It just suddenly came to me while I was writing. Why don't we have Motorball in Fenspace?
For those that don't know, Motorball was a popular sport in the Battle Angel Alita manga for cyborgs. You have a track that could be any length,
any design you could think of and with any number of obstacles or outright hazards you can dream up. Racers use motorized rollerblades and can attain speeds
up to 300 kph. The goal of the game is to be the first person to carry the Motorball for three laps. This, in case you haven't guessed, is indeed a
full-contact combat-sport, but fights are expected to be carried out 'on the fly' - you get penalized for time if you stop for more than thirty
seconds.
The Motorball itself is a tricky little critter. It has eight nubs, spaced equidistantly around the surface of the ball, that spin at a very high rate of RPM.
The purpose is to make the ball bounce chaotically around the course and make it more difficult to hold onto. The way to disengage the spinners and safely
hold onto the ball is to grab it by the bowling-ball like fingerholes. There are six sets of these, one for each 'face' of the ball.
Sound like fun?
For those that don't know, Motorball was a popular sport in the Battle Angel Alita manga for cyborgs. You have a track that could be any length,
any design you could think of and with any number of obstacles or outright hazards you can dream up. Racers use motorized rollerblades and can attain speeds
up to 300 kph. The goal of the game is to be the first person to carry the Motorball for three laps. This, in case you haven't guessed, is indeed a
full-contact combat-sport, but fights are expected to be carried out 'on the fly' - you get penalized for time if you stop for more than thirty
seconds.
The Motorball itself is a tricky little critter. It has eight nubs, spaced equidistantly around the surface of the ball, that spin at a very high rate of RPM.
The purpose is to make the ball bounce chaotically around the course and make it more difficult to hold onto. The way to disengage the spinners and safely
hold onto the ball is to grab it by the bowling-ball like fingerholes. There are six sets of these, one for each 'face' of the ball.
Sound like fun?