TEAM COPENHAGEN - The Great Danes

Bring it.

TEAM DUBLIN- The Fighting Irish

Give us a pint and pen and we will work wonders for you. With only 2 Secret Wars battles under our belts, we have grown into a fighting force not to be messed with. Ya, maybe we're still a bunch of newbies in the eyes of many established cities, but we have yet to lose a battle having defeated the mighty London Team. Staying optimistic we want to keep up our wining track record, and in good old fashion banter take out the trash in Group 3 (Southampton we're coming for you). Individually our artists are amazing- put them together and they will bake you a lovely black & white cake. The table is set so get ready to eat your ink pen dinner....

For info on any artists or travel arrangements with our team mail andrew@monorex.com

A little taster of what we can do....

Group 3 you haven't seen nothing, NOTHING yet. The fighting Irish are coming!

Paris....come and get some!

Southampton Team Showcase

Here's a little taster of what Southampton have to offer...please keep in mind, these guys weren't firing on all cylinders and they still managed to smash a great piece out.

Watch out group 3!!

On show are s0bac, Smurph and Zadok for the last 5 minutes

Pictures supplied by www.flickr.com/photos/recrudesce

Southampton Expose

When I say Southampton's got some serious talent, I'm not just saying that because I was born and bred there. If anything that makes me its biggest critic. Things don't improve if you're constantly lying through your teeth and I can hand on heart say that Southampton has what it takes to win this.

I'm going to start at the beginning, All of the other cities, please take notes I'm going to give you all the information you need on us, not because I'm a nice guy. Incidentally I am, but because I honestly don't think it's going to help you. Right, my impression of a cocky football coach is over...time to get serious.

It's my honour to announce the Southampton team

London Champion - Hicks 54 (www.flickr.com/hicks54
2 x Southampton Champion - Gustav (www.gustavbalderdash.co.uk)
London contender/Southampton semi-finalist and Monorex contributor - Zadok
The very talented - Mr Dead - (www.flickr.com/andyprior)
Southampton semi-finalist - s0bac (website coming soon)
and last but not least the youngest of the team, with plenty of talent - Smurph (another website coming soon)

So those are the artists, individually what they can do is amazing, together should be something exciting and even better.

I look forward to seeing them perform and I hope you turn up to show your support along with the other teams

For more info on artists or travelling along with the team to away battles email me on jay@secretwars.co.uk

SECRET WARS EURO LEAGUE CONCEPT BREAKDOWN

IMPORTANT NEWS!! OFFICIAL SECRET WARS UPDATES

EUROPEAN LEAGUE TEAM SERIES - 2010



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SECRET WARS IS RE FORMATTING AND ROLLING INTO 2010 WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF BATTLE PLAN!

After 3 and a half years of single battle series locally in over 20 countries, we have decided to try something different and potentially more exciting for 2010... Introducing the Secret Wars EURO LEAGUE!

"When we started Secret Wars 3 years ago, it was influenced heavily by various things from the Marvel comic, to Warriors and Fight Club. After experiencing the team battles around the World and seeing the benefits of this compared to the singles battles, we decided on trying it as a complete 6-8 month series!"

"I have noticed the crowds are more vocal and patriotic towards team battles - there seems to be more at stake and I love watching the artists free-styling alongside each other.... You never know what will come out the other end!" Terry Guy (Founder of Monorex and Secret Wars)

The rules are the same but the structure of the competition and dynamics of the battle are slightly different - see below for details.

1st Round - Group league qualifiers

• Four groups of 4 teams with the top two teams qualifying
• Rather than a knockout cup comp, we have decided to make this a little more interesting and maybe fairer - Each game will be a league match with each judge vote and crowd vote worth a point (so 3 points available per battle)!
• Each team will play home and away against the others in their group

Quarter finals

With the top two teams going through from each group, we will be left with 8 teams.

The winner of GROUP A will play the 2nd place of GROUP B and the winner of GROUP B will play the runners up of GROUP A...and so on!

These will be played over a two leg format with away counting for double if a tie occurs.

Q-final 1

GROUP 1 WINNER vs. GROUP 2 RUNNER UP

Q-final 2

GROUP 2 WINNER vs. GROUP 1 RUNNER UP

Q-final 3

GROUP 3 WINNER vs. GROUP 4 RUNNER UP

Q-final 4

GROUP 4 WINNER vs. GROUP 3 RUNNER UP

Semi finals

These will be played over a two leg format with away counting for double if a tie occurs.

Q-FINAL 1 WINNER vs. Q-FINAL 3 WINNER

Q-FINAL 2 WINNER vs. Q-FINAL 4 WINNER

GRAND FINAL

This will be hosted at a neutral venue, TBC nearer the time

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COMPETITION

On the night

• 90 minutes on the Casio battle clock
• Only black edding markers and black acrylic paint can be used to paint
• No other markers can be used
• No pencils / sketches should be on stage or used (loose rule)
• Each team has to stay within the allocated space, if they creep over then there will be a 1 point deduction
• All teams are made up of 6 selected artists, but only 3 can travel and battle per event (tactical reasons)
• Battles are judged by 2 nominated and neutral guest judges + crowd vote

Competition

• The competition starts as a 4 grouped league concept
• There is a point gained for every vote (3 points in total available for each battle)
• The top two teams from each group will go through into the Q-finals
• If for some reason there is a draw of points with two teams in second place, then we will favour and send through the team with more away points
• Each team will play each other twice (home & away)
• The Q-finals / S finals will all be based on (home and away) knockout games
• The final will be held in a neutral city (preferred venue will be London / Birmingham)
• The grand final will be judged by an extra 2 judges, making 5 in total