The Rhino Beetle Games is in full effect, and it’s now round two of eliminations. For this week’s challenge, we perform the ultimate strength test, in an experiment to see which of our remaining 6 male rhino beetle gladiators competing in these Olympic-style beetle games is the strongest! Will your favourite beetle make the cut?

BEETLE STRENGTH TEST: The Rhino Beetle Games (Round Two)

[Radio Voice 1]: It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye tonight to a Gladiator that not only has become a friend to us but who has also become a hero to all in the Antiverse.

Radio Voice 2: Apollo, why am I crying?

We’ll miss you so much! We wish you well frolicking in the open fields of coconut trees in your natural habitat.

And indeed, we will miss our little lightning, Apollo. We watched him grow from just a little larva, and even as the littlest of the bunch, he still proved to us that he had the biggest spirit and heart.

[Radio Voice 1]: And with one now gone, there are six left to proceed on to the next round, and the competition is guaranteed to get more and more intense. And so continues the great Rhino Beetle Games.

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[Radio Voice 1]: Good evening, Antiverse! The time is 8 PM, and you’re tuned into Rocksteady FM, and let me tell you, the entire Ant Room is hyped for this second elimination round for the Rhino Beetle Games 2019.

Radio Voice 2: That’s right, VW! Keep it locked to this station as we bring you all the best RBG coverage! Everyone is raving about these Olympic-style Rhino Beetle Games! I can just feel the immense anticipation buzzing in the air!

[Radio Voice 1]: Same here, Lady B, and I’m sure all the AC Family at home can feel it too! And here stand our proud champions now, the Rhino Beetle Gladiators, whose natural capabilities will continue to wow us in these Games.

To our left stand our three females: Athena, Artemis, and Aphrodite.

Radio Voice 2: And in the two columns on the right stand our remaining Gladiators: Zeus, Hades, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Ares, and Poseidon.

[Radio Voice 1]: Last week’s RBG event, the Rhino Dive, saw Gladiator Poseidon take the Pyramid of Hera! As the champion, he was able to enjoy a full week of extra bioactive soils in his Sudan Suite. But what will the winner of the Pyramid of Hera for this week’s challenge win?

Radio Voice 2: Ooh, I can’t wait to find out!

[Radio Voice 1]: Stay tuned for that, coming right up in just a second! All rise for the Rhino Beetle National Anthem.

In the name of the Great Rhino Sudan,

With strongest of horns, proudly we stand,

To compete with heart in this Antiversial land,

We pledge our allegiance to the AC Fam,

Who spared our lives when we were young lads!

[Radio Voice 1]: Just beautiful! That Rhino Beetle Translation was brought to you by AntsCanada.com, the world’s leading provider of museum-quality ant farms shipped worldwide.

Radio Voice 2: Alright, now before we proceed to explain this week’s Rhino Beetle Game elimination challenge, we just would like to remind everyone that these games are cruelty-free and are specifically designed to highlight the beetles’ natural abilities of strength, agility, speed, and more, as they would be expressed in the wild, while ensuring our Gladiators are not placed in danger or an overly stressful situation.

[Radio Voice 1]: Now, as you may or may not recall, the ultimate winner of the entire 2019 Rhino Beetle Games shall inherit a beetle paradise, complete with space, food, guaranteed protection from predators in the security of our Ant Room, and, of course, the female rhino beetles to breed with.

Radio Voice 2: For a full explanation of the Games, feel free to watch last week’s video here!

[Radio Voice 1]: AC Family, the time has come! Let’s have a look at this week’s epic Rhino Beetle Games event, known as the Strength Test! You guys will love this one!

Before us sits the field and venue for which our Gladiators will be participating in an ultimate display of innate strength. In the wild, possessing great strength is a must for a male rhino beetle if he is to succeed at staying alive and coming out on top to ensure the passing of his genes to breed.

Radio Voice 2: Strength helps a rhino beetle defend itself, seek shelter from predators, and win in male joust matches for food, territory, and breeding rights!

[Radio Voice 1]: Fixated on a platform is a great tower of three large boulder bricks, which in total weigh four times the weight of one average male rhino beetle. The tower of boulders is attached via a bungee cord and rope, arranged pulley-style up this great wooden log, and…

Radio Voice 2: Looks like someone forgot to put out the Ghost Ant traps on the field last night! Haha!

[Radio Voice 1]: Haha! Right?…

…and all the way to another bungee cord attachment with a stretchy harness, which will be comfortably fastened around our Gladiators. This elastic harness ensures the beetles’ utmost comfort while competing.

Radio Voice 2: Each beetle will be placed onto the log and will naturally climb against the pull of the bungee cord. They will proceed up the stick to the top of the log, and in doing so, hopefully be strong enough to pull on the rope and topple the tower of boulders.

[Radio Voice 1]: Each beetle will be timed, and the Gladiator who can topple the tower off this platform the fastest will win the Pyramid of Hera this week. And Lady B, the stakes are extremely high.

[Radio Voice 1]: …because the ultimate prize for this week’s RBG event is…

Radio Voice 2: Complete immunity from the Rhino Beetle Games elimination for the next round! The top winner of the Strength Test challenge will win the opportunity to recharge in strength for two whole weeks, as he sits out of the competition for next week’s challenge!

[Radio Voice 1]: That’s right, Lady B. The winner of the Pyramid of Hera will automatically be safe in next week’s challenge and can watch his fellow Gladiators compete from the sidelines, resting to recharge in strength, as he automatically advances to the next Rhino Beetle Games challenge the following week.

Radio Voice 2: Ooohhhh, what an amazing prize! But VW, what about the Gladiator or Gladiators that lose?

[Radio Voice 1]: Great question, Lady B! Any Gladiator who is unable to topple the tower of boulders under one minute or who slips off the log loses the challenge and proceeds to the great elimination round to fight for their spot in the Rhino Beetle Games and the Antiverse.

If none of the beetles fall off the log and are able to pull the tower off the platform by one minute, then by default, the bottom Gladiator with the worst time shall be the losing Gladiator this week and the one to leave us and the games tonight.

Radio Voice 2: Ohhh, I’m so nervous to see which Gladiator will be leaving us! This Strength Test Challenge is going to be a nail-biter to watch!

Good luck to all the Gladiators! Inhabitants of the Antiverse, cheer on your chosen Gladiators in the comments now! Who will win the Strength Test and gain Rhino Beetle Game immunity?

Let the great Rhino Beetle Games begin!

Radio Voice 2: First up, is Poseidon!

[Radio Voice 1]: Team Poseidon, cheer on your Gladiator! Go! Poseidon begins to tug forward, pulling at the bungee cord, oh, and at just under five seconds, he moves the tower!

Radio Voice 2: Oh, come on, Poseidon, pull! Don’t fall off! Ah!

[Radio Voice 1]: Ahhhhh! Toppled at 18.31 seconds!

Radio Voice 2: Great job, Team Poseidon! Well done!

Next up is Hephaestus!

[Radio Voice 1]: Team Hephaestus, cheer on your Gladiator! Go! And Hephaestus proceeds forward, and ohhhh! What a time! 2.16 seconds!

Radio Voice 2: What?! Oooooh my Sudan! That was so fast!

[Radio Voice 1]: Hephaestus fans going wild now, as I’m sure the Creator of Worlds is, as their champion takes the spot from Poseidon at winning the Pyramid of Hera.

Radio Voice 2: Great job, Team Hephaestus!

Up next is Dionysus!

[Radio Voice 1]: Team Dionysus, cheer on your Gladiator! Go! Dionysus plows forward, dragging… ohhh! Ohhh! The tower… ohh, toppled at 5.44 seconds.

Radio Voice 2: Ohhhhh! Oh my Sudan! Down!

Great job, Team Dionysus!

[Radio Voice 1]: This places Dionysus in second place under Hephaestus and ahead of Poseidon.

Radio Voice 2: Harnessed up now is Hades! Go Hades, baby!

[Radio Voice 1]: Team Hades, cheer on your Gladiator! Go!

Hades… Ohhhhh! Noooooo! Fallen off and into the softened moss net below!

Radio Voice 2: Gooo! Noooooo! Oh no, Hades!

[Radio Voice 1]: Team Hades, your Gladiator having fallen off the log shall proceed to the Final Elimination Round, and if he’s the only one in the Elimination Round, he will by default be the one to leave the games tonight and the Antiverse.

Radio Voice 2: Oh, I just can’t!

[Radio Voice 1]: Next up is Ares! Team Ares, cheer on your Gladiator! Go! Gladiator Ares immediately moves the tower!

[Radio Voice 1]: As he proceeds up the log, oh! Down goes the tower at 7.52 seconds!

Radio Voice 2: Team Ares, this places your Gladiator in third place under Hephaestus and Dionysus! Awesome, Team Ares!

And last but not least…

[Radio Voice 1]: Yes, my personal champion, Zeus! Team Zeus, cheer on our Gladiator! Go!

Zeus steadily proceeds upwards along the log.

Radio Voice 2: He’s pulling!

[Radio Voice 1]: It looks like he’s taking his time. Come on, Zeus! Could the tower be causing him trouble? Ohh!

[Radio Voice 1]: Zeus is down in the moss net, which means he’s headed into the Final Elimination Round with Hades to fight for his spot in the Rhino Beetle Games and the Antiverse.

Wow!

Radio Voice 2: The Antiverse is going wild at the results! I think I hear a few boos out there!

[Radio Voice 1]: I know! Actually, Lady B, both our picks are proceeding to Final Eliminations! I am just speechless right now!

Radio Voice 2: Same, VW! I can’t believe that between Gladiator Zeus or Hades, one of them shall be leaving us and the games tonight!

[Radio Voice 1]: Stick around, AC Family, to watch their ultimate showdown elimination round coming in a moment!

But as for the top three winners of the Strength Test, we issue a massive congratulations to Team Ares in third, Team Dionysus in second, and the winner of the Pyramid of Hera this week, Team Hephaestus!

Radio Voice 2: Oh, congratulations Team Hephaestus, your Gladiator performed well today!

[Radio Voice 1]: As the winner of the Pyramid of Hera this week, Gladiator Hephaestus gains immunity for the next round of the games, and sits out next week to recharge in strength, as he automatically proceeds to the following Rhino Beetle Challenge.

Radio Voice 2: It seems like since Apollo’s elimination last week, a lot of Team Apollo converted to Team Hephaestus this week! Great to know his fan support has grown!

Radio Voice 1]: That’s right, and well, Lady B, it looks like one of us, as well, will have to re-choose teams, as our personal picks are in the bottom two. Zeus and Hades stand side by side, preparing for the ultimate final elimination round, which will see one of these Gladiators safe this week and the other exit the games and the Antiverse!

[Radio Voice 2]: And what a duel this will be! Unarguably two of the biggest rivals in the competition going head-to-head, this Zeus-Hades face-off is bound to be epic!

[Radio Voice 1]: AC Family, below our bottom two Gladiators sits the venue for the Final Eliminations! This battle round will be a face-off of ultimate Rhino Beetle strength, where our two mighty beetles will be able to display just how powerful their muscles, bodies, and minds are in an elimination round, which we all know as the ancient game of Tug of War!

[Radio Voice 2]: That’s right! Both Gladiators will be fastened to both ends of these bungee cords, facing outward. They will each pull against the other, heading toward opposite ends of the log, and the Gladiator who reaches the other side first wins! But there is a catch!

[Radio Voice 1]: That’s right, Lady B! If any of the Rhino Beetles at any time lose their grip and fall off the log, they automatically lose the challenge, and the remaining Gladiator still on the log becomes the winning beetle! The beetles must remain on the log at all times throughout this Tug of War match!

[Radio Voice 2]: Team Zeus and Team Hades, good luck, and may the best Rhino Beetle win! Inhabitants of the Antiverse, Gladiators Zeus and Hades shall engage in a great duel of Tug of War, to fight for their right to remain in the games and ultimately as an inhabitant of the Antiverse!

Team Zeus and Team Hades, cheer on your Gladiators in the comments! Gladiators, pull with all your might! 1 – 2 – 3!

[Radio Voice 1]: Go Zeus!

[Radio Voice 2]: You can do it, Hades!

[Radio Voice 1]: Hades decides to hold his ground, not moving from his spot, while Zeus begins to plow forward!

[Radio Voice 2]: Oh, don’t let go, Hades! It looks like he’s waiting for Zeus to tire! Great strategy!

[Radio Voice 1]: Zeus is approaching the end of the log! He’s pulling his hardest to move forward! Look at him pulling forth for us, Team Zeus!

[Radio Voice 2]: Oh, Zeus is getting so close to the end! Hades is not moving an inch and is holding his ground! Come on, Team Hades, let’s cheer on our Gladiator!

[Radio Voice 1]: I think we’re coming to the end of this Tug of War match now! Who will it be, AC Family? Zeus or Hades?

[Radio Voice 2]: Oh my Sudan, pull!

[Radio Voice 1]: Who will it be leaving the Antiverse tonight? It’s the ultimate battle of the Gladiators! Team Zeus and Team Hades, cheer on your Gladiators in the comments! This is it!

[Radio Voice 2]: Ahhh yes! Hades did it!

[Radio Voice 1]: Ohhhhhh! Zeus let go and fell off the log, automatically earning him the loss in this Tug of War match! Ohhhh, Team Zeus, our Gladiator is leaving the games and the Ant Room this week, and it makes Gladiator Hades safe for another week and still in the running to compete in the Rhino Beetle Games! What a crazy match!

[Radio Voice 2]: Zeus burrowed his way into the coco peat substrate of his Sudan Suite. As the most royal and stately of the Rhino Beetles, who was humble enough to take a bow for us when we first met him last week, Gladiator Zeus humbly bows out of the Rhino Beetle Games this week, and will now be released back into the wild, from where he was collected. Oh, how I will miss Zeus. He was such a sweetheart and eliminated much too early.

[Radio Voice 1]: This leaves us now with our three females and five remaining Gladiators in these Rhino Beetle Games.

We wish you all a good night. This is DJ VW…

[Radio Voice 2]: And DJ Lady B…

[Radio Voice 1]: We’ll see you next week for the next round of eliminations.

Thank you for watching, and it’s ant—

[Radio Voice 2]: —and beetle love forever!

[Outro Voice]: Alright, guys! So it seems Gladiator Zeus is heading home this week. For those of you who were Team Zeus, do feel free to keep playing in these games and choose a new Gladiator to champion, but sadly, you won’t qualify for a prize. But hey, it’s all for fun anyway, right?

Were you happy with the results?

Guys, be sure to tune in next week to catch the third round of the Rhino Beetle Games and watch your Gladiators duke it out for the top spot and prize!

For all of you whose Gladiators are still in the games, congratulations to your champions. Be sure to leave your comments for them, to cheer them on, as they do read their fan mail, and remember to use their official team hashtags.

Good luck to the remaining five on their future rounds to come!

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Last week we asked:

How might keeping still help a rhino beetle survive in the wild?

Congratulations to Ryujin The Third, who correctly answered:

Keeping still can help them survive because some animals focus on movement, and if you’ve ever had invisibility in a PvP game, you’d know that moving can ruin your camouflage.

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In this week’s AC Question of the Week, we ask:

How might having great strength help a male rhino beetle succeed in the wild?

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