abstract
| - Parts War is a battle between Storm Riders to gain AT parts, emblems, territories or Regalia. They also compete in these battles to advance their team to a higher rank. A team has to bet something in order to battle. Teams will usually bet parts, thus the name Parts War, or a team can bet their emblem. If a team bets their emblem and loses, that team must disband. Parts War actually began as a website where riders simply traded parts with other riders. Someone later developed the website into a tournament. The person who created of the current Parts War system is unknown, even to Sora Takeuchi and his brother, Nike. A real life Parts War community, using skates, officially opened. It is said that this unofficial community, called the "Parts War Network", has the most innovative and closest adaptation of the rules, setting it apart from the previous failed attempts. They refer to their Parts War as a "new form of competitive skating" implying that their rules and systems have been developed and adapted for use with inline skates and/or rollerskates. Unlike its fictional counterpart, the Parts War Network's founder is known, a guy named Yami. Recently, Yami has stepped away from the project, leaving its operations in the hands of two admins named Shadow and Ness. Since it's opening, the Parts War Network has been the only Parts War to replicate the Roads using a Road System. Although the Kings and Regalia Systems have been mentioned, no information has been confirmed regarding their release. If all three features were released, this would make the Parts War Network the first to incorporate real Roads, Kings and Regalia. How the King and Regalia concepts would work within the real Parts War system has yet to be revealed, although there has been reassurement that these ideas are in fact possible and on their way. The Parts War Network also has a running radio show podcast running on spreaker.com called "Jet Set Radio" (based on the radio show in the video game of the same name.)
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