The King of the Mountain (KotM) is a tournament circuit fight created in September 3261 with the support of many sponsors like the Craftsmen, by the famous pilot Velastian Gearnutt.
The goal of those circuits was to test the Galaxy Mecha pilot's mettle in a monthly Mecha tournament, in which every pilot could compete against each other for glory, honour and the chance to win a special Mech developed by the notorious Craftsmen Clan. The designed Mech was the Nephilax, a formidable combat unit only available for the KotM winners with a golden external armour as recognition of the champion status of its owner.
The inaugural KotM tournament took place in the desolation of Vupa-6.
As anecdote, Gearnutt released the first Super Hatoraide with unstable ingredients, making it fade after a day after its production. These Super Hatoraides were first employed by the participants of the inaugural KotM.
Second King of the Mountain Medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
Today, the tournaments are held throughout the galaxy and have facilities in all capitals of the three great powers of the galaxy to facilitate maximum participation, while the Central Home of the Tournaments is in Cogwerk Port.
Third King of the Mountain Medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
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In 3264 and after four circuits got celebrated, the rules started to include special formations. The first one was the Front Line Fight, allowing for the participants to fight only with their front line, which, of course, was tricky as every smart pilot reassembled his bests Mechs to place them in the front fighting line.
After this special tournament, many others started to include different rules, adding excitement and joy to the pilots as new interesting perspectives mimicked the different environments and tactics that the pilots may face on real fight scenarios.
In 3316, General Nova became the new Director of the Mecha Games and Tournaments; with the support of the Craftsmen, in September 3318, he renewed the style of the Circuit Fights, but kept the King of the Mountain competitions without further changes.
Features of the KotM competition
To guarantee matches as balanced as possible, the participants are assigned to divisions per their level of combat (following the galactic standards accepted by the Mecha pilot academies as the military conventions).The division is based on the pilot level at the time he joined. Once he got inscribed, he could keep training and becoming more skilled by acquiring more levels to gain an edge against the other competitors.
Each new KotM, the assignment of levels for every division is varied in a rotation disabling external manipulation of the participants.
The Craftsmen keep a record of the final positions of every KotM circuit. Access here for your query.
Modalities of KotM:
Modalities of KotM:
- King of the Mountain (Classic)
- Limited Tonnage
- 10 Red Tons
- 20 Tons
- Cruiserweight
- Dirty 30
- Fourty
- Fifty
- Limited Tonnage
- Sixty
- Smaller Gateways
- Mech Class Requisite
- Anzu Zoo
- Axe Attacks
- Daemonaide
- Daemon Deadline
- Holmes Havoc
- iMountain
- Ogguners
- Ratman
- Red Ant
- Red Ant Rush
- Troopers
- Rainbows
- E Pluribus Unum
- Double Rainbow
- Triple Rainbow
Other Special KotMs
- Blitz
- Chrono
- King Chrono (Classic Chrono)
- Combined Chronos
- Front Line Fight
- Just One Dropship
- Point Mech Panic
- Progressive Pileup
- Weapon Type Dmg Enhanced
- Fire and Ice
- Icey Blast
- Laser Blast
- Mountain of Fire
Related entries:
- Craftsmen
- Games and Tournaments
- General Nova
- KotM Reports (Lore)
- KotM Reports (Files)
- Nephilax
- Super Hatoraides
- Velastian Gearnutt
(By GJ - 685605)
