The first sport race.

[Sillychris]

It's 1957. The Krussians have just invented the world's first ball. It was named a Kerball, in honour of a renaissance cheese rendered as a sphere in a vacuum. The sport race is on and President Kennedy has vowed to make a sports team by 1969 to avenge the embarrassment of his country's loss of the adding K-to every word race of the 30's.

Definition of a Kerbal sport:

1) There must be a "Kerball". This is a neutral object, usually opposing sides fight over it. (+1 for Kerball development)

2) There must be a way to win. Football players like to call this state "kicktory" or "Kicktorious".

3) There must be at least 2 competitors.

+1 for modelling a mythic "Earth" sport

+1 for inventing a completely new Kerbal sport (This bonus can not be combined with previous bonus)

+1 for finding a way to not be in either of the two previous categories (This bonus can not be combined with previous two bonuses)

+1 to +5 for style (To be judged. We'll figure out judging later)

+1 for every Separate player (Can be Kerbal or robot. Must be distinct vessel)

Player eligibility:

a) Player must engage in the match.

All players must not die or be rendered inoperative.

c) Failure to meet previous condition will move your entry to the "Gory" category of competition.

You must provide some kind of proof of all claims for scoring.

[Sillychris]

Some suggestions for manipulating a Kerball:

-Thrust

-Abusing stabilization gyros and structural panels.

-Catapults, perhaps?

-Parts and Mods restrictions: None whatsoever, which brings me to my next point:

Creating a mod and using it for the first time in human history in your Kersport: +10

[cyberklad]

no.. just no.

[OTehNoes]

I don't really understand how you can compete, given that you can only control one Kerbal at a time, unless you somehow make a turn based game.

[Pecan]

So I take it you're not just looking for a couple of EVA'd Kerbals kicking around an octhagonal strut?

[montyben101]

Try using KMP

[Sillychris]

I don't really understand how you can compete, given that you can only control one Kerbal at a time, unless you somehow make a turn based game.

Yeah, it's more of a demonstration that you established the necessary devices for a sport. Switch between players using the ] key and take pictures of a Kerball getting kicked around. It would be turn based, but your goal is to to show that in theory, if all players could be controlled simultaneously, you would have a match.

[Sillychris]

So I take it you're not just looking for a couple of EVA'd Kerbals kicking around an octhagonal strut?

That totally counts, and I like the direct and quick nature of your solution!

[Sillychris]

My first instinct for this challenge would be to make a bunch of rovers to push the kerball around. Maybe they could have retro-thrusters to pass the kerball with.

[Sillychris]

The challenge's first entry: Bowling.

http://i.imgur.com/RogkThz.png

I think I got 5 or 6 of them. Need higher velocities for better kerbal scattering.