No one asked for this, and it's not homework, but I want to talk about huntball because I realized probably it's something that folks elsewhere don't have.
It honestly feels very weird for me to be writing about a sport, because I definitely not the sports type buuuut my boyfriend is and he's been getting me into it and it turns out it's cool? It also happens to give me good feelings and thoughts about Predator Heritage stuff (which is like a whole other thing I should talk about sometime maybe) but also I think it's just neat and more complicated than I really gave it credit for before.
So huntball is a team sport, probably the most popular one on Rheos, or at least around here. It's sorta meant to give predators and prey a good safe outlet for instincts, and is supposed to be set up where all different sorts of folks can show off what they can do. Each huntball team is sorta two teams, because each has predators and prey, and in each round of the game, one team's predators face off against the other team's prey, and vice versa.
This probably sounds like it stands to get pretty violent, and it is sorta full-contact but I should really definitely clarify now that folks have protective gear and the refs (there are a lot of refs) take it really seriously. And, it's not like the preds are actually after the prey. See, each prey team member has a huntball, and what the preds actually have to do is get a huntball back to their 'den'.
But the neat thing is, it's not just any huntball. You can't tell by looking, but one of the balls is randomly set up to be heavier than the rest, and that's the only one that can score! So the predators have to watch and test the prey to figure out who has the scoring ball, and the prey of course can fake out and trade balls and everything to make it harder. So there's a whole mental game to it that way, and also on the prey side too, because the predator-team's 'den' location is ALSO secret, and they only need to have the scoring ball there at the very end of the chase for it to count. So there's faking out and deduction there too.
So anyway, it's actually really interesting, and the teams are honestly fun to watch, there's plenty of guys in bright uniforms getting real close to each other as my boyfriend put it. It's not JUST guys of course, it's all-gender teams obviously but well, we look at the guys. ;)
So anyway, that's huntball! Me and Dak (the boyfriend) are gonna be watching the Rapids vs. Rangers game tomorrow and be cheering for opposite teams and it's gonna be great. :D
It honestly feels very weird for me to be writing about a sport, because I definitely not the sports type buuuut my boyfriend is and he's been getting me into it and it turns out it's cool? It also happens to give me good feelings and thoughts about Predator Heritage stuff (which is like a whole other thing I should talk about sometime maybe) but also I think it's just neat and more complicated than I really gave it credit for before.
So huntball is a team sport, probably the most popular one on Rheos, or at least around here. It's sorta meant to give predators and prey a good safe outlet for instincts, and is supposed to be set up where all different sorts of folks can show off what they can do. Each huntball team is sorta two teams, because each has predators and prey, and in each round of the game, one team's predators face off against the other team's prey, and vice versa.
This probably sounds like it stands to get pretty violent, and it is sorta full-contact but I should really definitely clarify now that folks have protective gear and the refs (there are a lot of refs) take it really seriously. And, it's not like the preds are actually after the prey. See, each prey team member has a huntball, and what the preds actually have to do is get a huntball back to their 'den'.
But the neat thing is, it's not just any huntball. You can't tell by looking, but one of the balls is randomly set up to be heavier than the rest, and that's the only one that can score! So the predators have to watch and test the prey to figure out who has the scoring ball, and the prey of course can fake out and trade balls and everything to make it harder. So there's a whole mental game to it that way, and also on the prey side too, because the predator-team's 'den' location is ALSO secret, and they only need to have the scoring ball there at the very end of the chase for it to count. So there's faking out and deduction there too.
So anyway, it's actually really interesting, and the teams are honestly fun to watch, there's plenty of guys in bright uniforms getting real close to each other as my boyfriend put it. It's not JUST guys of course, it's all-gender teams obviously but well, we look at the guys. ;)
So anyway, that's huntball! Me and Dak (the boyfriend) are gonna be watching the Rapids vs. Rangers game tomorrow and be cheering for opposite teams and it's gonna be great. :D
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