Dreadball in Lore
Dreadball was invented in 896 AE by Jesus Ortiz and is governed by the DGB (Dreadball Governing Body) which he also is the head of.
Dreadball Competitions
Ultimate Dreadball
The top Dreadball competitions are referred to as the "Top 3":
Champions’ Leagues
- DreadMax Galactic Belt Championship
- Oceanic League Championship
- Ambitex Star League
- Thudweiser League
Major Leagues
Enthusiast Leagues
Governing Bodies of Dreadball
Teams and Players
There are 1000s of Dreadball teams throughout the universe, here are a few of them.
Other Teams
- Accutek Falcons
- Alamino Alligators
- Bay City Brigands
- The Beasts
- Brimstone Bashers
- Brontik Bananas (Zee)
- Cheshan Crushers (Goran)
- Darkfield Dozers
- Drenmil Chargers
- Glory Boys (Human)
- Grandine Groundhogs
- The Grizzlers (Goran)
- Kulak Kobras
- Latherton Little Guys
- Malvarian Muck Chuckers (Zee)
- Midgard Serpents
- Nolec Grinders
- Polmak Resisters (Rebs)
- Prosperion Prospectors
- Proolan Gravitics (Tsudochan)
- Radion Roaches (Z'Zor)
- Radner Hornets
- Rillintech Roosters (Human)
- Shill Industries Nightmares
- Squeakberg Stealers (Veer-myn)
- The Destroyas (Goran)
- The Oilers (Bot)
Other Players
The Illegal Underground (aka Xtreme)
Everyone in the GCPS knows what DreadBall is. From the very core to the outer reaches of the Fifth Sphere, crowds flock to watch teams face off across the neodurium in countless arenas from simple pitches with standing room only to massive, multilevel arenas. DreadBall is the chosen sport of the people, and a multi-billion credit business owned and controlled by the DGB.
But for some, the game is too sanitised, too corporate or simply not violent enough. These people want to see or play DreadBall as it was originally intended. In every dark corner of the GCPS, there will be those who band together to clear a space big enough for two teams to beat the shek out of each other and maybe even score a strike or two if they’re lucky.
Welcome to DreadBall Xtreme… DreadBall Xtreme is the illegal, underground cousin of the famous arena sport DreadBall. It is as fast and frenetic as the legal game, with matches flowing from one Rush to the next without a moment’s pause. In DreadBall Xtreme two teams face off across an obstacle-strewn pitch, each side aiming to score more points than the other by making Strikes with the ball in one of their opponent’s scoring areas.
Players slam opponents out of the way or dodge around them to carry and throw the ball into a position they can score from. And the action never stops. Even when a strike is scored the ball is relaunched immediately and the game rolls on without the teams re-positioning themselves. There are many minor differences between DreadBall and DreadBall Xtreme, though it is the exploding obstacles, lack of referee, and resulting increase in carnage that grabs most attention. In fact, the casualty rate is so high that a Sponsor has to recruit a new team for each match – players are paid very well if they survive (they have to be), and only the most desperate or insane take the risk twice.
So step up, choose a sponsor, pick out your team and let them loose across the makeshift pitch. It may not be legal, hell, it may not even technically be a sport!
“Back before the DGB, when DreadBall was still a real sport, the game was brutal. Players would be soldiers or mercenaries, playing to keep their reflexes sharp and their wits quick in the downtime between battles. They’d soon be injured or worse if they weren’t paying attention. Nowadays it’s all showboating, corporate sponsorship and money. These kids that play now – they wouldn’t have lasted five minutes in a real game. If you wanna see DreadBall played as it really should be, where you can smell the blood and get a pie and a drink for less than a cost of passage offworld, you have to hunt down an Xtreme game. The corps don’t like it, but they can’t stop it either. There’s something very democratic about DreadBall played proper – don’t matter who you are, how big you are or how fast. If your time’s up, your time’s up. And I don’t mean so’s you can go take a long soak in a big tub at half time…”
Interview with ‘Hacker’ Perez – former protégé of Jesus Ortiz, with ‘Underground Rush’ magazine.
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