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areyoua

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Fantasy Country-Ball
« on: October 17, 2011, 04:33:39 pm »

Ah, Fall. What a season. The leaves are just now starting to change colors, the children are contemplating self-mutilation to get out of school, and grown men in pads are colliding at fatal speeds in a thinly veiled insult to common sense. In America, we try to beat the crap out of each other, and perhaps more indicative of the general population, we imagine that we too can take part in Fantasy Football.

However, the season has already started, and it would be crass of me to assume that the dainty Europeans have what it takes to recognize Chad Ochocinco or Matt Flynn, so I propose a season of Fantasy Country-Ball! Essentially, players will pick 6 people and a few other things to represent their chosen country, which can be any legitimate country in history whether extinct or not, from history and every few days fight in a battle of epic proportions against another player's 6.

Spoiler: First, the Team (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Second, Scoring! (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Lastly, Scheduling (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Application Sheet! (click to show/hide)

Man that took a while.

Everything can be changed if I feel like it or there is a general consensus and I feel like it. I'll take up to infinity teams, but I realize that's hoping for a lot, so I'll start up with just 8 teams or 4 teams at a pinch.

Have fun. Or is it "Fun"?

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 04:34:06 pm »

The Team(s):

Spoiler: The Iberian Camels (click to show/hide)
« Last Edit: October 18, 2011, 03:38:05 pm by areyoua »
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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2011, 02:57:28 pm »

Also Reserved. Alas, no teams...

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2011, 03:08:15 pm »

I'll join. Just give me a couple days to pick a country and do some research.
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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2011, 03:09:42 pm »

I'm confused if this is like bloodbowl or a civilization-like game. Meh.

Team Name: Iberian Camels
Country: Al-Andulus

Head of State: Caliph Abd al-Rahman
Minster of Finance: Hasdan ibn Shaprut
Minister of War: Hisham II
Minister of Science and Technology: Averroes
Vice Head of State: Muhammad XII
Water Boy: Ibn Tufayl

Playbook (I suck at these) :
Holy War
Charge, Attack, Charge!
Jewish Reinforcements
Last Defense
« Last Edit: October 18, 2011, 03:30:12 pm by micelus »
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Do you hear that, Endra? NONE CAN STAND AGAINST THE POWER OF THE DENTAL, AHAHAHAHA!!!
You win Nakeen
Marduk is my waifu
Inanna is my husbando

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2011, 03:25:55 pm »

I'm confused if this is like bloodbowl or a civilization-like game. Meh.

Team Name: Iberian Camels
Country: Al-Andulus

Head of State: Caliph Handan Zaphar
Minster of Finance: Emir Zapha
Minister of War: Hisham II
Minister of Science and Technology: Averroes
Vice Head of State: Abu Abdullah
Water Boy: Queen Isabella

Playbook (I suck at these) :
Holy War
Charge, Attack, Charge!
Jewish Reinforcements
Last Defense


Let me just say that these are supposed to be actual people from a real-life country that existed either now or from the past. Now, Al-Andulus was an actual place (not a country, but acceptable), but I can find no references to anybody with any of those names (except Abu Abdullah, but he's more of a terrorist than anything). If those are actual people, then I'd appreciate either a bio or a link to someplace with a bio. However, I've my doubts, and I'll suggest that you perhaps pick something else. Perhaps Saudi Arabia, Iran (or Persia), or maybe even Egypt?

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2011, 03:28:23 pm »

I just edited it. All of them are real now. Abu Abdullah was apparantly one of the names for  Granada's last king/emir/sultan.

EDIT: I changed Abdullah's name into something more known.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2011, 03:30:36 pm by micelus »
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Do you hear that, Endra? NONE CAN STAND AGAINST THE POWER OF THE DENTAL, AHAHAHAHA!!!
You win Nakeen
Marduk is my waifu
Inanna is my husbando

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2011, 03:46:47 pm »

All right then, I'm just going to paste some Wikipedia links to what I think those peoples are. Don't worry, I won't be relying on Wikipedia too much, I hope, during the season, but I hope it's all right just so I can establish some identities.

I may have spoken too soon in my first post, some of the original people before your edit were real, so of course I apologize.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd-ar-Rahman_III

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasdai_ibn_Shaprut

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisham_II_al-Hakam


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averroes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_XII_of_Granada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Tufayl

Also, could you elaborate on what you mean by "Charge, Attack, Charge!"?

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2011, 03:51:23 pm »

I couldn't think of a good name for it. It's supposed to represent the "charge" into Iberia via Morocco and how quick it was to take the peninsula, before being pushed back somewhat.
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Do you hear that, Endra? NONE CAN STAND AGAINST THE POWER OF THE DENTAL, AHAHAHAHA!!!
You win Nakeen
Marduk is my waifu
Inanna is my husbando

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2011, 04:18:50 pm »

Ah, I get it. I'm thinking of just coming up with choices for putting into your playbook myself rather than having the coaches have to choose. Of course, they wouldn't have the same flavor as having the coaches pick them, but it seem a bit easier.

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2011, 05:00:10 pm »

Apparently, this isn't the most history-orientated forum out there.

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Re: Fantasy Country-Ball
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2011, 05:09:05 pm »

What do you expect? We're a bunch of psycho genius techno-ninja cultists. Can't expect Geen to think strait... The voices... they tell me... BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! MORE BLOOD FOR ARMOK!
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