Worms Basketball
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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. The older Worm Ball maps intended double points to be awarded if the worm flies completely over the basketball post and down behind it.
Players continue until one reaches a pre-agreed total score.
The scheme is not currently supported by HostingBuddy.
History
Worm Ball
Not to confuse with Worm Ball Race, a 2004 scheme similar to Driver scheme.
Worms 2
The scheme has existed since at least 1999 (see an archive snapshot from The Allotment dating 18th January 2000), when it was created in Worms 2 and known as Worm Ball by an unknown author. Gizmo made his own version of the scheme, available (by the time) for download on The Allotment.
Gameplay
You have unlimited rope to swing your worm into the basket. Using the two dots hovering on the terrain, you need to attach your rope to either of those, and from there throw your worm into the air in the direction of the basket. 2 points are scored for using the lower (and closer) piff-point, 3 points for the higher (and further away) piff-point.
You can make the enemy LOSE points by any of the following methods as well:
- Prodding the enemy worm into the basket (powerful prods).
- Punching the enemy worm into the basket (powerful punches)
- Torching the enemy worm into the basket (powerful Blow Torch)
All the above make the enemy lose 2 points, down to 0 points (you can't get a negative score). You can also do those 3 things to your OWN worms, to gain 2 points.
You're the man if you can get your worm into the bunker behind the basket, and you get 4 points if you can (but the worm must be thrown from one of the hovering dots).
Upon Sudden Death, you continue the game - but watch out for the rising waters! Once one team loses all worms due to drowning) the opponent gets a bonus 1 point for every surviving worm.
Rules
- Points are only scored from worms being thrown from one of the two piff-points on the terrain.
- Once having thrown your worm from a piff-point, you can not use the repeat swing to get yourself into the basket, or into the bunker behind
- You can try to score points as many times as you like per turn - it is most likely you will lose your turn after going in the basket anyway.
- The Prod can only be used from the raised platform closest to the basket (partly because this is the only area you will get a worm into the basket from).
- The Fire Punch is only effective behind the raised platform, but can be used from anywhere.
- The Blow Torch is in the same situation as the Fire Punch.
Worms Armageddon
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.
Worms Baskeball
The scheme was revived under the name "Worms Basketball" 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.
