The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

AD · 01-12-2017, 04:07 AM

*puts on my listening tubes* plz do, tell more

**[Desolate Divine]** · 01-12-2017, 04:54 AM

Ill explain when I get home and have my laptop. This is the superior football.

EDIT: Okay here goes. Bear in mind I don't know plenty, so I might be slightly inaccurate. In AFL (Australian Football League, aka Footy) you score by kicking the ball through the goals.

If you get the ball between the two big sticks, that's a goal, and is worth 6 points. If you get it between a big stick and a small stick, that's worth one point.

The ball looks like this.

You can carry it, but you must bounce it every 15 meters (I think). If you know how to bounce it properly, they actually bounce surprisingly well. You can kick the ball (drop kick, not soccer kicker off the ground. If you do that when someone is about to pick it up, I am pretty sure you get penalized) or handball it. This is by holding it in one hand, and using the other to make a fist, and hit the ball out of your hand to the other player, using the section between your thumb and index finger.

If the ball is kicked more than 15 meters, and is caught on the full (hasn't touched the ground or another player), this is called a mark. Upon making a mark, the player is allowed a free kick from where they made the mark. Basically, if you make a mark in the inside 50 line (within 50 meters of your goal), then you have a fairly clear shot at kicking a goal unless you mess up the kick.

Tackling is allowed but with certain conditions. It has to be done between the shoulders and knees, and cannot be pushing them in the back. If a player with the ball gets tackled, they have to get rid of it ASAP by handballing it or kicking. If they hold it too long whilst being tackled, it is given to the tackler. There is much more to tackling that I am not 100% sure of.

This is the last quarter of last years grand final, which was probably one of the best games I've seen.

AD · 01-12-2017, 06:22 AM

That...looks terrifyingly confusing XD

**Suicune's Fire** · 01-12-2017, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by EZ

That...looks terrifyingly confusing XD

It's not. It's the simplest thing ever. xD You literally just kick the ball or handball it to people on your team until you reach the goal and then kick it through. There are a few rules in between but that's basically it, lel. There are refs to judge when a catch is considered a mark ("free kick" where nobody is allowed to tackle you or come within a certain distance until you kick the ball) and other rules.

AD · 01-12-2017, 09:23 AM

My beef in the ol american pigskin is the refs, that is where it gets confusing. Blind old bitties callin shitas fouls...

But Football is really simple. ~~Make sure the other team stop breathing~~

**Neo Emolga** · 01-12-2017, 04:51 PM

I am solidly impressed with the way you guys explained that. :3

I definitely could not have said that any better myself.

**Noblejanobii** · 01-12-2017, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Neo Emolga

I am solidly impressed with the way you guys explained that. :3

I definitely could not have said that any better myself.

Thanks. Feel free to add in any extra details I might have missed. I'm not an expert when it comes to football so I just explained what I know in the simplest way possible while also trying to relate it to Aussie football so that it makes more sense.