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Tuesday 24 November 2009
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Secret Wars x OFFSET Battle 2009 (The Low Down)
Having introduced the infamous live street art battle to Dublin back in July, Secret Wars picked back up its pens to cause yet another stir in the city. This time round, Secret Wars hosted a very special 3 on 3 battle comprising of Team OFFSET vs. Team Dublin. The event took place in conjunction with the amazing OFFSET weekend in The Bernard Shaw pub and boy was it a night to remember! What can I say- This battle was truly epic in every sense and will be hard to match, especially with the involvement of some super talented artists at this special event. By 8.30pm the crowds came and kept coming until the venue had to call capacity by 10pm! It was another insane night with people queuing outside trying to get in on the action. I believe one guy even climbed the wall at the back of the venue ( um...I wonder what happened to him?!). Inside & outside tunes were banging and the atmosphere in the place was sick. Reeps One also joined in on the buzz and sent the crowd crazy with his amazing beat boxing skills. Team OFFSET pulled in some heavy weights that included THE LONDON POLICE, Serge Seidlitz, Brain Coldrick with guest appearances from Tara McPherson & Brad Downey to lend a hand. The Dublin boys which consisted of Mick Minogue, Steve McCarthy & danleo had it tough! In the end the Dublin boys smashed it putting up a good fight to win over the crowd and judges leaving them victorious 3-0! Go on the Irish!
Video filmed & edited by Paul Mahon
Big up the amazing OFFSET Team and the organizers of OFFSET for their support!
A thanks goes out to both the DJ's and MC on the night, as well as our sponsors Red Bull & Edding.
Lastly, a massive thanks goes to everyone that showed up and braved the cold to help make this event sick!!
Video filmed & edited by Paul Mahon
Welcome to Secret Wars Dublin- I give you the iconic LADS character from TLP
Reeps warming up in the car park
YES! You are most definitely at a Secret Wars battle
Team OFFSET's, Serge Seidlitz
Chaz from The London Police using some fat ass markers
The paparazzi on the night
Dublin Team member Steve getting stuck in
Mick trying to concentrate
Happy to win the battle are we? (danleo, Mick Minogue)
Spot the "Cleanest, Meanest, Peenus"
Bob, from The London Police
The winning Dublin piece feat. Mick Minogue, danleo & Steve McCarthy
"Y-NOT" party!
Secret Wars headed to The Twisted Pepper after the battle to party, stay sober & watch Reeps kill it again with the crowd. The night involved a banging DJ set from Sinden, a few shots with Tara McPherson and hanging with the other OFFSET possy including The London Police. Not gonna lie it was messy, but well worth the sore head in the morning.
Reeps doing his thing, playing support to Sinden
Terry, Greg, Reeps and this amazing dude in the beanie who has the sickest Secret Wars credit card!!
Secret Wars credit card for every child..
Greg its ok you will be getting your own credit card at x-mas
Monday 9 November 2009
EUROPEAN WARRIORS TEAM SERIES - 2010
IRISH Artists wishing to participate please e-mail some images along with some info on yourself to:
andrew@monorex.com
We will be holding a Secret Wars Jam next month to select some tight artists to battle HOME & AWAY!!
GO BIG, OR GO HOME
More details to follow shortly
Sunday 8 November 2009
SECRET WARS NEW FORMAT LAUNCHING 2010
IMPORTANT NEWS!! OFFICIAL SECRET WARS UPDATES
EUROPEAN WARRIORS TEAM SERIES - 2010
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SECRET WARS IS RE FORMATTING AND ROLLING INTO 2010 WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHALLENGE
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 European Warriors series!
"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.
How the competition will work & when
EUROPEAN WARRIORS TEAM SERIES - 2010
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SECRET WARS IS RE FORMATTING AND ROLLING INTO 2010 WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHALLENGE
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 European Warriors series!
"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.
How the competition will work & when
There will be 8-10 teams/cities involved in next years competition, and each city will select 6 artists to part of a squad. Each team will select 2-3 wildcard entries consisting of previous champs and general bad boys! The remaining members will be picked at the local qualifiers.
City selection events - November / December 09 (Check Secret Wars website for dates)
- Each city will call out and actively invite people down to jam and show off their skills
- Draw will take place to decide what team is which group (A or B)
1st Round - Group league qualifiers
- Two groups of 4-5 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!
- Each team will play home and away against the others in their group
Semi finals
With the top two teams going through from each group, we will be left with 4 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.
GROUP A WINNER vs. GROUP B RUNNER UP
GROUP B WINNER vs. GROUP A RUNNER UP
These will also be home and away ties - with the winning team decided on total points earned over the two games. If the points are level than it will be decided by the team who gets the most away points.
GRAND FINAL
This will be hosted at a neutral venue, TBC nearer the time
More info to be announced! watch this space
Apply now if you are interested in being part of a team - you can apply to as many cities as you like.
Possible cities involved:
- London
- Dublin
- Southampton
- Bristol
- Dublin
- Glasgow
- Malmo
- Berlin
- Lisbon
- Birmingham
- Cardiff
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