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Revision as of 01:58, 5 December 2023
W:A replay: A Worms Basketball match with KinslayeR, TaG`l-ThaNaX-l and Balee; taken from Worm Olympics | |
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Worms Basketball is a point-scoring scheme played on a specially-designed map, inspired by the real-life sport Basketball (a wormy adaptation). Players have to fling their worms into a 'basket' using the Ninja Rope, scoring points as they do so. The number of points scored depends on where the rope is attached. The player with the most points after a certain number of turns wins the game.
Description
Game setup |
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Scheme |
Worms Basketball: |
Map |
Specially designed map (examples: [1], right click -> save link as, [2], [3]) |
Worms |
One per team |
Players begin by placing their worms anywhere on the court.
They then take it in turns to attach their Ninja Rope to a designated piece of terrain, or anchor platform, which is typically labelled with a number, that number being the points that can be scored. There are usually multiple such anchor platform for players to choose from with different point values. Without re-attaching the rope, the player must fling their worm into the designated basket. If the player successfully dunks their worm, the points are scored. If the player misses, or re-attaches their rope, they must skip their turn (if they didn't already lose the turn to falling).
The map may have a single basket, or multiple baskets, in which case the player can choose any basket.
Players continue until one reaches a pre-agreed total score.
The scheme is not currently supported by HostingBuddy.
History
The scheme has existed since at least 1999, when it was created in Worms 2 and known as Worm Ball. Bloopy's Worms Armageddon map from 2001 (later updated in 2003) was based on a similar map drawn in the in-game editor by an unknown creator. The scheme was revived under the Basketball name in 2006, with a map authored by BigBilly and uploaded to the Worms Map Database in March of that year. His map is a remix, also based on Bloopy's and/or other similar maps. Bloopy's map was used in the Worm Olympics later in 2006, and the scheme appeared again in the 2015 Worm Olympics.