Cerebra's Files
Upstarts
The Upstarts were a group of young mutants assembled by Selene
who were involved in a competition for power. Points were gained by killing
other mutants, and the winner would theoretically have domination over the others,
and would be the leader of the next generation of mutants. The competition was
moderated by the Gamesmaster, who used the
powerful thoughts of the Upstarts as a means of blocking out the thoughts of
the rest of the world. After Selene was removed from the game, the Upstarts
continued to compete, although they never really seemed to get anywhere, because
all of their successful kills kept returning from the dead. After the failed
Younghunt, where the Upstarts captured
the remaining members of the Hellions and the New
Mutants, the game seems to have disbanded.