#HyperBall

[retrogamingloft]

Created by the same author as 'The Wooden Ball,' this game appears to be a variation of its predecessor, which - if you remember - was probably inspired by Speedball.

The notable differences lie in the arena color and the scoring mechanism, where instead of netting the ball in a goal, players aim to strike the 'keeper'—a bar moving from side to side.

While it provides an enjoyable experience, the replay value is somewhat limited. Nevertheless, credit is due to the developer for crafting a public domain game, presumably created for the sheer enjoyment of the process.

[veinsfullofstars]

⚔️ How ‘bout a li'l training montage? 🏹

(ID: Kirby series fanart of Shadow Kirby honing his battle skills with various different Copy Abilities, feat. Dark Meta Knight and Shadow Dedede. More detailed descriptions below the cut. END ID.)

Part 1 | Part 2 (here!)

So I keep thinking about how Shadow Kirby is confirmed in canon to be just as powerful and capable as regular Kirby, so long as he can push past his own reluctance and fears. Then I started thinking about the unique color palette he has for the Fighters games, if that could be a sort of visual indicator of him reaching that full potential. Then I started thinking about who was around to teach him these skills, and the differences in their techniques, and how SD’s treatment of SK might be vastly different from DMK, and how that affects the relationship that DMK & SD might have, and how it all ties in to the sociopolitical climate of the Mirror World as a whole, and oh stars dammit am I making another AU again???

On an unrelated note, screw the Mirror World for giving everyone in it just the most annoying color palettes to shade. Grays on grays on grays and sometimes red but mostly grays. I am languishing in render hell and ready to move on to the next one thank you. Too many headcanons - not enough time or hands or energy.

Started 11/07/23, finished 11/16/23, updated 03/01/24, updated for color correction 11/02/24. NOTE: This was originally posted on my deleted account on 11/16/23. | Kintsugi AU Masterpost

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Image descriptions

Top left: SK in Ninja gear, facing left, looking focused and holding out his katana, imitating DMK standing beside him in a similar pose with his own sword.

Top middle: SK in Archer gear, leaping up to fire an arrow from his bow.

Top right: SK in Bomb gear - also sporting his darker swirl coloration from Kirby Fighters - winking and sticking his tongue out as he tosses a bomb towards the viewer.

Middle: SK - in Wrestler gear with KF colors - delivering a strong leaping kick to a wooden training dummy, while DMK & SD observe in the background. SD stands with arms crossed and eyes narrowed, his mouth pulled into a sinister, calculating grin. DMK stands at his side, wrapped in his cape with eyes hidden in the shadows of his mask, a pensive ellipsis over his head.

Bottom left: SK facedown on the floor with a cross of bandages on his head, exhausted from training. DMK’s hand awkwardly comes in from off-screen, placing a bottle of Energy Drink beside him.

Bottom right: SK powering up into his KF form, fists clenched, eyes squeezed shut, mouth open in a roar, an aura of purple-black flame flickering around him.)

[elvhenomenon]

Hi I just need to tell you that your username is amazing and now I instantly have Chappell Roan playing in my head. Anyway have a good rest of your weekend

eyyy, same to you! tbh my brain conjured an image of ghilan'nain singing that song so i had to take this username. i just had to.

[colossrat]

Is the captain insane or just brain rot?

Batman has several children, and even so it is very difficult for him to keep up with the new slang or memes of the generation. So the fact that Captain Marvel, a guy who appears to be between 25-30 years old (but theoretically has bazillions) stupidly knows a lot of these jokes, doesn't enter his mind and he finds himself constantly just questioning the sanity of his co-worker.

Because it's all so absurd, he can't tell anymore when the captain is just being himself and dropping the most meaningless piece of lore in the world, or if he's reciting a tiktok meme

several league members don't really know, at least not the older ones

After a mission, Marvel is talking to cyborg. Is the topic about dating? teachers? Superman is listening in the background while he has his own conversation with Batman a little away, so he's not really listening.

But something catches his attention, and it's the captain's choked tone of voice, almost as if he were crying

Marvel: oh my god, oh my shayla, no... ;(

Supes go pale and tune off from the conversation that he is not part of, feeling that he has just invaded the privacy of his colleagues

Batman: superman? whats wrong?

Superman: I-- I think I just overheard the captain lamenting about an date he had with a teacher called Shayla… he was crying, i think… I feel horrible, I didn't listen on purpose---

Batman:

Batman: who that fuck is shayla?

billy was just joking, because actually his teacher made him change seats in the class so he wouldn't be sitting next to freddy anymore, since they talk like hell, and he was demonstrating to cyborg how shaken he was by reciting "oh my shayla"

Then there's that time where Voltage (Freddy or Lieutenant Junior) is with them during a magical mission, and out of nowhere the two start communicating using "u i a", in rhythms that resemble morse or binary code…

Marvel: u i a i u i-i a-i?

Voltage: u i a i u-u i i a-i.

and they both start laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world

Zatana: Is this an extinct language or something?

Dr. Fate: I would also like to know… I think I'll have to do some research, but maybe it's an ancient, witchy language. I didn't know that the captain was teaching witchcraft to his apprentice.

And then there's Batman discreetly writing down all the lyrics they say. he will question constantine or jason blood later to see if it mean something to them

everything gets more confusing when these codes start to have pop music melodies, not that they recognize these songs at first

And a time when John Constantine is explaining something at a meeting for the league, something about fusing magical objects that were stolen. and the captain is almost combusting to keep from laughing.

Constantine: So in theory, the thieves took the hyperball staff and put it together with the cursed sapphire stones, and put that together with what they gathered from the cord wand and sickle feathers--

Marvel: and then they became hyperphires-corckle? like, HPCK?

Constantine: what in the bloody hell is this?

Marvel: -- nothing… no, no, I confused the objects-- it's nothing. it was from-- another category of magical objects, there is no correlation, you can continue.

He simply couldn't get the PPAP thing out of his head, and the gestures that John made to symbolize the objects coming together reminded him of that iconic clip (pen pineapple apple pen)

the magicians' heads are racing to understand what a hyperphires-corckle is, and so is the heads of everyone in that room. except for Barry who is shaking to keep from laughing since he understands where the captain really came from with that.

Hal is looking at him confused. He was off Earth for so long that they created a whole system of new magical objects? Not that he was already aware of the old ones. fucking magic.

and sometimes there is no context at all, marvel will simply drop one:

Marvel: gegagedigedagedago...

Wonder woman: What did you say, brother??

Marvel, completely seriously: Abin mery alongtameago...

Hal: Is he insulting us...? wait marry? married?!?

Marvel: wede wude--

Flash: I think he's possessed, I'm going to call John and Batman!!

One day, there is an alien invasion. they are green, thin and bald. Billy can't help but say:

Marvel: Oh my Olympian gods, they are of the "dame tu cosita" kinda alien no way!!

Hal: Now you HAVE to be kidding me. Ring, what the fuck is he talking about?

and the ring responds by saying that they are aliens X from planet Y with characteristics of being tall, thin, green and friendly

Flash: friendly? they are invading the earth!

Marvel, joking: maybe they just want to dance and have "nossas cositas"? lol, you know their stuff

Green Lantern's ring glows and says "this species is known to visit other planets in search of dance partners for entertainment"

Marvel: oh.

And then Marvel is pushed to dance with them next to Green Lantern since apparently they both have knowledge about the race and how to entertain them?

Marvel is a horrible dancer, the movements he makes are humiliating (yes, the moves in the meme), but it doesn't take long for the aliens to ignore the green lantern and imitate the captain, completely amazed by his dance. forgetting the invasion and forming a dance circle around him

Batman: I think I'm having a stroke.

Flash: I don't know how I'm going to look at his face after this…

Hal: I can't believe they didn't even care about my dancing…

Wonder woman: I thought your dance moves were very good, green warrior.

Hal: thanks Di...

Voltage, who for some reason is there, recording: this is going to be a hit on my tiktok.

Shayera: this is too humiliating to see, I'm going back to the watchtower.

Martian Manhunter at some point joined the dance circle. he is not part of that race, despite strangely having certain physical similarities. he just found it very entertaining

Marvel was very happy to have him there, he doesn't like to be embarrassed alone. The gods in his mind are giving him migraines cause they're laughing so hard

And also, the Martian is someone who can understand the captain's jokes, since he has a lot of access to watchtower technology and he doesn't do much when he's not in action, so he ended up becoming an iPad kid

but he avoids showing that he understands because despite recognizing it, he is very very shy

Cyborg also understands since he is literally connected to the internet 24/7, but he plays dumb because he doesn't want to look unprofessional and childish, not in front of his bosses at least

There was a time when Marvel came out talking about a toilet monster eating people in Chicago. flash thought he was talking about that skibidi toilet meme or something and commented about it with the league. It took a good few minutes for Marvel to convince them that it was true and that he needed help.

In the end it really was a giant toilet monster that was eating people and teleporting them to random sewers around the world.

One day, Marvel spends hours talking about a magical bipedal tiger that drinks tea. he actually spent HOURS talking about interesting facts about this tiger. No one was paying much attention, thinking it was some meme or joke that they weren't aware of.

He said that the tiger was a stuffed animal, an attraction at the zoo, a zoo employee, a super old cartoon icon, an explorer from another dimension and a lot of other things at the same time. Obviously they thought it was a lie?? or just not real

Several times at other times, days or weeks, Marvel commented on this tiger. Did they start to think it was some kind of series? maybe

until a moment came when the fucking tiger appeared at the watchtower, having tea with the captain. He had a green plaid suit and a posture fit for royalty. He greeted all the heroes who passed by with great respect and grace. They no longer know what to believe coming from the captain

But how the fuck were they supposed to know that a tiger named Mister Tawky Tawny was real and was the captain's best bestie friend forever ever?

[pokeballvictim]

-yes, officer, horny jumanji. "Like jumani, but horny." That's what I said. So, anyway, the lads and I were playing horny jumanji, and mikey - see, that's him, on the left, with the bad haircut - and mikey rolls a twelve, which had him moving past jake, who was stuck as a werewolf till his knot came unstuck, and henry, who had hyperballs. And mikey lands on one of those 'turn you into a girl" spaces, and can't turn back till he has sex with five men. So we're all getting our pants off, and he's stacked so we're not too unhappy, you feel me? Yeah, you get it. Except then mikey throws his hands up and starts whoopping like a loon and we're wondering if the horny jumani cracked his brain like an egg, but he just runs out of the house and vanishes and we haven't seen him since, and that was eight years ago, so we've all sort of just moved on - except henry, he's stuck there- with our lives, gotten jobs, wives, etc. - except henry - and then the five of us meet up once a year at henry's place for drinks and well, we got a bit sloshed and then norm - he's the one in the latex - has the bright idea to call mikey's parents and see if they've heard from him, so we can maybe finish the game of horny jumanji and get henry unstuck - and they see a man in latex asking about their missing kid and lose their senile old minds and call you fine gentlemen. So no, officer, we didn't kill Mikey, he ran off during a game of horny jumanji and frankly i don't appreciate the third degree when we've been looking for him longer than you have!

[beetleshells]

this came to me in a dream

hyperball version plus the og images

[yuqsdug]

Random ah Phighting x Blocktales design doodle.

1) Hatred horns. Because this was heavily inspired by Treefrogger's Phighting x Blocktales fic.

2) Marks left behind by Cruel king and Bubonic plants' battles. Phailed to block lol. The player doesn't rest in between the chapters, so any wounds wouldn't have a lot of time to heal (if we ignore those healing pads). They should seek a doctor, maybe one from that elusive Turitopulis hospital.

3) Rocket boots. Because cool.

They wear the SFOTH swords on their back and their (linked) sword and hyperball at their hips. Also, yes. If the rocket launcher card is equipped, they have a rocket launcher attached to their hip.

The clothing underneath the extra items is loosely based on a Builderman [Blocktales] design i once saw (i can't find it anymore), a Roblox guest and a 2008 Noob (the one with the R on the chest). But like I said, it's loosely.

[chips1977]

a squad of cyber ghostoids has been detected in the vicinity of the hyperball

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 20: Academy Era Edition

Please note that some Academy Era info is dispersed throughout the other parts as well; I just wanted to make one dedicated to these nerds. I am not repeating stuff from other parts (purposefully, there may be some accidents, but I'm trying not to repeat things like Koschei teaching Theta hypnosis or like the hyperball team) or including some basic info I think are decently well known (like Torvic or the Gallifrey Academy Hot Five). ;)

The Master's real name is 32 letters long.

As students, Theta and Koschei enjoyed building time flow analogues to mess with each others experiments.

Koschei once gave Susan a toy which was actually a communication node that he could use to find the Doctor and Susan if they ever left Gallifrey.

Theta and Koschei also used to sneak out of the Academy to drink with Shobogans. On one such occasion, Koschei picked a fight with six drunk Shobogans.

Theta's name day and Otherstide are on the same day.

Koschei often hypnotized people as a joke. He was never punished for it.

Drax had a home-made skimmer that he would often use to go to his House rather than stay in the Academy dormitories. He'd also give Jelpax rides home because they lived close by.

Koschei was in charge of organizing the end-of-term parties, but the Eighth Doctor remembers that they weren't very good.

While at the Academy, Theta and Koschei traveled to Gallifrey's past in search of Valdemar, an ancient entity and Old One, but they found nothing of Old Ones. Theta was horrified by Valdemar's power while Koschei was fascinated.

When Vansell broke his leg while climbing Mount Cadon, Theta created a localized time bubble with a sonic wrench and two lengths of twine. This accelerated the healing process, and it was healed in two minutes.

Koschei and Theta also once traveled to Machasma and used sonic agitation to get out of a tight spot.

Theta Sigma came fourth place in the Time Lord Academy Sprint Championship.

Millennia had a natural gift for temporal engineering, and Theta believed she would one day make great intellectual achievements.

Tebediatroculozan attended the Academy at the same time as the Deca. He was incredibly clever but also envious of the Doctor for the adventures he had. The Eighth Doctor helped him move past this jealousy.

When Koschei stared into the Untempered Schism, he noted with much contempt that the Time Lords who had taken him there all refused to look at it themselves.

Mortimus is likely about 50 years younger than Theta Sigma.

The Second Doctor recalled that Koschei enjoyed being scared of the dark too much.

The Toymaker had Theta play Capture the Flag and thought that Theta had cheated.

When the Toymaker was using Rallon's body, Rallon had enough influence over his personality that the Toymaker had a sense of "good and evil." When the Toymaker went against the Fourteenth Doctor, he was no longer using Rallon's body, so this was not the case.

Theta was Borusa's teacher's pet, and Borusa favored him over other students. Later on, the Doctor would believe this was why the Master was bitter towards him.

In fact, an unproduced story's original script originally had the Doctor’s grandfather be named Borusa, but it was later changed to Pandak.

While at the Academy, Koschei befriended Salyavin and manipulated him to gain access to the restricted libraries. He wanted to steal The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey but could not find it, and Salyavin took the blame for his wrongdoing.

Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Do Timelords have any type of martial arts teached in Academy or in other place?

How easy for Timelord to learn humans fight techniques?

Do Time Lords have any kind of martial arts training?

The Time Lord Academy does not formally teach martial arts. In fact, Time Tots are actively taught Detachment and Physical Inactivity as part of the curriculum. Violence is viewed as uncivilised, sweaty, and extremely off-brand.

They're not even that into sports. The closest thing to sports at the Academy is Zero-Grav Hyperball (which students are more likely to play in their off hours) and also the Time Academy Sprint Championships. That's it.

How easy is it for Time Lords to learn human fighting techniques?

Dangerously easy. Despite the cultural aversion to physicality, Gallifreyans are biologically hardwired to excel at movement-based disciplines, including martial arts. Here's why:

🧠Enhanced Cerebellum: Their brains are wired for perfect balance and coordination. No seasickness, no vertigo.

👽10x Faster Reflexes: Time Lords can react ten times faster than humans.

⏲️Chronopsionic Reactions: If they're concentrating, some can even sense attacks before they happen via psionic/time sensitivity.

🗡️Tool/Weapon Mastery: Their dexterity makes them natural quick learners of human weapons and techniques—everything from knives to nunchucks to knitting needles.

💪Muscle Memory with Time-Space Bonuses: Learning human martial arts would be as easy for a Time Lord as learning a dance—if they cared to.

🥋 Martial Arts They Might Know

We can infer the following:

Venusian Aikido (non-lethal, precision-based) can be learned to a highly proficient degree.

Other Time Lords, especially agents of the CIA, may receive extracurricular combat training as needed.

Any Time Lord spending time off Gallifrey could pick up human fighting styles within hours.

🏫 So ...

Time Lords don't teach martial arts at home because they think they're above that kind of thing, but biologically, they're terrifyingly good at it, so maybe it's for the best.

Related:

💬|🧸🏫What are young Gallifreyans/Time Tots taught?: Detailing what the kids of Gallifrey are taught.

💬|⏰🎾What sports and games are there on Gallifrey?: The (lack of) physical sports on Gallifrey and other games.

💬|⏰🎮Do Gallifreyans have video games?: Detailing the one solitary ‘video game’ on Gallifrey.

Hope that helped! 😃

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[forsaken-headcanons]

If Jason and Slasher (BlockTales) meet each other it would be pretty chaotic.

On one hand we have a killer that is ready to kill and stuff. (I didn't watch Friday the 13 movie. So just fill up the rest about Jason with your own headcanons or actual facts)

On the other we have a guy (killer?) who in my hc has a beef with Player because they took the hyperball. So his goal is to get this hyperball back.

If they had a suprise meeting/sudden crossover during round in Forsaken realm it would go like that:

Jason & Slasher: total confusion, both thinking the same thing: "How did I cloned? Who's this copycat?"

Survivors: terrified because the entire round just got harder and now they have two killers on their back (they don't know that Slasher is more chill)

Player: "THERE'S TWO OF THEM NOW!?" They proceed to ran away holding the hyperball like their life depends on it, while being chased by Slasher. "IT'S MY HYPERBALL I WON IT FAIR AND SQUARE!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"

Jason & Survivors: Even more confusion

~ Purple Anon

Actual peak.

Maybe they'd be besties.

[frozen-cola444-phoneedition]

Meet Demi! (Or "Player") Demi usually uses the Hyperball. This player is from Dummies Vs Noobs (Nusia) and got isekaied into blocktales. Demi used to be a Cloaker noob before stealing a dummy's overcharge and was changed into melee Noob.

Demi can also sew things :)

Have fun with this thing XP

(I normally draw Demi with circle eyes but for more expressions I can change it a tad bit.)

[faintbrightembers]

Kyoko appreciation post

She's a sweetheart, she's an adventurer just like us, I've spent a total of like 10 minutes with her dialogue and personality, and if she gets hurt Imma break their kneecaps with my hyperball so help me GOD she should be a summon card ala red & blue or cruel king but with support moves, or give a card that supports summons by increasing their health but -1 dmg me thinks, you aren't alone yknow

[traveller-player-block-tales-au]

Fun fact: the SWORD FIGHT OF THE HIGHTS Swords. There are seven in total. Not sure what's up with them in YOUR world, but in ROBLOX, all seven are accounted for...

The seven swords are Ice Dagger, Venom Shank, Ghostwalker, Firebrand, Windforce, Illumina, and Darkheart.

Just wanted to let ya know, since I am rather curious about the state of the swords in your world. If you ever have questions.

But seriously, dude. You're level makes you well equiped to face just everything this world has to offer you.

...

Well...

ALMOST ANYTHING...

But we're still rooting for you reguardless!!!

• (The names strikes them as... Familiar)

• (They can't seem to remember why though.)

• (They think they've seen some before.)

• (...)

• (...)

• (...)

• (!!!)

• (How could they forget!)

• (The Cruel king has the Ice sword, and-)

• (They pull out their sword. It's a little stained from their previous battle. They feel themself get lighter with it in their hands)

• (They have that ghost sword.)

• (He doesn't Remember how he got it, nor did he remember the name of it. It was laying beside they in the first memory they have.)

• (But they know the name now.)

• (Ghostwalker.)

• (It feels like it fits.)

• (but...)

• (The other swords seem familiar too.)

• (They... knew someone with the illumina)

• (Wasn't it his... His...)

• ( H i s . . . ? )

• (H i s . . . W h a t?)

• (He- He lived together with them and his mother. His family adopted them at a young age. He likes– he likes stars and swordfighting and sparing. They are wearing the same hood pattern as– who? They can't ReMeMbEr.)

• (Why can't they remember their brother.)

• (... Sorry, what were they talking about?)

• (Oh! They've never heard of those, sorry.)

• (Also that last part is... ominous.)

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//OOC: Already reusing assets lmao.

They gon eat pizza next.

The In Swords and Time ghostwalker was actually already drawn on this blog :3

Also, since your curios, In ISAT!Block tales the SFOTH swords and Wishcraft are link to eachother. When a person makes they're first wish they get a weapon from the SFOTH weapon lineup, this can be Linked Swords, medkits, hyperballs or more rarely, one of the SFOTH swords. For wishes after that the swords are used as a catalyst.

[stoiclairscout]

General Blu/Red Scout headcanons

I have a feeling that Blu Scout is slightly more mature than Red. While Red is a hyperball, Blu can surely just sit and stare at people if he gets disturbed while he 'reads' his comics.

Though, i believe they both are too uneducated to be able to read. So I wouldn't be surprised if they hold their books upside down at times, unless corrected.(especially if it involves Heavys books)

I have a feeling his first love was in school, but it was short lived(few months) and lead to a heartbreak. But he most likely forgot about it with his new crush on Miss Pauling.

He considers himself a ladies man, which Spy laughs at till Scout gives questionable dating advices to everyone else.

Surely, behind his cocky attitude and all, he's a soft boy with insecurities. He is a mama's boy and has daddy issues, not in a hot way though. Maybe Scout subtly(not really) tries to impress Spy while containing his prideful mask towards his dad. Though Spy can see through it, obviously, and doesn't show any emotion on it. But I'd say it happens that Scout gets too determined to outclass him that well, Medic gets visits a lot.

About his family, he loves his mother dearly and sends her gifts or/and money every time he gets . He has rivalry with his brothers, but I'd not say it's too bad. On family gatherings they van stare eachother down till one gives up.

Maybe he looks up to someone from the team as well? I can't decide. Maybe it's Soldier because he's so manly and confident in himself? Maybe it's engineer because he's like a father he never had?

He has a nickname for everyone, and gives zero shit about their opinion on it. (Spy, Miss Pailing and Medic get the most annoying nicknames)

Outside of the battles he rescues animals. And on multiple occasions he brought them on the base, it continued till Administrator didn't ban him from doing so.

Also he collects different souvenirs from his missions, be it a rock or a stick, he just does.

I bet he also spends hours on his hair routine, he has a badass hairstyle to contain.(let's forget he wears a baseball cap). Wouldn't be surprised if he uses too much of cologne as well.(unreal)

[anoddsamarline]

A redraw of an old art made back in 2020. Fun thing: back then I drew Leon with regular pokeball instead of hyperball XD