Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Game 6 = Loss 1..... Sorta?

So after a great run Dodge This has finally lost a game, be it under contentious circumstances. After leading the game 4-2 Dodge-o-Rama seemed to be unable to keep their extremely hard throws below head level. Also several of their players had creative interpretations of the rules including chucking balls at our players after being hit but before heading off the court. Many balls went wizzing past our heads as we stood backs against the far wall. After several near misses, including several girls taking balls in the hands to prevent being hit in the face I informed the GC that if the throws did not come down we would not finish the game. After several more very high throws to which the other team cheered when our players took it in the hands to not to get hit in the face I decided that we had had enough! I called the game and we left. I really do not care if we lost I was just worried that someone would get hurt if play continued. The GC supported us although the other team seemed angry that we were being "bad sports". I told them it was not about being bad sports but rather no one on our team was willing to get hurt for a game of dodgeball. So for the rest of you in dodgeball land sign up and refuse to play teams that do not follow the rules including throwing at your face!!!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well,
I for one am completely cool with the decision to forfeit the game. It was obvious that they weren't changing their game at all and that someone could have gotten hurt with the combination of the speed they throw at and the fact they couldn't keep the ball below our shoulders.

11:42 PM  

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