commercials, you see only an empty chair at the table, but you hear someone
talking, he is interrupted as a GNS technician runs into the scene to lift
the familiar midget-wookie reporter who has been covering the Galactic
Shockball News onto the table. The reporter looks offended, but quickly
puts back on his smile and starts his monologue over::
The time has almost arrived! The starting whistle of the first Shockball
games of this season will be heard on Thursday evening. Our reports show
that many sponsors have contacted the Shockball League to responsor their
teams, but fear not, potential new investors! There are still many teams
that will be available Wednesday evening at midnight EST. Nereus Eruresto
has told us that he will be releasing the teams list in the Trade Federation
IRC room: #tradefederation. So be sure to be there to have the best chance
of claiming your team! Speaking of Nereus Eruresto, here is the latest
prepared Shockball announcement featuring him...
::A small video feed appears in the corner before expanding to fill the
screen. It shows a tall Hapan with blonde hair standing in a galactic
sports bar with a Trade Federation hat and green coat writing down on a
notepad as the sentients around him yell out and hand money to him. The
recorder flies over the crowd and moves to Nereus Eruresto, who is leaning
on the bar once more sipping his drink. He has a big smile on his face as
he begins to speak::
Ahhh, its that time of year again...The same time last year when I would
wager every single credit chip I had or could borrow from anyone willing, to
have my chance at winning millions. That's right, the first week of
Shockball games are about to begin, so I'd like to give a simple explanation
on how you galactic sentients can use your knowledge and instinct to become
multi-millionaires over night.
Please pull out your copy of the Point Spreads for the week and look at it
as I speak (( updated for this week's games:
http://www.swctradefederation.com/Shockball/allnew/theLines.php )). You'll notice each game has a favorite team, an underdog team, and a "- (point amount)". Lets take the Trade Federation Chiefs at Broncos game. The line is Broncos are the favorite with a -3 spread. What this means is if you take the Broncos to win you have the Broncos - 3 points, or if you take the Chiefs you have the Cheifs plus 3 points.
Now lets say the final score of the actual game is Broncos 21, Chiefs 20.
You bet on the Chiefs plus 3, so would you win the bet. (20+3 = 23, which
beats the Broncos 21). Likewise if you bet on the Broncos, you would have
lost.. (21-3 = 18, which of course loses to the Chiefs 20). In the event of
a tie, the league wins.
So now that you know how the lines work on the Shockball website, you can
start to send in your bets for this week. All bets can be submitted to
shockball@swctradefederation.com via the href="www.swctradefederation.com/Shockball/allnew/"
target="_blank">shockball webpage, through a direct email client, or
including it in your Darkness description when transferring the credits.
ALL BETS AND MONEY MUST BE RECIEVED PRIOR TO THE KICKOFF, AT THE DISCRETION
OF THE LEAGUE. So, do yourself a favor and send in your bets AND money at
least a day early, so there will be no confusion. Any bet not accompanied
with money by the game's start will be thrown out and invalid.
::Nereus smiles to the recorder and finishes up the announcement::
And to kick of the Season right, any bet over 250k automatically enters you into a raffle for a JM-5000, donated by the Trade Federation. Best of luck to you, I'll see you on the gambling floor.
::the scene fades out to the Shockball league image::
The only game that matters.
