This funny Italian sport I found. It's like football but with fighting. - No clue how the rules work either.

[Lipitor]

It's like something an evil prison warden came up with. Both teams dress up like bad guys in the Witcher 3. You can score half a point.

 

[SiccDicc]

Looks like NFL Blitz come to life.

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Holy shit this looks amazing. It's like rugby but with a round ball, a million more players in daft plus fours, and a general melee setting on the side. Tell me there's more of this on the magical intertubes?

I'm really hoping that the logo in the bottom right corner means it's shown on Italian tv, therefore it'll turn up online regularly, cos I'd like to watch this a lot more.

God, they look ridiculous. I fucking love Italy. Mad bastards.

Edit: you seem to score by chucking the ball over the low solid wall at the end of the pitch? But the function of the small jester tent in the middle of the end wall hasn't been revealed to me yet. It looks like a half point is scored if you chuck the ball over the wall from a distance, and a full point if you're close by (there's probably a specific distance for it to count as a full point?).

Kudos to the medics (very much plural) on the field treating people as the game rages around them. And the random guys just wrestling in the dust because they can (why are 'manly' sports so homoerotic?).

For those who don't want to watch it all,

Spoiler: The Result:

the red team start strongly, but the blue team wins. And the fans are also nuts.

How did you find this (do I want to know)?

 

[HG 400]

I love medieval football.

There's also an English version that is basically a town-vs-town setpiece battle, there's the French version that's significantly more violent but also more difficult to find videos online of.

And if you like stupid violent things this is difficult to track down but you should probably try to find some Australian games of jugger from the 90s, back before they made it legal and brought in a bunch of sissified faggot rules like requiring foam padding on the weapons and not using a real severed dog's head for a ball and put weight limits on the flails. They turned something beautiful into a goddamn larp and it's pathetic and cringey now.

 

[OB 946]

Holy shit this looks amazing. It's like rugby but with a round ball, a million more players in daft plus fours, and a general melee setting on the side. Tell me there's more of this on the magical intertubes?

I'm really hoping that the logo in the bottom right corner means it's shown on Italian tv, therefore it'll turn up online regularly, cos I'd like to watch this a lot more.

God, they look ridiculous. I fucking love Italy. Mad bastards.

Edit: you seem to score by chucking the ball over the low solid wall at the end of the pitch? But the function of the small jester tent in the middle of the end wall hasn't been revealed to me yet. It looks like a half point is scored if you chuck the ball over the wall from a distance, and a full point if you're close by (there's probably a specific distance for it to count as a full point?).

Kudos to the medics (very much plural) on the field treating people as the game rages around them. And the random guys just wrestling in the dust because they can (why are 'manly' sports so homoerotic?).

For those who don't want to watch it all,

Spoiler: The Result:

the red team start strongly, but the blue team wins. And the fans are also nuts.

How did you find this (do I want to know)?

There's a low net behind the wall, if you make it into the net, it's a goal, if you go above the net, it's half a goal for the other team.

 

[Autopsy]

Scraped from wiki:

Matches last 50 minutes and are played on a field covered in sand, twice as long as it is wide (approximately 80x40 meters). A white line divides the field into two identical squares, and a goal net runs the width of each end.

Each team has 27 players and no substitutions are allowed for injured or expelled players. The teams are made up of four Datori indietro (goalkeepers), 3 Datori innanzi (fullbacks), 5 Sconciatori (halfbacks), 15 Innanzi or Corridori (forwards). The Captain and Standard Bearer's tent sits at the center of the goal net. They do not actively participate in the game, but can organize their teams and occasionally act as referees, mainly to calm down their players or to stop fights.

The referee and the six linesmen officiate the match in collaboration with the Judge Commissioner, who remains off the field. The referee, above everyone else, is the Master of the Field, and is responsible for making sure the game runs smoothly, stepping into the field only to maintain discipline and reestablish order when fights occur.

A small cannon shot announces the beginning of the event. The game starts when the Pallaio[clarification needed] throws and kicks the ball toward the center line, then at the first whistle as the ball first rests on field, 15 forwards or Corridori begin fighting in a wild mixed martial arts match- punching, kicking, tripping, hacking, tackling, and wrestling with each other in an effort designed to tire opponents' defenses, but which often descends into an all-out brawl. They try to pin and force into submission as many players possible. Once there are enough incapacitated players, the other teammates come and swoop up the ball and head to the goal.

From this moment on, the players try by any means necessary to get the ball into the opponents' goal, also called caccia. The teams change sides with every caccia or goal scored. It is important to shoot with precision, because every time a player throws or kicks the ball above the net, the opposing team is awarded with a half caccia. The game ends after 50 minutes and the team which scored the most cacce wins.

Along with the Palio[clarification needed], the winning team used to receive a Chianina, a type of cow. However, this has been reduced to a free dinner for the winning team; the players earn no other compensation.[4]

Sounds metal as fuck, the full video gives you the initial square-off too. There's a lot of fairly mellow maneuvering and positioning while the white shorts ball-touchers try to evaluate where their guys are poking a hole in the other guys' defensive line; everyone's too nervous about possession getting stolen by KO'd until some blue fucker runs for it and all hell breaks loose.

 

[Lipitor]

But the function of the small jester tent in the middle of the end wall hasn't been revealed to me yet. It looks like a half point is scored if you chuck the ball over the wall from a distance, and a full point if you're close by (there's probably a specific distance for it to count as a full point?).

Apparently the coach hangs out in the tent and is only allowed to peer out and shout at his players what to do... I think? not really sure, even trying to read the rules to this game is nonsense. I don't even understand why that would help cuz they seem to be constantly changing sides of the field they play on after each score... I don't get it... at all.

it seems like if you hit the net behind the wall you get half a point... but if you softly get it over you get a full point. I can't really tell.

I would tell you to research this game for yourself.. but even reading about it seems like nonsense.. I read that Popes have played this game.. wtf?

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Apparently the coach hangs out in the tent and is only allowed to peer out and shout at his players what to do... I think? not really sure, even trying to read the rules to this game is nonsense. I don't even understand why that would help cuz they seem to be constantly changing sides of the field they play on after each score... I don't get it... at all.

it seems like if you hit the net behind the wall you get half a point... but if you softly get it over you get a full point. I can't really tell.

I would tell you to research this game for yourself.. but even reading about it seems like nonsense.. I read that Popes have played this game.. wtf?

I could barely work out what the sport was called, so it's good to know the 'rules' are about as clear as the scoring system and the reason for the jester tents. Sheer, unadulterated madness.

There's only one thing for it. We're gonna have to start a team. @Crippled Eagle knows his shit, and I'm sure someone on the Farms has the Pope's number.

 

[W00K #17]

This is amazing, and looks like it would be have been fun as hell when I was a younger wook.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

Vince McMahon has found his backup plan should the XFL flop again