# Doperball V--Man, I'm bored **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743 "2005-09-02T15:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1081 "2005-09-14T15:03:59Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yay! You did the right thing! **twicks** catches it and the Luckys score! Ummm. No. our guest’s possession was invalid, as I’d gotten das ball from Feydeau. gardentraveler was prior to Feydeau. That makes me the last legal touch. You can take it _from_ me, but we need another Lurky to score. We’ve gotta get them’s all appro-po like. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1082 "2005-09-14T15:06:39Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Ummm. No. our guest’s possession was invalid, as I’d gotten das ball from Feydeau. gardentraveler was prior to Feydeau. That makes me the last legal touch. You can take it _from_ me, but we need another Lurky to score. We’ve gotta get them’s all appro-po like. 😉 **touches ball again, just in case** You to **zelie** to me – that’s not three? oh, wait, his/her play was wrong. gotcha. Goddammit, I really do have work to do today. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1083 "2005-09-14T15:23:59Z")
Okay, the score is now 6-6, and I should be checking in here for the next several hours. Quick reminder: you have to indicate from which player you received the ball for your touch to count. If you’re nosed out by a simulpost, you can go back and say something like "oops, I intercepted from **twickster** instead of from **gardentraveler** , but only one of your touches per possession can count. Three consecutive touches by members of the same team (either lowercase “lucks” or Uppercase Ucks) can result in a score, but you have to announce you made a goal, as there’s also the option of passing off and trying for a 2-point (fourth touch of a possession) or 3-point shot. If you’re somehow that fifth consecutive luck or Uck, you must end the possession by making a 3-point goal. After a goal, anyone on either team can start the next possession by putting the ball into play, as I am now doing. Who’s going to catch this pass? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1084 "2005-09-14T16:00:16Z")
I’ll take it from **Sternvogel** and glance back and forth. Everyone in this bar seems to be either a ninja, or a pirate. Have I wandered into an anime session? All of the girls have really large eyes… ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1085 "2005-09-14T16:02:05Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > I’ll take it from **Sternvogel** and glance back and forth. Everyone in this bar seems to be either a ninja, or a pirate. Have I wandered into an anime session? All of the girls have really large eyes… I’ll take it next.\* **EarthStone777** checks left, then right, then lobs the ball downfield to… - Are you sure the score is 6-6? I thought it was 6-5 and the last score didn’t count because of an incorrect post… \ ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1086 "2005-09-14T16:03:53Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Okay, the score is now 6-6, and I should be checking in here for the next several hours. Quick reminder: you have to indicate from which player you received the ball for your touch to count. If you’re nosed out by a simulpost, you can go back and say something like "oops, I intercepted from **twickster** instead of from **gardentraveler** , but only one of your touches per possession can count. Rules check… Is quoting the previous poster acceptable for “indicating from which play you recieved the ball” or do you have to type it out as well? ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1087 "2005-09-14T16:06:18Z")
> [@EarthStone777](#): > > I’ll take it next.\* **EarthStone777** checks left, then right, then lobs the ball downfield to… > > - Are you sure the score is 6-6? I thought it was 6-5 and the last score didn’t count because of an incorrect post… \ me. **zelie** tosses it hand to hand while she mentally reviews the rules then turns and hurls it upfield to… ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1088 "2005-09-14T16:15:07Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > me. **zelie** tosses it hand to hand while she mentally reviews the rules then turns and hurls it upfield to… Oh, you want to play catch?\* **EarthStone777** catches it and returns with an easy lob… - I’m always up for a game… \Would you like to play a game? ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1089 "2005-09-14T16:18:02Z")
> [@EarthStone777](#): > > Rules check… Is quoting the previous poster acceptable for “indicating from which play you recieved the ball” or do you have to type it out as well? I found the answer\* to my own question in post #1 > [@](#): > > IMPORTANT: When posting, you must either post the name of the person from whom you are getting the ball, or quote their post. This game creates a lot of cross-posting, so we need that quoting to follow who has legal possession of the ball. \*Someday I’ll learn to look first and open my mouth second… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1090 "2005-09-14T16:22:32Z")
> [@EarthStone777](#): > > Oh, you want to play catch?\* **EarthStone777** catches it and returns with an easy lob… > > - I’m always up for a game… \Would you like to play a game? **Sternvogel** catches it and informs all players that either quoting the post to which you’re replying OR simply naming the person from whom you’re getting the ball is okay. Of course, you run the risk of losing a battle of simulposts in either case, but that can get sorted out later. I catch the lob and look for an Uppercaser who can put us back ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1091 "2005-09-14T16:29:44Z")
And you are correct, **EarthStone777** – **danceswithcats** and **twickster** had the only legal touches on that one possession. However, I did put the ball into play at 10:23 instead of taking it from **twicks** , so I messed up as well. Plus she and I argued about a putative lowercase goal last night, and the score ended up being disallowed. So we’ll split the difference. 6-6 tie, our ball, two touches recorded on the current posssession. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1092 "2005-09-14T17:04:45Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > And you are correct, **EarthStone777** – **danceswithcats** and **twickster** had the only legal touches on that one possession. However, I did put the ball into play at 10:23 instead of taking it from **twicks** , so I messed up as well. Plus she and I argued about a putative lowercase goal last night, and the score ended up being disallowed. So we’ll split the difference. 6-6 tie, our ball, two touches recorded on the current posssession. we’ll have to change that, and with TLAPD right around the corner, I’ll stay in pirate mode. Me parrot has the ball now, and damn the person who’ll take it from him, unless ye be a lurker! Arrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1093 "2005-09-14T17:12:51Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > we’ll have to change that, and with TLAPD right around the corner, I’ll stay in pirate mode. Me parrot has the ball now, and damn the person who’ll take it from him, unless ye be a lurker! Arrrrr! Lurker or lucker? Ah well, I’ll risk it, and hand it (daintily) to … ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1094 "2005-09-14T17:26:19Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Lurker or lucker? Ah well, I’ll risk it, and hand it (daintily) to … **EarthStone777** who blocks their chance at a score and boots the ball into the stands where it bounces off a sausage\* vendor and into the lap of… - Mmmm Sausages… it’s what’s for lunch,… for me… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1095 "2005-09-14T17:37:05Z")
> [@EarthStone777](#): > > **EarthStone777** who blocks their chance at a score and boots the ball into the stands where it bounces off a sausage\* vendor and into the lap of… > > - Mmmm Sausages… it’s what’s for lunch,… for me… **Sternvogel** , who’s just about to make himself lunch (soup and leftover rice from yesterday). I throw the ball to a nearby fan, who happens to be… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1096 "2005-09-14T17:41:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who’s just about to make himself lunch (soup and leftover rice from yesterday). I throw the ball to a nearby fan, who happens to be… **twicks** , who had her usual peanut-butter-on-12-grain-bread with a dark chocolate chaser. ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1097 "2005-09-14T17:50:21Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **twicks** , who had her usual peanut-butter-on-12-grain-bread with a dark chocolate chaser. Taking the ball and passing **twicks** a napkin\*, **EarthStone777** just remembered that there is double chocolate ice cream still in the freezer, sets the ball down, and goes in search of it. - gotta watch that peanutbutter leaking out the backside of the sandwich… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1098 "2005-09-14T18:14:33Z")
> [@EarthStone777](#): > > Taking the ball and passing **twicks** a napkin\*, **EarthStone777** just remembered that there is double chocolate ice cream still in the freezer, sets the ball down, and goes in search of it. > > - gotta watch that peanutbutter leaking out the backside of the sandwich… At which point **photopat** picks it up and chuckles knowingly, since he ate the last of the double chocolate ice cream just moments before. He turns and makes a quick toss to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1099 "2005-09-14T18:23:10Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > At which point **photopat** picks it up and chuckles knowingly, since he ate the last of the double chocolate ice cream just moments before. He turns and makes a quick toss to… **Sternvogel** , who topped off his afternoon meal with a Snickers-brand ice cream cone. I scoop the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1100 "2005-09-14T18:24:46Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > At which point **photopat** picks it up and chuckles knowingly, since he ate the last of the double chocolate ice cream just moments before. He turns and makes a quick toss to… **danceswithcats** who doesn’t care for ice cream with a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. **twickster**? where are you?? it’s scorey time… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=56)