# 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:** 9
**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:** [April 12, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/161 "2008-04-12T18:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=tirial] Tirial who isn’t sure what is going on but will kick it vaguely at the goal. [/QUOTE] But since you didn’t want to score, Eddie will grab the ball out of nowhere once again and punt it towards… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/162 "2008-04-12T18:18:52Z")
Can we get a Ref’s ruling on that. Tirial was the third person on the team and did mention the goal. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/163 "2008-04-12T19:15:30Z")
_waits for a ref to show up_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/164 "2008-04-12T19:39:09Z")
Kicking it _at_ the goal does not necessarily entail kicking it _into_ the goal. **Edward The Head** correctly perceived this fact. I’m now at a library which closes in about an hour, so I’ll officiate until they kick me out. Score is 6-1 in favor of **Absolutely Average Athletics**. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/165 "2008-04-12T20:28:24Z")
[QUOTE=Edward The Head] But since you didn’t want to score, Eddie will grab the ball out of nowhere once again and punt it towards… [/QUOTE] Definitely not a cricket player. :dubious: CIAS takes the punt, fakes left and throws right to… ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/166 "2008-04-12T20:33:59Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] Definitely not a cricket player. :dubious: CIAS takes the punt, fakes left and throws right to… [/QUOTE] …Diomedes, who always loves stealing from CIAS. He throws it long down to… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/167 "2008-04-12T20:35:31Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] …Diomedes, who always loves stealing from CIAS. He throws it long down to… [/QUOTE] CIAS who passes a bomb to Diomedes and the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/168 "2008-04-12T20:37:39Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] CIAS who passes a bomb to Diomedes and the ball to… [/QUOTE] ..Diomedes as well. I don’t juggle very well. Dioemdes returns the bomb to CIAS and runs downfield before handing off to… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/169 "2008-04-12T20:39:21Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] ..Diomedes as well. I don’t juggle very well. Dioemdes returns the bomb to CIAS and runs downfield before handing off to… [/QUOTE] CIAS who remembers to set the timer down before passing to ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/170 "2008-04-12T20:49:07Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] CIAS who remembers to set the timer down before passing to [/QUOTE] **chrisk** receives the pass from **catinasuit** and throws a hail mary down field to… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/171 "2008-04-12T20:50:22Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] **chrisk** receives the pass from **catinasuit** and throws a hail mary down field to… [/QUOTE] ShadowFacts, who tosses it in for the score! ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/172 "2008-04-12T20:52:12Z")
Sweetness **7-1** in favor of Absolutely Average Athletics. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/173 "2008-04-12T21:42:30Z")
[QUOTE=ShadowFacts] ShadowFacts, who tosses it in for the score! [/QUOTE] **Fachverwirrt** disgustedly picks up the ball and tosses it casually to whoever might want it, most likely nobody on his team… ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/174 "2008-04-12T21:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] **Fachverwirrt** disgustedly picks up the ball and tosses it casually to whoever might want it, most likely nobody on his team… [/QUOTE] …but he’s wrong! Diomedes grabs it out of the air, does a quick flip in mid-air, and punts the ball towards… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/175 "2008-04-12T22:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] …but he’s wrong! Diomedes grabs it out of the air, does a quick flip in mid-air, and punts the ball towards… [/QUOTE] the opposite team, which is swarming all over the field today! I launch it back in the right direction to… ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/176 "2008-04-12T22:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=ShadowFacts] the opposite team, which is swarming all over the field today! I launch it back in the right direction to… [/QUOTE] Diomedes again. He throws the ball high up in the air… hopefully, it’ll take enough time to come down that more players on Team 2 will arrive… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/177 "2008-04-12T22:28:25Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] Diomedes again. He throws the ball high up in the air… hopefully, it’ll take enough time to come down that more players on Team 2 will arrive… [/QUOTE] No such luck. **chrisk** does the snatch and bounce thing, which takes our ball to - who knows where? ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/178 "2008-04-12T22:34:21Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] No such luck. **chrisk** does the snatch and bounce thing, which takes our ball to - who knows where? [/QUOTE] To me, hoping against hope that at least **Diomedes** is around (where are all the Xs anyway?). Behind the back pass to… ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/179 "2008-04-12T23:33:01Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] To me, hoping against hope that at least **Diomedes** is around (where are all the Xs anyway?). Behind the back pass to… [/QUOTE] His teammate, a late substitution! Moves into the post, passes off to… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/180 "2008-04-12T23:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] His teammate, a late substitution! Moves into the post, passes off to… [/QUOTE] chris, who takes the ball, puts a pretty bow on it, and leaves it there on the field for anyone who wants to take it! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910.md?page=10)