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I can't remember if it has been done before, but this is the place to sign-up for the International Dodgeball League, to be held in Mawr, Druida. Nations are restricted to one team each, and the more original, the better!

Each participating nation will enter a team of five players. If anyone gets injured, tough. You'll just have to play with one less player for the rest of that game, and bring a new player in for the next one. Each player must have their age, weight (in kg or pounds, we can convert!) and height (in cm or feet and inches, like I say, we can convert!), and an introductory RP about what makes their team so special! Of course, Druida will enter it's team later, but first, we'll run through the rules.

- Teams must have at least one player of each gender on the court at a time.
- If you're hit by another person's throw, you're out!
- If someone catches your throw, you're out!
- If any part of your body leaves the confines of your half of the court, you're out!
- If you catch the ball, you get a player back!
- When you're down to one player remaining, the re-activation target comes on at the far end of the court. Hit this, and all your team can come back. Can only be used once, though.
- Once all your team are gone, it's game over. Best of three games wins.
- Thanking you please.

Sign-ups [15/16]:

Druida
Starblaydia
Rejistania
Kaze Progressa
Cockbill Street
Hockey Canada
Audioslavia
Robotopolis
Nargopia
Fmjphoenix
Liverpool England
Lovisa
Spruitland
Bedistan
Zakrowskitoria

Starblaydia would like to send a suitably-characterful team across the Bekk to Druida.

The Orange-White-Blues sign up. What makes us special? Our colors, of course!

[OOC] This variant is new, but Dodgeball has been done here before:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/frisbeeteria/dodge/dodgelogo_tiny.gif
The Great Sophista/Frisbeeterian Dodgeball War (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=361434)

The Progressans continue their return to the international sporting scene by signing up here.

Cockbill Street signs up. Our team will consist of professionals, i.e. 12-year-olds from a local school in Roegrow.

Hockey Canada can't miss this! sign us up!

The Audioslavia Claret-Green-Black-Yellow-SkyBlue-and-Whites will enter a team, despite none of the players knowing what the rules of dodgeball are! The Audioslavian players are trained in the art of 'whats-called-dodgeball-over-here' a.k.a. 'british bulldogs', which involves your entire team running from one end of the court to the other without being hit by a ball thrown from the opposition players, who are standing on the sides with maaany balls. The Audioslavian Claret-Green-Black-Yellow-SkyBlue-and-Whites will try as best as they can to get to grips with this new dodgeball game.

("Do we have to wear helmets and lots of body armour?" :- Doddy Bollocks, Audioslavian Dodgeball Enthusiast)

Just remember Hockey Canada... the 5 things of dodgeball:

Dodge
Dip
Duck
Dive
and... Dodge.

Robotopolis will be sending a team, you guessed it, consisting entirely of Robot Masters who have been subjected to the "Dodgeball" Upgrade that their peers also had, but they took it the best.

Other teams are suggested to wear padding during matches.

Robotopolis will be sending a team, you guessed it, consisting entirely of Robot Masters who have been subjected to the "Dodgeball" Upgrade that their peers also had, but they took it the best.

Other teams are suggested to wear padding during matches.

Doddy Bollocks has been quoted as saying 'Pah!' to the idea of padding. He added 'we'll just switch off the mains so you can't recharge your robo-dudes batteries! haha!

Mr. Bollocks also added a hearty 'Pah!'.

Nargopia will be sending the following squad:

Nargopia Llamas

Colors: Greenish-Beige and Beigish-Green (Alternate jerseys are reversed)

Tabitha Trunkle - 24 yrs, 5'4'', 140 lbs
Lyle Chevelle - 32 yrs, 6'3", 225 lbs
Gregor Xander - 19 yrs, 5'1", 135 lbs
Consuela Phi - 22 yrs, 5'5", 130 lbs
Redondo Gammatro - 29 yrs, 5'5", 145 lbs
(Alternate) Vega Stark - 20 yrs, 5'10", 180 lbs

The Nargopian Dodgeball Federation (NDF) just finished its fourth annual championship. Lyle Chevelle was named League Most Valuable Dodgeballer after leading his team, the Polar South Cougars to victory. Tabitha Trunkle, the league's Most Valuable Female Dodgeballer, led her Academy Panzerfausts to a close second in the national tournament, accompanied by teammate Vega Stark. The other members of the national team come from all over the Planet of Nargopia, and hail from several different backgrounds. However, all share the common desire to succeed at their sport of choice.

This will be Nargopia's first international dodgeball tournament.

The Green-Blues of Fmjphoenix will send in a dodgeball team one the kiddos have been chosen.

We're in.

Presenting...

The Phantom Phlingers

Trevor "The Ghost" Yrstru Age: 25, Weight: 67 kg (148 pounds), Height: 5'10" (117.5 cm)
Known as the ghost because of the way balls always seem to go straight through him without hitting anything. However, catches seem to fall through his hands, so not all is perfect.

Becki "The witch" Williams Age: 27, Weight: 54 kg (119 pounds), Height: 5'4" (162.5 cm)
Becki seems to cast a spell over the opposition, being able to strike them from just about any position. Hence the nickname. She also has long bright green hair and a funny pointed hat, but at heart, she isn't really that scary.

Harry "The Monster" Jones Age: 22, Weight: 121 kg (267 pounds) , Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
This guy is huge! 19 stones of pure muscle... and a fair bit of fat, but don't tell him to his face. Such a powerful throw, but if you can't hit him, then wyou should think about taking up a new game.

Melinda "The Skeleton" Trevors Age:23, Weight: 47 kg (104 pounds), Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Only in the team because she's so skinny, it's damn hard to hit her. If you do, though, some people are scared in case she might actually snap.

Ludovic "The Scream" Benelliontoli Age: 25, Weight: 73 kg (161 pounds), Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Famed for his throwing action, which involves him screaming as loud as he can as he goes to throw it. Makes his throws pretty damn powerful, for some reason.

Lovisa sign up.
team squad later.

The Team, nicknamed as Janek'ny (Small ones) after the title Orange-White-Blues was decided to be too complicated:

Coach Jui Janek (age 57): His last name is terribly misleading, since he is bigger than anyone else in this team. He is minokajeti and speaks rejistanian not really good, so his orders are in a mix of minokajetian, rejistanian and weird shouting. The later often when he loses his temper - which is not really seldom.

Siki Karela (age: 21, height: 159 cm, weight: 51 kg): Siki is reacts quickly and as her name indicates, she normally tries to avoid the ball and not to catch it. She also is in a hanta movement to overthrow the government and admits that freely. Her right cheek has a long vertical scar and she never tells where it is from.

Inik Si-La (age: 18, height: 163 cm, weight: 60 kg): Inik is in the school team of his exkola side (literal translation: high school), which won the xamjona'het nanti (state championship). He is highly motivated because the participation here gives him a chance to improve his marks in the final exam and to impress a certain girl from his school.

Viki Jetta (age: 22, height: 161 cm, weight: 57 kg): Viki plays for the amateur team of Kalimnintan university, where he studies computer science. Despite his interest in sport, he is a nerd of the worst sort. He goes nowhere without his small notebook (yes, made out of paper) and a strange pen. He has the bad tendency to get good ideas for his algorithms in the worst moments.

Kansu Y (age: 25, height: 169 cm, weight: 63 kg): Kansu Y is one of the few to have a real job: She works as a warden in the zoo of Na~ovi kali. She is rather anti-karelic since she does not belong to the Hanta but to the Manheje denomination of inikresaism. She also has quite a reputation to catch balls, which seemed uncatchable.

Sijitalamirinume Kalatadedinimelakana (age: 23, height: 158 cm, weight: 63 kg): He is the only seleke in this team. Since he does not understand any minokajetian communication with the coach is difficult. He is another student, but from Sijitalatirikimidateme university. If he is not high, he is a great player, but that is seldom occurance. High he is still doing remarkably well, if he does not see pink giant spiders.

el bumpo grande

Greetings,

While we are not familiar with Dodgeball, the Spruitland Pastry Union sees enough similarities with their annual Pie War Festival to be interested in signing up.
So, if it’s not too late to register, we would be honored to send a team of our finest bakers to Druida.

The SPU does request, however, that the players accomodations be equipped with reasonably up-to-date bakery and pastry equipment (dough mixers, pasteurizers, thermo-ventilated ovens, …) and that a daily supply of flour, sugar and exotic fruits be provided.
They also suggest reinforced bedframes.

We will start the selection procedures and provide a more detailed overview of our squad once we receive confirmation that these requests can be met.

Regards,

Olav Nett
Minister of Sports
Spruitland

Bedistan will be happy to send a team. In addition, we promise not to hit anybody with a wrench for the duration of the tournament.

The proud nation of Zakrowskitoria wishes to join in this fine competition.

Guan Yu - 30 yrs, 6'9'', 207 lbs
Distant ancestor of the Guan Yu who lived in the time of the Three Kingdoms. With Lu Bu or Xiahou Dun in sight, he will throw round rubber balls at people instead of killing them.
Zhuge Yi - 22 yrs, 5'11", 180 lbs
Possibly the wisest dodgeball player ever, his Iq tips the scales at 180. Decendent of Zhuge Liang, what he lacks in speed and power, he makes up for in cunning
Megan Andrews - 19 yrs, 4'11", 99 lbs
A quick player, Megan does not anything to benefit this team except avoiding elimination
Jim Anderjewski - 47 yrs, 5'10", 245 lbs
Named worlds strongest man over 45 for 3 straight years, Jim is smart and incredibally strong, but lacks speed and does not last long in matches.
Matt Anderjewski - 15 yrs, 5'7", 135 lbs
Dodgeball phenom and son of Jim Anderjewski, Matt is quick and incredibally smart, but not very experianced. He has never played a match outside of his hometown.
Robert Anderjewski - 78 yrs, 6'0", 165 lbs
Team Coach

As promised, here is Spruitland's team for the upcoming International Dodgeball League.

The Spruitland SugaFreaks

Adam Suikerbuick: 1.72 m, 138 kg
Team captain. One of the founding members of the Spruitland Pastry Union. Has an encyclopedic knowledge of anything pastry related and can recite recipees as if they were poetry.

Bertus Slava: 1.83 m, 167 kg
Owns the largest pastry chain in Spruitland. Inventor of the Slava Pie and Champion of the first Pie War Festival. Specialty: Slava Pie.

Bertha Slava: 1.63 m, 129 kg
Wife of Bertus. Three time champion of the Slava Pie Eating Contest. Specialty: baklava.

Jörg Steen: 1.98 m, 203 kg
Nicknamed “Ogre”, though he’s a very gentle man. Has had four bakeries gone bankrupt because he eats faster than he can bake. Specialty: meat pies.

Rudy Costello: 1.86 m, 68.5 kg
His weight is misleading - as a chronic anorexic, he can eat like the best of’m. His agility also made him the current Pie War Festival Champion. Specialty: brownies.

reserves:
Pris Tienpondt: 1.71 m, 148 kg
Twice Pie War Festival runner-up. Specialty: Cinnamon rolls.

Louis Grootaers: 1.46 m, 98 kg
Famous pastry chef-turned-singer. Specialty: Lemon Meringue Pie.

Cockbill Street's team will be as follows:

Alan Schofield, aged 13, height 1.41m, weight 48kg

Alan has made his name through being a fantastic fielder for the school's cricket team, and is thus not the man to throw the ball at - he'll get you out instead. He always tries to bowl the dodgeball at you, though, to somewhat good effect (although sometimes it swings away randomly)

James Pitt, aged 14, height 1.72m, weight 55kg

Tall, lanky and not always following what's going on, but a blisteringly strong throwing arm whenever he gets the ball. A candidate for an early out.

Veronica Thornton, aged 13, height 1.69m, weight 51kg

The team's token female - although Veronica holds her spot in her own right. She throws the ball as hard as the lads, and three years of gymnastics training means that she's the most athletic on the team.

Darren Hill, aged 12, height 1.33m, weight 67kg

Little and somewhat chubby, Darren is your typical "last-person-picked" - with the added advantage that the ball can land in his stomach, and he's quite difficult to pick out owing to his diminutive size.

Eric Lock, aged 14, height 1.66m, weight 56kg

Tall, athletic and powerful. The perfect dodgeball player - the only problem is he's the most arrogant lad this side of the Bekk, and would gladly sacrifice the whole team if he survives.

Just so you all know, the scores/RP thread is up and running here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416467).

The Audioslavia Claret-Green-Black-Yellow-SkyBlue-and-White Dodgeball Team!

Listed are their numbers, names, height, weight and a description.

1: Stan Boardman
Height: 6ft 3
Weight: 14stone
Stan the man in the man that can, unless it involves dodgeball, where he's the man that can't help being hit in the face by an undodged ball.

2: Franz Klammer
Height: 5ft 7
Weight: 10 stone
Also known as 'the little bastard with no shoes', Franz hates gerbils. It is his only weakness.

3: Matthew Kelly
Height: 10ft 4
Weight: 6 stone
Many people believe him to be a telegraph pole. It may the the wires coming out of his hair. Matthew doesn't move, ever, and has no arms.

4: Philip Schofield
Height 5ft 2
Weight: 12 stone 4
Moves with the grace of a fat dyslexic lesbian, Phil is a crap at dodgeball.

5: Timothy Mallet
Height 5ft 9
Weight 11stone
The best dodgeball player in the world. Like speedy gonzales crossed with murray walker. Fantastic.

6: Boris Johnston
Height: 5ft 8
Weight, 13 stone
Boris Johnston, or 'Boris' as he's called to his friends. He plays dodgeball like a man posessed. By Christopher Reeve.

7: Benjamin Disraeli
Height: 5ft 4
Weight: 8 stone.
Flamboyant twat, loves cheese.

8: Toby Anstis
Height: 6ft
Weight: 13 stone.
My mum calls him a dirty little pricktease, but i love him. Mwah.

Starblaydia Panthers Dodgeball Team
'Better before a Delayed MD4 than Never' is their motto

#00 Lou Foley, 25, 5'5", 10 Stone
A fairly chunky young lady with one of the strongest arms we've seen on a woman. Very competitive, and you wouldn't want to get hit by her balls. Ahem.

#9 Binky O'Brady, 28, 4'7", 8 Stone
Strangely enough, O'Brady is half-Halfling, making him rather small and incredibly agile. Quite where 'flings live in Starblaydia is another matter entirely, but we have one represented in our dinky player, formerly a Scrum-Half on the Starblaydia Rugby Union Team.

#4 Hurin Menegroth, 36, 4'11", 17 Stone
A very-successful dwarven footballer for the Starblaydi National team and Captain of Tabeck FC, Hurin's natural all-round athleticness (for a dwarf, at least) lends itself perfectly for dodgball.

#23 Felicia Jennings, 32, 5'6", Not telling
Formerly a left-winger for the Starblaydia Women's Olympic team in Kaza 'o8, Flic is fast and lithe, with a fairly accurate throw.

#82 Lorenzo 'Lyzu' Zaragoza, 28, 6'1", 13 Stone
One of the few Starblaydis to ever see the inside of a Rejistanian Monastery, 'Lyzu' is a Monk of Karela. He will rarely throw the ball in an offensive manner, and is often the last man standing.

The United Socialist States of Suddovic Would like to sign up with a Communist team...

Roster:
Vladimir Perestrojka - Most famous for his cruel throwing and massive vodkadrinking after the games...

Sergei Sterji - Ultimate defensiveplayer with big hand made for Dogdeballing

Nebojsa Novakovic - 2 cool 4 school... The star in this team. Likes girls more than Dodgeball but he's an addict...

Johnny Texas - An American communist most famous for his streaking rounds in the world cup of Dodgeball 1984...

Katanya Sharapova - The only girl in the team. She's brutal to the max..

Sorry, Suddovic, but you're just a little too late, the tournament is up and running. Still not sure if there will be a second installment, though it doesn't look too likely.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416467, just for those who didn't see it.

And now, the roster for the Robotopolis IronArms

1. Bomb Man: The senior member of the team, Bomb Man also has one of the strongest arms on the team, despite his medium size. This grants him the gift of being able to throw well AND dodge well. Famous for his long, arcing bombs that seem to hit when you least expect it. Also has a knack for setting up shots with other teammates. TEAM CAPTAIN

2.Pharaoh Man: The resident team badass, Pharaoh Man is the most accurate shot on the team. He's the guy you want left if the other 4 get hit. He's also the team's trash talker, intiminading the other team.

3.Flame Man: Flame Man plays like a watered-down cross between Bomb Man and Pharaoh Man. He has a decent arm, can dodge and catch enough to hold his own, and he's a bit of a marksman. But that's about it.

4.Spring Man: Whoo boy. Spring Man is quite an interesting character, as his limbs are made out of springs. This makes him the team's best catcher, and deadliest shot. He can even wind his arm around the court, chasing down the last reaminging member of a team. Problem is, he can't move that well. He prefers the stand in place and deflect or catch balls.

5.Top Man: Last, but certainly not least, is Top Man. Top Man is the fastest player on the team, and therefore the best dodger. However, he has the weakest arm. But he can aim decently enough, and that's what saves him.