created canvas with the background color.
Then change to the background layer and select the transparent area. Create a drop shadow on a new layer with a blur of 5.00. Change to the drop shadow layer and perform the same drop shadow four more times making sure that new layer is unchecked for the last four. Then move the layer so that it is on top of the background layer. And, clear the selection.
Video Walkthrough Step 8
Step 9:
I used the color layer I made for testing to check various colors. I do this to make sure it's going to look ok with the different colors.
Then delete the color test layer.
Export the image with the PNG tool and name it with "100" at the end.
Resize the image to 50x50 and Export again with the PNG tool and do the same name with "50" at the end instead of "100".
Video Walkthrough Step 9
The small print:
Not all icons etc. submitted will make it into the first, or subsequent, releases for various reasons which will be explained by the staff where possible. If using a copyrighted image, please list the source material and location of the original image to allow the staff to check if it can be used. The HMW staff totally wholly the right to select images submitted on a 'relevance to the game' basis and any icons etc. used will be credited to the submitter wherever possible.
So, there you go... Questions?
Date: Friday, October 2nd 2009 3:43am CDT
Categories: Site News,
Heavy Metal War,
Transtopia
Posted by: Dead Metal |
Credit(s): Transtopia, Heavy Metal War
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I want to apologize but there will be no monthly Transtopia art challenge this month, as someone needs the help of the superhuman life-forms that call themselves artists. Yes Seibertron.com's site game Heavy Metal War (HMW) is prepping for the conversion to 2.0!
Question: Now of what concern would that be for an artist?
Answer: The game needs a map!
So instead of Transtopia's monthly art challenge for October, I present you with the Transtopia "Give HMW a map of Cybertron" art contest!
Now, what HMW needs is a map of the planet of Cybertron but it has to be unique. There are actually many maps of Cybertron out there but they are all of a giant ball that never reveal what lies behind it and HMW's programmer needs a flat map.
Now the map should come with all the major locations of Cybertron like:
Iacon
Kaon
Thunderhead Pass
Crystal City etc., but also new cities and locations that you think would be cool.
Now the prize is that the winning map will be part of the game, will be used by all HMW players and full credit will be given to the map's artist.
As this is a bit of a difficult or more complex challenge you have till the 2nd of November to submit your map. All maps should be submitted in the appropriate thread by clicking
here.
Updates to this event will be posted if needed.
And don't worry, the Transtopia monthly art challenge will be back for November so see you then!
UPDATE:
This is the first update on the Transtopia HMW art contest so if you want to know what this is all about please click
here Thank you.
Hi guys, Im Psychout, one of the staff for the Heavy Metal War game and most of you will have already come across Burn at some point in here, we'll be two of the judges for this unique competition.
As this contest is to make a map for the actual game hosted here on SEIBERTRON.com and advertised across the entire internet and fanbase, the HMW staff have gathered together some information that we hope may be helpful for you.
The game setting will in a pseudo-G1 era outside of standard canon, and naturally some existing location details will need to be jumbled for game-logistical reasons, so please don't think you have to stay within the existing canon - feel free to use your imagination.
We also have of locations/zones we are currently considering for use in the game you are welcome to use, but again this is open to
your interpretation as
you guys are the artists, please feel free to involve as many or as few of these places as you'd like and add any you wish:
Iacon
Kaon
Altigon
Axiom Nexus
Ankmor & Gygax
Kalis
Neutral Territories
Novacron
Polyhex
Praxus
Rust Sea
Stannix
Thunderhead Pass
Tyrest province
Uraya
Vilnacron
Vos & Tarn
...
Please note this competition will also be opened to the players of HMW, so you might have some competition there. Feel free to drop into the
Heavy Metal War: General Discussion forum if you have any questions, or contact any of the HMW staff via our PM's.
Thanks guys ...and good luck!!
Psychout.
Date: Friday, June 26th 2009 6:28pm CDT
Categories: Game News,
Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Psychout |
Credit(s): Psychout
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This is the
Smelting Pool League
Taking the Heavy Metal War and adding extra
metal.
The art of the gladiatorial arena retuns to Cybertron as the 4 factions face off against each other in a league that tests both the tactics and experience of the HMW commanders to the limit.
Firstly, congratulations again to
Symbiote Spiderman 14 of the Decepticons for being the first ever ICL: Smelting Pool League Champion. His reward will be the alt of his choice for the next round.
Can he retain his crown in round 2, or will the spider get tangled in his own web?
Only time will tell...
...but that time is
now - so, here are the budgets for Round 2!
XP limit: 25,000,000 XP
Level: Seven
Everything else - weapons, armour tactics etc. is all up to you and there are no restrictions but, as always, there is to be no resetting once the start date has been passed and the game has begun.
The rules are simple; nominate a single member of your HMW team,
calculate a configuration of no more than 25 million XP that falls in the level 7 range, then PM it to 'The Huntmasters' using the form in the post below.
Then, once the game starts, build your warrior and join in the arena battles posting your victories in the special thread in
HMW GD and the staff will do the rest.
The closing date for applications is 3rd July (thats a whole week away!) and the game is planned to start on the 6th July.
Also, as an advanced notice, scoring will be simplified - all you will need to do is list your Victories and shut-outs gloats (when your opponent scores 0xp) and this time and we will do the rest.
Anybody of any level can join the game, even if you weren't in round 1, but if you do have an existing SPL character you must re-submit that one, you are not allowed more than 1 league minion. Then, all you need to worry about is your energon, but your faction will be there to help you if you need it...
We have a special prize in store for the winner of round 2 - Make sure you get your characters backstory in order and listed as without it, you wont qualify for the prize...
Lastly, as a final note, please be sure to send configs only to The Huntmasters, If you have any questions please post them below or PM them to either Burn or myself directly.
Date: Monday, March 2nd 2009 9:18am CST
Categories: Site News,
Game News,
Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Psychout |
Credit(s): Wingspan
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The Beast Wars have returned!
The battle lines have been drawn and, orchestrated by the devious Predacon Wingspan, the fragile cease-fire that survived for centuries between the
Maximals and
Predacons has been shattered.
Which of the Beast factions will conquer both their ancient enemies
and the hazardous the Sonic Wastes to take the Brightsoul Matrix for themselves?
And what of the
Autobots and
Decepticons? Will they just stand aside to watch these events, or have they rallied amongst themselves and prepared their own plan of action?
*IF* you can follow the links, then you will find out.
Stay tuned to the
Heavy Metal War forums to watch as the battle unfolds...
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The Maximal vs. Predacon tournament begins today! Read below for the details needed.
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Peace and treaties have been thrown aside because of the treachery of the Citizens of Chayot. The rogue Predacon team falsely summoned and then ambushed members of the Predacon High Command to renew the Beast Wars. Successfully framing the Maximals they have seeded information to both factions about a lost artifact of power, the Brightsoul Matrix, which is fabled to be a direct conduit for Primus’ power. With this artifact the faction commanders fear their enemies could easily overwhelm and conquer all of Cybertron. The Citizens of Chayot, under the command of their former captain Archistrategos, secretly intend to use the Brightsoul – along with lost the Autobot Matrix of Leadership – to revive their fallen ancestors and end the Great War.
Beast forces now line the Sonic Waste borders, preparing to plunge into intense urban warfare as they each hunt for the Brightsoul Matrix. Prepare now to fight for your faction’s survival!
Click here for
Part 1 – Betrayal of the War in the Wastes Story!
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Segment 1 Rules – All missions which (a) are divisible by 5 and (b) have opposition will be counted as valid. Faction winner of Segment 1 is the most valid mission wins.
Starting Mission - #51050 (approximately 12 hours from now, 05:30 AM GMT)
Ending Mission - #51850 (approximately 36 hours after the starting #)
TRACK YOUR KILLS by posting them in this thread using the following format. Make one post and edit it as you go. Post only valid missions per above or your entry may not be counted.
Tournament organizers will validate kills posted. Tournament organizers also will perform a final tally of the missions wins after the ending mission number passes. Results will only then be posted.
Let the Beast Wars start again!
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This is a HMW game tournament based on the Predacon and Maximal factions, which will be run over 3 stages beginning today. It was scripted by Wingspan, based on an idea by Absolute Zero and extended to involve the Autobots and Decepticons by Psychout.
Date: Monday, February 23rd 2009 8:26pm CST
Categories: Site News,
Game News,
Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Psychout |
Credit(s): Wingspan, Redimus, Jeep?
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Wingspan of the Predacons has kicked off the sign-up for our first big tourney of 2009, and its a battle between the Maximals and Predacons in a race to find the Brightsoul Matrix, an almost unknown artifact of great power.
All Maximal and Predacon players are invited to join in and race against your generations's enemies -
Which faction will be first to find the Matrix, and what will be left of those who who stand against them?
It all begins on the 2nd March, the day the Beast Wars will be re-ignited.
And if you are of the
first generation - Autobots and Decepticons - call into your faction command chamber, as you will have your part to play too...
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Power wielded properly can be a tool of conquest, glory, and even benevolence. Improperly, and the iron fist of tyranny shall crush all before it. The aim for many however is not how to wield great power, simply to wield it at all. – Cybertronian Proverb
With Cybertron on the brink of self-destruction from energon depletion the warring forces of Maximals and Predacons have entered into an uneasy truce. Both factions hoped to forgo war to give time to science and innovation in healing their home.
Two centuries later the peace has amounted to little more than a temporary cease fire. The lofty hopes for peace were never realized. Cybertron is still deprived of its needed energy because neither of the two factions trusted the other enough to ignore potential conflict and make real efforts to healing their home.
Now tensions between their respective high commands over the lack of progress have lead to border skirmishes as tests to the enemies readiness. The battles have been lopsided, favoring one faction or the other, with rare demonstrations of the real force either side can offer. As the borders have continually grown more hostile and full war seems imminent all hopes to heal Cybertron seem lost.
One rogue collection of Predacons has quietly observed this change and is now choosing to take action. They have unearthed legends of a lost artifact in the Sonic Wastes of untold raw power, the Brightsoul Matrix, which could change all balances in the fight for Cybertron. With world-wide conflict already about to break out they are choosing to instigate the war now. The Beast forces will clash first in the Sonic Wastes and both Maximal and Predacon teams will have to choose – will they enter the region of Stanix and risk going permanently offline or will they allow unmeasured power fall into enemy hands?
Beast Warriors, choose now! Signup here for the Maximal vs. Predacon Tournament: War in the Wastes!
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Click here for the Prologue of the tournament story.
Click here for the Tournament Rules and discuss..
Tournament Day 1 - March 2nd, 2009
Post here with your team link and signup! All signups must be posted by March 1st, 2009, 23:59 GMT.
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