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My First Invention: Congaball!

during my time hanging out in plexus this test, i got to know Ball very well.  as it turns out, you don't need to be an admin with hitting power to bounce it around!  any movement that deflects Ball off your glitch is enough to send it zooming away.

after completing the purple power installation, i got to lead a conga line.  congas in plexus are a whole new level of fun, but when you add Ball?  congaball!

congaball can be competitive or non-competitive.  with a single conga line, you get a few points when the leader hits Ball, but more points if you can get Ball to bounce off somebody further back in the line.  you can catch and trap Ball by keeping it in contact with the conga line.  if you can do this until it disappears and reappears elsewhere, you get lots of points!  when you do this in multi-team congaball, this is a scrum and there are no points.

the only trick here is that due to Ball's cuddly nature, congaball can have timeouts at any time that Ball decides to take a nap with a sleeper or somebody who is just standing still and doing other things.  it would be good if the swarm-and-poof trick worked in this case so as to be able to force Ball back into play, but for now it just adds an element of unpredictability to the game.

congaball!

Posted 17 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Must see this in action! I noticed that I could make the Ball wiggle, but it was always stuck to someone.
    Posted 17 months ago by Lilypad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Congaball was great fun.  I knew someone got points but I couldn't figure out who got them.  Was it everyone in the congaline or just the conga leader and what kind of points were they?  were they mood or energy or xp?  And it was pretty funny watching the sleepers napping on the ball.
    Posted 17 months ago by Cat A. Tonic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, I want to play, I want to play!!!!  (Do I sound like I'm about 2 years old?  lol)  Plexus was wonderful and I didn't even know about the ball.  Can't wait till next test!!
    Posted 17 months ago by kat65 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • With the conga I led for a bit, I was so busy activating spinach and trying to avoid getting splanked by striatic, I did not learn everything there was to learn about interacting with Ball, so it's good to read the summary.  Maybe I could participate in some practice sessions with you, katlazam?  'Cause I got a feeling you are going to be there next test, trying to become one with that ball.

    Unless you are in another different also way cool place of course.
    Posted 17 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink