Edited to try to fix it a little.

[-] CorneliusCopernicus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://lemmy.world/post/35749413

My apologies. Maybe I should copy and paste more info from the link I mentioned at the top that includes more details https://lemmy.world/post/35749413 but I'll try to rephrase it to make it more convenient for people. Just a sample of the plans anyways to see what type of response I'd get, and working on the next organizational stages of the plans now. Edit: Updated, but will still try to come back later to edit more.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by CorneliusCopernicus@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

This is the Northern European division of the Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up, and I partially got the idea from reading about the Fallout meetups, but ours could still be something unique, such as possibly including a dodgeball event using a set of rules inspired by the NES Super Dodgeball game, and more. I’ll be open to discuss any suggestions or modifications to the sample of the plans.

The image attached to this post shows a potential location for the meetup, set on about 437 acres in Norway. We can use this location as an example, since the official location is TBD and of course we could find a much cheaper location.

You can choose 1 of 6 Factions:

Resistance

Xen

The Combine

Aperture Science

The Employers

Race X

I'm a former member of the USA Dodgeball Team, and I first began playing at age 14 in 2001, and to make this a fun meet up, we can have a competitive dodgeball series with one team per faction featuring a video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, which could be used as a way to help advertise the Half Life Meet Up.

4 Potential Half Life Meet Up Options:

HEADCRAB OPTION: €50 (1,625 people per faction goal)

Full access to the video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, with one team for each faction, and the top players selected from tryouts to represent each faction.

HOUNDEYE OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, play recreational dodgeball, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

BULLSQUID OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, tryout for the competitive dodgeball series, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match (with the recreational players). Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

STRIDER OPTION: €1,000 (82 people per faction goal)

Get a vote in the new organization in the decision making process and get the chance to have your voice heard. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION and either HOUNDEYE or BULLSQUID OPTION.

We will have a limit to how many people can attend the first event depending on the location, so we'll be sure to let everyone know that if they miss the limit, they can support the project and save their ticket for one of the following years.

If this is the most recent record info, "The largest game of dodgeball involved 6,084 participants and was achieved by the University of California, Irvine at a game organised by UC Irvine students and NLA Sports (both USA) in Irvine, California, USA, on 25 September 2012" then we can aim to find a place that will allow for over 6,000 people for world record attempts.

CONQUEST DODGEBALL (official name TBD) -

6 teams per match

6 control points

12 acres playing area

100 people per team

600 people per match

Rough draft rules:

Only 1 ball per team and 4 refs per ball, with 1 of the 4 refs holding a camera.

Hitting a player eliminates them from that round, but a catch only awards ball possession.

Players must stay a certain amount of feet away from other players if they have the ball.

Control points could be disc golf goals which would be in a neutral zone where players can’t throw / dodge / catch in for safety reasons. After a point is scored, a 3 minute timer is set until another point can be scored at that location.

If successful, we can create multiple locations for the series to try to allow more people the chance to participate in the events.

€2,300,000 / 6 Factions = €383,333 / 4 options = €95,833 / cost of each option below to show how many people are the goal.

HEADCRAB OPTION: €50 (1,917 people per faction goal)

HOUNDEYE OPTION: €100 (960 per faction goal)

BULLSQUID OPTION: €100 (960 per faction goal)

STRIDER OPTION: €1,000 (96 per faction goal)

Judging by the numbers above, the number of people who choose options to attend the event:

6 factions x people for HOUNDEYE = 5,760 people +

6 factions x people for BULLSQUID 11,520 +

6 factions x for STRIDER = 12,096 people / 8 year plan (can be less years for smaller goals with new potential locations) =

1,512 people for the first event goal

Read more details about it on a potential Southern European division post I made for the meet ups at https://lemmy.world/post/35749413

I won't make anymore new Lemmy posts with these plans unless we have any big updates, but I've also organized everything into a public FB group if you'd like to check it out on the link below

facebook.com/groups/halflifebattlefielddodgeballmeetup

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by CorneliusCopernicus@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

Hello. This is the US division of the Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up, and I partially got the idea from reading about the Fallout meet ups, but ours could still be something unique, such as possibly including a dodgeball event using a set of rules inspired by the NES Super Dodgeball game, and more. I’ll be open to discuss any suggestions or modifications to the sample of the plans.

Read more details about it on a European division post I made for the meet ups at https://lemmy.world/post/35749413

The image attached to this post shows a potential location for the meet up, set on 268 acres in New York. We can use this location as an example, since the official location is TBD.

$899,000 / 6 Factions = $149,833 / 4 options = $37,458 / cost of each option below to show how many people are the goal.

HEADCRAB OPTION: $50 (750 people per faction goal)

HOUNDEYE OPTION: $100 (375 people per faction goal)

BULLSQUID OPTION: $100 (375 people per faction goal)

STRIDER OPTION: $1,000 (38 people per faction goal)

Judging by the numbers above, the number of people who choose options to attend the event:

6 factions x people for HOUNDEYE = 2,250 people +

6 factions x people for BULLSQUID = 2,250 = 4,500 + 228

6 factions x for STRIDER = 4,728 people / 2 year plan =

2,364 people for the first event goal

[-] CorneliusCopernicus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A warehouse would work well for the e-sports division, but for an irl version of the sport inspired by the conquest game mode of the battlefield series, I think an open field would work best, but of course there are plenty of cheaper options. I was using that location as an example.

Edit: But we can still look into a warehouse for a version of the conquest game mode as well of course. Hope to see you on the dodgeball battlefield!

It only relates to the battlefield series in ways that one of the event game modes, Conquest Dodgeball (official name TBD) is inspired by the battlefield game mode, and how part of the theme of the meet up is with gamers uniting for a fun cause to help people stay active and healthy through sport.

Thank you and I'll try to rewrite it, but at the last sentence in first paragraph it says "Ours could still be something unique, bringing together different gaming communities" and I forgot to mention we can include an e-sports division of the NES Dodgeball Game, even though it relates to it in other ways since that's the style I first began playing the sport in 2001 and I'd love to host more events using the same rules of the NES game for irl versions.

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Hello. You may know of the retro game NES Super Dodgeball, which helped convince a few friends of mine to start some irl after school dodgeball games in 2001 when I was 14. Long story short, 12 years later I was selected to represent my country in this sport, and now I want to use it to create a meet up partially inspired by the Fallout meetups I read about. Ours could still be something unique, bringing together different gaming communities, and I’ll be open to discuss any suggestions or modifications to the sample of the plans.

Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up

You can choose 1 of 6 Factions:

Resistance

Xen

The Combine

Aperture Science

The Employers

Race X

We can have a competitive dodgeball series with one team per faction featuring a video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, which could be used as a way to help advertise the Meet Up.

The competitive video series could either use a style more similar to the NES game, a style more similar to the popular comedy film, or a combination of the two styles to create a fun and spectator friendly match.

The image attached to this post shows a potential location for the meet up, set on 40 hectares / 98.85 acres in Italy.

We can use this location in Italy as an example, since the official location is TBD.

€1,950,000 / 6 Factions = €325,000 / 4 options = €81,250 / cost of each option below to show how many people are the goal.

4 Potential Half Life Meet Up Options:

HEADCRAB OPTION: €50 (1,625 people per faction goal)

Full access to the video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, with one team for each faction, and the top players selected from tryouts to represent each faction.

HOUNDEYE OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, play recreational dodgeball, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

BULLSQUID OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, tryout for the competitive dodgeball series, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match (with the recreational players). Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

STRIDER OPTION: €1,000 (82 people per faction goal)

Get a vote in the new organization in the decision making process and get the chance to have your voice heard. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION and either HOUNDEYE or BULLSQUID OPTION.

We will have a limit to how many people can attend the first event depending on the location, so we’ll be sure to let everyone know that if they miss the limit, they can support the project and save their ticket for one of the following years.

If this is the most recent record info, “The largest game of dodgeball involved 6,084 participants and was achieved by the University of California, Irvine at a game organised by UC Irvine students and NLA Sports (both USA) in Irvine, California, USA, on 25 September 2012” then we can aim to find a place that will allow for over 6,000 people for world record attempts.

During the other months there, I could host dodgeball events for locals, and help prepare those interested in the annual competitive video series.

I will try to post another update soon if we have any interest.

Judging by the numbers above, the number of people who choose options to attend the event:

6 factions x 813 people for HOUNDEYE = 4,878 +

6 factions x 813 people for BULLSQUID = 4,878 = 9,756 +

6 factions x 82 for STRIDER = 492 people =

10,248 people / 2 year plan =

5,124 people for the first event goal

CONQUEST DODGEBALL (official name TBD) -

Partially from inspiration reading about the Fallout meet ups, this plan aims to bring together different communities related to gaming, Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up.

I heard a dodgeball world record event had over 6,000 people, so the following plan could be possible, however, we don't look at the record breaking part of the plans as a requirement to try to make it all happen.

Imagine a dodgeball match with a set of rules inspired by the conquest game mode in the battlefield series, played by 6 factions with a Half Life theme, so you can picture an advertising video from the first event where you’d see many players potentially dressed up as Half Life factions; Resistance, Xen, The Combine, Aperture Science, Race X, and The Employers, running across the Italian hills shown in the image above (official location TBD) throwing dodgeballs.

6 teams per match

6 control points

12 acres playing area

100 people per team

600 people per match

Rough draft rules:

Only 1 ball per team and 4 refs per ball, with 1 of the 4 refs holding a camera.

Hitting a player eliminates them from that round, but a catch only awards ball possession.

Players must stay a certain amount of feet away from other players if they have the ball.

Control points could be disc golf goals which would be in a neutral zone where players can’t throw / dodge / catch in for safety reasons. After a point is scored, a 3 minute timer is set until another point can be scored at that location.

If successful, we can create multiple locations for the series to try to allow more people the chance to participate in the events.

Someone suggested posting in some Reddit communities, but for some reason my account is getting an error, so I wasn’t sure if it was ok to ask if anyone wants to post it there, feel free to spread the word.

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A game show inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, but with teams named after European cities, and with a modified version of the rules.

Hello. I propose a sport meet up, and I partially got the idea from reading about the Fallout video game series meet ups, but ours could still be something unique, such as possibly including a dodgeball event using a set of rules inspired by the NES Super Dodgeball game, but other versions of the sport would be played at the event as well. I'll be open to discuss any suggestions or modifications to the sample of the plans.

You can choose 1 of 6 Factions:

Resistance

Xen

The Combine

Aperture Science

The Employers

Race X

I'm a former member of the USA Dodgeball Team, and I first began playing at age 14 in 2001, and to make this a fun meet up, we can have a competitive dodgeball series with one team per faction featuring a video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, which could be used as a way to help advertise the Half Life Meet Up.

The image attached to this post shows a potential location for the meet up, set on 40 hectares / 98.85 acres in Italy.

We can use this location in Italy as an example, since the official location is TBD.

€1,950,000 / 6 Factions = €325,000 / 4 options = €81,250 / cost of each option below to show how many people are the goal.

4 Potential Half Life Meet Up Options:

HEADCRAB OPTION: €50 (1,625 people per faction goal)

Full access to the video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, with one team for each faction, and the top players selected from tryouts to represent each faction.

HOUNDEYE OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, play recreational dodgeball, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

BULLSQUID OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, tryout for the competitive dodgeball series, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match (with the recreational players). Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

STRIDER OPTION: €1,000 (82 people per faction goal)

Get a vote in the new organization in the decision making process and get the chance to have your voice heard. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION and either HOUNDEYE or BULLSQUID OPTION.

We will have a limit to how many people can attend the first event depending on the location, so we'll be sure to let everyone know that if they miss the limit, they can support the project and save their ticket for one of the following years.

If this is the most recent record info, "The largest game of dodgeball involved 6,084 participants and was achieved by the University of California, Irvine at a game organised by UC Irvine students and NLA Sports (both USA) in Irvine, California, USA, on 25 September 2012" then we can aim to find a place that will allow for over 6,000 people for world record attempts.

During the other months there, I could host dodgeball events for locals, and help prepare those interested in the annual competitive video series.

I will try to post another update soon if we have any interest.

Judging by the numbers above, the number of people who choose options to attend the event:

6 factions x 813 people for HOUNDEYE = 4,878 +

6 factions x 813 people for BULLSQUID = 4,878 = 9,756 +

6 factions x 82 for STRIDER = 492 people =

10,248 people / 2 year plan =

5,124 people for the first event goal

Update: I made another post showing details of how it incorporates other games into the plans to bring together different communities - https://lemmy.world/post/35752141

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Hello. You may know of the retro game NES Super Dodgeball, which helped convince a few friends of mine to start some irl after school dodgeball games in 2001 when I was 14. Long story short, 12 years later I was selected to represent my country in this sport, and now I want to use it to create a meet up partially inspired by the Fallout meetups I read about. Ours could still be something unique, bringing together different gaming communities, and I’ll be open to discuss any suggestions or modifications to the sample of the plans.

Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up

You can choose 1 of 6 Factions:

Resistance

Xen

The Combine

Aperture Science

The Employers

Race X

We can have a competitive dodgeball series with one team per faction featuring a video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, which could be used as a way to help advertise the Half Life Meet Up. Energy Balls are generated by Combine Dark Energy reactor systems and transmitted through the plasma conduits of Citadel power transfer systems, and may be the ball type used at the events /s

The competitive video series could either use a style more similar to the NES game, a style more similar to the popular comedy film, or a combination of the two styles to create a fun and spectator friendly match.

The image attached to this post shows a potential location for the meet up, set on 40 hectares / 98.85 acres in Italy.

We can use this location in Italy as an example, since the official location is TBD.

€1,950,000 / 6 Factions = €325,000 / 4 options = €81,250 / cost of each option below to show how many people are the goal.

4 Potential Half Life Meet Up Options:

HEADCRAB OPTION: €50 (1,625 people per faction goal)

Full access to the video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, with one team for each faction, and the top players selected from tryouts to represent each faction.

HOUNDEYE OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, play recreational dodgeball, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

BULLSQUID OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, tryout for the competitive dodgeball series, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match (with the recreational players). Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

STRIDER OPTION: €1,000 (82 people per faction goal)

Get a vote in the new organization in the decision making process and get the chance to have your voice heard. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION and either HOUNDEYE or BULLSQUID OPTION.

We will have a limit to how many people can attend the first event depending on the location, so we’ll be sure to let everyone know that if they miss the limit, they can support the project and save their ticket for one of the following years.

If this is the most recent record info, “The largest game of dodgeball involved 6,084 participants and was achieved by the University of California, Irvine at a game organised by UC Irvine students and NLA Sports (both USA) in Irvine, California, USA, on 25 September 2012” then we can aim to find a place that will allow for over 6,000 people for world record attempts.

During the other months there, I could host dodgeball events for locals, and help prepare those interested in the annual competitive video series.

I will try to post another update soon if we have any interest.

Judging by the numbers above, the number of people who choose options to attend the event:

6 factions x 813 people for HOUNDEYE = 4,878 +

6 factions x 813 people for BULLSQUID = 4,878 = 9,756 +

6 factions x 82 for STRIDER = 492 people =

10,248 people / 2 year plan =

5,124 people for the first event goal

CONQUEST DODGEBALL (official name TBD) -

Partially from inspiration reading about the Fallout meet ups, this plan aims to bring together different communities related to gaming, Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up.

I heard a dodgeball world record event had over 6,000 people, so the following plan could be possible, however, we don't look at the record breaking part of the plans as a requirement to try to make it all happen.

Imagine a dodgeball match with a set of rules inspired by the conquest game mode in the battlefield series, played by 6 factions with a Half Life theme, so you can picture an advertising video from the first event where you’d see many players potentially dressed up as Half Life factions; Resistance, Xen, The Combine, Aperture Science, Race X, and The Employers, running across the Italian hills shown in the image above (official location TBD) throwing dodgeballs.

6 teams per match

6 control points

12 acres playing area

100 people per team

600 people per match

Rough draft rules:

Only 1 ball per team and 4 refs per ball, with 1 of the 4 refs holding a camera.

Hitting a player eliminates them from that round, but a catch only awards ball possession.

Players must stay a certain amount of feet away from other players if they have the ball.

Control points could be disc golf goals which would be in a neutral zone where players can’t throw / dodge / catch in for safety reasons. After a point is scored, a 3 minute timer is set until another point can be scored at that location.

If successful, we can create multiple locations for the series to try to allow more people the chance to participate in the events.

Someone suggested posting in some Reddit communities, but for some reason my account is getting an error, so I wasn’t sure if it was ok to ask if anyone wants to post it there, feel free to spread the word.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by CorneliusCopernicus@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world

Hello. I propose a Half Life meet up, and I partially got the idea from reading about the Fallout meet ups, but ours could still be something unique, such as possibly including a dodgeball event using a set of rules inspired by the NES Super Dodgeball game. I’ll be open to discuss any suggestions or modifications to the sample of the plans.

You can choose 1 of 6 Factions:

Resistance

Xen

The Combine

Aperture Science

The Employers

Race X

I’m a former member of the USA Dodgeball Team, and I first began playing at age 14 in 2001, and to make this a fun meet up, we can have a competitive dodgeball series with one team per faction featuring a video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, which could be used as a way to help advertise the Half Life Meet Up. Energy Balls are generated by Combine Dark Energy reactor systems and transmitted through the plasma conduits of Citadel power transfer systems, and may be the ball type used at the events /s

The image attached to this post shows a potential location for the meet up, set on 40 hectares / 98.85 acres in Italy.

We can use this location in Italy as an example, since the official location is TBD.

€1,950,000 / 6 Factions = €325,000 / 4 options = €81,250 / cost of each option below to show how many people are the goal.

4 Potential Half Life Meet Up Options:

HEADCRAB OPTION: €50 (1,625 people per faction goal)

Full access to the video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, with one team for each faction, and the top players selected from tryouts to represent each faction.

HOUNDEYE OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, play recreational dodgeball, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

BULLSQUID OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, tryout for the competitive dodgeball series, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match (with the recreational players). Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

STRIDER OPTION: €1,000 (82 people per faction goal)

Get a vote in the new organization in the decision making process and get the chance to have your voice heard. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION and either HOUNDEYE or BULLSQUID OPTION.

We will have a limit to how many people can attend the first event depending on the location, so we’ll be sure to let everyone know that if they miss the limit, they can support the project and save their ticket for one of the following years.

If this is the most recent record info, “The largest game of dodgeball involved 6,084 participants and was achieved by the University of California, Irvine at a game organised by UC Irvine students and NLA Sports (both USA) in Irvine, California, USA, on 25 September 2012” then we can aim to find a place that will allow for over 6,000 people for world record attempts.

During the other months there, I could host dodgeball events for locals, and help prepare those interested in the annual competitive video series.

I will try to post another update soon if we have any interest.

Judging by the numbers above, the number of people who choose options to attend the event:

6 factions x 813 people for HOUNDEYE = 4,878 +

6 factions x 813 people for BULLSQUID = 4,878 = 9,756 +

6 factions x 82 for STRIDER = 492 people =

10,248 people / 2 year plan =

5,124 people for the first event goal

CONQUEST DODGEBALL (official name TBD) -

Partially from inspiration reading about the Fallout meet ups, this plan aims to bring together different communities related to gaming, Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up.

I heard a dodgeball world record event had over 6,000 people, so the following plan could be possible, however, we don't look at the record breaking part of the plans as a requirement to try to make it all happen.

Imagine a dodgeball match with a set of rules inspired by the conquest game mode in the battlefield series, played by 6 factions with a Half Life theme, so you can picture an advertising video from the first event where you’d see many players potentially dressed up as Half Life factions; Resistance, Xen, The Combine, Aperture Science, Race X, and The Employers, running across the Italian hills shown in the image above (official location TBD) throwing dodgeballs.

6 teams per match

6 control points

12 acres playing area

100 people per team

600 people per match

Rough draft rules:

Only 1 ball per team and 4 refs per ball, with 1 of the 4 refs holding a camera.

Hitting a player eliminates them from that round, but a catch only awards ball possession.

Players must stay a certain amount of feet away from other players if they have the ball.

Control points could be disc golf goals which would be in a neutral zone where players can’t throw / dodge / catch in for safety reasons. After a point is scored, a 3 minute timer is set until another point can be scored at that location.

If successful, we can create multiple locations for the series to try to allow more people the chance to participate in the events.

Someone suggested posting in some Reddit communities, but for some reason my account is getting an error, so I wasn’t sure if it was ok to ask if anyone wants to post it there, feel free to spread the word.

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Partially from inspiration reading about the Fallout meet ups, this plan aims to bring together different communities related to gaming, Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meet Up.

I heard a dodgeball world record event had over 6,000 people, so the following plan could be possible.

Imagine a dodgeball match with a set of rules inspired by the conquest game mode in the battlefield series, played by 6 factions with a Half Life theme, so you can picture an advertising video from the first event where you'd see many players potentially dressed up as Half Life factions; Resistance, Xen, The Combine, Aperture Science, Race X, and The Employers, running across the Italian hills shown in the image above (official location TBD) throwing dodgeballs.

CONQUEST DODGEBALL (official name TBD) -

6 teams per match

6 control points

12 acres playing area

100 people per team

600 people per match

Rough draft rules:

Only 1 ball per team and 4 refs per ball, with 1 of the 4 refs holding a camera.

Hitting a player eliminates them from that round, but a catch only awards ball possession.

Players must stay a certain amount of feet away from other players if they have the ball.

Control points could be disc golf goals which would be in a neutral zone where players can't throw / dodge / catch in for safety reasons. After a point is scored, a 3 minute timer is set until another point can be scored at that location.

I made a related post which you can view on the link below which shows how we can make it all possible.

https://lemmy.world/post/35749413

If successful, we can create multiple locations for the series to try to allow more people the chance to participate in the events.

Someone suggested posting about the Lemmy link above in some Reddit communities, but for some reason my account is getting an error, so I wasn't sure if it was ok to ask if anyone wants to post it there, feel free to spread the word.

We could have multiple locations for different experiences, and I hosted a few dodgeball practices in Odesa, Ukraine in 2021 and I hope to return to Ukraine soon!

I forgot to post another way it all relates to gaming and another popular game it all relates to while still fitting the theme, to bring multiple communities together, and the record-breaking event was never meant to be a requirement to make it all happen. I will try to post another update soon.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by CorneliusCopernicus@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

Hello. I propose a Half Life meet up, and I partially got the idea from reading about the Fallout meet ups, but ours could still be something unique, such as possibly including a dodgeball event using a set of rules inspired by the NES Super Dodgeball game. I'll be open to discuss any suggestions or modifications to the sample of the plans.

You can choose 1 of 6 Factions:

Resistance

Xen

The Combine

Aperture Science

The Employers

Race X

I'm a former member of the USA Dodgeball Team, and I first began playing at age 14 in 2001, and to make this a fun meet up, we can have a competitive dodgeball series with one team per faction featuring a video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, which could be used as a way to help advertise the Half Life Meet Up. Energy Balls are generated by Combine Dark Energy reactor systems and transmitted through the plasma conduits of Citadel power transfer systems, and may be the ball type used at the events /s

The image attached to this post shows a potential location for the meet up, set on 40 hectares / 98.85 acres in Italy.

We can use this location in Italy as an example, since the official location is TBD.

€1,950,000 / 6 Factions = €325,000 / 4 options = €81,250 / cost of each option below to show how many people are the goal.

4 Potential Half Life Meet Up Options:

HEADCRAB OPTION: €50 (1,625 people per faction goal)

Full access to the video series inspired by Extreme Dodgeball from Game Show Network, with one team for each faction, and the top players selected from tryouts to represent each faction.

HOUNDEYE OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, play recreational dodgeball, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

BULLSQUID OPTION: €100 (813 people per faction goal)

Attend the event, tryout for the competitive dodgeball series, and try to break a world record of largest dodgeball match (with the recreational players). Includes HEADCRAB OPTION.

STRIDER OPTION: €1,000 (82 people per faction goal)

Get a vote in the new organization in the decision making process and get the chance to have your voice heard. Includes HEADCRAB OPTION and either HOUNDEYE or BULLSQUID OPTION.

We will have a limit to how many people can attend the first event depending on the location, so we'll be sure to let everyone know that if they miss the limit, they can support the project and save their ticket for one of the following years.

If this is the most recent record info, "The largest game of dodgeball involved 6,084 participants and was achieved by the University of California, Irvine at a game organised by UC Irvine students and NLA Sports (both USA) in Irvine, California, USA, on 25 September 2012" then we can aim to find a place that will allow for over 6,000 people for world record attempts.

During the other months there, I could host dodgeball events for locals, and help prepare those interested in the annual competitive video series.

I will try to post another update soon if we have any interest.

Judging by the numbers above, the number of people who choose options to attend the event:

6 factions x 813 people for HOUNDEYE = 4,878 +

6 factions x 813 people for BULLSQUID = 4,878 = 9,756 +

6 factions x 82 for STRIDER = 492 people =

10,248 people / 2 year plan =

5,124 people for the first event goal

Update: I made another post showing details of how it incorporates other games into the plans to bring together different communities - https://lemmy.world/post/35752141

Second update. 1st October: Potential title change from Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Meetup to

Half Life Battlefield Dodgeball Exhibit to

Half Life 'n' the Boys: Dodgeball Exhibit

since it takes more inspiration from the 1992 NES game: Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge than it does from Battlefield, but the official title is TBD. I hope to have another update for you soon!

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I often hear quotes from the dodgeball comedy film when inviting others to play, since I first began playing at age 14 in 2001. The comedy film has helped inspire me to create a film about the sport uniting the world, with one team per country. We would use a style inspired by the NES Super Dodgeball video game, with one 8.5 inch rubber ball in play. Would you be interested in being the representative of your country? If so, what country are you from?

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No matter the ball type or style you play, get a grip, fake a throw, and dodge a ball, here at the dball community for all. https://lemmy.world/c/Dodgeball

I first began playing dodgeball at the age of 14 in 2001 at after school free play events, and the hosts got the inspiration to get the ball rolling from the NES Super Dodgeball video game. At the time, I was completely unaware of any existence of competitive events for the sport, but 12 years later, I was selected to represent my country on the international level, and I've now gained experience with the sport in 7 countries.

I'm ready to return to Ukraine, to help them stay active and healthy through the sport of dodgeball, and to help them practice their English. In 2021 I hosted a few English speaking clubs and dodgeball practices in Odesa, Ukraine. I recently released a free downloadable early access alpha version of a simple 2D video game about dodgeball and idioms, to help people who are learning English, and having proceeds of game sales to create more dodgeball events and English speaking clubs in Ukraine, and more, which you can read more about on this Lemmy post at https://lemmy.world/post/33040433

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Hello and welcome to the dodgeball community, where you can find all things dodgeball. New community update coming soon. On the link below, you can download a free early access alpha version of a 2D dodgeball video game, which is about learning or refreshing your memory on idioms. An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense.

This version is free to play, but proceeds of the game sales will go to help me host more English speaking clubs and dodgeball events in Ukraine, to help people stay active and healthy in a fun way, and to help Ukrainians practice their English speaking skills.

I’m from the USA, but I was in Ukraine for a few months of this year, seven months in 2021 when I hosted a few English speaking clubs and dodgeball events, and a few months before, and I was glad to have the opportunity to help Ukrainian people in these different ways, even if it might only be something small. I have documents to live and work in the Netherlands which requires me to stay in their country at least six months per year, but I’m ready to return to Ukraine asap if the English game project is successful.

https://corygreekgodofdball.itch.io/dodgebnb-chapter-2

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Hello. On the link below, you can download a free early access alpha version of a 2D dodgeball video game, which is about learning or refreshing your memory on idioms. An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense.

This version is free to play, but proceeds of the game sales will go to help me host more English speaking clubs and dodgeball events in Ukraine, to help people stay active and healthy in a fun way, and to help Ukrainians practice their English speaking skills.

I’m from the USA, but I was in Ukraine for a few months of this year, seven months in 2021 when I hosted a few English speaking clubs and dodgeball events, and a few months before, and I was glad to have the opportunity to help Ukrainian people in these different ways, even if it might only be something small. I have documents to live and work in the Netherlands which requires me to stay in their country at least six months per year, but I’m ready to return to Ukraine asap if the English game project is successful.

https://corygreekgodofdball.itch.io/dodgebnb-chapter-2

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