#Danial ends up winning the competition

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Not sure you’ll answer this, but for the Bat Family, which members are team Johnny and which members are team Daniel and which ones believe Daniel was the true bully and Johnny was ‘The Karate Kid’?

Anon I hate to disappoint you but I've never actually watched the karate kid but I do know about it from pop culture so I'm gonna go off of that and hope for the best so imo Damian, Tim, Jason and steph are team Johnny, while Bruce, dick, Cass and Duke are team Daniel but only Tim and steph think Daniel was the bully while Johnny was the karate kid Jason will claim he does too only bc it pisses off Bruce

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Squid Game: Best Deadly Competition TV Shows & Movies to Watch Next

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Chances are, if you’ve started watching Squid Game, then you’ve finished watching Squid Game. Netflix’s Korean social thriller is highly suspenseful, driving viewers through its nine episodes to its chilling conclusion with an anxiety-inducing urgency. The story of 456 desperate people who play a deadly game for the chance to win a ₩45.6billion ($39 million) prize, Squid Game is a familiar premise executed masterfully, which means that if you’re looking for more stories like Squid Game, then you’re in luck; the “deadly competition” trope is a very popular one. Like other standouts in the subgenre, there is nothing quite like Squid Game, but there’s still many, many TV shows and movies worth watching if you’re looking for something that delves into some of the same themes and scenarios as the addictive Netflix drama. Here are our recommendations…

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Not technically a live-action adaptation of Hanna Barbera cartoon Wacky Races with a deadly twist – though that’s very much the vibe – this Roger Corman camp-fest is a cult favourite. The film stars Kung Fu’s David Carradine as the mysterious champion driver of the Transcontinental Road Race, an ultra-violent race across America designed as an outlet for the population’s simmering violence under a totalitarian regime – much like sports day at school, but with muscle cars instead of eggs and spoons. Health and safety guidelines are very much unobserved on the road, and the bodies soon pile up, as does a conspiracy that goes – you guessed it – all the way to the top! Brrm brrm. – LM

Das Millionenspiel (1970) & Le Prix du Danger (1983)

Two films, in two languages, from two different countries in two different decades, but both based on the same 1958 American short story. Robert Sheckley’s ‘The Prize of Peril’ is a prescient vision based on a television show where citizens volunteer to be hunted by trained assassins for the chance to win a life-changing sum of money. (Yes, there’s a chance that Stephen King, or at least his alter-ego Richard Bachman, read it before coming up with The Running Man). German film Das Millionenspiel was a TV movie that reportedly had viewers call in post-broadcast to volunteer to take part in the deadly televised contest, but perhaps that’s best taken with a pinch of salz. – LM

The Running Man (1987)

What’s more fun than a dystopian action movie based on a novel by Stephen King and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in his 1980s prime? Nothing, that’s what. Arnie stars as a former police helicopter pilot named Ben Richards who is framed for a massacre he didn’t commit and forced to compete in a televised game show where prisoners are mercilessly hunted down by mercenaries. On top of that, the obstacle course is basically an even more fucked up version of Sasuke/Ninja Warrior. Fortunately, Arnie isn’t alone in his hatred of the totalitarian government that has doomed him to death just to entertain The People, and that’s how the revolution starts. Yes, it’s a campy movie with some very cheesy lines, but good for a few Friday night laughs. – JS

Battle Royale (2000)

Battle Royale is one of the most beloved examples of the “deadly competition” genre, especially for nerds like Den of Geek staff and readers. Based on a 1999 novel by Kōshun Takami, Battle Royale made an impression for its brutality and stark social analysis when it burst onto the international nerd cinephile scene back in 2000. The story follows a busload of school children who are knocked out and wake up on an island. Each is given a random weapon—from guns to household items, like a paper fan or pot lid—and they must fight to the death until only one remains. – KB

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

The early 2000s were… what’s the term for a golden age of something terrible? A high-low point? The eye of the shitstorm? Either way, for the reality television genre, the early 2000s were it. The world dug its mucky snout into the honey pot of dehumanised abs, boobs and therapy bills waiting to happen, and decided it liked the taste. Some good though, did come out of it – satires like Danial Minahan’s 2001 feature debut Series 7: The Contenders. The film shows six American strangers picked by national lottery, armed with guns and forced to hunt each other down while the world watches in nightly instalments. It’s pacey, well-acted, darkly funny and carries your basic screaming ‘what have we become?’ message of many others on this list. – LM

Doctor Who, “Bad Wolf” (2005)

OK, I’m cheating a bit with this one, which isn’t a series or movie, but rather a single TV show episode, but it’s Doctor Who, so I’ll allow it. It’s hard to remember more than 15 years later, but, when Who relaunched in 2005, head writer Russell T. Davies was reinventing the wheel, resulting in some conceptually ambitious installments. This definitely includes “Bad Wolf,” which has a pretty strange premise for the first half of the season-ending two-parter. 

In the Davies-penned “Bad Wolf,” Rose, the Doctor, and Jack wake up to find themselves not only separated from one another, but in incarnations of various British TV competition shows like The Weakest Link, Big Brother, and What Not to Wear. Though these shows may seem similar to their 21st century counterparts, the stakes are not: the losers are killed. Honestly, this premise was a bit ahead of its time. Sure, this was five years after cult classic Battle Royale hit the scene, but three years before the first Hunger Games novel would hit shelves. The scenario is not only compelling and fresh, but Davies doesn’t linger too long before explaining how it is relevant to the season-ending mystery. – KB

The Hunger Games (2012)

A list of this kind would not be complete without The Hunger Games, one of the most popular and successful modern incarnations of the “deadly competition” trope. Like Battle Royale before it and Squid Game after it, The Hunger Games succeeds because it uses its violent premise to explore contemporary social anxieties. Suzanne Collins famously came up with the initial idea for The Hunger Games while flipping through the channels between competition reality shows and footage of the Iraq War. Given the massive success of both the novels and movie adaptations, it’s obvious that this story is tapping into some serious and unaddressed collective social trauma. The Hunger Games gave young people especially a chance for temporary catharsis through the guilt, fear, and pain that came with growing up post-9/11. – KB

3% (2016)

The thing about deadly competition stories is that most, if not all, of them are particularly class conscious. When one thinks of the type of person who would choose to participate in, or be forced into, a life and death game, it’s not usually rich people. Deadly competition stories are often about the exploitation of the poor. Perhaps no other entry into the genre understands that as deeply as Brazilian series 3%. This tale takes place in a dystopian near future in which the impoverished residents of the “Inland” can compete in a mysterious event known as “The Process” and potentially be granted access to the upper ranks of society. The Process is rigorous, with many of its participants eliminated and some even killed. How many actually make it? Well, check the title of the show again. – AB

Alice in the Borderland (2020)

There’s a reason why Alice in Borderland started trending as soon as Squid Game binges began: the 2020 Japanese science fiction show based on a manga of the same name, has a lot in common with its Netflix cousin—at least on the surface. Directed by Shinsuke Sato (who also helmed Gantz, another great “deadly competition” story example), Alice in the Borderland begins when three friends are abruptly and unexpectedly pulled into a parallel Tokyo where they must compete in a series of deadly games. The difficulty of each game corresponds to a playing card and, if they lose or refuse to play one of the competitions, they will be killed by lasers from the sky, naturally. 

While Alice in the Borderland’s initial premise has some things in common with Squid Game—notably, the shock of its characters upon realizing the deadly stakes of the artificial competition—the respective shows are not only grounded in different cultures (Japanese va. Korean), they also hail from different genres. While Squid Game is very much set in our own world, Alice in the Borderland is much more science fiction in tone and execution. (I mentioned the sky lasers, right?) Both are good shows, but their comparisons quickly fade once you look past the surface. – KB

High-Rise Invasion (2021)

The concept for High-Rise Invasion is as enigmatic and compelling as any anime can be. The anime (or original net animation as this is sometimes dubbed) picks up with our hero Yuri Honjō suddenly on top of a skyscraper with no memory of how she got there. Yuri soon discovers that she’s stuck in a world made up of entirely high-rise buildings and the bridges that connect them. What’s worse is that these high-rises are patrolled armed individuals wearing masks who seem hellbent on killing everyone who isn’t masked. High-Rise Invasion is slightly atypical from your usual “death competition” genre in that it’s not clear if this is even a competition. At the end of the day, however, the goals remain the same: survive at all costs. Until things get a little more complicated of course… – AB

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Season 2019: THE UNCOMMON

As the year is about to end, I feel extremely nostalgic looking back at what and who I’ve encounter this year. I was given the opportunity to experience what competitive dancing is like with the tittle of being in the “State Team’. Before the year ends, I would like to dedicate a few words to my 24 to 13 to 26 OGs that made up UNCOMMON.

Hello Boba Addicts,

We’ve been dancing together for long enough and you all had filled my past  few months with plenty joyful moments as well as not so joyful ones. After what we’ve heard, learned, seen, I had this sudden urge to write about us.

We first met each other during our audition trainings and I’m not going to lie, I was extremely intimidated by all of you. I can vividly remember, as soon as the music plays, You guys radiate determination and strong desires of wanting to be the chosen ones for our team. We never really gotten the chance to talk and know each other better prior to selections and knowing that our first competition together was a month away, didn’t give me good vibes at all, in fact I was worried and thought it would be a disaster. 23 dancers, 5 weeks, 2:45 minutes routine, I think if you were me, you would feel the same. It wasn’t until the day itself I felt at ease, I told myself “you know what, you got this!” and we got this! Came home 5th, but come on what can you expect when you still got scolded for messing up the night before.

It all started falling when people started leaving. I’m not going to lie, I was THISSS close in having zero confidence in our team. I remembered having dinner with Yi Ting and Marcus, I was asking them whether is it my fault for not being confident with my own team when literally everyone was leaving. I really have thank the both of them for keeping me grounded or else I would’ve left as well.

We can all agree that it was during TJD preparation where our bond strengthen, our minds started to think alike and we started to have the same goal, which was to be better each time the music plays. Sometimes we did, sometimes failed. It’s Okay! We can always try again.

it may be because of our bond, we started to receive more encouragements and more constructive criticisms, we approached TJD not for “experience” anymore, but more to actually wanting to achieve something. I might have set my hopes and expectations too high that night, that I disappointed myself, but you guys were there to remind me that thought we didn’t win, we still achieved our goal of performing better that the last one and our results proved so.

That nigh hit me hard, I remember literally throwing myself onto Yi Ting and cried, because yes we didn’t win but also because I’ve realised how much of a family the 13 (14 if you include Teacher Danial) had become. I truly respect and love guys a lot! You guys played such an important role in my journey as a dancer as well engraving yourselves so deeply into my heart. I know we are going through a new phase right now, but I hope we can welcome our friends with open arms and love them as well.

MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL!

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[XW] The Spark (486 words)

Based on prompt #10: “Spark”

There has always been a spark between Adri and Danial.

Ah, I suppose I might not have used that sentence the way it was intended to. Allow me to correct myself. I believe "rivals to the death" would be a more accurate way of describing their relationship.

The met in secondary school. They were both in the class of 1 Bunga Raya, and it all started with a test. Puan Komathy had innocently pit them against each other in a spelling bee contest. Little did she know, she started a lifelong rivalry between the two boys that day.

There was no real reason for the competition between them. It was simply the right time, the right circumstances, and the right boys. Adri and Danial had always been a little competitive by heart, often feeling the proudest whenever they won anything. Losing to another person who found the most joy in winning felt like the worst kind of loss. So neither of them budged.

"Spell dilophosaurus."

"D-I-L-O-P-H-O-S-A-U-R-U-S, DILOPHOSAURUS!" "D-I-L-O-P-H-O-S-A-U-R-U-S, DILOPHOSAURUS!"

From then onwards, everything was a competition between them. Sports, studies, and even the amount of books they borrowed from the library—it consumed their lives.

Over the years, both Adri and Danial had grown up to be rather handsome young men. So it wasn't much of a surprise when they started receiving love letters. But even that became a competition. Eventually, the girls grew frustrated because they realised they would never win either one of their hearts.

By the time they were both seventeen and graduating, they were at the top of their classes, athletics, and co-curricular activities. Schools around theirs would have heard all about this intense rivalry between Adri and Danial. Rumours had spread widely across the area.

Of course, I came to hear about it. Although I was a little late, my job remained clear. I would bring this to an end, once and for all. The school play was coming up, and both the boys were playing the male leads. It was the perfect opportunity.

I walked into the hall without anyone noticing. I watched the play unfold, as both Adri and Danial tried to outshine one another with their theatrics and stunts. As the play ended, all the cast and crew lined up on stage, held hands, and bowed for the audience. As Adri and Danial were doing just that, all I had to do was to plant a thought, an idea—

—a spark.

I made sure to watch as both of them were the last to exit the backstage, side by side. They were looking extremely confused. Adri was the first to make a move. He grabbed Danial and turned him around.

"Danial, I—"

But Danial was the bold one. He flung both his hands around Adri's neck and pressed his face on Adri's. The kiss was only a peck, but a real kiss nonetheless. My job here is done.

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REDtone KL Junior Open 05-10 Dec, Malaysia

Day SIX - FINALS

The final day of the REDtone KL Junior open 2017 saw some brilliant finals and a brilliant atmosphere with all the matches being held at the National Squash Centre, Bukit Jalil.

Aira Azman and Shasmithaa got the matches underway with a tough four set match to start on the glass court. Shasmithaa won the opening game on the tie break but Aira regained her form to win the next three games.

Joachim Chuah and Asad Ullah were next onto court with the first three games being decided in the tie break. At the end of the first game Joachim put two shots into the tin before coming from behind to win the second game. Joachim lead in game three 10.5 but couldn’t convert any of his game balls. Asad winning the next game and the match for a four set victory.

Kiroshanna Manoharan stamped her mark on the final right from the very start in the match against Ayumi Watanabe with a comfortable three game victory.

Harris Ramlee won a tough five set match with Amir Amirul in the boys under 17 final. Amirul probably catching the tin a little bit too often. Having lost the opening game Harris fought back to win games two and three before Amirul won game four. A good start in game five from Harris gave him the advantage and he never looked back.

Aifa Azman secured the Girls under 19 title playing well and striking the ball well. Lai Wen Li put up more resistance in games two and three but Aifa eventually won the match in three games.

Matthew Lucente wrapped up the perfect week for him when he secured the Boys under 19 title after defeating Siow Yee Xian. Matthew looked Solid all the way through the event and played well to win a very entertaining four games as he takes the title back to New Zealand.

Hosts Malaysia take 9 titles with Pakistan claiming two and New Zealand one.

FULL DRAWS & RESULTS  

Day FIVE:

The REDtone KL Junior Open saw some brutal semi-final matches especially in the older age groups. 

In the Boys under 19s event Matthew Lucente continued his fine form to beat top seed Mansoor Zaman in five games, coming from 2.0 down to win 3.2. Siow Yee Xian the second seed needed every inch of his body to beat Danial Nurhaqiam in five really long games. Siow just managed to stay in the rallies and pick up one extra shot to win the match 11.9 in the fifth.

Aifa Azman recovered from losing the first game to win fairly comfortably against Sneha Sivakumar. Lai Wen Li made it an all Malaysian Final when she beat another Singaporean Wai Au Yeong in four games.

Mohommed Amir Amirul needed five games to beat Uzair Shoukat to set up a final with Harris Ramlee who ended the run of Nathan Kueh 15.13 in the fifth set.

The boys under 15 semi-finals were equally competitive, top seed Asad Ullah beat Ishant Shah in five games to be the first through the final. Joachim Chuah won the first two games against Hong Kongs Lap Man Au, but Au fought back to win games three and four before Joachim recovered to win game five.

Kiroshanna Manoharan finally ended the run of Liyen Teoh in four tough games and she will play Ayumi Watanabe in the final after she defeated Nurul Farzana Fairuz.

In the Girls under 15s top seed Aira Azman beat Nathalie Sim in three games. Aira the Asian Junior champion under 13s will play Shasmithaa in the final.

In the Girls under 13s 17/32 seed Chen Yu Jie continued her fine form to make the final she will play top seed Schveetra Kumar in the final.

The under 15,17 and 19s finals will be on the glass court, please join us for the live streaming (just below)

DRAWS & RESULTS  

Day FOUR:

Day four of the REDtone KL junior open 2017 saw some superb matches at the National stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Aifa Azman and Lai Wen Li booked their places in the semi-final but in slightly contrasting styles. Wen Li defeated Nurul Syafawati Ahmad Azhar in three comfortable games and although Aifa also won in three games she was made to work by Ma Si Yi. 

Next up for the top two seeds are two Singaporean players, Aifa will play Sneha Sivakumar and Wen Li will play Wai Au Yeong after she defeated Angie Ooi 12.10 in the fifth.

In the boys under 19 event the top two seeds booked their place in the final four but will meet two surprise Semi-finalists. Danial Nurhaqiam defeated Lam Yat Ting in four games and Matthew Lucente beat Duncan Lee in another four games.

In the boys under 17s Nathan Kueh ended the run of Singaporean Matthew Wong Yu Heng in three games. Nathan will play Harris Ramlee after he needed five games to see off Vasudef Vasanthan.

Liyen Teoh continued her fine form to reach the semi-finals in the girls under 17s event, today she beat ¾ seed Nurul Izzah Abd. Razak. In the lower part of the draw Nurul Farzana Fairuz needed five games to beat Japan’s Miyu Hirano.

Day THREE:

Day three of the REDtone KL junior open saw some very tough matches especially in the boys under 19s. 

Top seeds Mansoor Zaman, Siow Yee Xian and Lam Yat Ting recorded 3-0 wins to progress to the quarter final. Unfortunately, Yat Long Chung from Hong Kong who was seeded ¾ lost out to Matthew Lucente from New Zealand in three games.

In the boys under 17s Giant killer from yesterday Yu Heng Matthew Wong of Singapore defeated Shaun Lo in three games. Nathan Kueh played out a very noisy five set match with Pakistans Naveed Rehman which went all the way to the wire in the fifth game. Nathan winning it 11-9 in the fifth game, much to the enjoyment of the very vocal crowd.

In the Girls under 17 Low Jia Hui and Liyen Teoh gatecrashed the last eight with victories over Rafu Takahashi and Chen Yu Ng respectively.

DRAWS & RESULTS  

Day TWO:

Day two of the REDtone KL junior open saw most of the top players in action today. Most of the seeded players made it through to the last 16 but they will face tougher matches tomorrow.

Matthew Lucente from New Zealand and Eugene Heng from Malaysia played out a very entertaining match on the end court. With Lucente leading 2.1 in games they played out a very tough fourth game with Lucente eventually winning it 15.13.

In the Girls under 17 event Low Jia Hui managed to turn the tables on her higher seeded opponent when she defeated Carina Loi in three games. Tomorrow Jia Hui will meet Japans Rafu Takashi.

In the boys under 9 age group it was a good day for the hosts as three local boys managed to beat three higher seeded Chinese players. First Kaveeshan Ghana Easwaran defeated Jin Yicheng in three games, second Rashwind Nantha Kumar beat Li Zihao in three games and finally Aniessh Thirulokchandar beat Wu Yuchen in three games.

DRAWS & RESULTS      

Day ONE:     DRAWS & RESULTS       

Day one of the REDtone KL junior open got underway today with 9 age groups commencing. Some of the larger age groups those that had 128 draws had two matches and yet in the age groups played today there were only a handful of seeds that were beaten. Matches began sharp at 8.30am and continued throughout the whole day into the afternoon.

There were a few upsets in the boys under 17s when one of the 9/16s seed got beat and a couple of the 17/32 seeds got beat. Muhammed Aiman Nawi defeated Praneel Dev Prakesh in five games. Tomorrow Aiman will play another unseeded player in South Africa’s Rhys Barnard after he defeated Singapore’s Kieran Tan in four games.

In the boys under 11 there was a big upset when Keshvan Gunasekaran beat ¾ seed Nickhileswar Mogana Sundharam in four games.

With more age groups set to begin tomorrow and those that began today having tougher matches it should prove to be a more interesting day.

Andrew Cross

DRAWS & RESULTS  

The REDtone KL Junior Open returns to Kuala Lumpur this week with entries having grown on last year by another 140 players, taking the total to 790 players competing in 12 age categories. 

This will be the biggest tournament in Asia for 2017 and the biggest in Malaysia history.   With the additional entries a third venue needed to be secured to keep the event at its high standards with the Royal Lake Club being used to host the boys under 13 event. The younger age groups will be played at Jalan Duta with the older age groups being played at Bukit Jalil. 

The final day will see all the matches at Bukit Jalil with a majority of the finals being played on the spectacular glass court.

Mansoor Zaman from Pakistan will be the favourite to win the Boys under 19 event having been runner up at this year’s Asian Junior in Jordan this year. Second seed in the boys under 19s event will be Siow Yee Xian who Won the Asian Junior under 17 title in Jordan.

Aifa Azman who was part of the Malaysia team that finished runner up in the World Junior team event in New Zealand in July will be the favourite to win the Girls under 19 title. Second seed Lai Wen Li will look to make the final in her preparations for the British Junior Open.

Amir Amirul will try to win the boys under 17 event but will face some tough competition from Kiven Shanmugan and Harris Ramlee.

Kiroshanna Manoharan who was runner up in the Asian Junior under 15 event will be top seed for the under 17s. Ayumi Watanabe from Japan takes the second seeded position but Ainaa Ampandi will be looking for a strong finish to win the event on home turf.

It’s great to see some new countries and some countries returning for the event, Botswana and South Africa who are travelling a long way to compete in this event.

Andrew Cross

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