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Terminator Competition 2000
NOVEMBER 12, 2000 1:00 PM
CAL STATE UNIV LONG BEACH PYRAMID
(That 's the finish Line of the 2000 long beach marathon and the site of DorffDay 2k)
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Click for LAST MINUTE RULE CHANGE (11/10)!
What: A vehicular "Battle to the Death" between friends
Who: The Originators of the 1988 Terminator Competition
Why: Destruction Can be Productive and Stress-relieving
When: Dorff's 40th Birthday/100th Marathon/Terminator Day _______________________________________
1988: In the time preceding Robot Wars, Battle Bots, and the Atomic Flame Deluge, there was the Terminator Competition. Creatively crazed product designers toiled long into the evening hours crafting fiendish, malevolent machines with one sole purpose: destroying their opponents in any manner possible. Man and machine would do battle in an arena on an appointed day. One by one the machines would be smashed or burnt into submission and the victor would advance to the next hellish round. And when the smoke finally cleared, only one machine would remain. That machine was known as the TERMINATOR. So punishing, so completely devastating were the consequences of this endeavor that it was outlawed for the remainder of the millennium.
In the ensuing decade, it was forbidden to propose another Terminator Competition. Designers came and went to other companies. Small groups would speak in hushed voices of bygone days. Wishes and wants spawned mainstream "Me-too" products that would never be. The originators of the competition were relegated to the position of hapless bystanders as copycat newcomers jumped on our bandwagon and profitted from their "Robot Wars" and "Battle Bots" incarnations. Alas, it appeared that all was lost . . .
Until now. On November 12, Terminator history will be rewritten.
WILL YOU BE THERE?
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