Post by Krii on Nov 2, 2010 9:32:32 GMT -5
Dillo-Ball is a revolutionairy Post-Fall sport that originated in Cairnavon City. It involves a circluar arena as pictured below.
It can be built from any material including rubble walls, wood, metal and even junk and scrap as long as it has two narrow chinks on opposite sides through which a person can squeeze through. It basically involves the release of a blood-streaked Armadillum Immortalis (Click for Bestiary entry) from the middle of the arena. Two teams of two people conflict each other into trying to get the Dillo across the opposite goal post.
The rules are simple. There are no rules, the participiants can take whatever they want with them into the arena; yes, including Fire-arms and Explosives. Although being a bloody and violent sport to which countless wastelanders lost limbs or outright lives. Facing someone in the arena is like dueling him, many conflicts are solved in this way although in this case the Dillo is sometimes ignored.
Many regions and settlements have their own team of the best two Contenders and face-offs are held on a daily basis. Due to injuries and mortality, the teams are in constant change and it's almost always a different face in the arena.
What makes this sport so popular is the fact that in Dillo-Ball you never know what to expect. You can never really know what will happen from minute to minute.
The contest isn't one of brute force. The face-off is pure strategy and intelligence, beginning from the moment where the contenders prepare for the match by choosing their equipment. One has to always keep in mind that at least a person in each team must be wielding a single handed weapon in order to be able to pick up the Dillo and score. Unless they intend killing or maiming the opponents and then dropping their weapons and simply walking past the goal, obviusly.
Contenders on a winning streak quickly become legends and champions among the people of The Midlans, gaining a rapidly escalating volume of respect, fame and wealth.
It can be built from any material including rubble walls, wood, metal and even junk and scrap as long as it has two narrow chinks on opposite sides through which a person can squeeze through. It basically involves the release of a blood-streaked Armadillum Immortalis (Click for Bestiary entry) from the middle of the arena. Two teams of two people conflict each other into trying to get the Dillo across the opposite goal post.
The rules are simple. There are no rules, the participiants can take whatever they want with them into the arena; yes, including Fire-arms and Explosives. Although being a bloody and violent sport to which countless wastelanders lost limbs or outright lives. Facing someone in the arena is like dueling him, many conflicts are solved in this way although in this case the Dillo is sometimes ignored.
Many regions and settlements have their own team of the best two Contenders and face-offs are held on a daily basis. Due to injuries and mortality, the teams are in constant change and it's almost always a different face in the arena.
What makes this sport so popular is the fact that in Dillo-Ball you never know what to expect. You can never really know what will happen from minute to minute.
The contest isn't one of brute force. The face-off is pure strategy and intelligence, beginning from the moment where the contenders prepare for the match by choosing their equipment. One has to always keep in mind that at least a person in each team must be wielding a single handed weapon in order to be able to pick up the Dillo and score. Unless they intend killing or maiming the opponents and then dropping their weapons and simply walking past the goal, obviusly.
Contenders on a winning streak quickly become legends and champions among the people of The Midlans, gaining a rapidly escalating volume of respect, fame and wealth.