Tournament Held Over A Box

Tournament Held Over A Box (commonly abbreviated as THOAB) was an object show that Daax, creator of Virtually Gifted, tried to make in the past part of his life (around 2018). However, the series, outside of just a few old assets, plot elements, and storyboards, was unfortunately cancelled and vetoed due to production instability, mental health issues, and due to Daax finding the project too "standardized and boring". That being said, it does seem to have some level of a mark on Virtually Gifted, despite the much different story that is intended on being told.

Plot
Not much is really known about this series since it was scrapped and saw little storytelling. Only vague remarks about THOAB are stated as time progresses. What is known is that Tournament Held Over A Box was an average and typical object show: contestants battle to win a prize, and the show's gimmick was that the prize is a box. Other than that, the show's history, or even who it's host was, remains a question.

Trivia

 * While THOAB was cancelled before even making a proper first episode, Tournament Held Over A Box has a finalized intro, but the video is unlisted on YouTube for privacy reasons.
 * The official real-world reason that THOAB was cancelled was that Daax found making the project pretty fruitless, and he felt like the execution of certain things in it were too standard and formulaic in the community, so he decided to quit the project, opting to make a show that has much more to say instead. Enter Virtually Gifted, and that show became one of his prized properties.
 * Despite the project being completely canned and thrown in the trash, THOAB does has a slight amount of relevance to Virtually Gifted that will be explored later on in the narrative, as stated prior. That being said, it isn't showcased to be that important, just inside jokes and nostalgia for old crewmates.
 * This show's name is noted to be literal and uncreative in the sense that it was based on the fact that the prize was intended to be an actual box. What that box had inside is unknown, since the show never got proper development beyond that fact.
 * THOAB was Daax's first attempt at making an object show, so he decided to include bits and pieces of it in Virtually Gifted as a tribute to how much he's grown from the past. This series was more kid friendly than Virtually Gifted and had less dark subject matter to worry about, but it also had less representation and less morals to teach.
 * Nine of Virtually Gifted's students originally came from THOAB and were supposed to compete in there before the show was canned. Their personalities are mostly similar to what they were supposed to display in THOAB, but they sometimes reference the old series vaguely.
 * Paddleball, Hexagon, Copyright, Coffee Cup, Baggy, Hexagon, Prize Box, and Origami are these nine characters respectively.
 * LED is also a character who came from THOAB, but he's not a student, just a side character.


 * It's unknown as to what happened to the other THOAB contestants, as they don't appear in Virtually Gifted, not even in direct mentioning. This is because of writing constraints and lack of a reason to do so.
 * THOAB was held as an extracurricular event nearby Saint Cornell's Academy, a school that is 1 hour liwern of Mcfinny Public School. The two institutions are considered rivals, as they try to outdo one another.