armyofdarkness

We are the Army of Darkness. We are Non-Skating Officials. We love gifs. And black. This tumblr does not express the opinion of any league, teams or NSO groups. This is merely funsies and giggles from a couple of officials who love roller derby and gifs. And black. This tumblr is created by Freddie Merciless and Record Breaker from Copenhagen Roller Derby (CRD). We are proud members of the actual real-life Army of Darkness and even prouder providers of GIFs. And we love black. www.facebook.com/armyofdarkness.crd

[rollerderp]

HOW I IMAGINE IT FEELS TO BE AN OFFICIAL

[army-ofdarkness]

Attending a derby event where you're not officiating

[ephilog]

Usagi, you little shit. Stop harassing that poor NSO! Seriously.

This one’s for lovely isktaine who requested some NSO art (posting like this because answers to asks always make the picture weird and small?). Hope you like it, dear!

[army-ofdarkness]

Love it!

[army-ofdarkness]

Before applying to tournaments far-faraway...

[army-ofdarkness]

When an NSO from an un-involved position still is able to help out in one of those WTF? situations

Showing responsibility and improving the entire bout? We <3 it!

[army-ofdarkness]

Skaters complaining about their well deserved penalty box violations

Don't destroy the box, ok? And stay inside until we say so. It's not that hard, is it?

[army-ofdarkness]

When the box area is so tiny, that there's barely room for the NSOs behind the chairs

[army-ofdarkness]

When you see a particularry talented ref or nso lineup for a bout...

[derbyref]

When someone realizes they're using a permanent marker to write on the whiteboard

[army-ofdarkness]

Ooooooh No! 

[derbyref]

When someone asks me if I think all refs should have NSO experience

[army-ofdarkness]

<3  And vice versa if you can skate in anyways. Together we're Team Awesome!

[army-ofdarkness]

Jamtiming (succesfully) for the first time...

[derbyref]

The night before I officiate in a new position for the first time

Usually a tie between this:

And this:

[army-ofdarkness]

We love to learn new things and positions. And fear f'in up the first time!

[derbyluna]

"We don't need a ref for scrimmage, the skaters can just call themselves out on penalties"

[army-ofdarkness]

Yeah… and time their own boxtrips and keep score… 

[derbyofficial]

*Grabs Popcorn* I´m fine with that, I´ll just sit here and watch, ok?

[army-ofdarkness]

I'm in! And then let's get their reactions afterwards as recordings for future reference, right? ;)

[derbyref]

What my non-derby friends say when I tell them I'll drive 8 hours to an away game

[army-ofdarkness]

let alone when you tell them that you spend all your money and vacation days on going to tournaments... 

[derbyluna]

"We don't need a ref for scrimmage, the skaters can just call themselves out on penalties"

[army-ofdarkness]

Yeah... and time their own boxtrips and keep score... 

[derbyref]

Reading the latest WFTDA publication

[derbyref]

When I might have stayed a little too long at the after-party

[army-ofdarkness]

This *might* have happened to some of the officials at the 2014:SKOD afterparty...