Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two

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(OOC: Guys, while in my tired state I posted my Tidus post as Vincent, then while trying to delete the post I accidently deleted the entire thread instead. -drops dead, collapses on floor- BUT I managed to save all the posts before I did, so I'm going to repost them all below before I add my most recent Tidus post. Apologies for those that posted recently! We needed a clean slate anyway due to the people that dropped out and inactivity, so consider this a fresh start.)

Link to previous Blitzball Tourney thread, Round One + RULES.

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HOLD NOW, AIM IS STEADY
An otherworld awaits you


(OOC: Okay, brought back the second half of the Luca Blitzball Tournament to get Tidus up and running again! Everyone has their old positions again, except for our Middle Forward, which Alonzo was interested in. Alonzo, when you are ready, join in with the character you want with a normal tackle and I'll create your stats for you. Speaking of stats, like the video game, everyone's stats were upgraded during half time from the experience!

Tidus' stats:

Position: Left Forward
BL (Blocking) : 30 (+5) = 35
PA (Passing): 14 (+5) = 19
AT (Attack): 19 (+5) = 24
EN (Endurance) 13 (+5) = 18
SH (Shooting) : 14 (+5) = 19

Tidus - Tackling Abilities:
Tidus is keeping both Drain Tackle and Venom Tackle for this round.

Shooting abilities:

Sphere Shot is going to be traded out for Wither Shot -

Wither Shot: Adds + 4 to his SH stat and cuts opponent's stats by 5.

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Rinoa:

Position: Right Forward

BL: 26 (+5) = 31

PA: 18 (+5) = 23

AT: 13 (+5) = 18

EN: 10 (+5) = 15

SH: 14 (+5) = 19

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Riku: (Note, he is switching in for Koki)

Position: Left Defense

Random Stat One: 15 (+5) = 20

Random Stat Two: 14 (+5) = 19

Random Stat Three: 15 (+5) = 20

Random Stat Four: 18 (+5) = 23

Random Stat Five: 14 (+5) = 19

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Beast:

Position: Right Defense

BL: 7 (+5) = 12

PA: 27 (+5) = 32

AT: 10 (+5) = 15

EN: 11 (+5) = 16

SH: 14 (+5) = 19

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Snow:

Position: Goalie

BL: 11 (+5) = 16

PA: 10 (+5) = 15

AT: 10 (+5) = 15

EN: 10 (+5) = 15

SH: 15 (+5) = 20

CA: 20 (+5) = 25

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In addition, I've added a new spin to the game, by enabling special Passes, Blocks and Endures that are used by your abilities as well as Tackles and Shots. I'll make this very simple with a template as shown below, post it above your post to designate which abilities you'd like to use for which action. This is in addition if you'd like to swap out any abilities or just leave them in as-is, like in the video game. Have fun everyone!)
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Final note: For a refresher on the rules and a 'Last time, on the Luca Blitzball Tournament' for the first round, LINK IS HERE (CLICK). Thank you everyone for agreeing to participate again, let's have FUN!)

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After going over with all his teammates that they were ready for the second half, and making some last minute preperations, the siren sounded for the second half. Tidus lead the way for the starting point of the team, which was in the locker room, from that point back out into the huge sphere of water already filled up. It was the Zanarkand Abes formed by Tidus and friends against... the Bevelle Breakers? Looking up at the scoreboard, it looked like Seymour had pulled a fast one on Tidus and sent in his best and toughest. "And in a surprising upset, it looks like the Grand Maester has switched up the rules on the tournament! Whichever team scores the most goals in their match will move onto the next round!" The commentator Bobba was back, this time with his friend Jimma. "That's right Bobba, and right now the captain of the Zanarkand Abes is not looking too happy about that unsettled score with the Guado Glories, what with his team having tied with them. It has been tough competition out there with the Bevelle Breakers having fought the Ronsos, also winning their half 1-0."

Tidus jumped back into the pool, going to meet the team captain of the Breakers, named Maestro. Once everyone was in the sphere, comfortable with breathing the oxygen-rich magical water, the crowd sent off a spectacular roar from all around them as the ball was shot off once again. Tidus caught the ball, since the Abes had scored last in the last half. He swam off towards the goals and tried to get around the opposition, but of course was quickly met by resistance.

Maestro blocked his advance, as well as his right-hand man from Right Forward position appropriately named Berserker. Now Tidus had to quickly make a choice, or lose the ball to the opposing Breakers. The only thing he could really do is endure their attacks, or wait to see if they would remain to block if he decided to pass. He decided he would pass rather than hog the ball, as this was a team effort. (But, it also reminded me... how Blitzball being played right now wasn't for fun at all, but as a means to keep an eye on Seymour and stop whatever nefarious scheme he's hatching here tonight.) Tidus thought in inner monologue to himself. Maestro didn't do anything, looking like he would cleverly wait to block a pass, but Berserker looked about ready to attack...

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Play-by-play:

Second half has started!

Tidus catches the ball!

Tidus has met an encounter.


Tidus' stats:

PA (Passing): 19

EN (Endurance): 18


Maestro's stats:

AT (Attack): 9

BL (Block): 10


Berserker's Stats:

AT: 9

BL (Block): 9
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #1 on Dec 10, 2012, 9:38am » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE
Ability for Tackle, Slot One: Flowmotion
Ability for Tackle, Slot Two: Dark Impulse
Ability for Shot, Slot One: Dark Aura
Ability for Shot, Slot Two: Dark Firaga
Ability for Pass, Slot One: Dark Barrage
Ability for Pass, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Endure, Slot One: Dark Shield
Ability for Endure, Slot Two: N/A
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Why was he here again? Here in this strange world participating in a game he did not even know? Why had the Light summoned him here when there was clearly someone there before him to do the job? Why was he being forced to waste time here when he could’ve been elsewhere searching for friends and clues as to what Xehanort might’ve been up to? These were the sort of question that ran through the white haired Keyblade Master’s mind as he sat in a strange waiting room with water up to his knees as he rested on a bench, his aquamarine eyes focused on the gently shifting water that lapped at his clothing, chilling his skin underneath.

The Light had pulled him to the world called Spira and shortly after arrival, he had ran into a strange man with wings that for whatever reason asked him to do him the huge favor of replacing himself on some team called the Zanardkand Abes. Riku had tried to refuse, but the man was bent on the trade and before he knew the guy had signed him up for a game he did not wish to play and soon he found himself amongst a strange assortment of people. There was a woman in blue named Rinoa, a man in a long white trench wearing a beanie named Snow, a blonde who called himself captain of the team named Tidus and…the ferocious form of the Beast that Riku remembered from his time playing back up in the shadows while the last Organization members were hunted down.

It was hard to believe the creature was there, but Riku didn’t linger too long on the odd appearance as he instead focused on the captain that gave him the run down of the rules and gave the whole team a pep talk before they had been dismissed to the waiting area, leaving Riku alone for the time being. Alone to try and figure out what this game had to do with anything he had been trying to do thus far. Granted, there were many Hearts of Light here and from what he could tell not everyone was from this world. The only one that blended in well with this world was the blonde called Tidus, but everyone else screamed outsider. He didn’t know why he thought this, he just did and as he did he wondered why such an odd bunch had been called to this world. Was it really to help Tidus with a game or was it something else?

The young man tried to ponder the possibilities, but all to soon found his quiet being disrupted by the sounds of the announcer and the splash of his team mates moving through the area. It was a sign it was time to begin this game. With a light sigh, Riku got to his feet and followed the rest of his team to the edge of the sphere full of water. He looked down at the water, having been told he would be able to breathe in it once he had entered, and wondered once more why he was doing this. His eyes moved from the water and across the packed stadium and all the cheering people. As his eyes scanned the crowd, those serious orbs eventually landed on a strange man dressed in elegant robes reclining in one of the box seats. As he locked his eyes on the strange blue haired man, he got a distinct pull from him that told the boy he was trouble. Maybe…maybe it was this strange man that had forced him here. Maybe this ordeal was to help stop whatever he was planning. Or maybe Riku was simply looking for another answer to his questions of why he was here. Any answer that did not involve simply coming to a world to play a game.

The observation lasted only for a second before the boy was diving into the water not fearing drowning before swimming to his position off to the left side of the captain. As the crowd cheered and the buzzer to start the game went off, Riku began to move, following slightly behind the captain as aquamarine eyes focused on what was happening. The captain caught the ball and began heading off down the field only to be stopped the opposing team’s captain and another player that was off to his right. The captain seemed to simply to watch Tidus, while the other guy went for an attack; however, Riku wasn’t about to let that happen. As much as he didn't want to play the game, now that he was in it, he wasn't about to lose.

So as Berserker moved towards Tidus, Riku swam forward to intercept the attacker with a tackle of his own. If everything worked out, Tidus would have one less person to worry about being in his way.
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #2 on Jan 9, 2013, 3:43am » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE
Ability for Tackle, Slot One: Ferocious Shout [Unchanged]
Ability for Tackle, Slot Two: Stalwart Fang [Unchanged]
Ability for Shot, Slot One: Earthen Claw [Unchanged]
Ability for Shot, Slot Two: Last Howl [Unchanged]
Ability for Pass, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Endure, Slot One: Defender
Ability for Endure, Slot Two: Berserk



So here he was yet again, the Beast of the Castle in those dark woods, stuck in this world of bright colors for some reason. Something had brought him here since he started carving his own path between worlds. Quite literally too. A number of times he had carved his way from one world to the next, and in one of those had ended up here, Mistakenly called a “Ronso” or something like that, and was recruited into this game of playing with a ball in water. To say the Beast hadn't expected this to happen, well, you'd be right, plain and simple. Once known as Prince Adam, the Beast as he now was known was nothing more than a creature of ferocious might, yet here he was playing what was basically a child's game.

Though, that didn't mean the Beast hadn't felt some semblance of fun. Though he acted stoic and mean most of the time, getting to actually win had lifted his spirits, knowing he had contributed to such a win. Belle's words, even if they had only been in his head, had been the reason for such encouragement to try it, and now he could tell her of the amazing time he had, and perhaps even show her this city that, honestly, he was beginning to find beautiful. But that was something for another time, as his thoughts on why he was here and his growing Joy was interrupted by the annoying announcers of the tournament he was still a part of. He turned to look upon his team members, noting that Koki had opted to depart but found a replacement suitable of him. Beast recognized this boy. Riku had been his name. He had not had long encounters with him, but enough to set things right and let him have some semblance of trust, even if the Boy had once been a mortal enemy for his part in kidnapping Belle.

He would put that behind him though as he got into the water and adjusted to it's breathable quality. He lined up with the rest of his team, a foreboding sight to behold for anyone and everyone. Then things picked up, and action and reaction took over. The ball was released, and Tidus had caught it. Then he swam, the rest of his team careful to follow without leaving to many openings. It seemed Riku would head in to attack one of the ones Tidus was about to encounter, leaving just the captain, who seemed quite weak. Utilizing his powerful arms and his tail as a rudder, Beast swam with precision to get in range of Tidus, pushing past the opposing team member near him with enough of an opening to be passed to, should Tidus opt to pass. If he did not opt to pass, then Beast would swim farther up with Tidus, acting as a Battering ram against future encounters.
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #3 on Jan 14, 2013, 5:25pm » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE
Ability for Tackle, Slot One: Froststrike
Ability for Tackle, Slot Two: Blizzaga
Ability for Shot, Slot One: Sovereign Fist
Ability for Shot, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Endure, Slot One: Steelguard
Ability for Endure, Slot Two: N/A


Snow had never had so much fun in his entire life. The roar of the crowd...the cheering, the competition... Snow never would have thought that he would be able to participate in something like this. Snow, at first, had been searching for Lightning and the rest of his "family". He found himself here...in this new world. The world wasn't as technologically advanced as his own world but this place did remind him of home. The only difference was that his world didn't have such exciting sports like Blitzball!! Snow had been walking around the city of Luca and he came across a guy, that seemed to be a few years younger than he was, trying to put a team together to play in a sports tournament. Snow was not a guy that would leave a man that needed help behind. Plus, he was interested in the world he found himself in. He figured that he could use some time to unwind. Plus, if he was in a tournament, tons of people were bound to attend. He was sure that he could find someone from his world. Gadot was really into sports, he figured that he could find him in a setting like this. The first round ended, and Snow wasn't able to find anyone...yet.

Aside from that, Snow was enjoying the time he was having with Tidus, who was the leader of the team. Tidus was as bright and vibrant and optimistic as Snow himself was. Snow liked the personality of this guy. He was pretty cool. There was Beast as well. A serious individual that always seemed to have a lot on his mind. There was Rinoa, who did a lot in the last game as well. Koki had to leave, luckily Riku was in the neighborhood. Snow, at first, thought this sport was going to be a little bit complicated...but when he was given his position and he was brought into the fray to help his new friend Tidus win. It wasn't as bad as he thought it would be. It was a lot of fun being in the water sphere. He was the goalie, so he wasn't into the action that much, he didn't think that he should, seeing as how he needed to protect the goal. He didn't want to be caught being at the wrong place at the wrong time, simply because he was trying to help get the offense going. If someone stole the ball, things will get out of hand, Snow was not a fast swimmer.

As the second round began, Snow dove into the sphere of water and headed toward the front of his team's goal, trying to fulfill his role as goalie. They were facing a team known as the Bevelle Breakers. Snow wasn't worried, he wasn't intimidated in the least. Snow had full confidence in his team, nothing was gonna keep them from victory. Although, Snow wondered what the prize was going to be. Was it going to be money? Was it going to be a huge trophy? Snow was so confident in this team of his, that he had already been thinking about what the prize was going to be. Snow cleared his head when the ball was put into play. Snow, even though he had been on the other side of the sphere stayed alert. He watched Tidus swim with the ball with incredible speed. It was then that Tidus came across two opposing players. Snow was going to make a motion to help but when he saw Riku and Beast make a play to effectively tackle the opposing players, Snow stayed where he was. Snow would like a try with the ball but it was all about knowing your role. In a team sport, if everyone does what it best for the team as a whole, the offense will each person and they will have their chance; their time to shine.
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #4 on Jan 17, 2013, 2:19am » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE

ONE THOUSAND YEARS; YOU READY?
The otherworld, it takes you

Berserker came in at dazzling speed to plow into Tidus, only to be saved last-minute by a ferocious tackle from Riku. Knocking him completely out of the encounter, the young captain awaited Maestro to attack him, but he was moving to intercept as Beast barreled past. Seeing what he was doing, Tidus made the decision to throw the ball, pulling his arm over behind him and volleying the ball towards the beastly prince. As anticipated, Maestro reached out to catch the ball, lunging but only brushing the ball by the tips of his fingers. The ball kept shooting past him, towards Beast, hopefully with Beast catching the ball. Now Tidus was free of it, he hoped to play the same role he was sure Beast would do for him, plowing through any opposition that came his way.

As expected, as Beast thundered towards the goal, just as he reached it he was met with heavy opposition. The left defense was there called Youth, and the right forward Supressor. The goalie, named Freelauncher, awaited to protect the goals. Maestro had already caught up but so had Tidus, who tackled the weakest of the group and knocked Youth with a swift Drain Tackle, which was enough to completely knock the runt of the counter. Now all Beast had left against him from scoring a goal was Maestro, Suppressor and Freelauncer, all which looked like elite opponents. Or, Beast could also pass to Tidus, Riku or another team member of the Abes, unless he was feeling confident. It all was up to him.

"Well Jimma, what a upstart! Young Riku, new sunstitute to the team, came to his captain's rescue in that replay and totally blitzed Berserker! With that in mind, Tidus was able to pass the ball to Beast, and then catch up with his team mate to take out Youth!" Bobba announced over the PA, as he looked to his commentating partner. "That's right Bobba, now Beast looks like he's up against some of the heavy-sets of the Breakers, will he able to get the ball past them, or will he make the play pass to another member of the Abes? Stay in your seats folks, you won't want to miss this!" Jimma chimed in, as the crowd roared and cheered whenever there was some interaction between the players. Especially when Tidus had actually ejected Youth from the watery globe, they all stood up in their seats and hollered at the roughness. Tidus looked on from the water after he had completely ejected the Beveller, kicking off and swimming up to look towards Beast at what he was going to do. How was this stern but gentle-hearted behemoth going to do this, and would it mean a goal for the team?
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Play-by-play:

Tidus's encounter:


Tidus' stats:

PA (Passing): 19

EN (Endurance): 18


Maestro's stats:

AT (Attack): 9

BL (Block): 10


Berserker's Stats:

AT: 9

BL (Block): 9

Endurance: 19

Riku tackles Beserker!

Berserker is knocked out of the encounter. (19 - 20 = -1)

Tidus passes the ball to Beast!

Maestro attempts to block the pass!

Tidus successfully passes the ball to Beast. (Tidus's PA (19) - Maestro's BL (10) = 9)

Beast has met an encounter.

Tidus tackles Youth!

Youth is removed from the encounter. (Tidus's AT (24) - Youth's EN (21) = -3)

Stats:

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Beast:
BL: 12

PA: 32

AT: 15

EN: 16

SH: 19

Ability for Tackle, Slot One: Ferocious Shout [Unchanged]
Ability for Tackle, Slot Two: Stalwart Fang [Unchanged]
Ability for Shot, Slot One: Earthen Claw [Unchanged]
Ability for Shot, Slot Two: Last Howl [Unchanged]
Ability for Pass, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Endure, Slot One: Defender
Ability for Endure, Slot Two: Berserk

vs.

Maestro:
AT: 9
Tackle ability: Venom Tackle II - Adds + 5 to AT and heavy poison, keeping their EN down by the same amount in the next encounter before wearing off.
BL: 10
No special block abilites
EN: 15
No special EN abilites

Suppressor:
AT: 12
Tackle abiliy: Drain Tackle - Cuts opponent's stats in half for that turn only.
BL: 4
No special block abilites
EN: 14
No special EN abilites

Freelauncher:
CA: 7
Catching Special Ability: Super Goalie: Will add +10 to CA if chosen to be activated.
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #5 on Jan 19, 2013, 10:52am » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE
This was an odd, but interesting game nonetheless. Despite Riku’s earlier misgivings about the strange man with blue hair that sat in what could only be described as a box seat for the elite, the young man had calmed down a bit since arriving as he focused instead on completing the task at hand. A task that at first he thought was a waste of time, but now was finding that it was a much needed break from the stress as of late. The swimming relaxed him and having to be alert in this game kept his mind in the present rather than wandering off down darker paths.

The tension within was further released as Riku made his move against Berserker. It was by good timing and a bit of luck that the tackle that was meant for Tidus was halted by Riku. Bracing himself for the impact to come, Riku and the more seasoned blitz player collided with each other hard enough to knock the wind out of each other if they were on land; however, thanks to water friction the impact was softened slightly.

Very slightly. As the pair crashed, Riku felt himself slip around his target, but had to take a moment to shake off the shock of the hit that seemed to rattle all his bones out of place and made his world spin slightly. He shook his head finding it easy to clear away the light fog around his mind as his eyes turned to see what had happened to the man he had tackled. While the guy had indeed put up a nice attack, it seemed that Riku had been the strongest of the two since the man appeared to be out of it or something as he stayed where he was floating like a limp doll in the water. The guy still twitched a bit, so at least Riku knew the man was more or less alive. Still that scene was a bit eerie, how that guy floated there….

Trying not to focus too hard on the floating man, Riku told himself that this was part of the game. Besides the crowd was loving it and none of the other team members on either side seemed to be phased by it, so why worry, right? Shaking off the uneasiness, Riku looked to see what was happening.

He saw Beast swimming…or something similar to swimming….yeah. Whatever. Anyway, Beast was moving into a position that would allow Tidus to throw the ball to him; however, Maestro…you know the remaining guy that had tried to block Tidus’s path? Yeah him. That guy moved from his position to intercept what he was predicting to be a pass from Tidus. Sure enough, Tidus threw the ball and the opposing team member tried to block it, but failed. As the ball continue its path towards Beast, Riku began to move when he saw the big giant barreling towards the goal on the opposing team’s side. Assuming the creature had the ball in pa—hand, Riku followed the creature and his captain to the other end, planning to keep up his duty as a defender of the ball holder. When they got to the goal, the goalie and two others came to bar their way. On top of this, behind them, Maestro had caught up and was now a threat from behind. Regardless of this, Tidus didn’t seem to be worried as he immediately went on the offensive and tackled the one called Youth with so much power that it made Riku’s tackle from earlier seem weak. Seriously, the guy literally knocked the other right out of the sphere of water and into the open space between the sphere and the crowd!

The move was not surprising, but to know you could be smacked out of this sphere so easily really made Riku begin to question just what was holding up the sphere…and if whatever was holding the sphere up went out… Erm..Best not think about that one too hard. Nope. Nope.

Shaking away the what ifs, Riku focused on the problem before him as the crowd cheered loudly and the announcers made their reports. Tidus had moved to a position where it would be easy to pass the ball to him if the Beast chose to; however, there was also the option of Beast potentially using the ball to try to score, but in order to do that, he needed even less barriers in his ways and more than one way out of the jam.

Riku sized up the two defenders quickly and decided that the big guy was the one to go down. Turning his attention to Supressor, Riku activated his Flowmotion ability before attempting to tackle the larger elite…
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #6 on Feb 15, 2013, 9:49pm » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE
Snow had been watching the game from afar at his position in front of the Abes' goal. He was not about to leave and then have a mishap happen and then have the other team score on a goal that was not defended. That was not about to happen on Snow's watch. Snow wanted so badly to be in the fray with his newfound friends. He felt like he was getting off easy. He felt that they were getting all the credit. Snow wanted to do some work, too. He didn't want to just sit here. However, that was the job of a goalie...especially since his team was so good that they saw nothing but the offensive side of the game for all this time. The whole game had practically been in front of their opponent's goal which was awesome...but boring...at least for Snow. Snow thought that maybe he should have chosen a position that was more active in the game.

Snow watched as the action unfolded down by the opponent's goal. Their new teammate Riku made an awesome tackle, protecting Tidus and the Beast had come to help him just as well, with Tidus throwing him the ball just as well. Beast, who happened to be one of the defensive anchors of the team, seemed to be making a play for the goal. Snow cheered for him to go all the way, hoping that Beast could make the goal. Snow figured that if he wasn't active for right now, he could, at least, show his support for his team. Snow didn't want to just sit there and complain. Snow knew and soon began to feel that playing this game was a lot like battles. Sure, one could be the star and take care of everything but it is far better to work within your team. It is better to work with your team toward a common goal. If one works for the good of the team, then good individual things will come to that person.

Snow widened his eyes from the shock of what he saw the captain of Snow's team do next. After he passed the ball to Beast, Tidus came through and hit one of their opponent's so hard that they were knocked out of the watery globe that they were in. To say that this tackle was a morale booster was a complete understatement. Snow was now even more motivated to win this tournament. Snow pumped his fist in the air in celebration of Tidus's tackle. Snow was now more than ready to play. He began to swim out but then he remembered that he was the goalie. He pounded his right fist into his left hand, wishing he could get in there too. However, he knew that for the good of the team, he had to stay back here. Snow was a team player for the most part, he had no problems staying at his post.
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #7 on Feb 19, 2013, 12:23am » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE

GO INTO THE SAND, AND THE DUST, AND THE SKY
Go now, there's no better plan, than to do or to die


(OOC: Ursula will be replacing Beast.

Ability for Tackle, Slot One: Kick
Ability for Tackle, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Shot, Slot One: Tenketsu
Ability for Shot, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Endure, Slot One: Chakra
Ability for Endure, Slot Two: N/A

Position: Right Defense
Abilities: See above.
BL: 9 (+5) = 14
PA: 13 (+5) = 18
AT: 12 (+5) = 17
EN: 13 (+5) = 18
SH: 16 (+5) = 21

Back to the RP.)

Beast had not yet acted, and due to his sudden lapse of inactivity, he was not the first to act. Before his teammates could come to his aid, Maestro appeared to make a faint, and in a rush both he and Suppessor tackled Beast at once. The resulting blow not only knocked Beast out of the encounter, but completely knocked Beast out of the arena, just as Tidus had done previously to Junior. Unfortunately, it looked like Beast had taken injury in the fall and would not be getting back into the game. Riku came in and used Flowmotion to tackle Suppressor, completely taking the large man out of the encounter as well, as Maestro took the ball with a superior smirk on his face.

Tidus made both his hands in the gesture of a T for a quick time-out, as he saw down to inspect what had happened to Beast. It looked like Beast had taken a severe injury to the back from the fall, and he would not be able to play. Tidus had no choice but to bench him, but he was glad there were some players that were benched that could replace him and rearing to help out. The replacement was on the way, but it would be a while, and the game could not be left indefinately on timeout forever. He swam back up to join his teammates, watching how the light refracted prismatically within the massive globe of crystal clear water. He repostitioned himself as Maestro took possession of the ball, and the game started off again.

Maesto swim forward for a moment, and before Tidus encountered him, he threw the ball towards the left forward, named Seeker. Seeker took the ball and charged right past where Riku had been on left defense, and where the new right defense was now entering. With Snow the only one protecting the goals, the Left Forward kicked to make a shot with Sphere Shot. "I don't believe this! Not only was Beast switched out for a new team member due to injury, but they Bevelle Breakers took advantage of a lack of defense and Seeker is now shooting a goal towards the goalkeeper, one Snow Villiers!" Bobba esculated his commentary, followed by his co-host Jimma. "That's right Bobba, a crushing blow for the Zanarkand Abes, it looks like it's all up to the goalie now to to protect the goals! Time to find out what this Abes goalie is made of!" Jimma followed up, as the crowd roared for the upsetting and stunning offensive by the Breakers against the Abes.

Would Snow be successful, or would the Breakers develop a lead with this goal?

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Play-by-play:

Maestro tackles Beast! (16 EN - 9 AT = 7 EN)

Supressor tackles Beast! (7 EN - 12 EN = -5 EN. Beast is knocked out of the encounter.)

Beast drops the ball!

Mastero receives the ball.

Maestro passes to Seeker.

Seeker attempts to shoot a goal with Sphere Shot!

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Snow:

Position: Goalie

BL: 11 (+5) = 16

PA: 10 (+5) = 15

AT: 10 (+5) = 15

EN: 10 (+5) = 15

SH: 15 (+5) = 20

CA: 20 (+5) = 25

Ability for Tackle, Slot One: Froststrike
Ability for Tackle, Slot Two: Blizzaga
Ability for Shot, Slot One: Sovereign Fist
Ability for Shot, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Pass, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot One: N/A
Ability for Block, Slot Two: N/A
Ability for Endure, Slot One: Steelguard
Ability for Endure, Slot Two: N/A

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Seeker:
AT: 11
Tackle ability: Wither Tackle II - Halves opponent's stats for the next encounter.
BL: 10
Guardian: Adds +5 to his Block.
EN: 15
No special EN abilites
SH: 23
Sphere Shot: Adds +3 to SH.
Wither Shot: If the ball is touched, goalie's stats are halved in next encounter made towards the goal. Stats return to normal in the next encounter.

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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
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LET YOUR HEART FLOW
Ursula had settled down on the sidelines during most of the game, just watching the games and how they progressed, not having seen anything like it before. She neither could recall how she had ended up in Spira, but instead of immediately looking for a way back home, she didn't want to avoid some of the fun.

When Beast got heavily knocked out and seemed to have gotten injured, Ursula got a bit worried. Despite the beastly features, she was certain the man was a friend from what she had seen in these games so far. Having taken a look around, she had seen other beings also not like humans, so it was all very new to her.

As Beast was to be benched, it appeared it was her turn to enter the... water sphere. Really... can you just... easily breath in there? She was still confused by how this worked, but hurried on her way to get into the game as well. While she was on her way, she could hear that the game suddenly continued. Quickly she dove into the sphere and started making way towards her position while keeping her attention to where Seeker and Snow were.

Ursula planned to move a bit towards the two, but knew she could never make it in time to make any difference, instead she could try and focus on others that would appear. This all was rather new to her to begin with.
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
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The game was going smoothly and Snow was in the zone. Well...he was as much in the zone as one that was not doing much could be. Still, he was attentive to the action. He watched as his teammates go back and forth, fighting to make the first goal. The roar of the crowd struck through the sphere of water that Snow found himself in and filled his ears. Snow was getting a rush out of this. He knew that he was wrong for participating. There was much that needed to be done. The reason why he signed up for this was because he figured that he might find someone familiar to him or he might find some info on Xehanort and his croonies. However, due to the fast pace of this game, due to the fact that Snow had an active role, he was not able to take his time and look into the crowd for anyone or anything he might have been looking for. Snow figured that he might as well enjoy this time, for it will be the last bit of fun he will have for a while.

Snow watched his teammate Beast go down, taking two mighty hard hits that even made the big, mighty blonde brawler cringe a little himself. He then watched as Beast flew out of the sphere from the impact of the two hits. He watched as Tidus called for a time out and swam down to see about Beast. However, given the fact that Snow was a brawler and those type of hits were his game, he had a strong feeling that Beast was not going to be able to make it back. However, then again, Beast was strong from what Snow saw. He might be wrong. However, after a while they had to call in a substitute, and that almost made Snow hang his head. However, the game hadn't ended yet. Things were not over on this end yet. He couldn't let up, because now they had someone to win for. What better way to honor Beast than to pick up this victory from these guys?

Time was called back in and the game resumed. Snow thought things would wait until his team were back at full strength but that wasn't the case. Snow saw as one of the opponents kicked the ball over to one of their teammates. They were heading for the goal. It was time for Snow to shine now. A competitive, almost evil smirk crept upon Snow's face. He was about to get what he wished for. One would say that one must be careful of what one wishes for but Snow was not that man. He loved poking the slumbering beasts and the sleeping dragons. He loved challenges and he was not about to back down from the oncoming one that had the ball in his hand. Snow loosened up as who seemed to be their scorer swim over to where Snow was. He then watched as he tossed the ball up into the air and gave it a flip kick, launching the ball at Snow. Snow had his eyes wide open and he was attentive...he watched as the ball came to his goal...a goal that Snow had personal pride in protecting... However the ball seemed to be veering to the left. Snow, using all his might, trying to bring himself between the goal and the ball, zooming to the left, diving to that position as fast as he possibly could... In case he wasn't able to get a grip on it, he activated on of his favorite moves that he would use in battle. Snow would then begin to glow gold as he activated Steelguard to try to block the ball's path into the goal and perhaps catch the ball so that he could throw it to whoever was open for his team to score...
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Re: The Luca Blitzball Tournament, Round Two
« Reply #10 on Mar 14, 2013, 11:22pm » QUOTE MODIFY DELETE

FREE ME, PRAY TO THE FAITH, IN THE FACE OF THE LIGHT
Feed me, fill me with sin, and get ready to fight


(OOC: Hercules is our new MF. His stats and others will come next round; this post is a placeholder to get Snow to throw the ball back to the team. xD Yes, that's why it's short, apologies.)

And yes, Snow had reached out and upon activating Steelguard for his gloves, had caught the ball. A amonished roar came up from the crowd, some going for the Bevelle Breakers yelling, the others for the Zanarkand Abes cheering. The ball was now in the grasp of Snow's hands, but who will he throw it to? There was Tidus of course, Ursula, and the newcomer Hercules who had taken up the middle-forward position. Some others had to be switched with newcomers from the bench and would eventually be on the field too, but for now Snow would have to pick who to throw to - and if he would use an ability or not - between these three people.

"Amazing! The Abes goalie, Snow Villiers, has caught the ball and stopped the Bevelle Breakers dead in their tracks." Bobba announced clearly over the P.A. system of the game, looking to his other commentary partner, Jimma. "That's right Bobba, and I believe the technique he just used was called Steelguard, and it's already becoming a sensation as a crowd favorite." Jimma chimmed, as the chanting of "STEELGUARD SNOW! STEELGUARD SNOW!" arose from the background audience of the crowd. Tidus actually lit up and smiled, and if he could be heard more clearly underwater actually laughing optimistically. But the fact remained, who was Snow going to pass on the ball to, before time ran out so they could score some goals?

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Snow's heart stopped a little as he literally tried to put himself between the ball and the goal. He didn't know if he would be able to catch it but all he wanted to do was keep them from scoring. He didn't want his team to behind; he wanted his team to get the first score if he could catch it. Snow felt his whole body stretch as he went for the ball and once he felt the round object in his huge hands, his heart went to beating again. Snow was able to catch the ball. Snow made sure to hold it with both hands. He didn't want to be the klutz that lost it due to him not being careful. Snow then swam back to the middle of the goal. Snow grinned at the ball he caught but then he looked around as he held the ball looking for his fellow teammates but then...something interesting happened.

From what Snow heard, his favorite technique had become a crowd favorite. Snow's eyes widened with glee and happiness as they chanted "STEELGUARD SNOW" over and over again. Snow's jaw dropped, he didn't think he would be such a hit with the crowd. The goalie, when it came to sports, always had the least amount of popularity. Snow was happy to see that with him, that wasn't the case whatsoever. Snow looked around to see if anyone had noticed at all and he saw Tidus, who practically had the same reaction to it all as Snow did. Snow was happy to see that the captain of this team was one for humor, too.

However, Snow calmed himself for the game. He began to think hard about who he should pass it too. He figured that if he passed it to Ursula, that might be putting her on the spot too early. He didn't want to heap everything on to her too early. He figured that he should let someone with more experience handle the ball. He looked to Tidus and saw that Snow could trust him to make the goal or pass it to the right person to make the goal. Snow made eye contact with Tidus, letting him know that the ball was coming his way. Snow cocked back the hand that he held the ball and with the force that he would uppercut a Behemoth with, he threw it to Tidus, hoping that he will be able to catch it.

You, know, you, will

Fight, fight, FIGHT!

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(OOC: Okay, first up now Snow's thrown the ball back into play (thanks Snow!), I'll add everyone's stats! You all level up from half-time.)

Hercules:
Position: Middle Forward
Abilities: See Below
Block (BL): 7 (+5) = 12
Passing (PA): 10 (+5) = 15
Attack (AT): 9 (+5) =14
Endurance (EN): 10 (+5) = 15
Shooting (SH): 14 (+5) = 19

Zidane:
Position: Right Forward (Tidus is already LF, Zidane.)
Block (BL): 7 (+5) = 12
Passing (PA): 10 (+5) = 15
Attack (AT): 16 (+5) = 21
Endurance (EN): 18 (+5) = 23
Shooting (SH): 14 (+5) = 19

Sabin:
Position: Left Defense
Block (BL): 8 (+5) = 13
Passing (PA): 26 (+5) = 31
Attack (AT): 9 (+5) = 14
Endurance (EN): 16 (+5) = 21
Shooting (SH): 14 (+5) = 19

Also, since Snow decided not to use abilites and I would like to wrap things up soon, I won't list what your abilities do except if you use them, only because you may not use them and it takes me a long time to think up of what they'd do and write them out. Also, if you guys want to continue a few more rounds, I added a poll so please vote in it if you'd like to continue playing Blitzball a bit longer and get this thread active again. Thank you!)

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Finally, after what seemed like time moving in slow motion because of the tension, Snow through the ball back into play. Tidus smiled and nodded to him, slightly proud of his new friend getting such a good reputation and also recognizing the ball was coming his way, and from the sheer velocity and force of the ball he flipped around when he caught it, even being slowed down through the water it still almost hit him like a canonball. The blitzball was in his hands, though, having not managed to drop it or have it slipped out of his hands. He looked up the field and decided quickly what to do with the ball, going with his strategy. He might have a bit of experience with Blitzball, but that didn't mean the other team members should be denied the experience with the ball, and so before he was encountered decided to pass the ball over to Ursula.

As soon as Ursula caught the ball, she was encountered by two members of the Bevelle Breakers, Suppressor and Berserker. Suppressor was the bulkier of the two, but Berserker looked lean and had a wild look in his eyes. Supressor hung back, possibly looking to block the shot, while Berserker rushed forward to tackle Ursula. However, it wasn't enough, and it appeared Ursula still had possession of the ball. Who would she pass the ball to next?

"The Zanarkand Abes are now back in play with the ball, and the tension is mounting. Snow passes the ball to the team captain, Tidus... Tidus passes the ball with no contest to the new Right Defense of the Abes, Ursula. Supressor appears to be going for a block while Berserker moves in for a hard tackle... he doesn't have the ball!" Bobba announced the play-by-play, ramping up the excitment in his voice as the crowd roared. "That's right Bobba, interesting play by the Abes, Snow's choice to the team captain was a wise one but Tidus seems to be putting an awful amount of trust and belief, both into his strategy and in the new recruit Ursula." Jetta added in afterthought. "Will it be enough, though? We'll have to wait and see." Bobba replied, ending the commentary there as there was a silent hush among the crowd, in anticipation to see what Ursula would do next.

Tidus kicked hard and swam up towards the goal, getting in position to help out whoever Ursula may pass the ball to next. He figured this, since Ursula was the Right Defense and support for the team to confuse the Breakers to get around their defenses, but she could very well also keep breaking forward towards the goals instead of passing if that was her choice.

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(Because I goofed with deleting the thread by accident, didn't trust myself to write up the play-by-play stats, so I'll do it tomorrow if it matters to anyone besides myself. Let me know if it does and you want to see the results to remove all doubt of any cheating, because I want everyone to have fun, that's the goal of this thread.)

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[cs=2] Seeing the goalie, Snow, deal with his opponents was fun to watch. He seemed to get a lot of fans quickly right there. Ursula had only just entered the ring, so hadn't been able to put up some defense, but seeing Snow handle it all made her feel well enough. She watched the ball as Snow brought it back into play. With speed as well, she looked at how fast the ball was thrown, seeing that Snow had some good arm strength. Tidus, who caught it, flipped in the water just from the force and water was supposedly to slow it down. Don't have to worry with this team, she thought with a smile, finding this match rather amusing. Then the ball came her way as Tidus passed it to her. She was expecting the ball to go further forward rather than being thrown her way this early, but she accepted it and caught the ball. Suddenly two of the opponents had swam up to her, one of the flying in on a tackle. As the man shot half into her, Ursula tried to swim a bit more upward, still getting used to being in the water and playing an underwater game. Others seemed to have joined the game as Ursula tried to push forward for a bit, figuring to try and get a bit further ahead before passing the ball. Looking ahead, she tried to pass the ball then to Zidane.
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The boy this an interesting sort of game, but he was never expecting this. It was much harder to move underwater and all of his strength was put into his actions. It was a starkly different environment, but he did not mind it too much. At least there was a lovely young lady as his teammate. Unscrupulous thoughts aside he was learning this game bit by bit. Being, by far, one of the smaller players he could be seen as easy pickings. Even if he was small he was pretty maneuverable. Keeping an eye on what he was told was his team, the young thief swam about in his shorts, signature holster left behind in the locker rooms, to his deep depression.

His tail lashed about in the deep waters and blue eyes would blink when he noticed Ursula's motion. The opponents were ganging up on a girl! Well it was a sporting event, but it was the first one he has ever experienced that women actually participated in that was so rough. He shifted his weight, having gotten a handle on things well enough He was not unused to swimming so he would give it his best. This game was really mentally challenging. Keeping an eye on not only your allies, but the enemies as well. Sporting events were a real handful.

When the ball was launched in his direction the quick thief held out his hands. Bear from his usual set of gloves he had a stronger sense of the things he touched. The ball was gripped tight. Oh, great. He was their next target. The boy looked around before he made an effort in his motion to spin and roll backwards. Water had an advantage: less gravity in a space with no boundary of up or down! When he turned he had made sure to spot his target and hurl the ball to his teammate.

Heh ad no way of warning him he was next in line. Eye contact. The boy looked to Sabin with hopes he would catch the wild toss pushed by the momentum of his speed.

"Sometimes, you can't think everything out. You have to listen to your heart."

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(OOC: Update, since Herc missed the AC and has been inactive, the position of Middle-Forward is most likely going to Deshi. I just need conformation, but for now we're going to have to play with one five members. Just pretend Herc isn't there for now.
ALSO IF YOU WANT TO KICK A GOAL, please let me know in any way whether it's here, in a PM or in the cbox, as Tidus shouldn't always have to have all the glory of scoring goals, and I'd like to give the opportunity to someone else if Sabin passes the ball to me. Thanks!
Last thing, we need more people to vote to break the tie in the poll above please, or I'll make the decision myself with the original idea of ending the thread after the next goal.)

Ursula had manged to pass the ball to Zidane, who unoccupied and unopposed, in turn managed to freely throw the ball to Sabin without any opposition. However, for the Bevelle Breakers, that's as far as they would allow the Zanarkand Abes to get. Having moved so far along the field, only Seeker and Maestro were closer to Sabin's position now as the field's left defender. Sabin was a pretty big muscular man though, so both Breakers didn't attempt to tackle him, but they still swam in the way to block his advance in any direction. Instead, in a attempt to get the ball off him, both stretched out their arms in a attempt to block any of his attempts to pass the ball to a team mate.

"It looks like the Abe's left defender, a man named Sabin Figaro, has the ball now and is being blocked off by Maestro and Seeker of the Breakers, Bobba." Jetta commented from the commentary box, directed towards his associate. "Yes Jetta, and it looks like the Breakers are going for a guard strategy to try and prevent any more free passes to team mates. And Seeker is activating his special technique, Guardian! What will Sabin do now, who will he throw the ball to?" The crowd, especially those supporting the Breakers, cheered as Seeker used Guard to increase his defenses. There was a rising support for the Zanarkand Abes though as the crowd began repeating the name: "SABIN! SABIN! SABIN!" Many of the women were fawning and screaming over the brawny man as well.

Tidus attempted to follow the ball, not only with his eyes and mind as team captain, but along the field as well. He kept on his side of the field up near the goals of the Breakers, swimming some distance away from the encounter Sabin found himself in, trying to find a clear opening if Sabin chose to throw it to him. He had to protect his position on the field from a recovered Youth, who was less than happy since Tidus had tackled him forcefully out of the sphere. Apart from himself, he could throw it back to Zidane as Right Forward, or along the other side of the field back to Ursula who was Right Defense. It was up to Sabin now to decide, as the Breakers reached their hands up to try and block his next throw; who would he throw it to, or would he break through and try to score a goal himself?

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Unfortunately, Sabin failed to do either as he advanced forward, Youth tackling him and the muscular monk loosing grip of the ball in defending it. The crowd went 'AWWWWWW' in disappointment at the upset, and the women in the audience stopped chanting the brawny man's name. Luckily, Tidus had been following the ball carefully and at the expense of the Bevelle Breakers, recovered the ball and caught it instead of Seeker and Berserker. However the two were right on him, and to avoid the same fate as Sabin, he spotted Zidane who had gone unnoticed and was open. He threw it to him without a verbal warning to alert the Breakers, trusting in Zidane, giving someone else the chance to score the winning goal.

"What an upset! How could Sabin let his team down like this?" Bobba commentated from the stands. "Just goes to show you that you can't judge a pumped-up book by it's cover with that mistake, but what's this, the team Captain of the Abes Tidus has grabbed the ball and now throws it to Zidane!" The crowd started to rile up again as a mexican wave stopped and clapping and chanting started. 'ZIDANE! ZIDANE! ZIDANE!' came universal support from the crowd that wasn't supporting the Breakers, and now the women were screaming at him this time.

Tidus was tackled hard by Berserker, so hard he was almost thrown out of the sphere, but he managed to stop his momentum. He swum back to the center, watching the ball. (C'mon Zidane, you can do it. We all believed in ourselves then, and we can do it there, we can do it here.) His blue eyes flicked to Seymour in on his balcony watching the events, who seemed to have made up his mind already and moved from his seat to walk towards the announcement podium. Tidus watched him carefully for a while to make sure it was all he was up to, eyes switching back to Zidane who would now be facing the same Bevelle team members Sabin had been up against, hoping for the best just so they could end the game.

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Play-by-play:

Ursula throws the ball to Zidane.

Suppressor attempts to block!

Ursula' Pass (18) - Supressor's Block (4) = 14. The pass to Zidane succeeds.

Zidane catches the ball!

Zidane remains unopposed and passed the ball to Sabin.

Sabin catches the ball!

Sabin has met an encounter with Maestro and Seeker.

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Sabin dropped the ball!

Tidus recovered the ball.

Tidus makes a free pass to Zidane!

Zidane catches the ball and has the following encounter.

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Zidane:

Position: Right Forward
Block (BL): 12
Passing (PA): 15
Attack (AT): 21
Endurance (EN): 23
Shooting (SH): 19

Shot Ability: Shift Break Shot. Zidane can remove two opposing team members in front of the goal, like Tidus' Jecht Shot, and adds +5 to his SH score (19 + 5 = 24).

vs.

Maestro:

BL (Block): 10


Seeker:

BL: 10

Guardian: Adds +5 to his Block.


Maestro decides to block.

Seeker uses Guardian, increasing his defense. (10 + 5 = 15.)

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Zidane had passed the ball to Sabin in hopes to clear them from another goal, but it seems that the opposition had other plans. He was taken by this fascinating sport. The teamwork required to of this was refreshing. He had seen so many people in his travels torn by war, politics and destitute. It was great fun meeting everyone and he had gotten a feel for this world. There were some good guys that did not tease him for being different. It was always a heavy burden to bear when you were in a new place all alone.

The thief found himself drifting weightlessly in the strange filed. The muted cheers of fans who looked to these guys with such admiration was inspiring. Where he was from there was no time for these sorts of groups to develop, even in a city as grand as Lindblum only had the theater to draw such huge crowds. Regardless of his feelings of this, or that, the thief was having a blast! It took a lot of practice but his trained form found adjusting to the underwater environment a cinch. A cheeky grin was offered at the opponents. They were pretty confident of themselves, but Zidane was ready to show off. The theater kid was always ready to make an utter nuisance of himself and show off for the crowd, but he was also ready to help out his pal.

Seeing that Sabin was unable to keep up with them Tidus had to recapture the ball. It would have been discourteous to give up such a lovely gift, Zidane thought. Catching the ball he felt his smaller body pushed by the centrifugal force produced by the larger guy. Taking the ball made him a target, and as much as he loved the attention he did not love the idea of injury he heard that came along with the sport.

His bare hands gripped tightly to the ball and his body shifted ad he concentrated on his target. With two brutes now after him he had to try and clear a path. To prevent himself from being drawn into an in escapable pincer move the thief would allow his more underhanded skills take raise. He smirked at the attempt and would only act as soon as his attackers drew nearer. He unleashed Shift Break. The swirl of energy began at his feet. With a burst he would kick out, catapulted by the swirling force. He pushed the ball out against his left hand and twisted his body. His eyes fell on the goal. He picked the spot and completed the roundhouse kick, smashing into the ball. He did not have much confidence but he believed in his friends and would do anything he could to stand up to their expectations!

Thief. Light. Genome.

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NOTES: Shift Break!

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As Zidane kicked forward his roundhouse Shift Break kick, Seeker and Maestro were kicked aside and removed from the defense, as the ball blitzed towards the goalie Freelauncher. The goalie reached out to catch it - touched the ball, but it slipped through his fingers and went into the goals. A eruption came from the crowd in a magnificent roar as Zidane scored the final goal, the 1 changing to 2 on the overheard scoreboard. People stood up in a wave of cheer; people started to leave who had been rooting for the Breakers. The Breakers themselves, disgruntled and defeated, swam out of the water sphere as the game was called.

"And Zidane goes for the kick - knocks out Seeker and Maestro - and GOOOOOOOAL! Freelauncher disappointedly misses the shot! I don't believe it!" "And that's it, Zanarkand Abes dominate over the Bevelle Breakers, 2 - 0. Not bad of all for a new captain and his rag-tag crew of unlikelies, now heroes to these people. And we'll see you for the next tournament, but for now Grand Maester Seymour Guado would like the winning team to come up on the main balcony to present them with the championship title." As Bobba and Jetta respectively signed off from their commentary positions, Tidus took in the annoucement as he had been keeping an eye on Seymour, who had already move to the main balcony where years ago before his death, he had addressed the people in the same manner. (A seriously bad vibe of deja vu swept over me.... really bad. Even though I was still in the cold and the wet... I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up on end, a chilling current blowing through them. The stern yet smug look on Seymour's face, and what I knew stirred in his crazed mind underneath... this was not going to end well.) Tidus waved his team to swim out to the outer ring of the blitzball dome, Seymour patiently and watching them with a steely yet creepy look, allowing Tidus to look at the assembled team that had saved them the match.

These had been friends he had once knew... including Zidane... but some had been complete strangers. Not even his friends needed to feel obligated, neither had he expected anything of them, nor did winning the game even matter. But even though they may have not known what they were in for, or stayed on as long as they did, they still made an effort to help him out when they did. And not only that, and the glory of being both team captain and left forward, but he got to share in all their own moments of glory and experiences of fun. Unlike battle, this experience had bonded them so strangers were now friends... unlike battle which the likes was now looming before them as Tidus lead the team up to the large main balcony where Seymour was waiting.

(OOC: I'd like to thank everyone that participated in this, past and present, as well as Exie for his early contribution to having Seymour in this thread. Even if you felt I didn't go in the direction you like, I missed the co-operation we had, and I hope everyone presently is having fun. Thank you!)

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