Thanks, folks! I've taken the liberty of pushing the War Machine back to the 2013 season, to make room for the Dragons in 2012. Any more new teams get to join in 2013.
And since we're talking about other sports, here's another draft Wiki page for the Gazetteer. I took the liberty of adding "stardancing" to the list...
Could somebody else write up asteroid racing and quidditch, please? (I could dig through the oldest Fenspace posts, but that would delay Legend of Galactic Girls even more.)
[size=larger]Sports in Fenspace[/size]
(blah-blah - witty intro placeholder - mention the Warsie's annual 'fennish olympics' - blah-blah)
Asteroid Racing (blah-blah - description - oldest of the Fen sports - blah-blah)
Astroball is a team space-based game, once described by a BNF in the VVS as "somewhere between quidditch, soccer, and demolition derby, and a hell of a lot of fun." Astroball has its own page.
The "Golden Age Superman Marathon" is played on Luna. Taking advantage of the low gravity of as-yet-unfinished Lunar bases, it involves "leaping tall buildings in a single bound." This isn't often literally the case, but the same sorts of folks who dash across the tops of 'danelaw buildings in New York and Paris just love the wuxia movie feeling of roof-hopping in 1/6 G.
King of Fen-ers is a virtual-reality fighting game that from the outside bears remarkable similitaries to various coin-op and console platform fighting games. Matches are held in cyberspace - participants either use neural induction helmets (if meat-type sentients) or jack in (if electronic-type sentients). Humanoid participants may provide avatars of themselves, while any player can use a character from at an assortment of CRPG and FPS games. The Cyber Confederation maintains the servers and takes care of any problems with scale. (KoFen is the only venue where The Jason and Wave Convoy could fight hand-to-hand.)
Competition matches are divided into three classes, based on how the competitors would handle being shot in the gut. Class 3 approximates "fall on the floor and begin bleeding to death," 2 is more of "cringe at the big welt," and 1 is "either basically not notice or dodge it." The servers are programmed to damp out the virtual effects of any killing blows, regardless
KoFen opened for play in late 2013.
Quidditch (blah-blah - description - favourite Wizard sport - blah-blah)
The Solar Regatta is a challenging race for the larger fencraft, with a course that transits the orbits of all the classically-known planets and has required "navigational hazards" checkpoints. There are several divisions, but in general nothing smaller than a Type B Motorhome has ever competed, due to the distances involved. (AIs are specifically prohibited from taking part in smaller ships for safety reasons.)
The Trekkies sponsor an annual Solar Regatta, awarding the Federation Cup to the winner.
Zero-G Gymnastics (also known as "stardancing") is the most peaceful of the Fen sports. It's been likened to a combination of ballet, tai chi chu'an, and rhythmic gymnastics; team performances add elements of synchronized swimming. Judges award points for perfection of form, originality of routine, and grace of movement.
Winry Rockbell is the best-known solo zero-g gymnast.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
And since we're talking about other sports, here's another draft Wiki page for the Gazetteer. I took the liberty of adding "stardancing" to the list...
Could somebody else write up asteroid racing and quidditch, please? (I could dig through the oldest Fenspace posts, but that would delay Legend of Galactic Girls even more.)
[size=larger]Sports in Fenspace[/size]
(blah-blah - witty intro placeholder - mention the Warsie's annual 'fennish olympics' - blah-blah)
Asteroid Racing (blah-blah - description - oldest of the Fen sports - blah-blah)
Astroball is a team space-based game, once described by a BNF in the VVS as "somewhere between quidditch, soccer, and demolition derby, and a hell of a lot of fun." Astroball has its own page.
The "Golden Age Superman Marathon" is played on Luna. Taking advantage of the low gravity of as-yet-unfinished Lunar bases, it involves "leaping tall buildings in a single bound." This isn't often literally the case, but the same sorts of folks who dash across the tops of 'danelaw buildings in New York and Paris just love the wuxia movie feeling of roof-hopping in 1/6 G.
King of Fen-ers is a virtual-reality fighting game that from the outside bears remarkable similitaries to various coin-op and console platform fighting games. Matches are held in cyberspace - participants either use neural induction helmets (if meat-type sentients) or jack in (if electronic-type sentients). Humanoid participants may provide avatars of themselves, while any player can use a character from at an assortment of CRPG and FPS games. The Cyber Confederation maintains the servers and takes care of any problems with scale. (KoFen is the only venue where The Jason and Wave Convoy could fight hand-to-hand.)
Competition matches are divided into three classes, based on how the competitors would handle being shot in the gut. Class 3 approximates "fall on the floor and begin bleeding to death," 2 is more of "cringe at the big welt," and 1 is "either basically not notice or dodge it." The servers are programmed to damp out the virtual effects of any killing blows, regardless
KoFen opened for play in late 2013.
Quidditch (blah-blah - description - favourite Wizard sport - blah-blah)
The Solar Regatta is a challenging race for the larger fencraft, with a course that transits the orbits of all the classically-known planets and has required "navigational hazards" checkpoints. There are several divisions, but in general nothing smaller than a Type B Motorhome has ever competed, due to the distances involved. (AIs are specifically prohibited from taking part in smaller ships for safety reasons.)
The Trekkies sponsor an annual Solar Regatta, awarding the Federation Cup to the winner.
Zero-G Gymnastics (also known as "stardancing") is the most peaceful of the Fen sports. It's been likened to a combination of ballet, tai chi chu'an, and rhythmic gymnastics; team performances add elements of synchronized swimming. Judges award points for perfection of form, originality of routine, and grace of movement.
Winry Rockbell is the best-known solo zero-g gymnast.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012