Tasks / Fictionolympics
Play, in the real world, a fictional sport or other game.
Note: The game should be drawn from literature, comics, TV shows, movies, or what have you- not of your own invention.
1 to 100 players
45 points
Level 3
In the zone of: EquivalenZ
Created by JJason Recognition
4 completed :: 7 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
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I would be remiss to not mention the existence of relatively organised Jugger leagues with coherent rules, teams in many countries, official sport status in Germany and a pretty fantastic international tournament. I regret that the friend who told me about it plays for Australia and I am just a wee bit far away to play, though I see some USian Amtgard folks have taken up the game.
I LOVE that movie.
LOVE IT.
I love that there are insane brain-damaged boys in the world that decided to make it a "real" sport. (even if there are girls that play, you just know this is testosterone-driven)
And I love you for this reference.
According to said testosterone-driven Ozzie friend, there exists somewhere in the world an all-girls church group Jugger team, and they played in the international tournament this past year. The mind, it boggles.
really i just want to play.
I so <3 'dog ball', and it's where my mind went with this, too.
Wow, other people know this film? Awesome! It's one of my fave fils EVER :)
However, I've looked into the teams of 'Juggers' in the world, and was a touch disappointed. I have, at some point or another, designed a computer game based around Jugging for my University degree - and as such, know the rules and tactics in the film pretty much off by heart. Seeing the teams playing in real life having one person using what looks like a sword and sheild just really grates with me.
Also, they seem to have made it more about the fighting than the scoring - hell, they don't even use a real dog-skull! :P
However, if anyone wants a (slightly more safety-conscious) real game of this in the UK, there is no distance I will not be willing to travel to join in - shotgun Quick or Metal :)
What if the game's rules were never explicitly stated in the source medium?
Then you should endeavor to do your best to stay true to what the spirit of the game is in the source medium. Obviously a game like Quidditch has some pretty explicit rules, while there might be a bit more leeway in how you play, for example, the Glass Bead Game.
Would Labyrinth Running still qualify?
I think so.
But I confess it won't get me inspired to vote unless you do it on a really, really epic scale.
Labyrinth Running inspired the task
And besides, it has been shown to be pretty epic if the labyrinth is actually a hedge maze and at least one of the competitors carries an ax.
Does anyone want to play Philosophical Tennis with me? (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
At least, I'm impressed.
Other kids' games are all such a bore!
They've gotta have rules and they gotta keep score!
Calvinball is better by far!
It's never the same! It's always bizarre!
You don't need a team or a referee!
You know that it's great, 'cause it's named after me!
Now to find other players..................
I was thinking the exact same thing...
I suggest we all play a nice long game of Obstacle Golf.
Easy, you all ride around on brooms and essentially play rugby!
Not sure how you'd do the snitch, or the bludgers though. Perhaps have 'human' bludgers and a human snitch?
I wanna play!
Anyone near Chicago want to play Pyramid? I'm pretty sure I can rig up a court.
Maybe I can stow away in a freight plane to Chicago
From Eddie Izzard comes the Stoned Olympics. Doing this legally would win all my vote points forever.
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/10/whats-better-than-hockey-wreck.html
Gentlemen. You have your challenge.
quidditch anyone? i would absolutely love to organize a group of kids, preferably a whole team (3 chasers, 1 keeper, 1 seeker, 2 beaters) and even more epically 2 teams, all to "fly" around on their broomsticks and use balls and all the other props. contact me if interested!
i want to!!! i was totally thinking of this!
Praxis
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