# Doperball III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034 "2005-02-08T18:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/1 "2005-02-08T18:07:42Z")
Hum de dum…slow day. Heeeey, perhaps a little Doperball will liven things up! Ok, since [Doperball I](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255868) and [Doperball II](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272148) were both blowouts, we’re going to try and change up the teams a bit this time around. As always, which team a player is on is determined by the first letter of their username. Here’s how the teams break down this time: Team 1: A B C G H I M N O S T U Y Team 2: D E F J K L P Q R V W X Z And now, a quick review of the rules: > [@Official Rules of Doperball](#): > > Once the game begins, the first person to post has the ball. You can do whatever you like with it, but you must end your post by passing the ball. The next poster is the person who caught the ball. If it’s a teammate, great. If not, oh well, the other team has control. Simple, right? Now, scoring: > > In order to score, three consecutive teammates must touch the ball. When the third person has the ball, they can either toss it into the goal for a point, or pass it off to (hopefully) another teammate. If you choose to pass, and a teammate gets it, they can either toss it in for two points or they can pass as well. If a teammate catches this pass, they must put it in the goal for three points. > > Be careful with all this extra-point passing however, because once you touch the ball you cannot touch it again until there is a score, or the opposing team gains control. > > Once you score, you toss the ball back into the middle and we begin again. Get it? Got it? Good! \ Game on! Referee **Hal** boots the ball to midfield, where it is picked up by… ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/2 "2005-02-08T18:13:23Z")
Daithi, who shows his usual non-knack for sports and relinquishes the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/3 "2005-02-08T18:16:00Z")
\ Sorry…one other quick rule: When posting, you must post the name of the person from whom you are getting the ball (help eliminate disputes that way). Ok, game on! \ ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/4 "2005-02-08T18:18:51Z")
**Draelin** , who takes the ball from **Daithi** , fakes out an opponent, and passes to … ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/5 "2005-02-08T18:22:24Z")
Zebra! Team Two SCORES!!! Zebra hurls the ball downfield where it is caught by ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/6 "2005-02-08T18:28:24Z")
It’s good! Team 1: 0 Team 2: 1 And in keeping with Doperball tradition, for scoring first **Zebra** gets to name the team. What say you, **Zebra**? ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/7 "2005-02-08T18:28:26Z")
… **Nightwatch** , who snags **Zebra** ’s clearing pass but loses control of the ball when he is distracted by the hotness of… ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/8 "2005-02-08T18:28:49Z")
**JimSox5** came out of the locker room tunnel and stared across the field. He knew this place all too well. He was responsible for Doperball II. . .how many times while officiating this game did he want to jump in and play, scoring that last point to once again down Team One, in whatever incarnation they were this time? Too many. When he caught wind of this, he knew had to come. His family and friends, they didn’t want him to come back, to take that sort of risks, the doctors said he would never be able to play again, he might well die if he did. But there was no stopping him. Team Two, they needed him. He needed them. After putting on the shorts and jersey, he walked out on to the field, the crowd in hushed surprise. . .he looked around quickly for **swampbear**. . .no sign of him yet, I can leave my shorts untied. He walked out to the field and picked up the ball after the early Team Two score and smiled. I remember this game, he thought. **JimSox5** does a backflip then boots the ball towards the goal, where its grabbed by. . . ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/9 "2005-02-08T18:30:18Z")
Err. . .I got the pass from **Nightwatch** , who is no longer on his team. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/10 "2005-02-08T18:33:28Z")
The pass if deftly sloten from **JimSox** and cleared from the zone to… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/11 "2005-02-08T18:36:36Z")
…grabs the ball from **Omniscient** and takes off… _:ZOOM:_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/12 "2005-02-08T18:37:01Z")
**Johnny Bravo** , who is standing in the field soaking wet, after having just returned from a 20 minute trip to… and the ball smashes into his head, bouncing towards… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/13 "2005-02-08T18:38:54Z")
Psst! **Johnny Bravo** , name the person you’re taking the ball from. Right now, it’s still **harmless** ’ ball. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/14 "2005-02-08T18:39:26Z")
**JimSox5** , a bit disgusted that his first pass was picked off, grabs the ball after bouncing off **Johnny Bravo** and hurls it towards. . . ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/15 "2005-02-08T18:40:51Z")
Oh, come on, **Hal** , can’t you let him off with a warning? He didn’t see where it was coming from, it just hit him in the head! Yellow card! You can’t card me! I’m a legend! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/16 "2005-02-08T18:42:30Z")
Sorry for the triple post, but I just realized I never got the ball from **harmless** to prevent the score. So, I’ll do that (grabs ball from **harmless** ) and hurls it towards. . . ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/17 "2005-02-08T18:42:36Z")
**Draelin** again, who catches the pass from **JimSox5** and lobs it with surprising agility to … ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/18 "2005-02-08T18:46:33Z")
Eddie comes running in from his chess match a couple of threads over and snags the ball from **JimSox5**. Eddie uses his knight to give it a good kick to… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/19 "2005-02-08T18:48:01Z")
**OW!** Where did this silly ball come from! I almost spilled my beer. Look **Draelin** I only came over to the field cause somebody told me **JimSox5** was showing buttcrack. I ain’t playin’ ok? I’m throwin’ the ball back onto the field. Somebody do something with it. Let me lick it first though in case some beer got on it. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/20 "2005-02-08T18:48:29Z")
Damn I’m slow, but Eddie grabs the pass from **Draelin** and scores! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034.md?page=2)