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The first shinny game of the year is finally here, with new organizers Hazel Keating and Rosemary Stoker at the forefront. Students and supporters are invited down to the lake, which has now been deemed frozen enough that probably no one will fall in and die--though Mr. Thorn has laid down neon yellow markers to indicate the areas where skaters are least likely to fall in and die anyways. A red rectangle has been charmed into the ice to show the rink’s boundaries, and two piles of snow connected by a thick blue line in the ice make up the goals.

Before they begin, the rules are explained to everyone. If you know what's good for you, you won't try to push your luck with these girls.

GENERAL RULES

No wands on the ice except for the referee.
Players must abide by the Personal Contact Policies
Any player found to be ignoring the badge system will be immediately ejected from the game.
Players are not allowed to administer contact beyond their own level. (ex. Green badges cannot check Red badges and vice-versa.)
There are no positions or goalies.
As the teams are so large, the game duration has been extended to two hours to allow each player ample time on the ice. Each player will spend at least 10 minutes on the bench (with 7–8 benched at a time).
Helmets and mouthguards are mandatory for all players, any other padding is left to the discretion of the student. Figure skates are not allowed for safety reasons.
For their safety, no students are allowed to cross the neon yellow markers.

The teams this year have been named in honor of Gooseberry Shinny's progenitors: Quinn Cunningham and Christopher Park. As they arrive, each player receives their team assignment, a pinny in the color of their team (red on orange for the Professor Parks and black on blue for the Quinnishers), and their Choose-Your-Bruise badge. Every badge is in the shape of a circle.

TEAM 1
THE PROFESSOR PARKS

TEAM 2
THE QUINNISHERS

🌟 #1 Stoker, Rosemary
#3 Ayers, Ferdinand
#5 Bagman, Evangeline
#7 Bailey, Corrigan
#9 Bones, Phineas
#11 Castillo, Jaime
#13 Downing, Reece
#15 Finnigan-Thomas, Noel
#17 Gascoigne, Tristan
#19 Holloway, Paris
#21 Knight, Concordia
#23 Lacey, Heathcliff
#25 Morales-Tran, Estella
#27 Mufferaw, Fern
#29 North, Tuesday
#31 Papadakis, Antonia
#33 St. Clair, Micah
#35 Stoker, Sylvester
#37 Sweet, Spencer
#39 Wainwright, Reid

🌟 #2 Keating, Hazel
#4 Ashworth, Ira
#6 Barringer, Roxanne
#8 Davenport, Avery
#10 Dixon, Dinah
#12 Evercreech, Calvin
#14 Galbraith, Lachlan
#16 Ives, Madison
#18 Key, Jefferson
#20 Kim, Casper
#22 Lacey, Pandora
#24 Lewis, Nisha
#26 de Luca, Ursula
#28 Montgomery, Yancey
#30 Oberholtzer, Ruby
#32 Patterson, Casey
#34 Skynner, Todd
#36 Sweeney, Samantha
#38 Velazquez, Susana
#40 Youngblood, Quentin

HOW THIS WORKS:

You can still sign up any time in the season! The cut off is two days before individual games to give the organizers time to balance the teams, but the season is always open.
The puck drops at 9:30. Push the tiny thing towards the larger thing and try not to let anybody else get it!
Fill out the form posted here under the appropriate team heading to find out how your character did. Did they score? Did they get hurt? Did they fall through the ice? (Probably no one will fall through the ice. Probably.)
For this game, the goals and puck are charmed to be brightly-colored, rotating through red, yellow, and blue.
If the colors match when the puck crosses the goal posts, that goal is worth DOUBLE points.
If they don't match, then it's just a regular old goal. Still exciting!
The referee for this match is Clementine Decourt. She's been authorized to blow that whistle as loud as she possibly can, so listen to her if you value your eardrums.
There's a slight chance your character might get hurt! Healer Mufferaw is on the sidelines to handle any injuries the kids might sustain on the ice, but minor cuts and bruises might be handled by Pre-Healer Studies students!
Goals and injuries will be reported by either browbeats or lilwitchhazel
The final scores will be determined 7:00 PM MST Monday, December 4! Characters can still check in to see how they did and whether or not they were injured, but any goals they score will not count toward the final score.

» TEAM 1. THE PROFESSOR PARKS & TEAM 2. THE QUINNISHERS: Where the action happens. Check in here to see how your kid did!

» RESULTS: Progress reports will appear here when we hit around the halfway point and when the time is up.

» SPECTATORS & BENCHES: Each team has its own bench closest to the shore for players currently not on the ice, where 7-8 players will be benched at any given time. Temporary benches for spectators have been set up on the shore, and all students and staff are welcome to cheer on their favorite team. Blankets and warming charms are recommended, and hot chocolate is available. Snuggle up, wave flags, show blatant favoritism!

» AFTER THE GAME: Players have just enough time to stow their gear before filing into the cafeteria for lunch. Merciless gloating is basically tradition by this point.

» OOC: Questions, Comments, etc.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Name:
Play: How are they playing today? You might mention if they’re particularly offensive or defensive and if they’re improving. Perhaps they’re worked up, and break the rules by accident? Are they trying to deal contact to anybody in particular?
Are you okay with being injured? If yes, there’s a slight chance your character may be injured. If not, the invisible hand of fate will keep your lucky child safe for another day.

GREEN: Falling on butts. Sore faces from gloating grins about feeling a'right.
ORANGE: Mild bruising, existential crises at potential pointlessness of existence.
PURPLE: No broken bones is the best we can guarantee.
RED: Uh you won't die and you *probably* won’t break an arm. Broken noses are fair game, though.

Score: Rate their performance on a scale from 1-10.

Edited 2017-12-02 23:49 (UTC)