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THE PACK IS HERE.. or, it was a second ago?
my roller derby joke comics are...
Here on tumblr aside from a few reblogs, most of that tag is my stuff
ComicFury has some newer ones
some older cartoons are on WebToons
scrim.social, when I was hoping an indie instagram clone would take off :.(
(most of my legacy stuff is on Instagram)
while I work on this months comics- I swear they’re coming. Probably. -here’s some rough references of the characters so far!
I totally spelled mouth guard right, don’t worry about that princess.
this is Aude Fourest's "Roller Derby" Serigraphie (screen print): 70 x 100cm (27.5" x 39.4"), from 4/2016. Website now only exists on archive.org
some of the details (transcribed by me, using close-ups from the site):
DERBY ENTITY #8: RINGO STARRDUST
🌞🌌 From the stars, to the track 🛼🌈
It's me! Well, kinda. In the form of a "derby entity" OC. My number is 8, which reps my life path number, the autistic community, and infinity.
dashery // inprnt // kofi // youtube
the terrors of the past don’t stop
is this like one of those rubber bands they put on lobsters so they don’t pinch you
ah cool, Tumbler generally agrees that blocker-blocker-brace is called "Tripod" :)
the meme, "I am going to create an environment that is so toxic", as a derby comic about a tripod / three-wall :O
let me know if you have any other suggestions for memes-adapted-for-derby, here's the ones that I'm thinking about next!
we have to get rid of the lead jammer rule in roller derby it is imperative to the future of the sport
post lowkey cancelled because that was only against the first round against an apparently nomadic team full of volunteers (with my team winning by 100+ points vs their 50 points), while the second genuinely cohesive team beat my team by 7 points <3
it do be like that with teams with a big skill difference! But when someone gets lead jammer, you can cheer for the other team to get their jammer out as fast as possible -- the other jammer getting out effectively becomes the "timer" that makes the lead jammer call off the jam and Stop scoring points!
(but yes it can feel like a Kung Fu movie where the winning team has The Secret of The Seven Golden Armors of Invulnerability and it really changes the dynamic from a "who will win?" to "when can we put points on the board?")
my prev tags :D - #my apologies its a question no one asked but i am full to overflowing with information on this topic #now if you want to hear about WFTDA Ranking Points as in you can lose against a better team but beat the EXPECTED points ratio #and have outperformed how you were Expected to do and thus increase in Ranking Points #because as a all volunteer sport theres never a Everyone Plays Everyone so that s just how they do
#> prev tags that's all so interesting thank you! #i really don't know much about wftda specifically so it's really cool to hear more specifically how the game works #roller derby
yes! Small leagues [oh yeah... a small area that has 1 or more roller derby teams that practice together are generally called "leagues" which is kind of weird but that's the vernacular] often just play among themselves (if they have 2+ teams), or play neighboring leagues for funsies,
but larger leagues usually belong to a bigger governing body, like WFTDA for example, which has a standard rules set and lots of other stuff. WFTDA also includes math stuff that creates Rankings.
Rankings are both for things that would be recognizable in other sports ("who's the best in the region?" / "playoffs among best-in-region" / "bigger playoffs eventually determine best-in-world", etc)
and for practical concerns in a DIY / all-volunteer sport, for playing nearby teams. It generally lets you know which teams are of generally similar skill level to reduce the chances you get complete blowouts.
Or if it's going to be a really un-even matchup you can have a sense of HOW uneven and the generally expected point differential - for a simple example, "they're better they're predicted to have twice as many points as us - so if their final score was 100 and our final score is bigger than 50, we did better than expected"
And of course the good thing is Rankings are adjusted after each bout, so it's re-assessing each team for better predictions. (In the above example, if the 'better' team got 100 and the other team got 75, the better team would lose ranking points and the other team would gain ranking points.
anyway lots of math and lots of nerdery, all to the end of "how do you arrange competitive games with an all-volunteer massively distributed sport, where there's not budget for the standard Everyone Plays Everyone X Times kind of things".
I'm sure there's lots of places to look up details on how it all works but I think that's a quick "what is ranking? Why is ranking?" as I understand it.
I love finding roller derby characters in AF, and @obwald 's character stood out as a really cool design. Here's Royal Pain, the captain of a Renaissance-themed derby team!
the meme, "I am going to create an environment that is so toxic", as a derby comic about a tripod / three-wall :O
let me know if you have any other suggestions for memes-adapted-for-derby, here's the ones that I'm thinking about next!
Roller Derby Meme Comic ideas...
I've got ideas of some other Memes I could do a roller derby comic adaptation of (like the silly Ralph Wiggum I'm In Danger as a derby comic that I did many moons ago).
Here's the memes I've got ideas for so far; the derby comic idea generally involves changing just a few words and then derby-comic-ing to go with the adapted meme. If anyone wants to see me draw a particular one first, let me know in the poll:
which Meme should I Roller Derby Comic?
Wait you guys are getting paid?
I am going to create an environment that is so toxic
I do not control the speed at which lobsters die
Hey guys. (something)! Not what I'm called!
… I GUESS!
Gosh, 10 votes! I don't think I've gotten 10 notes on one of my derby comics on tumblr in... a whiles!
Two winners, two close second-places - I'll work on one of the winning-memes-as-a-derby-comic soon!
the first of these is ready for tomorrow
Erin & Milo Episode 33 - 10
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Stay tuned next Wednesday for the Complete Vertical Version of Episode 33! The Wednesday after that Episode 34 will begin. 😄
Roller Derby Meme Comic ideas...
I've got ideas of some other Memes I could do a roller derby comic adaptation of (like the silly Ralph Wiggum I'm In Danger as a derby comic that I did many moons ago).
Here's the memes I've got ideas for so far; the derby comic idea generally involves changing just a few words and then derby-comic-ing to go with the adapted meme. If anyone wants to see me draw a particular one first, let me know in the poll:
which Meme should I Roller Derby Comic?
Wait you guys are getting paid?
I am going to create an environment that is so toxic
I do not control the speed at which lobsters die
Hey guys. (something)! Not what I'm called!
… I GUESS!
Gosh, 10 votes! I don't think I've gotten 10 notes on one of my derby comics on tumblr in... a whiles!
Two winners, two close second-places - I'll work on one of the winning-memes-as-a-derby-comic soon!
Episode two!!!
Roller Derby Meme Comic ideas...
I've got ideas of some other Memes I could do a roller derby comic adaptation of (like the silly Ralph Wiggum I'm In Danger as a derby comic that I did many moons ago).
Here's the memes I've got ideas for so far; the derby comic idea generally involves changing just a few words and then derby-comic-ing to go with the adapted meme. If anyone wants to see me draw a particular one first, let me know in the poll:
which Meme should I Roller Derby Comic?
Wait you guys are getting paid?
I am going to create an environment that is so toxic
I do not control the speed at which lobsters die
Hey guys. (something)! Not what I'm called!
… I GUESS!
Erin & Milo Episode 33 - 09
:E (also, props for showing the medical team has taken her skates off and put sandals on her!)
it turns out if you jam time enough you get your own whistle :3
...either by buying one, or by the volunteer sports league's version of the "I licked this one [put my mouth on it] and now no one else wants it" rule! (that's how I got my whistle).
