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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:50 pm
by Gran
Badminton, ice hockey, erm, fishing????
erm.....
EDIT: Oh oh oh oh, Throwing the Hammer
EDIT 2 - hang on, Discus as well.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:53 pm
by Weyland
Damn, forgot ice hockey. How about trampolining? It's sort of net-like...
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:53 pm
by Istenem
that's the three easier ones, one of the others is a semantic thing i.e. a different kind of net to latticework. in fact i can't remember the fourth just now but it will come to me or one of you soon enough.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:55 pm
by Cardinal Sin
I'll take the discus then
...DIck Gran....
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:56 pm
by darcle
Badminton, fishing, ice hockey, tight rope walking?,
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:58 pm
by Weyland
Ah, hang on. Isn't there a version of tennis that isn't played with a ball? For places like ships where a ball could get lost easily. Deck Tennis I think it's called.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:59 pm
by Istenem
ooh a flurry,
to clarify: fishing, field sports (discus&hammer included here), ice hockey and badminton are right so far.
the opther one's net is not the sdame type of net as the rest so a bit of a trick Q.
feel free to have multiple guesses at it.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:01 pm
by Cardinal Sin
For some reason I'm thinking an alpine event, perhaps skiing (Where they have those "net" like crash barriers)
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:08 pm
by Istenem
nope not alpine. as for Weyland's guess that may well be right but i've never heard of it, if you mean real tennis, there is no net in that but i'm not familiar with deck tennis (sorry)
this is a mainstream sport
(but i have a meeting at 5.30 so will give it to Weyland if nobody gets it before then.)
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:13 pm
by darcle
Ive just cheated and Weylands right!! Its played with quoits!!
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:16 pm
by Istenem
okay fair enough, let's give it to Weyland.
the one i was thinking of is boxing; the dollybirds who carry the numbers between rounds are known as nets.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:21 pm
by Weyland
That
is obscure... how did a girl come to be known as a net?
Anyway, speaking of obscure, this lunchtime I dug out the old classic FPS
Quake for a bit of a refreshing blast, as shooters these days are getting too complicated.
What I want to know is: What is the current fastest time recorded for finishing the game?
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:49 pm
by harry 3
Don't know, but Quake is one of the top 5 video games EVER. So atmospheric for it's time.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:42 pm
by Gran
Probably something as ridiculous as 8 minutes, usuing all kind of shady jumps and level skipping techniques
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:48 pm
by Weyland
(sorry for delay, rubbish train home followed by moronic pizza restaurent)
Gran is pretty close, within a few minutes. However, all the levels (apart from the secret ones) were played. So you need to get a bit closer yet...