Blitzball
Do you know what Bliztball is? You will if you've ever played Final Fantasy X. But for those of you who don't, this is what it is:
Two teams of 5 people face off in a liquid dome. First to ten points wins. Simple enough, right? Well, there are more rules, but first I just want to see if anyone is interested in having a Blitzball World Cup. So far, there is:
the Amarius Champions
the Telenius Buggles
anyone else interested?
I would be but sadly this profile is not a nation through choice. When/If my leader comes into power I would play blitzball. I have my reasons for not having a nation...
Alrighty then...anyone else interested?
I'm in.
The Megoria Spiders
Cool. And great team name, too. So now the list is:
the Amarius Champions
the Telenius Buggles
the Megoria Spiders
Come on people, join!
is anyone else interested?
I am assuming that at this time, no one else is interested, and the tournament will be cancelled. If 3 more teams sign up, we'll still have the competition, but i guess you are not interested.
what is your team name? okay we need 2 more!
We need 2 more people by tomorrow at 8pm eastern time.
Yo this is Seth of the the blitzball team Zanerkand II do you accept us in the blitzball worl cup.
We're in
Kiith Furio Godesses
Ok. This will run until we'll say 5pm eastern time tomorrow to see how many people are interested.
Be quick my team gets agrovated easly :|
Tokyokobe Neko's
Just letting you all know I am also Amarius.
EVERYONE!! We will begin on Friday at 4:30 pm.
The first match will be
Amarius vs. Ability
anyone volunteer to write this (not ability or me, of course)
Hey, is this thread still active, and can I still enter my team?
(I unlocked everything in Blitzball in FFX, so my knowledge is pretty good :))
Yes, it is, and yes, you're in. So then what's your team name? (ORIGINAL PLEASE!)
The IB (Illigitemate Borrowing) Forerunners of Bahamut
btw : There is technically 6 players (if you include the goalkeeper), but it's your thread, you decide whatever you like.
In order to make in depth match-writing easier, I will list the names of my players :
CF : Malaki
RF : Janus
LF : Zenith
LB : Jague
RB : Feldo
GK : Streen
imported_The TRSN
19-11-2003, 09:00
OOC: I never was good a blitzball. Did anyone ever get the Jecht Shot 2? If so, how? Anywho... cool thread. At your tournaments, you should play "Otherworld"; that's the rock song from FFX.
**Otherworld begins to play**
Yes, you're right. How'd I get seven? Ok, everyone post your names. If you don't here, don't worry before the first match begins, I will make a list an you can post if you're not on the list you can post your player names.
CF : Gydd
RF: Pnetka
LF: Ymvuhdw
LD: Sewan
RD: Nihhan
GK: Teddan
What were the B's for? I made them D's for Defense.
BLITZBALL TEAMS
Amarius Champions
CF : Gydd
RF: Pnetka
LF: Ymvuhdw
LD: Sewan
RD: Nihhan
GK: Teddan
Ability Power Rangers
Illegitimate Borrowing Forerunners of Bahamut
CF : Malaki
RF : Janus
LF : Zenith
LD : Jague
RD : Feldo
GK : Streen
Megoria Spiders
Kiith Furio Goddesses
CF: Valirien
RF: Iséndra
LF: Mirirama
LD: Leanoic
RD: Shari
GK: Chiradia
Tokyokobe Nekos
CF: Hanada
RF: Minasakki
LF: Rikko
LD: Datau
RD: Imuni
GK: Shimarin
Telenius Buggles
CF: Song
RF: Huan
LF: Xiao
LD: Dan
RD: Yuan
GK: Sun
Kirkwall ZanerkandII
CF: Seth
RF: Squall
LF: Seffer
LD: Cleo
RD: And
GK: Reeka
Alright, things begin! :)
Good idea with the list btw.
Ok, I'll write the first round.
You DO want me to write the whole match right, and not just the narrative?
(I'm used to each person acting out their own roles, sorry)
Kiith Furio Goddesses
CF: Valirien
RF: Iséndra
LF: Mirirama
LD: Leanoic
RD: Shari
GK: Chiradia
Ok, I'll write the first round.
You DO want me to write the whole match right, and not just the narrative?
(I'm used to each person acting out their own roles, sorry)
Yes, I want you to write the whole match. I'm not too sure what you mean about the narrative. But in order to be fair, neither of the players get to write their own match.
It would be nice if Ability hurried up and gave me some names, but whatever, I'm just using their position as a place filler atm.
The 1st round (as far as I've written it) is 800 words, but still got plenty to do!
Just a little update :
I have hit the 1,500 word mark, and the match is about halfway.
(this does NOT guarentee that the whole thing will be 3,000 words, as the post doesn't instantly start at the beginning of the match.
Zanerkand II players
Seth
Squall
Seffer
Cleo
And
Reeka.
It would be nice if Ability hurried up and gave me some names, but whatever, I'm just using their position as a place filler atm.
The 1st round (as far as I've written it) is 800 words, but still got plenty to do!
Well sorry that I have other things to do then spend all my time on a website!
Tournament Round #1 - Amarius Champions Vs. Ability Power Rangers
The sun beat down strongly upon Cbenedc Nuyt, the Capital city of Amarius, and the wind blew gently, sweeping discarded match programmes across the tiled streets in a laid-back, yet majestic fashion. All however, was not at peace in the city. Crowds of Amarian citizens were crowding into the West side of the city's famous blitzball stadium, situated by one of the coasts of Amarius,
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newly revitalied, and a spectacular display of tourism in it's best, almost nonexistant form. The Amarians were eager to watch and cheer on the Amarius Champions, while generally making things as difficult as possible for the Ability Power Rangers. The few Abilitians that could afford to make the trip were bustling into the East wing of the stadium, not hesitant to make as much noise as they wanted in the crime-free streets of Cbenedc Nuyt.
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Inside the stadium itself, the fans were not divided, for the ever-present police were out in force, removing the possibility of a riot from the minds of the crowd.
All along the walls of the West side of the stadium, the Amarian national motto :
"Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?" had been carved. On the East side of the stadium, many flags and banners were visible, poking from the crowd, carrying the Abilitian motto : "Don't feed Phil".
Time passed... and the crowd became restless.
As the disgrunted noise of the irritated crowds grew to a peak, the voice of the announcer suddenly burst out, silencing the crowd.
"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen, to the first round of the blitzball tournament, opening with a faceoff of the Amarius Champions and Ability Power Rangers! It's a beeeautiful day, with almost no wind and a lovely lovely temperature of ThiRTY FiVE degrees! I don't know about you folks, but I'm dying for some red hot blitzball action! But first, we have to appreciate our origins, with the nation anthems of both nations..."
The national anthem of Amarius began to play. Around 15 seconds into the anthem, the crowd began to break out with exaggerated snoring noises, as well as crude taunts. The conductor shugged, and skipped on to the Abilitian national anthem. The cries of boredom did not stop. Fed up, the conductor gave up, and as he left the stadium, signalled to the commentator's box.
"Err... in a slight change of plan, we will now instead play the internationally recognised Adopted Blitzball Anthem of Otherworld".
The loud music began to blast throughout the stadium, silencing most of the crowd. However, several snoring noises were still audiable.
The arena administrators suddenly realized what the fans wanted, and ordered the process of creating the blitzball sphere to begin, and signalled to the commentator once again.
"Ladies and gentleman, the pumps have been turned on, and the teams are coming out of the changing rooms, ready and raring to play!"
The water pumps situated just next to the void in the center of the stadium roared into life, spraying water to form the floating sphere in which the game would be played.
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The noises of the crowd changed from irritated to anticipating in the space of a few seconds.
As the sphere reached completion, the teams standing at the opposite sides of the stadium performed a running dive into the sphere, and began a quick warm-up.
"Remember people, this is the first game with the Amarius Champions for new Center Forward player Gydd, let's hope he's up to scratch, folks!"
The referee stepped forward onto his podium, and blew the whistle to get the players to move to their starting positions.
"And the match begins!"
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The ball spun wildly on the spot for a moment, before rocketing into the air, launching out the top of the water sphere. Red Ranger was quicker off the mark, speeding upwards like a missile, and launching off the head in a cheeky bound when he started to slow, and left the water sphere for a few seconds, grabbing the ball from the air, before plunging back into the water. Immediately, the ball was backpassed to Blue Ranger, Left Forward of the Rangers.
Blue Ranger dashed ahead for a few seconds, before attempting a pass back to the Center Forward, but the ball is snatched mid-pass by Pnetka, who charged forwards on a burst of adrenaline. Red Ranger quickly reacts, and speeds ahead of Pnetka, blocking the path, before delivering a punishing Wither Tackle, which served it's deadly purpose to full affect. Pnetka stopped dead as the ball was snatched from his grasp, before clutching his stomach at the point where the attack struck, and drifted for a moment, unable to return an attack as he felt his energy begin to fade, his limbs growing shaky. It would be far harder for him to play in this condition...
Red Ranger surged forwards, fuelled on by the fact that one less player would bother him for a few minutes. Speeding ahead, he dodged an tackle from Sewan, slipping out of the way at the last second.
Letting the ball float upwards for a seconds, he turned his back to the ball, before flipping over backwards, and delivering a sphere kick speeding towards the goal. Teddan launched himself into position, his arms outstretched, the ball just brushing past the tips of his fingers.
"Power Rangers Score! That's an expert sphere kick from the teams center Forward, and a sign that the teams in the tourament are really playing for keeps! Let's hope that the Champions aren't finished yet!"
The scoreboard hanging from the a beam crossing over the stadium twinked for a moment, as the score counter rolled over to 00 - 01.
The ball was returned to center, and began to spin once more. However, this time, Gydd was ready.
As the ball launched, both Forwards sped upwards, but as the Abilitian forward attempted to launch off the head of Gydd, his foot was grabbed, the grip holding strong as Gydd thrust himself up.
Grabbing the ball, Gydd flew towards the goal as fast as he could manage. The Rangers organised themselves into a defensive wall, and sped towards Gydd.
Gydd knew that he could not defend the blows of all 5 opponents, and so attempted a trick. Passing the ball forwards with belief begging speed, the ball caught Yellow Ranger square in the face.
Yellow Ranger shook his head with an irritated expression, and started forwards to recover the ball. Suddenly, his eyes grew wide, and then they slowly closed as the effect took it's course. Yellow Ranger drifted towards the surface...
Gydd grabbed the ball once again and, tightening up his muscles like springs, launched a venom shot through the gap in the defensive wall, using all his strength.
The defenders were still stunned by the sudden agressiveness of Gydd, and failed to stop the shot.
Green Ranger was expecting it no more. Before Green Ranger could react, the ball shot between his legs, slamming into the back of the goal.
"Gooooallll! That's a beeeautiful Venom Shot from Gydd, his first goal with the team, and the manager must be breathing a sigh of relief that the new player has turned out to be worth the hefty wage!"
The score board glowed red, the score counter flashed, and changed to 01 - 01.
Yellow Ranger awoke, shaking his head rapidly. He glanced up at the scoreboard, and an expression of rage and contempt played across his face. He signalled to his teammates.
"And Rangers are calling for a formation swap, exchanging their Center Forward and Left Defender! A most unexpected tactical move from the Rangers, let's hope it pays off!"
Yellow Ranger took the center Blitzoff point, an evil grin on his lips.
The ball span and launched once more. Yellow Ranger launched himself forward, striking Gydd with a blow enhanced by rage and lust for revenge, a blow many times more powerful than he could otherwise strike. Gydd was struck reeling, coughing and spluttering violently. Gydd found himself without the energy to recover quickly, and began to swim at a pitiful pace towards the ball, still trying to recover from the Drain Tackle. Yellow Ranger watched this for a moment, laughing quietly to himself.
Yellow Ranger, driven on by satifaction, hurled himself towards the ball, and seized it. Using the expert passing skills that had earned him a place as one of the teams defenders, he threw the ball backwards over his shoulder, aiming for the hands of Red Ranger.
Red Ranger caught the ball, and frowned as he pondered which way to go from here. He started forwards, weaving up and down, left and right, avoiding tackles that flew his way. He released the ball, letting it float in front of him while he pulled his leg back for a kick. Just as he was about to release the kick, the ball was stolen by Nihhan.
Nihhan passed it forwards to Gydd, who was behind the defenders, with an almost clear run to the goal. Gydd grabbed the ball, but as he did so, recieved a punishing blow to the face, reeling once more from the elbow strike of Yellow Ranger. Gydd, failing to stop in time, flew out of the side of the sphere into the stands, crashing into the stone with a loud crunch. The broken barrier of the sphere quickly reformed.
"And some HIGHLY agressive play from Yellow Ranger, but the ref makes no signal, play continues!"
Yellow Ranger raised his fist, making a gesture to Gydd, who was emerging from the stand.
Foul language burst from Gydd's mouth as he dived back into the sphere.
Yellow Ranger span around, searching desperately for someone to pass to. He spotted Pink Ranger, and threw the pass.
Unfortuately, the collision with Gydd earlier had dizzied Yellow Ranger somewhat, and the pass bounced off Pink Ranger's fingertips.
Ymvuhdw had planned ahead, and was already positioned with a clear run to the goal. The ball drifted near to him, so he grabbed it.
Speeding towards the goalkeeper, Ymvuhdw stopped for a moment, wound up a shot, and fired. As the ball sped towards the net, the bright white and blue colors faded, until the ball was a transparent shell. Green Ranger squinted hard, trying to see the ball as it sped towards the goal. At exactly the right moment, he outstretched a hand to grab the ball. He missed, and the ball slammed into the back of the goal.
"Champions score! A risky invisible shot from Ymvuhdw pays off!"
The scoreboard twinkled again, as the score counter changed. 02 - 01
"For the next blitzoff, the Rangers are changing formation!"
The rangers went into an allout attack formation, and readied for the blitzoff.
Red Ranger grabbed the ball as it was launched, and swam forwards in a burst of speed that left the wedge of defenders confused in his wake. He took a shot at the goal. Teddan was ready for this, dodging in front of the incoming shot with ease, and deflecting it with the flick of a wrist. The ball was grabbed by White Ranger, who passed it forwards to Pink Ranger, who volleyed the shot forwards to goal again. Teddan had not expected the shot to be returned so fast, and was caught off guard.
"Scooooorrrre! That's a speedy goal by the Rangers, courtesy of Pink Ranger, assisted by White Ranger! It's looks like they won't give up without a fight!"
The scoreboard glowed, the digits spinning, coming to rest reading 02 - 02.
The scoreboard also showed that there was only 1 minute left.
Both teams were going to go all out in the last minute. Both teams moved into all-out attack formation.
The blitzoff began.
Both walls of players smashed into each other, with a force that sent the entire sphere rippling. Every player was tackling the other players with such agression that it was near impossible to see who was striking who. A backpass found it's way to Red Ranger. Gathering all his strength, he shot towards the goal. With near unbelievable reactions, Teddan darted in the way and grabbed the ball, passing it to Gydd.
Gydd knew this was the only chance he would get... he would make the most of it. Speeding upwards at a such a speed as to be barley visible, he sped out of the top of the sphere, and, at the apex of his jump, faced down, and as he fell, hammered the ball downwards with all his strength. The ball became a blue blur, barely leaving a dent in the surface of the sphere, as it sped towards the goal.
Green Ranger saw this happening, and dived out to stop it. Every player turned to watch the event, as it seemed to happen in slow motion. Green Ranger's facial expression turned from surprise, to determination, to shock, to dismay as the ball brushed past his fingertips.
"I don't believe it! A last-minute goal by Gydd, which means that... yes! the ref calls full time! The Champions win the game! What an unbelieveable last minute developement!
The man of the match was Gydd, and you statistics maniacs can see the in-depth happenings in tomorrows paper. This is Kyou Tridd, at the Cbenedc Nuyt sphere, enjoying a 3 - 2 victory for the champions!"
Hey, good job, IB. I will be writing the next match, which will be
Kiith Furio vs. Megoria
Megoria, I need those team names!
BUMP
Megoria, please, i need the names of your team members.
BUMP
Lets just say that Megorias team didn't dare challenge the mighty female godesses and were disqualafied for not showing up at the match.
Tournament Round #2: Kiith Furio Goddesses vs. Megoria Spiders
"Hello, I'm Kyou Tridd here on the NS Blitzball Network, coming for you live today in the Capital District, the only city in Kiith Furio. Today, we will see the teams of Kiith Furio and Megoria face off in what will hopefully be another exiting match in the great sport that is Blitzball!"
The fans were rallying to start the game that instant. Many were even throwing items, such as drinks at the pumps.
"Well, it seems that the folks here are really anxious for some Blitzball action! Unfortunately, the Megoria Spiders are yet to arrive. So we'll see what hap-wait a second here folks, I've just gotten some bad news. It seems the Megoria Spiders won't be making it to the match today. They claim to be restricted from leaving Megoria, but I think that it's just fear about having to challenge Kiith Furio. Well, until the next match, this is Kyou Tridd, saying: let there be Blitzball action next time!"
well. that worked out. anyway, the next match is Illegitimate Borrowing vs. Telenius
Illegitimate Borrowing's capital is Gepaal, the city of eternal night. Kiith Furio, if you would write it?
Does anyone know if Furio ha started writing it yet?
can you guys do it, been inactive a bit due to the christmas things and all the relatives visiting and all ^__^;;;
(this is my first post in 3 weeks or something :p