[email removed] writes:
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> While most planets are going to have local games played mostly by themselves
> and nobody else, I would be surprised if some form of Imperium wide sporting
> event wasn't held. The recent Zhondani teleport hunt is one such possible
> game even if it lacks the violence essential in a real sport ;-) and it would
> not be popular in the Imperium for some small reason.
The Zhodani do better than that - they have a sort of psionic Olympics with a
variety of events. At least, they did in the days of Traveller (not Mega,
not New Era, just Traveller :-) and Alien Modules. I have a funny feeling
that there would be very few Imperial participants in these games either.
> Combat sports (boxing, martial arts)
> also tend to rely heavily upon gravity and thus couldn't go to zero gee.
Maybe not the present-day martial arts, but you can bet that there would be
some sort of zero-G combat. In fact, there must be, because there's a skill
in it. :-) So a zero-G martial arts arena would be a cell with no clearly
defined floor or ceiling, just walls with a variety of handles and other things
to grab hold of. Either the objective is to knock out the opponent or force
a submission, or maybe there is a spot painted somewhere and you have to bounce
the opponent off it. The absence of gravity would also add a whole new
dimension to fencing, literally.
There would have to be some zero-G version of football, whether it allowed
physical contact between players (zero-G American Football) or forbade it
(zero-G Soccer).
How about zero-G racing? You need something like a small ring-type space
station, and the objective is to complete a set number of laps of the ring,
preferably before everyone else. This means bouncing yourself off the outer
wall, possibly the inner wall, and maybe off other racers depending on the
rules.
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