(Interactive-DRAFT STARTED, FIRST POST FOR TEAMS) Five Strides on the Banked Track
 

Taking signups for an interactive dynasty using Roller Rumble (by plaay.com), a Roller Derby board game/sim.

To sign up, indicate the following:

(A) Your Roller Derby Name: (Can be your real Name, fake name, etcetera)
(B) Your preferred position (Choose from: Jammer, Blocker, Pivot, or hybrid position, Jammer/Pivot, Blocker/Pivot)
(C)Your preferred skill: (see Below)

Some explanations:

Jammers are the scorers for a team. A Jam begins when a Jammer breaks free of the pack. Jammers then have sixty seconds to come around and pass as many opponents as possible, scoring one point per opponent they pass.

Blockers are the defense of a team. Their job is to prevent the Jammers from passing them, and create openings for their own team's Jammers to score.

The Pivots are the captains of the team. Their job is to set the pace of the pack, and to set their team's strategy. The best pivots are the ones who can do it all, deck the opponent's jammers, and when necessary, go out on a jam themselves.

Each player will have at least one skill (and usually more). Signups get to choose their first skill from the following:

AGILE - Good at using their agility to dodge opponent attacks and/or put their opponents out of position (used by Jammers, and sometimes by Pivots)

BIG - Size, pure size (Best by Blockers)

CHEAT - The ability to bend the rules to your advantage... for example, "accidentally" running your opponent into the infield, or hipcheck them at an opportune moment to send them flying over the rail. Cheaters have a tendency to end up in the penalty box more often, but it's generally worth the price. (All positions can benefit)

FAST - Speed.. meaning your player won't waste time catching up with the opponents pack and quick to take advantage of any holes that open up. (Jammers and Pivots)

MEAN - The other side of being the bad guy, Mean players have a habit of wearing out the opposition. It's a lot easier to win the game when the opponents star player is in the infield wondering what the number of the mack truck that hit him was.. (Blockers and Pivots, but some Jammers can have this ability too)

POWERFUL - Strength. Physical power. the ability to knock down opponents, or move them out of position for your smaller, faster players to take advantage. (Blockers)

SMART - Knowledge of the game. SMART players know that a mininum of effort can end up with a maximum of effect. They tend to know their opponents tendencies, and use them to their advantage. (Pivots especially but jammers and blockers can have it too)

STAR - Roller Derby is all about Star power. These are the folks that the TV cameras gravitate to. Star players are the team's movers and shakers as well as the ones who inspire their teammates. Star players can get the crowd going (either cheering or booing)

Your player likely will have more than one skill, but the number of skills and each skill after the first is random depending on your position and a random die rolls. Some of your abilities may be even better, for example, a normal mean player may be a player with a bit of an edge, a player with MEAN * is their teams enforcer, and a MEAN ** player is one of the most feared players in the league, where it's not a matter of who you're going to hurt, but when and how many.


Rules: I need eight players for a team (If we get less, I'll let people create a second or even a third skater to fill the roster out, and if we get more, if there's enough demand, I'll create a second team)

Each game consists of eight skating periods, four by the women's skaters (which will be NPC's unless people want to create female skaters as well) and four by the men. The women skate the odd periods, the men skate the even periods)

A Minor penalty means the player has to miss the next minute of skating action (six cards), their team has to skate shorthanded, and if the other team starts a Jam while you're in the penalty box, the other team automatically scores a point along with the points for any other skaters passed.

A Major Penalty, or four minor penalties mean the player is ejected. Like a misconduct penalty in hockey, another player has to go to the penalty box and serve the penalty.



FOFC DRAFT

Boston Hitmen: (Captain: SirFozzie)

Men
1. Izulde Jestor (Jammer)
2. Jace "Hunter" Slater (Blocker/Pivot)
3. Steve "The Snake" Yarno (Pivot/Blocker)
4. Nitrous Oxide (Jammer)
5. Harold "Howdy" Harrelson (Blocker)
6. Ace Idol (Blocker)
7. David "Deadly" Gonzalez (Pivot)
8. Sherm "Boo Boo" Buber (Jammer)

Women
1. Carla "Big House" Booker (Blocker/Pivot)
2. Jenny "The Jet" Jerome (Jammer)
3. Alotta Fagina (Blocker)
4. Onme Anbitch (Jammer)
5. Erika Stonecrotch-Flamebeard (Blocker)
6. Lois "Hurricane" Smith (Jammer)
7. Dolly Larson (Blocker)
8. Becky Pulaski (Blocker/Pivot)

FOFC TEAM #2:The Minneapolis Werewolves (Captain:CrimsonFox)


Men
1.Wesley Avenger (Jammer/Pivot)
2.Tony "Painkiller" Giovanni (Blocker)
3.Ace Idol (Blocker)
4.Ty The Golden Boy Roy (Jammer)
5. Deacon "Mad Monk" Palmer (Pivot)
6. Reindeer Rocket (Pivot/Jammer)
7. Randy Liebowitz (Blocker)
8. Rob "Coffee Warlord" Nielsen (Pivot)

Women
1. Bettie Rage (Blocker/Pivot)
2. Jesse "Juggs" Jurgensen (Blocker)
3.Sandy Claws (Jammer)
4. Cindy Chamberlain (Blocker/Jammer/Pivot)
5. Maria Andretti (Jammer)
6. Lisa "Big O" Oberg (Blocker)
7. Ruby Rzeznik (Blocker
8. Kathy Griffin (Jammer)

Here are the rules that I'll be using to create skaters for this

http://plaay.com/PLAAY%20PDFs/RR%20S...20Creation.pdf

Example Player:

Name:Tony "Painkiller" Giovanni

Position: Blocker

Preferred Skill: MEAN

# of skills: (Roll of 72) - Three Skills

Skill 1: Guaranteed MEAN
Skill 2: (Roll 83) CHEAT
Skill 3: (roll 35) BIG

Starred Qualities (Roll: 17) One starred quality (CHEAT*)

TV Grade (How often they'll show up on TV-related highlights) (Roll:11): A


So after rolling our skater's height and weight:

Name: Tony "Painkiller" Giovanni Position: Blocker
Age: 25 Height:5'10 Weight: 175 pounds TV Grade: A

Skills: BIG, MEAN, CHEAT (*)

Name: Rob "Coffee Warlord" Nielsen
Position: Pivot
Preferred Skill: Mean

Name: "Nitrous Oxide"
Position: Jammer
Preferred Skill: Agile


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Fun idea (and timely too...I'm following the South Central Regionals of Women's Flat Track this weekend since a friend is on one of the competing teams).

Name: Jace "Hunter" Slater
Position: Blocker/Pivot
Preferred Skill: Smart

Name: Izulde Jestor
Position: Jammer
Preferred Skill: Agile

Name: Ace Idol
Position: Blocker
Preferred Skill: Star

Name: Stevie "Death" Ray
Position: Blocker
Preferred Skill: Power

David "Deadly" Gonzalez
Pivot
Star

# of qualities: (71) 3

Skill 1: (auto) MEAN
Skill 2: (60) POWERFUL
Skill 3: (20) FAST

Starred Qualities? (58) ONE

Starred Quality (28) FAST

TV Rating: (35) B

Age: (75) 25 years old
Height (79):5'11"
Weight (90): 185 lbs.


Skater Sheet:

Name: Rob "Coffee Warlord" Nielsen
Age: 25, Height: 5'11", Weight 185lbs
Position:Pivot TV Grade: B
Skills: MEAN, POWERFUL, FAST *

# of qualities (25) TWO
Skill One: AGILE
Skill Two: (30) Reroll (Already Agile)
Skill Two: (96) CHEAT

# of Starred Qualities: (81) TWO
Starred Quality One (3 rerolls for skills he doesn't have-Final Roll 17): AGILE
Starred Quality Two: (6 RR needed-95) CHEAT

TV Rating: (52) C

Age: (72) 25
Height: (4) 5'3"
Weight: (77) 135 lbs

So, the skater sheet:

"Nitrous Oxide"
Age: 25, Height: 5'3", Weight 135 lbs
Position: Jammer, TV Grade: C
Skills: AGILE *, CHEAT *

((Yikes, apparently good ol Nitrous is great at the cheap shot and then heading for safe ground when the heat is on))

# of Skills: (77) Three Skills
Skill One (Auto): Smart
Skill Two: (60) Powerful
Skill Three: (48) Big

# of Starred Skills: (60) One
Starred Skill (68) Powerful

TV Grade: (14) A

Age: (80) 25
Height: (80) 5'11
Weight: (12) 170 pounds

Final Skater Card

Jace "Hunter" Slater
Age: 25, Height: 5'11", Weight: 170 pounds
Position: Blocker/Pivot
Skills: SMART, BIG, POWERFUL *

((wow, a guy who gets a lot of TV time despite not being a star.. nice stats too.))

# of qualities: (99!!!) FIVE qualities wow!

Skill 1: (Auto) Agile
Skill 2: (64) Smart
Skill 3: (18) Agile (already have, re-roll)
Skill 3: (36), Fast
Skill 4: (23) Agile (already have, re-roll)
Skill 4: (88) Star
Skill 5: (84) Powerful

(wow. Holy shit.)

# of Starred Qualities: (52) One
Starred Quality: (17) Agile
TV Grade (24): AA!! (best possible)

Age: (66) 24
Height: (19) 5'6"
Weight: (05) 130 pounds.


Izulde Jestor
Age: 24, Height: 5'6", Weight: 130 pounds
Position: Jammer, TV Grade: AA
Skills: AGILE *, FAST, POWERFUL, SMART, STAR

((Ok. Unless there's an equipment malfunction, penalty or injury, Izulde Jestor is going to be #5 on the roster, (ie, one of our starting jammers). Hopefully he'll be one of the league's top scorers!))

# of skills (41) 3
Skill One: (Auto) STAR
Skill Two: (82) CHEAT
Skill Three: (88) MEAN

# of Starred Skills: (26) One
Starred Quality One: (92) MEAN

TV Rating: (22) B

Age: (19) 19
Height: (75) 5'11"
Weight: (34) 175 pounds



Ace Idol
Age: 19, Height: 5'11", Weight: 175 pounds
Position: Blocker, TV Grade: B
Skills: CHEAT, MEAN, STAR *

((I can see this guy now.. long blonde hair, and the type of player that will casually run someone over the fence and then sit there, soak in the crowd's boos and jeers and then laugh it off. He'd be PERFECT back in the old redshirt days))

# of skills:(76) Three Skills
Skill One (auto): POWER
Skill Two: (92) MEAN
Skill Three: (57) BIG

# of Starred Qualities: (33) ONE
Starred Skill One: (51) BIG

TV Grade: (61) B

Age:(59) 23
Height (92) 6'1"
Weight: (45) 190 pounds (+35 lbs for the double big, executive decision)

Stevie "Death" Ray
Age: 23, Height: 6"1", Weight: 225 pounds
Position: Blocker, TV Grade: B
Skills: BIG *, MEAN, POWERFUL

(I can just see it now, the jammer comes in and bounces off the Death Ray, nearly falling, skates, catches up, tried to jump by... and gets hit over the railing)

# of Skills:(40) TWO (Argh,.. 41 is three skills))
Skill One (Auto): STAR
Skill Two: (15) FAST

# of Starred Skills (84) TWO
Skill One: (75) STAR
Skill Two: (90) STAR

((Our first double starred skill, and it happens to be STAR. Go Figure. He's famous for being famous))

TV Grade: (2) A (ok, if this was the staged world of Roller Derby, rather then treating it as a semi-serious sport (with some of the flair of the Derby), this would obviously be the boss's kid. Fast, and treated like a Star and on the TV screen (only way he gets an A rating with two skills if he rolls a 1-3) a lot? Might be suffering from Von Erich Syndrome ;))

Age: (31) 20
Height: (19) 5'6"
Weight: (45) 135 Pounds

Final Skater Card:


David "Deadly" Gonzalez
Age: 20, Height: 5'6, Weight: 135 Pounds:
Position: Pivot, TV Grade: A
Skills: FAST, STAR **

So, our FOFC team has seven skaters, we have one spot on the men's team left

Do you want to create women skaters, or should I draft you a women's team when I'm drafting out the rest of the league?

Nice, I'll take it, pretty much the types of rolls I was hoping for :D

Yes, I AM that famous!

Awesome. That's how I roll. :D

I'm fine with whatever you guys decide.

Female

Sandy Claws
Jammer
Agile

Thug Captain Coffee at your service!

Deacon "Mad Monk" Palmer
Pivot
Smart

I'll be updating the final two skaters (Crimson, mind captaining the Women's team) and drafting the teams tonight.

sure I can do that. Sandy is a girl's name too anyway. :)

And just for kicks...no team is right without a Flamebeard on the roster. Good ole Erik Flamebeard of the Neither Here Nor There wound up settling down with his lovely wife, Erika Stonecrotch. Don't even ask what the kids are like.

Erika Stonecrotch-Flamebeard (of the Neither Here Nor There)
Blocker
Cheat

If you need another, I'll join

At the tanning salon as we speak :)

Bug: You're more then welcome.

I'm willing to put off building the FOFC team until tommorrow, so everyone who's previously submitted a male skater is free to submit a female skater as well, and I will create folks tonight and tommorrow and then draft out the teams as needed.

Male

(A) Wesley Avenger
(B) Jammer/Pivot
(C) Smart

Female
A - Alotta Fagina
B - Blocker
C - Big

Kathy Griffin - Female (yes, I have decided to make Kathy Griffin female for this)
Jammer
Star

so am I supposed to make both a male and a female skater?

Female character
Jessie " Juggs" Jurgeson
Blocker
Powerful

Female Character
Name: "Bettie Rage"
Position: Blocker/Pivot
Preferred Skill: Powerful

Female character
Maria Andretti
Jammer
Agile

Create both, if you haven't already. I think we'll go with two FOFC teams :)

Male

a) Reindeer Rocket
b) Pivot
c) Fast

Im guessing the FM demo will kill this :(

Female

OneMe Anbitch
Position: Jammer
Skill: Fast

Nope! Said I'd get things going tonight after work, and I will :)

(plus my sleeping pattern is atomized, due to a new work schedule, but hopefully I'm getting used to it)

what is an FM demo?

Football Manager 2012, the latest version of the game that it the time sink supreme (I'd say even beyond OOTP and even FOF) here at FOFC.

# of skills (67)= THREE
Skill One (Auto) AGILE
Skill Two (54) FAST
Skill Three (98) MEAN

# of Starred Skills (37) ONE
Starred Skill One: (45) FAST *

TV Grade (58): B)

Skater Card

Sandy Claws
Jammer (TV Grade: B)
Age: 18, Height: 5'2", Weight 115 lbs
Skills: AGILE, FAST *, MEAN

Skills (52) THREE
Skill One (AUTO) SMART
Skill Two (51) BIG
Skill Three (5) AGILE

Starred Skills? (44) ONE
Starred Skill One (46) SMART *

TV Grade: 77 (B)

Skater Card:

Deacon "Mad Monk" Palmer
Pivot (TV Grade B)
Age:24, Height: 5'10" Weight: 150 lbs
Skills: AGILE, BIG, SMART *

# of Skills (17) TWO
Skill One: CHEAT
Skill Two (33) BIG

# of Starred Skills:13 (Zero)

TV Grade: (14) C

Skater Card

Erika Stonecrotch-Flamebeard
Blocker (TV Grade: C)
Age:27, Height: 5'8, Weight: 155lbs
Skills: BIG, CHEAT

(Well, they can't all be stars, but her nickname is definitely BIG MAMA)

More coming tonight or in the morning. Going to want two captains here when we're done to pick teams. There will be 16 male skaters and 16 female skaters (so 8 of each for each team)

(one will have first pick and fourth, other will have 2nd and 3rd)

Wesley:

# of Skills (98): Five (What is it about Jammers and getting a tons of skills? :D)

Skill One: SMART
Skill Two(29) FAST
Skill Three(68) POWERFUL
Skill Four(19) AGILE
Skill Five (100) MEAN

(yikes, I think we have our redshirt captain jammer)

# Of Starred Skills: (3) Zero

TV Grade: (59) AA

Skater Card

Wesley Avenger
Jammer/Pivot (TV Grade AA)
Age:22, Height: 5'10, Weight:160 lbs)
Skills: AGILE, FAST, MEAN, POWERFUL, SMART

And for Alotta

# of Skills (52) THREE
Skill One BIG
Skill Two (9) FAST
Skill Three (93) CHEAT

# of Starred Skills (76) ONE
Starred Skill One (95) CHEAT

TV Grade: 65 (B)

Skater Card:

Alotta Fagina
Blocker (TV Grade B)
Age:23, Height: 5'4", Weight: 130 lbs
Skills: BIG, CHEAT*, FAST

# of Skills (4) ONE (oof, sorry!)
Skill One: STAR

# of Starred Skills (31) ONE
Starred Skill: STAR

TV Grade: (40) D

Skater Card

Kathy Griffin
Jammer (TV Grade: D)
Age:23, Height: 5'3", Weight: 115 lbs
Skills: STAR *

((Well, she doesn't get on TV much, but she does have that certain jene sais quois.. Kinda fits when you think about it!)))

# of Skills: (79) FOUR
Skill One: POWERFUL
Skill Two: (92) MEAN
Skill Three (5) AGILE
Skill Four: (14) SMART

# of Starred Skills (16) ONE
Starred Skill One: POWERFUL

TV Grade:(46) A

Skater Card
Jessie " Juggs" Jurgeson
Blocker (TV Grade:A)
Age: 23, Height:5'5", Weight:125 lbs
Skills: AGILE, MEAN, POWERFUL*, SMART