# Doperball VII -- The Game Rooming **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 11, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910 "2008-04-11T16:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/201 "2008-04-13T13:57:55Z")
…Me!..Who heaves it in the general direction of… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/202 "2008-04-13T14:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] What the heck is this thing doing here? [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s mine! _yoinks_ Wait, no it’s not really. _tosses the ball back on the ground._ **Lease Original User Name Ever** , I don’t think that your post counts as you didn’t quote or mention who you were catching the ball from. Reminder for page 5: 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 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/203 "2008-04-13T15:47:55Z")
Inner Stickler thanks chrisk for the ball and heads down the field to the goal. Realizing he can’t score he heaves the ball into the air and into the hands of… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/204 "2008-04-13T15:50:46Z")
Or, shoot, could I have scored? Where’s a ref when you need one? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/205 "2008-04-13T15:55:54Z")
_staring at the ball_ What’s going on here? If I take it now, am I in trouble? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/206 "2008-04-13T15:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] Or, shoot, could I have scored? Where’s a ref when you need one? [/QUOTE] I think that you could have. **bbs2k** stole from **fachverwirrt** ’s cache, then I took it from him, and you got it from me. That’s assuming that #200 was meant as a ball-touching play by the bbs. 🙂 ON PREVIEW: We seem to be cruising without an attentive ref, but I do think that the ball is in play, **LOUNE** ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/207 "2008-04-13T17:10:00Z")
_tentatively takes the ball from the clutches of gravity where he punts it to…_ ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/208 "2008-04-13T17:24:43Z")
Inner Stickler, who is determined to get this right and therefore throws the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/209 "2008-04-13T17:25:51Z")
FUCK! I take it from **LOUNE** and hand off to (I hope that’s legal.) ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/210 "2008-04-13T18:37:05Z")
**\** Ref Update - seeing as it needs one. **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. Right the last valid plays were #200 - Team 1 - **bb2sk** #202 - Team 1 - **chrisk** #203 - Team 1 - **Inner stickler** #207 from **LOUNE** is invalid as it does not mention Inner Stickler Ball is currently being passed by Inner Stickler **Game On** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/211 "2008-04-13T18:37:44Z")
Okay, I’m back. As best as I can see, the current chain is as follows: **bbs2k** stole from **fachverwirrt** at 9:13 a.m. **chrisk** quoted that post at 10:23 a.m. **Inner Stickler** acknowledged that touch at 11;47 a.m., and indeed could have scored. Since then, no legal contact has been made. A member of **Absolutely Average Athletics** can now score a two-pointer or pass and hope a teammate scoops the ball up and nets a trey. Of course, any **Nut Cluster** is free to intercept. I can officiate until about 7 p.m. GAME ON! ETA: Man, no official for hours, then two show up at once. **CatInASuit** , I appreciate your stepping in to take the whistle, but you really shouldn’t have done so, as you had already played in the match. I’ll leave any disciplinary measures up to Commissioner **Hal Briston**. In the meantime, however, I invite you to resume playing if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/212 "2008-04-13T18:39:23Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] Inner Stickler thanks chrisk for the ball and heads down the field to the goal. Realizing he can’t score he heaves the ball into the air and into the hands of… [/QUOTE] Hey, we got another ref. \ Plucks ball out of air and leathers it into the goal for two point score. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/213 "2008-04-13T18:45:44Z")
That makes the score 10-1, so **AbAvAth** needs only one point to win. Ball is sitting in the middle of the field awaiting the start of what could be the final possession. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/214 "2008-04-13T18:47:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] ETA: Man, no official for hours, then two show up at once. **CatInASuit** , I appreciate your stepping in to take the whistle, but you really shouldn’t have done so, as you had already played in the match. I’ll leave any disciplinary measures up to Commissioner **Hal Briston**. In the meantime, however, I invite you to resume playing if you wish. [/QUOTE] Thank \*\*Sternvogel \*\* for turning up. It was getting bothersome not being able to play and having to be a strict and impartial and above all fair referee. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/215 "2008-04-13T18:48:44Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] That makes the score 10-1, so **AbAvAth** needs only one point to win. Ball is sitting in the middle of the field awaiting the start of what could be the final possession. [/QUOTE] Picks up ball, smiles sweetly and throws downfield to… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/216 "2008-04-13T18:59:12Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] Picks up ball, smiles sweetly and throws downfield to… [/QUOTE] **chrisk** , who always seems to be the second Absolutely Average Athlete to show up, and passes to… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/217 "2008-04-13T20:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] **chrisk** , who always seems to be the second Absolutely Average Athlete to show up, and passes to… [/QUOTE] Inner Stickler who makes what appears to be the winning goal! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/218 "2008-04-13T20:49:35Z")
Yippee!! Good Score **Inner Stickler** ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/219 "2008-04-14T05:16:11Z")
Was that the least number of people yet to play a game of doperball? Seems a bit sad. Maybe we should only run these during the week, when people who are at “work” can play. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/220 "2008-04-14T14:18:35Z")
The teams were a bit lopsided - the first day, there was, I think, a total of 3 people from team 2 (2 at a time) playing defense only. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910.md?page=12)