Media From Ocean to Oval: A New Team, A New Era.

[FootyGuy13]

Thanks to The Filth Wizard, akkaps and cats2rise, we now have a cricket competition to replace State-of-Origin as our summer break competition now that SoO is the winter break competition. Not that those competitions are less important, it's a good idea to have something to do over the breaks.

However comma, a new Qricket league needs Qricket teams. One of the teams is being led by me because the Qricket administrators listed above are terrible judges of human character. This means I have the pleasure of announcing what this team is. Time to see what I've learned from watching a bunch of lore videos.

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~~~Every Story Starts Somewhere~~~​

The city of Sweet is much like the many cities that you and others reading this have been to. The people who live in Sweet wake up, get dressed and go about their day-to-day business like anyone else. They have their jobs that keep the city running, they have their gathering places that look just like ours, it is by those measures a normal city.

Where Sweet differs from a truly normal city is what the city of Sweet is based on. Some cities are created from a rush to get precious minerals or cheap land, other cities are formed out of necessity or a dispute between cities, and most cities come by because it's the correct location along the river. Sweet, on the other hand, is based on the sport of Qooty.

For years, the city of Sweet has revolved around Qooty and has had plenty of joy and pain because of the sport. Entire suburbs have been created to house the sports teams and the fans that come along with them. The working-class suburb of Docklands, the mountainous and snowy area of Mount Buller, and even the island of Beldribben off the east coast of the city has an oval and a team to call their own. While not every Qooty Oval in Sweet sees action nowadays, grounds like the Outback Arena and Dark Park are still well looked after by loyal groundskeepers.

Despite all the teams that have come and gone and stayed in Sweet, there is one suburb that no team has ever called home. You see, back before the world became suspicious of what ingredients made up the dish of Bat Soup, there used to be a Qooty competition in the next town over. To reach this town, citizens of Sweet would have to travel south through Rasasidge and Waverley and along a dirt highway to enjoy the festivities this town had to offer. It wasn't until recently though that the Sweet populous realised that they were turning off the main road to reach the next town over...​

 

[FootyGuy13]

~~~This Story Starts Here~~~​

At the end of the main road that goes through the city of Sweet is the country suburb of Fulmina. Fulmina is a quiet section of Sweet. Not the quietest place but it is surprising, with what facilities Fulmina has, that few visitors visit the suburb. Fulmina has a bakery that serves as both a landmark for drivers to show where to turn off onto the dirt highway and serves the best Sheppard’s Pie in all of Sweet. Fulmina has a dock, not anywhere near the size of the docks opposite Van Cortlandt Park, but it serves the ships well that do go there. There is also a racecourse that borders Meckons South that sees intermittent use every springtime for those who love the hassle and bustle of horse racing.

However, comma, the meat of the story is where the road truly ends. Amongst the forested area that makes up most of Fulmina is the recreational reserve. The Qooty ground can be seen across the bay from Rasasidge Beach and yet it seems that no one notices the ground that is nestled at the very bottom of every map of Sweet. Everyone in Sweet is so consumed by city life that it's easily forgotten that Sweet was a country town too, Fulmina being the last remnant of Sweet's beginnings. Whereas the suburb of the Heights doesn't have the terrain fit to home a Qooty ground while the suburb of Attenborough has been completely covered in residential houses, Fulmina has always had the ingredients ready to be a team's base of operations but it hasn't had someone willing enough to cook.

Another aspect of Sweet that has seemingly been abandoned has been the other sports that have struggled for attention due to the stranglehold that Qooty has on Sweet. Horse racing has already been mentioned, the Qlympics show up from time to time, the Qennis, the Qasketball, the Qootball, the only thing that seems to break through the monopoly Qooty has on the city is Qricket. Although that was only a distant memory until recently.

When it was announced that Qricket would be returning with a new competition, there was a mad dash to sign up and join in. The popularity of Qooty showed that those in Sweet wanted a chance to be admired and respected. Qricket is seen as another chance to get that to happen as well as another way to bring more people into the city. All the new league needed was people to stand up and charge of any potential teams.



Here's where I come in...​

 

[cats2rise]

 

[FootyGuy13]

~~~Why is the Story There?~~~​

Bob keeps telling me I should be a captain. I think he's gotten sick of having to put up the other club captains and wants me to be his successor. The problem is that I respect the Coney Island Warriors club too much to run the team into the ground or worse, change what the club is and turn it into something it isn't. Having been at the club for as long as I have though, I do know what the Warriors are. Diehard.

Aside from the Sweet Football Association, there is only one other big Qooty competition people pay attention to: The State-of-Origin Carnival. This has teams split up and forces players to mingle with different faces. While those at the Warriors see plenty of action at the carnivals, some mainstays could not bring their best due to the quality of their new teammates. It would seem that when the Warriors are together, they are a posting force that few can match. You would be foolish not to bring that group into the new Qricket comp.

It's been stated that those behind the Sweet Cricket Association want the league to be another way to recruit new members to the board. The first step is to have a good foundation, which I think the Warriors are. Since I was the one brainstorming all this, I was made the one thing I feared becoming: A Captain. As such, I was tasked to find a name, a logo, a group of people to keep away from the draft and a ground. So I looked at a map and started going through all the Qooty grounds in Sweet; I was naming them all until I got to the very bottom of the map of Sweet...​

 

[FootyGuy13]

~~~So This is the Story~~~​

When I was reading the map of Sweet and saw Fulmina, I realized I knew nothing about that suburb when I knew at least one thing about every other place in Sweet. Then, the surprises kept coming as I found that Fulmina’s story had yet to be told because it technically hadn’t begun. In many senses, Fulmina is everything that I get drawn into and it’s the perfect place for a FootyGuy13-led Qricket team to be based: In the FootyGuy13 of Sweet Suburbs. I already knew what the colour scheme would be, now I have a name and ground. The next step was to get the people.

I would be remiss if I didn’t say that I looked at a few options for foundation members, but since it looks like Chipmunk and TheInjuryFactory’s teams also got green-lit (let’s call them Fulmina B-Grade and Fulmina C-Grade for now, you can choose which is which), I figured that raiding the Warriors camp was easier. You have Tonga Bob who is one of the most popular posters that Sweet has ever seen and there’s a reason why this is true (actually, I’ll correct myself there, there are multiple reasons why that is true). You’ve got Dinsdale the Bay 13 mod meaning that he’s no-nonsense AND funny, it also means we can have Wasp Round during the summer too. spudmaster also joins the team as we need something round to use in the batting nets, the fact that spud is humourous and entertaining is a bonus.

All I had to do now was find a vice-captain who would be willing enough to correct the mistakes that I’d make. Considering that the other 3 enjoy summer relaxation for some reason, it had to be someone outside the club who can easily gel well with the group. Do you know who the other team is that great at posting? The Demons, meaning it was time to raid Mount Buller for a quality poster. I asked Gralin to be my backup and he said yes right away (I was sure Wosh had got him to her team first). Gralin took to the Qooty side of things so quickly, a great addition to the Demons squad and he’ll be a great helper at Fulmina.

So now we have most of the pieces to start the Fulmina Qricket Club, we just need a logo. While many ideas were floated around, the team did reach a unanimous decision:






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[spudmaster]

spudmaster also joins the team as we need something round to use in the batting nets​

Son of a...

the fact that spud is humourous and entertaining is a bonus.​

Lucky save

 

[Tonga Bob]

As the aforementioned Bob of the story, I’m here to say that I am proud as heck of what FootyGuy13 has achieved in getting the Fulminia Qricket Club off the ground (I still want him to be my successor at the Warriors but don’t tell him that just now, he’s got enough on his mind). I honestly believe that we are about to see Guy’s potential realised in all sorts of marvellous ways.

I am honoured and privileged to be a summer resident of Fulminia alongside Guy Dinsdale spudmaster & Gralin who I’m bloody excited to be padding up with, in the suburb of Sweet with the best vanilla slices this side of Aux Merveilleux De Fred in Belgium, home of Technotronic and their 1989 techno anthem Pump Up The Jam.

 

[ClarkeM]

~~~So This is the Story~~~​

When I was reading the map of Sweet and saw Fulmina, I realized I knew nothing about that suburb when I knew at least one thing about every other place in Sweet. Then, the surprises kept coming as I found that Fulmina’s story had yet to be told because it technically hadn’t begun. In many senses, Fulmina is everything that I get drawn into and it’s the perfect place for a FootyGuy13-led Qricket team to be based: In the FootyGuy13 of Sweet Suburbs. I already knew what the colour scheme would be, now I have a name and ground. The next step was to get the people.

I would be remiss if I didn’t say that I looked at a few options for foundation members, but since it looks like Chipmunk and TheInjuryFactory’s teams also got green-lit (let’s call them Fulmina B-Grade and Fulmina C-Grade for now, you can choose which is which), I figured that raiding the Warriors camp was easier. You have Tonga Bob who is one of the most popular posters that Sweet has ever seen and there’s a reason why this is true (actually, I’ll correct myself there, there are multiple reasons why that is true). You’ve got Dinsdale the Bay 13 mod meaning that he’s no-nonsense AND funny, it also means we can have Wasp Round during the summer too. spudmaster also joins the team as we need something round to use in the batting nets, the fact that spud is humourous and entertaining is a bonus.

All I had to do now was find a vice-captain who would be willing enough to correct the mistakes that I’d make. Considering that the other 3 enjoy summer relaxation for some reason, it had to be someone outside the club who can easily gel well with the group. Do you know who the other team is that great at posting? The Demons, meaning it was time to raid Mount Buller for a quality poster. I asked Gralin to be my backup and he said yes right away (I was sure Wosh had got him to her team first). Gralin took to the Qooty side of things so quickly, a great addition to the Demons squad and he’ll be a great helper at Fulmina.

So now we have most of the pieces to start the Fulmina Qricket Club, we just need a logo. While many ideas were floated around, the team did reach a unanimous decision:






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Good to see the graphics era from the old BFFCL days remains part and parcel with this revamp.

 

[Dinsdale]

I'm looking forward to using some great bowling coaches

 

[FootyBot13]

I'm looking forward to using some great bowling coaches

I'm glad you're looking forward to some great bowling coaching because we have a great bowling coach lined up to help us in our inaugural season.

I'm happy to announce that the Fulmina bowling coach is none other than bowling sensation Pavel Florin from Romania. Now that Pavel isn't playing for Romania anymore, Fulmina has come in at the right time to sign Mr. Florin to make sure our first season is a scary one for opposition wickets.


We also have our bowlers Tonga Bob and Gralin modeling the T20 kit. I hope you find the kit as ugly as I do.

*Player numbers are not final and are subject to change.

 

[Dinsdale]

I'm glad you're looking forward to some great bowling coaching because we have a great bowling coach lined up to help us in our inaugural season.

I'm happy to announce that the Fulmina bowling coach is none other than bowling sensation Pavel Florin from Romania. Now that Pavel isn't playing for Romania anymore, Fulmina has come in at the right time to sign Mr. Florin to make sure our first season is a scary one for opposition wickets.
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We also have our bowlers Tonga Bob and Gralin modeling the T20 kit. I hope you find the kit as ugly as I do.
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*Player numbers are not final and are subject to change.

That's beautiful

 

[FootyBot13]

The person we've gotten to be Fulmina's batting coach, Tonga Bob has given me the green light to start making up names as I see fit. This is great news as it means I can make local baseball champ Juniper Chubb the one to make sure the team doesn't have regular batting collapses at the top end like the Aussie Test team does.


Dinsdale and spudmaster will be the ones to open Fulmina's innings this season as we see what the List A kits look like.

 

[Dinsdale]

The person we've gotten to be Fulmina's batting coach, Tonga Bob has given me the green light to start making up names as I see fit. This is great news as it means I can make local baseball champ Juniper Chubb the one to make sure the team doesn't have regular batting collapses at the top end like the Aussie Test team does.
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Dinsdale and spudmaster will be the ones to open Fulmina's innings this season as we see what the List A kits look like.
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That's pretty close to being magnificent

 

[FootyBot13]

Finally, we have our First Class kits. Since the League will be First-Class Qricket, this is the only kit that matters. So it makes sense to have our Head Coach show it off. To be Fulmina's first Head Coach, I've gotten Slovenian fencer, race car driver and overall personal favourite Ðüмвfáçè (that's what it says on the passport) to be the one who controls when the team declares.


We've got myself here as the team wicket-keeper, and I've also mocked up what I called the "Mobbs Special". Mobbs hasn't joined the team (yet) but this is to showcase that, if he did hypothetically join the team, this is what it'd look like.


We also call upon cats2rise and akkaps to bring back Daddles the Duck for all qricket games, or at least all games at Fulmina.


I think that's all the reveals now. Let's see what the others have got.

 

[Wosh]

We've got myself here as the team wicket-keeper, and I've also mocked up what I called the "Mobbs Special". Mobbs hasn't joined the team (yet) but this is to showcase that, if he did hypothetically join the team, this is what it'd look like.
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Dream on, Fuls.

 

[FootyBot13]

Dream on, Fuls.

Ah well, saves me from explaining to Mobbs why overs aren't 8 deliveries anymore. Or why there's a TV crew at each end.

 

[Wosh]

Ah well, saves me from explaining to Mobbs why overs aren't 8 deliveries anymore. Or why there's a TV crew at each end.

There’s your mistake right there. We just let his mind run free on that little hamster wheel.

 

[Gralin]

There’s your mistake right there. We just let his mind run free on that little hamster wheel.

So that's how you generate electricity

 

[Wosh]

So that's how you generate electricity

And Bigfooty servers!

 

[Mobbs]

Ah well, saves me from explaining to Mobbs why overs aren't 8 deliveries anymore. Or why there's a TV crew at each end.

8 ball overs, now those were the days!