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Gooseberry Mods ([personal profile] goosemods) wrote in [community profile] gooseberryhigh2018-01-06 10:18 am
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INTERHOUSE SNOWBALL FIGHT



INTERHOUSE
SNOWBALL FIGHT

A challenge has been put out: Coppertale calls all houses to their home turf, for a brutal snowball fight to determine who's the best house in Gooseberry. In the field behind the Coppertale campground, walls have been raised. Fortifications have been built. Ammunition has been stacked. They're ready for this.

At 2 PM, a whistle's blown, and the battle begins. Every fighter is given a long piece of cloth in their house colour, to tie around their arm (or otherwise display in some obvious manner) to show their team allegiance. Snow forts for each house have been designated (in the north, east, west and south of the battleground), where fighters can regroup behind their defenses and build more snowballs. Each fort also prominently displays their flag (a Quidditch team pennant), which other houses will attempt to steal to claim victory. Last house standing is the winner.

SNOWBALL FIGHT RULES

  • Every fighter must display their house colour at all times, for easy identification.

  • Each house must leave their flag to be prominently displayed on top of their snow fort. Other houses must be able to tell at a glance where your flag is.

  • Once a flag is stolen, it can be taken back so long as it's still on the battleground. Once a flag has been taken back to an enemy fort, the losing house is eliminated from the fight.

  • Fighters can only fight with snow. This means: no punching, kicking or other forms of bodily contact; no rocks or ice in snowballs; no attacks of any kind that aren't snowballs. Bodily contact is allowed when taking back a flag, but prefects have the authority to eliminate any player who gets too violent.

  • The use of traps is permitted to defend forts, but must only use snow. It's a friendly snowball fight, you're not actually supposed to make anyone bleed.

HOW THIS WORKS

  • Every character has 5 turns, i.e. an RNG roll of 1–10. They may use a turn to either bolster their house's defenses or attack another player.

  • To bolster your house, post to your house's Fort. The points rolled for your turn will be added to your house's score. If you do not specify the number of turns you want to use to help your house, the default is one (1) turn.

  • To attack other players, post your character to the Battleground. Any comments you make to another character's first Battleground comment will be assumed to be an attack. The points rolled for your turn will be subtracted from their house's score.
    • Your attacks will not be counted unless your character has posted themselves as open to attack on the Battleground.

    • You may attack the same player multiple times. If you want to use multiple turns in one comment, leave an OOC note (i.e. [Three rolls against Sandford please!]) to let the mods know. Otherwise, the default is one (1) turn used.

    • You may attack members of your own house.

  • All houses start with 15 points. Anyone who reduces a house to negative points has stolen their flag. Anyone who gets their house back to positive points has stolen the flag back.

  • Turns will be rolled and used up in the order they're posted. For instance, if Zion uses 2 turns to help Coppertale, then attacks Basil, then attacks Nicholas, then uses a turn to help Coppertale, then attacks Peyton, the last attack against Peyton will not be counted because Zion already used up her five turns. (If a mod has mixed up your intended actions, just let us know and we'll correct it!)

  • If you don't want to use up a turn, make an OOC note so the mods know not to roll for you.

  • It is not necessary to post to both your Fort and the Battleground if you don't want to, i.e. you can use all of your turns on bolstering your house, or use all of your turns on attacking other players.

  • Rolls will be counted until Mon, Jan 8 at 11:59 PM MT. The house with the highest score will be the last house standing.


» EBONHIDE: THE BEAR CAVE: To the south, bears devise multi-step strategies to victory.

» RIBBONFIN: THE TROUT DUGOUT: To the east, fishes rally together for the sake of teamwork.

» AZURCREST: THE BIRD'S NEST: To the north, birds just wanna have fun!!!!

» COPPERTALE: THE FOXHOLE: To the west, foxes are reminded that murder is against the rules.

» BATTLEGROUND: Between each snow fort is flat open ground. No trees, no cover—just snow. Gather up some snowballs and start running.

» SIDELINES: There's not really a safe place around here, but if you stay far enough on the sidelines, you can spectate and avoid getting pelted by snow.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

CURRENT TOTALS
EBONHIDE RIBBONFIN AZURCREST COPPERTALE
35 -24 -6 -4
bubblewrapped: (Default)

Re: OOC ❄️ QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

[personal profile] bubblewrapped 2018-01-06 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I laughed out loud at Trout Dugout.

Here's some dumb bullshit I found that makes a good snowball fight theme song.
Edited (It's really dumb.) 2018-01-06 17:45 (UTC)
cant_even: (bag of shoulder yelling)

Battleground: Isabelle

[personal profile] cant_even 2018-01-06 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Regretting life choices right about now. She’s not very athletic aside from being pretty fast, but she’s not nimble and running through snow sucks. Still, she tries.
Edited 2018-01-06 17:40 (UTC)
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Battleground: Samantha

[personal profile] oh_girl 2018-01-06 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
What a beautiful day for battle. As usual, Sam isn’t taking this very seriously. She’s got spiked hot chocolate with her and busies herself by making a ton of snowballs.
Edited 2018-01-06 17:38 (UTC)
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Re: OOC ❄️ QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

[personal profile] readingrainbows 2018-01-06 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
is murder REALLY against the rules tho
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BATTLEGROUND: Sylvester

[personal profile] threatens 2018-01-06 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Sy's been here since lunch ended, making snowballs and planning his attack. Maybe they should've come up with a strategy beyond just "let's storm Ribbonfin* all at once."

*Or Ebonhide or Azurcrest where appropriate. If we must.
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Battleground: Concordia

[personal profile] cheer_leader 2018-01-06 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Storm Ribbonfin sounds like a fine idea. The normally peppy cheerleader is in full on battle mode, carrying an arsenal of snowballs and no one is safe!!!
Edited 2018-01-06 17:40 (UTC)
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Re: OOC ❄️ QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

[personal profile] cheer_leader 2018-01-06 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
prob not lbr
stclair: * (🎥 04)

BATTLEGROUND: Micah

[personal profile] stclair 2018-01-06 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
He's here!!!!! He's riding in the memory of Quinn Cunningham!!!!!! Also trying very hard to seem normal and not stupid in the wake of yesterday's adventure. OK, no, normalcy for Micah involves a certain amount of stupidity. Maybe he'll just seem extra stupid today ;)
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BATTLEGROUND: Avery

[personal profile] un_kept 2018-01-06 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Who doesn’t love a little inter house competition? Avery needs a little fun in her life right about now and gets there early enough to help her house set up.
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Re: OOC ❄️ QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

[personal profile] readingrainbows 2018-01-06 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
also hey if physical contact is prohibited, whats stopping people from just walking up and taking flags??? like i know ppl are pelting them with snow and also that this is a ""fun"" ""game"" and not a speed challenge, but couldn't you just. ignore the snowballs. grab the flag. win.

I ASK THIS Q BC is it like capture the flag where if you're hit by a snowball, you have to turn back or go to a time out space or smthng? i pickled my brain yday and now i need help reading the rules im sorry
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Re: OOC ❄️ QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

[personal profile] victimless 2018-01-06 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm not posting with the mod journal because honestly the answer is DON'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO HARD????

the point of the physical contact rule is just... don't hurt other people lmfao. maybe you are getting slammed with 38947389 snowballs you don't know
Edited 2018-01-06 17:39 (UTC)
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BATTLEGROUND: Calvin

[personal profile] evercreep 2018-01-06 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Slowballs are softer than Bludgers, but he's still going to complain if he gets hit. Calvin doesn't look like he's having much fun, but I promise he is.
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Re: OOC ❄️ QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

[personal profile] longcons 2018-01-06 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
THATS FINE I CAN ABSOLUTELY IGNORE IT i'm sorry that i'm such a fun hating coppertalesque assfuck that i was immediately like "here's a way to win and also end the game in 3.5 minutes"
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Re: OOC ❄️ QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

[personal profile] victimless 2018-01-06 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
i mean even someone did manage to sidle up and grab the flag, at that point physical contact is allowed and you're smack dab in enemy territory
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BATTLEGROUND: Oscar

[personal profile] dumb_ass 2018-01-06 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Fuck yeah, Oscar is always down for this. He’s great at making snowballs and terrible at running or maneuvering in the snow. His only plan if attack is to at some point pelt his girlfriend with a snowball.
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BATTLEGROUND: Spencer

[personal profile] bitterlysweet 2018-01-06 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Spencer is EXCESSIVELY EXCITED and will need to be reminded that tackling his friends into the snow is off-limits.
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EBONHIDE: Hero

[personal profile] victimless 2018-01-06 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hero is not athletic, and even if athleticism mattered all that much in a snowball fight, he's not eager to get pelted in the face by snow either. Let him... stay here... make sure people don't cause trouble...
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BATTLEGROUND: Reid

[personal profile] cygninae 2018-01-06 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Reid's only here because Sy's running it, and he probably has to make sure Dinah and Nisha don't adorably kill someone.

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