Aetolian Game News
My invention, a new sport called- Strungball.
Written by: Brinny's lil' puppy, Strung "Grunts" Cardinalis
Date: Wednesday, May 29th, 2002
Addressed to: Everyone
As the subject line says, I have developed a new sport, called
strungball. It requires the following things to play-
1 Grunts, AKA Strung Cardinalis.
2 Players.
2 Judges.
Now, the Strungball, both players and both judges all start in the same
room. One judge follows each player, the players follow no one and
neither does the Strungball. A coin is tossed to see who gets the first
move. The hottest female player gets to call it. If there are no female
players, then the coolest looking man calls it. If there is only one
woman and one man then ladies first, unless the lady is hideous (ex.
Kauller).
At the signal, both players run out of the starting room to their
primary areas. Once there they are not allowed to move out of them for a
bit... the judges make sure of this along with other things. Then,
whoever won the coin toss uses the brazier tattoo they've been equiped
with to summon the Strungball. Now, the game begins!
The starting person names a venom, curare and voyria not allowed. Once
this is done, they yell their Strungball warcry (Fore, Fire, etc.) and
the game is off! The other person summons the Strungball who then dsls
them with the venom the first person selected. Since one of my swords is
an asp weapon, there is a random factor in the game.
The person who just had the Strungball sent to them names a venom and
yells their strungball warcry, and their opponent must brazier me again
with four seconds of this. If they do not then they lose.
Now here is the catch... there is no healing whatsoever allowed in
Strungball. No drinking health, mana, using affliction curing skills,
applying salves, eating anything. You are allowed to move one room after
your opponent has summoned the Strungball out.
Strategies include whether or not the target is indoors or outdoors
(darkshade venom only works while outdoors), venoms to increase damage
(prefarar, but your target will probably start out deaf with a layer of
defense against this), slow or eliminate walking and your just general
speed and skill at attempting to force your target to summon the
Strungball at high speed or not summon it fast enough and be
disqualified.
I am currently looking for rich individuals/organizations who would be
interested in funding the first ever Strungball world cup, with entrance
fees being distributed to the contributing parties and large gold/credit
prizes. Whichever sponsor donates the most will also get to tell me what
the first thing I resound is.
If you can think up any interesting new rules for Strungball, please
message them to me and since the sport is still new we might actually
work your ideas in!
SC
Penned by my hand on the 23rd of Haernos, in the year 71 MA.