Jetball!

[a1enzo]

As of this thread, Milliways now has a jetball court, upstairs on the way to the guest facilities (unless upstairs rearranges itself again and it's now down the hall, around three corners, and past a poison-dart trap).

The door is round and convex; when you enter, be prepared to either fly, take a tumble, or slide down the wall, because the room is an enormous sphere (seriously, it's at least the width of a tennis court; we've had to invoke Milliways' TARDIS-like properties). One end zone is decorated with red (okay, washed-out pink) arrows, the other with blue swords.

Here is a video of a partial game, but to clarify:

• It's usually a two-player game, but you can have as many people on a team as you feel comfortable with, bearing in mind the possibility of midair collisions.
  
• The ball-launcher is activated at the start of each round when all players are in their respective end zones and holding reasonably still for four seconds. It will emit a warning tone, swivel to randomize starting trajectory, and then fire the energy-ball, which ricochets around the room and heeds neither gravity nor loss of momentum.
  
• The players fly around on jetpacks. They're not the flaming kind; think of it as antigravity with movement controlled by air-jets.
  
• The ball is caught in a scoop on (usually) the left hand and fired back out of a shooter on the right; the two are connected by a tube running back over the jetpack.
  
• The winner is the first to score ten goals, unless otherwise specified.
  
• Note that there is a small, fence-like net a quarter of the way down the rim of each goal, which the ball must be gotten past or it will rebound.
  
• Equipment can be rented from Bar: jetpack, scoop and shooter array, and protective glasses. Special outfits are strictly optional but make you look cool.
  

Let me know if you have any questions or suggested additions, and I'll edit them in as appropriate.

Comments

[alorn-bear.livejournal.com]

Just for the record, Belar was largely responsible for the choice of venue. He'll apologize to Mikey or anyone else appropriate as necessary if there's a problem.

[innerbrat]

Because I'm weird in sorting my head out like that -I thought the infirmary was a seperate room off the bar, like the office, while the gym is Raph's old room in the staff corridor?

[a1enzo]

I am given to understand that pretty much everything is down the corridor, except for the stuff upstairs (bedrooms, brothel, digitization chamber) and downstairs (garage).

[alorn-bear.livejournal.com]

I had assumed everything was off the same corridor, myself.

Ah, well. Maybe it only rearranges itself like that for my characters?

[raptorcanaria]

Maybe it suffers the same space-time distortion that plays havoc with the room arrangements upstairs?

[a1enzo]

I think I'm gonna go with that. *edits post anyway*

[alorn-bear.livejournal.com]

Works for me.

[a1enzo]

No, wait, the infirmary was attached to the bar in that one thread, wasn't it? Maybe it moves...

[notthatpotter]

James: "Yay!"

[a1enzo]

Next step: throw in bludgers and a Snitch and create Jettitch!

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

In the future could you give me a heads up before you make additions to the bar like this?

[a1enzo]

ItwasCam'sfault! *hides*

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

Either way, an email would be most helpful.
Especially if there's something suddenly down the Staff Hallway.

[a1enzo]

Yeah. Sorry. I made an invalid assumption.

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

Just so I'm clear, where abouts is this happening again?
Is this off the staff hallway? Or is this in the guest area? Or is this a room off the main bar?

[a1enzo]

The staff hallway, I think—that's the only corridor off the main bar, right?

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

The one directly behind Bar is the staff hallway, there is a staircase up to the guest suites across bar from that.

[a1enzo]

Um... where's the library and such things?

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

Far as I recall the Library and Infirmary is up the stairs in the guest area.

[a1enzo]

*facepalm* I was under the impression they were in a corridor on the same floor as the main bar. I'd say, then, that the court should be in the same area as such public things.

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

Technically neither the library nor the Infirmary are public things, as they're both like not open to the public and out of Bar jurisdiction.

As far as I know the only corridor off the main bar is the Staff Hallway. There's the associative door to the House of Arch, the elevator to the garage, and then where SARAH sometimes attaches....

[a1enzo]

...I thought the library was? WHO IS SPREADING MISINFORMATION? *slumps* Now I am all confused.

Still. The guest area seems most logical for something that is open to the public. Or else it could be directly off the main bar, if you prefer.

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

I could be wrong, and probably am, but the last I heard the library was invite only. Again, it's not under the jurisdiction of the the Barman so I don't entirely know.

A new wing off of a temporary door is fine by me, though the construction and maintenance of said new wing will be charged to Enzo...or whomever called it into existence.

(If it was Enzo then chances are good it'd be covered by Phil)

[alorn-bear.livejournal.com]

It was Belar. My apologies, Bing, I should've asked. But by all means charge it to him- he's good for it.

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

It's all good, and it's not like I'm actually keeping books or anything. That would involve math. Math is my kryptonite!

[sdelmonte]

I for one think she should blame Joss Whedon.

[a1enzo]

Huh. I wasn't thinking in terms of a whole new wing (except for the part where this room is bloody enormous, but Cam said we could just go all TARDIS for that). I don't see the point of a new wing unless we're expecting there to be other things down there as well. Otherwise, I'm still thinking the guest area. *scratches head*

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

What ever you've got in mind is fine by me, I just kind of need to know because Mike needs to know.

[a1enzo]

Well, yes, of course. So do I, now!