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::''" | ::''"NUGG!!! NUGG!!! NUGG!!! NUGG!!!."'' | ||
:::a Sin'die exclamation that is normally chanted over and over. | :::a Sin'die exclamation that is normally chanted over and over. | ||
:The Sin'die are a species of drastic differences with the privileged few living in high tech cities locked off from the majority of the population that survive in a pre-industrial, agricultural society. | :The Sin'die are a species of drastic differences with the privileged few living in high tech cities locked off from the majority of the population that survive in a pre-industrial, agricultural society. | ||
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The rest of the population live in small communities and work long hard hours on farms, growing crops and raising livestock. Opportunities for recreation are few and far between being reserved for harvests, weddings and the frequent sporting matches between villages and the occasional wandering nugger team. | The rest of the population live in small communities and work long hard hours on farms, growing crops and raising livestock. Opportunities for recreation are few and far between being reserved for harvests, weddings and the frequent sporting matches between villages and the occasional wandering nugger team. | ||
The majority of their population has no written language, yet the select few, about 5% of their population who live in walled cities do. However the rural population do have a fairly complex and accurate mathematical system for calculating odds, performance abilities and a | The majority of their population has no written language, yet the select few, about 5% of their population who live in walled cities do. However the rural population do have a fairly complex and accurate mathematical system for calculating odds, performance abilities and a pictograph system by which to organize them. As a result they have records of nugger matches that reach back over 1,000 years to just after the dark times of the collapse that followed the last war. | ||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
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===Nugger=== | ===Nugger=== | ||
This is both a sport and the all-consuming love and passion of almost every person on the planet. It can be played by both men and women. A team is made up of | This is both a sport and the all-consuming love and passion of almost every person on the planet. It can be played by both men and women. A team is made up of 13 players of which 1 is the captain, team leader who can play any position. | ||
These 13 players are broken down like this. Only 8 are allowed to be on the field at any time and 3 are protectors, 3 are defenders and 2 are the nuggers. The rest of the team are back up players used to replace any injured or killed during play. | These 13 players are broken down like this. Only 8 are allowed to be on the field at any time and 3 are protectors, 3 are defenders and 2 are the nuggers. The rest of the team are back up players used to replace any injured or killed during play. | ||
The defenders try and protect a metal stake set in the ground at their end of the field. They cannot use their hands but do have long wooden poles with a hook on one end and a tough leather pad on the other. They use this staff to strike and stop the nugger. They are not allowed to enter the other teams half of the field. | The defenders try and protect a metal stake with a metal hoop at the top set in the ground at their end of the field. They cannot use their hands but do have long wooden poles with a hook on one end and a tough leather pad on the other. They use this staff to strike and stop the nugger. They are not allowed to enter the other teams half of the field. | ||
The protectors also have wooden staff's and are not allowed to use their hands. They can enter the opponents half of the field. All players except the nugger have protective gear. Protectors try and block the other team’s defenders and their protectors in order to give the nugger a chance to slip through and score a point. | The protectors also have wooden staff's and are not allowed to use their hands. They can enter the opponents half of the field. All players except the nugger have protective gear. Protectors try and block the other team’s defenders and their protectors in order to give the nugger a chance to slip through and score a point. | ||
The nugger is the only player who may handle the solid wood ball that is approximately 8" in diameter. They are also usually the smallest player on the team but this is not mandatory and a few legendary nuggers have been fairly large players. The object of the game is for the nugger to get control of the ball then take it into the opponents half of the field and throw it through the 1 foot round metal hoop that is approximately 5 feet above the ground in order to score a point. The hoop is made out of a 6" thick black metal pipe welded to the top of a 3" metal stake that is driven into the ground. | The nugger is the only player who may handle the solid wood ball that is called a nugg and it is approximately 8" in diameter. They are also usually the smallest player on the team but this is not mandatory and a few legendary nuggers have been fairly large players. The object of the game is for the nugger to get control of the ball then take it into the opponents half of the field and throw it through the 1 foot round metal hoop that is approximately 5 feet above the ground in order to score a point. The hoop is made out of a 6" thick black metal pipe welded to the top of a 3" metal stake that is driven into the ground. nuggers can throw the ball back and forth between themselves in any form and fashion. | ||
It is not unknown for players to be killed during a game and in very rare cases spectators as well. Injuries are common, some resulting in permanent medical conditions that prevent the individual from ever playing the game again. However most nugger players are treated with great love and affection and they get the best food, ale, medical treatment and just about any man or woman who they want. | It is not unknown for players to be killed during a game and in very rare cases spectators as well. Injuries are common, some resulting in permanent medical conditions that prevent the individual from ever playing the game again. However most nugger players are treated with great love and affection and they get the best food, ale, medical treatment and just about any man or woman who they want. | ||