Gears Of War Fanon:Thrashball

Thrashball is a canonical sport from Gears of War. However, little to nothing is known about how it is actually played. There are a few basic assumptions that are widely accepted: However, these "facts" are not canon. By the very nature of being an assumption, they are fanon material.
 * Thrashball is like American football but more violent (thanks to quotes from Dom and Cole).
 * The defensive line seems to use shields (thanks to the Thrashball table in one of the multiplayer maps).

So let's take that and run with it.

This is the Thrashball Project Page, devoted to creating fictitious rules and teams for Thrashball. Who knows? It could even snowball into Thrashball game RPs. I don't know about you all, but that sounds pretty badass to me. And I don't even like regular football that much.

There is, however, one condition. Do NOT just copy the rules of American football. Be creative! Make suggestions that contradict previous suggestions! It's a Project Page. This is the place for the craziness. Hopefully we can cobble the suggestions together into a game that could actually be playable (assuming we could find people willing to risk the injury). Then maybe Epic Games will see the page and go, "Damn. This should be canon," and make it into a mini-game.

Probably not. But hey! Screennameless -  "Goodnight, everybody!"  03:45, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

P.S. The shields are canonical, but assuming they're used by the defensive line is not.

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Basic Premise
''Do you have to get the ball from one side of the field to the other? Do you have to shoot the ball through a hoop? Is there even a ball? Etc.''

Team Setup
''How many players? What kind of positions? Etc.''

Points
''Is there a points system? How does it work? Are there penalties and fouls? How many points do you need to win? Etc.''

Field
''How large is the field? Are there specific boundaries that cannot be crossed? Etc.''

Rules
Are there any rules or guidelines that aren't covered above?