The Hardcore Effect World Cup.. for Crisps - The qualifiers

Listed below are the snacks fighting out to be crowned the Hardcore effect World Crisp Champion. We recognise some are not STRICTLY crisps, but merely corn based snacks, but we felt they should be represented. The crisps will be split by characteristics into groups, each one will be compared to the others in its group, with an overall winner and runner-up moving on to the latter stages to fight it out against crisps from other groups.

This really is seriously vital stuff.

Group A - Basic Crisps

Walker's Ready Salted
Seabrook's Prawn Cocktail
Highlander Salt & Black Pepper
McCoy's Flame Grilled Steak


Group B - Novelty Crisps

Walker's Squares
Wotsits
Skips
French Fries
Nik Naks
Pom-Bears
Chipsticks
Frazzles

Group C - Premium brand and corn based crisps

Kettle Chips
Philleas Fogg
Doritos
Walker's Sensations
Pringles

Group D - Other snacks

Beef Jerky
Salted Peanuts
Pork Scratchings
Dried Apple Crisps

Group E - Budget Crisps

Asda Smartprice
Space Raiders
Attack-A-Snack
Tangy Toms
Onion Rings


Group B, is of course expected to be a hotly contested group this time out. Young pretenders like Skips, vying against the might of Bacon Frazzles in the largest group in the competition.

This years surprise omissions include Walker's heavyweights - Quavers, a crisp that would under normal conditions fair quite well has failed to make the cut this year.

Stay here for all the action.

Still to come..

Well, nothing much today, but the rest of the week pans out pretty damn well.

We've got interviews with Felicia Day, Robin Thorsen and Jeff Lewis from The Guild, plus another surprise guest.

We'll be attempting to catch up with the boys from Mindshock and we'll be making the first draw of our inaugural Crisp World Cup.

Keep it here.

Finally though, please join us in wishing that handsome devil, Ravi, the best of luck in his exams. We all look forward to his return.

cheers

Incoming..

I'm very, very tired today. So much so infact, that I've had to reschedule a few things till tomorrow.

Yet, I feel like I'm cheating you all if I don't at least share whats incoming this week;

- We caught up with the cast of Award Winning Sitcom, The Guild, for an informal chat. See what they had to say before the restraining order was issued here next week.

- The Inaugural Hardcore Effect World Cup for Crisps

- Return of our stolen video content

- Possible return also for our Bizarre Adult Video of The Week.. its a special one.

- Why Barack Obama's job is at least three times harder than even he expected

- We find out how hard it is to find a cleaning contractor in London who'll mop up blood and fingers

- Why being hospitalised turns you into Jesus

- More Kate Nash.. on the street

- and much more that doesn't immeadiatly spring to mind right now.

We look forward to seeing you, and don't stop sending in those e-mails.