The origin of all modern sports is in ancient Greece,
where the first Olympic games where held many ages ago. By way of the Roman
empire, where the old saying "a healthy mind lives in a healthy body" was
coined, many sports and games survived the passing of the ages to our modern
day. So it is with the game of pushball, which was first mentioned in writing
by the Greek philosopher Xeno (or Zeno) of Erythrea 400 years before our
time and played in many variations and cultures to this very day.
Sporting events have always been a great way of
sharing experiences with other cultures, races and countries. To celebrate
this ancient and great spirit, an effort has been made to set up a pushball
tournament in Puddleby. Members of several races have already signed up,
but many more are needed to complete the eight teams bearing the banners
of the eight races which hopefully will all participate in this celebration
of mind and body.
All citizens of Puddleby are invited to join, be
it as players or referees, be it as spectators or cheerleaders. Ronaldo
of the Ghorak Zo has volunteered to organize the event. As you may know,
he was a professional pushball player on the mainland, but was exiled
when he uncovered the continuous and foul fixing of the Pushball Premier
League (PPL) by the minions of the evil Mobius. Ronaldo and all others
involved in the preparations are full of hope that the day of the
tournament (which has not yet been finalized) will be one of joy,
fair competition and great friendship between all people on our island.
You are invited to leave your sword and worries at the inn, grap
a pint of ale at the pub and make your way over to the pushball field
for a day of careless festivities. To learn more about the current
status of the tournament, please read the scroll which Ronaldo has
prepared. It has been filed under: http://freeweb.digiweb.com/sports/pushball/index.html
Most of you know that recently, the Darkshak pirates have been very active.
On Wednesday the pirates struck a very strong blow on us. I first
noticed it when I was in the town square along with many others, watching
people kill frogs. Of course, spriggans were sent down to wreak havock.
When I started moving east, I noticed that a darkshak sailor had snuck
into town. This was the first sign of the raid. I then casually
traveled to the east gate where I saw three or four Darkshak Pirates in
battle with some fellow exiles. It wasnt much of a task to annhilate
them, but when we moved east, we all saw a decent number of intruders.
We quickly jumped into defending our beloved town of Puddleby. After
injuring many sailors and thugs, enemy reinforcements arrived from the
east field. I hurredly ran into town warning the others about the
raid. Several exiles came to defend against the invasion. I then
sheathed my sword and fought for my freedom. We all fought hard,
slowly holding off the enemy. In what seemed like a brief minute,
we had held off the first of the raiders.
By Eric The Swift otherwise know as PomPom
I am going to lead a counter assault on the Darkshak. We will be meeting at the west beach You wi(where you rent a boat) on Saturday, November the 28th, 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (see chart). You will need 5 coins to buy a boat. We plan to attack each and every horde, which I hope is possible. It is likely that they will have mystics with them, so be sure to destroy those when it is safe, usually creatures with magic do not do well against physical attacks.
Time Zone (only US, Sorry)
Time to meet
Greenland Time
7:00 Pm
Atlantic Time
6:00 Pm
Eastern Time
5:00 Pm
Central Time
4:00 Pm
Mountain Time
3:00 Pm
Pacific Time
2:00 Pm
Alaska Time
1:00 Pm
Rules
On this day, a lured tree man attacks Puddleby town square! Plunging into the fray, it slaughtered weak and strong alike. Only one person was able to injure it, but all it did was flinch. It is shown walking through a path of it's victims. I was also wounded by the great oak beast. Not even the two mighty warriors, Joy and Shado, were unable to destroy the beast. Through circumstances, I was unable to catch this one event, but a searing bolt of lightning soared across the screen in the middle of the fight and hit the Tree Giant! Even though this was truely a gift from the ancients, the great beast only shuddered and continued hewing people. For hours I was at the fight. I even saw it enter the holy temple! Finally it was lured into the fenced area of the sentinal. The sentinal, even seeing all the carnage, chose to ignore the monster. There the fight raged. Unfortunately, I was unable to capture the rest of the fight as I was called away and I was quite fatigued. Perhaps the tree giant still lurks in Puddleby. May the ancients help our poor souls...
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Fellow citizens,
I hesitate to even file this story with the Puddleby
Post, as I know the evil man known as "Hybrid" will delight to see his
name in print. But the world must know of the havoc he has wreaked upon
our fair city. The foul creature known as the Tree Giant which has stomped
its way through Puddleby, leaving corpses strewn behind it, did not arrive
here by accident. Its thick bark was too dense for even our stoutest
fighters to scratch. And it was led to us by the exile "Hybrid."
After some brave souls trapped the stupid giant
behind a fence, Hybrid took it upon himself to taunt it until it followed
him out the gate and back into the city. His name has been cursed
a hundred times and will surely be cursed a hundred more, but he is uncaring
whether he is accepted on our island or not. He revels only in causing
mayhem and destruction. How sad that we must tolerate such behavior
among us.
When monsters are led to the town, they are usually
slow and dull-witted (else they would be too dangerous for this coward
to tease). The new exiles should clear away from it; the more
experienced among us will surely catch its attention and lead it away from
the city the same way it was led in.
Friends of Puddleby;
Dark times are upon us. The supposed 'Mystiks' are being delayed which
may be bad. Many monsters attack Puddleby. Today I saw some "Shadowmutt"
in town which disturbs me. Also earlier I have seen 2 Tree Giants and 1
Greymyr in our little fronteir town.
I had predicted this town would be very disturbed by monsters when I came
here, but never this bad. But, the TGs and the Greymyr were killed with
very many a loss. Ai! Ai! I was attacked by a starbuck today after lunch,
some skeletals in a tower, and many myrms. I got to this town because on
my annual trip to Mobius' areas, I was framed and exiled to Puddleby. I
have not been here long, but I am becoming a fighter to protect myself.
Another loss was my colorful garments. Ai! Ai! I cannot belive the complexity.
I've heard of a frog that attacks people with lightning if they kill three
frogs, and centaurs around this very island. Fleming's discovery
about that root was also very interesting, and I shall look forward
to going there.