Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Finally.
Finally!
It's here. The 13th iteration of the world's hardest creature. This is the most streamlined version of the competition in it's illustrious history. There's a whole lot of wheat and exactly zero chaff. No hopeless combatants, no dubious entrants, no betas. Just Alpha after Alpha after Alpha, winner after winner after winner, legend after legend after legend.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Not in this competition it isn't every head dreams of being bowed by the weight of the crown, by the weight of the responsibility, by the knowledge that they, and they alone, are the hardest creature on the planet. The king of kings. The undisputed. The anointed.
Most of you at this stage know what this is about but if you're new to the WHC let me briefly explain. We're looking for the pound for pound hardest creature on earth. What constitutes hard? There are a number of definitions but they should all give weight to varying factors such as strength, fearlessness, attitude, physical prowess. How much weight you give to each is up to you but be prepared to justify your decision.
The rules are simple. The top two in the group qualify for the semi finals. The remaining three head home as losers, valiant they may be but losers nonetheless. Four of the group are former champions. The other is a former beaten finalist. You have one vote. Use it wisely.
So, without any further ado, the combatants of group A- the group of death.
HONEY BADGER
Tournament record: 1 Championship, 4 time runner up
We're straight in with this legendary competitor. Cute name but an absolute monster of an animal. Poisonous snakes? He eats the b*st*rds. Lions, the kings of the jungle? He fights the ****ers all day every day. He's a small, squat ferocious powerhouse with razor sharp claws, a devil may care attitude and a seemingly impervious disregard for danger or pain. One of the favourites to win. And rightly so, the little ****mental bugger.
MANTIS SHRIMP
Tournament record: 1 championship
One of the most divisive entrants in the history of the competition. Mostly because in an extraordinary final back in 2014 he defeated the Honey Badger. He's not been forgiven and as a result his fortunes since his solitary title win have been erratic. But don't write this little fella off. He is basically Zeus of the water, able to generate a deadly thunder and lightning. His front legs have been heavily adapted for close combat and are capable of hitting an opponent at such speed and power(1500 newtons) that they create a shock wave that acts as a secondary assault on their hapless victim, so if the actual hit doesn't crush them the shock wave will. It is such a tremendous speed and force that it also creates a flash of lightning. Impressive.
SALT WATER CROCODILE
Tournament record: 2 Championships, 3 time runner up
Another WHC legend. No beast has appeared in more finals than the SWC (although the 1-4 honey badger has appeared in the same number). It doesn't take a genius to work out why this beast has proven so successful. He's basically the ultimate WHC physical specimen. Monstrously sized and powerful, he possesses the strongest bite force pound for pound of any of the entrants. He outlived the dinosaurs, surviving whatever cataclism did for T-Rex and co, he's armour plated, can lose his tail or a limb and suffer no loss of efficacy in hunting and killing his prey, can survive a year without food before waking up one day and deciding he's hungry, explode out of the water and snag his dinner. And in the Death Roll, he has his own patented killing move. The only beast in the competition with that distinction. In short he's a helluva competitor.
ORCA
Tournamnet record: 1 championship, 1 time runner up
The fourth champion of the group. The Orca's heyday was back in the early years of the tournament, making the final in both 2011 and 2012. Don't be fooled by the cuddly 'Free Willy' image you might have of him. This extremely big sea loving beast regularly batters the **** out of great white sharks. Not only is the Orca an incredibly strong, death dealing monster it's also incredibly smart. That is a very dangerous combination.
GRASSHOPPER MOUSE
Tournament record 1 time runner up
True the Grasshopper Mouse has never won the tournament but it is a beaten finalist. And who did it lose to? The legendary Honey badger so if you're going to lose a final you might as well lose to one of the all time greats.
While the crocodile is arguably the perfect physical WHC specimen if you like your competitors to be a little more unstable in the head, the G.M is the animal for you. He's a tiny little thing that defends a frankly ridiculously large territory (about 2-3 hectares and will defend it with a ferocity that is almost unbelievable. If another G.M should be caught straying into their territory the home G.M will not just chase off the invading enemy, he'll fight him to the death. Then he'll eat them. Yep, the G.M is a cannibal. He also takes on, kills and eats, poisonous insects, scorpions and poisonous snakes. And what does he do after his cannibalised or poisonous moon. He stands on his hind legs and howls like a wolf in victory to the moon.
So there you have it NSC. The first group of WHC Champion of Champions. The group of death. Think before voting as every one of these beasts is a worthy entrant and every vote will count.
Good luck!
Finally!
It's here. The 13th iteration of the world's hardest creature. This is the most streamlined version of the competition in it's illustrious history. There's a whole lot of wheat and exactly zero chaff. No hopeless combatants, no dubious entrants, no betas. Just Alpha after Alpha after Alpha, winner after winner after winner, legend after legend after legend.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Not in this competition it isn't every head dreams of being bowed by the weight of the crown, by the weight of the responsibility, by the knowledge that they, and they alone, are the hardest creature on the planet. The king of kings. The undisputed. The anointed.
Most of you at this stage know what this is about but if you're new to the WHC let me briefly explain. We're looking for the pound for pound hardest creature on earth. What constitutes hard? There are a number of definitions but they should all give weight to varying factors such as strength, fearlessness, attitude, physical prowess. How much weight you give to each is up to you but be prepared to justify your decision.
The rules are simple. The top two in the group qualify for the semi finals. The remaining three head home as losers, valiant they may be but losers nonetheless. Four of the group are former champions. The other is a former beaten finalist. You have one vote. Use it wisely.
So, without any further ado, the combatants of group A- the group of death.
HONEY BADGER
Tournament record: 1 Championship, 4 time runner up
We're straight in with this legendary competitor. Cute name but an absolute monster of an animal. Poisonous snakes? He eats the b*st*rds. Lions, the kings of the jungle? He fights the ****ers all day every day. He's a small, squat ferocious powerhouse with razor sharp claws, a devil may care attitude and a seemingly impervious disregard for danger or pain. One of the favourites to win. And rightly so, the little ****mental bugger.
MANTIS SHRIMP
Tournament record: 1 championship
One of the most divisive entrants in the history of the competition. Mostly because in an extraordinary final back in 2014 he defeated the Honey Badger. He's not been forgiven and as a result his fortunes since his solitary title win have been erratic. But don't write this little fella off. He is basically Zeus of the water, able to generate a deadly thunder and lightning. His front legs have been heavily adapted for close combat and are capable of hitting an opponent at such speed and power(1500 newtons) that they create a shock wave that acts as a secondary assault on their hapless victim, so if the actual hit doesn't crush them the shock wave will. It is such a tremendous speed and force that it also creates a flash of lightning. Impressive.
SALT WATER CROCODILE
Tournament record: 2 Championships, 3 time runner up
Another WHC legend. No beast has appeared in more finals than the SWC (although the 1-4 honey badger has appeared in the same number). It doesn't take a genius to work out why this beast has proven so successful. He's basically the ultimate WHC physical specimen. Monstrously sized and powerful, he possesses the strongest bite force pound for pound of any of the entrants. He outlived the dinosaurs, surviving whatever cataclism did for T-Rex and co, he's armour plated, can lose his tail or a limb and suffer no loss of efficacy in hunting and killing his prey, can survive a year without food before waking up one day and deciding he's hungry, explode out of the water and snag his dinner. And in the Death Roll, he has his own patented killing move. The only beast in the competition with that distinction. In short he's a helluva competitor.
ORCA
Tournamnet record: 1 championship, 1 time runner up
The fourth champion of the group. The Orca's heyday was back in the early years of the tournament, making the final in both 2011 and 2012. Don't be fooled by the cuddly 'Free Willy' image you might have of him. This extremely big sea loving beast regularly batters the **** out of great white sharks. Not only is the Orca an incredibly strong, death dealing monster it's also incredibly smart. That is a very dangerous combination.
GRASSHOPPER MOUSE
Tournament record 1 time runner up
True the Grasshopper Mouse has never won the tournament but it is a beaten finalist. And who did it lose to? The legendary Honey badger so if you're going to lose a final you might as well lose to one of the all time greats.
While the crocodile is arguably the perfect physical WHC specimen if you like your competitors to be a little more unstable in the head, the G.M is the animal for you. He's a tiny little thing that defends a frankly ridiculously large territory (about 2-3 hectares and will defend it with a ferocity that is almost unbelievable. If another G.M should be caught straying into their territory the home G.M will not just chase off the invading enemy, he'll fight him to the death. Then he'll eat them. Yep, the G.M is a cannibal. He also takes on, kills and eats, poisonous insects, scorpions and poisonous snakes. And what does he do after his cannibalised or poisonous moon. He stands on his hind legs and howls like a wolf in victory to the moon.
So there you have it NSC. The first group of WHC Champion of Champions. The group of death. Think before voting as every one of these beasts is a worthy entrant and every vote will count.
Good luck!
