User:Yukai Wang/sandbox

= Draft: Boxwars = Boxwars is an event where people from all around build armor, and a variety of other things out of cardboard, where they all destroy it in a battle. The Boxwars was held by the Boxwars Council in Melbourne, Australia. The Boxwars Council includes Hoss Siegel, Josh Spiegel & Ross Koger.

Description
Boxwars is both art and destruction using the near perfect medium of cardboard. People are invited to come and watch or gain the coveted title of becoming a Box Warrior. The point is to build as detailed as possible suit from cardboard, then destroy it. The battlefield is a place of contradictions, burrowed originality which sets a stage for war. Boxwars also helps the creative deprived / attuned with materials and workshops for big and little kids.

Rules of Boxwars

 * No winners in boxwars....only losers
 * Don't do to someone you wouldn't want done to yourself
 * Common sense
 * Cardboard
 * Warrior must forfeit their suit to a minor who desires it post battle
 * Recycle leftover cardboard

== History  ==

Boxwars Battles

 * Boxwars 1: The Beginning (26th January 2002 in Melbourne, Australia)

The first Boxwars took place in a backyard, somewhere in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.


 * Boxwars 2: The Second Coming (March 2003 in Melbourne, Australia)

The Second Boxwars was held in a park of Melbourne.


 * Boxwars 3: Raiders of the Box (July 2003 In Melbourne, Australia)
 * Boxwars 4: Taking it to the People (26th December 2003 in Melbourne, Australia)

Boxwars 4 took place on Boxing Day, in the Caulfield Park. This is the first time that Boxwars held in an open location.


 * Boxwars 5: Battle of the Foam (7th March 2004 in Melbourne, Australia)

The event took place in the sacred location of Boxwars 1, a battle between foam and cardboard.


 * Boxwars 6: The Probable Zenith (26th June 2004 In Melbourne, Australia)


 * Boxwars 7: Seas of Cheap Rum (24th October 2004 In Melebourne, Australia)

A pirate-themed boxwars with a background of the mid-18th century.


 * Boxwars 8: Battle Crux (26th December 2004 In Melbourne, Australia)

Boxwars council cementing boxwars as an annual event. Since then, every year's boxwars have been held on boxing day at Caufiled Park.


 * Boxwars 9
 * Boxwars 10: And it was Good (26th December 2005)

The first attempt at a TRI-nation event between Canada, Edinburgh and Melbourne.


 * Boxwars 11: Big Trouble in Little Box
 * Boxwars 12: Stop it (26th December 2006 In Melbourne, Australia)
 * Boxwars 13: Big is Just Another Word for Slightly Large (26th December 2007 In Melbourne, Australia)
 * Boxwars 14: Mega Monsters Smash & Brawl (26th December 2008 In Melbourne, Australia)

Inspired by the movie Godzilla, a monster-themed boxwars.


 * Boxwars 15: ROBOT INVASION (26th December 2009 In Melbourne, Australia)

Inspired by a complaint email, the Boxwars Council hosted a robot-themed boxwars.


 * Boxwars 16: MEDIEVAL ROCK (26th December 2010 In Melbourne, Australia)

An annual event with a distinct Medieval flavor.


 * Boxwars 17: Taking it from the People (26th December 2011 In Melbourne, Australia)
 * Boxwars 18: Apocalypse (26th December 2012 In Melbourne, Australia)
 * Boxwars 19: Scurvy Ridden Maggots (26th December 2013 In Melbourne, Australia)

After much looting and plundering from boxwars 7, boxwars council once again pay tribute the infamous pirates bluebeard, black-beard and no-beard.


 * Boxwars 20: DOWNFALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (26th December 2014 In Melbourne, Australia)

History hasn't recorded the real reasons why the Roman Empire fell. This Boxwars was an attempt to uncover the well documented uninterpretable events that lead to the end of the Roman empire.


 * Boxwars 21: BATTLE BOTS OF THE LESSER KNOW CARDBOARD LEAGUE (26th December 2015 In Melbourne, Australia)

The themeis Battle Bots/Robot Wars which are hit TV shows so massive that not everyone has watched them.


 * Boxwars 22: The Obvious Cockroach Ultimatum (26th December 2016 In Melbourne, Australia)
 * Boxwars 23: MISSION TO MARS (26th December 2017 In Melbourne, Australia)

The theme is dedicated to the explosion of private ​entrepreneurship​ ​that is pushing humanity closer to ​the intentionally dusty​ depository ​called ​​​Mars.

Special Events

 * Boxwars Fringe: The Conquistadors Pop Culture Inquisition (6th October 2007)
 * Big Day Out 2008: Tour of Australia organized by Boxwars council. Including the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth.


 * Boxwars @ Boogie 2: Bowled underham patriot! (5th December 2008)


 * Boxwars @ Boogie 3: Green Acres Retirement Village (4th April 2009)
 * RACV Energy Breakthrough (2010), no battling occurred, Boxwars was there to support sustainability.
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 4: SPACE RACE (3rd April 2010)
 * ‘Drop Your Guard’ Single Launch: METALS VS. BOXWARS 2.0 (18th September 2010)
 * Boxwars @ StereoSonic 2010 (4th December 2010)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 5: TALLY HO, TALLAROOK (23rd April 2011)
 * Boxwars Visy Family Day 2011 (December 2011)
 * Boxwars @ Woodford Folk Festival 2011 (28th December 2011)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 6: Back to the Basics (7th April 2012)
 * Boxwars @ Enlighten Canberra (1st March 2013 - 9th March 2013)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 7: Napoleonic Wars (30th March 2013)
 * Boxwars @ Sydney Festival:Mad Max Tribute(10th January 2014)
 * Boxwars @ Womadelaide 2014 (7th March 2014 – 10th March 2014)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 8: Sympathetic Symposium (30th March 2014)
 * Boxwars @ Down on the Farm Festival (27th July 2014)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 9: Iron Chef Special (3rd April 2015)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 10: BLUES BROTHERS (27th March 2016)
 * Boxwars @ Shark Bay (2017)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 11: NED KELLY (15th April 2017)
 * Boxwars Top Gun: Reclink Community Cup (25th June 2017)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 12: Recycled Peoples Republic (30th March 2018)
 * Boxwars Battle | Surfers (Not So) Paradise (30th December 2018 In Gold Coast, Australia)
 * Boxwars @ Boogie 13: Mr Olympia demands...MORE ENERGY (20th April 2019)

Stage

 * Stage Battle 1: Spectacular (24th September 2004)

First appearance of Boxwars on the stage. This humble beginning was to be the step onto the potential end of ignorance for the Boxwars Council.


 * Stage Battle 2: The Hybernators 'The Bullwhip Yard' EP launch (28th July 2005)
 * Stage Battle 3: HYBERNATORS again! (24th September 2005)
 * Stage Battle 4 with The Hybernators (7th April 2006)
 * Stage Battle 5: HYBERNATORS Dicko's b'day gig
 * Stage Battle 6 with The Hybernators

Workshops
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 * Boxwars Kids Workshop @ Fun4Kids Festival (6th July 2014)
 * Boxwars Kids Workshop @ Sydney Festival (8th January 2016 - 9th January 2016)
 * Boxwars Kids Workshop @ Knox Festival (5th March 2016)
 * Boxwars Kid Summer Workshop (22nd January 2017)
 * Boxwars Sydney Workshop @ Barangaroo (2017)
 * Boxwars Kids Workshop (16th December 2017 - 17th December 2017)
 * Boxwars Kid February Workshop (18th February 2018)
 * Boxwars Kids workshop @ Off-Grid Living Festival (28th April 2018)
 * '''Boxwars Kids Workshop (12nd January 2019)