MOY Competition - Down by the School Yard - Overview
HOSTED BY: Canon Matter
WHEN: May 1st, in the year of our Lord, 2010
WHERE: Some School
DESCRIPTION:
All the best school yard games from the past, but with more alcohol and less cooties.
The Fine Print
Four Square
For those who've never played this game:
Four squares are laid out in a 2x2 formation on the ground. The
squares are labeled 1st square through 4th (server) square in a
counterclockwise fashion. The server will start the round by serving a
decent (returnable) hit to the first square player, who will then hit
the ball to any square he/she chooses. A ball may only bounce once in
a square before the square's corresponding player must hit it to
another square. If a ball bounces twice, the player hits the ball out
of play or into their own square, or the player uses an illegal
hitting technique, the player is out, and must go to the end of the
line. The other players will advance squares as necessary and a new
player will come into play at the first square. Play will continue in
this manner until recess is over.
For our purposes:
Open handed (no fisting), underhanded hits only. Putting spin on the
ball is totally fair. The outer lines count as 'in' like volleyball,
and the inner lines will enact a 'do-over' and reset the round.
For ranking, everyone gets 10 outs. The three remaining players yet to
reach 10 will be ranked by how many they have left, and 4th place and
out will be determined by the opposite order in which they reached
their 10. If enough competitors show up (10 or more), we will have a
Round 2, in which the top 5 or 6 will split off to their own court and
play through another 10 outs to re-rank themselves. The lower half
will play another 10 outs as well.
Handball
The court in Handball consists of a big-ass wall with some running
space, and the equipment needed is a ball. We will be playing a
variation of Chinese Handball, in which the ball must bounce off the
ground before touching the wall for a fair hit. In our variation, we
will use the same rubber ball we did for Four Square instead of a
racquetball or traditional handball.
The purpose of the game is to hit the ball in such a way that the
opponent cannot return the shot before its second bounce after hitting
the wall. In its simplest form, two players can play for points. More
players can play an elimination game. We will play three elimination
games to determine seeding, then continue bracketed tournament play
for overall rank. During tournament play, competitors will play to 7
and must win by at least 2 points. All ball bashing techniques are
fair so long as the player only strikes the ball once per turn.
Tether Ball
The game begins when one player serves the ball, usually by holding it
in one hand and hitting it with the other. The opposing player then
attempts to return the serve by hitting it in the opposite direction.
The object is to hit the ball in such a way that one's opponent will
be unable to alter the ball's direction. It is generally acceptable to
hit the ball with either the fist or the open hand. The game ends when
one player hits the ball around the pole in their own direction as far
as it will go, so that the ball hits the pole. A match can consist of
one, three, five, or more games. We will play best of during seeding,
and best of five during tournament play.
Round robin play will determine seeding, followed by bracketed
tournament play for rankings. Seeding ties will be broken by single
round matches.
Knockout
The game is played with two basketballs and a basketball court. The
object is to make a shot before the player in front of you, thus
knocking them out of the game. Once you have made a shot, return your
ball back to the player next in line as quickly as you can. The last
player yet to be knocked out is the winner. Players are allowed to
interfere with each other's shots by hitting each other's balls with
their own, but not while the ball remains in their hands; e.g. a
player can throw their ball at the other ball while it is in the air,
but not hit it out of another player's hands or use their ball like a
hammer to hit a ball away.
We will play five games, and players will be ranked by average place
over the five games. Order of play is by place of the previous game,
and the first game will be ordered by height, age, biggest dump (by
weight), or whatever we choose.
Overall scoring
The last place of each game gets 1 point, second to last 2 pts, and up
to first. All points are totaled for the final ranking. In the event
that anyone is dissatisfied with a tie, each competitor within the tie
will see how many slaps it take to make Sergio put a hand on the
ground. Least slaps wins the tie.