A brief history of The BoS Wars 2015 Update This thread was originally posted in July 2014, and covered all 6 of the BoS wars, as well as traditions we grew to love and look forward to Sadly, following the Girlfriends' epic win over the Boyfriends, Char and Ice decided BoS would be no more.. This decision was became concrete when the 48hr war option was later removed :cry: That said, BoS was still a huge event for a lot of old school pimders, and as such, deserves to be remembered! Enjoy the recap! It's BoS season again! As most of you know, The BoS Wars are a great PIMD tradition, founded and organised by CharlotteAnne and IceShardz. The rivalry between The Girlfriends and The Boyfriends began in 2011, as Char and Ice challenged each other to a war. From a handful of people in that first war, BoS has only grown, and this annual event is a pimd experience all must try! Even ATA has gotten on board, holding the clubs until the event, and increasing the member limits to allow more players to participate! Here's a brief history of the wars to date! THE SETUP The BoS wars work so well because they're very well planned. Char, Ice, and their admin teams work hard to match rosters as close as possible, and also give notice of upgrade deadlines, then rally everyone into their respective clubs early. This ensures things are fair, the teams are equal, and the event runs as smoothly as possible. All of the BoS wars have been 48 hours long, with the team who is behind at the 24 hour mark given the choice to fight on or forfeit. THE TRADITIONS Over the years, BoS has picked up quite a few fun traditions. These include: Trash talk in forums and campus - A favourite tradition on both teams, trash talking is an absolute necessity of the BoS wars! It brings the teams together, and gets the sammiches made after war! Ken and Barbie names - A lot of participants change their names to include either Ken or Barbie. Coming up with the names is half the fun, even if they don't get used! 40-Hour mark wall posts - liiiiitle bit dangerous.. Sleep deprived warriors on the home stretch can be pretty feisty. It's about this time that walling the person who just unloaded on you and demanding sammiches frequently occurs.. Post-War Campus Party - the winning team has been known to spam campus with their victory lap.. However, after the Great Silencing Escapade of 2013 (where around 10 girlfriends were silenced for spamming their victory banner), this is one tradition that probably won't continue.. At least not with the same banner, anyway The Aftermath Discussion - following the war, anyone still awake comes together to discuss the weekend: who leaked, who kept everyone awake, what the best moment was.. Definitely worth staying up for THE WARS From it's humble beginnings, to the extraordinary event it is today, the BoS wars are legendary! Here's a recap of the wars so far: BoS 1 - Battle of the Sexes Feb 2011 Char and Ice challenged each other to the ultimate war, a Battle of The Sexes. Both teams fought it out over the 48 hours, and even though they were outnumbered 14 to 21, the Boyfriends walked away with the prize! BoS 2 - Girlfriends' Revenge April 2011 Unsatisfied with their loss, The Girlfriends challenged The Boyfriends to a rematch! The rosters were were set at 71 vs 71.. The girls were out for blood, but unfortunately, even though only 62 guys warred, they fell behind and at the 24 hour mark, made the tough decision to forfeit to the boys BoS 3 - Final Showdown April 2012 The Girlfriends, being the feisty bunch they are, didn't want to give the boys the satisfaction of just two wars, and so the Final Showdown was planned! 87 vs 87! A chance for the girls to redeem themselves! Unfortunately... BoS 4 - Pink Slip Challenge July 2012 By BoS 4, The Boyfriends were feeling pretty confident about themselves. They had an unbeaten 3/3 record after all.. How could they resist a Pink Slip Challenge, winner takes all? The Girlfriends worked hard together, through sleep deprived delirium and taunting, to not only beat the boys, but top the biggest plunder ever seen from any club up til that point BoS 5 - Battle for Domination July 2013 Even though they'd been beaten pretty badly, the Boyfriends doubted the ladies could do it again, and so the Battle for Domination began! The Boyfriends came prepared, and took a 50b lead early on.. Little by little, The Girlfriends closed the gap, and took home the bacon sammiches for the second time! Not only that, it was over 1T of deliciousness BoS 6 - Boyfriends' Redemption July 2014 This year, The Boyfriends are being given the chance to redeem themselves Both teams are prepped and primed and ready to go, but who will win? Will The Girlfriends maintain their winning streak, or will The Boyfriends recover their manhood? *UPDATE* The boys put up a huge fight, and at times, the lead switched between the two teams. However, the Girlfriends came away with the final BoS win!! WE LOVE BOS If you've been a BoS participant, share your fave memories or best stories from the wars. If you haven't joined one, build those stats, get some tutes, and be ready for next year BoS is not something you wanna miss out on! Special thanks to Char for filling in the blanks. Both Char and Ice for organizing the wars. The admins past and present for their hard work. The Girlfriends and Boyfriends who make the war fun. And all those who couldn't war with us this year, you will be missed
I was one of the girls that got silenced during the last BOS lelelel ? :lol: it was pretty fun bragging about it on campus tbh.
I must say out of all my wars I have had, nothing could touch what a BoS war did. So much had went into planning. We had changed so many tactics in war just to keep up. Was such a big war that we needed many teams with leaders of their own. Up and down with plunder not trying to give up. Don't even get me started on the little bit of sleep many of us were running on. Wars like BoS showed what it was all about, when it comes to wars ofc. Hands down best memories I have from pimd would be from this. Trash talking & all too. Just being with friends and doing what we did best. War baby Sad to say this will never be done again. With this being so well planned out I hate to say I don't think others would do it. We did land on a tie tho, maybe that's best. Hurts to know we would never have such great wars like this again. </3
CJS, so much money Cholo, they were brilliant! And thank you Faye, beautifully said as always lovely Me too, Gerrie
so many girls!!! That was the beginning of the club spam rule too.. Kinda soured the victory a little, but I think we were all pretty happy anyway
Ahli great thread. Made me smile just to see this love ? Ty. Y'all still remember admin chat or the other chats. Omg so much going on it was hard to keep up. Cc going hella fast with posts :lol:
:cry: wish we could work out a planned event for this & ata still just let the clubs do 48hr war alone...