So I'm thinking of making the initial race date the 9th of August 2014 , at approximately 3:00PM GMT +0:00. As of now this is just a suggestion and is highly subject to change. Either way, the race should be around that date, so it is
IMPERATIVE that you apply to the site before then. If you apply to the site then you will recieve a notification e-mail closer to the actual date of the tournament, but this time round I'll probably send a few just to be sure (it's the pilot run, after all).
The format will be 2048, but the next will be HD-Fury. As such, I've decided to post some info on each of the five teams at the time of the 2048 AGRC in-game, to help you with your application. Remember that you can change your team at any time so long as you have not successfully applied to any upcoming tournament, and you
MUST use a ship(s) from that team only.
FEISAR
FEISAR (an acronym for
Federal
European
Industrial
Science
And
Research) is a European organisation established in the year 2036. It was at first ignored due to it being primarily overshadowed by the Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research. Said group became defunct in the year 2042, six years prior to the earliest game (based on in-universe chronological order), and had its most basic asset relocate to Japan; as such, FEISAR stepped in to act as the European representative of anti-gravity racing. In the games, the FEISAR ships are generally balanced, making them advisable as the starting team of most new players. However, as the player's skills develop, they may be inclined to look towards raw power, such as Pir-Hana/Piranha and Qirex, as the basis for their playstyle. FEISAR retains its status as one of the easiest teams to play with, alongside Auricom and Mirage, and in the 2048 matchup is more competitive than its counterpart in the HD-Fury format.
AG Systems
AG Systems (a contraction of
Anti-
Gravity
Systems) is a team formed, as explained above, as a result of the collapse of the Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research. Strangely, it is based in Japan, after it was acquired following the dissolution of the Foundation. It is one of the most popular teams in WipEout history. AG Systems is advised on ZONE courses, especially the AG System Agility Ship (due to it having a perfect handling stat), as well as any technical courses. Its popularity rises both in the later stages of the game, where tracks become more difficult to maneuver as a result of high speed classes, and in online play, where pilot assist is disabled. The main sacrifice for this is the loss of speed, but this is often regained in the form of a faster route around the course.
Qirex
Qirex is a racing team formed by former AG Systems employee Holst McQueen after he was dismissed from the company following a "communication breakdown" between himself and fellow employee Delia Flaubert. Whilst McQueen went on to form the Russian-based team Qirex, Flaubert went away to form Team Auricom a year later. McQueen, who was very much obsessed with money, eventually sold the team over to the Overtel corporation, yet remained as director. Under the direction of McQueen, and thanks to the practically limitless funding and resources of Overtel, Qirex became the most devastating team of its time. Qirex is a very popular team throughout the series and is blessed with good stats in 2048 across all of its ship types. The Speed ship has an almost-perfect rating, whilst the Combat ship has a perfect firepower rating and almost-perfect health rating. The Agility variant is the best of both, with reasonable speed and handling, above average firepower, and a health considerably better than that of other Agility ships. The prototype ship, a pseudo-Combat ship, is also incredibly powerful, as it swaps the ability to pick up weapons for practically limitless Cannon firepower! Even powerful weapons, such as Plasma and Quake, can sometimes seem unimportant in the light of Qirex steel.
TO BE CONTINUED
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