Rotoball The Original American Game
Description
Rotoball is the only original sports game in the history of the internet. It combines different alien worlds and planets within the backdrop of an entirely new kind of sports gaming with league play. In addition, in 1994, I created the whole concept of virtual sports(TM). This is 6 years ahead of Xbox, much less their claim about a new kind of sports gaming. Even now, the gaming corporations are, rave on, about creating virtual leagues for online play! Why pretend to be great, instead of being great, when you can design your own virtual sports league. My game, rotoball, is a hybrid of soccer, basketball, jai alai, and gymnastics played on a curvilinear court. My original game combines the agility of soccer, the leaping abilities of basketball, the endurance of jai alai, and the body control of gymnastics. The first virtual sport on the internet, that is, the first actual sport designed specifically to be played on the internet, is played with a round ball the size and resilience of a Size 4 regulation soccer ball in a large court with a flat floor but with rounded, oval walls which curve to an opening at the top. The game has four quarters of fifteen minutes each. Play is begun with the ball in a specially designed chamber underneath the floor at midcourt.When the referee whistles, a face off between two oppposing characters begins,and the ball is shot straight up into the air. The Rotoball can be kicked down the field in control of one player. If a ball is passed or caught by hand, it may not be carried for more than two footfalls before being passed, kicked, or headed (soccer). Dribbling is not allowed, although a character may take 4 footfalls up a wall without penalty, as long as his forward distance does not exceed 12 feet. The ball can be hit with a fist as in vollyball, thrown like a football or baseball, struck as a handball, or thrown with both hands. The goalie can catch the ball, but may not be touched by an opposing player while holding the ball within the marked nine-foot semicircle. The goalie can kick, head or throw the ball, but may not throw beyond midcourt. When defending against an attempted goal, only two other defending players are allowed inside the nine-foot semicircle with the goalie. Substitution can be made for any character, but only once a quarter, starting with the second quarter. The goalie can be substituted only once in a game. Two thirty-second timeouts per quarter may be taken by each team. There is a two minute break between quarters, and twenty minutes at half time, where all the teams retire to their Locker Rooms. Rotoball is a copyrighted game and anyone using it, without my express legal permission, is subject to copyright infringement and trademark violations.
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