The Kiwi Dragon

Wales

**The Kiwi Dragon** (more commonly known as **Kiwi,** and also referred to by the names **Kiwi Dragon** and **TKD**) is a Welsh-born, New Zealand competitor, racing almost exclusively for Square 2 Charge. He is also a small YouTube content creator and livestreamer, in addition to helping run Square 2 Charge's social media pages, and acting as the administrator for the Square 2 Charge Wiki.

## Tournament History

### **Prior to joining Square 2 Charge:**

Before the formation of Square 2 Charge, Kiwi's experience in racing against people in video games was practically zero. Though he had previously been a somewhat competitive Pokemon player in the VGC format (2012-2017) as well as playing matches based upon the ruleset of Smogon's OverUsed (OU) tier.

From 2019 to 2020, he competed in the r/CrashBandicoot Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled League, specifically the Asia-Oceania (ASOC) division in Seasons 1 and 2, finishing as a Semi-Finalist in Season 1, and a Quarter Finalist in Season 2. He would also begin managing the division in Season 2, later stepping down at the conclusion of Season 3.

In 2021, Kiwi saw a Crash Bash match which took place in another organization that many of the founding members of Square 2 Charge were previously part of. While this would be the foundation for Kiwi's interest in racing against people in video games, Kiwi would never end up competing for that particular organization.

### **Debuting in The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023):**

Initially Kiwi declined an invitation from Bobbledink to join Square 2 Charge's first tournament - The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023) on the grounds of mental health reasons.

However, some time later after hearing that fellow New Zealander MidnightHeart may possibly have had to drop out due to technical issues, he asked if he could be entered as a substitute. While MidnightHeart's issues were later fixed in time for her to race, Kiwi was later called to replace CharmedSky once she dropped out of the tournament, and joined Group Cork alongside Bobbledink, MidnightHeart, Danta Fanta, and JaNinJuice, thereby making not only his Square 2 Charge debut, but also his speedrunning tournament debut.

Kiwi would go on to sweep the group stage in Round 1. He started by defeating Bobbledink in his debut match, playing Pokemon Yellow. He would then face off against and defeat Danta Fanta in Ape Escape. His next race would be against MidnightHeart to see who could obtain 10 specific Orbs in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. Kiwi defeated MidnightHeart with a score of 10-2, but the race was voided as MidnightHeart's footage was unusable. The race was ran again, this time with the score being 10-3 in Kiwi's favour.

Kiwi would then face JaNinJuice in an odd turn of events. Initially due to technical issues, JaNinJuice was unable to compete against Kiwi in their originally scheduled goal of a Toy Story 2 Boss Rush, leading to Kiwi instead having to face JaNinJuice in a race to see who could gather the most Pizza Planet tokens in 30 minutes. Kiwi would end up suffering controller drift during the race, but due to the initial technical issues, and the time it had taken for the race to begin, Kiwi did not opt to restart the race at that late stage of the day, leading to JaNinJuice defeating Kiwi with a score of 9-8. Kiwi would later request a rerun, due to the late starting time and controller issues, which led to the organizers ConorDavid and Lucas B agreeing that the original race would be voided and would need to be rerun. As a result, this time he defeated JaNinJuice with a score of 14-10. This performance would mean that he finished Round 1 undefeated with a win/loss record of 4-0, making him the top competitor in Group Cork. As a result of his performance in Round 1, Kiwi would completely bypass the Quarter Finals, and automatically advanced to the Semi-Finals.

In the Semi-Finals, Kiwi faced the tournament moderator - Lucas B. Toy Story 2 was chosen for their race, and the previously suggested Boss Rush goal that Kiwi had tried to do for his race with JaNinJuice was repurposed for the Semi-Final. The race started out EXTREMELY close, with it being hard to tell who was in the lead for the most part. Lucas took the lead in Andy's Neighborhood, but Kiwi had regained it by the end of Construction Yard. From here he made a few costly mistakes, which sealed his fate for the rest of the race. While he managed to cut down the gap eventually, it was too late. Lucas would successfully beat the Final Showdown, as Kiwi was just about to enter Tarmac Trouble. As a result Lucas handed Kiwi his first loss.

After that painful loss, Kiwi was placed in the Second Chance Triple Threat against previous rival JaNinJuice and a new foe - Skater6453. Staring down the barrel of elimination, the race was decided by ConorDavid to be Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time. The three competitors agreed the goal would be to collect the most clocks inside a 1 hour time limit, with the All Abilities cheat active. Despite having very little familiarity with the game, Kiwi would go on to defeat JaNinJuice and Skater with a score of 32 to 22 to 18 respectively. As a result of this, Kiwi claimed the last spot in the Grand Final.

Kiwi raced Lucas B, ConorDavid and Dr Crusher in the Grand Final. Kiwi struggled with the races as a combination of organizational issues, and a lack of sleep led to Kiwi making multiple errors across the three stages of the final. Despite a rough start in Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time, he recovered, only to later lose this recovery, after second-guessing how many clocks he'd collected in Planet "X" Files. Rather than pausing to check how many clocks and golden carrots he'd collected, Kiwi instead ventured back to the start, paranoid that he'd missed one clock (he hadn't), in turn throwing away a possible second or third, which sealed his fate for Stage 1. Still reeling from the performance in Stage 1, he would bomb drastically in Stage 2, playing Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, not even finishing the lengthy goal, which he admitted he found "too long, sometimes confusing, and quite overwhelming." From there, crippled by the failures in Stage 1 and Stage 2 as well as his lack of sleep, he bombed again in Stage 3 playing Toy Story 2, a game which he was noted as knowing well by Lucas B. At points during this stage of the race, his lack of sleep led to confusion on Pizza Planet token objectives, struggling in challenges and against bosses, and led to, in his own words "a near mental breakdown". Kiwi also fail to finish the Toy Story 2 goal.

Based on his performance in this race, TK47 declared that Kiwi would no longer face Rexy in Toy Story 2 at Forbidden Door (2023), as TK stated that Rexy would "demolish" him.

### **Special Guest Commentator and Exhibition Match Competitor in QUICKELODEON (2023):**

Kiwi did not return for QUICKELODEON (2023) as a tournament competitor, on the grounds of mental health and also as he had just started a new job in early October 2023. However, the following month, Kiwi appeared on QUICKELODEON as a special guest commentator for the Rugrats: Search for Reptar race between Middy Turner (MidnightHeart) and Teenage Marcus Ninja Terry (MTB).

Following on from this, with the permission of tournament organizers JaNinJuice and Bobbledink, a QUICKELODEON exhibition match, known as 'The Rugrats Redemption' was set up between Kiwi and MidnightHeart, with the pair racing against each other in Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party!

Additionally, Kiwi would return one more time as a special guest commentator for the QUICKELODEON Grand Final.

### **Competing in Super Charge Season 3:**

Kiwi would make his debut in JaNinJuice's riddle based Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage Orb Hunt. He would face off against former rival Bobbledink, his Forbidden Door opponent Rexy, and MTB, whom he had not crossed paths with until this point. Kiwi would finish this event in second place with 2 points, behind Bobbledink who scored 5 points, while Rexy and MTB tied with 1 point each.

For his next race, Kiwi would face off in a very close randomized Pokemon Platinum race, to see who could defeat Gardenia first, against the debuting Redxthetank, who was scheduled to debut in the The Jackbox Gauntlet (2023) but had to withdraw, which lead to Kiwi organizing the match. Despite holding an early lead, Kiwi would fall behind at the midway point of the race, choosing to try and hunt more Pokemon for his team rather than maintaining his lead, as he felt he could catch up later on. He hit a spot of bother facing a trainer with an Arceus, narrowly beating her, before falling to Galactic Admin Mars' Dialga in the Valley Windworks, Red had also fallen against Mars in his randomized version as well, meaning the two were equal on pace. However, while Red opted to catch more Pokemon and grind the EXP of his existing ones, Kiwi chose to strategize by using some clever tactics, adding berries to his Pokemon, and sending out his team in a particular order to pass Red by defeating Mars. From this point, Kiwi surged into the lead and never looked back, only slightly faltering at Gardenia's Regice, but subsequently beat her and defeated Red in the race.

For his next event, Kiwi competed in the Kahoot Christmas special quiz against Rexy, Redxthetank, See Jay See, and Kayotie, facing See Jay See for the very first time, and Kayotie technically debuting on-screen in this match, despite their next few matches as part of their best-of-three series having already been recorded and scheduled for upload, weeks in advance. Kiwi would finish this 50 question quiz in second place, ahead of Red, Kayotie and See Jay See, but behind eventual winner Rexy.

It was at this point that Kiwi began a best-of-three series with his real-life partner Kayotie, each choosing a game for Rounds 1 and 2, agreeing on a third for Round 3, should a tiebreaker be required. Kiwi would choose the infamously awful Little Britain: The Video Game, widely known as one of the worst video games ever made, as his Round 1 selection. For Round 2, Kayotie selected her childhood favourite game, Tomb Raider: Legend. As for their final game, Kiwi and Kayotie mutually agreed to play Futurama: The Video Game as the pair had not long finished watching the brand new 11th season of Futurama on Hulu, deciding that it would be the perfect tiebreaker game.

First up, was Little Britain: The Video Game, which saw Kiwi storm to a commanding first victory, completing each level on the Easy Tour Mode, and had enough time to spare that he went onto harder difficulties to try and improve his overall Tour Mode score. However this was unnecessary, as Kayotie would struggle on many levels and when time expired, she had just failed the football minigame. As a result, Kiwi was declared the winner of the first round.

### **Hosting and Competing in the The Jackbox Gauntlet (2023):**

Kiwi is scheduled to host, and compete in the Jackbox Gauntlet, facing off against some former opponents such as Bobbledink, Lucas B, See Jay See, and Kayotie, in addition to a bevy of new blood in the form of Balint Handra, and Fubdable, in addition to some friends of his - Gizmocat11, KingOfThePiggus, Karlamon, and Seagullcupcake.

## Results and Statistics

### Singles Tournaments

 TJG (2023) | 11
 Total

### Other Square 2 Charge Events

 Forbidden Door - KSC x S2C 2023 | The Kiwi Dragon Vs Rexy | Pokemon Emerald Version

\*This was an exhibition match during the running of QUICKELODEON (2023) to promote the event further, after the Semi-Final round had concluded.

## Channel Record

 VERSUS - Season 1
 Super Charge - Season 2
 VERSUS - Season 2
 Super Charge - Season 3

## Championship Wins and Accomplishments

* The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023) - Grand Finalist, Fourth Place
* QUICKELODEON (2023) - 'The Rugrats Redemption' Special Exhibition Match Winner
* The Jackbox Gauntlet (2023) - Grand Finalist, Winner
* S2C Crystal Dragon Trophy - One time, most recent winner

## Trivia

* Though he is not one of the six founding members, Kiwi is viewed as the seventh person sitting at the table when it comes to making decisions on Square 2 Charge.
* Kiwi created and designed the S2C World Championship, the S2C Exhibition Championship and the S2C Poisoned Chalice Championship. But despite having designed these titles, he has never held his creations.
* Kayotie is the real-life partner of Kiwi. This made them the first couple to compete on Square 2 Charge. The other being JaNinJuice and Shironeko.
* Kiwi is one of several competitors to represent New Zealand, along with Kayotie, MidnightHeart, Zed the Insomniac, HazrdousSloth, and Karlamon.
* Additionally, Kiwi is one of two Welsh-born competitors, alongside James Jones.
* Kiwi is one of five multinational competitors, alongside JaNinJuice, CharmedSky, Antonio Curtis, and TK47.
* Starting from the conclusion of The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023) and QUICKELODEON (2023), running all the way up to The Jackbox Gauntlet (2023), up to the present day, Kiwi holds the distinction of being the most successful competitor to represent New Zealand.
* Additionally, Kiwi holds the distinction of being the most successful competitor to have been born in Wales.
* As of December 2023, Kiwi holds the record for the most consecutive Super Charge competitor appearances, with six in total as a competitor (Season 3, Episodes 1 - 6).
* Additionally, counting consecutive appearances of any kind on Super Charge, as of January 2024, Kiwi holds the record with ten in total (Season 3, Episodes 1 - 6, and 8-10 as a competitor, plus Season 3, Episode 7 as a host).
* Kiwi also appears as a regular personality on Square 2 Charge's other shows Triangle 2 Talk and X 2 Play.
* Despite planning to compete in the Crash Bash VERSUS series, Kiwi has yet to actually compete in VERSUS.
* Kiwi and MidnightHeart hold the distinction of having the first mid-tournament promotional exhibition match.
* Additionally, Kiwi and Bobbledink hold the distinction of having the first match that contained a Nintendo video game.
* Kiwi is one of two Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon focussed YouTube content creators racing for Square 2 Charge, the other being the much more well-known CrystalFissure.
* Before joining Square 2 Charge, Kiwi had become familiar with MidnightHeart, as she was originally a viewer from Kiwi's streams, before later becoming a part of his and the Square 2 Charge communities.