Monthly Archives: July 2009

In Soviet Russia, Ulak-Tartysh Played You!

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ulak-tartyshAn American’s Search for Polish Fiat Replica Results In The Discovery Of Rare Videogame Based on Goat Polo

The only thing that could be more random than playing polo with a goat carcass stuffed with sand would be playing it with a live duck and having knife-fights to resolve arguments like they used to in Argentina.

A Pato player leaves his saddle to pick up the ball.

One interesting similarity between Pato and Bike Polo is the cinchada, where players contest possession of the ball in a tug-of-war, not unlike that experienced when bike polo players’ mallets get hooked, and try to pull each other off … their bikes. I guess it’s not called a tug for nothing.

I had no idea the videogame existed when I designed the Pong-inspired spoke card for the Melbourne BFF Tournament last year. Art inadvertently imitating videogames imitating life.

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(original link via Boing Boing)

Sydney 2×2 Tourney Update.

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We have confirmed a few sponsors for the tournament so far including Cheeky Transport, Skin Grows back and Velocity.

Registration for the day will commence at 12 noon and will run for half an hour, closing promptly at 12.30 so games can get under way.
There will be a bbq on the day catering for both meat-eaters and vego’s/vegans.

The tournament rules can be viewed here.

As well as the winning teams there will be prizes for Best Rookie Team, Best Crash, MVP and more. So everyone has a shot at taking something home.

Winter Hotspots 09

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Just came across this mention of Bike Polo and Melbourne’s win at ACMC in Perth that I’m not sure anybody was aware of.
It’s unfortunate that the location details are incorrect, but the publisher of this little mag also does ThreeThousand.com.au  who we have promoted through previously. I’ll let them know if they are going to include a mention in the next issue, to update the details.