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My brother and I devised this 'sport' after kicking our football into a main road and watching it get run over. We then played it for the whole Summer.
The equipment: Two garden bamboo canes (professional flagstick players would use graphite sticks), an old tent (again professionals would use some
kind of light weight canvas, weighted on one side), a log stuck vertically into the ground (professionals would use a log stuck into the ground.
The game: Individuals, or small teams compete in a beautiful battle of grace, power and tactics. The object is to take your flag from one end of the field to the other and drape it over the vertical log. You get points (or kudos) for intricate stickwork and flagmanship. You can pass it around, or try and run it alone. The opposing team can steal the flag using their sticks. The winner is the team who accrue the most, lord knows, home logs?
I had alot of fun with this in my back garden. Anyone?
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[+] on the condition that the old tent (or weighted canvas) is on fire. |
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The added element of danger could make it exciting, although it might be straying into circus/performance territory - which is not a territory I wish to be in. |
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You've invented "Capture The Flag"? |
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This is a stick based sport, very back and forth. There are no war game style tactics. It has the pace of basketball and the elegance of a martial art.
My name is Amos too. |
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//My name is Amos too.//
Cool! We can have an entire teamful of Amoses. |
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Sounds good. The only problem is that Amos is generally an old mans name, our geriatric team might not do so well. |
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I'm a fan of improvised games... I've managed a few of my own. This sounds fun [+] |
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//Amos is generally an old mans name// Algorithmically determined names are that way --> |
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It is better than your average poke in the eye with a wooden stick. |
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[Moseph], I made up a game last
Summer called Bucket-Stick. It's more
of a show-piece sport, played between
two people attempting to pull off tricks
as they throw a bucket from the end of
a broom handle to be caught by your
partner on the end of a broom handle. |
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It is surprisingly good fun and we are
hopefully going to film a short music
video of it soon. I shall post to your idea
if we ever get it done. |
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This really sounds like a lot of fun. I am
definitely going to get a game of
flagstick going. |
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Kids would need to wear goggles. |
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We used to play a spear game with
lengths of pipe insulation weighted on
the end with a tennis ball (it was taped
on with duct tape, padded with a rag,
and taped again). |
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No flinching. A hit in the torso was a
point and an extra throw. We used to
have tournaments. |
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You could have a whole kit of these
games and sell them on the
badminton/croquet aisle. |
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Good work theleopard Bucket stick sounds as though it has similar properties to Flagstick - is there a way to combine the two? |
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nomocrow- goggles are a good idea, I almost has my frickin' eye out many times. Can there be a way to incorporate the sado-masochistic elements of your game? |
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Probably, but your game is pretty elegant.
I like the simplest things. |
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BTW - the pipe insulation spears don't
really hurt. |
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ah... improvised games. I remember the days of "sock ball", "the run-across game", and "shed shingle frisbee olympics" fondly. |
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