Old Debate in a New Arena: Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball

[Andy Chalk]

Old Debate in a New Arena: Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball

Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball [http://www.gamecockmedia.com/].

The debut title of developer Sho Kosugi [http://www.blazinglizard.com/]type thing.

Mike Wilson, Gamecock Grand Champeen, said, "If ever there was a team we were destined to work with and a game we were destined to publish, this is it! Going beyond the brilliant concept, Blazing Lizard has shown us that their title will set a new high bar for gameplay and graphical expectations in downloadable console games."

Blazing Lizard Studio Director Chris Stockman said his company elected to work with Gamecock because, "They understand what a developer wants out of a publisher. It was an easy decision to team with them on Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, and we couldn't be happier."

Along with the quest for a Pirates of the Caribbean [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory] movies has reinvigorated the swashbuckling side of the debate.

No information regarding platform availability has been given, but Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball is scheduled for release as a downloadable title in the first quarter of 2008.


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[Bongo Bill]

Hm. On the one hand, dodgeball eliminates the pirates' advantage of superior physical hardiness, since it only takes one hit to score. On the other hand, since it is a team sport, the ninjas will be subject to the Inverse Ninja Effectiveness Principle.

 

[Andy Chalk]

I'm not familiar with this principle, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the movies.

 

[Bongo Bill]

The Inverse Ninja Effectiveness Principle states that the total effectiveness of a group of n ninjas (where n > 0) is proportional to 1/n. Consequently, one ninja can beat two ninjas, two ninjas can beat three, and a guy with a mullet can beat twenty.

 

[John Funk]

Vikings, dammit, VIKINGS!

 

[J.theYellow]

More interestingly, Blazing Lizard, according <a href =http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15023>to Gamasutra, is made up of a few design and art leads from Volition, who recently worked on Saint's Row.

 

[Andy Chalk]

More interesting than ninjas vs. pirates? You're in the wrong thread, son.

(Vikings? Wtf man.)

 

[J.theYellow]

Oh, sorry, I guess I needed to randomly link IMDB and Wikipedia more than I did. My bad.

 

[Geoffrey42]

As long as when you randomly link IMDB and Wikipedia, you use the '' format. It works better.

But, <a href=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15252>in the same article you tried to link at Gamasutra, they point out that Pirates and Ninjas are only the first 2 of the 5 teams which will eventually be revealed.

Personally, I'm holding out for Robots. Though, everyone knows, it's just not a fair fight with robots. In something like Dodgeball, they'll always win, so for the sake of balancing, they'll probably not allow them as a team. Life just isn't fair.

But, CantFakeTheFunk, you've got 3 slots left, so maybe there will be Vikings after all. Why anyone would want Vikings, I have no idea, but just throwing it out there that you might still have hope.