Tossball Poster
Tossball is a sport in The Outer Worlds.
Rules[]
Little is known about how tossball is actually played, however, there are several rules and indications on how the sport is played given throughout the game. The currently-known rules consist of the following:
- The playfield has various zones named after the days of the week.
- There are at least three ways to score a goal. The known ways are body-goals, foot-goals and hand-goals.
- The visitor team can score goals by running the ball into the Saturday Goal, and the home team can score goals by running it into the Sunday Goal.
- Running the ball into the goal is worth more points but it has more risks, such as getting cleaved, hacked, winged or bronzed.
- You are allowed or even encouraged to kill members of the opposing team during a match.
- You can be ejected for "overly sportsman-like conduct".
Equipment[]
- Tossball
- Tossball jerseys
- Tossball blocker / Pro tossball blocker
- Tossball stick / Pro tossball stick
Roles and positions[]
- 1st Back - 32nd Back
- Forward
- Goalie
- Hacker[1]
- Tender
- Winger
Professional Tossball[]
Teams[]
Professional tossball teams belong to corporations, being a way to promote their activities and project a brand image to the general public. These are some known teams:
| Team name | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Auntie Cleo's Darlings | Auntie Cleo's |
| C&P Players | C&P |
| CircusTime Clowns | CircusTime |
| Doc Rocket Astros | Doc Rocket |
| Firefly Freebooters (dissolved) | Firefly |
| Glacial Age Mammoths | Glacial Age |
| Happy Dale Farmers | Happy Dale Farms |
| Hammersmith Thunder | Hammersmith |
| Hephaestos Hammers | Hephaestos |
| Mostly Colonists[2] | Mostly Furniture |
| Rizzo's Rangers | Rizzo's |
| Rocky Mountain Soldiers | Rocky Mountain |
| Spacer's Chosen | Spacer's Choice |
| T&L Tigers | T&L |
| Tile Backers | Tile |
Athletes[]
| Name | Team | Position | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Dubois | Tile Backers | Goalie | Tossball card |
| Aldo Vicente | Rizzo's Rangers | Eighth Back. Formerly a Thirty-Second Back. | Tossball card |
| Bertie "Black Hole" Holcomb | Rizzo's Rangers | Hacker | Mentioned by Grimm. Featured on the Signed Tossball Poster. |
| B.R. Guthrie | T&L Tigers | Winger | Tossball card |
| Blankenship | Eight Back | Mentioned in conversation between Klemper and Martinez in Roseway. | |
| Brandon Rosser | C&P Players | Tossball card | |
| Cameron Fraser | Hammersmith Thunder | Second Back | Hammersmith Tossball poster |
| Ceiren Fraser | Hammersmith Thunder | First Back | Hammersmith Tossball poster |
| Glenn Lattiere | Doc Rocket Astros | Forward | Tossball card |
| Kyle Radue | Glacial Age Mammoths | Tossball card | |
| Lunsford | Mentioned in conversation between Klemper and Martinez in Roseway. | ||
| Marina Bekeshko | Auntie Cleo's Darlings | Goalie | Tossball card |
| Matthew Singh | Spacer's Chosen | Hacker | Tossball card |
| Seymour Whitlock | Referenced in The Art and Science of Tossball on Vicar Max's desk. | ||
| "Take-It-Easy" Tatum | Hacker | Mentioned in conversation between Felix and Parvati. | |
| Thomas B. Henry | Hammersmith Thunder | Tender | Tossball card |
| Tyson Christensen | Happy Dale Farmers | Tossball card |
Events[]
- 28th Annual Tossball Series
- Tossball divisional championships
- Tossball interstellar championships
Location(s)[]
- Auntie-Biotics Sports Arena
- Eugene W. Smithers Sportatorium
- Bird Creek Grove[3]
Notes[]
- There are a number of "collectible" tossball cards that can be found as junk items throughout the Halcyon Colony.
- The use of performance-enhancing stims is common in tossball, and a scandal was caused when both teams tested negative for performance-enhancing stims. It was considered a "tossball first" and caused the coaches and referees to debate whether the behavior could lead to an unfair advantage.[4]
- The ball used in tossball is designed to increase blood splatters while maximizing protection of the ball from players.[5]
- Tumbling the ball into the Wednesday zone is known as "getting humped."[6]
- According to Felix, Spacer's Chosen is the "lousiest team that ever did swing a tossball stick."[7]
- The employees of CHEM lab and OCI played tossball matches against each other at Executive Suites in Gorgon Canyon. They did so by drawing a large red X on the ground and placing down buckets as goals.
Developer Commentary[]
- Several of the Tossball Athletes are named after Developers and Artists of The Outer Worlds.[Citation needed]
- Bobby Hernandez concepted several Tossball Championships posters.[8]
Gallery[]
Tossball Championships concepts
Tossball series advertisements
Lawrence Goodfellow's collection of Tossball memorabilia.
A makeshift tossball field at Executive Suites in Gorgon Canyon.
References[]
- ↑ Felix Millstone: "Tossball is a celebration of danger! Take the hacker. The hacker's job is to trample right through the enemy's defense.
- ↑ Ambient conversation in Stellar Bay Apartments
- ↑ Mentioned in ambient conversation on the Groundbreaker Promenade
- ↑ Halcyon News announcement
- ↑ Screens in Left Field Tossball Betting
- ↑ Ambient conversation between Felix Millstone and Parvati Holcomb.
- ↑ Felix Millstone, upon seeing the displays in the lobby of Office of Creative Incubation
- ↑ The Outer Worlds - Various Concepts