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:[Single wide frame representing a basketball court with a basketball goal at each end.  There are seven players running around the court, with a virtual ball in the bottom right corner (indicated by being drawn as a dashed circle).  Nine off-screen voices of viewers on the Internet are yelling instructions to the players.  A caption is below the frame running nearly the full width of the frame.]
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:[Single wide frame representing a basketball court with a basketball goal at each end.  There are seven players running around the court, with a virtual ball in the bottom right corner (indicated by being drawn as a dashed circle).  Nine off-screen voices of "online viewers" are yelling instructions to the players.  A caption is below the frame running nearly the full width of the frame.]
  
 
:Viewer One: No!
 
:Viewer One: No!
 
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:Viewer Two: It's on the–
:Viewer Two: It’s on the–
 
 
 
 
:Viewer Three: Look out!
 
:Viewer Three: Look out!
 
 
:Viewer Four: No!
 
:Viewer Four: No!
 
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:Viewer Five: He's right there. Don’t run into–
:Viewer Five: He’s right there. Don’t run into–
 
 
 
 
:Viewer Six: Go left!
 
:Viewer Six: Go left!
 
 
:Viewer Seven: Riiight!
 
:Viewer Seven: Riiight!
 
 
:Viewer Eight: Left!
 
:Viewer Eight: Left!
 
 
:Viewer Nine: Stop dunking and find the ball!
 
:Viewer Nine: Stop dunking and find the ball!
  
 
:Caption: No one liked my new sports system, in which each player is in a separate arena sharing a single virtual ball that they can't see while online viewers yell instructions, but it was fun to watch while it lasted.
 
:Caption: No one liked my new sports system, in which each player is in a separate arena sharing a single virtual ball that they can't see while online viewers yell instructions, but it was fun to watch while it lasted.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 01:04, 9 April 2020

New Sports System
Under my system, boxing and football suffered, pair figure skating still worked but had to adapt by dropping some moves, and pro wrestling was actually completely unaffected.
Title text: Under my system, boxing and football suffered, pair figure skating still worked but had to adapt by dropping some moves, and pro wrestling was actually completely unaffected.

Explanation

Ambox notice.png This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect: Created by a VIRTUAL BALL. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.
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This comic is the 16th comic in a row (not counting the April Fools' comic) in a series of comics related to the 2020 pandemic of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

Transcript

[Single wide frame representing a basketball court with a basketball goal at each end. There are seven players running around the court, with a virtual ball in the bottom right corner (indicated by being drawn as a dashed circle). Nine off-screen voices of "online viewers" are yelling instructions to the players. A caption is below the frame running nearly the full width of the frame.]
Viewer One: No!
Viewer Two: It's on the–
Viewer Three: Look out!
Viewer Four: No!
Viewer Five: He's right there. Don’t run into–
Viewer Six: Go left!
Viewer Seven: Riiight!
Viewer Eight: Left!
Viewer Nine: Stop dunking and find the ball!
Caption: No one liked my new sports system, in which each player is in a separate arena sharing a single virtual ball that they can't see while online viewers yell instructions, but it was fun to watch while it lasted.


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Discussion

Note that the title text goes at the end of the explanation, not within the transcript section. I've removed it twice now. Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 00:41, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

I really want to see this happen now :D 172.68.174.128 01:18, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Alright, who programs the VR software and who organises the tournament? :D Fabian42 (talk) 03:17, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

I find myself wondering how easy it would be to merge the video feeds from the different players, so viewers can see everyone as if it were a traditional match. If each arena has a camera in the same place, it shouldn't be that hard to isolate parts of the image which are different from a static image; but I'm not sure what would be the best method for determining which player is in front when they overlap. I guess you need some method of tracking the players' positions in any case, to work out who's touching the ball. Would the technology used for home VR be easily adaptable to a full size stadium? - Angel (talk) 10:50, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Angel: Yes, with Lighthouse 2.0, used in Valve Index and HTC Vive Pro etc, stadium-sized tracking is possible! -Sharkku

Another way to do it: Each player has their own ball. But only one of the balls is "live" at any given time. Maybe it lights up or something. If another ball contacts the live one, it changes places, allowing you to effectively "tackle" the player who's in possession. Would mean that ball physics are more realistic, while still maintaining the confusion. Maybe also give the players little shock collars to let them know if they collided with another player. (Is running through another player a foul in basketball?) - Angel (talk) 10:55, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

And that's just got me thinking that BASEketball would be entirely playable in this form - Angel (talk) 11:13, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

This reminds me very much of the chess variant Kriegspiel. 162.158.154.73 10:55, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

You beat me that >< much...I hate you so much that I corrected your typo :-) 172.68.65.192 14:52, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
Dammit, but thanks for calling it a typo (which it was, honestly) instead of an ignorant misspelling.. 162.158.158.203 17:56, 10 April 2020 (UTC)