There are two teams. The closed room has two goals at opposite ends. You score if the rope touches the other team's goal. Since it's played in zero-g, changing direction means bouncing off a wall or grabbing another player.
I'm not sure how difficult this is. It may evolve to something like volleyball, where the teams stay on opposite sides of a line and it's a score if the rope touches the ground anywhere on your side. Or it may become something like basketball or soccer, where there is a small goal and both teams are allowed anywhere in the room. It may be useful to have extra ropes that teammates can use to redirect one another.-- rjenkins, Jul 16 2003 strange, but sounds fun. I wonder how expensive it would be to build this "closed room" with zero-g.-- Pericles, Jul 16 2003 In zero-G, there could be an interesting game to be had just linking the two protagonists with a long rope.-- DrCurry, Jul 16 2003 I'm sure when 0-G becomes common, our concept of sports will change radically.-- git, Jul 16 2003 Bun. Mind if I add this to my space sports group? I could just link to here, but I'd like to write it up and post it there.-- Xenophile, Jul 21 2006 I'm currently trying to refine this for my group. I'm thinking a spherical room and a bit of ladder toss/ladder golf thrown in, with a dash of rhythmic gymnastics for flavor. [DrCurry], I'm thinking very much of incorporating your idea of linking athletes with a rope.
I'll credit both of you and link to here, and I'll post a link here when I've got it done.-- Xenophile, Jul 01 2012 What would be the difference between 0g and 1g play that would make this sport succeed in null-g ?-- FlyingToaster, Jul 01 2012 The ability to move in any direction; to send the rope sailing in a straight line which would continue until the rope hit the wall, wrapped around the goal, or was caught; the additional requirements for the athletes to see threats or opportunities in three dimensions instead of just two; the ability to use a spherical court only fifteen metres in diameter, yet with more than two and a half times the usable surface area as a basketball court.-- Xenophile, Jul 01 2012 why not a ball then ?-- FlyingToaster, Jul 01 2012 Sounds like a load of bolas.-- Phrontistery, Jul 03 2012 Most of the games I've designed use a ball. This was something I hadn't thought of. This was an idea which it looked to me would work, but which I probably would NEVER have thought of myself.
I really like it, and have now come up with the basics of the court, the rope, an idea of how to score goals, and yes, [DrCurry] idea of linking players with a rope.-- Xenophile, Jul 12 2012 random, halfbakery