Games

03/24 DODGEBALL, the magical way. Instead of throwing the ball at opposing team members who try to catch it or dodge it, this red rubber ball does all the work. It will hover and bounce and throw itself at different people. The ball doesn’t distinguish between teams, so everyone is fair game. I want to warn you that the ball has a mind of its own and once I put the. This is an individual game, so no teams. The last one who grabs the ball and holds on as it attempts to buck you off is our winner. So, spread out across the field, and get ready.”

Alison noticed that every time the energy and magic switched to a new location, the color of the ball changed. She soon picked up on what the different colors meant. The ball was vicious, and this seemed more like a punishment than an actual fun game. The ball wasn’t hard by any means, but it stung when it smacked into you. It also flew fast enough to knock you right off your feet. They had to catch the ball, but it wasn’t like it would just go limp when they caught it. They had to then try to hold onto it for longer than five seconds while it bucked wildly around. The ball was strong enough to pull someone into the air. If they held on for five seconds or more, they won. In the past, others had tried to break the school record of two minutes and seventeen seconds. That record had been on the books for about seven years without anyone even coming close. Izzie won, topping the school record by four seconds.

03/28 LOUPER Mara remembered when the School had won their first Louper Championship. The money was nice (grounds maintenance, but she loved the comradery it created.

03/6 Luke explains Louper to a friend as he signs up on the school bulletin board for it. It’s this weird game that should really be for the nerdiest of the nerds, but it somehow turned into a jock game. Luke continued. “It’s a cool sport and a virtual reality game. You get to be a different kind of magical being and use your powers to compete against others. It’s just as much a brain as a brawn game. There’re too many rules to explain the whole thing”

03/11 “All right, so you will be using magically-enhanced virtual reality headgear on the open field today. This is not a battle. You won’t be challenging anyone, but it will give you the chance to get used to being in a virtual world and learn how to maneuver in it. This won’t be as shocking to those of you who have played before but for the few where this is your first or second time, remember that you will physically be playing the game on this field with everyone else. They will be in the same world as you, only when you look around during a game, you will see them as their character. Luke had been reading the the Louper bible. The book contained all the rules and tricks, and a description of the best players to start as. Luke shook his head. “It’s not about how strong they are. It’s about how smart you are. I watched a Milltown Kemana game once where the newbie on the team beat the other member with a simple baseline character with no skill level. He was seriously all about showing us that it’s what you do with what you have that matters.”