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Perisnorkel
Rescue breath adapter
Scuba Light Mask
Self Contained Oxygen Extraction Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Sharkball
Silicone-Based Underwater Breathing System
Snorkasol
Snorkeling water park
Snorkelscopic
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sport: water: underwater

Sharkball
A Shark-feeding sport

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Played in a shark tank, with one or two hungry sharks. Each team has one "feeder" and two "defenders." Players are in those underwater cages, but the "defenders" are able to move around with a joystick of some sort controlling propellers or jets on their cages. The "feeder" player has chunks of tuna. He tries to feed the shark(s) as the "defenders" impede the shark(s)'s way to the opposing tuna, while trying to direct the shark to their "feeder." Score one point for each chunk of tuna fed to a shark.

The cages should appear just rickety enough to be scary. One or two severed limbs or serious bites in a season would be reasonable. That way it's bakable, without being an absurd wild-animal bloodsport.

(So I don't want to hear any "lose the cages" comments, because then it would never get very popular)

globaltourniquet, May 16 2001

Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee

Destination URL. E.g., http://www.coffee.com/

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Uh... where's the ball?

PotatoStew, May 16 2001

Duh. The shark is the ball. Thus, Sharkball.

(just map the shark to the ball of any shoot-it-into-the-goal contest, map the feeders to the goal, map the defenders to the players trying to score a goal -- it's a "live" ball in a real sense)

globaltourniquet, May 16 2001

Lose the cages, and I'd watch it, at least once.

StarChaser, May 16 2001

Cages Cages Cages Cages Cages Cages Cages

thumbwax, May 16 2001

Momentarily taking leave of his senses, globaltourniquet posts yet another idea.

This one gets my chunk of tuna.

UnaBubba, May 16 2001

Hey, now, it's only my second since the ill-advised HB Auto-Google, and I like the Earth Rotation harnessing idea.... As for Sharkball, I'd watch it as described. Wouldn't you? I mean, you watch crocodile wrestling, don't you?

globaltourniquet, May 16 2001

No.

StarChaser, May 16 2001

No.

UnaBubba, May 17 2001

Yes ... uh, I mean, no. Of course I don't.

"He's at the 30... the 20 ... the 10 ... he's feeding tuna to the football!" (U.S. football reference, mapped to sharkball)

PotatoStew, May 17 2001

"baiting" sports, Peter? I'd never heard of such a thing. I'd watch it, though. gt, that makes two of us, I guess...

absterge, May 17 2001

So, 10 folks fell into a shark tank after feedin' tahm down in lew-ees-yana & nobody got 'et.
Tuna Croissant

thumbwax, Aug 10 2002